Patents by Inventor Maarten Aerts

Maarten Aerts 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: 12153271
    Abstract: A telecommunications enclosure is disclosed. In one example the enclosure includes a gel block actuator that is capable of applying compressive load and positive tensile load to the gel block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Mohamed Aznag, Pieter Doultremont, Maarten Aerts, Maddy Nadine Frederickx, Deon Craig Sylvester, Peter Jerome Istas, El Moïz Mohammed Michel Ghammam, Samory De Zitter, William Alan Carrico, Jos Paul G. Vandepoel, Wouter Annaert
  • Patent number: 11892696
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sealed closure having modular components, enhanced cable sealing, modular connection interfaces, enhanced cable anchoring and enhanced fiber management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Johan Geens, Philippe Coenegracht, Pieter Doultremont, William B. Bryan, William Alan Carrico, Eddy Luc Cams, Erik David Bishop, Thomas Ross Marmon, Bart Mattie Claessens, Alan Armando Garcia Gonzalez, Roel Modest Willy Bryon, Roger Alaerts, Conny Van De Velde, Jos Brants, El Moïz Mohammed Michel Ghammam, Jozef Christiaan Mathieu Versleegers, Marc Eugène Willem Bervoets, Barry Wayne Allen, Maarten Aerts
  • Patent number: 11803025
    Abstract: A fiber optic telecommunications tray is provided with features that improve accessibility and handling of fibers and/or cables in the tray. The tray may include a combination of a fiber storage device, a fiber splice device, and a fiber termination device, which are arranged in a particular order. Alternatively, the tray may include a plurality of fiber termination devices. Further, the tray may include a fiber funneling structure that make is easy to route and retain fibers in the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
    Inventors: Dirk Kempeneers, Eric Schurmans, Maarten Aerts, Jos Brants
  • Patent number: 11709332
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for optical fiber loop relaxation are provided for telecommunications management apparatuses, such as fiber optic telecommunications trays. The apparatus includes a radius limiter block for routing fibers therearound, and a fiber loop management recess provided on a peripheral surface of the radius limiter block. The fiber loop management recess is configured to receive a fiber loop management device between the radius limiter block and the fibers routed around the radius limiter block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
    Inventors: Maarten Aerts, Eric Schurmans, Conny Van De Velde, Chris Knaepen
  • Patent number: 11499578
    Abstract: One or more seal retention clips can be used to retain a perimeter seal within a perimeter groove defined by a fiber optic enclosure housing. Certain types of seal retention clips can include portions that embed or bite into the housing of the enclosure, and/or embed or bite into the perimeter seal. In certain examples, the seal retention clip includes tabs or teeth that assist in engaging the housing and the perimeter seal. In certain examples, the seal retention clip defines a channel for receiving the perimeter seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
    Inventors: Maarten Aerts, Olivier C. Roche, Christiaan Radelet, Joren Schurmans
  • Patent number: 11422327
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sealed closure having modular components, enhanced cable sealing, modular connection interfaces, enhanced cable anchoring and enhanced fiber management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Johan Geens, Philippe Coenegracht, Pieter Doultremont, William B. Bryan, William Alan Carrico, Eddy Luc Cams, Erik David Bishop, Thomas Ross Marmon, Bart Mattie Claessens, Alan Armando Garcia Gonzalez, Roel Modest Willy Bryon, Roger Alaerts, Conny Van De Velde, Jos Brants, El Moïz Mohammed Michel Ghammam, Jozef Christiaan Mathieu Versleegers, Marc Eugène Willem Bervoets, Barry Wayne Allen, Maarten Aerts
  • Patent number: 11314030
    Abstract: A cable fixation bracket and methods for securing cables to a cable fixation bracket are disclosed. The cable fixation bracket can include a base portion extending between a pair of mounting structures. A plurality of t-shaped cable fixation projections extending orthogonally from the base portion can be provided, each of which is configured to support a cable and to accept a cable tie. In some examples, the fixation projections are tapered. The cable fixation bracket can also include a bridge portion supporting a plurality of bracket structures for anchoring aramid yarn of the cables. The bracket structures are configured such that aramid yarn of the cables can be wrapped around the bracket structures and returned to the fixation projections or such that the aramid yarn can be wrapped about a termination unit with the termination unit being mounted between a pair of adjacent cable structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Eric Schurmans, Maarten Aerts, Karel VanWinkel, Frank De Blick, Johan Geens
  • Patent number: 11300745
    Abstract: A telecommunications enclosure is disclosed. In one example the enclosure includes a gel block actuator that is capable of applying compressive load and positive tensile load to the gel block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY BELGIUM BVBA
