Patents by Inventor Hubertus Cornelius Antonius Dirkx

Hubertus Cornelius Antonius Dirkx 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).

  • Interactive modular tile system
    Patent number: 8215642
    Abstract: The interactive modular tile system of the invention comprises a plurality of modular interactive tiles (11, 13). The system comprises electronic circuitry which is operative to determine a configuration of the plurality of modular interactive tiles, and determine whether a game can be played, which game can be played and/or which variation of a game can be played with the determined configuration. The computer program product of the invention enables a programmable device to function as the interactive modular tile system of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Marko Macura, Thomas Marzano, Hubertus Cornelius Antonius Dirkx
  • INTERACTIVE MODULAR TILE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100052253
    Abstract: The interactive modular tile system of the invention comprises a plurality of modular interactive tiles (11, 13). The system comprises electronic circuitry which is operative to determine a configuration of the plurality of modular interactive tiles, and determine whether a game can be played, which game can be played and/or which variation of a game can be played with the determined configuration. The computer program product of the invention enables a programmable device to function as the interactive modular tile system of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Marko Macura, Thomas Marzano, Hubertus Cornelius Antonius Dirkx
  • ARTIFICIAL EYE SYSTEM WITH DRIVE MEANS INSIDE THE EYE-BALL
    Publication number: 20090207239
    Abstract: An artificial eye system, comprising at least one eye unit (2,3) having an eye-ball comprising a rotating spherical shell (7,19) and drive means for rotating said spherical shell (7,19) about its center. The drive means comprise a magnetic member (11) and electrical coils (12,13,14,15). The magnetic member (11) as well as the electrical coils (12,13,14,15) are located inside the rotating spherical shell (7,19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Thomas Petrus Hendricus Warmerdam, Hubertus Cornelius Antonius Dirkx, Erik Johannes Antonius Manders