Patents by Inventor Riemer Grootjans
Riemer Grootjans 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).
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Patent number: 11928066Abstract: The present invention relates to a bridge device operable between a master device and a slave device of a communication system, said master device and said slave device arranged for communicating with each other via a parent I2C bus and a child I2C bus and using the I2C protocol, said bridge device comprising—a parent module arranged for connecting said parent I2C bus and comprising a parent I2C transmitter/receiver device and a parent module state machine, —a child module arranged for connecting said child I2C bus and comprising a child I2C transmitter/receiver device and a child module state machine, whereby said parent module and said child module each comprise an internal bridge interface to exchange messages between said parent module and said child module, said messages being generated by said parent module state machine or said child module state machine in response to a change of state caused by an event on their respective I2C buses, whereby said parent module and said child module are each arrangedType: GrantFiled: December 15, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: IRISTICK NVInventors: Jasper Van Bourgognie, Vianney Le Clément de Saint-Marcq, Riemer Grootjans, Peter Verstraeten
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Publication number: 20240036334Abstract: The current invention relates to an improved hinge system in a head-mounted device for allowing movement of a carrier supporting an electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2021Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: Iristick NVInventors: Philip MADDEN, Vianney LE CLÉMENT DE SAINT-MARCQ, Jasper VAN BOURGOGNIE, Riemer GROOTJANS, Peter VERSTRAETEN
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Publication number: 20240022823Abstract: The current invention relates to a multi-camera head-mounted device. The device may be in the form of a headset, smart glasses, a modular device which can be attached to another headset or other headwear (such as a hard hat, a cap, headband, or others).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: IRISTICK NVInventors: Vianney LE CLÉMENT DE SAINT-MARCQ, Riemer GROOTJANS, Jasper VAN BOURGOGNIE, Peter VERSTRAETEN
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Publication number: 20220291509Abstract: The current invention concerns a head-mounted display apparatus, preferably smart glasses, with autofocus system, whereby the alignment of lens assembly and light beam emitter is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Vianney LE CLÉMENT DE SAINT-MARCQ, Jasper VAN BOURGOGNIE, Riemer GROOTJANS, Peter VERSTRAETEN
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Patent number: 11057228Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for performing wake-up signalling between a host device and a client device of a communication system, said host and said client device being in a two-wire connection (1) with each other and at least one of said host and said client device being in an idle state, said host and said client device each comprising a data controller (3) arranged for data communication control and a power state controller (5) arranged to switch the device between at least an active state and said idle state, whereby the data controller of said at least one of said host and client device is disabled during the idle state.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Iristick NVInventors: Riemer Grootjans, Jasper Van Bourgognie, Vianney Le Clément de Saint-Marcq, Peter Verstraeten
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Patent number: 11022807Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic eyewear viewing device comprising—a frame (20) arranged to be wearable on a user's head, —a display module comprising a display for viewing images, —a carrier (15) for carrying the display module, said carrier being connected to the frame. The electronic eyewear viewing device further comprises—a primary pivoting hinge system arranged for interconnecting the carrier (15) and the display module and comprising a first at least partially spherical joint (2) rotatably mounted around a first axis (6) passing through the first at least partially spherical joint via a first cut-out (10) and rotatably mounted around a second axis (1) connected with the first at least partially spherical joint (2) via a second cut-out (11) and passing through a hole (60) in said first axis, whereby the second axis crosses the first axis through said hole in a centre point (70) of the first at least partially spherical joint.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Iristick NVInventors: Tim Ruytjens, Philip Madden, Riemer Grootjans, Jasper Van Bourgognie, Vianney Le Clément de Saint-Marcq, Peter Verstraeten
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Patent number: 10955679Abstract: The present invention relates to a system comprising glasses (101), a communication unit (103) and a cable (102), whereby the cable comprises two galvanic connections adapted for transporting power and bidirectional data traffic, whereby the glasses and the communication unit are arranged for multiplexing a plurality of outgoing data streams into a multiplexed data stream to be transmitted over said cable and arranged for receiving an incoming data stream and demultiplexing said incoming data stream into separate data streams, and whereby said communication unit (103) is arranged for being connected wired or wirelessly to an external processing device (201), preferably the external processing device being a smartphone.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Iristick NVInventors: Riemer Grootjans, Jasper Van Bourgognie, Vianney Le Clément de Saint-Marcq, Peter Verstraeten
