Patents by Inventor Gerardus Henricus Adrianus Johannes Broeksteeg
Gerardus Henricus Adrianus Johannes Broeksteeg 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: 9727517Abstract: In a wireless docking system a dockee device (120) communicates with a host device (100) that is coupled to at least one peripheral (110, 111, 112). The host device has a host communication unit (102) and a docking processor (101) arranged for docking at least one dockee device. The dockee device has a dockee communication unit (121), and a dockee processor (122) for docking to the host device. The dockee processor is arranged for providing at least one virtual peripheral device in a virtual docking environment, the virtual peripheral device having a privacy level. When docking, the virtual peripherals are mapped on actual peripherals so as to apply the privacy level to the actual peripheral. When docked, data transfer with the actual peripheral is controlled according to the respective peripheral privacy level.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Dirk Valentinus Rene Engelen, Jente De Pee, Gerardus Henricus Adrianus Johannes Broeksteeg, Annemarie Paulien Buddemeijer-Lock, Tess Speelpenning
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Patent number: 9674924Abstract: Methods and apparatus related to controlling illumination in a space. The method may include determining a heading of a daylight blocking element and/or a lighting fixture (301) and automatically adjusting at least one characteristic of the daylight blocking element and/or the lighting fixture based at least in part on the determined heading (305). The method may additionally or alternatively include proactively determining likely daylight conditions at a future time and beginning to adjust at least one characteristic of a daylight blocking element and/or a lighting fixture prior to the future time (202/203). Daylight blocking elements and/or lighting fixtures are also provided that may facilitate one or more aspect of the methods of controlling illumination.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2012Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Tatiana Aleksandrovna Lashina, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Giovanna Wagenaar Cacciola, Berent Willem Meerbeek, Dennis Van De Meulenhof, Gerardus Henricus Adrianus Johannes Broeksteeg
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Publication number: 20160070670Abstract: In a wireless docking system a dockee device (120) communicates with a host device (100) that is coupled to at least one peripheral (110, 111, 112). The host device has a host communication unit (102) and a docking processor (101) arranged for docking at least one dockee device. The dockee device has a dockee communication unit (121), and a dockee processor (122) for docking to the host device. The dockee processor is arranged for providing at least one virtual peripheral device in a virtual docking environment, the virtual peripheral device having a privacy level. When docking, the virtual peripherals are mapped on actual peripherals so as to apply the privacy level to the actual peripheral. When docked, data transfer with the actual peripheral is controlled according to the respective peripheral privacy level.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2014Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: DIRK VALENTINUS RENE ENGELEN, JENTE DE PEE, GERARDUS HENRICUS ADRIANUS JOHANNES BROEKSTEEG, ANNEMARIE PAULIEN BUDDEMEIJER-LOCK, TESS SPEELPENNING
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Patent number: 9041296Abstract: A controller for a lighting arrangement is provided, comprising a detector unit having a field of view and a pointing direction. The controller furthermore includes an interface unit for interfacing with the lighting arrangement, and a processing unit connected to the detector unit and the interface unit. The detector unit is arranged to provide detection data including parameters related to one or more identifiable beacons within the field of view of the detector unit. The processing unit is arranged to associate the detection data with a set of lighting parameters for the lighting arrangement and to control the lighting arrangement via the interface unit in accordance with the set of lighting parameters. Also a method of controlling alighting arrangement is provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2010Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Koninklijkle Philips N.V.Inventors: George Frederic Yianni, Gerardus Henricus Adrianus Johannes Broeksteeg, Lorenzo Feri
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Patent number: 8878457Abstract: The present invention relates to a control unit (108) for a lighting system (100) comprising at least two individually controllable light sources (102, 104), wherein the control unit (108) is connectable to the at least two individually controllable light sources (102, 104) and configured to control the at least two individually controllable light sources (102, 104), wherein the control unit (108) is further configured to control a first lighting system configuration comprising the at least two individually controllable light sources (102, 104) so as to cause it to emit a first illumination pattern (120) provided jointly by the at least two light sources (102, 104) of the first lighting system configuration, detect and store an initial set of illumination parameters being indicative of the first illumination pattern (120), determine a subsequent set of illumination parameters being indicative of a second illumination pattern (122) provided by a second lighting system configuration comprising individually contType: GrantFiled: December 30, 2010Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Tim Corneel Wilhelmus Schenk, Marcel Beij, George Frederic Frederic Yianni, Gerardus Henricus Adrianus Johannes Broeksteeg, Lucius Theodorus Vinkenvleugel, Lorenzo Feri
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Publication number: 20140292206Abstract: Methods and apparatus related to controlling illumination in a space. The method may include determining a heading of a daylight blocking element and/or a lighting fixture (301) and automatically adjusting at least one characteristic of the daylight blocking element and/or the lighting fixture based at least in part on the determined heading (305). The method may additionally or alternatively include proactively determining likely daylight conditions at a future time and beginning to adjust at least one characteristic of a daylight blocking element and/or a lighting fixture prior to the future time (202/203). Daylight blocking elements and/or lighting fixtures are also provided that may facilitate one or more aspect of the methods of controlling illumination.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2012Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventors: Tatiana Aleksandrovna Lashina, Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Giovanna Wagenaar Cacciola, Berent Willem Meerbeek, Dennis Van De Meulenhof, Gerardus Henricus Adrianus Johannes Broeksteeg
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Publication number: 20120299510Abstract: The present invention relates to a control unit (108) for a lighting system (100) comprising at least two individually controllable light sources (102, 104), wherein the control unit (108) is connectable to the at least two individually controllable light sources (102, 104) and configured to control the at least two individually controllable light sources (102, 104), wherein the control unit (108) is further configured to control a first lighting system configuration comprising the at least two individually controllable light sources (102, 104) so as to cause it to emit a first illumination pattern (120) provided jointly by the at least two light sources (102, 104) of the first lighting system configuration, detect and store an initial set of illumination parameters being indicative of the first illumination pattern (120), determine a subsequent set of illumination parameters being indicative of a second illumination pattern (122) provided by a second lighting system configuration comprising individually contType: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2010Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.Inventors: Tim Corneel Wilhelmus Schenk, Marcel Beij, George Frederic Frederic Yianni, Gerardus Henricus Adrianus Johannes Broeksteeg, Lucius Theodorus Vinkenvleugel, Lorenzo Feri
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Publication number: 20120242231Abstract: A controller for a lighting arrangement (14) is provided, comprising a detector unit (12) having a field of view (20) and a pointing direction (21). The controller furthermore comprises an interface unit (11) for interfacing with the lighting arrangement (14), and a processing unit (10) connected to the detector unit (12) and the interface unit (11). The detector unit (12) is arranged to provide detection data comprising parameters related to one or more identifiable beacons (2) within the field of view (20) of the detector unit (12). The processing unit (10) is arranged to associate the detection data with a set of lighting parameters for the lighting arrangement (14) and to control the lighting arrangement (14) via the interface unit (11) in accordance with the set of lighting parameters. Also a method of controlling alighting arrangement is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2010Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.Inventors: George Frederic Yianni, Gerardus Henricus Adrianus Johannes Broeksteeg, Lorenzo Feri