Patents by Inventor Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens

Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens 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: 11808443
    Abstract: A lighting device comprising a light source being configured to generate source light of a white light emission spectrum having a color correlated temperature (CCT) in a range of 2500-20000K and comprising a control unit being configured to control a lighting element for tuning of the source light with respect to a ratio between a first emission peak in a wavelength range of 460-490 nm and a second emission peak in a wavelength range of 430-460 nm. Thus a lighting device with a tunable/adjustable spectrum is provided that can switch between a first operation state of energy efficiency lighting with a blue peak in the second wavelength range of 430-460 nm, but with blue hazard risk, and a second operation state of less efficient but safe, healthy lighting with a biological stimulant having a blue peak in the first wavelength range of 460-490 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens, Wiebe Wagemans, Bianca Maria Irma Van Der Zande, Kars-Michiel Hubert Lenssen, Martinus Petrus Joseph Peeters, Remy Cyrille Broersma
  • Patent number: 11089665
    Abstract: A lighting system has a controller which receives input information from physiological sensors associated with users in the area illuminated by the lighting system. Anxiety is detected of a user or users when in or approaching a particular region of the area, and the lighting is changed to reduce the anxiety. In this way, lighting changes only need to be made when there is a need based on the response of the particular users. The system thus 5 enables energy savings as well as more stable lighting conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Signify Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens, Joanne Henriette Desiree Monique Westerink, Luca Tiberi, Maurice Herman Johan Draaijer, Ralf Gertruda Hubertus Voncken
  • Patent number: 10976039
    Abstract: Provided is a lighting device including a light source for emitting light, a sensor configured to detect infrared radiation from a plurality of locations along a path in the field of view of the sensor, at least one attenuation element arranged between at least one location of the plurality of locations and the sensor so as to attenuate or block infrared radiation emitted from the at least one location before it reaches the sensor, and a controller. The at least one attenuation element is further arranged in relation to the field of view of the sensor for the signal output from the sensor to indicate, when an occupant is moving along the path, a direction of movement of the occupant along the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Harald Josef Gunther Radermacher, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Anteneh Alemu Abbo, Hongming Yang, Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens, Dave Willem Van Goor
  • Patent number: 10898673
    Abstract: A lighting control device for influencing thermoregulation of a vertebrate is disclosed. In one example, the lighting control device configured to select, on the basis of a predetermined criterion, a particular group of colors of groups having been categorized into groups on the basis of dominant wavelength, where each group of colors is arranged to influence a vertebrate's thermoregulation in a particular manner, and configured to generate a control signal for controlling the dominant wavelength of light emitted from at least one light source in accordance with the selected group of colors. The lighting control device is configured to transmit the generated control signal to said at least one light source for said at least one light source to emit light of the selected group of colors, thereby influencing the thermoregulation of the vertebrate being exposed to the light on the basis of said predetermined criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens, Simone Helena Maria Poort, Lucas Josef Maria Schlangen
  • Patent number: 10856387
    Abstract: A crowd entertainment system (100) is disclosed comprising a set of devices (110, 112) for generating an ambience observable from a crowd location (10), said ambience comprising at least one of a visual component and an audible component; and a controller (130) adapted to control said set of devices, the controller arranged to obtain data pertaining to a crowd behaviour parameter (131) indicative of the behaviour of a crowd in said crowd location from at least one crowd behaviour observation device and obtain the crowd behaviour parameter from said data; obtain a crowd composition parameter (133) indicative of a composition of said crowd from a crowd composition parameter source; select an ambience definition from a plurality of ambience definitions as a function of the obtained crowd behaviour parameter and crowd composition parameter, each of said ambience definitions being labelled with at least one particular crowd composition parameter; and control at least a subset of said set of devices in accordance w
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Edith Danielle Den Hartog, Martijn Marius Hultermans, Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens
