Patents by Inventor Johannes Hendrik Pieter Machiel Kerkhof

Johannes Hendrik Pieter Machiel Kerkhof 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: 7736588
    Abstract: Detection arrangement and method for detecting presence of a residue in a sample include determining color values of the sample, associated with the L*a*b color model. A value of a composite parameter Z is calculated as follows: A=wL+waa+wbb where wL, wa and wb are weighting factors having a value depending on the residue and the sample. A determination is made whether or not the sample comprises more or less than a predetermined amount of the residue in dependence on the value of the composition parameter Z. In a preferred embodiment, the arrangement is used to detect antibiotic residues, e.g. penicillin-G, in food products, elg. Milk, or body fluids, e.g. blood, urine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Pieter Cornelis Langeveld, Karl Heinrich Van Hemert, Johannes Hendrik Pieter Machiel Kerkhof, Jacobus Stark
  • Patent number: 7308141
    Abstract: Method and arrangement to locate an object with a predetermined number of marks, the arrangement comprising a light source, a sensor and a processor, by means of the following steps:—illuminating the object with the light source;—receiving an image of the object and generate image pixel data including image pixel locations and image pixel intensities for each image pixel location with said sensor;—receiving the image pixel data and storing them in a memory;—comparing said image pixel intensities with a predetermined threshold;—determining object position based on said comparing;—using a digital match mask that corresponds with said object with said marks;—finding a best match between said digital match mask and said object on said object position;—determining mark positions within said object position from said best match.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: DSM IP Assets B.V.
    Inventors: Pieter Cornelis Langeveld, Karl Heinrich Van Hemert, Johannes Hendrik Pieter Machiel Kerkhof, Jacobus Stark
  • Publication number: 20040249835
    Abstract: Method and arrangement to locate an object with a predetermined number of marks, the arrangement comprising a light source, a sensor and a processor, by means of the following steps:—illuminating the object with the light source;—receiving an image of the object and generate image pixel data including image pixel locations and image pixel intensities for each image pixel location with said sensor;—receiving the image pixel data and storing them in a memory;—comparing said image pixel intensities with a predetermined threshold;—determining object position based on said comparing;—using a digital match mask that corresponds with said object with said marks;—finding a best match between said digital match mask and said object on said object position;—determining mark positions within said object position from said best match.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Pieter Cornelis Langeveld, Karl Heinrich Van Hemert, Johannes Hendrik Pieter Machiel Kerkhof, Jacobus Stark