Patents by Inventor Michel W. Nieuwenhuizen

Michel W. Nieuwenhuizen 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).

  • Ambient light-dependent video-signal processing
    Patent number: 6229577
    Abstract: In an ambient light-dependent video-signal processing method including the steps of measuring (LDR) an amount of ambient light to obtain a measured amount of ambient light, and processing (VSP) a video signal in dependence upon the measured amount of ambient light, the video signal is substantially immediately processed when there is a large change in the measured amount of ambient light, while the video signal is delayed being processed until an occurrence of a scene change in the video signal when there is a small change in the measured amount of ambient light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Paul J. Barth, Michel W. Nieuwenhuizen
  • Method of displaying a VGA image on a television set
    Patent number: 6011591
    Abstract: The field-display means of a conventional television set are used, to which the odd lines of a VGA image are transmitted during one field and the even lines during the next field, thereby providing for the use of a television set as a computer monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Alain Decreamer, Michel W. Nieuwenhuizen