  • Publication number: 20200340658
    Abstract: Provided is a lighting device including a light source for emitting light, a sensor configured to detect infrared radiation from a plurality of locations along a path in the field of view of the sensor, at least one attenuation element arranged between at least one location of the plurality of locations and the sensor so as to attenuate or block infrared radiation emitted from the at least one location before it reaches the sensor, and a controller. The at least one attenuation element is further arranged in relation to the field of view of the sensor for the signal output from the sensor to indicate, when an occupant is moving along the path, a direction of movement of the occupant along the path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Harald Josef Gunther RADERMACHER, Rifat Ata Mustafa HIKMET, Anteneh Alemu ABBO, Hongming YANG, Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus BAAIJENS, Dave Willem VAN GOOR
  • Publication number: 20200289043
    Abstract: A lighting system has a controller which receives input information from physiological sensors associated with users in the area illuminated by the lighting system. Anxiety is detected of a user or users when in or approaching a particular region of the area, and the lighting is changed to reduce the anxiety. In this way, lighting changes only need to be made when there is a need based on the response of the particular users. The system thus 5 enables energy savings as well as more stable lighting conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: JOHANNES PETRUS WILHELMUS BAAIJENS, JOANNE HENRIETTE DESIREE MONIQUE WESTERINK, LUCA TIBERI, MAURICE HERMAN JOHAN DRAAIJER, RALF GERTRUDA HUBERTUS VONCKEN
  • Patent number: 10390411
    Abstract: A method of automatically commissioning a lighting system comprising a plurality of luminaires for illuminating one or more regions within a space. The method comprises: receiving signals from a positioning system, indicating a respective location within the space at which each of a plurality of physical entities is detected by the positioning system, each of the entities being a person or a movable nonhuman object. The method further comprises determining a spatial distribution of at least some of the entities based on the locations indicated by the signals from the positioning system, and determining a region within the space corresponding to this spatial distribution. The method then comprises identifying a group of the luminaires that are arranged to illuminate the determined region and storing identifiers of those luminaires together as a group in a commissioning database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Luca Tiberi, Ralf Gertruda Hubertus Voncken, Maurice Herman Johan Draaijer, Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens
  • Patent number: 10364959
    Abstract: A lighting device comprising a housing with a light emission window and, opposite thereto, a reflector. A planar light transmissive carrier arranged in between the light emission window and the reflector and comprising, at least on a side facing towards the reflector, a grid of a plurality of light sources. The plurality of light sources comprise a first group of first light sources and a second group of second light sources. Each first light source has a respective first emission orientation in a respective first direction away from the reflector and each second light source has a respective second emission orientation to issue light towards the reflector, which light, after reflection, is redirected into a respective first direction. The lighting device is able to provide accent lighting and/or diffuse lighting issued by light sources arranged on one planar carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens, Dragan Sekulovski
  • Publication number: 20190209807
    Abstract: A lighting control device for influencing thermoregulation of a vertebrate is disclosed. In one example, the lighting control device configured to select, on the basis of a predetermined criterion, a particular group of colors of groups having been categorized into groups on the basis of dominant wavelength, where each group of colors is arranged to influence a vertebrate's thermoregulation in a particular manner, and configured to generate a control signal for controlling the dominant wavelength of light emitted from at least one light source in accordance with the selected group of colors. The lighting control device is configured to transmit the generated control signal to said at least one light source for said at least one light source to emit light of the selected group of colors, thereby influencing the thermoregulation of the vertebrate being exposed to the light on the basis of said predetermined criterion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: JOHANNES PETRUS WILHELMUS BAAIJENS, SIMONE HELENA MARIA POORT, LUCAS JOSEF MARIA SCHLANGEN
  • Publication number: 20190200436
