Sensor device for controlling an electrical device
AssigneeSignify Holding B.V.
InventorsHarry Broers, Jan Ekkel, Maurice Herman Johan Draaijer
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Abstract
The invention provides a sensor device for controlling an electrical device, wherein the sensor device comprises a controller and a range sensor; wherein sensor device is configured to be mounted in an orientation relative to gravity; wherein the range sensor is configured to: obtain the orientation of the sensor device relative to gravity; operate in a first detection mode for detecting an object within a first predetermined distance range from the range sensor when the orientation is in a first predetermined orientation; wherein the controller is configured to output a control signal arranged for controlling the electrical device upon the range sensor detecting the object.
Claims17
A sensor device for controlling an electrical device, the sensor device configured to be mounted in an orientation relative to gravity, the sensor device comprising:
- a controller;
- and
- a range sensor;
- wherein the range sensor is configured to:
- obtain the orientation of the sensor device relative to gravity;
- operate in a first detection mode for detecting an object within a first predetermined distance range from the range sensor when the orientation is in a first predetermined orientation;
- and
- operate in a second detection mode for detecting the object within a second predetermined distance range from the range sensor when the orientation is in a second predetermined orientation;
- wherein the first predetermined orientation is different to the second predetermined orientation, the first detection mode is different to the second detection mode, and the controller is configured to output a control signal arranged for controlling the electrical device upon the range sensor detecting the object.
A method performed by a sensor device for controlling an electrical device, the sensor device having a controller and a range sensor, the method comprising:
- orienting the sensor device, by the sensor device, relative to gravity;
- obtaining an orientation of the sensor device, by the range sensor, relative to gravity;
- operating the range sensor in a first detection mode for detecting a object within a first predetermined distance range from the range sensor when the orientation of the sensor device is in a first predetermined orientation;
- operating the range sensor in a second detection mode for detecting the object within a second predetermined distance range from the range sensor when the orientation of the sensor device is in a second predetermined orientation, wherein the first predetermined orientation is different to the second predetermined orientation, and the first detection mode is different to the second detection mode;
- outputting a control signal, by the controller, arranged for controlling the electrical device upon the range sensor detecting the object.
A sensor device for controlling an electrical device, the sensor device comprising:
- a controller,
- a pivotable head, and
- a range sensor;
- wherein the pivotable head houses the range sensor, and the pivotable head is configured to be oriented relative to a surface to which the sensor device is mounted in operation;
- wherein the range sensor is configured to:
- obtain an orientation of the pivotable head;
- operate in a first detection mode for detecting an object within a first predetermined distance range from the range sensor when the orientation of the pivotable head is in a first predetermined orientation;
- and
- operate in a second detection mode for detecting the object within a second predetermined distance range from the range sensor when the orientation of the pivotable head is in a second predetermined orientation;
- wherein the first predetermined orientation is different to the second predetermined orientation, the first detection mode is different to the second detection mode, and the controller is configured to output a control signal arranged for controlling the electrical device upon the range sensor detecting the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.