Patents by Inventor Maximillan Ben Shaffer

Maximillan Ben Shaffer 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: 9998568
    Abstract: A device includes a transceiver configured to communicate over a communication network according to Digital Multiplex (DMX) protocol; a memory device; and a microcontroller configured to process server data stored in the memory device into one or more Internet Protocol packets and to provide the one or more Internet Protocol packets to the transceiver for communication of the server data over the communication network according to the DMX protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Maximillan Ben Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20180139421
    Abstract: Methods, systems, devices and apparatus for implementing a custom color transition effect on at least one light-emitting fixture device are disclosed. In accordance with exemplary embodiments, a color step for implementing the color transition effect is computed (304) based on a frame rate of the light-emitting fixture device(s) so that pixels are updated on each frame according to the frame rate of the device(s). Computing and employing a color step in this way can be effective in lessening or eliminating perceptible discontinuities between pixels during a display of the color transition effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: JIN YU, MAXIMILLAN BEN SHAFFER
  • Patent number: 9497815
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for interpolating low frame rate transmissions in lighting systems. A method (100) includes, in a microcontroller (22) of a light fixture (14), receiving (102) input data frames at a low frame rate from a light controller (12) over a data bus (16), generating (104) output data frames from any two adjacent input data frames according to a scaling scaling in a lookup table (LUT), and transmitting (106) the output data frames at a frame rate greater than the frame rate of the received input data frames to control a lighting effect of a light-emitting unit (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Maximillan Ben Shaffer
  • Patent number: 9474121
    Abstract: A device (220) implements a method (600) of controlling dimming of a light emitting diode (LED) light source (230) by: receiving a phase-cut dimming signal (105) produced from an AC line voltage (15), ascertaining the peak voltage level (109) of the AC line voltage (15); ascertaining the present value of a phase-cut duty cycle of the phase-cut dimming signal, employing the peak voltage level of the AC line voltage to ascertain the maximum phase-cut duty cycle for the phase-cut dimming signal, ascertaining the phase-cut angle (107) of the phase-cut dimming signal from the present value of the phase-cut duty cycle of the phase-cut dimming signal and the maximum phase-cut duty cycle for the phase-cut dimming signal; and controlling the dimming of the LED light source in response to the phase-cut angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Maximillan Ben Shaffer
  • Publication number: 20160205222
    Abstract: A device includes a transceiver configured to communicate over a communication network according to Digital Multiplex (DMX) protocol; a memory device; and a microcontroller configured to process server data stored in the memory device into one or more Internet Protocol packets and to provide the one or more Internet Protocol packets to the transceiver for communication of the server data over the communication network according to the DMX protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventor: MAXIMILLAN BEN SHAFFER
  • Publication number: 20160088700
    Abstract: A device (220) implements a method (600) of controlling dimming of a light emitting diode (LED) light source (230) by: receiving a phase-cut dimming signal (105) produced from an AC line voltage (15), ascertaining the peak voltage level (109) of the AC line voltage (15); ascertaining the present value of a phase-cut duty cycle of the phase-cut dimming signal, employing the peak voltage level of the AC line voltage to ascertain the maximum phase-cut duty cycle for the phase-cut dimming signal, ascertaining the phase-cut angle (107) of the phase-cut dimming signal from the present value of the phase-cut duty cycle of the phase-cut dimming signal and the maximum phase-cut duty cycle for the phase-cut dimming signal; and controlling the dimming of the LED light source in response to the phase-cut angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventor: Maximillan BEN SHAFFER
  • Publication number: 20150123560
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for interpolating low frame rate transmissions in lighting systems. A method (100) includes, in a microcontroller (22) of a light fixture (14), receiving (102) input data frames at a low frame rate from a light controller (12) over a data bus (16), generating (104) output data frames from any two adjacent input data frames according to a scaling scaling in a lookup table (LUT), and transmitting (106) the output data frames at a frame rate greater than the frame rate of the received input data frames to control a lighting effect of a light-emitting unit (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Maximillan Ben Shaffer
  • Patent number: 8077309
    Abstract: An optical apparatus for measurement of industrial chemical processes. The analyzer uses Raman scattering and performs measurement of chemical concentrations in continuous or batch processes. The analyzer operates at a standoff distance from the analyte (or analytes) and can measure concentrations through an optical port, facilitating continuous, non-destructive, and non-invasive analysis without extracting the analyte or analytes from the process. The analyzer can measure one or several solid, liquid, or gaseous analytes, or a mixture thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Applied Instrument Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon C. Brown, Michael Burka, Brian Cranton, David Erickson, James Grassi, Matthew Patrick Hammond, Maximillan Ben Shaffer, Pierre Villeneuve
  • Publication number: 20080180661
    Abstract: An optical apparatus for measurement of industrial chemical processes. The analyzer uses Raman scattering and performs measurement of chemical concentrations in continuous or batch processes. The analyzer operates at a standoff distance from the analyte (or analytes) and can measure concentrations through an optical port, facilitating continuous, non-destructive, and non-invasive analysis without extracting the analyte or analytes from the process. The analyzer can measure one or several solid, liquid, or gaseous analytes, or a mixture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Gordon C. Brown, Michael Burka, Brian Cranton, David Erickson, James Grassi, Matthew Patrick Hammond, Maximillan Ben Shaffer, Pierre Villeneuve