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.

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

Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe

Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn

Bram Knaapen

Leendert Teunis Rozendaal

Dirk Valentinus Rene Engelen

Elmo Marcus Attila Diederiks

Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg

Jonathan David Mason

Bas Driesen

Mustafa Tolga Eren

Tobias Borra

Sanae Chraibi

Chris Damkat

Roel Peter Geert Cuppen

Jérôme Eduard Maes

Ronaldus Maria Aarts

Mark Henricus Verberkt

Rob Franciscus Maria Van Elmpt

Hubertus Maria Rene Cortenraad

Wei Pien Lee

Petrus Johannes Hendrikus Seuntiens

Peter Johannes Martinus Bukkems

Lorenzo Feri

Remco Magielse

Tim Corneel Wilhelmus Schenk

Vincentius Paulus Buil

Dragan Sekulovski

Evert Jan Van Loenen

Alexander Henricus Waltherus Van Eeuwijk

Ype Bernardus Brada

Peter Deixler

Jan Martijn Krans

Antonie Leonardus Johannes Kamp

Josephus Hubertus Eggen

Jia Du

Juergen Vogt

Elmo M A Diederiks

Marius Leendert Trouwborst

Maarten Van Den Boogaard

Markus Jozef Maria Kurvers

Johannes Petrus Maria Ansems

Cornelis Reinder Ronda

Julian Charles Nolan

Ralph Kurt

Martinus Hermanus Wilhelmus Maria Van Delden

Bart Andre Salters

Martin Jacobus Johan Jak

Frederik Jan De Bruijn

Lucas Jacobus Franciscus Geurts

Heribert Baldus

Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens

Oscar Hendrikus Willemsen

Joris Jan Vrehen

Martin Ouwerkerk

Maarten Peter Bodlaender

Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti

Eduard Johannes Meijer

Theodorus Johannes Petrus Van Den Biggelaar

Johannes Antonius Jansen

Mi-Suen Lee

Franciscus Paulus Maria Budzelaar

Hugo Strubbe

Wilhelmus Franciscus Johannes Fontijn

Thomas Maria Falck

Daniel Willem Elisabeth Schobben

Silvia Maria Booij

Michel Marcel Jose Decre

Jan Alexis Daniel Nesvadba

Stephanus Joseph Johannes Nijssen

Paul Anthony Shrubsole

Albert M A Rijckaert

Gerhardus Engbertus Mekenkamp

Hilbrand Vanden Wyngaert

Johannes Weda

Jacobus Petrus Johannes Van Os

Georgo Zorz Angelis

Hugo José Krajnc

Marc Aoun

Jan Bennik

Barry Mos

Hongxin Chen

Marco Van Leeuwen

Huon Urbald Ogier Norbert Van De Laarschot

Talmai Brandão De Oliveira

Bernardo Arnoldus Mulder

Dennis Van De Meulenhof

Celine Catherine Sarah Nicole

Aleksandar Sevo

Giovanna Wagenaar Cacciola

Heiko Pelzer

Bernardus Johannes Pronk

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

A method () of mapping a second light scene (ls) onto a plurality of lighting units () is disclosed. The method () comprising: receiving () data indicative of a first light scene (ls), the first light scene (ls) comprising a plurality of first light settings (f, f, f) for the plurality of lighting units (), the data further comprising information indicative of which first light setting is mapped onto which lighting unit of the plurality of lighting units (), analyzing () the first light settings (f, f, f) of the first light scene (ls) to determine one or more first light property values of one or more respective first light settings (f, f, f), analyzing () second light settings (s, s, s) of the second light scene (ls) to determine one or more second light property values of one or more respective second light settings (s, s, s), obtaining () a difference value, the difference value being indicative of a target level of difference between the first light scene (ls) and the second light scene (ls), mapping () the second light settings (s, s, s) onto the plurality of lighting units () based on: the difference value, the one or more first light property values of respective first light settings (f, f, f) and the one or more second light property values of respective second light settings (s, s, s), such that a level of difference between the first light scene (ls) and the second light scene (ls) corresponds to the target level of difference, and controlling () the plurality of lighting units () to transition from the first light settings (f, f, f) to the mapped second light settings (s, s, s) and/or storing mapping information of the mapping of the second light settings (s, s, s) onto the plurality of lighting units () in a memory ().

Controller for mapping a light scene onto a plurality of lighting units and a method thereof

The present invention relates to a customizable light strip () mountable on a mounting surface (), comprising: an elongated substrate (); a linear LED array () with a plurality of LED nodes () mounted on a surface () of the elongated substrate; and an interconnection structure () electrically interconnecting the plurality of LED nodes, wherein the elongated substrate comprises partial separation lines () between at least some of the plurality of LED nodes of the linear LED array, which partial separation lines extend from one longitudinal edge () of the elongated substrate and partly across the elongated substrate and do not intersect the interconnection structure, and wherein the customizable light strip after partial separation at one or more of the partial separation lines is bendable in a plane of said mounting surface.

Customizable light strip and mounting method

A light-emitting assembly comprising a substrate adapted to be cut, a plurality of light strips and a first connection member extending longitudinally over at least part of the substrate for supplying power to the plurality of light strips is provided. A first group of linear light strips extend over the substrate from a first side of the first connection member, and a second group of linear light strips extend over the substrate from a second side, opposite to the first side, of the first connection member. The assembly further comprises a controller system configured to control a power supply to a light strip of the plurality of light strips via the first connection member. The plurality of light strips and/or the first connection member are adapted to be cut to customize a layout of the light-emitting assembly.

Cut-to-measure light emitting assembly comprising connected light strips

A light generating device () comprising a plurality of solid state light sources () and a housing () comprising side wall elements (). The light sources () are enclosed by the side wall elements (), and the light generating device () generates >=90% of light source light () within a triangular prism having a top angle (α)<=180°. The side wall elements (): —each have a first side () directed inwards facing the light sources () and a second side () which is directed outwards and is reflective for visible light;—are configured at both sides of a housing plane (), under an angle (β1) between 0-45° relative to the housing plane ();—have a projection with height Hon the housing plane ()—define a largest width (W) of the light housing), wherein H/W>1.

Greenhouse luminaire with minimal daylight interception

A controller () for performing presence detection with a first sensor system () and a second sensor system (-) is configured to receive sensor signals from the first sensor system and/or the second sensor system. The second sensor system is of a different type than the first sensor system. The controller is further configured to determine which first one or more areas of the plurality of areas are in both the sensor range of the first sensor system and the sensor range of the second sensor system based on the sensor signals and control the second sensor system to perform, with respect to the first one or more areas, a second task other than a first task to be performed by the first sensor system. The first task comprises obtaining sensor data to be used for presence detection in the first one or more areas.

Allocating different tasks to a plurality of presence sensor systems

Growing community of inventors

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis