Signify Holding B.v.

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Philips Lighting Holding B.v.

Gracenote, Inc.

Koninklijkle Philips N.v.

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

Koninkliike Philips N.v.

Signify Holdng B.v.

Philips Intellectual Property & Standards Gmbh

Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis

Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu

Dirk Valentinus René Engelen

Tim Dekker

Philip Steven Newton

Berent Willem Meerbeek

Tatiana Aleksandrovna Lashina

Anthonie Hendrik Bergman

Ramon Antoine Wiro Clout

Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn

Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe

Bram Knaapen

Leendert Teunis Rozendaal

Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg

Elmo Marcus Attila Diederiks

Jonathan David Mason

Sanae Chraibi

Mark Henricus Verberkt

Ronaldus Maria Aarts

Evert Jan Van Loenen

Peter Johannes Martinus Bukkems

Lorenzo Feri

Remco Magielse

Tim Corneel Wilhelmus Schenk

Vincentius Paulus Buil

Matthias Wendt

Johannes Petrus Maria Ansems

Cornelis Reinder Ronda

Allan Brent York

Julian Charles Nolan

Ralph Kurt

Martinus Hermanus Wilhelmus Maria Van Delden

Bart Andre Salters

Peter Deixler

Dragan Sekulovski

Martin Jacobus Johan Jak

Frederik Jan De Bruijn

Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts

Heribert Baldus

Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens

Oscar Hendrikus Willemsen

Maurice Herman Johan Draaijer

Joris Jan Vrehen

Maarten Peter Bodlaender

Martin Ouwerkerk

Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti

Eduard Johannes Meijer

Johannes Antonius Jansen

Michiel Adriaanszoon Klompenhouwer

Tobias Borra

Bas Driesen

Mustafa Tolga Eren

Jérôme Eduard Maes

Roel Peter Geert Cuppen

Chris Damkat

Rob Franciscus Maria Van Elmpt

Hubertus Maria Rene Cortenraad

Wei Pien Lee

Petrus Johannes Hendrikus Seuntiens

Alexander Henricus Waltherus Van Eeuwijk

Ype Bernardus Brada

Antonie Leonardus Johannes Kamp

Theodorus Johannes Petrus Van Den Biggelaar

Mi-Suen Lee

Franciscus Paulus Maria Budzelaar

Thomas Maria Falck

Wilhelmus Franciscus Johannes Fontijn

Hugo Strubbe

Daniel Willem Elisabeth Schobben

Céline Catherine Sarah Nicole

Silvia Maria Booij

Paul Philip Thursfield

Jan Martijn Krans

Josephus Hubertus Eggen

Jia Du

Juergen Vogt

Adolf Proidl

Michel Marcel Jose Decre

Jan Alexis Daniel Nesvadba

Stephanus Joseph Johannes Nijssen

Paul Anthony Shrubsole

Gerhardus Engbertus Mekenkamp

Hilbrand Vanden Wyngaert

Jacobus Petrus Johannes Van Os

Johannes Weda

Albert M A Rijckaert

Georgo Zorz Angelis

Hugo José Krajnc

Marc Aoun

Ingrid Christina Maria Flinsenberg

Barry Mos

Hongxin Chen

Jan Bennik

Huon Urbald Ogier Norbert Van De Laarschot

Marco Van Leeuwen

Bernardo Arnoldus Mulder

Talmai Brandão De Oliveira

Dennis Van De Meulenhof

Georg Rose

A system () comprising one or more light sources () for illumination; an array of active antennas () configured to detect contextual information; and a controller () configured to obtain the contextual information from the array of active antenna; and control the one or more light sources based on the contextual information; wherein the array of active antennas () is shared with a co-located MIMO communication system, and the contextual information is related to one or more objects in an illumination area covered by the one or more light sources ().

