# US 10,455,668 B2 · Method of controlling lighting devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,455,668 B2 - Document ID: US10455668B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/115,785 - Filed: 2015-01-15 - Published: 2017-01-12 - Granted: 2019-10-22 - Earliest claimed: 2014-01-31 - Assignees: Signify Holding B.V. - Applicants: Philips Lighting Holding B.V. - Inventors: Dirk Valentinus René Engelen; Alexander Henricus Waltherus Van Eeuwijk; Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10455668B2 ## CPC - G01C 21/206: {specially adapted for indoor navigation} - H05B 47/115: by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings - H05B 47/19: via wireless transmission - H05B 47/1965: {using handheld communication devices} - H05B 47/199: {Commissioning of light sources} - Y02B 20/40: Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection - G01C: MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY (measuring liquid level G01F; radio navigation, determining distance or velocity by use of propagation effects, e.g. Doppler effects, propagation time, of radio waves, analogous arrangements using other waves G01S) - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - Y02B: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS ## Abstract A method of controlling lighting devices (4) via input from a mobile device (1), involving the operations of: upon movement of the mobile device, while being wirelessly connected with an influencing lighting device, obtaining movement direction data generated by the mobile device (1); and providing the movement direction data for determining a next lighting device to be controlled. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of controlling lighting devices via input from a mobile device, comprising: upon movement of the mobile device, while being wirelessly connected with a present lighting device having a dominant light effect at a current location of the mobile device, obtaining movement direction data generated by a direction sensor of the mobile device, said movement direction data indicative of a direction of said movement of the mobile device and said direction sensor configured to measure said direction of said movement to generate said movement direction data; providing the movement direction data for determining an expected next lighting device to be controlled based on the movement direction data, said expected next lighting device to be controlled having a dominant light effect in said movement direction; performing a handover of the control of the present lighting device to the expected next lighting device to be controlled; controlling a lighting effect produced by the expected next lighting device based on said handover; and determining a speed of said movement, wherein the controlling of said lighting effect is implemented such that an increased value of said speed results in an increased area influenced by said lighting effect. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, said providing the movement direction data for determining the expected next lighting device to be controlled, constituting determining the expected next lighting device to be controlled after the present lighting device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, comprising obtaining position data, which defines the position of the mobile device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, further comprising: determining the present lighting device by means of the position data; and controlling the present lighting device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, said obtaining position data comprising generating the position data by means of a position sensor of the mobile device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, comprising: determining the present lighting device of a lighting system comprising several lighting devices on basis of the position data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, comprising performing said handover upon detecting the presence of the mobile device within an influencing area of the expected next lighting device to be controlled. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, comprising performing said handover on basis of the position of the mobile device relative to the position of the expected next lighting device to be controlled. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, further comprising measuring said direction of said movement by said direction sensor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: obtaining, at the mobile device, information about lighting devices in the surroundings of the present lighting device; and determining, on basis of the movement direction data, the expected next lighting device which is to be controlled, by means of the mobile device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, comprising: determining, on basis of the movement direction data, the expected next lighting device which is to be controlled, by means of the present lighting device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer program product to be run on a mobile computing device, the computer program product being adapted to execute the method according to claim 1. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising determining the expected next lighting device to be controlled based on the movement direction data. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising measuring said direction of said movement by said direction sensor. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, further comprising determining the expected next lighting device to be controlled based on the movement direction data. ### Claim 16 A mobile device for controlling lighting devices via commands input from the mobile device, said mobile device comprising a transceiver for local communication with the lighting devices, and a direction sensor, the mobile device being arranged to: upon movement of the mobile device and while being wirelessly connected with a present lighting device having a dominant light effect at a current location of the mobile device, generate movement direction data, said movement direction data indicative of a direction of said movement of the mobile device and said direction sensor configured to measure said direction of said movement to generate said movement direction data; provide the movement direction data for determining an expected next lighting device to be controlled based on the movement direction data, said expected next lighting device to be controlled having a dominant light effect in said movement direction; perform a handover of the control of the present lighting device to the expected next lighting device to be controlled; control a lighting effect produced by the expected next lighting device based on said handover; and determine a speed of said movement, wherein the controlling of said lighting effect is implemented such that an increased value of said speed results in an increased area influenced by said lighting effect. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The mobile device of claim 16, wherein the mobile device is configured to control a light effect produced by the expected next lighting device in response to said determining.