Signify Holding B.v.

Philips Lighting Holding B.v.

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

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Koninklijkle Philips N.v.

Woox Innovations Belgium N.v.

Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu

Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis

Philip Steven Newton

Jonathan David Mason

Tim Dekker

Dirk Valentinus René Engelen

Tatiana Aleksandrovna Lashina

Sanae Chraibi

Berent Willem Meerbeek

Ramon Antoine Wiro Clout

Dirk Valentinus Rene Engelen

Remco Magielse

Tobias Borra

Mustafa Tolga Eren

Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe

Hugo Jose Krajnc

Anthonie Hendrik Bergman

Leendert Teunis Rozendaal

Jacobus Dingenis Machiel Van Boven

Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti

Hongxin Chen

Antonie Leonardus Johannes Kamp

Talmai Brandão De Oliveira

Marjolein Dimmie Van Der Zwaag

Simon Rycroft

Hui Li

Kiran Srinivas Challapali

Jianfeng Wang

Dragan Sekulovski

Qing Li

Bram Knaapen

Bas Driesen

Paul Anthony Shrubsole

Fulong Ma

Yi Qiang Yu

Michael Alex Van Hartskamp

Andrew Ulrich Rutgers

Dan Jiang

Walter Jeroen Slegers

John Brean Mills

Jérôme Eduard Maes

Zhong Huang

Daniel Jozef Piotrowski

Yong Yang

Xianneng Peng

Marcin Krzysztof Szczodrak

Qin Zhao

Liang Jia

Martin Elixmann

Gerardus Wilhelmus Theodorus Van Der Heijden

Jorge Gabriel Squillace

Yuan Shu

Kevin Thomas Worm

Niek Marcellus Cornelis Martinus Janssen

Philips Steven Newton

Neveen Shlayan

Julian Charles Nolan

Peter Johannes Martinus Bukkems

Simon Eme Kadijk

Kars-Michiel Hubert Lenssen

Bertrand Johan Edward Hontele

Saeed Reza Bagheri

Maulin Dahyabhai Patel

Alexander Henricus Waltherus Van Eeuwijk

Pieter Johannes Quintus Van Voorst Vader

Berend Jan Willem Ter Weeme

Stephanus Joseph Johannes Nijssen

Johannes Weda

Hilbrand Vanden Wyngaert

Alexandre Georgievich Sinitsyn

Joris Hubertus Antonius Hagelaar

Roel Peter Geert Cuppen

Cornelis Teunissen

Peter Bingley

Huon Urbald Ogier Norbert Van De Laarschot

Jia Du

Paul Augustinus Peter Kaufholz

Aloys Hubbers

Heiko Pelzer

Igor Berezhnyy

Ramon Eugene Franciscus Van De Ven

Angelique Carin Johanna Maria Brosens-Kessels

Leszek Holenderski

Bertrand Rigot

Marcus Theodorus Maria Lambooij

Sonia Kataria

Petronella Zwartkruis-Pelgrim

Paulus Maria Johannes Oppeneer

Maria Hendrica Verbucken

Igor Berezhnoy

Jonathan Davide Mason

Emanuel Nicolaas Hermanus Johannus Stassar

Jolijn Teunisse

Pieter Smith

Niek Marcellus Cornelis Janssen

Bartel Marinus Vab De Skuis

Dirk Valentinus Engelen

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

The present invention relates to a control module () for controlling a smart home device (), wherein the smart home device is part of a smart home device system (). The control module comprises a system information providing unit () for providing information about the smart home device system, an allocating unit () for allocating a part of a technical resource for a function of the smart home device based on the provided information about the smart home device system, and a control unit () for controlling the smart home device such that the smart home device uses only the allocated part of the technical resource for executing the function. Thus, the smart home device system can be endowed with the function without noticeably affecting other, in particular preferred, functions of the smart home device system.

Control module for controlling a smart home device

A system () is configured to identify a plurality of lighting devices (-) included in a entertainment group, assign a first subset () of the plurality of lighting devices to a first subgroup and a second subset () of the plurality of lighting devices to a second subgroup according to one or more grouping criteria, control, using a first communication protocol, the first subset of lighting devices to render a first subset of multiple dynamic light effects in the entertainment mode, and control, using a second communication protocol, the second subset of lighting devices to render a second subset of the multiple dynamic light effects in the entertainment mode. The first subset of lighting devices does not overlap completely with the second subset of lighting devices. At least one processor () of the system () is configured to determine distances between said system () and each of the plurality of lighting devices (-) and assign said plurality of lighting devices to said subgroups based on said distances.

Controlling different groups of lighting devices using different communication protocols in an entertainment mode

A system () for controlling a set of one or more lighting devices (-) based on an analysis of audio and/or video content and/or based on a light script associated with the audio and/or video content is configured to receive an audio and/or video signal from a source (-), determine an identifier of the source, and select the set of one or more lighting devices from a plurality of lighting devices (-) by selecting a set of one or more lighting devices associated with the identifier of the source. The audio and/or video signal comprises the audio and/or video content. The system is further configured to determine light effects based on the analysis of the audio and/or video content and/or based on the light script associated with the audio and/or video content and control the selected set of one or more lighting devices to render the light effects.

