Patents by Inventor Edzer Huitema
Edzer Huitema 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).
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Patent number: 11436901Abstract: An intelligent audible device is provided that is constructed to monitor for an event, such as actual or elapse time, or a sensor exceeding a threshold. Responsive to the event, a sound input transducer is activated, and an output sound signal representing an intended message is projected into the local environment by a sound output transducer. The sound input transducer captures the actual sound projected into the local environment. The captured actual sound is processed and compared to the output sound signal. In this way it may be confidently determined if the intended message was actually properly projected into the local environment.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventors: Paul Atkinson, John Rilum, Edzer Huitema
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Patent number: 11410585Abstract: A verifiable display is provided that enables the visual content of the display to be detected and confirmed in a variety of ambient lighting conditions, environments, and operational states. In particular, the verifiable display has a display layer that is capable of visually setting an intended message for human or machine reading, with the intended message being set using pixels. Depending on the operational condition of the display and the ambient light, for example, the message that is actually displayed and perceivable may vary from the intended message. To detect what message is actually displayed, a light detection layer in the verifiable display detects the illumination state of the pixels, and in that way is able to detect what message is actually being presented by the display layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Chromera, Inc.Inventors: Paul Atkinson, John Rilum, Edzer Huitema
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Publication number: 20220057335Abstract: In one configuration, an optical state monitor is augmented or comprises one or more indicator-sensors that self-generate different optical profiles (signatures) in response to an item or its environment; wherein wherein the indicator-sensors cooperate with the electromagnetic radiation detectors of the optical state monitor in the detection and determination of the condition(s) of the item or its environment, or of the indicator-sensor and its environment. Of particular interest are indicator-sensors that are thin, flexible, patternable and printable (or otherwise deposited) as films or additive layers to electromagnetic detection layers or other structures of the optical state monitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Paul Atkinson, John Rilum, Edzer Huitema
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Publication number: 20220051534Abstract: An intelligent audible device is provided that is constructed to monitor for an event, such as actual or elapse time, or a sensor exceeding a threshold. Responsive to the event, a sound input transducer is activated, and an output sound signal representing an intended message is projected into the local environment by a sound output transducer. The sound input transducer captures the actual sound projected into the local environment. The captured actual sound is processed and compared to the output sound signal. In this way it may be confidently determined if the intended message was actually properly projected into the local environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Paul Atkinson, John Rilum, Edzer Huitema
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Patent number: 11204331Abstract: In one embodiment, an optical state monitor includes an a light source detection layer for detecting electromagnetic radiation from an associated good. The optical state monitor uses a processor to evaluate the detected radiation, and make a comparison to a pre-defined optical state profile for the good. By making this comparison, the optical state detector is able to determine a quality for the good. In a particular construction, the optical state detector has an integral light source, and the light detection layer is printed as a thin film device. In this way, a stand-alone self-contained sensor is constructed for determining the good's current quality.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Chromera, Inc.Inventors: Paul Atkinson, John Rilum, Edzer Huitema
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Publication number: 20210312846Abstract: A verifiable display is provided that enables the visual content of the display to be detected and confirmed in a variety of ambient lighting conditions, environments, and operational states. In particular, the verifiable display has a display layer that is capable of visually setting an intended message for human or machine reading, with the intendended message being set using pixels. Depending on the operational condition of the display and the ambient light, for example, the message that is actually displayed and perceivable may vary from the intended message. To detect what message is actually displayed, a light detection layer in the verifiable display detects the illumination state of the pixels, and in that way is able to detect what message is actually being presented by the display layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2018Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: Chromera, Inc.Inventors: Paul Atkinson, John Rilum, Edzer Huitema
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Publication number: 20210134128Abstract: An intelligent audible device is provided that is constructed to monitor for an event, such as actual or elapse time, or a sensor exceeding a threshold. Responsive to the event, a sound input transducer is activated, and an output sound signal representing an intended message is projected into the local environment by a sound output transducer. The sound input transducer captures the actual sound projected into the local environment. The captured actual sound is processed and compared to the output sound signal. In this way it may be confidently determined if the intended message was actually properly projected into the local environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Paul Atkinson, John Rilum, Edzer Huitema