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Publication number: 20200228354Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for performing wake-up signalling between a host device and a client device of a communication system, said host and said client device being in a two-wire connection (1) with each other and at least one of said host and said client device being in an idle state, said host and said client device each comprising a data controller (3) arranged for data communication control and a power state controller (5) arranged to switch the device between at least an active state and said idle state, whereby the data controller of said at least one of said host and client device is disabled during the idle state.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2017Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Riemer Grootjans, Jasper Van Bourgognie, Vianney Le Clément de Saint-Marcq, Peter Verstraeten
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Publication number: 20200018974Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic eyewear viewing device comprising —a frame (20) arranged to be wearable on a user's head, —a display module comprising a display for viewing images, —a carrier (15) for carrying the display module, said carrier being connected to the frame. The electronic eyewear viewing device further comprises —a primary pivoting hinge system arranged for interconnecting the carrier (15) and the display module and comprising a first at least partially spherical joint (2) rotatably mounted around a first axis (6) passing through the first at least partially spherical joint via a first cut-out (10) and rotatably mounted around a second axis (1) connected with the first at least partially spherical joint (2) via a second cut-out (11) and passing through a hole (60) in said first axis, whereby the second axis crosses the first axis through said hole in a centre point (70) of the first at least partially spherical joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2018Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Tim Ruytjens, Philip Madden, Riemer Grootjans, Jasper Van Bourgognie, Vianney Le Clément de Saint-Marcq, Peter Verstraeten
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Publication number: 20200012611Abstract: The present invention relates to a bridge device operable between a master device and a slave device of a communication system, said master device and said slave device arranged for communicating with each other via a parent I2C bus and a child I2C bus and using the I2C protocol, said bridge device comprising—a parent module arranged for connecting said parent I2C bus and comprising a parent I2C transmitter/receiver device and a parent module state machine, —a child module arranged for connecting said child I2C bus and comprising a child I2C transmitter/receiver device and a child module state machine, whereby said parent module and said child module each comprise an internal bridge interface to exchange messages between said parent module and said child module, said messages being generated by said parent module state machine or said child module state machine in response to a change of state caused by an event on their respective I2C buses, whereby said parent module and said child module are each arrangedType: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2017Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Jasper Van Bourgognie, Vianney Le Clément de Saint-Marcq, Riemer Grootjans, Peter Verstraeten
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Publication number: 20200004027Abstract: The present invention relates to a system comprising glasses (101), a communication unit (103) and a cable (102), whereby the cable comprises two galvanic connections adapted for transporting power and bidirectional data traffic, whereby the glasses and the communication unit are arranged for multiplexing a plurality of outgoing data streams into a multiplexed data stream to be transmitted over said cable and arranged for receiving an incoming data stream and demultiplexing said incoming data stream into separate data streams, and whereby said communication unit (103) is arranged for being connected wired or wirelessly to an external processing device (201), preferably the external processing device being a smartphone.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Riemer Grootjans, Jasper Van Bourgognie, Vianney Le Clément de Saint-Marcq, Peter Verstraeten
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Patent number: 10234560Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing distance information of a scene with a time-of-flight camera, comprising the steps of emitting a modulated light pulse towards the scene, receiving reflections of the modulated light pulse from the scene, evaluating a time-of-flight information for the received reflections of the modulated light pulse, and deriving distance information from the time-of-flight information for the received reflections, whereby a spread spectrum signal is applied to a base frequency of the modulation of the light pulse, and the time-of-flight information is evaluated under consideration of the a spread spectrum signal applied to the base frequency of the modulation of the light pulse. The invention further relates to a time-of-flight camera for providing distance information from a scene, whereby the time-of-flight camera performs the above method.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Sony Depthsensing Solutions SA/NVInventors: Ward Van Der Tempel, Riemer Grootjans
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Publication number: 20180164438Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing distance information of a scene with a time-of-flight camera, comprising the steps of emitting a modulated light pulse towards the scene, receiving reflections of the modulated light pulse from the scene, evaluating a time-of-flight information for the received reflections of the modulated light pulse, and deriving distance information from the time-of-flight information for the received reflections, whereby a spread spectrum signal is applied to a base frequency of the modulation of the light pulse, and the time-of-flight information is evaluated under consideration of the a spread spectrum signal applied to the base frequency of the modulation of the light pulse. The invention further relates to a time-of-flight camera for providing distance information from a scene, whereby the time-of-flight camera performs the above method.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2018Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: SoftKinetic Sensors NVInventors: Ward Van Der Tempel, Riemer Grootjans
