Cove lighting
AssigneePhilips Lighting Holding B.V.
InventorsBartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Tim Dekker, Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Philip Steven Newton
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Abstract
Presented are concepts for controlling cove lighting. Once such concept provides cove lighting adapted to output decorative light for illuminating the ceiling of an architectural space. The cove lighting comprises a control unit adapted to individually control each of the primary light sources in response to a lighting control signal so that the output decorative light mimics an outdoor lighting condition.
Claims14
Cove lighting for positioning in a cove or mounting on a wall, the cove lighting comprising:
- an array of individually controllable primary light sources adapted to, when positioned in a cove or mounted on a wall, provide light to an architectural space by projecting decorative light from the array of individually controllable primary light sources onto a ceiling of the architectural space;
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- a control unit adapted to individually control a light output of each of the primary light sources in response to a lighting control signal so that the decorative light output from the array of individually controllable primary light sources mimics an outdoor lighting condition,
- wherein the primary light sources are controllable as individual pixels for outputting the decorative light as a pixelated sky projection.
A method of controlling cove lighting positioned in a cove or mounted on a wall, the cove lighting comprising an array of individually controllable primary light sources adapted to provide light to an architectural space by projecting decorative light from the array of individually controllable primary light sources onto a ceiling of the architectural space, wherein the method comprises:
- generating, based on one or more of a current time, a current date, a geographical location and weather information, a lighting control signal for individually controlling a light output of each of the primary light sources in order that the decorative light output from the array of individually controllable primary light sources mimics an outdoor lighting condition,
- wherein the primary light sources are controllable as individual pixels for outputting the decorative light as a pixelated sky projection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.