Patents by Inventor RALF GERTRUDA HUBERTUS VONCKEN

RALF GERTRUDA HUBERTUS VONCKEN 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: 20170316240
    Abstract: A method for controlling the output of contextual information to assist a user to perform a sequence of activities using a computing device, the computing device comprising or coupled to at least one wearable sensor and at least one output device for providing contextual information, the method comprising: identifying, using sensor information from the at least one sensor, an activity being performed by the user; selecting and controlling the output of contextual information based on the activity being performed by the user, the contextual information being output from the at least one output device to a user to assist the user in performing the identified activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: LUCA TIBERI, PAUL ANTHONY SHRUBSOLE, MAURICE HERMAN JOHAN DRAAIJER, RALF GERTRUDA HUBERTUS VONCKEN
  • Publication number: 20170316117
    Abstract: A computing device for controlling the output of information by at least one output device, the computing device comprising: at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the computing device to at least: receive sensor information from at least one wearable sensor; identify a situation for the wearer of the at least one wearable sensor using the sensor information; determine an interaction mode for interacting with said wearer based on the identified situation; and select and control, based on the interaction mode, an output device from the at least one output device to provide the information to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: RALF GERTRUDA HUBERTUS VONCKEN, LUCA TIBERI, PAUL ANTHONY SHRUBSOLE, MAURICE HERMAN JOHAN DRAAIJER
  • Publication number: 20170263113
    Abstract: A wearable device 100 for controlling a controllable device 104 based on an interaction with an object 102 is disclosed. The wearable device 100 comprises a device detection unit 106 for detecting proximity of the object 102, an action detection unit 112 for detecting an action indicative of an interaction of a user wearing the wearable device 100 with the object 102 and a processing unit 108 for generating a control command for controlling the controllable device 104 based on the detected proximity of the object 102 and based on the action indicative of an interaction with the object 102. The wearable device 100 further comprises a communication unit 110 for sending the control command to the controllable device 104. Thereby, the wearable device 100 is able to detect the use of the object 102 and adjust the control parameters of the controllable device 104 to create context- related use conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: LUCA TIBERI, PAUL ANTHONY SHRUBSOLE, MAURICE HERMAN JOHAN DRAAIJER, RALF GERTRUDA HUBERTUS VONCKEN
  • Publication number: 20160381767
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method enabling commissioning of a system comprising a plurality of controllable devices capable of transmitting their identification signals. The method includes receiving identification signals from the devices, displaying a map of a structure and icons corresponding to the devices from which the identification signals have been received, detecting a first user input indicating a selection by a user of a first icon from the displayed icons, the first icon corresponding to a first device, and, in response to the first user input, providing a command to the first device to issue a cue identifying the first device to the user. The method further includes, subsequent to the first device issuing the cue, detecting a second user input indicating a selection by the user of a location on the map for the first icon, and displaying the first icon on the map at the selected location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: LUCA TIBERI, MARTIJN MARIUS HULTERMANS, RALF GERTRUDA HUBERTUS VONCKEN