Patents by Inventor Gabriel SQUILLACE

Gabriel SQUILLACE 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: 20240381512
    Abstract: A system (1) is configured to control first and second pixelated lighting devices (10,20) based on a dynamic light scene. The dynamic light scene comprises light settings that move across individually controllable light segments (12-18,22-27) of the pixelated lighting devices over time. An initial mapping has been determined from the dynamic light scene to the light segments of the first lighting device. The system is 5configured to obtain a position of the first lighting device relative to the second lighting device, determine a spatial offset for the initial mapping based on this position, determine a spatial direction of the dynamic light scene relative to the first lighting device based on this position, and control the first lighting device to render the dynamic light scene according to an adjusted initial mapping. The initial mapping is adjusted by offsetting the initial mapping 10according to the spatial offset and the spatial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventor: JORGE GABRIEL SQUILLACE
  • Patent number: 11991804
    Abstract: A lighting device comprising a lighting unit comprising a plurality of lighting modules and a termination module, wherein the termination module is configured to have an electrical characteristic different from that of each lighting module, such that it draws a different amount of current in response to an applied drive voltage. The present invention suggests automatically determining a lighting module count of the lighting unit upon detection of the termination module, by measuring a change of a current passing through the lighting unit while sequentially activating the modules of the lighting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jorge Gabriel Squillace, Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu
  • Patent number: 11937356
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving (222,224,226,232,234,236) information identifying power on/off-related behavior (e.g. shutdown moment and/or elapsed time) from each of the plurality of lighting devices and partitioning the plurality of lighting devices in groups of lighting devices, e.g. Group1: L1+L2 and Group2: L3, based on the received information. Each of the groups comprises only lighting devices with similar power on/off-related behavior. The method further comprises controlling (242) the lighting device in response to a user command, determining that a problem has occurred when controlling the lighting device, and identifying the group that comprises the lighting device. The method also comprises determining a power on/off state of at least one other lighting device in the identified group, determining diagnostic information based the determined power on/off states, and providing (243) the diagnostic information to the user. The diagnostic information indicates a likely cause for the problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jorge Gabriel Squillace, Serdar Buyuksarac, Remco Magielse, Ludolf Jan Woltjer
  • Publication number: 20240090104
    Abstract: A control system for configuring a plurality of lighting devices is disclosed. The control system comprises a communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a plurality of lighting devices, a configuration module configured to: for each lighting device of the plurality of lighting devices, group different segments of the plurality of individually controllable segments into different lighting control groups, and communicate, via one or more communication units, grouping information to each respective lighting device to cause the respective lighting device to store the respective grouping information in its memory, the grouping information being indicative of the respective lighting control groups into which the different segments have been grouped, and a control module configured to: communicate, via the one or more communication units, a broadcast command to the plurality of lighting devices, the broadcast command defining respective light settings for the respective lighting control groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: JORGE GABRIEL SQUILLACE, ANTONIE LEONARDUS JOHANNES KAMP, DANIEL MARTIN GOERGEN, ALOYS HUBBERS
  • Patent number: 11839005
    Abstract: A method (400) of controlling a lighting unit (110) of a lighting system (100a, 100b) is disclosed. The lighting system (100a, 100b) comprises the lighting unit (110) and a lighting control device (120) comprising a user input element (122) for receiving a continuous user input for changing an intensity of the light output of the lighting unit (110). The method (400) comprises receiving (402) a signal indicative of the continuous user input, obtaining (404) one or more parameters, the one or more of parameters comprising at least a current light setting of the lighting unit (110), the current light setting having an intensity level between a predefined maximum intensity level and a predefined minimum intensity level, and controlling the intensity of the light output of the lighting unit (110) over time while the continuous user input is being provided, wherein the intensity of the light output is either increased or decreased based on the one or more parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jorge Gabriel Squillace, Remco Magielse, Kevin Thomas Worm
  • Publication number: 20230262863
    Abstract: A method (500) of configuring a light source array (110) of a system is disclosed. The system further comprising a display (110) and a camera (108), wherein the light source array (110) comprises a plurality of individually controllable lighting units, and wherein the light source array (110) has been positioned relative to the display (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU, BERENT WILLEM MEERBEEK, JORIS HUBERTUS ANTONIUS HAGELAAR, JORGE GABRIEL SQUILLACE, BERTRAND JOHAN EDWARD HONTELE
  • Publication number: 20230199929