Lighting control based on a co-located active antenna array

Artificial skylight () comprising an elongated light source () accommodated in an elongated light box () comprising a base wall () and a light exit window () mutually connected by a circumferential side wall (). The light source issues light source light () into the cavity of the elongated light box, said light source light subsequently is issued from the cavity through the light exit window as light box light (), which comprises a portion of directed, collimated light () and a portion of diffused light (). The collimated light has a beam angle α in a transverse direction T, wherein α is only determined by the mutual positions of the light source and a first () and a second baffle () comprised in the artificial skylight. Said first baffle is arranged closer to the light source than said second baffle, and the light source is offset in the transverse direction such to screen it from a direct view.

Artificial skylight

A system is configured to determine whether a user has been looking at a display () longer than a predefined period of time, determine a first location of a device () which comprises the display, determine second locations of a plurality of further devices (-), select a further device () from the plurality of further devices based on the first location and the second locations, and control the selected further device to render a visual distraction if the user is determined to have been looking at the display longer than the predefined period of time.

Rendering a visual distraction for a user looking at a display too long

The present invention relates to a light emitting device () comprising a flexible and/or stretchable body (), a plurality of nodes (), and a plurality of connecting elements (). Each node () of the plurality of nodes () is separated from at least one other node () of the plurality of nodes () by one or more connecting element () of the plurality of connecting elements (). At least one of the plurality of nodes () and the plurality of connecting elements () are attached to the body (). One or more nodes of the plurality of nodes () are at least one of a light source, a passive element, an electrically conductive element and a passive element. One or more connecting elements of the plurality of connecting elements () are at least one of a light source and an electrically conductive element. The connecting elements of the plurality of connecting elements () are at least one of flexible and stretchable.

Light emitting device comprising a flexible light matrix

A system for controlling a lighting device to render light effects while an audio rendering device plays a song is configured to receive information from an audio streaming service and determine the light effects based on the information. The information is indicative of a plurality of sections of the song. The system is further configured to determine, from the information, a first median or average of an audio characteristic in a first section () and a second median or average of the audio characteristic in a second consecutive section (), determine whether a difference between the first and second medians or averages exceeds a threshold, gradually reduce a light intensity () and/or color saturation of the light effects during a period () before the start () of the second section in dependence on the difference exceeding the threshold, and control the lighting device to render the light effects.

Gradually reducing a light setting before the start of a next section

A method of controlling a lighting unit in an area is disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining a charging status of a portable device, the charging status indicating whether the portable device is connected to a charger, receive a motion signal indicative of a motion of a user in the area, controlling, if the motion has been detected and if the portable device is connected to the charger, the lighting unit according to a first light setting, and controlling, if the motion has been detected and if the portable device is not connected to the charger, the lighting unit according to a second light setting.

Controller for controlling a lighting unit in an area and a method thereof

A sensor module () for insertion or integration into a lighting device comprises memory (), at least one sensor (), at least one output interface (), and at least one processor () configured to obtain lighting device information when the sensor module is inserted or integrated into the lighting device and store the lighting device information in the memory. The lighting device information is indicative of a type of the lighting device. The at least one processor is further configured to select a processing method in accordance with the type of the lighting device, obtain sensor data from the at least one sensor, apply the selected processing method to the sensor data to produce sensing results, and output the sensing results via the at least one output interface.

Selecting a sensor data processing method in accordance with a type of a lighting device

A plant growth monitoring system comprises an image capture system for capturing images over time of a plant being monitored. The images are used to derive successive time instants corresponding to predetermined growth states of the plant. A temperature exposure parameter is obtained between the successive time instants, based on a monitored temperature vs. time function. Information relating to a plant health is derived from the temperature exposure parameter.

Plant growth monitoring system and method

A lighting panel system () comprising a luminous panel () comprising an array of LED nodes (), each LED node of the array of LED nodes () comprising one or more LEDs (), each of the one or more LEDs () comprising a light exit surface () and being configured to, in operation, emit light (), one or more first subsets () of the array of LED nodes () being spotlight nodes comprising collimating secondary optics (), and one or more second subsets () of the array of LED nodes () being regular LED nodes not comprising collimating secondary optics, and a grid structure () arranged such that the light () emitted by the LEDs () of the array of LED nodes () traverses the grid structure (). The grid structure () comprises at least one diffusely reflecting surface (), the grid structure () is constructed such as to allow one or more pre-defined beam angles of light () emitted by the LEDs () of the spotlight nodes to pass without being reflected by the grid structure (), and the grid structure () is configured and arranged to hide the collimating secondary optics () of the spotlight nodes when seen from the point of view of a viewer () looking at the lighting panel system ().

