Patents by Inventor Timo Tigges

Timo Tigges 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: 9943371
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the measurement of vital signs such as a respiratory rate or a heart rate. In particular, a system (1) for determining a vital sign of a subject (100), comprising an imaging unit (2) for obtaining video data of the subject, a marker (10, 20, 60, 61) directly or indirectly attached to a body of the subject, wherein the marker comprises a graphical pattern (11, 21), an image processing unit (3) for detecting said marker in said video data, and an analysis unit (4) adapted to extract a vital sign parameter related to the vital sign of the subject from said video data and to determine the vital sign from said vital sign parameter. Further aspects of the disclosure relate to a device and a method for determining a vital sign of a subject and a computer program for carrying out said method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Erik Bresch, Jens Muehlsteff, Timo Tigges, Alexander Dubielczyk, Caifeng Shan
  • Publication number: 20150105670
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the measurement of vital signs such as a respiratory rate or a heart rate. In particular, a system (1) for determining a vital sign of a subject (100), comprising an imaging unit (2) for obtaining video data of the subject, a marker (10, 20, 60, 61) directly or indirectly attached to a body of the subject, wherein the marker comprises a graphical pattern (11, 21), an image processing unit (3) for detecting said marker in said video data, and an analysis unit (4) adapted to extract a vital sign parameter related to the vital sign of the subject from said video data and to determine the vital sign from said vital sign parameter. Further aspects of the invention relate to a device and a method for determining a vital sign of a subject and a computer program for carrying out said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Erik Bresch, Jens Muehlsteff, Timo Tigges, Alexander Dubielczyk, Caifeng Shan