Patents by Inventor Jan A. de Graaf

Jan A. de Graaf 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: 20110012515
    Abstract: An imaging device (300), a lighting control system (400) including the imaging device (300), and a method for aligning with a reference image lighting of a site (220) illuminated by least one light source (240) are provided. The imaging device (300) and/or the lighting control system (400) include at least one processor (410) configured to control the imaging device (300) and the light source (240). The imaging device (300) has an array of reflectors (320) including selectable reflectors; a lens configured to receive image rays (330) for forming an image including pixels and provide the image rays (330) to the array of reflectors (320) for reflection as reflected rays (355); and a detector (310) configured to receive the reflected rays (355) and detect characteristics of each pixel of the image for form a resolved image. The processor (410) is further configured to sequentially select each reflector (350) of the array of reflectors (320) for reflecting the reflected rays (355) towards the detector (310).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Eduard Johannes Meijer, Jan De Graaf, Marcus Antonius Verschuuren
  • Publication number: 20100315604
    Abstract: The invention relates to an illumination system (100), a projection device, and a color wheel (20, 22, 24). The illumination system comprises a light source comprising a first light-emitting unit (50) and a second light-emitting unit each emitting light towards a light output window (110). The illumination system comprises the color wheel comprising a plurality of color segments (R, G, B), a boundary between two adjacent color segment being a spoke (40). The first light-emitting unit, the second light-emitting unit and the spoke are configured for preventing the spoke when transiting the optical path (80) between the light source and the light output window to simultaneously transit a first optical path between the first light-emitting unit and the light output window and a second optical path between the second light-emitting unit and the light output window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Martinus Petrus Joseph Peeters, Marcellus Jacobus Johannes Van Der Lubbe, Elvira Johanna Maria Paulussen, Daniel Anton Benoy, Jan De Graaf
  • Publication number: 20100246626
    Abstract: This invention relates to a side-emitting light device comprising two sub-assemblies which are optically bonded together. Each sub-assembly comprises a substrate, at least one light source disposed on the substrate, and a luminescent plate optically bonded with the at least one light source. The light source emits light of a wavelength capable of exciting luminescence light from the luminescent plate. The two sub-assemblies are arranged having the free surface of the luminescent plates facing each other. The side-emitting light device is for instance applicable for light sources comprising naked dies arranged with Thin Film Flip Chip (TFFC) technique or laser diodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Hendrik Adrianus Van Sprang, Jan De Graaf
  • Publication number: 20090206301
    Abstract: An inorganic phosphor body (102) for a light emitting diode, comprising an inorganic luminescent material is provided. A bonding precursor material (103) is arranged on a surface of said inorganic phosphor body (102), and the bonding precursor material comprises an at least partly hydrolyzed organically modified silane. The attachment of the bonding precursor material to the inorganic phosphor body is separated from the bonding of the inorganic phosphor body to a light emitting diode. Thus, the attachment of the bonding precursor material to the inorganic phosphor body may be performed at conditions detrimental to the LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Martinus Petrus Joseph Peeters, Jan De Graaf, Cornelis Gerardus Visser, Rene Jan Hendriks, Klemens Brunner
  • Publication number: 20090030489
    Abstract: Body cover, comprising a substrate, for covering at least part of a human body, and at least one electroluminescent source coupled to the substrate, for illuminating at least a part of the body, wherein the cover is configured to at least partly surround at least a part of the body and/or a body support. Method for radiating at least part of a human body, especially in the treatment of jaundice and/or crigler najjar, comprising covering at least part of the body and/or a body support with a cover with at least one electroluminescent source and emitting light from the electroluminescent source to at least part of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Sima Asvadi, Bernardus Hendrikus Hendriks, Philomeen Antoinette Catharina Engels, Gerrit Jan Van Den Beld, Jan De Graaf, Henk Van Houten
  • Publication number: 20090018622
