Patents by Inventor Fiona Rees

Fiona Rees 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: 20120142999
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a an active pillow system and a method for manipulating a person's resting conditions, wherein the actual resting conditions of the person are determined by a sensor unit, an actigraph, a temperature sensor and/or a humidity sensor for instance, and wherein an acoustic synthetic jet cooling mechanism, is triggered by the determined actual resting conditions for manipulating the person's resting conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Mirela Alina Albu, Philip Steven Newton, Pedro Fonseca, Dmitry Chestakov, Jia Du, Vincentius Paulus Buil, Liesbeth Scholten, Serverius Petrus Paulus Pronk, Fiona Rees
  • Publication number: 20100094439
    Abstract: An interactive method and system include a card (310) including scene data, a reader (320) configured to read the scene data, and a processor (350) configured to activate at least one controllable device (340) in accordance with the scene data to provide a scene associated with the scene data. The controllable device, such as a light source and/or a projector/display is activated in response to inserting the card (310) into a slot of the reader (320) or placing card on (310) a surface (232) of the reader (320). The processor (350) is configured to allow for adjustment of attributes of the scene by a user, including changing intensity and/or color of the scene or of the controllable devices (340) that provide the scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2007
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N V
    Inventors: Dennis Van De Meulenhof, Fiona Rees
  • Patent number: 6758566
    Abstract: Projection systems are known to display images of all kind. The invention proposes to use of a ceiling of a room, for example the bedroom can be used to display all kind of images. Further the invention makes the projection system very much user-interactive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Lorna Goulden, Paul Denis McGroary, Fiona Rees, Alex Wee Kar Tan, Joanna Martina Cornelia Van Gestel, Philip Phelan
  • Publication number: 20020105620
    Abstract: Projection systems are known to display images of all kind. The invention proposes to use of a ceiling of a room, for example the bedroom can be used to display all kind of images. Further the invention makes the projection system very much user-interactive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventors: Lorna Goulden, Paul Denis MacGroary, Fiona Rees, Alex Wee Kar Tan, Joanna Martina Cornelia Van Gestel, Philip Joseph Phelan
  • Publication number: 20020080167
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for storing and accessing information units. It comprises at least one storage device for storing the information units, at least one presentation device for presenting the information units, and a network connecting the storage device and the presentation device. At least one of the information units is assigned to a physical location. The system further comprises positioning means for determining the physical location of the presentation device, and presentation control means for controlling the presentation of a respective information unit in dependence on the physical location of the presentation device and on the location to which the respective information unit is assigned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, Fiona Rees, Bendik Torvin