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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Henning Maass, Waalre, NL;
Guido Josef Müsch, Josef, DE;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/44 (2006.01); G01J 1/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01); A61B 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/0228 (2013.01); A61B 5/4857 (2013.01); A61B 5/681 (2013.01); G01J 1/0233 (2013.01); G01J 1/4204 (2013.01); A61B 5/165 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0242 (2013.01); A61B 2560/0475 (2013.01); G01J 2001/0257 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a light sensing device for sensing ambient light intensity, comprising at least one ambient light sensor and an occlusion detector for detecting an object occluding the ambient light sensor. The invention is further related to a corresponding method for sensing ambient light intensity.