Patents by Inventor Johannes Cornelis Augustus Franciscus Maria VAN GARDIGEN

Johannes Cornelis Augustus Franciscus Maria VAN GARDIGEN 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).

  • Maintaining a lighting system
    Patent number: 10383198
    Abstract: A lighting system comprises multiple luminaries (4b) installed at known locations in an environment. Each is configured to emit a unique luminaire identifier (ID) into the environment. A database (28) holds multiple location identifiers, each of which identifies one of the known locations. A route (rA, rB, rC, rD) through the environment is identified based on the location identifiers, the route traversing a plurality of the known locations. Data generated by moving a photodetector (6) along the route though the environment is received, the data conveying a sequence of the luminaire identifiers detected by the photodetector from luminaries encountered in moving along the route, the sequence being in order of detection. A database update is performed by, for at least one luminaire identifier in the sequence: identifying its position in the sequence, and updating the database based on the at least one luminaire identifier and its identified position in the sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Stefan Marcus Verbrugh, Engel Johannes Knibbe, Johan Wilhelmus Hermanus Kuppen, Johannes Cornelis Augustus Franciscus Maria Van Gardigen
  • MAINTAINING A LIGHTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180376570
    Abstract: A lighting system comprises multiple luminaries (4b) installed at known locations in an environment. Each is configured to emit a unique luminaire identifier (ID) into the environment. A database (28) holds multiple location identifiers, each of which identifies one of the known locations. A route (rA, rB, rC, rD) through the environment is identified based on the location identifiers, the route traversing a plurality of the known locations. Data generated by moving a photodetector (6) along the route though the environment is received, the data conveying a sequence of the luminaire identifiers detected by the photodetector from luminaries encountered in moving along the route, the sequence being in order of detection. A database update is performed by, for at least one luminaire identifier in the sequence: identifying its position in the sequence, and updating the database based on the at least one luminaire identifier and its identified position in the sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: Philips Lighting Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Stefan Marcus VERBRUGH, Engel Johannes KNIBBE, Johan Wilhelmus Hermanus KUPPEN, Johannes Cornelis Augustus Franciscus Maria VAN GARDIGEN