Patents by Inventor Jeroen Christian Nijdam
Jeroen Christian Nijdam 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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Patent number: 11872709Abstract: A shaving system comprises a shaving device and a cleaning device. The shaving device has an orientation sensor for generating an output signal representing the orientation of the shaving device. The cleaning device supports the shaving device in a cleaning position with a predefined cleaning orientation. The cleaning device is controlled to operate according to a predefined cleaning program for cleaning the shaving unit when the orientation sensed by the orientation sensor corresponds to said predefined cleaning orientation. This shaving device thus makes use of an orientation sensor to identify when the shaving device is in a cleaning orientation. This gives a low cost sensing solution and enables a single user input button to be used for operating the shaving device and for starting a cleaning program.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Tim Mengerink, Johannes Antonius Jansen, Oedilius Johannes Bisschop, Jeroen Christian Nijdam
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Publication number: 20220143852Abstract: A shaving system comprises a shaving device and a cleaning device. The shaving device has an orientation sensor for generating an output signal representing the orientation of the shaving device. The cleaning device supports the shaving device in a cleaning position with a predefined cleaning orientation. The cleaning device is controlled to operate according to a predefined cleaning program for cleaning the shaving unit when the orientation sensed by the orientation sensor corresponds to said predefined cleaning orientation. This shaving device thus makes use of an orientation sensor to identify when the shaving device is in a cleaning orientation. This gives a low cost sensing solution and enables a single user input button to be used for operating the shaving device and for starting a cleaning program.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Tim MENGERINK, Johannes Antonius JANSEN, Oedilius Johannes BISSCHOP, Jeroen Christian NIJDAM
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Patent number: 11027441Abstract: A hair cutting device includes a hair cutting device body and an interchangeable comb unit for defining a hair length after cutting. The hair cutting device body further includes a comb interface for releasable attachment of the comb unit to the hair cutting device body, and a hair length indicator operatively coupled to the comb interface for indicating the hair length to a user. The interchangeable comb unit includes a comb identification member for identifying a hair length associated with the comb unit, and the comb interface includes a comb recognition arrangement being electrically coupled to the hair length indicator. The comb recognition arrangement is configured to sense the comb identification member when the comb unit is connected to the hair cutting device body, and to provide an electronic signal indicative of the hair length associated with the comb unit to the hair length indicator.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Dirk Hendrik Wevers, Hendrik Jan Mark Van Der Worp, Auke Tuinstra, Johan Willem Berenschot, Hedzer Michiel Adriaan Van Der Kamp, Willem Joosten, Marcel Hilco Zijlstra, Ishay Halmut, Jeroen Christian Nijdam
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Patent number: 11014254Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hair cutting apparatus (600), such as a shaver, which is enabled to detect whether hair is currently being cut in a robust way. Such apparatus has a motor (102) for driving a cutting element. The motor current (106) is evaluated by filtering and amplifying it in such a way that a time derivative of the motor current (106) is processed and other parts of the motor current (106), such as noise and DC-5 parts, are eliminated. An evaluator determines whether the time derivative of the motor current is above a predefined threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Jeroen Christian Nijdam
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Patent number: 10946539Abstract: A hair cutting apparatus, such as a shaver, includes a cutting detector to actually detect any hair-cutting actions of the hair cutting apparatus. The apparatus further includes a cutting indicator having a light indicator configured and controlled by the cutting detector to be instantaneously activated when the cutting detector actually detects a hair-cutting action.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventor: Jeroen Christian Nijdam
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Patent number: 10857372Abstract: The present application relates to a device for treating skin using non-thermal plasma. It comprises a housing having a skin interface electrode for application to skin during treatment, a generator for generating non-thermal plasma at the skin interface electrode; and an isolating element to isolate a region surrounding said skin interface electrode other than during treatment so that non-thermal plasma generated at the skin interface electrode within said region sterilises the skin interface electrode.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Jasper Zuidervaart, Eduard Antonius Van Der Zwan, Stephan Mooibroek, Jeroen Christian Nijdam
