While they are all my own work, they were published while working at Philips, and hence the ideas belong to Philips. Hey, they paid me well enough I suppose.
Ever have the problem that you forgot to take your meds, or you forgot if you forgot to take your meds!? This nifty little invention incorporates several pieces of tech into the cap of the medication bottle to track when you take drugs, plus remind you if you forget.
Some doctor is currently shipping such a device in South Africa. Just waiting for him to break into the US market, then he's gonna get his ass sued.
Technique (or as we inventors say Method or Aperatus) for detecting the incorrect positioning of the typists hand, based on knowledge of the keyboard layout and the computer's dictionary.
Ever have the problem that your PDA, your mobile and your microwave all have different sets of contact details for your friends? No!? OK, not any more you don't 'cuz they all sync effortlessly over the internet. However, in 1997 no-one had even thought of this problem, 'cept me, and I filled a patent on it. Now the patent's been granted I can start suing everyone's ass for implementing the idea since then :)