Patents by Inventor Dirk Valentinus Rene Engelen

Dirk Valentinus Rene Engelen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20180352633
    Abstract: A lighting module (100) arranged to be attached to a luminaire (110) is disclosed. The lighting module (100) comprises at least one light source (102) for rendering a light output, and a processor (104) arranged for determining if the lighting module (100) has been attached to the luminaire (110). The processor (104) is further arranged for setting the lighting module (100) to a first mode of operation if the lighting module (100) has been attached to the luminaire (110), and for setting the lighting module (100) to a second mode of operation if the lighting module (100) has been detached from the luminaire (110). The light output of the at least one light source (102) is controlled dependent on a light setting of the luminaire (110) when the lighting module (100) is in the first mode of operation, and the light output of the at least one light source (102) is controlled independent on the light setting of the luminaire (110) when the lighting module (100) is in the second mode of operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS, DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU, DIRK VALENTINUS RENÉ ENGELEN, PHILIP STEVEN NEWTON, TIM DEKKER, RAMON ANTOINE WIRO CLOUT
  • Patent number: 10134071
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for configuring a lighting fixture in a virtual environment. The methods and apparatus may enable a user to directly or indirectly manipulate a virtual lighting effect in a virtual environment and be presented with virtual representations of one or more lighting fixtures that correspond to producible lighting fixtures that are capable of producing the manipulated lighting effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Valentinus Rene Engelen, Bram Knaapen
  • Publication number: 20180324921
    Abstract: A controller 100 for controlling a light source 110 is disclosed. The controller 100 comprises a communication unit 102 for communicating with the light source 100. The controller 100 further comprises an input unit 104 for receiving a first input indicative of a selection of a first color in a first image, and for receiving a second input indicative of a selection of a second color in a second image. The controller 100 further comprises a processor 106 for morphing the first image into the second image after the first and second user input have been received, whereby at least one intermediate image in between the first image and the second image is generated, the at least one intermediate image being a mixture of the first image and the second image, and for determining at least one intermediate color based on color information of the at least one intermediate image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU, BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS, TIM DEKKER, DIRK VALENTINUS RENÉ ENGELEN, PHILIP STEVEN NEWTON
  • Patent number: 10113714
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described herein for lighting control. A lighting unit (100, 200, 300, 400, 500) may include a base (104, 204, 304, 404) adapted to be inserted into a socket (106, 206, 306) of a luminaire/lighting fixture. The lighting unit may include one or more light sources (108, 208, 308, 408, 508) to emit light at least in a first direction and one or more reflective elements (110, 210, 310, 410, 510, 610) arranged to define an aperture (112, 212, 312, 412, 512, 612) through which a first spatial portion (114, 214, 314, 414, 514) of the emitted light continues in the first direction, prevent a second spatial portion (116, 216, 316, 416, 516) of the emitted light from continuing in the first direction, and reflect at least part of the second spatial portion of the light in a second direction different than the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Valentinus René Engelen, Tim Dekker, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Philip Steven Newton
  • Publication number: 20180306424
    Abstract: A portable lighting device (100) comprising: at least one light source (106) arranged to emit light to illuminate an environment of the portable lighting device (100); at least one sensor (108), each of the at least one sensor (108) arranged to provide a sensor output signal; and a control module (110) arranged to receive the sensor output signal from each of the at least one sensor (108), wherein the control module (110) is configured to: detect user manipulation of the portable lighting device (100) relative to a support surface (200) on which the portable lighting device (100) is supported based on one or more of the at least one sensor output signal; and control the light emitted from the at least one light source (106) based on the detected user manipulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS, TOMMY REINHOUDT, BERENT WILLEM MEERBEEK, DIRK VALENTINUS RENÉ ENGELEN
  • Publication number: 20180279446
    Abstract: A method of creating a lighting scene, the method comprising: receiving a still or moving input image; identifying one or more image segments within the input image (S22), including determining a shape of each of the one or more image segments (S23); determining a respective colour and/or brightness level of each of the one or more identified image segments; determining a shape associated with each of a one or more luminaires present within the environment; matching the shape of each of the one or more identified image segments to the shape associated with a respective one of said luminaires or a respective group of the luminaires (S25); and for each respective of the one or more identified image segments, controlling the respective luminaire or group of luminaires to emit light with a colour selected based on the colour of the respective image segment and/or with a brightness level selected based on the brightness level of the respective image segment (S26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS, BERENT WILLEM MEERBEEK, DIRK VALENTINUS RENÉ ENGELEN, BAS DRIESEN
  • Publication number: 20180249554