    Inventors: Mohamed Aznag, Pieter Doultremont, Maarten Aerts, Maddy Nadine Frederickx, Deon Craig Sylvester, Peter Jerome Istas, El Möiz Mohammed Michel Ghammam, Samory De Zitter, William Alan Carrico, Jos Paul G. Vandepoel, Wouter Annaert
  • Patent number: 11204475
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for optical fiber loop relaxation are provided for telecommunications management apparatuses, such as fiber optic telecommunications trays. The apparatus includes a radius limiter block for routing fibers therearound, and a fiber loop management recess provided on a peripheral surface of the radius limiter block. The fiber loop management recess is configured to receive a fiber loop management device between the radius limiter block and the fibers routed around the radius limiter block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Maarten Aerts, Eric Schurmans, Conny Van De Velde, Chris Knaepen
  • Patent number: 10559129
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, system and related devices for navigating between navigation points of a 3-Dimensional space where said 3-dimensional space comprises a plurality of navigation points. The method according to the present invention comprises the steps of detecting a current viewpoint rotation angle, further determining a degree of agreement of said current viewpoint rotation angle with a navigation point of said plurality of navigation points and subsequently activating a timing mechanism of the viewpoint activation, said timing mechanism comprising a delay for activating said timing mechanism of the viewpoint activation and a duration of an activation period of said timing mechanism at determining a certain degree of agreement of said current viewpoint rotation angle with a navigation point of said plurality of navigation points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Donny Tytgat, Maarten Aerts
  • Patent number: 10200429
    Abstract: A system for making available at an end-user a media file, from a media provider comprising a media file patch related to at least one object, the system comprising: an encoding module at the media provider configured for determining at least one representation which resembles the media file patch, by comparing the media file patch with representations of said at least one object, and for including at least one identification corresponding with said representation in a skeleton file; a storage medium storing a dictionary including the representations of the at least one object at of the end-user and an intermediate node between the media provider and/or the end-user; a decoding module configured for decoding the skeleton file using the identification for looking up the corresponding representation in the dictionary of the storage medium and for rendering the media file patch based on the looked-up corresponding representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: ALCATEL LUCENT
    Inventors: Maarten Aerts, Patrice Rondao Alface, Vinay Namboodiri
  • Patent number: 10194157
    Abstract: An encoder for encoding a video signal, comprising a video modelling module configured for determining a plurality of video modelling parameters for a plurality of video locations on a spatiotemporal grid of said video signal, said spatiotemporal grid comprising at least two spatial dimensions and a time dimension, each video modelling parameter being adapted for allowing a pre-determined video model to at least approximately reconstruct its video location, a video segmentation module configured for segmenting said video signal into a plurality of spatiotemporal video regions, based on said video modelling parameters and a vectorisation module configured for vectorising spatiotemporal surfaces of said spatiotemporal video regions; and wherein said encoder is configured for encoding said video signal based on at least a subset of said determined plurality of video modelling parameters and based on said vectorised spatiotemporal surfaces, wherein said subset is determined taking into account said spatiotemporal
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Maarten Aerts, Patrice Rondao Alface
  • Publication number: 20190007685
    Abstract: A transmitter for generating a set of encoded prioritized video streams from an incoming video stream (Vin) comprises: —a video decomposition module (VD) for decomposing said incoming video stream in at least two independent video components in spectral or time-spatial/spectral domain (Vd1, . . . , Vdn), —a compression module for compressing said at least two independent video components, thereby obtaining at least two compressed independent video components (Vde1, . . . , Vden), —a multi-stream packetization and prioritization module (MPP) for generating for each of said at least two compressed independent video components a respective set of packet streams in respective different qualities Vde1q1, . . . , Vde1q1, . . . , Vdenq1, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent
    Inventors: Sammy Lievens, Donny Tytgat, Maarten Aerts, Jean-Francois Macq, Patrice Rondao Alface, Christoph Stevens