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Patent number: 10775949Abstract: Touchscreen mirror device (100) comprising a touchscreen panel (10) and a mirror surface (20). The touchscreen panel (10) comprises a grid of capacitive sensors (12) for detecting a position of an input object such as a fingertip (F) near the touchscreen panel (10). The mirror surface (20) is configured to at least partially reflect a mirror image (M) at a front side of the mirror surface (20). The mirror surface (20) comprises a reflective metal layer (21) divided in separate metal islands (21a,21b) that are electrically isolated from each other by a single contiguous gap (G) for allowing the capacitive sensor (12) to detect a position of the input object through the mirror surface (20).Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE N.V.Inventors: Robert Godlieb, Jeroen Christian Nijdam
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Publication number: 20200180176Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hair cutting apparatus (600), such as a shaver, which comprises a cutting detector to actually detect any hair-cutting actions of the hair cutting apparatus. The apparatus further comprises a cutting indicator having a light indicator (620) configured and controlled by the cutting detector to be instantaneously activated when the cutting detector actually detects a hair-cutting action.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2017Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventor: JEROEN CHRISTIAN NIJDAM
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Patent number: 10532475Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a grooming system having an adaptive lighting system (70) and a personal care appliance (50), particularly a hair cutting appliance, the adaptive lighting system (70) comprising at least one sensor (74, 76, 78, 80) that is arranged to detect an illumination-indicative value in the vicinity of a treatment head (54) of the appliance (50), at least one light source (72, 110, 134) that is arranged to illuminate a treatment zone, a lighting control unit (86, 102) operatively coupled with the at least one sensor (74, 76, 78, 80) and the at least one light source (72, 110, 134), wherein the lighting control unit (86, 102) is arranged to control the at least one light source (72, 110, 134) dependent on the illumination-indicative value detected by the at least one sensor (74, 76, 78, 80), and wherein the lighting control unit (86, 102) is arranged to increase a target illumination level when a detected actual illumination level is low, and to decrease a target illumination level whenType: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Ramachandra Rao Ganesh, Jeroen Christian Nijdam
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Patent number: 10518428Abstract: A hair cutting device comprises a blade portion and an adjustable cutting guide moveable with respect to the blade portion to provide a reference guide line on a user's skin/body to enable hair to be cut accurately at a predetermined angle or pattern.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Ishay Halmut, Jeroen Christian Nijdam
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Publication number: 20190358835Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a grooming system having an adaptive lighting system (70) and a personal care appliance (50), particularly a hair cutting appliance, the adaptive lighting system (70) comprising at least one sensor (74, 76, 78, 80) that is arranged to detect an illumination-indicative value in the vicinity of a treatment head (54) of the appliance (50), at least one light source (72, 110, 134) that is arranged to illuminate a treatment zone, a lighting control unit (86, 102) operatively coupled with the at least one sensor (74, 76, 78, 80) and the at least one light source (72, 110, 134), wherein the lighting control unit (86, 102) is arranged to control the at least one light source (72, 110, 134) dependent on the illumination-indicative value detected by the at least one sensor (74, 76, 78, 80), and wherein the lighting control unit (86, 102) is arranged to increase a target illumination level when a detected actual illumination level is low, and to decrease a target illumination level whenType: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2017Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: RAMACHANDRA RAO GANESH, JEROEN CHRISTIAN NIJDAM
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Patent number: 10456936Abstract: An adjustment drive for an adjustable spacing comb for a hair cutting appliance that may be fitted with an adjustable spacing comb. The adjustment drive comprises an actuator for actuating a movable comb portion of the adjustable spacing comb with respect to a blade set of the hair cutting appliance, a manually operable rotation element, and a rotary encoder, that is configured to detect rotary movement of the rotation element and to output a respective user input signal, wherein the actuator is operated in response to the user input signal.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Geert-Jan Darwinkel, Hendrik Klass Haagsma, Nicky Lewis, Matthew Gerard Nayna, Cornelis Johannes Zandsteeg, Hilde Seip, Auke Meint Jan Veninga, Jeroen Christian Nijdam
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Publication number: 20190275687Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hair cutting apparatus (600), such as a shaver, which is enabled to detect whether hair is currently being cut in a robust way. Such apparatus has a motor (102) for driving a cutting element. The motor current (106) is evaluated by filtering and amplifying it in such a way that a time derivative of the motor current (106) is processed and other parts of the motor current (106), such as noise and DC-5 parts, are eliminated. An evaluator determines whether the time derivative of the motor current is above a predefined threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2017Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventor: JEROEN CHRISTIAN NIJDAM