    Abstract: A lighting system for providing a lighting scene in an environment occupied by a user, the system comprising:—a plurality of illumination sources, each source having a respective location sensor arranged to detect a location of the respective source relative to at least one point defined independently of the lighting scene and at least one of the sources further having at least one of an orientation sensor arranged to detect an orientation of the at least one source and a luminaire type sensor arranged to detect a type of the at least one source; and—a controller arranged to provide control signals to the plurality of sources in order to control the sources to render the lighting scene; wherein the controller is arranged to—determine an effect location of an illumination effect from the at least one source based on the detected location and at least one of the detected orientation and detected luminaire type of said at least one source and—adapt the control commands based on the detected source locations and
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU, BARTEL MARINUS VAB DE SKUIS, DIRK VALENTINUS RENE ENGELEN, TIM DEKKER, PHILIP STEVEN NEWTON
  • Publication number: 20180227555
    Abstract: A user device (200) comprising a display (206), an interface (208) for communication with a lamp comprising controllable light sources (104) and a processor (202) configured to run an application (214), wherein the application is configured to: control the lamp to emit light in accordance with a source light pattern (302), said source light pattern defining for each light source the light that is to be emitted by the light source and designating at least one of the light sources as a marker light source (308); receive an image of the source light pattern as projected onto a target surface (300) by the lamp wherein the image is captured by a camera (210), wherein the target light pattern (310) in the image is distorted; display the received image on the display; detect locations in the displayed image where the marker light source(s) are positioned/intended to emit light onto the target surface; and use the detected locations of marker light source(s) to align a control overlay over the displayed image, the co
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: DIRK VALENTINUS RENE ENGELEN, DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU
  • Publication number: 20180220511
    Abstract: A lighting device (100) arranged for rendering a light output is disclosed. The lighting device (100) comprises at least one light source (102) arranged for emitting light. The lighting device (100) further comprises a receiver (104) arranged for receiving at least one signal from at least one further device (110), which at least one signal is representative of a current location of the lighting device (100). The lighting device (100) further comprises a processor 106 arranged for controlling the light output of the at least one light source (102). The processor (106) is further arranged for determining the current location of the lighting device (100) based on the received at least one signal and for accessing a memory (108) storing associations between locations and light settings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: RAMON ANTOINE WIRO CLOUT, DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU, TIM DEKKER, PHILIP STEVEN NEWTON, DIRK VALENTINUS RENÉ ENGELEN, BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS
  • Patent number: 10030829
    Abstract: In various embodiments, one or more signals indicative of a shape formed by a flexible lighting strip (100) may be obtained, e.g., from one or more sensors (110) secured to the flexible lighting strip. One or more deformations in the flexible lighting strip may be detected based on the one or more signals. One or more light sources (102) may be selectively energized based on the one or more detected deformations. In some embodiments, one or more light sources contained in a first logical partition of the flexible lighting strip bound by at least one deformation may be energized to emit light having a first property. One or more light sources contained in a second logical partition of the flexible lighting strip separated from the first logical partition by at least one deformation may be energized to emit light having a second property different than the first property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Dirk Valentinus René Engelen, Philip Steven Newton, Tim Dekker, Ramon Antoine Wiro Clout, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis
  • Publication number: 20180206312
    Abstract: A configuration system (100) for configuring a first device (130) in a lighting system is disclosed. The configuration system (100) comprises a memory (102) arranged for storing one or more light settings (110), which light settings (110) are defined by one or more light setting rules (112). The configuration system (100) further comprises a communication unit (104) arranged for communicating with the first device (130). The configuration system (100) further comprises a processor (106) arranged for identifying a device property (132) of the first device (130) based on information received from the first device (130) via the communication unit (104).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU, ANTONIE LEONARDUS JOHANNES KAMP, PHILIP STEVEN NEWTON, LEENDERT TEUNIS ROZENDAAL, SANAE CHRAIBI, BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS, DIRK VALENTINUS RENE ENGELEN
  • Patent number: 10015865
    Abstract: Interactive lighting control system (and method) for controlling and creating of light effects such as the tuning of light scenes based on location indication received from an input device. A basic idea of the claimed system is to provide an interactive lighting control by combining a location indication with a light effect driven approach in lighting control in order to improve the creating of light effects such as the tuning of light scenes especially with large and diverse lighting infrastructures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Valentinus René Engelen, Angelique Carin Johanna Maria Kessels
  • Patent number: 9999117