Selecting a set of lighting devices based on an identifier of an audio and/or video signal source

A system for adjusting a delay setting based on user input is configured to control playback of an audio segment () and control a light source to render a light effect (). The audio segment comprises a spoken description () of the light effect. The audio segment is played back at a playback moment (). The light effect is rendered at a rendering moment. A difference () between the playback moment and the rendering moment depends on a value of the delay setting. The delay setting causes the rendering of the light effect or the playback of the audio segment to be delayed. The system is further configured to receive the user input in response to the playback of the audio segment and the rendering of the light effect and adjust the delay setting based on the user input.

Synchronizing a light effect and a spoken description of the light effect

A system () is configured to cause a first set of one or more radio frequency signals to be transmitted with a first transmission characteristic and/or a first reception characteristic, e.g. by lighting devices (-), detect whether changes in said first set of radio frequency signals are caused by a human () presence, detect whether the changes in the first set of radio frequency signals have a further cause, and cause a second set of one or more radio frequency signals to be transmitted with a second transmission characteristic and/or received with a second reception characteristic upon detecting that the changes in the first set of radio frequency signals have a further cause. The system is further configured to identify the further cause based on changes in the second set of radio frequency signals and provide output comprising the further cause or in dependence on the further cause.

Changing transmission and/or reception characteristics for detecting events other than human presence

A method () of configuring a light source array () of a system is disclosed. The system further comprising a display () and a camera (), wherein the light source array () comprises a plurality of individually controllable lighting units, and wherein the light source array () has been positioned relative to the display (). The method () comprises: rendering () a pattern () on the display (), controlling () one or more lighting units of a first segment () of the light source array () according to a first light setting, controlling () one or more lighting units of a second segment () of the light source array () according to a second light setting, obtaining () an image () captured by the camera (), the image () comprising the display (), the first segment () and the second segment (), detecting () the pattern () in the image (), detecting () the first light setting and the second light setting in the image (), determining () positions of the first segment () and the second segment () relative to the display () in the image () based on the first light setting, the second light setting and the pattern () in the image (), and determining () a mapping of the plurality of the individually controllable lighting units with respect to the display () based on the positions of the first segment () and the second segment () relative to the display () in the image (), such that when media content is being rendered on the display () one or more lighting units of the plurality of the individually controllable lighting units are controlled based on the media content according to the mapping.

Control system and method of configuring a light source array

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 controlling a light source based on an analysis of image content () in an analysis region (-) of the image content while a display displays the image content is configured to obtain the image content, obtain a distance between the light source and a surface, determine a size and/or location for the analysis region based on the distance, determine a characteristic of the image content by analyzing the image content in the analysis region, determine a light effect based on the characteristic, and control the light source to render the light effect.

Determining an image analysis region for entertainment lighting based on a distance metric

A method comprises determining () sensing input and determining () a likelihood that a human or animal is present based on the sensing input. The sensing input reflects changes in radio frequency signals received by one or more devices. The method further comprises controlling () a lighting device to render a light effect upon determining that the likelihood exceeds a presence detection threshold, and to continue to render the light effect for a subsequent predetermined period of time even when the likelihood changes by more than a predetermined value within the predetermined period. The method further comprises indicating () the likelihood to a user via an indication selected from a plurality of indications, e.g. by rendering the indication on the lighting device. A different indication of the plurality of indications is selected upon determining that the likelihood has changed more than the predetermined value.

Indicating a likelihood of presence being detected via multiple indications

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

A system () for controlling a lighting system () is configured to receive user input representing a request to activate a query mode and transmit a command to the lighting system. The command instructs the lighting system to temporarily disable control of a lighting device (-) by a light control device (-). The system is further configured to receive control information from the lighting system. The control information describes a user interaction with the light control device and/or describes a function corresponding to the user interaction. The system is also configured to render audio and/or visual information describing the function corresponding to the user interaction to the user, e.g. on a display (), and transmit a further command to the lighting system. The further command instructs the lighting system to enable control of the lighting device by the light control device.

Disable control of a lighting device by a light control device in a query mode

A system () is configured to determine a first level of dynamicity in video frames, determine a second level of dynamicity in each of a plurality of analysis areas () in the video frames, compare each of the second dynamicity levels with the first dynamicity level, select a subset () of the analysis areas based on the comparisons, determine image characteristics from the subset of analysis areas in the video content, determine one or more light effects based on the image characteristics, and control one or more lighting device to render the one or more light effects and/or store a light script specifying the one or more light effects. The light effects are to be rendered while the video content is rendered on a display device ().

Selecting an image analysis area based on a comparison of dynamicity levels

The present invention relates to adjusting one or more wireless parameters of one or more nodes () based on one or more node parameters including a relative location of the one or more of the nodes (). The nodes () are wirelessly connected in a wirelessly connected system () and configured for transmitting radio frequency (RF) signals (), receiving RF signals (), or both. The one or more wireless parameters are adjusted such that the wireless performance of the one or more of the nodes () is optimized for an application of the wirelessly connected system (). Transmission power can be adjusted such that a probability of detecting an event in a volume () not to be covered by the one or more of the nodes () is reduced, allowing reduction of false positives from non-covered volumes ().

Wireless parameter adjustment based on node location

A controller () for controlling a controllable device (-) is configured to determine one or more characteristics of a set of received radio frequency signals, detect interaction with a physical control device () by a user, determine, based on the characteristics of the set of received radio frequency signals, a shape of a hand () which is holding or touching the physical control device and/or a manner in which the user is using the physical control device, perform person identification based on the hand shape and/or based on the manner of using the physical control device, and control the controllable device based on the interaction in dependence on a result of the person identification.

Controlling a controllable device in dependence on hand shape and or hand size and/or manner of holding and/or touching a control device

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Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu