Patents by Inventor NICOLE HIJNEN

NICOLE HIJNEN 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).

  • Method and apparatus for determining at least one of a position and an orientation of a wearable device on a subject
    Patent number: 11058320
    Abstract: There is provided a method and apparatus for determining at least one of a position and an orientation of a wearable device on a subject. At least one physiological characteristic signal is acquired from a subject (402). The acquired at least one physiological characteristic signal from the subject has one or more characteristics indicative of at least one of a position and an orientation of a wearable device on the subject. The at least one of the position and orientation of the wearable device on the subject is determined based on the one or more characteristics indicative of the at least one of the position and orientation of the wearable device on the subject (404).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Mohammed Meftah, Nicole Hijnen, Vincent Alexander Rudolf Aarts, Michael Heesemans, Rene Martinus Maria Derkx, Teun Van Den Heuvel
  • A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE OF A POSITION AND AN ORIENTATION OF A WEARABLE DEVICE ON A SUBJECT
    Publication number: 20190133488
    Abstract: There is provided a method and apparatus for determining at least one of a position and an orientation of a wearable device on a subject. At least one physiological characteristic signal is acquired from a subject (402). The acquired at least one physiological characteristic signal from the subject has one or more characteristics indicative of at least one of a position and an orientation of a wearable device on the subject. The at least one of the position and orientation of the wearable device on the subject is determined based on the one or more characteristics indicative of the at least one of the position and orientation of the wearable device on the subject (404).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: MOHAMMED MEFTAH, NICOLE HIJNEN, VINCENT ALEXANDER RUDOLF AARTS, MICHAEL HEESEMANS, RENE MARTINUS MARIA DERKX, TEUN VAN DEN HEUVEL