    Abstract: Body cover, comprising a substrate, for covering at least part of a human body, and at least one electroluminescent source coupled to the substrate, for illuminating at least a part of the body, wherein the cover is configured to at least partly surround at least a part of the body and/or a body support. Method for radiating at least part of a human body, especially in the treatment of jaundice and/or crigler najjar, comprising covering at least part of the body and/or a body support with a cover with at least one electroluminescent source and emitting light from the electroluminescent source to at least part of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Sima Asvadi, Bernardus Hendrikus Hendriks, Philomeen Antoinette Catharina Engels, Gerrit Jan Van Den Beld, Jan De Graaf, Henk Van Houten
  • Publication number: 20080296203
    Abstract: Hydrocarbon conversion process comprising the steps of (a) suspending catalyst particles comprising a layered material in a first, polar hydrocarbon, employing conditions such as will cause delamination of the layered material to form a suspension comprising particles with a size of less than 1 micron, (b) optionally adding the suspension to a second hydrocarbon, (c) converting the first and/or the optional second hydrocarbon in the presence of said delaminated layered material, and (d) separating the delaminated material from the first and the optional second hydrocarbon. This process provides an economically desired way of converting hydrocarbons using small catalyst particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Dennis Stamires, Paul O'Connor, Elbert Jan De Graaf
  • Publication number: 20080192472
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light-emitting device comprising at least one light-emitting diode (LED) chip (12), and an inorganic optical element (14) being connected to the chip(s) by means of a bond (16). The light-emitting device is characterized in that the bond is of a bonding material comprising a matrix including silicon and oxygen atoms with hydrocarbon groups directly bonded to at least a fraction of the silicon atoms. Such inorganic-organic bonding material has very high photo and thermal stability. As a result, high power and high lumen LED chips can be deployed, whereby high brightness light-emitting devices can be realized. The present invention also relates to a method for the manufacture of such light-emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Martinus Petrus Joseph Peeters, Theodora Antonia Petra Maria Keursten, Jan De Graaf
  • Publication number: 20080191236
    Abstract: A cooling device for cooling a light-emitting semiconductor device, such as a LED device (20), comprises a ceramic plate (15) having coolant-conveying channels (12) incorporated therein. The ceramic plate (15) is adapted for forming an integral part of the optical system of the light-emitting semiconductor device (20) and to cool a light-emitting portion (26) of the light-emitting semiconductor device (20). A method of forming a cooling device comprises the steps of forming a charge of ceramic particles, embossing the charge with a stamp to form coolant-conveying channels in the charge, hardening the charge, and providing a cover on top of the channels to seal them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Jan De Graaf, Celine Catherine Sarah Nicole, Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Hans Van Sprang, Theo Arnold Kop, Johan Marra, Ronald Martin Wolf
  • Publication number: 20080187746
    Abstract: The invention relates to a phosphor in a polycrystalline ceramic structure and a light-emitting element provided with the same comprising a Light-Emitting Diode (LED) in which a composite structure of phosphor particles is embedded in a matrix, characterized in that the matrix is a ceramic composite structure comprising a polycrystalline ceramic alumina material, hereafter called luminescent ceramic matrix composite. This luminescent ceramic matrix composite can be made by the steps of converting a powder mixture of ceramic phosphor particles and alumina particles into a slurry, shaping the slurry into a compact, and applying a thermal treatment, optionally in combination with hot isostatic pressing into a polycrystalline phosphor-containing ceramic alumina composite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Jan De Graaf, Theo Arnold Kop
  • Publication number: 20080171206
    Abstract: A method of producing a component with a surface structure (4) includes providing a suspension of particles susceptible to sintering in a liquid medium, providing a stamp element (2) having a structured surface (7) provided with a negative imprint of at least a part of the surface structure (4), providing a mould (1) including a receptacle (5), introducing a quantity of the suspension (6) in the receptacle (5), and applying the structured surface (7) of the stamp element (2) to the suspension in the receptacle. The receptacle of the mould has least one porous wall (8,9).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Jan De Graaf, Theo Arnold Kop
