Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Hewitt Zwerver-Curtis

Elizabeth Hewitt Zwerver-Curtis 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).

  • Color selection input device and method
    Patent number: 8730256
    Abstract: The invention relates to color selection input, for example by means of a color selection wheel or pad, particularly for a lighting system. The invention provides color selection means (10) representing selectable colors in terms of hue gradation (12) along a direction thereof, wherein the hue gradation is adapted to user preferences in that the hue gradation is divided into non-equal segments (20, 22) with segments of user preferred hue (20) larger than segments of non user preferred hue (22). The invention has the main advantage that the input of a color selection may be better adapted to user preferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Lucius Theodorus Vinkenvleugel, Johannes Trudo Cornelis Van Kemenade, Bram François Joosen, Paul Philip Thursfield, Elizabeth Hewitt Zwerver-Curtis
  • COLOR SELECTION INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20100053198
    Abstract: The invention relates to color selection input, for example by means of a color selection wheel or pad, particularly for a lighting system. The invention provides color selection means (10) representing selectable colors in terms of hue gradation (12) along a direction thereof, wherein the hue gradation is adapted to user preferences in that the hue gradation is divided into non-equal segments (20, 22) with segments of user preferred hue (20) larger than segments of non user preferred hue (22). The invention has the main advantage that the input of a color selection may be better adapted to user preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V.
    Inventors: Lucius Theodorus Vinkenvleugel, Johannes Trudo Cornelis van Kemenade, Bram Francois Joosen, Paul Philip Thursfield, Elizabeth Hewitt Zwerver-Curtis