Patents by Inventor Rene JOPPI

Rene JOPPI 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: 10535094
    Abstract: A lighting system (10), in particular a shelf lighting system, is used for locating products (40, 41, 42). Said lighting system comprises at least two lamp units (24-31), each of which (24-31) or a defined group of which (24-31) is assigned to a different space, especially a shelf surface. The lighting system (10) further comprises a control unit for controlling the lamp units (24-31), to each of which (24-31) or to each defined group of which (24-31) a different lamp address is assigned. The lamp address is linked to a product association that is unambiguously associated with a product (40, 41, 42) located in the assigned space. The lighting system (10) also comprises a user interface (54) used for displaying the product associate and for selecting, by means of the displayed product association, the lamp unit (24-31) or defined group of lamp units (24-31) to be controlled. The invention further relates to a corresponding method for providing a lighting system (10) and locating a product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Rene Joppi, Gregor Mayr
  • Patent number: 10314143
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for improving lighting control In said method, lighting information relating to the light emitted by a lighting device (3) and bodily data of a person present in the lighting area or in a predefined area of the lighting device (3) are detected using a means (1) for detecting bodily data, the bodily data and lighting information that have been detected at a specific, simultaneous point in time are assigned to one another and transmitted to a data collection system (2). The invention also relates to a method and a system for controlling a lighting device (3), in which method bodily data of a person present in the lighting area or in a predefined area of the lighting device (3) are detected using a means (1) for detecting bodily data, the lighting device (3) being controlled in accordance with the detected bodily data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Rene Joppi, Gregor Mayr
  • Publication number: 20180084623
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for improving lighting control In said method, lighting information relating to the light emitted by a lighting device (3) and bodily data of a person present in the lighting area or in a predefined area of the lighting device (3) are detected using a means (1) for detecting bodily data, the bodily data and lighting information that have been detected at a specific, simultaneous point in time are assigned to one another and transmitted to a data collection system (2). The invention also relates to a method and a system for controlling a lighting device (3), in which method bodily data of a person present in the lighting area or in a predefined area of the lighting device (3) are detected using a means (1) for detecting bodily data, the lighting device (3) being controlled in accordance with the detected bodily data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Rene Joppi, Gregor Mayr
  • Publication number: 20170228816
    Abstract: A lighting system (10), in particular a shelf lighting system, is used for locating products (40, 41, 42). Said lighting system comprises at least two lamp units (24-31), each of which (24-31) or a defined group of which (24-31) is assigned to a different space, especially a shelf surface. The lighting system (10) further comprises a control unit for controlling the lamp units (24-31), to each of which (24-31) or to each defined group of which (24-31) a different lamp address is assigned. The lamp address is linked to a product association that is unambiguously associated with a product (40, 41, 42) located in the assigned space. The lighting system (10) also comprises a user interface (54) used for displaying the product associate and for selecting, by means of the displayed product association, the lamp unit (24-31) or defined group of lamp units (24-31) to be controlled. The invention further relates to a corresponding method for providing a lighting system (10) and locating a product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Rene JOPPI, Gregor MAYR
  • Patent number: 9635738
    Abstract: An illumination system which contains a mobile operating device, a plurality of lights, and a central control device. The control device is designed to control the lights. The operating device includes a position-sensing unit for determining the position of the operating device and additionally contains a display unit on which the positions of the lights and the position of the operating device can be displayed in combination. The operating device thus allows a user to select and operate the lights that are displayed. The lights are controlled using the central control device according to the user's input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Rene Joppi, Gregor Mayr
  • Publication number: 20160360595
    Abstract: An illumination system which contains a mobile operating device, a plurality of lights, and a central control device. The control device is designed to control the lights. The operating device includes a position-sensing unit for determining the position of the operating device and additionally contains a display unit on which the positions of the lights and the position of the operating device can be displayed in combination. The operating device thus allows a user to select and operate the lights that are displayed. The lights are controlled using the central control device according to the user's input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING GMBH
    Inventors: Rene JOPPI, Gregor MAYR