Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Philips Lighting Holding B.v.

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

Elmo Marcus Attila Diederiks

Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis

Hubertus Maria Rene Cortenraad

Johannes Henricus Maria Korst

Murray Fulton Gillies

Jurgen Jean Louis Hoppenbrouwers

Nicolas De Jong

Rogier Winters

Anthonie Hendrik Bergman

Tatiana Aleksandrovna Lashina

Thomas Caspar Kraan

Thomas Casper Kraan

Henriette Christine Marie Hoonhout

Martijn Adrianus Bernardus Santbergen

Declan Patrick Kelly

Ralph Kurt

Bart Andre Salters

Jonathan David Mason

Adrianus Sempel

Vincentius Paulus Buil

Oscar Hendrikus Willemsen

Erwin Rinaldo Meinders

Eduard Johannes Meijer

Franciscus Paulus Maria Budzelaar

Daniel Willem Elisabeth Schobben

Ralph Hubert Peters

Josephus Hubertus Eggen

Edwin Van Lier

Igor Berezhnyy

Galileo June Destura

Andres Antonio Lucero Vera

Eindhoven Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn

Jasper Ivo Van Kuijk

Andres Antonio Lucero

Joost Ewout Witsenburg

Mehmet Alper Yalvac

Richard Van De Sluis

Theodorus Johannes Petrus Van Den Biggelaar

Tatiana Lashina

The present invention relates to a control system for automatic calibration of a blinds system installed in a room, comprising: a controller () having a memory, a clock and a processor, an occupancy sensor (), an interior light sensor (), an exterior light sensor (). The control system is characterized in that the control system is arranged to run an automated calibration of the blinds system when the exterior light sensor indicates an outside light level above a predetermined threshold, the occupancy sensor indicates that no person is present in the room, and a predetermined time has passed since the last calibration. The invention further relates to a method for automatic calibration of a blinds system installed in a room using a control system comprising a controller () having a memory, a clock and a processor, an occupancy sensor (), an interior light sensor (), an exterior light sensor (), the method comprising the step of: running an automated calibration of the blinds system when the exterior light sensor () indicates an outside light level above a predetermined threshold, the occupancy sensor () indicates that no person is present in the room, and a predetermined time has passed since the last calibration.

Auto-calibration of blinds systems in buildings

An interface device for controlling light sources includes a target region; and a controller that associates a preset with an illumination region, and controls a light source in the illumination region when an indicator associated with the preset and illumination region is moved into the target region. The controller associates the preset with the illumination region when the preset is moved to an area of the interface device associated with the illumination region. The controller is further configured to change light attributes of light emitted from the light source when the indicator is moved across the target region, such as providing maximum intensity when the indicator is at the center of the target region. The light attributes include intensity, color, hue, saturation, beam direction and/or beam width of the light.

User interface and method for control of light system

The invention relates to the automatic creation of a specific atmosphere by controlling contributions of sensorial perceptible stimulus means such as lights, sounds, and scents. The invention provides atmosphere settings containing data adapted for controlling the sensorial perceptible stimulus means in order to create at least one specific atmosphere, and atmosphere creation means adapted for automatically controlling the contributions of the sensorial perceptible stimulus means depending on the data contained in the atmosphere settings. Thus, a specific atmosphere may be created automatically without requiring a tedious adjusting of individual contributions of sensorial perceptible stimulus means to the specific atmosphere.

System and method for automatically creating a specific atmosphere by controlling contributions of sensorial perceptible stimulus means

The method of the invention enables a user to select an item, associates the item with at least a parameter indicating the geographical area where the item was selected, and presents a collection of items including the item dependent on whether a relation exists between the parameter indicating the geographical area where the item was selected and a parameter indicating the geographical area where the item is being presented. The computer program of the invention enables a programmable device to carry out the method of the invention. The electronic device of the invention is capable of carrying out the method of the invention.

Method of presenting a plurality of items

The invention relates to a user interface device for controlling an electrical consumer, in particular, a light system. Further, it relates to light system using such user interface device. Moreover it relates to a method for controlling such light system using a user interface device. To provide a user interface device, a light system and a method for controlling a consumer load providing feed forward or feed-back information facilitating an easy and intuitive use of the user interface device when controlling a light system, a user interface device for controlling a connected light system () is proposed, comprising: a display unit () including a plurality of LEDs () in a matrix form, wherein each of the LEDs () of the matrix is addressable individually; an input unit () to receive a user input; a control unit () adapted to receive a signal () based on the user input and to generate an information signal () provided to the display unit () and to generate a control signal () for controlling the connected consumer load ().