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Publication number: 20190220116Abstract: Touchscreen mirror device (100) comprising a touchscreen panel (10) and a mirror surface (20). The touchscreen panel (10) comprises a grid of capacitive sensors (12) for detecting a position of an input object such as a fingertip (F) near the touchscreen panel (10). The mirror surface (20) is configured to at least partially reflect a mirror image (M) at a front side of the mirror surface (20). The mirror surface (20) comprises a reflective metal layer (21) divided in separate metal islands (21a,21b) that are electrically isolated from each other by a single contiguous gap (G) for allowing the capacitive sensor (12) to detect a position of the input object through the mirror surface (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: July 18, 2019Inventors: ROBERT GODLIEB, JEROEN CHRISTIAN NIJDAM
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Patent number: 10084401Abstract: The invention relates to an electric shaver (1) comprising a cutter unit (3), an electric motor (4), a load detector arranged to detect a load current of the motor (4) and a controller. The controller switches the average voltage from a first level to a second level once the load current exceeds a first threshold value (TH_TH), and switches the average voltage from the second level back to the first level if the load current falls below a second threshold value (TH_TL) and stays below the second threshold value (TH_TL) for a predefined time period. By operating on a lower energy consumption when the cutter unit of the shaver is not in contact with the skin, energy is saved without the need for a proximity sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Robert Godlieb, Jan Geert Hagting, Jeroen Christian Nijdam, Jasper Zuidervaart
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Publication number: 20180161997Abstract: A hair cutting device comprises a blade portion and an adjustable cutting guide moveable with respect to the blade portion to provide a reference guide line on a user's skin/body to enable hair to be cut accurately at a predetermined angle or pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2018Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: ISHAY HALMUT, JEROEN CHRISTIAN NIJDAM
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Publication number: 20180133496Abstract: The present application relates to a device for treating skin using non-thermal plasma. It comprises a housing having a skin interface electrode for application to skin during treatment, a generator for generating non-thermal plasma at the skin interface electrode; and an isolating element to isolate a region surrounding said skin interface electrode other than during treatment so that non-thermal plasma generated at the skin interface electrode within said region sterilises the skin interface electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2016Publication date: May 17, 2018Inventors: JASPER ZUIDERVAART, EDUARD ANTONIUS VAN DER ZWAN, STEPHAN MOOIBROEK, JEROEN CHRISTIAN NIJDAM
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Patent number: 9902076Abstract: A hair cutting device (10) comprises a blade portion (12) and an adjustable cutting guide (16) moveable with respect to the blade portion to provide a reference guide line (19) on a user's skin/body to enable hair to be cut accurately at a predetermined angle or pattern.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2012Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Ishay Halmut, Jeroen Christian Nijdam
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Publication number: 20170072577Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an adjustment drive (50) for an adjustable spacing comb (26) for a hair cutting appliance (10) and to a hair cutting appliance (10) that is fitted with an adjustable spacing comb (26). The present disclosure further relates to a method for operating an adjustable spacing comb (26) for a hair cutting appliance (10). The adjustment drive (50) comprises an actuator (52) for actuating a movable comb portion (40) of the adjustable spacing comb (26) with respect to a blade set (16) of the hair cutting appliance (10), a manually operable rotation element (64), particularly a manually rotatable rotation element (64) and an encoder (70) particularly a rotary encoder (70), that is configured to detect rotary movement of the rotation element (64) and to output a respective user input signal, wherein the actuator (52) is operated on the basis of the user input signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Geert-Jan DARWINKEL, Hendrik Klass HAAGSMA, Nicky LEWIS, Matthew Gerard NAYNA, Cornelis Johannes ZANDSTEEG, Hilde SEIP, Auke Meint Jan VENINGA, Jeroen Christian NIJDAM
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Publication number: 20170019044Abstract: The invention relates to an electric shaver (1) comprising a cutter unit (3), an electric motor (4), a load detector arranged to detect a load current of the motor (4) and a controller. The controller switches the average voltage from a first level to a second level once the load current exceeds a first threshold value (TH_TH), and switches the average voltage from the second level back to the first level if the load current falls below a second threshold value (TH_TL) and stays below the second threshold value (TH_TL) for a predefined time period. By operating on a lower energy consumption when the cutter unit of the shaver is not in contact with the skin, energy is saved without the need for a proximity sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: ROBERT GODLIEB, JAN GEERT HAGTING, JEROEN CHRISTIAN NIJDAM, JASPER ZUIDERVAART