Patents by Inventor Peter Penning

Peter Penning 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).

  • Publication number: 20190163725
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to content resizing. An example method can include identifying an input content boundary of content in an input document file based on internal structure data of the input document file. The example method may also include storing a received user input of preferences for a new size and a detected rotation for an output document file. The example method may also include generating a calculated ratio between an input document display size and an output document display size. In an example, the method may include mapping a coordinate system to each point of the input content boundary. In an example, the method may also include drawing output content into the output document file by applying the calculated ratio and the detected rotation for the output document file to the mapped coordinate system of the content in the input content boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Dalmir Antonio da Silva, Fabio Santos Nallem, Lucas Dalmedico Gessoni, Ronaldo Canesqui, Peter Pennings, Patricia Teixeira, Natalia Campagnoli Franchi, Luiz Rafael de Souza, Julio Cesar Soares do Nascimento, Fabio Fernando de Lima Pereira, Douglas Cesar Pampu, Danilo Monteiro de Souza, Andre Luiz Teodoro, Adilson Dutra Teixeira Filho
  • Publication number: 20160169559
    Abstract: A device for gaining solar energy comprises a integral unit with a casing (10 . . . 13). The casing comprises reflection means (20) with a hollow reflector surface (25) and is closed off by refraction means (30) with an entry surface (35) for entering sunlight. The refraction means and reflection means are each rotatably arranged around a rotation axis (71, 72) and their orientation relative to each other is continuously adjusted to the current position of the sun in the sky using positioning means provided for that purpose. The casing comprises a number of dustproof, but nevertheless ventilating chambers. The first chamber (100) is situated between the refraction means (30) and the reflection means (20) and comprises energy-conversion means (40) at least near to the focal point of the reflector surface (25).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Peter PENNING, Roy BIJL
  • Patent number: 8944047
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for converting solar energy, comprising a solar radiation capturing unit (11) comprising at least one lens having a entry surface (11a) for the incident solar radiation and an exit surface (11b) for emitting the solar radiation in refracted form to a solar radiation concentrating unit (12) comprising a reflector surface (12a) for reflecting the solar radiation incident on the reflector surface (12a) from the exit surface of the lens (11b) to at least one target area (13) of the solar radiation concentrating unit (12). The device (10) comprises positioning means (14) for orienting the solar radiation capturing unit (11) and the solar radiation concentrating unit (12) with respect to each other through rotation about at least one axis (11?) perpendicular to a plane formed by the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Suncycle International GmbH
    Inventors: Roy Bijl, Peter Penning
  • Publication number: 20090246749
    Abstract: The interactive storyteller system (11) of the invention comprises electronic circuitry, wherein the electronic circuitry is operative to allow a user to select data associated with a book (13), the data comprising a plurality of associations, each of the plurality of associations being between one or more words of the book (13) and an output signal, detect one or more spoken words, look up an association comprising the one or more spoken words in the plurality of associations, and reproduce the output signal associated with the one or more spoken words. The computer program product of the invention enables a programmable device to function as the system of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Paul Philip Thursfield, Herjen Mathijs Oldenbeuving, Lisa Tania Smith, Peter Penning
  • Publication number: 20090159077
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for converting solar energy, comprising a solar radiation capturing unit (11) comprising at least one lens having a entry surface (11a) for the incident solar radiation and an exit surf ace (11b) for emitting the solar radiation in refracted form to a solar radiation concentrating unit (12) comprising a reflector surface (12a) for reflecting the solar radiation incident on the reflector surface (12a) from the exit surface of the lens (11b) to at least one target area (13) of the solar radiation concentrating unit (12). The device (10) comprises positioning means (14) for orienting the solar radiation capturing unit (11) and the solar radiation concentrating unit (12) with respect to each other through rotation about at least one axis (11?) perpendicular to a plane formed by the lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Roy Bijl, Peter Penning