Method for controlling lighting parameters, controlling device, lighting system
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsElmo Marcus Attila Diederiks, Josephus Hubertus Eggen, Jasper Ivo Van Kuijk
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Abstract
A controlling device for controlling lighting parameters is connected to a number of lamps and includes a controlling member which is placed on a contact surface by a user. Lighting parameters of each lamp are determined based on the position of the controlling member on the contact surface. This enables the user to control the lighting parameters simply by controlling the position of the controlling member.
Claims20
A method for controlling at least one parameter related to lighting, the method comprising the acts of:
- removably positioning at least one controlling member on a contact surface so that the at least one controlling member contacts the contact surface and is not fixedly attached to the contact surface for movement on the contact surface,
- determining a position of the controlling member on the contact surface,
- removably positioning a further controlling member on the contact surface, and
- calculating an average position based on positions of the at least one controlling member and the further controlling member on the contact surface to determine the at least one parameter.
A controlling device for controlling at least one parameter related to lighting, comprising:
- a contact surface;
- first and second controlling members configured to be removably positioned on the contact surface so that the first and second controlling members contact the contact surface;
- sensing means for sensing positions of the first and second controlling members on the contact surface;
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- a processor configured for calculating an average position based on the sensed positions of the first and second controlling members on the contact surface for determining the at least one parameter.
A light controller for controlling a light source emitting a light comprising:
- a first controlling member;
- a second controlling member;
- a surface configured to removably receive the first controlling member and the second controlling member;
- wherein positions of the first controlling member and the second controlling member on the surface are used for determining at least one parameter of the light by a processor configured for calculating an average position based on the positions of the first controlling member and the second controlling member on the contact surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.