Patents by Inventor Javier Espina
Javier Espina 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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Publication number: 20130182566Abstract: For load balancing in a large-scale wireless mesh network, a device, a system and a method are provided for controlling data packet transmissions in the wireless mesh network, wherein answers to more than one received data packet are aggregated in one answer-batch.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2011Publication date: July 18, 2013Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Daniel Martin Goergen, Tim Corneel Wilhelmus Schenk, Javier Espina Perez, Oscar Garcia Morchon
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Publication number: 20130058352Abstract: The method for forwarding data packets in position based routing of data from a source node (S) to at least one destination node (D) of a mesh network (1) comprises the following steps. A data packet (2) originating from the source node (S) is received at an intermediate node (A) and the geographical position of the destination node (D) is obtained from the data packet (2). All accessible neighbor nodes (Ci) of the intermediate node (A) and their positions are determined. For each neighbor node (Ci) of the intermediate node (A), a deviation value (vi) depending on the position of the neighbor node (Ci) in relation to a line of sight (4) between the intermediate node (A) and the destination node (D) is then determined and at least one of the neighbor nodes (Ci) is selected as a next intermediate node (B) depending on the determined deviation values (vi). The data packed (2) is then forwarded to the selected next intermediate node (B).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Daniel Martin Goergen, Tim Cornell Wilhelmus Schenk, Javier Espina Perez, Maurice Herman Johan Draaijer
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Patent number: 8312174Abstract: The invention relates to a wireless device for medical data transmission that comprises a wireless interface, a processor, and a medical equipment interface arranged to provide connection to an item of medical equipment. The processor is arranged to communicate with the medical equipment interface and the wireless interface, and is also 5 arranged to perform a protocol adaptation. The protocol adaptation takes place from a protocol of incoming data received at the medical equipment interface to a protocol of data to be transmitted through the wireless interface, or vice versa. The protocol adaptation comprises individual or combined filtering, gathering, partitioning, prioritizing, or discarding the incoming data. The processor is further arranged to read a configuration file containing an 10 adaptation specification that pertains to the protocol adaptation; and to perform the protocol adaptation in compliance with the adaptation specification.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2008Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Javier Espina Perez, Thomas Falck
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Patent number: 8310938Abstract: There is provided a method and a device for detecting interfering radio technologies. The method in accordance with the invention is applicable in order to detect and identify possible interfering technologies that can be found, e.g., in the 2.4 GHz ISM band, by use of a device having a single transceiver which is adapted to employ a first wireless radio access technology. For example, a device having an IEEE 102.15.4 cordless transceiver is able to identify according to the method in accordance with the invention radio signals sent by disquieters which use other interfering technologies by use of only this transceiver. The device can for example be a sensor of a wireless body sensor network.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Javier Espina Perez, Daniel Martinez Gamote
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Publication number: 20110280224Abstract: The present invention relates to a transceiver device for processing a medium access control (MAC) protocol used by a transceiver. The transceiver has a first antenna system for on-body communications and a second antenna system for off-body communications, the transceiver device being designed to reserve one or more data payloads for on-body communications and to allocate the first antenna system to the transceiver for the interval of time occupied by these data payloads, and/or to reserve one or more data payloads for off-body communications and to allocate the second antenna system to the transceiver for the interval of time occupied by these data payloads.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Thomas Falck, Javier Espina Perez, Achim Hilgers
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Publication number: 20110137133Abstract: The invention relates to a method of monitoring a plurality of vital parameters of a patient 10 using a body sensor network with a set of on-body sensors 1 and at least one off-body monitoring device 2, the method comprising the following steps: with each on-body sensor 1, sensing a vital parameter and transmitting data related to the sensed vital parameter to the off-body monitoring device 2, and for at least one of the on-body sensors 1, determining the inclination of this on-body sensor 1 relative to the off-body monitoring device 2. In this way, a reliable and easy to use possibility for monitoring vital parameters of a patient 10 using a body sensor network is provided that minimizes the performance problem produced by RF attenuation caused by the body of the patient 10.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventor: Javier Espina Perez
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Patent number: 7948934Abstract: A method for facilitating coexistence of wireless technologies competing for the same bandwidth includes, with a first component (14) residing in a first wireless network (20), initializing the first wireless network (20) with a superframe period (38) based on a superframe period (28) of a second wireless network (10) and communicating information over the first wireless network (20) within the Contention Free Period period (46) of the superframe period (38) of the first wireless network (20), and, with a second component (4) residing in the second wireless network (10), communicating information over the second wireless network (10) within the Contention Access Period (44) of the superframe period (38), the Contention Free Period (46) and the Contention Access Period (44) being distinct regions of the superframe period (38) of the first wireless network (20).Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2006Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Javier Espina, Salvador E. Boleko, Francesc Dalmases, Thomas Falck
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Publication number: 20100121157Abstract: A high percentage of preventable medical errors occur due to poor communication during the period when patient care is handed from one caregiver to another. Electronic annotations from patient specific body sensor networks are created and classified according to the caregiver and the urgency of the annotation to ensure that no information goes unnoticed during the transfer of care. Sensors (10) of each body sensor network store the annotations, and share the annotations with all the other sensors in the network. The sensors (10) communicate wirelessly with a monitor (12), nurses station (14) a portable device (16) or other device (19) associated with a medical facility network to display the annotations for the caregiver on an associated display (12a, 14a, 16a, 19a). The caregiver can view, create, edit, and delete annotations with input devices (12b, 14b, 16b, 19b) as appropriate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N. V.Inventors: Javier Espina, Martin Elixmann
