Control device for controlling a lighting effect
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsBartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Bram Knaapen, Anthonie Hendrik Bergman
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments relate to functional and decorative lighting. At least one control device (200a, 200b) is connected to a plurality of lighting elements (2000). The control devices (200a, 200b) are arranged to control lighting effects of the plurality of lighting elements (2000).
Claims14
Control device for controlling at least one lighting effect of at least one lighting element of a plurality of interconnected lighting elements,
- wherein the control device comprises at least one attachment part, and wherein the control device is arranged to be connected to a lighting element chosen from any of the plurality of interconnected lighting elements by means of said at least one attachment part,
- wherein the control device, when it is connected to said lighting element, is arranged to control said at least one lighting effect of at least one lighting element of the plurality of interconnected lighting elements, wherein said at least one lighting effect is dependent on the position of the control device connected to said lighting element, and
- wherein the control device incorporates at least one of the group of:
- a radio receiver, a television receiver, and a connection to the Internet.
Control device for controlling at least one lighting effect of at least one lighting element of a plurality of interconnected lighting elements,
- wherein the control device comprises at least one attachment part, and wherein the control device is arranged to be connected to a lighting element chosen from any of the plurality of interconnected lighting elements by means of said at least one attachment part,
- wherein the control device, when it is connected to said lighting element, is arranged to control said at least one lighting effect of at least one lighting element of the plurality of interconnected lighting elements, wherein said at least one lighting effect is dependent on the position of the control device connected to said lighting element, and
- wherein said control device is arranged to activate said at least one lighting effect upon receiving an indication from a detector, wherein said detector is at least one of the group of:
- a light sensor, a vision-based sensor, a weather sensor, a color sensor, a fragrance sensor, a humidity sensor, a temperature sensor, a movement detector, a heat detector, a microphone coupled to means for speech recognition, and a camera.
Control device for controlling at least one lighting effect of at least one lighting element of a plurality of interconnected lighting elements,
- wherein the control device comprises at least one attachment part, and wherein the control device is arranged to be connected to a lighting element chosen from any of the plurality of interconnected lighting elements by means of said at least one attachment part,
- wherein the control device, when it is connected to said lighting element, is arranged to control said at least one lighting effect of at least one lighting element of the plurality of interconnected lighting elements, wherein said at least one lighting effect is dependent on the position of the control device connected to said lighting element, and
- wherein the control device is programmable via at least one of the group of:
- a keyboard, a radio connection, an infrared connection, a smart card, a USB memory stick, a wi-fi connection, a Bluetooth connection, and a ZigBee connection.
Method of controlling at least one lighting effect of at least one lighting element of a plurality of interconnected lighting elements, comprising:
- connecting a control device comprising at least one attachment part to a lighting element chosen from any of the plurality of interconnected lighting elements by means of said at least one attachment part, wherein the control device, when it is connected to said lighting element, is arranged to control said at least one lighting effect of at least one lighting element of the plurality of interconnected lighting elements, wherein said at least one lighting effect is dependent on the position of the control device connected to said lighting element,
- wherein the control device incorporates at least one of the group of:
- a radio receiver, a television receiver, and a connection to the Internet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.