Patents by Inventor Jingqi HOU

Jingqi HOU 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).

  • Patent number: 10959569
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heating device (100, 200) for heating food (4) in a container (3), in particular milk in a baby bottle. The heating device comprising a chamber (1) configured to contain a fluid (2) and to receive the container (3), a heating unit (5) for heating the fluid, a temperature measuring element (8) for measuring the temperature of the fluid (2) over time to obtain a temperature profile (300) over time, and a controller (6) for controlling the heating unit (5) based on the obtained temperature profile of the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Paulus Cornelis Duineveld, Arjan Teodor Van Wieringen, Jingqi Hou, Roel Alexander Rethmeier, Franciscus Maria Johannes Van Roemburg
  • Patent number: 10568458
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heating device (10) for heating food (12) in a container (14), in particular milk in a baby bottle, comprising a chamber (16) configured to contain a fluid (18) and to receive the container (14), a heating unit (20) for heating the fluid (18) in the chamber (16), a temperature measuring element (22) for measuring a temperature of the fluid (18) over a time range, a calculation unit (24) for determining, for each time point of the time range being a first time point, a temperature difference of the fluid (18) between the first time point and a corresponding second time point of the time range different from the first time point, the calculation unit (24) being configured to compare the determined temperature difference to a predefined amount of temperature, and an estimation unit (26) for estimating an arrival time point, at which a pre-set temperature for the food (12) contained in the container (14) is reached, based on the comparison result of the calculation unit (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Arjan Teodor Van Wieringen, Jingqi Hou
  • Publication number: 20180020871
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heating device (10) for heating food (12) in a container (14), in particular milk in a baby bottle, comprising a chamber (16) configured to contain a fluid (18) and to receive the container (14), a heating unit (20) for heating the fluid (18) in the chamber (16), a temperature measuring element (22) for measuring a temperature of the fluid (18) over a time range, a calculation unit (24) for determining, for each time point of the time range being a first time point, a temperature difference of the fluid (18) between the first time point and a corresponding second time point of the time range different from the first time point, the calculation unit (24) being configured to compare the determined temperature difference to a predefined amount of temperature, and an estimation unit (26) for estimating an arrival time point, at which a pre-set temperature for the food (12) contained in the container (14) is reached, based on the comparison result of the calculation unit (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: ARJAN TEODOR VAN WIERINGEN, JINGQI HOU
  • Publication number: 20170086620
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heating device (100, 200) for heating food (4) in a container (3), in particular milk in a baby bottle. The heating device comprising a chamber (1) configured to contain a fluid (2) and to receive the container (3), a heating unit (5) for heating the fluid, a temperature measuring element (8) for measuring the temperature of the fluid (2) over time to obtain a temperature profile (300) over time, and a controller (6) for controlling the heating unit (5) based on the obtained temperature profile of the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: PAULUS CORNELIS DUINEVELD, ARJAN TEODOR VAN WIERINGEN, JINGQI HOU, ROEL ALEXANDER RETHMEIER, FRANCISCUS MARIA JOHANNES VAN ROEMBURG
  • Publication number: 20140236036
    Abstract: A device and method for reliably and accurately obtaining respiratory information of a subject despite motion of the subject are disclosed. The proposed device comprises a motion signal computing unit for computing a number M of motion signals for a plurality of pixels and/or groups of pixels of at least a region of interest for a number N of image frames of a subject, a transformation unit for computing, for some or all M motion signals, a number of source signals representing independent motions within said images by applying a transformation to the respective motion signals to obtain source signals representing independent motions within said N image frames, and a selection unit for selecting a source signal from among said computed source signals representing respiration of said subject by examining one or more properties of said source signals for some or all of said computed source signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Gerard de HAAN, Caifeng SHAN, Jingqi HOU