# US 10,372,765 B2 · Assisting a user in selecting a lighting device design > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,372,765 B2 - Document ID: US10372765B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/438,372 - Filed: 2013-10-24 - Published: 2015-10-08 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2012-10-24 - Assignees: Signify Holding B.V. - Applicants: Signify Holding B.V. - Inventors: Bram Knaapen; Petrus Johannes Hendrikus Seuntiens; Chris Damkat; Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis; Wei Pien Lee; Stefan Donivan Twigt - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10372765B2 ## CPC - G06F 16/9535: Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation - G06F 16/951: Indexing; Web crawling techniques - G06F 30/00: Computer-aided design [CAD] - G06Q 30/0277: {Online advertisement} - G09G 3/32: semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] - H05B 47/155: Coordinated control of two or more light sources - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL ## Abstract The present invention relates to suggesting a lighting device (408) design to a user, such as in an advertisement for a lighting device design. The suggestion is based on acquiring user interest information relating to the user from a data source such as an online user profile. A lighting device (408) design related variable (e.g. intensity, colour temperature) is determined based on the acquired user interest information using, for example, a lookup table or rules. A lighting device (408) design is then provided (e.g. selected or generated) based on the lighting device design related variable and an image (410) of the provided lighting device (408) design is displayed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for suggesting a lighting device design to a user, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring, by a server, user interest information relating to the user, from one or more data sources; acquiring, by the server, a first scene comprising data representing a first physical space, wherein said first scene is one of a set of scenes representing respective physical spaces stored in a repository; determining, by the server, a lighting device design related variable based on the acquired user interest information and on analysis of the data; providing, by the server, a first lighting device design based on the lighting device design related variable, wherein the first lighting device design is one of a set of lighting device designs stored in the repository separately from the set of scenes, and a first lighting effect, wherein the first lighting effect is one of a set of lighting effects stored in the repository separately from the set of scenes and separately from the set of lighting device designs; rendering a composite image of the first lighting device design by combining the first scene, the first lighting device design and the first lighting effect into the composite image; and displaying the composite image of the first lighting device design. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of determining a lighting property of the first lighting device design based on the acquired user interest information and/or the context in which the first lighting device design will be displayed; and wherein the first lighting effect is determined based on the determined lighting property of the first lighting device design. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the step of acquiring user interest information comprises acquiring a keyword related to the user; and wherein the step of determining a lighting device design related variable is based on the acquired keyword. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the keyword related to the user is a word from a search query entered by the user. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the keyword related to the user is a word stored in a user profile of the user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the step of acquiring user interest information comprises acquiring an image related to the user; and wherein the step of determining a lighting device design related variable is based on an analysis of the acquired image related to the user. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the step of acquiring user interest information is based on the user's location; and wherein the step of determining a lighting device design related variable is based on an analysis of the user's location. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing the first lighting device design is further based on user interest information related to at least one other user. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the step of displaying the composite image of the generated lighting device design comprises displaying an advertisement featuring the composite image of the first lighting device design. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein said server performs the analysis of the data such that the server further determines at least one of a dominant style associated with the first scene or the most contrasting color in the first scene. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein said server performs the analysis of the data such that the server determines the dominant style associated with the first scene, wherein the dominant style is a decorative style. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising installing at least one lighting device in said first physical space based on the first lighting device design. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first scene is an image, the first lighting device design is an image and the first lighting effect is an image, and wherein the rendering comprises blending pixel values of the images of the first scene, the first lighting device design and the first lighting effect such that the first lighting device design and the first lighting effect are layered over the first scene. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising installing at least one lighting device in said first physical space based on the first lighting device design. ### Claim 15 A system for suggesting a lighting device design to a user, the system comprising: a first interface for acquiring user interest information; a repository comprising a set of scenes representing respective physical spaces, a set of lighting device designs stored in the repository separately from the set of scenes, and a set of lighting effects stored in the repository separately from the set of scenes and separately from the set of lighting device designs; a second interface for acquiring a first scene of the set of scenes from the repository; a processor configured to determine a lighting device design related variable based on the acquired user interest information and on analysis of the first scene, and wherein the processor is configured to determine a first lighting device design of the set of lighting device designs based on the lighting device design related variable, to determine a first lighting effect of the set of lighting effects and to render a composite image of the first lighting device design by combining the first scene, the first lighting device design and the first lighting effect into the composite image; and a third interface for displaying the composite image of the first lighting device design. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein said processor is configured to perform said analysis such that the processor further determines at least one of a dominant style associated with the first scene or the most contrasting color in the first scene. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein said processor is configured to perform said analysis such that the processor determines the dominant style associated with the first scene, wherein the dominant style is a decorative style. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, further comprising a lighting device that is configured in accordance with the first lighting device design and is installed in a first physical space represented by the first scene based on the first lighting device design. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the first scene is an image, the first lighting device design is an image and the first lighting effect is an image, and wherein the processor is configured to render the composite image by blending pixel values of the images of the first scene, the first lighting device design and the first lighting effect such that the first lighting device design and the first lighting effect are layered over the first scene. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, further comprising a lighting device that is configured in accordance with the first lighting device design and is installed in a first physical space represented by the first scene based on the first lighting device design.