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Patent number: 9921311Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing distance information of a scene with a time-of-flight camera, comprising the steps of emitting a modulated light pulse towards the scene, receiving reflections of the modulated light pulse from the scene, evaluating a time-of-flight information for the received reflections of the modulated light pulse, and deriving distance information from the time-of-flight information for the received reflections, whereby a spread spectrum signal is applied to a base frequency of the modulation of the light pulse, and the time-of-flight information is evaluated under consideration of the a spread spectrum signal applied to the base frequency of the modulation of the light pulse. The invention further relates to a time-of-flight camera for providing distance information from a scene, whereby the time-of-flight camera performs the above method.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: SoftKinetic Sensors NVInventors: Ward Van Der Tempel, Riemer Grootjans
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Patent number: 9847736Abstract: An electronic driver circuit for LEDs and LASERs is provided for use in time-of-flight applications featuring a high efficiency of energy-conversion and a high precision of distance-measurements based on a dual conversion circuit. A voltage to voltage DC-DC conversion is hereby merged with a DC-voltage to pulsed-current booster, this booster operating at a time-of-flight modulation frequency. At the start of a new measurement cycle, the PWM signal for driving the DC-DC conversion is updated in response to currents observed during previous illumination periods.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2012Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: SoftKinetic Sensors NVInventors: Riemer Grootjans, Sebastien Resimont, Maarten Kuijk
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Publication number: 20170212236Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing distance information of a scene with a time-of-flight camera, comprising the steps of emitting a modulated light pulse towards the scene, receiving reflections of the modulated light pulse from the scene, evaluating a time-of-flight information for the received reflections of the modulated light pulse, and deriving distance information from the time-of-flight information for the received reflections, whereby a spread spectrum signal is applied to a base frequency of the modulation of the light pulse, and the time-of-flight information is evaluated under consideration of the a spread spectrum signal applied to the base frequency of the modulation of the light pulse. The invention further relates to a time-of-flight camera for providing distance information from a scene, whereby the time-of-flight camera performs the above method.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2017Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Ward Van Der Tempel, Riemer Grootjans
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Patent number: 9599712Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing distance information of a scene with a time-of-flight camera (1), comprising the steps of emitting a modulated light pulse towards the scene, receiving reflections of the modulated light pulse from the scene, evaluating a time-of-flight information for the received reflections of the modulated light pulse, and deriving distance information from the time-of-flight information for the received reflections, whereby a spread spectrum signal is applied to a base frequency of the modulation of the light pulse, and the time-of-flight information is evaluated under consideration of the a spread spectrum signal applied to the base frequency of the modulation of the light pulse. The invention further relates to a time-of-flight camera (1) for providing distance information from a scene, whereby the time-of-flight camera (1) performs the above method.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2012Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: SoftKinetic Sensors NVInventors: Ward Van Der Tempel, Riemer Grootjans
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Publication number: 20140211192Abstract: An electronic driver circuit for LEDs and LASERs is provided for use in time-of-flight applications featuring a high efficiency of energy-conversion and a high precision of distance-measurements based on a dual conversion circuit. A voltage to voltage DC-DC conversion is hereby merged with a DC-voltage to pulsed-current booster, this booster operating at a time-of-flight modulation frequency. At the start of a new measurement cycle, the PWM signal for driving the DC-DC conversion is updated in response to currents observed during previous illumination periods.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2012Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventors: Riemer Grootjans, Sebastien Resimont, Maarten Kuijk
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Publication number: 20140160461Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing distance information of a scene with a time-of-flight camera (1), comprising the steps of emitting a modulated light pulse towards the scene, receiving reflections of the modulated light pulse from the scene, evaluating a time-of-flight information for the received reflections of the modulated light pulse, and deriving distance information from the time-of-flight information for the received reflections, whereby a spread spectrum signal is applied to a base frequency of the modulation of the light pulse, and the time-of-flight information is evaluated under consideration of the a spread spectrum signal applied to the base frequency of the modulation of the light pulse. The invention further relates to a time-of-flight camera (1) for providing distance information from a scene, whereby the time-of-flight camera (1) performs the above method.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: SOFTKINETIC SENSORS NVInventors: Ward Van Der Tempel, Riemer Grootjans