# US 9,437,086 B2 · Systems and apparatus for the light-based communication of service orders and personal objects identification > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,437,086 B2 - Document ID: US9437086B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/307,867 - Filed: 2014-06-18 - Published: 2014-10-02 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2009-03-03 - Assignees: Koninklijke Philips N.V. - Applicants: Koninklijke Philips N.V. - Inventors: Damien Gerard Loveland; Lucas Leo Desiree Van Der Poel; Dragan Sekulovski; Arend Jan Wilhelmus Abraham Vermeulen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9437086B2 ## CPC - G01S 13/74: Systems using reradiation of radio waves, e.g. secondary radar systems; Analogous systems - G08B 5/36: using visible light sources - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - H05B 47/195: the transmission using visible or infrared light - H05B 47/1965: {using handheld communication devices} - G08C 2201/42: Transmitting or receiving remote control signals via a network - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL ## Abstract Light-based systems for communicating information associated with service orders and/or the identification of personal objects are disclosed. A personal mobile electronic communication device is used in conjunction with a communication network and a lighting controller to communicate service orders by lighting with one or more individually controllable luminaires in a lighting network. A personal mobile electronic communication device is, alternatively or additionally, used in conjunction with a communication network, and a lighting controller controlling an illumination proximate to the personal mobile electronic communication device such that the illumination proximate to the personal mobile electronic communication device visually indicates the service order. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A light-based system for communicating service orders comprising: a personal mobile electronic communication device transmitting a first signal for indicating a location and a second signal corresponding to a service order for at least one item; a processor approximately ascertaining the location of the personal mobile electronic communication device; a communication network receiving the first signal and the second signal from the personal mobile electronic communication device and, in response to the first signal and the second signal, transmitting an illumination command; and a lighting controller receiving the illumination command from the communication network and, in response to the illumination command, controlling an illumination of an area proximate to the personal mobile electronic communication device by at least one individually-controllable luminaire of a plurality of luminaires, which are distinct from the personal mobile electronic device, in a lighting network such that the illumination of the area proximate to the personal mobile electronic communication device visually indicates the at least one item of the service order. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The light-based system of claim 1, wherein the lighting controller controls the illumination by creating a visible light effect proximate to the personal mobile electronic communication device. ### Claim 3 A light-based system for communicating service orders comprising: a personal mobile electronic communication device transmitting a first signal for indicating a location and a second signal corresponding to a service order; a processor approximately ascertaining the location of the personal mobile electronic communication device; a communication network receiving the first signal and the second signal from the personal mobile electronic communication device and, in response to the first signal and the second signal, transmitting an illumination command; and a lighting controller receiving the illumination command from the communication network and, in response to the illumination command, controlling an illumination proximate to the personal mobile electronic communication device by at least one individually-controllable luminaire of a plurality of luminaires in a lighting network such that the illumination proximate to the personal mobile electronic communication device visually indicates the service order, said lighting controller making the illumination proximate to the personal mobile electronic communication device visible through a pair of electronically shuttered spectacles, wherein the pair of electronically shuttered spectacles comprise blocked time slices and light pulses introduced into the blocked time slices. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The light-based system of claim 1, wherein the processor approximately ascertains the location of the personal mobile electronic communication device by a technology consisting of at least one of GPS, assisted GPS, triangulation, signal strength analysis, and accelerometer technology. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The light-based system of claim 1, wherein the communication network, in response to the second signal, ascertains information pertaining to a payment facility associated with the personal mobile electronic communication device and transfers a fee based on the service order corresponding to the second signal from the payment facility. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The light-based system of claim 5, wherein the communication network ascertains information pertaining to the payment facility using personal identification information comprising a personal identification number and a fingerprint. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The light-based system of claim 1, wherein movement of the personal mobile electronic communication device is tracked by the illumination visually indicating the service order, the tracking comprising: the communication network periodically receiving an updated first signal for indicating a current location and an updated second signal corresponding to the service order from the personal mobile electronic communication device and, periodically transmitting an illumination command based upon the updated first signal and the updated second signal; and the lighting controller periodically receiving the illumination command from the communication network interface and, in response to the illumination command, controlling an illumination of an area proximate to the current location of the personal mobile electronic communication device such that the illumination of the area proximate to the current location of the personal mobile device visually indicates the service order. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The light-based system of claim 1, further comprising a surface, wherein a portion of the surface is illuminated by a second illumination, the second illumination visually indicating the service order and visually identifying a location from where the service order is to be collected; and wherein the second illumination and the illumination of the area proximate to the personal mobile electronic communication device are terminated after the service order is collected. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The light-based system of claim 1, wherein the personal mobile electronic communication device comprises the processor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The light-based system of claim 1, wherein the communication network comprises the processor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The light-based system of claim 1, wherein the illumination of the area proximate to the personal mobile electronic communication device comprises a single colored light or a sequence of colored lights. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The light-based system of claim 1, wherein the service order is a first service order and wherein the system further comprises at least a second personal mobile electronic communication device transmitting a third signal for indicating a second location and a fourth signal corresponding to a second service order for at least one second item; wherein the communication network receives the second signal and the fourth signal, associates a first priority with the first service order and a second priority with the second service order, and transmits a second illumination command, and wherein the lighting controller receives the second illumination command and controls a second illumination of an area proximate to the second personal mobile electronic communication device such that the second illumination visually indicates the at least one second item of the second service order and the second priority of the second service order. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The light-based system of claim 1, wherein the illumination proximate to the personal mobile electronic communication device is further encoded with a modulated signal corresponding to the service order. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The light-based system of claim 13, wherein the personal mobile electronic communication device further comprises at least one sensor for detecting the modulated signal. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The light-based system of claim 14, the second signal for indicating the second service order further comprises an indication of the modulated signal detected by and captured by the personal mobile electronic communication device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The light-based system of claim 1, further comprising a memory device storing an association between the service order and a venue, and wherein the processor accesses the service order from the memory. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The light-based system of claim 16, further comprising wherein the lighting controller further controls the illumination to visually indicate the association in the memory with a first illumination and to visually indicate a lack of association in the memory with a second illumination different than the first illumination. ### Claim 18 (depends on 2) The light-based system of claim 2, wherein the visible light effect is displayed on a ceiling or a floor proximate to the personal mobile electronic communication device. ### Claim 19 A light-based system for communicating service orders comprising: a personal mobile electronic communication device transmitting a first signal for indicating a location and a second signal corresponding to a service order made from said personal mobile electronic communication device; a processor approximately ascertaining the location of the personal mobile electronic communication device; a communication network receiving the first signal and the second signal from the personal mobile electronic communication device and, in response to the first signal and the second signal, transmitting an illumination command; and a lighting controller receiving the illumination command from the communication network and, in response to the illumination command, controlling an illumination of an area proximate to the personal mobile electronic communication device by at least one individually-controllable luminaire of a plurality of luminaires, which are distinct from the personal mobile electronic device, in a lighting network such that the illumination proximate to the personal mobile electronic communication device visually indicates the service order, the lighting controller tracking a movement of said personal mobile device by periodically receiving from said communication network an illumination command corresponding to a current location of the personal mobile electronic device and to the service order.