Patents by Inventor Gerold Bischof

Gerold Bischof 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).

  • Configuration of operating devices for lighting means
    Patent number: 9451675
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile device (10) for the configuration of at least one operating device (20) for operating a lighting means (22) and/or a luminaire, wherein the mobile device (10) comprises at least one optical sensor (12) provided for detecting technical lighting parameters, e.g. by way of device-internal image processing, and/or at least one localizing unit (110) provided for detecting absolute and/or relative position parameters of the mobile device, and wherein the mobile device (10) comprises an interface (11) for communication with the at least one operating device, and more particularly is designed to exchange configuration parameters with the operating device (20) via the interface (11) and, on the basis of the detected technical lighting parameters and/or position parameters, to alter at least one configuration parameter that influences the light rendering of the lighting means (22) in the operating device (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: TRIDONIC GMBH & CO KG
    Inventors: Gerold Bischof, Anthony John Wood
  • CONFIGURATION OF OPERATING DEVICES FOR LIGHTING MEANS
    Publication number: 20140327364
    Abstract: The invention relates to a mobile device (10) for the configuration of at least one operating device (20) for operating a lighting means (22) and/or a luminaire, wherein the mobile device (10) comprises at least one optical sensor (12) provided for detecting technical lighting parameters, e.g. by way of device-internal image processing, and/or at least one localizing unit (110) provided for detecting absolute and/or relative position parameters of the mobile device, and wherein the mobile device (10) comprises an interface (11) for communication with the at least one operating device, and more particularly is designed to exchange configuration parameters with the operating device (20) via the interface (11) and, on the basis of the detected technical lighting parameters and/or position parameters, to alter at least one configuration parameter that influences the light rendering of the lighting means (22) in the operating device (20).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: TRIDONIC GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Gerold Bischof, Anthony John Wood