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US 2021/0176840 A1Published application
Interior lighting system
AssigneeSignify Holding B.V.
InventorsLUCAS LEO DESIRE VAN DER POEL, MAURICE ALEXANDER HUGO DONNERS
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Abstract
An interior lighting system has arrangement of lighting panels mounted around a window for providing lighting around the outside of the window. The light provided depends on the exterior lighting which passes through the window. In this way, contrast between the window and the wall around the window can be reduced.
Claims15
An interior lighting system comprising:
- an arrangement of lighting panels mounted at least on opposite lateral sides of a window and adjacent to the window for providing lighting visible as luminance at a wall surface around the outside of the window;
- a light sensor arrangement for sensing the exterior lighting level outside or through the window;
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- a controller for controlling the lighting delivered by the arrangement of lighting panels in dependence on the sensed exterior lighting level.
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A method of providing interior lighting, comprising:
- sensing exterior lighting outside or through a window between an interior space and the exterior;
- providing lighting from a wall surface around the outside of the window using an arrangement of lighting panels mounted at least on opposite lateral sides of the window and adjacent to the window,
- wherein the method comprises controlling the lighting delivered by the arrangement of lighting panels in dependence on the sensed exterior lighting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.