  • Publication number: 20180357820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, system and related devices for navigating between navigation points of a 3-Dimensional space where said 3-dimensional space comprises a plurality of navigation points. The method according to the present invention comprises the steps of detecting a current viewpoint rotation angle, further determining a degree of agreement of said current viewpoint rotation angle with a navigation point of said plurality of navigation points and subsequently activating a timing mechanism of the viewpoint activation, said timing mechanism comprising a delay for activating said timing mechanism of the view-point activation and a duration of an activation period of said timing mechanism at determining a certain degree of agreement of said current viewpoint rotation angle with a navigation point of said plurality of navigation points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Alcatel-Lucent
    Inventors: Donny Tytgat, Maarten Aerts
  • Patent number: 10078913
    Abstract: Method for capturing an environment with objects, using a 3D camera, wherein the images of the cameras captured at different moments in time are used to generate 3D models, and wherein accuracy values are assigned to segments of the models allowing efficient refining of the models using the accuracy values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Patrice Rondao Alface, Vinay Namboodiri, Maarten Aerts
  • Publication number: 20180220163
    Abstract: An encoder for encoding a video signal, comprising a spatiotemporal edge detector configured for detecting a number of spatiotemporal surfaces of said video signal, a vectorising module configured for said spatiotemporal surfaces and an attribute tracer configured for determining for said vectorised spatiotemporal surfaces a number of texture paint attributes, said number of texture paint attributes characterising at least one of a colour and a texture on at least one side of a respective vectorised spatiotemporal surface of said vectorised spatiotemporal surfaces; and wherein said encoder is configured for encoding said video signal based on said vectorised spatiotemporal surfaces and said number of texture paint attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Maarten Aerts, Patrice Rondao Alface
  • Publication number: 20180020165
    Abstract: A method for displaying a transition, from a first photographic image viewed from a first camera position, to a second photographic image viewed from a second camera position different from the first camera position; the method comprising: displaying the first photographic image; displaying at least one virtual image of a transformation operation from a first virtual image corresponding to the first photographic image, to a second virtual image corresponding to the second photographic image; and displaying the second photographic image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Maarten Aerts, Donny Tytgat
  • Patent number: 9589369
    Abstract: A method and device for determining at least one set of matching attributes between a plurality of images is disclosed. Two dimensional images are projected to a three dimensional space then searched for matching attributes. Searching for corresponding attributes is much easier and computationally less intensive in the 3D space compared to a search in the 2D space. The method includes steps of projecting at least part of the images of said plurality to a 3-dimensional space resulting in a plurality of 3-D projected images (image1_3D, image2_3D), searching for at least one corresponding set of elements within the 3D projected images of the plurality of 3-D projected images, and calculating back said corresponding elements within the original images of the plurality and providing said corresponding elements within said original images as said at least one set of matched attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Donny Tytgat, Jean-Francois Macq, Sammy Lievens, Maarten Aerts
  • Publication number: 20170032569
    Abstract: Method for capturing an environment with objects, using a 3D camera, wherein the images of the cameras captured at different moments in time are used to generate 3D models, and wherein accuracy values are assigned to segments of the models allowing efficient refining of the models using the accuracy values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Patrice Rondao Alface, Vinay Namboodiri, Maarten Aerts
  • Publication number: 20170026656
    Abstract: An encoder for encoding a video signal, comprising a video modelling module configured for determining a plurality of video modelling parameters for a plurality of video locations on a spatiotemporal grid of said video signal, said spatiotemporal grid comprising at least two spatial dimensions and a time dimension, each video modelling parameter being adapted for allowing a pre-determined video model to at least approximately reconstruct its video location, a video segmentation module configured for segmenting said video signal into a plurality of spatiotemporal video regions, based on said video modelling parameters and a vectorisation module configured for vectorising spatiotemporal surfaces of said spatiotemporal video regions; and wherein said encoder is configured for encoding said video signal based on at least a subset of said determined plurality of video modelling parameters and based on said vectorised spatiotemporal surfaces, wherein said subset is determined taking into account said spatiotemporal
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Maarten Aerts, Patrice Rondao Alface