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Publication number: 20100097951Abstract: There is provided a method and a device for detecting interfering radio technologies. The method in accordance with the invention is applicable in order to detect and identify possible interfering technologies that can be found, e.g., in the 2.4 GHz ISM band, by use of a device having a single transceiver which is adapted to employ a first wireless radio access technology. For example, a device having an IEEE 102.15.4 cordless transceiver is able to identify according to the method in accordance with the invention radio signals sent by disquieters which use other interfering technologies by use of only this transceiver. The device can for example be a sensor of a wireless body sensor network.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Javier Espina Perez, Daniel Martinez Gamote
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Publication number: 20100049005Abstract: The invention relates to a wireless device for medical data transmission that comprises a wireless interface, a processor, and a medical equipment interface arranged to provide connection to an item of medical equipment. The processor is arranged to communicate with the medical equipment interface and the wireless interface, and is also 5 arranged to perform a protocol adaptation. The protocol adaptation takes place from a protocol of incoming data received at the medical equipment interface to a protocol of data to be transmitted through the wireless interface, or vice versa. The protocol adaptation comprises individual or combined filtering, gathering, partitioning, prioritizing, or discarding the incoming data. The processor is further arranged to read a configuration file containing an 10 adaptation specification that pertains to the protocol adaptation; and to perform the protocol adaptation in compliance with the adaptation specification.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2008Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N. V.Inventors: Javier Espina Perez, Thomas Falck
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Publication number: 20090273467Abstract: A patient monitoring system (8) monitors health related parameters of a patient (10). A medical device (12) obtains measurements of the health related parameters of the patient (10). A first mobile device (16), associated with the patient (10), wirelessly collects and transmits the health related parameters of the patient (10). A second mobile device (22), in operative communication with first mobile device, receives the transmitted health related parameters of the patient.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2007Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N. V.Inventors: Martin Elixmann, Javier Espina, Thomas Falck
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Publication number: 20090063671Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, a client device (CL) and a computer program product for determining the need for requesting network configuration information from a network. The client device includes memories (M1, M2) comprising network identifying data (NI) and corresponding configuration data, and a control unit (CO). The control unit orders the connection of the client device to a network, compares first network identifying data associated with said network with second locally stored network identifying data from a memory and uses locally stored network configuration data associated with said second network identifying data for obtaining services if said first network identifying data and said second network identifying data correspond to each other. Because of this the number of searches in a network is limited in case the client device has previous knowledge about the network.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2005Publication date: March 5, 2009Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.Inventors: Jarno Guidi, Javier Espina, Maarten Peter Bodlaender
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Publication number: 20080232345Abstract: A method for facilitating coexistence of wireless technologies competing for the same bandwidth includes, with a first component (14) residing in a first wireless network (20), initializing the first wireless network (20) with a superframe period (38) based on a superframe period (28) of a second wireless network (10) and communicating information over the first wireless network (20) within the Contention Free Period period (46) of the superframe period (38) of the first wireless network (20), and, with a second component (4) residing in the second wireless network (10), communicating information over the second wireless network (10) within the Contention Access Period (44) of the superframe period (38), the Contention Free Period (46) and the Contention Access Period (44) being distinct regions of the superframe period (38) of the first wireless network (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2006Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N. V.Inventors: Javier Espina, Salvador E. Boleko, Francesc Dalmases, Thomas Falck
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Publication number: 20070174409Abstract: The invention relates to networks having at least one slave terminal or device, and a master terminal or device connected thereto that controls the network and is arranged to instruct at least one slave terminal or device to exchange sub-network information with at least one other sub-network. On receipt of an inquiry, a slave terminal or device in another sub-networks transmits a response to the inquiring slave terminal or device in the first sub-network. The communicating slave terminals or devices pass on the sub-network information that is exchanged to the master terminal or device, for the responding sub-network to be merged into the inquiring sub network.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2005Publication date: July 26, 2007Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONIC, N.V.Inventors: Thomas Falck, Javier Espina Perez, Henning Maass, Klaus Weidenhaupt
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Publication number: 20060274669Abstract: A searching apparatus in a wireless network with at least three base stations is put in the position of identifying the available apparatuses and services which are in its proximity, in that the apparatuses Gi(i?k) determine the signal strengths ss(i,j) at which they receive signals from the base stations Bi, and the apparatuses to be discovered send these signals to a searching apparatus Gk.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2004Publication date: December 7, 2006Inventors: Thomas Falck, Javier Espina Perez, Henning Maass
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Publication number: 20060253559Abstract: A searching apparatus is put into the position of identifying the available apparatuses and services in its proximity in that an apparatus to be discovered periodically separates itself from its Access Point and builds up its own Ad hoc Network (AHN) which can be recognized via its Service Set Identifier (SSID) by the searching apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2004Publication date: November 9, 2006Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Javier Espina Perez, Thomas Falck, Henning Maass
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Publication number: 20060052125Abstract: The invention relates to a network having at least one slave terminal (7-10) and a master terminal (6) that is connected thereto that is provided for instructing at least one slave terminal (7) to check for inquiries from at least one other terminal (11) to be incorporated in the network. The instructed slave terminal (7) following detection of an as yet non-incorporated terminal (11) forwards the received inquiry to the master terminal. Upon receipt of the inquiry from the slave terminal, the master terminal sets up a connection with the as yet non-incorporated terminal. In an embodiment, the master terminal (6) sets up the connection by emitting an inquiry and paging the new slave terminal (11).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2003Publication date: March 9, 2006Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.Inventors: Thomas Falck, Javier Espina Perez, Henning Maass, Klaus Weidenhaupt