Patents by Inventor Markus Cornelius Vermeulen
Markus Cornelius Vermeulen 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).
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Patent number: 10060137Abstract: The invention provides a wall or ceiling covering arrangement (10) comprising a covering material (100) and a lighting system (200) arranged to generate light (210). The covering material (100) has a user side (101) and an opposite back side (102). The lighting system (200) is arranged at the back side (102) of the covering material (100) and the covering material (100) has a light transmission for light (210) generated by the lighting system (200) in the range of 0.5% to 30%, especially in the range of 1% to 20%. The covering material comprises wallpapers.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen
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Patent number: 9927115Abstract: A lighting arrangement comprises a carpet structure and a control unit. The carpet structure includes a carpet back lighting system comprising a carpet back lighting unit having a lighting unit front face and a plurality of light sources. The carpet structure further includes a light transmissive carpet unit comprising a carpet unit front face and a carpet unit back side. The lighting unit front face and the carpet unit back side are adjacent. The carpet unit is arranged to transmit at least part of the light travelling in a direction from the carpet unit back side to the carpet unit front face. The control unit is configured to receive one or more input signals and is configured to generate, in response to one or more input signals, one or more output signals to control the light generated by the light sources.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2009Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen, Joseph L. Stuyfzand, Anjalika Bose, Thomas Schaper, Sr., Tim Dekker
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Publication number: 20160369515Abstract: The invention provides a wall or ceiling covering arrangement (10) comprising a covering material (100) and a lighting system (200) arranged to generate light (210). The covering material (100) has a user side (101) and an opposite back side (102). The lighting system (200) is arranged at the back side (102) of the covering material (100) and the covering material (100) has a light transmission for light (210) generated by the lighting system (200) in the range of 0.5% to 30%, especially in the range of 1% to 20%. The covering material comprises wallpapers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: MAARTEN MARINUS JOHANNES WILHELMUS VAN HERPEN, MARKUS CORNELIUS VERMEULEN
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Patent number: 9453340Abstract: The invention provides a wall or ceiling covering arrangement (10) comprising a covering material (100) and a lighting system (200) arranged to generate light (210). The covering material (100) has a user side (101) and an opposite back side (102). The lighting system (200) is arranged at the back side (102) of the covering material (100) and the covering material (100) has a light transmission for light (210) generated by the lighting system (200) in the range of 0.5% to 30%, especially in the range of 1% to 20%. The covering material comprises a material selected from the group consisting of plasters and wallpapers.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen
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Patent number: 8974073Abstract: The invention provides a carpet back lighting system comprising a carpet back lighting unit having a lighting unit front face and a unit back face, wherein the lighting unit front face comprises a light source, arranged to generate light, and an anti-slip coating. The back lighting system is suitable as back lighting at a carpet unit back side of a light transmissive carpet unit selected from the group consisting a light transmissive carpet and a light transmissive carpet tile.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2010Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Koninklijkle Philips N.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen
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Patent number: 8378591Abstract: A light output device comprises a power supply and a plurality of light source device arrangements arranged in a line extending from a power connection, with adjacent light source device arrangements in the line connected together with an electrical connector arrangement. Each light source device arrangement is associated with a control circuit from the plurality of control circuits for providing independent control of the light source device arrangement output based on the control signal. The device can be reduced in length by disconnecting the connector arrangement between an adjacent pair of light source device arrangements and the remaining light source device arrangements extending from the power source are independently controlled by the control signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2008Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen
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Patent number: 8227999Abstract: A light output device comprises a substrate arrangement with a plurality of light source device arrangements integrated into the structure of the substrate arrangement. The plurality of light source device arrangements comprise at least first and second light source devices (4a,4b) which are arranged in anti-parallel. This arrangement mounts at least two light source devices in anti-parallel within an integrated light source structure, so that they can be controlled independently from shared control lines.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2008Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen, Gerardus Johannes Josephus Vanlier
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Publication number: 20120176776Abstract: The invention provides a wall or ceiling covering arrangement (10) comprising a covering material (100) and a lighting system (200) arranged to generate light (210). The covering material (100) has a user side (101) and an opposite back side (102). The lighting system (200) is arranged at the back side (102) of the covering material (100) and the covering material (100) has a light transmission for light (210) generated by the lighting system (200) in the range of 0.5% to 30%, especially in the range of 1% to 20%. The covering material comprises a material selected from the group consisting of plasters and wallpapers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2010Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen
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Patent number: 8207541Abstract: A light output device comprises a substrate arrangement and a plurality of light source devices (4) integrated into the structure of the substrate arrangement. A respective control circuit (7) is provided for one or more light source devices (4) and also integrated into the structure of the substrate arrangement. Control circuits are embedded with the light source devices into the structure of the substrate. This enables a shared control line or lines (18) to be used to control a group of light source devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2008Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen
