Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Signify Holding B.v.

Philips Lighting Holding B.v.

Paul Marcel Carl Lemmens

Erik Gosuinus Petrus Schuijers

Floris Maria Hermansz Crompvoets

Gerrit Oversluizen

Francesco Sartor

Dirk Brokken

Jacobus Maria Antonius Van Den Eerenbeemd

Louisa Simone Ruijs

Tim Dekker

Frank Anton Van Abeelen

Jacobus Petrus Johannes Van Os

Wouter Hendrik Cornelis Spoorendonk

Jan Johannes Gerardus De Vries

Chantal Nathalie Van Den Broek

Philip Steven Newton

Murray Fulton Gillies

Juergen Vogt

Gabriele Papini

Henricus Fransiscus Petrus Maria Van Doveren

Jacobos Petrus Johannes Van Os

Wouter Henrik Cornelis Spoorendonk

Timmy Robertus Maria Leufkens

A light-emitting device () is disclosed. The light-emitting device () comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements () or light sources and a power module () adapted to selectively convey, supply or provide electrical power to the light-emitting elements (). The power module () may be dimensioned such as to be able to power only a proper subset of the light-emitting elements () of the light-emitting device () at a given time, the subset having a maximum number of light-emitting elements () included therein with respect to the number of light-emitting elements () included in the all subsets of the light-emitting elements () of the light-emitting device (). The plurality of sets of light-emitting elements () may be arranged so as to emit light over a light emission area, and the plurality of sets of light-emitting elements () may be arranged relatively to each other such that different sets of light-emitting elements () emit light over different portions of the light emission area.

Light-emitting device and photo-therapy device comprising a light-emitting device

The present invention relates to distinguishing different sedentary states of a subject. A sedentary state can refer to standing, sitting and/or lying. An apparatus for determining a sedentary state of a subject is presented that comprises a sensor interface for obtaining a movement signal indicative of a movement of the subject; an extraction unit for extracting a signal feature indicative of postural control oscillations of the subject from the movement signal, wherein the signal feature indicative of postural control oscillations is indicative of center of mass motion oscillations for preventing the subject from falling; and a classifier for classifying a sedentary state of the subject based on the signal feature indicative of postural control oscillations of the subject. Further, a corresponding method, computer program and system are presented.

Apparatus and method for determining a sedentary state of a subject

Various embodiments relate to methods, devices, and systems for ascertaining a sedentary body posture of a subject including: determining if the subject is in a sedentary state when the subject is sedentary for a pre-determined time; receiving a heart rate signal for least one heart rate feature when the subject is in the sedentary state; deriving at least one heart rate feature value when the subject is in the sedentary state further including filtering an arousal value from the received heart rate signal, so as to reduce an influence of the arousal on the determination of the sedentary posture; and determining the sedentary body posture of the subject based on a comparison between the derived at least one heart rate feature value and a pre-determined range associated with the corresponding at least one heart rate feature, wherein for each sedentary body posture, a pre-determined range is stored.

Determining a sedentary state of a subject

The present invention relates to device, system and method for counting the number of cycles of a periodic movement of a subject, e.g. for step counting of a person. To enable more precisely counting the number of cycles of a periodic movement of a subject based on discontinuous accelerometer data the proposed device comprises an input unit () for receiving discontinuous accelerometer data over time indicating movement of at least a body part of the subject, a classifier () for classifying the movement of the subject into one of several movement classes based on said discontinuous accelerometer data, each movement class being related to a different range of speed of a periodic movement, a storage () for storing a table including for each movement class a periodicity value per time unit, and a movement calculation unit () for calculating the number of cycles of the periodic movement of the subject per time unit, for a predetermined time or continuously over time by use of the periodicity of the movement class, into which the movement has been classified.

Device, method and system for counting the number of cycles of a periodic movement of a subject

A light-emitting device () is disclosed. The light-emitting device () comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements () or light sources and a power module () adapted to selectively convey, supply or provide electrical power to the light-emitting elements (). The power module () may be dimensioned such as to be able to power only a proper subset of the light-emitting elements () of the light-emitting device () at a given time, the subset having a maximum number of light-emitting elements () included therein with respect to the number of light-emitting elements () included in the all subsets of the light-emitting elements () of the light-emitting device (). The plurality of sets of light-emitting elements () maybe arranged so as to emit light over a light emission area, and the plurality of sets of light-emitting elements () may be arranged relatively to each other such that different sets of light-emitting elements () emit light over different portions of the light emission area.

A light emitting device for application near mammal tissue includes a flexible body having a front surface for facing the mammal tissue and an opposing back surface. The flexible body accommodates at least one light source which is arranged for irradiating an irradiation area of the mammal tissue. A thermally insulating layer covers the back surface of the flexible body. The thermally insulating layer has a larger surface area than the flexible body.

Phototherapy patch with increased thermal insulation

In summary the invention utilizes a patient's interaction with a user interfaceof a controllable lighting system. The user interface enables light characteristics of the lighting systemto be adjusted such as the light color emitted from a light sourceof the lighting system. A monitoris provided for monitoring how the patient interacts with the user interface, e.g. by monitoring how frequent the patient interacts with the user interface, the monitored number of interactions may be processed by a processorto determine a value of the coping style which indicates how active or passive the patient is.

Lighting system with monitoring function

The present invention relates to a method for conveying an emotion to a person being exposed to multimedia information, such as a media clip, by way of tactile stimulation using a plurality of actuators arranged in a close vicinity of the person's body, the method comprising the step of providing tactile stimulation information for controlling the plurality of actuators, wherein the plurality of actuators are adapted to stimulate multiple body sites in a body region, the tactile stimulation information comprises a sequence of tactile stimulation patterns, wherein each tactile stimulation pattern controls the plurality of actuators in time and space to enable the tactile stimulation of the body region, and the tactile stimulation information is synchronized with the media clip. An advantage with the present invention is thus that emotions can be induced, or strengthened, at the right time (e.g. synchronized with a specific situation in the media clip).

Method and system for conveying an emotion

A method of adapting an environment of a terminal () includes: &#x2014;receiving data () from an external source at the terminal (); &#x2014;receiving monitoring data from a system for monitoring at least one user in the environment; and &#x2014;controlling at least one output device for providing an output perceptible in the environment, the output being adjusted in dependence on the monitoring data. At least one segment including data pertaining to at least one mental state is retrieved from the data () from the external source, and the adjustment in dependence on the monitoring data is effected at least partly on the basis of the data pertaining to the at least one mental state.

Methods and systems for adapting a user environment

Stimulation system for indicating stimulation signals to a user, provided with at least one heart beat sensor for converting measured heart beats into a signal, a processing circuit configured to process the measured heart beat signals, a user interface configured to indicate stimulation signals to a user, wherein the processing circuit is configured to calculate intervals between the detected heart beats and register a predetermined number of successive intervals, predict a time interval between a detected heart beat and a predicted future heart beat based on the registered intervals, and instruct the user interface to indicate a stimulation signal to a user non-simultaneously with the predicted heart beat at the end of the predicted time interval so as to change the heart rate and/or heart coherence of the user.

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Paul Marcel Carl Lemmens