    Abstract: A crowd entertainment system (100) is disclosed comprising a set of devices (110, 112) for generating an ambience observable from a crowd location (10), said ambience comprising at least one of a visual component and an audible component; and a controller (130) adapted to control said set of devices, the controller arranged to obtain data pertaining to a crowd behaviour parameter (131) indicative of the behaviour of a crowd in said crowd location from at least one crowd behaviour observation device and obtain the crowd behaviour parameter from said data; obtain a crowd composition parameter (133) indicative of a composition of said crowd from a crowd composition parameter source; select an ambience definition from a plurality of ambience definitions as a function of the obtained crowd behaviour parameter and crowd composition parameter, each of said ambience definitions being labelled with at least one particular crowd composition parameter; and control at least a subset of said set of devices in accordance w
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: EDITH DANIELLE DEN HARTOG, MARTIJN MARIUS HULTERMANS, JOHANNES PETRUS WILHELMUS BAAIJENS
  • Patent number: 10327302
    Abstract: A lighting system controller comprises a controller for controlling an arrangement of lighting units for implementing different lighting effects. A sensor is used to identify a visitor and also to count the number of visits of the visitor which have taken place, for example while the same lighting effect has been in place. A change in the lighting effect is made based on the number of visits of one or more visitors, again for example with the same lighting effect. In this way, the lighting effect is changed automatically when it needs to be changed in order to maintain the interest of visitors (either individually or as a collective group).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens, Willem Piet Van Hoof, Edith Danielle Den Hartog
  • Publication number: 20190116645
    Abstract: A method of automatically commissioning a lighting system comprising a plurality of luminaires for illuminating one or more regions within a space. The method comprises: receiving signals from a positioning system, indicating a respective location within the space at which each of a plurality of physical entities is detected by the positioning system, each of the entities being a person or a movable nonhuman object. The method further comprises determining a spatial distribution of at least some of the entities based on the locations indicated by the signals from the positioning system, and determining a region within the space corresponding to this spatial distribution. The method then comprises identifying a group of the luminaires that are arranged to illuminate the determined region and storing identifiers of those luminaires together as a group in a commissioning database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: LUCA TIBERI, RALF GERTRUDA HUBERTUS VONCKEN, MAURICE HERMAN JOHAN DRAAIJER, JOHANNES PETRUS WILHELMUS BAAIJENS
  • Patent number: 10252022
    Abstract: A lighting control device for influencing thermoregulation of a vertebrate is disclosed. In one example, the lighting control device configured to select, on the basis of a predetermined criterion, a particular group of colors of groups having been categorized into groups on the basis of dominant wavelength, where each group of colors is arranged to influence a vertebrate's thermoregulation in a particular manner, and configured to generate a control signal for controlling the dominant wavelength of light emitted from at least one light source in accordance with the selected group of colors. The lighting control device is configured to transmit the generated control signal to said at least one light source for said at least one light source to emit light of the selected group of colors, thereby influencing the thermoregulation of the vertebrate being exposed to the light on the basis of said predetermined criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens, Simone Helena Maria Poort, Lucas Josef Maria Schlangen
  • Patent number: 10154575
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting system (100) comprising a first lighting element (10) and a control unit (50), wherein: a) the first lighting element (10) is configured to provide first lighting element light (11) with controllable lighting intensity, wherein the first lighting intensity can be selected from a plurality of values in the range of 0-I, with I being a predetermined first lighting element maximum intensity; b) the control unit (50) is configured to maintain a first lighting element intensity, during a first predetermined period at an intensity value larger than zero when a general lighting intensity is below a predetermined first threshold level; c) the control unit (50) is further configured to maintain the first lighting element intensity during a second predetermined period at an intensity value a*y*I when the general lighting intensity level is y*I, y being the factor the general lighting intensity is below I, with 0<y<1, the parameter a being a predetermined lighting setting with 0&l
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Lucas Josef Maria Schlangen, Gabrielle Johanna Bernarda Maria Meekes, Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens
  • Publication number: 20180317290