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Publication number: 20200309712Abstract: In one embodiment, an optical state monitor includes an a light source detection layer for detecting electromagnetic radiation from an associated good. The optical state monitor uses a processor to evaluate the detected radiation, and make a comparison to a pre-defined optical state profile for the good. By making this comparison, the optical state detector is able to determine a quality for the good. In a particular construction, the optical state detector has an integral light source, and the light detection layer is printed as a thin film device. In this way, a stand-alone self-contained sensor is constructed for determining the good's current quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Paul Atkinson, John Rilum, Edzer Huitema
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Patent number: 10665578Abstract: Embodiments describe a display integration scheme in which an array of pixel driver chips embedded front side up in an insulator layer. A front side redistribution layer (RDL) spans across and is in electrical connection with the front sides of the array of pixel driver chips, and an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) is bonded to the front side RDL. The pixel driver chips may be located directly beneath the display area of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Inventors: Edzer Huitema, Vaibhav Patel, Tore Nauta, Xia Li, Hsin-Hua Hu
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Patent number: 10613035Abstract: In one embodiment, an optical state monitor includes an a light source detection layer for detecting electromagnetic radiation from an associated good. The optical state monitor uses a processor to evaluate the detected radiation, and make a comparison to a pre-defined optical state profile for the good. By making this comparison, the optical state detector is able to determine a quality for the good. In a particular construction, the optical state detector has an integral light source, and the light detection layer is printed as s thin film device. In this way, a stand-alone self-contained sensor is constructed for determining the good's current quality.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Chromera, Inc.Inventors: Paul Atkinson, John Rilum, Edzer Huitema
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Patent number: 10468053Abstract: An intelligent audible device is provided that is constructed to monitor for an event, such as actual or elapse time, or a sensor exceeding a threshold. Responsive to the event, a sound input transducer is activated, and an output sound signal representing an intended message is projected into the local environment by a sound output transducer. The sound input transducer captures the actual sound projected into the local environment. The captured actual sound is processed and compared to the output sound signal. In this way it may be confidently determined if the intended message was actually properly projected into the local environment.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: Chromera, Inc.Inventors: Paul Atkinson, John Rilum, Edzer Huitema
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Publication number: 20190219514Abstract: In one embodiment, an optical state monitor includes an a light source detection layer for detecting electromagnetic radiation from an associated good. The optical state monitor uses a processor to evaluate the detected radiation, and make a comparison to a pre-defined optical state profile for the good. By making this comparison, the optical state detector is able to determine a quality for the good. In a particular construction, the optical state detector has an integral light source, and the light detection layer is printed as s thin film device. In this way, a stand-alone self-contained sensor is constructed for determining the good's current quality.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2018Publication date: July 18, 2019Applicant: Chromera, Inc.Inventors: Paul Atkinson, John Rilum, Edzer Huitema
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Publication number: 20190096864Abstract: Embodiments describe a display integration scheme in which an array of pixel driver chips embedded front side up in an insulator layer. A front side redistribution layer (RDL) spans across and is in electrical connection with the front sides of the array of pixel driver chips, and an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) is bonded to the front side RDL. The pixel driver chips may be located directly beneath the display area of the display panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Edzer Huitema, Vaibhav Patel, Tore Nauta, Xia Li, Hsin-Hua Hu
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Patent number: 10078977Abstract: A verifiable display is provided that enables the visual content of the display to be detected and confirmed in a variety of ambient lighting conditions, enviroments, and operational states. In particular, the verifiable display has a display layer that is capable of visually setting an intended message for human or machine reading, with the intendended message being set using pixels. Depending on the operational condition of the display and the ambient light, for example, the message that is actually displayed and perceivable may vary from the intended message. To detect what message is actually displayed, a light detection layer in the verifiable display detects the illumination state of the pixels, and in that way is able to detect what message is actually being presented by the display layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Chromera, Inc.Inventors: Paul Atkinson, John Rilum, Edzer Huitema
