Patents by Inventor Stefanie Brauers

Stefanie Brauers 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).

  • Lighting requirements generation system and method
    Patent number: 9265111
    Abstract: An OLN lighting requirements generation system and method including a lighting requirements generation system for an outdoor lighting network (OLN, 90) having lighting units (82), the system having a central control apparatus (40); a plurality of lighting unit control apparatus (50); and a communication system (60) operably connecting the central control apparatus (40) and the lighting unit control apparatus (50). The central control apparatus (40) is operable to: acquire location-based data; define clusters from the location-based data; define lighting requirements for each of the clusters; associate the lighting units (82) to the clusters from location information for the lighting units; map the lighting units (82) to the lighting requirements; and implement the lighting requirements of the clusters associated with each of the lighting units (82).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti, Jianfeng Wang, Stefanie Brauers, Jens Friedemann Marschner, Kiran Srinivas Challapali
  • LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20140285107
    Abstract: An OLN lighting requirements generation system and method including a lighting requirements generation system for an outdoor lighting network (OLN, 90) having lighting units (82), the system having a central control apparatus (40); a plurality of lighting unit control apparatus (50); and a communication system (60) operably connecting the central control apparatus (40) and the lighting unit control apparatus (50). The central control apparatus (40) is operable to: acquire location-based data; define clusters from the location-based data; define lighting requirements for each of the clusters; associate the lighting units (82) to the clusters from location information for the lighting units; map the lighting units (82) to the lighting requirements; and implement the lighting requirements of the clusters associated with each of the lighting units (82).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti, Jianfeng Wang, Stefanie Brauers, Jens Friedemann Marschner, Kiran Srinivas Challapali