    Abstract: A lighting system controller comprises a controller for controlling an arrangement of lighting units for implementing different lighting effects. A sensor is used to identify a visitor and also to count the number of visits of the visitor which have taken place, for example while the same lighting effect has been in place. A change in the lighting effect is made based on the number of visits of one or more visitors, again for example with the same lighting effect. In this way, the lighting effect is changed automatically when it needs to be changed in order to maintain the interest of visitors (either individually or as a collective group).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: JOHANNES PETRUS WILHELMUS BAAIJENS, WILLEM PIET VAN HOOF, EDITH DANIELLE DEN HARTOG
  • Patent number: 10039170
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present inventive concept, this and other objects are achieved by a lighting system (100) for illuminating an article (112) comprising: a lighting device (102) arranged to emit light (103) towards the article (112), wherein a spectrum of the emitted light (103) is controllable. The lighting system (100) further comprises a controller (104) configured to control the lighting device (102) responsive to detection of presence or movement of an object (110) within a detection zone (108) associated with the article (112). The controller (104) is configured to: control the lighting device (102) to emit light (103) having a first spectrum in response to absence of an object (110) or movement of an object (110) within the detection zone (108), and control the lighting device (102) to emit light having a second spectrum in response to presence of an object (110) or movement of an object (110) within the detection zone (108).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens, Simone Helena Maria Poort, Daniel Willem Elisabeth Schobben, Anna Louise Bouwkamp-Wijnoltz
  • Publication number: 20180073712
    Abstract: A lighting device comprising a light source being configured to generate source light of a white light emission spectrum having a color correlated temperature (CCT) in a range of 2500-20000K and comprising a control unit being configured to control a lighting element for tuning of the source light with respect to a ratio between a first emission peak in a wavelength range of 460-490 nm and a second emission peak in a wavelength range of 430-460 nm. Thus a lighting device with a tunable/adjustable spectrum is provided that can switch between a first operation state of energy efficiency lighting with a blue peak in the second wavelength range of 430-460 nm, but with blue hazard risk, and a second operation state of less efficient but safe, healthy lighting with a biological stimulant having a blue peak in the first wavelength range of 460-490 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: JOHANNES PETRUS WILHELMUS BAAIJENS, WIEBE WAGEMANS, BIANCA MARIA IRMA VAN DER ZANDE, KARS-MICHIEL HUBERT LENSSEN, MARTINUS PETRUS JOSEPH PEETERS, REMY CYRILLE BROERSMA
  • Publication number: 20180042086
    Abstract: The invention provides a lighting system (100) comprising a first lighting element (10) and a control unit (50), wherein: a) the first lighting element (10) is configured to provide first lighting element light (11) with controllable lighting intensity, wherein the first lighting intensity can be selected from a plurality of values in the range of 0-I, with I being a predetermined first lighting element maximum intensity; b) the control unit (50) is configured to maintain a first lighting element intensity, during a first predetermined period at an intensity value larger than zero when a general lighting intensity is below a predetermined first threshold level; c) the control unit (50) is further configured to maintain the first lighting element intensity during a second predetermined period at an intensity value a*y*I when the general lighting intensity level is y*I, y being the factor the general lighting intensity is below I, with 0<y<1, the parameter a being a predetermined lighting setting with 0&l
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: LUCAS JOSEF MARIA SCHLANGEN, GABRIELLE JOHANNA BERNARDA MARIA MEEKES, JOHANNES PETRUS WILHELMUS BAAIJENS
  • Patent number: 9822950
    Abstract: A lighting system comprises a light source having an exit window and an electrically controllable light processing arrangement, in the form of a grid of cells lying in a plane parallel to the exit window. Each cell has a cell wall formed as electrically switchable element which is switchable between at least two processing modes. The cell wall surrounds an opening, such that light emitted in a normal direction from the light source exit window is not processed, and light passing at an angle to the normal direction greater than a threshold angle is processed by the cell wall for color and/or intensity control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Berent Willem Meerbeek, Kars-Michiel Hubert Lenssen, Petrus Johannes Hendrikus Seuntiens, Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens, Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe, Bart Kroon, Evert Jan Van Loenen, Philip Steven Newton, Ramon Antoine Wiro Clout