Patents by Inventor Stefan DEBOIS

Stefan DEBOIS 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: 10327643
    Abstract: A method for validating an alarm situation in a home includes determining by a processing unit of an alarm situation on the basis of data received from the home provided with a sensor network comprising one or more sensors and a central unit; transmission by the processing unit of a message to a care provider that an alarm situation is occurring at the occupant; sending out of a notification signal by the processing unit to the central unit; upon receiving the notification signal in the central unit, switching on an increased vigilance mode, wherein a call from the one or more care providers is prepared in the central unit by making available an audio function in one or more sensors of the sensor network; validating the alarm situation by establishing a conversation between one of the care providers and the occupant via the at least one sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SENSO2ME NV
    Inventors: Richard Kleihorst, Alain Van Buyten, Ben Schueler, Stefan Debois, Wilfried Philips
  • Publication number: 20180330602
    Abstract: A method for validating an alarm situation in a home includes determining by a processing unit of an alarm situation on the basis of data received from the home provided with a sensor network comprising one or more sensors and a central unit; transmission by the processing unit of a message to a care provider that an alarm situation is occurring at the occupant; sending out of a notification signal by the processing unit to the central unit; upon receiving the notification signal in the central unit, switching on an increased vigilance mode, wherein a call from the one or more care providers is prepared in the central unit by making available an audio function in one or more sensors of the sensor network; validating the alarm situation by establishing a conversation between one of the care providers and the occupant via the at least one sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Richard KLEIHORST, Alain VAN BUYTEN, Ben SCHUELER, Stefan DEBOIS, Wilfried PHILIPS