User interface device and method for controlling a connected consumer load, and light system using such user interface device

The present invention proposes a posture-adjustable solar-collecting window blind, which can adjust the position of solar cells to better collect solar energy. In the window blind, a solar detector and an ampere meter are used to detect the relationship between the incident angle of sunlight and an optimal arrangement of the solar detector. The relationship can be further used to adjust the positions of the plurality of solar cells. Furthermore, the window blind comprises a light sensor to detect the light intensity of a target area, which can be complementarily used to adjust the position of the plurality of solar cells.

Posture-adjustable solar-collecting window blind

A scanning display apparatus includes a display operable to receive driver signals and generate corresponding visual information for presentation on the display, to sense radiation received at the display and generating corresponding sensing signals corresponding to a region proximate to the display. The apparatus also includes computer hardware coupled to the display for generating driver signals for the display and for receiving the sensing signals from the display. The computer hardware is operable to provide an interactive user interface at the display.

Scanning display apparatus

An interface device () for controlling light sources () includes a target region (); and a controller () that associates a preset with an illumination region, and controls a light source () in the illumination region when an indicator () associated with the preset and illumination region is moved into the target region (). The controller () associates the preset with the illumination region when the preset is moved to an area of the interface device () associated with the illumination region. The controller () is further configured to change light attributes of light emitted from the light source () when the indicator () is moved across the target region (), such as providing maximum intensity when the indicator () is at the center of the target region (). The light attributes include intensity, color, hue, saturation, beam direction and/or beam width of the light.

User interface and method for control of light systems

A display table includes a location determination system that determines the location and orientation of each privacy overlay on the display table, and controls the display of private information accordingly. The overlays are portable sheets, akin to placemats, that can be positioned relatively arbitrarily about the display surface.

Placement for interactive display tables

Retrieval of similar content item or documents is provided based on similarity of their location or place. A base location is determined, for example using a GPS device. Location of one or more identified anchor document(s), in a database for example, is determined by extracting location data. Then a first threshold is set based on a criterion distance determined between the base location and the anchor item location. A candidate document item location is identified and the location data for candidate content item may be extracted. A distance between the base location and the candidate location may be determined as a candidate distance. A candidate content item may be selected as similar for retrieval based on the first candidate distance and the first threshold. The notion of criterion distance-determined granularity for setting a threshold is provided.

Adaptation of location similarity threshold in associative content retrieval

An image display including a touch-sensitive display, that creates tactile sensation and movement of an object (-) along its surface is provided. Actuators including conductive rods (--) attached together may be used, such that each rod of the actuator (-) may increase or decrease in size when current is applied to that rod to cause the actuator to bend toward a specified direction. Also, an image display that includes ball bearings (-) whose rotation is controlled by driving magnets (--) to cause an object to move is provided. Further, air holes (-) tilted in various directions to control object movement by air pressure may be provided. Moreover, rods (-) may be moved up or down as activated by driving magnets (-). The actuators, rods, ball bearing assemblies, or holes may provide touch sensitivity for the image display.

Image display that moves physical objects and causes tactile sensation

The invention relates to the automatic creation of an atmosphere, particularly a lighting atmosphere, based on a keyword input such as a keyword typed or spoken by a user. A basic idea of the invention is to enable a user of an atmosphere creation system such as a lighting system to automatically create a specific atmosphere by simply using a keyword which is input to the system. The keyword, for example 'eat', 'read', &#x201c;relax&#x201d;, &#x201c;sunny&#x201d;, &#x201c;cool&#x201d;, &#x201c;party&#x201d;, &#x201c;Christmas&#x201d;, &#x201c;beach&#x201d;, may be spoken or typed by the user and may enable the user to find and explore numerous atmospheres in an interactive and playful way in embodiments of the invention. Finding atmosphere elements related to the keyword may be done in various ways according to embodiments of the invention. The invention allows also a non expert in designing or creating atmosphere scenes to control the creation of a desired atmosphere in an atmosphere creation system.

System for automatically creating a lighting atmosphere based on a keyword input

The invention relates to the creation of a localized light, particularly to a light system () for creating a localized light illuminating for example clothing hanging on the rail. The light system comprises lighting means () and lighting control means () which are adapted to create the localized light () responsive to user actions with objects hanging on a rail (). Thus, a user browsing for example clothing hanging on the rail always has sufficient localized light for watching the clothing even in a situation with dimmed ambient lighting.

Light system and method for creating a localized light

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Elmo Marcus Attila Diederiks