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Publication number: 20180233165Abstract: An intelligent audible device is provided that is constructed to monitor for an event, such as actual or elapse time, or a sensor exceeding a threshold. Responsive to the event, a sound input transducer is activated, and an output sound signal representing an intended message is projected into the local environment by a sound output transducer. The sound input transducer captures the actual sound projected into the local environment. The captured actual sound is processed and compared to the output sound signal. In this way it may be confidently determined if the intended message was actually properly projected into the local environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: Chromera, Inc.Inventors: Paul Atkinson, John Rilum, Edzer Huitema
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Publication number: 20170301273Abstract: A verifiable display is provided that enables the visual content of the display to be detected and confirmed in a variety of ambient lighting conditions, enviroments, and operational states. In particular, the verifiable display has a display layer that is capable of visually setting an intended message for human or machine reading, with the intendended message being set using pixels. Depending on the operational condition of the display and the ambient light, for example, the message that is actually displayed and perceivable may vary from the intended message. To detect what message is actually displayed, a light detection layer in the verifiable display detects the illumination state of the pixels, and in that way is able to detect what message is actually being presented by the display layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2016Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: Chromera, Inc.Inventors: Paul Atkinson, John Rilum, Edzer Huitema
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Patent number: 8199471Abstract: A rollable display device including a first housing 32; a second housing 34 mateable with the first housing 32; an electronic package 36 disposed within at least one of the first housing and the second housing 34; a roll frame 40 coupled to the first housing 32; a rollable display 38 rotatably disposed within the roll frame 40, having one end connected at the second housing 34, and operably connected to the electronic package 36 to display information from the electronic package 36; and a spreader mechanism 50 having a first leg assembly 52, a second leg assembly 54, and a joining assembly 56. First leg assembly 52 couples the first housing 32 and the second housing 34, second leg assembly 54 couples the first housing 32 and the second housing 34, and joining assembly 56 couples the first leg assembly 52 and the second leg assembly 54.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2005Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Creator Technology B.V.Inventors: David J. E. Bemelmans, Kenny Darmadji, Edzer Huitema, Raymond W. Lafarre, Nicolaas W. Schellingerhout
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Patent number: 7956820Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device comprising an outer display stacked with an inner display and being arranged to be operable in a first, multiple view mode and a second, single view mode. An idea of the invention is to arrange an electrophoretic display on top of an emissive display. The display device may be operated in two modes; a first mode being a multiple or dual view mode and a second mode being a single view mode. In order to activate the single view mode, the outer display is set in a transparent state and the inner display is turned on, such that it displays desired objects. In the multiple view mode, the outer display is functioning as a 3D-barrier. Hence, some of the picture elements of the outer display are set in a transparent state while others are set in an opaque state. The viewer sees a different picture with each respective eye, and will accordingly experience a multiple view picture of an object that is displayed on the inner display.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2006Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Edzer Huitema, Geardus P. Karman, Rogier Cortie, Jaap Bruinink, Olaf Gielkens, Antonius G. H. Verhulst, Murray F. Gillies, Michel C. J. M. Vissenberg
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Publication number: 20100177020Abstract: A rollable display device including a first housing 32; a second housing 34 mateable with the first housing 32; an electronic package 36 disposed within at least one of the first housing and the second housing 34; a roll frame 40 coupled to the first housing 32; a rollable display 38 rotatably disposed within the roll frame 40, having one end connected at the second housing 34, and operably connected to the electronic package 36 to display information from the electronic package 36; and a spreader mechanism 50 having a first leg assembly 52, a second leg assembly 54, and a joining assembly 56.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2005Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: POLYMER VISION LIMITEDInventors: David J.E. Bemelmans, Kenny Darmadji, Edzer Huitema, Raymond W. Lafarre, Nicolaas W. Schellingerhout
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Publication number: 20080316580Abstract: A fibre (10) comprises an inner conductor (12), a volume (14) of electro-optic material (16), an external conductor (20), with a photoconductor (18) between the inner conductor and an external conductor. The volume of electro-optic material comprises capsules of electrophoretic, black and white charged particles (24, 26), the black particles having an opposite charge to the white particles. The components of the fibre are flexible, such that the fibre is suitable for use in a flexible display device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2005Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.Inventors: Murray Gillies, Lucas J.M. Schlangen, Edzer Huitema, Martijn Krans