Animal-adapted illumination method and system
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorMaurice Alexander Hugo Donners
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Abstract
An illumination method includes emitting light suitable for providing illumination for human activities; detecting an animal indication signal indicative of the presence of an animal; and temporarily changing at least one property of the light in response to the detected presence of the animal.
Claims15
An illumination method, comprising the acts of:
- providing illumination;
- detecting a signal;
- comparing said detected signal with a predetermined plurality of signals characteristic of animals;
- and
- changing at least one property of said illumination in response to an animal characterized by the detected signal.
A system comprising:
- at least one light emitting device for providing illumination;
- at least one a detector for detecting a signal;
- and
- a control device connectable to the at least one light-emitting device and the at least one detector, said control device
- comprising a processor and a memory for storing a predetermined plurality of signals characteristic of animals,
- wherein the processor is
- configured to:
- acquire the signal detected by said detector;
- compare said detected signal with said predetermined plurality of signals characteristic of animals;
- when said detected signal and at least one of said predetermined plurality of signals characteristic of animals match, classify said detected signal as made by a specific animal;
- and
- control said light-emitting device to change at least one property of the illumination in response to said specific animal.
An illumination system comprising:
- a light-emitting device for providing illumination;
- a detector configured to detect a signal;
- and
- a control device connected to said light-emitting device and said detector for controlling said light-emitting device to change at least one property of the illumination in response to the detected signal indicating a presence of an animal indication,
- wherein the control device is configured to
- acquire the detected signal,
- compare said detected signal with said predetermined plurality of signals characteristic of animals, and
- when said detected signal and at least one of said predetermined plurality of signals characteristic of animals match, classify said detected signal as made by a specific animal.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a computer program, when executed by a processor, configure the processor to perform an illumination method for providing illumination by a light-emitting device connectable to a control device, the control device being connectable to a detector for detecting a signal, comprising acts of:
- acquiring the signal detected by said detector;
- comparing said detected signal with a predetermined plurality of signals characteristic of animals;
- when said detected signal and at least one of said predetermined plurality of signals characteristic of animals match classifying said detected signal as made by a specific animal;
- and
- controlling said light-emitting device to change at least one property of the illumination in response to said specific animal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.