    Abstract: A lighting device comprising a lighting unit comprising a plurality of lighting modules and a termination module, wherein the termination module is configured to have an electrical characteristic different from that of each lighting module, such that it draws a different amount of current in response to an applied drive voltage. The present invention suggests automatically determining a lighting module count of the lighting unit upon detection of the termination module, by measuring a change of a current passing through the lighting unit while sequentially activating the modules of the lighting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: JORGE GABRIEL SQUILLACE, DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH ALIAKSEYEU
  • Publication number: 20220279641
    Abstract: A method (400) of controlling a lighting unit (110) of a lighting system (100a, 100b) is disclosed. The lighting system (100a, 100b) comprises the lighting unit (110) and a lighting control device (120) comprising a user input element (122) for receiving a continuous user input for changing an intensity of the light output of the lighting unit (110). The method (400) comprises receiving (402) a signal indicative of the continuous user input, obtaining (404) one or more parameters, the one or more of parameters comprising at least a current light setting of the lighting unit (110), the current light setting having an intensity level between a predefined maximum intensity level and a predefined minimum intensity level, and controlling the intensity of the light output of the lighting unit (110) over time while the continuous user input is being provided, wherein the intensity of the light output is either increased or decreased based on the one or more parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: JORGE GABRIEL SQUILLACE, REMCO MAGIELSE, KEVIN THOMAS WORM
  • Patent number: 11395392
    Abstract: A monitor device is provided for monitoring a lighting arrangement of lighting elements of unknown electrical load, and a driver using the monitoring arrangement. A set of duty cycles is applied to switches which control sub-sets of lighting elements thereby to create a desired light output. With this desired duty cycle setting, the current for an individual duty cycle period is monitored, in particular to detect variations in a current plateau level within the individual duty cycle period. This is used to determine electrical characteristics or parameters including at least a cable resistance between a power supply unit and the lighting arrangement. A power consumption of the lighting arrangement may then be obtained. This avoids the need to probe the sub-sets of lighting elements individually in order to determine the nature of the load and its power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Jorge Gabriel Squillace, Joris Hubertus Antonius Hagelaar, Aleksandar Sevo, Lucas Louis Marie Vogels, Marcel Van Der Ham
  • Publication number: 20220167489
    Abstract: A method comprises receiving (222,224,226,232,234,236) information identifying power on/off-related behavior (e.g. shutdown moment and/or elapsed time) from each of the plurality of lighting devices and partitioning the plurality of lighting devices in groups of lighting devices, e.g. Group1: L1+L2 and Group2: L3, based on the received information. Each of the groups comprises only lighting devices with similar power on/off-related behavior. The method further comprises controlling (242) the lighting device in response to a user command, determining that a problem has occurred when controlling the lighting device, and identifying the group that comprises the lighting device. The method also comprises determining a power on/off state of at least one other lighting device in the identified group, determining diagnostic information based the determined power on/off states, and providing (243) the diagnostic information to the user. The diagnostic information indicates a likely cause for the problem.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: JORGE GABRIEL SQUILLACE, SERDAR BUYUKSARAC, REMCO MAGIELSE, LUDOLF JAN WOLTJER
  • Publication number: 20210259077
    Abstract: A monitor device is provided for monitoring a lighting arrangement of lighting elements of unknown electrical load, and a driver using the monitoring arrangement. A set of duty cycles is applied to switches which control sub-sets of lighting elements thereby to create a desired light output. With this desired duty cycle setting, the current for an individual duty cycle period is monitored, in particular to detect variations in a current plateau level within the individual duty cycle period. This is used to determine electrical characteristics or parameters including at least a cable resistance between a power supply unit and the lighting arrangement. A power consumption of the lighting arrangement may then be obtained. This avoids the need to probe the sub-sets of lighting elements individually in order to determine the nature of the load and its power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: JORGE GABRIEL SQUILLACE, JORIS HUBERTUS ANTONIUS HAGELAAR, ALEKSANDAR SEVO, LUCAS LOUIS MARIE VOGELS, MARCEL VAN DER HAM
  • Publication number: 20180341328
    Abstract: A method for monitoring an eye position, comprises: capturing (202) a sequence of digital images of an eye; acquiring (204) a sequence of biosignal data representing eye movements; determining (206) a set of reference eye positions based on the sequence of digital images; and determining (208) a set of intermediate eye positions based on said set of reference eye positions and said sequence of biosignal data, said set of intermediate eye positions representing eye positions relative to said set of reference eye positions, wherein the set of intermediate eye positions represents eye positions between consecutive pairs of images of said sequence of digital images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Carlos AGELL, Pierluigi CASALE, Gabriel SQUILLACE