Patents by Inventor HARM VAN ESSEN

HARM VAN ESSEN 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).

  • Computer implemented method for creating a dynamic light effect and controlling a lighting device according to the dynamic light effect
    Patent number: 10353562
    Abstract: A controller (100) for creating a dynamic light effect and controlling a lighting device (120) according to the dynamic light effect, the controller comprising: a user interface (104) for receiving user input, a display unit (108), a processor (106) for rendering, on the display unit (108), a graphical representation of the lighting device in an area of an image at a first position, the first position being associated with first color information, and for setting, upon receiving a first user input via the user interface (104), the graphical representation in a first state, wherein the graphical representation moves across the area of the image from the first position to a plurality of subsequent positions over a period of time, the plurality of subsequent positions being associated with subsequent color information, and for generating one or more lighting control commands (110) based on the first color information and the subsequent color information, and a communication unit (102) for communicating the ge
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Karin Niemantsverdriet, Josephus Hubertus Eggen, Harm Van Essen
  • A COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CREATING A DYNAMIC LIGHT EFFECT AND CONTROLLING A LIGHTING DEVICE ACCORDING TO THE DYNAMIC LIGHT EFFECT
    Publication number: 20190114062
    Abstract: A controller (100) for creating a dynamic light effect and controlling a lighting device (120) according to the dynamic light effect, the controller comprising: —a user interface (104) for receiving user input, —a display unit (108), —a processor (106) for rendering, on the display unit (108), a graphical representation of the lighting device in an area of an image at a first position, the first position being associated with first color information, and for setting, upon receiving a first user input via the user interface (104), the graphical representation in a first state, wherein the graphical representation moves across the area of the image from the first position to a plurality of subsequent positions over a period of time, the plurality of subsequent positions being associated with subsequent color information, and for generating one or more lighting control commands (110) based on the first color information and the subsequent color information, and —a communication unit (102) for communicating the g
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: KARIN NIEMANTSVERDRIET, JOSEPHUS HUBERTUS EGGEN, HARM VAN ESSEN