  • Publication number: 20080143242
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light emitting device (10) comprising at least one inorganic light emitting diode (LED) (14) for emitting primary light, a luminescent plate (12) supporting on a first side the LED(s), which plate is adapted to convert the wavelength of at least part of said primary light from the LED(s), and light scattering means for coupling out light from the luminescent plate. The invention makes it possible to omit any bulky extraction optics, and allows for a flat and compact LED module design. The present invention also relates to a method for the manufacture of such a light emitting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Jan De Graaf, Hans Van Sprang, Marcus Antonius Verschuuren
  • Publication number: 20080138919
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device comprising a light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region is combined with a ceramic layer which is disposed in a path of light emitted by the light emitting layer. The ceramic layer is composed of or includes a wavelength converting material such as a phosphor. Luminescent ceramic layers according to embodiments of the invention may be more robust and less sensitive to temperature than prior art phosphor layers. In addition, luminescent ceramics may exhibit less scattering and may therefore increase the conversion efficiency over prior art phosphor layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicants: PHILIPS LUMILEDS LIGHTING COMPANY, LLC, KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Gerd O. Mueller, Regina B. Mueller-Mach, Michael R. Krames, Peter J. Schmidt, Hans-Helmut Bechtel, Joerg Meyer, Jan de Graaf, Theo Arnold Kop
  • Patent number: 7361938
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device comprising a light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region is combined with a ceramic layer which is disposed in a path of light emitted by the light emitting layer. The ceramic layer is composed of or includes a wavelength converting material such as a phosphor. Luminescent ceramic layers according to embodiments of the invention may be more robust and less sensitive to temperature than prior art phosphor layers. In addition, luminescent ceramics may exhibit less scattering and may therefore increase the conversion efficiency over prior art phosphor layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Philips Lumileds Lighting Company LLC
    Inventors: Gerd O. Mueller, Regina B. Mueller-Mach, Michael R. Krames, Peter J. Schmidt, Hans-Helmut Bechtel, Joerg Meyer, Jan de Graaf, Theo Arnold Kop
  • Publication number: 20050269582
    Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device comprising a light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region is combined with a ceramic layer which is disposed in a path of light emitted by the light emitting layer. The ceramic layer is composed of or includes a wavelength converting material such as a phosphor. Luminescent ceramic layers according to embodiments of the invention may be more robust and less sensitive to temperature than prior art phosphor layers. In addition, luminescent ceramics may exhibit less scattering and may therefore increase the conversion efficiency over prior art phosphor layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Gerd Mueller, Regina Mueller-Mach, Michael Krames, Peter Schmidt, Hans-Helmut Bechtel, Joerg Meyer, Jan de Graaf, Theo Kop
  • Patent number: 4569508
    Abstract: A metallurgical vessel having a bottom, a side wall structure defining an opening remote from the bottom, a refractory lining for the interior of the vessel and a unitary metal flange fixed to the vessel and extending around the opening and over the lining, and having an inner periphery directed towards the opening and an outer periphery wherein in order to reduce thermal stresses in the flange there are a plurality of holes in the flange metal spaced from the inner periphery and extending over the refractory lining and distributed circumferentially around the flange whereby heat flow through the flange from its inner periphery to its outer periphery is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Assignee: Hoogovens Groep B.V.
    Inventor: Jan A. de Graaf
  • Patent number: 4149706
    Abstract: Slag shield for a steel converter, comprising a ring of conically set segments around the upper end of the converter. The conically set segments are each provided with two hook-carrying brackets. The hooks near the lower end of the slag shield catching around horizontal bars which are connected around and to the converter. Each segment is held with its upper edge close against the converter vessel by fastening means, which are locally provided on the vessel wall. The fastening means allow for small displacements of the segment in its own plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1979
    Assignee: Hoogovens Ijmuiden, B.V.
    Inventor: Jan A. de Graaf