Luminous lighting panel system

A method of configuring a plurality of parameters of a lighting device; wherein the plurality of parameters are configurable in a configuration mode and in an augmented reality mode; wherein the method comprises the steps of: selecting, in the configuration mode, a configuration set comprising at least one of the plurality of parameters of the lighting device; adjusting, in the configuration mode, the at least one of the plurality of parameters of the selected configuration set; switching to the augmented reality mode upon adjustment of the at least one of the plurality of parameters of the configuration set in the configuration mode and/or based on a user input; rendering, in the augmented reality mode, a virtual model of the lighting device on an image rendering device as an overlay on a view of a physical environment; wherein the model of the lighting device comprises the adjusted at least one of the plurality of parameters of the configuration set; automatically selecting, in the augmented reality mode, a augmented reality subset of the plurality of parameters of the lighting device; and automatically adjusting, in the augmented reality mode, parameters of the selected augmented reality subset based on environmental information of the physical environment upon switching to the augmented reality mode.

Method of configuring a plurality of parameters of a lighting device

A method of controlling a first lighting unit of a group of lighting units is disclosed. The method comprised receiving a first signal communicated between a portable device and the first lighting unit, determining a first signal strength of the received first signal, setting, if the first signal strength exceeds a threshold, the portable device to a first control mode wherein only the first lighting unit of the group of lighting units is controlled by the portable device, and setting, if the first signal strength does not exceed the threshold, the portable device to a second control mode wherein the lighting units of the group are controlled by the portable device.

Method and a controller for controlling a group of lighting units

The invention relates to a retractable lighting fixture, comprising an elongated drum rotatable over a length axis; and a flexible multilayer lighting sheet movable between a retracted position and a protracted position, with the multilayer lighting sheet in the retracted position being at least partially retracted in one or more windings around the drum and with the multilayer lighting sheet in the protracted position being fully unwound from the drum; the multilayer lighting sheet being composed of at least one LED layer and at least one diffusing optical layer, the at least one LED layer having a first LED layer edge mounted at a first mounting position of the drum and the at least one diffusing optical layer having a first optical layer edge mounted at a second mounting position of the drum, the first mounting position being located at an arc length from the second mounting position.

Retractable lighting fixture

The present invention relates to a lighting device () comprising a luminous panel () comprising a light-emitting surface (), a cover surface () arranged at a distance from the light-emitting surface (), and at least one lateral surface () connecting the light-emitting surface () and the cover surface (). The lighting device () further comprises a power track () being integrated in the luminous panel ().

Lighting device comprising a luminous panel and a power track

A method comprises, in a learning mode, learning () a state of one or more portable devices at a start time associated with a routine for a plurality of executions of the routine over a period of time based on received signals and determining () one or more expected states of the one or more portable devices at the start time associated with the routine based on the learned state. The method further comprises, in an adjustment mode, determining () a current state of the one or more portable devices at the start time of the routine for a current execution of the routine, determining () whether the current state differs from the expected state, and adjusting () the current execution of the routine in dependence on a difference between these states. The current execution of the routine comprises transmission of at least one light command.

Adjusting a routine in dependence on a difference between current and expected states

A system () for configuring a configurable system that comprises a plurality of devices that have been given names is configured to obtain the names given to the plurality of devices, determine which of the plurality of devices have similarities in their names and determine a group () comprising a subset of the plurality of devices based on the similarities. The subset comprises multiple devices which have similarities in their names (-). The system is further configured to define the group in the configurable system by configuring the configurable system.

Defining one or more groups in a configurable system based on device name similarity

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis