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

Dirk Valentinus René Engelen

Philip Steven Newton

Jonathan David Mason

Tim Dekker

Tatiana Aleksandrovna Lashina

Sanae Chraibi

Berent Willem Meerbeek

Ramon Antoine Wiro Clout

Remco Magielse

Tobias Borra

Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe

Hugo Jose Krajnc

Anthonie Hendrik Bergman

Leendert Teunis Rozendaal

Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti

Hongxin Chen

Antonie Leonardus Johannes Kamp

Talmai Brandão De Oliveira

Hui Li

Kiran Srinivas Challapali

Jianfeng Wang

Fulong Ma

Michael Alex Van Hartskamp

Yi Qiang Yu

Dan Jiang

Andrew Ulrich Rutgers

Huon Urbald Ogier Norbert Van De Laarschot

Julian Charles Nolan

Peter Johannes Martinus Bukkems

Simon Eme Kadijk

Peter Deixler

Marc Andre De Samber

Dragan Sekulovski

Qing Li

Bram Knaapen

Paul Anthony Shrubsole

Kars-Michiel Hubert Lenssen

Saeed Reza Bagheri

Bertrand Johan Edward Hontele

Maurice Herman Johan Draaijer

Bas Driesen

Jérôme Eduard Maes

Maulin Dahyabhai Patel

Alexander Henricus Waltherus Van Eeuwijk

Berend Jan Willem Ter Weeme

Pieter Johannes Quintus Van Voorst Vader

Stephanus Joseph Johannes Nijssen

Hilbrand Vanden Wyngaert

Hugo José Krajnc

Johannes Weda

Alexandre Georgievich Sinitsyn

Joris Hubertus Antonius Hagelaar

Cornelis Teunissen

Ralf Gertruda Hubertus Voncken

Mustafa Tolga Eren

Jacobus Dingenis Machiel Van Boven

Marjolein Dimmie Van Der Zwaag

Simon Rycroft

Walter Jeroen Slegers

Aloys Hubbers

John Brean Mills

Zhong Huang

Marcin Krzysztof Szczodrak

Qin Zhao

Jorge Gabriel Squillace

Liang Jia

Gerardus Wilhelmus Theodorus Van Der Heijden

Yuan Shu

Niek Marcellus Cornelis Martinus Janssen

Neveen Shlayan

Philips Steven Newton

Roel Peter Geert Cuppen

Peter Bingley

Jia Du

Paul Augustinus Peter Kaufholz

Luca Tiberi

Oscar Garcia Morchon

Jan Ekkel

Daniel Jozef Piotrowski

Yong Yang

Xianneng Peng

Martin Elixmann

Kevin Thomas Worm

Igor Berezhnyy

Heiko Pelzer

Ramon Eugene Franciscus Van De Ven

Angelique Carin Johanna Maria Brosens-Kessels

Marcus Theodorus Maria Lambooij

Leszek Holenderski

Bertrand Rigot

Petronella Zwartkruis-Pelgrim

Sonia Kataria

Massimo Tumolo

Maria Hendrica Verbucken

Paulus Maria Johannes Oppeneer

Tobias Georg Tolle

A system for controlling a plurality of lighting devices (-) to render light effects accompanying a rendering of audiovisual content () is configured to associate, based on a first characteristic of a first audio channel/object (), the first audio channel/object with a first lighting device () and not with a second lighting device (). The first characteristic is indicative of an audio source position. The system is further configured to associate a second audio channel () with the first and second lighting devices. The system is further configured to determine whether second audio content in the second audio channel meets predetermined criteria and determine a first light effect based on a determined chromaticity. If the one or more predetermined criteria are not met, the light intensity is based on first audio content in the first audio channel/object, and otherwise, the light intensity is based on the second audio content.

Conditionally adjusting light effect based on second audio channel content

A system () for controlling a light source () in response to detecting interaction with a light control device () by a user () is configured to detect the interaction with the light control device by the user, transmit a first command or a signal to the light source in response to the detection, and transmit a second command to a further device () in response to the detection. The first command or the signal causes the light source to render a light effect. The second command causes the further device to display a user interface that allows the user to control the light source.

Displaying a light control UI on a device upon detecting interaction with a light control device

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

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 network controller () for granting a device and/or an application () access rights to at least one device of a set of devices () is disclosed. The set of devices () comprises a controllable device () and a control device (), wherein the control device () comprises a user input element () configured to receive a user input, and wherein the control device () is configured to generate an input signal () based on the received user input. The network controller () comprises a communication unit () configured to receive an access request signal () from the device and/or the application (), and to receive the input signal () from the control device (), and a processor () configured to switch, upon receipt of the access request signal (), the network controller () from a control mode to a configuration mode, wherein the processor () is configured to control, if the network controller () is in the control mode, the controllable device () based on the input signal (), wherein the processor () is configured to grant, if the network controller () is in the configuration mode, the access rights to the device and/or the application () upon receipt of the input signal ().

Network controller for granting access rights to a set of devices

An electronic device () is configured to determine information indicating or affecting a variation in delay, e.g. variations in one or more delay components (-), between a content frame being rendered, e.g. by a mobile device (), and a light effect synchronized to the content frame starting to be rendered. The electronic device is further configured to select one or more light effects to be rendered simultaneously with a content item based on the determined information and cause one or more light sources () to render the selected one or more light effects simultaneously with the content item.

Selecting one or more light effects in dependence on a variation in delay

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

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Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu