Patents by Inventor Joost Kramer

Joost Kramer 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).

  • Automatic control of a medical device
    Patent number: 8085902
    Abstract: System and method for automatic control of processes or application, such as the activation or deactivation of a radiation source for medical purposes. The system comprises an operator tracking system arranged to determine the gesture/posture of a user, an evaluation device arranged to evaluate the determined gesture/posture, and an enabling device arranged to enable and disable the radiation source in response to an output of the evaluation device. The operator tracking system may use a gazing direction analysis that may be based on the output of an eye tracking system, or an emitter-receiver arrangement for a directed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N V
    Inventors: Silvio Bonfiglio, Joost Kramer, Franco Martegani, Manuel Fernandez
  • AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF A MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110060423
    Abstract: System and method for automatic control of processes or application, such as the activation or deactivation of a radiation source for medical purposes. The system comprises an operator tracking system arranged to determine the gesture/posture of a user, an evaluation device arranged to evaluate the determined gesture/posture, and an enabling device arranged to enable and disable the radiation source in response to an output of the evaluation device. The operator tracking system may use a gazing direction analysis that may be based on the output of an eye tracking system, or an emitter-receiver arrangement for a directed signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 10, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Silvio BONFIGLIO, Joost KRAMER, Franco MARTEGANI, Manuel FERNANDEZ
  • AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF A MEDICAL DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110026678
    Abstract: System and method for automatic control of processes or application, such as the activation or deactivation of a radiation source for medical purposes. The system comprises an operator tracking system arranged to determine the gesture/posture of a user, an evaluation device arranged to evaluate the determined gesture/posture, and an enabling device arranged to enable and disable the radiation source in response to an output of the evaluation device. The operator tracking system may use a gazing direction analysis that may be based on the output of an eye tracking system, or an emitter-receiver arrangement for a directed signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Silvio BONFIGLIO, Joost KRAMER, Franco MARTEGANI, Manuel FERNANDEZ GUERRERO
  • Automatic control of a medical device
    Patent number: 7835498
    Abstract: System and method for automatic control of processes or application, such as the activation or deactivation of a radiation source for medical purposes. The system comprises an operator tracking system arranged to determine the gesture/posture of a user, an evaluation device arranged to evaluate the determined gesture/posture, and an enabling device arranged to enable and disable the radiation source in response to an output of the evaluation device. The operator tracking system may use a gazing direction analysis that may be based on the output of an eye tracking system, or an emitter-receiver arrangement for a directed signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V.
    Inventors: Silvio Bonfiglio, Joost Kramer, Franco Martegani, Manuel Fernandez Guerrero
  • Automatic Control of a Medical Device
    Publication number: 20080253519
    Abstract: System and method for automatic control of processes or application, such as the activation or deactivation of a radiation source for medical purposes. The system comprises an operator tracking system arranged to determine the gesture/posture of a user, an evaluation device arranged to evaluate the determined gesture/posture, and an enabling device arranged to enable and disable the radiation source in response to an output of the evaluation device. The operator tracking system may use a gazing direction analysis that may be based on the output of an eye tracking system, or an emitter-receiver arrangement for a directed signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2006
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.
    Inventors: Silvio Bonfiglio, Joost Kramer, Franco Martegani, Manuel Fernandez Guerrero