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for lighting control. For example, a user may commission a touch-controlled luminaire (106) to emit light output having various lighting properties dependent on a manner in which the touch-controlled luminaire is touched subsequently. In particular, a user may use an electronic mobile device (102) such as a smart phone, tablet computer, or a wearable computing device (e.g., computing glasses, smart watches) to associate a touch event profile indicative of a manner in which a touch-controlled luminaire was touched (e.g., tapped, swiped, etc.) with a lighting control action. The user may then provide that association to the touch-controlled luminaire. When the touch-controlled luminaire is later touched in the same manner, it may adjust its light output in accordance with the lighting control action. Operation and commission of gesture-controlled luminaires (706) is also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Philip Steven Newton, Tim Dekker, Ramon Antoine Wiro Clout, Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Tatiana Aleksandrovna Lashina, Dirk Valentinus René Engelen
  • Publication number: 20180132336
    Abstract: The present application relates to a lighting control apparatus (2) configured to control the light emitted from at least one light emitting device (4) using one or more control signals (6). The apparatus (2) uses data (10) associated with a physiological or cognitive state of a user to determine an appropriate control signal (6) to send to the light emitting device (4) when light control input data (8) is provided via a light control input device (30). The apparatus (2) may be used in conjunction with a network of lights providing different combinations of intensity and hue. Also presented is a method (14) for controlling the light emitted from at least one light emitting device (4) using one or more control signals (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Sanae CHRAIBI, Berent Willem MEERBEEK, Remco MAGIELSE, Bartel Marinus VAN DE SLUIS, Dzmitry Viktorovich ALIAKSEYEU, Dirk Valentinus Rene ENGELEN, Jonathan David MASON
  • Patent number: 9955559
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for commissioning a light source in a lighting system including a plurality of light sources capable of emitting coded light. An autonomous vehicle with one or more light sensors and a location detector navigates throughout the lighting system. The light sensor detects an identifier encoded in a light source and the location detector determines the location of the autonomous vehicle. The location is associated with the encoded identifier, thereby commissioning the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Valentinus René Engelen, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis
  • Patent number: 9936555
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for lighting configuration, contemplating analysis of a plurality of distance values from a plurality of distance sensors to set one or more light output characteristics of a plurality of LEDs. The light output characteristics of the LEDs are set as a function of the distance values from the distance sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Dirk Valentinus René Engelen, Tatiana Aleksandrovna Lashina, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis
  • Patent number: 9904825
    Abstract: A coded light device comprising a light source configured to emit coded light, an identifier detection unit configured to detect a product identifier, and a processing unit having a code generator configured to generate a product-related code on basis of the product identifier, and a light source controller configured to control the light source to emit the product-related code by coding its light output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Philip Steven Newton, Dirk Valentinus René Engelen, Tatiana Aleksandrovna Lashina
  • Patent number: 9900954
    Abstract: Illumination systems, flexible lighting apparatus and/or lighting control methods are described herein. In various embodiments, one or more signals indicative of a shape formed by a flexible substrate (104, 204, 304, 504, 604) of a flexible lighting apparatus (100, 200, 300, 600) may be obtained from a plurality of sensors (110, 210, 310) associated with the flexible lighting apparatus. One or more lengths of the flexible substrate along the one or more axes may be detected based on the one or more signals provided by the plurality of sensors. One or more LEDs (or more generally, light sources) (102, 202, 302, 502) disposed along the one or more axes of the flexible substrate may be energized to emit light having one or more lighting properties selected based on the detected one or more lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Valentinus René Engelen, Philip Steven Newton, Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Tim Dekker, Ramon Antoine Wiro Clout
  • Publication number: 20180027623
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for a lighting unit that may adaptably achieve a plurality of lighting effects. A plurality of LEDs (541A-G, 641) producing a light output having at least one adaptable light output characteristic may be provided and controlled by a controller 650 electrically coupled to the plurality of LEDs (541A-G, 641). The controller may control the at least one adaptable light output characteristic in accordance with received lighting configuration data that is specific to a particular lighting implementation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: BARTEL MARINUS VAN DE SLUIS, DIRK VALENTINUS RENÉ ENGELEN, TIM DEKKER, DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU, RAMON ANTOINE WIRO CLOUT
  • Patent number: 9852629
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided herein for tracking vehicles' locations within a parking area. A vehicle identifier may be assigned to a vehicle entering the parking area. A plurality of light sensors may be employed in the parking area to guide the vehicle to an unoccupied parking spot and/or to determine where the vehicle is ultimately parked. In some embodiments, the plurality of light sensors may each be configured to receive and retransmit locally, e.g., to neighboring light sensors, the vehicle identifier on detection of physical presence of the vehicle. In this manner, the vehicle identifier “travels” with the vehicle among the plurality of light sensors to the vehicle's final parking spot. A driver later reclaiming a vehicle may provide a vehicle identifier to a parking kiosk, which may provide output indicative of the vehicle's location in the parking area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Dirk Valentinus Rene Engelen, Bernt Meerbeek