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Patent number: 8093789Abstract: A light output device comprises a substrate arrangement with a light source device integrated into the structure of the substrate arrangement. The substrate arrangement comprises first and second optically transmissive substrates, an insulating layer in which the light source device is embedded and provided between the substrates, and a thermally conductive layer provided on at least on of the substrates.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2008Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen
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Publication number: 20110292650Abstract: The invention provides a carpet back lighting system comprising a carpet back lighting unit having a lighting unit front face and a unit back face, wherein the lighting unit front face comprises a light source, arranged to generate light, and an anti-slip coating. The back lighting system is suitable as back lighting at a carpet unit back side of a light transmissive carpet unit selected from the group consisting a light transmissive carpet and a light transmissive carpet tile.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen
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Publication number: 20110286213Abstract: The invention provides a light transmissive multi-layer carpet tile having a carpet tile top face and a carpet tile bottom face. The multi-layer carpet tile comprises a tufted primary backing layer, a pre-coat layer, and a tile backing. The multi-layer carpet tile comprises a light transmissive carpet tile section having a carpet tile light transmission in the range of 0.5-15% for light propagating in a direction from the tile backing to the carpet tile top face and having a wavelength in the visible range.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2010Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen
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Publication number: 20110203147Abstract: The invention provides a lighting arrangement comprising a carpet structure, and a control unit, The carpet structure comprises a carpet back lighting system comprising a carpet back lighting unit having a lighting unit front face and a unit back face. The lighting unit front face comprises a light source arranged to generate light. The carpet back lighting system comprises a plurality of said light sources. The carpet structure comprises a light transmissive carpet unit comprising a carpet unit front face and a carpet unit back side. The light transmissive carpet unit is selected from the group consisting a carpet and a carpet tile. The lighting unit front face of the carpet back lighting unit and the carpet unit back side of the light transmissive carpet unit are adjacent. The light transmissive carpet unit is arranged to transmit at least part of the light travelling in a direction from the carpet unit back side to the carpet unit front face.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2009Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen, Joseph L. Stuyfzand, Anjalika Bose, Thomas Schaper, Tim Dekker
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Publication number: 20100244734Abstract: A light output device comprises a power supply and a plurality of light source device arrangements arranged in a line extending from a power connection, with adjacent light source device arrangements in the line connected together with an electrical connector arrangement. Each light source device arrangement is associated with a control circuit from the plurality of control circuits for providing independent control of the light source device arrangement output based on the control signal. The device can be reduced in length by disconnecting the connector arrangement between an adjacent pair of light source device arrangements and the remaining light source device arrangements extending from the power source are independently controlled by the control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen
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Publication number: 20100244695Abstract: A light output device comprises a substrate arrangement and a plurality of light source devices (4) integrated into the structure of the substrate arrangement. A respective control circuit (7) is provided for one or more light source devices (4) and also integrated into the structure of the substrate arrangement. Control circuits are embedded with the light source devices into the structure of the substrate. This enables a shared control line or lines (18) to be used to control a group of light source devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen
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Publication number: 20100176705Abstract: A light output device comprises a substrate arrangement with a light source device integrated into the structure of the substrate arrangement. The substrate arrangement comprises first and second optically transmissive substrates, an insulating layer in which the light source device is embedded and provided between the substrates, and a thermally conductive layer provided on at least on of the substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2008Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen
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Publication number: 20100171437Abstract: A light output device comprises a substrate arrangement with a plurality of light source device arrangements integrated into the structure of the substrate arrangement. The plurality of light source device arrangements comprise at least first and second light source devices (4a,4b) which are arranged in anti-parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2008Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen, Markus Cornelius Vermeulen, Gerardus Johannes Josephus Vanlier
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Publication number: 20080297048Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) construction is disclosed, which comprises at least one LED unit (1); at least a first kind of LED die (3) of a first material; at least a second kind of LED die (4) of a second material; and a sealing member (5), comprising a wavelength converting material (6), wherein said at least first kind of LED die (3) is electrically addressable separately from said at least second kind of LED die (4), said at least one LED unit (1) comprises LED dies (3, 4) of both kinds, and at least one continuous portion of said sealing member (5), comprising wavelength converting material (6), is positioned to receive light emitted from both kinds of LED dies (3, 4). The LED construction further comprises means (7) for adjustment of a colour temperature resulting from said LED construction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2006Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS, N.V.Inventor: Markus Cornelius Vermeulen