Multi-dimensional control of lighting parameters
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsElmo M. A. Diederiks, Martijn Santbergen, Gerard Hollemans
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Abstract
A multi-dimensional controller (150) controls the multiple parameters of a lighting system (250). A track-ball (100) that provides three axes of rotation (101-103), for example, is used to control each of three lighting parameters, such as chrominance, luminance, and saturation. In like manner, intensity, direction, and diffusion control may be controlled by a device with three degrees of freedom/control. Force-feedback (120) is optionally provided to indicate divergence from established presets (220) or recommended operating conditions. Switches (130) and other control elements are also provided to store or recall pre-set parameters (220), override scheduled lighting settings, and so on.
Claims16
A lighting control system comprising:
- an input device that is configured to detect motion in a plurality of dimensions, and
- a controller that is configured to:
- map the motion in each of the plurality of dimensions to corresponding lighting-parameters, and
- communicate one or more of the lighting-parameters to a lighting system, to effect a change of lighting-effects at one or more lights, corresponding to the one or more lighting-parameters;
- wherein said input device includes one or more feedback elements that are configured to restrict the motion in one or more of the plurality of dimensions, and
- the controller is further configured to control the one or more feedback elements based on the lighting-parameters;
- said controller configured to control the one or more feedback elements based on one or more of:
- one or more rules associated with one or more of the lighting-parameters, and
- a difference between one or more of the lighting-parameters and one or more predefined lighting-parameters.
A method of controlling a lighting system comprising:
- receiving input from an input device that is configured to detect motion in a plurality of dimensions,
- mapping the motion in each of the plurality of dimensions to corresponding lighting-parameters, and
- communicating one or more of the lighting-parameters to the lighting system, to effect a change of lighting-effects at one or more lights, corresponding to the one or more lighting-parameters;
- controlling one or more feedback elements that are configured to restrict the motion in one or more of the plurality of dimensions in the input device based on the lighting-parameters;
- wherein said controlling the one or more feedback elements includes applying one or more rules associated with one or more of the lighting-parameters to determine an amount of restriction of the motion.
A method of controlling a lighting system comprising:
- receiving input from an input device that is configured to detect motion in a plurality of dimensions,
- mapping the motion in each of the plurality of dimensions to corresponding lighting-parameters, and
- communicating one or more of the lighting-parameters to the lighting system, to effect a change of lighting-effects at one or more lights, corresponding to the one or more lighting-parameters;
- controlling one or more feedback elements that are configured to restrict the motion in one or more of the plurality of dimensions in the input device based on the lighting-parameters;
- controlling the one or more feedback elements includes
- applying one or more rules associated with one or more of the lighting-parameters to determine an amount of restriction of the motion
- controlling one or more feedback elements that are configured to restrict the motion in one or more of the plurality of dimensions in the input device based on the lighting-parameters
- controlling the one or more feedback elements includes determining a difference between one or more of the lighting-parameters and one or more predefined lighting-parameters to determine an amount of restriction of the motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.