Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Signify Holding B.v.

Gerhardus Engbertus Mekenkamp

Tim Dekker

Berent Willem Meerbeek

Mauro Barbieri

Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis

Philip Steven Newton

Nevenka Dimitrova

Bozena Erdmann

Marco Haverlag

Thomas F McGee

Dave Willem Van Goor

Bas Driesen

Igor Wilhelmus Franciscus Paulussen

Edwin Salomons

Alexis Stephen Richard Ashley

Kevin Thomas Worm

Godefridus Antonius Maria Crienen

Jiska Margriet De Wit

Godert Willem Renswoud Leibbrandt

Robin Michielsen

Jeroen Ronald Johannes Van Der Putten

Wee Keng Koh

Igor W F Paulussen

Aleksandar Ostojic

The invention relates to the field of wireless mesh communication networks and in particular to methods, networks and nodes () for use in such a wireless mesh network () for establishing routes in the wireless mesh network () by pro-actively regularly sending many-to-one route requests at randomized intervals by wireless network nodes () that can operate as a proxy nodes for a mobile wireless device () communicating using a first wireless communication protocol and further nodes () in the wireless mesh network () communicating using a second wireless communication protocol.

Route discovery in networks with combo nodes

A method and a lighting controller for controlling a light source are disclosed. The lighting controller comprises: an input configured to receive signals indicative of user inputs, a processor configured to determine a current time, select a light setting from a predefined sequence of light settings when a first signal indicative of a first user input has been received, wherein the selection of the light setting is based on the current time, control the light source according to the selected light setting, and select a subsequent light setting from the predefined sequence of light settings when a subsequent signal indicative of a subsequent user input has been received, wherein the subsequent light setting is a light setting subsequent to the light setting, and control the light source according to the subsequent light setting.

Lighting controller for controlling a light source and a method thereof

A method () of configuring a replacement lighting device in a lighting system is disclosed. The method () comprises: obtaining () a light scene from a memory (), wherein the light scene is indicative of lighting control settings for a plurality of lighting devices () of the lighting system, receiving () a signal indicative of an addition of a new lighting device () to the lighting system, determining () that a first lighting device () of the plurality of lighting devices () has been removed from the lighting system, obtaining () first data indicative of first light rendering capabilities of the first lighting device (), obtaining () second data indicative of second light rendering capabilities of the new lighting device (), comparing () the first light rendering capabilities to the second light rendering capabilities to identify a difference between the first and second light rendering capabilities, and generating () an updated light scene, wherein the updated light scene comprises a lighting control setting for the new lighting device (), wherein the lighting control setting is based on the original light scene and the difference between the first and second light rendering capabilities.

Method and a controller for configuring a replacement lighting device in a lighting system

A method and controller for selecting media content based on a lighting scene, the method comprising: selecting the lighting scene, the lighting scene having properties comprising one or more lighting properties; determining one or more of the properties of the selected lighting scene; selecting media content based on the determined one or more of the properties, wherein the media content comprises audio content; controlling a media device to output the selected media content; and adjusting one or more of the lighting properties based on the audio content of the selected media content.

Method and controller for selecting media content based on a lighting scene

A lighting device () is disclosed. The lighting device () comprises a light source (), a first communication module () configured to communicate via a first wireless communication technology, and configured to receive a lighting control command from a lighting control device via the first wireless communication technology, a second communication module () configured to communicate via a second wireless communication technology, and configured to receive a configuration command from a configuration device via the second wireless communication technology, wherein the configuration command comprises information related to a second light setting, a memory (), a processor () configured to control the light source () according to a first light setting associated with the lighting control command upon receiving the lighting control command from the lighting control device, wherein the processor () is further configured to store an association between the second light setting and the lighting control command in the memory () upon receiving the configuration command, and wherein the processor () is further configured to control the light source () according to the second light setting upon receiving the same lighting control command after the association has been stored.

System for configuring a lighting device

A method for establishing a wireless communication connection for exchanging of control messages between a first device and a second device using both of a non-standardized locking mechanism and a standardized pairing protocol, the method comprising: applying the non-standardized locking mechanism to set whether access to the standardized pairing protocol is locked or unlocked; and on condition of being activated by said non-standardized locking mechanism, performing a pairing between the first device and the second device using the standardized pairing protocol, wherein completion of the standardized pairing protocol activates the wireless communication connection for exchanging of control messages.

Device pairing

The user interaction system comprises a portable pointing device () connected to a camera () and sending pictures to a digital signal processor (), capable of recognizing an object () and a command given by the user () by moving the pointing device () in a specific way, and controlling an electrical apparatus () on the basis of this recognition.

User interface system based on pointing device

When the user views the information available on a program (in a Personal Video Recorder), the keywords that determine whether a program will be recorded are accentuated. This can be done by using the size of the text or by using colors or any other kind of varying accentuation i.e. encircled or blinking text. This makes it easy for the user to identify the keywords used in their personalized profile. Additionally the user can navigate between keywords and change the accentuation of the keywords, to indicate a rating (in multiple levels) of the keyword.

Method and apparatus for providing a user interface

The user interaction system comprises a portable pointing device () connected to a camera () and sending pictures to a digital signal processor (), capable of recognizing an object () and a command given by the user () by moving the pointing device () in a specific way, and controlling an electrical apparatus () on the basis of this recognition. (Characteristic) pattern generation means () can be included in the system for facilitating object recognition.

The invention describes a system () for generating audio-visual summaries for audio-visual program content (). The system comprises a search unit () for locating a pre-generated text summary (;) associated with the program content (); a speech synthesizer () for converting the text summary (,) into speech (); a videosummary generator () for generating a video summary () of the audio-visual program content (), and an audio/video mixer () for mixing the synthesized speech () with the video summary (). Moreover the invention describes an appropriate method for generating audio-visual summaries () for audio-visual program content ().

System and method for generating audio-visual summaries for audio-visual program content

A PVR (A) includes an output () wherein a TV channel selected for viewing is output, and a storage device () that selectively stores a channel indicator () therein. A user interface () provides means for selectively loading the storage device () with a desired channel indicator (), and means for selecting a TV channel to be sent to the output (). A buffer () is also included. The buffer () automatically records the TV channel output for viewing if the storage device () has no channel indicator () stored therein, and automatically records that TV channel indicated by the channel indicator () when one is stored in the storage device () even when the TV channel output for viewing is selected to be different from the TV channel indicated by the channel indicator ().

Continue recording channel feature for personal video recorder

The method consists of providing () a user interface for selecting a content item stored on a storage means, retrieving () a further content item related to the content item from a system on a network using an identification of the content item, and storing () the further content item on the removable medium. The electronic device contains a writer (), a control unit (), and a network interface (). The control unit () is able to use an input device and an output device to enable a user to select a content item stored on a storage means (), to use the network interface () for retrieving a further content item related to the content item from a system on a network using an identification of the content item, and to use the writer () for storing the further content item on the removable medium. The computer program product enables, upon its execution, a programmable apparatus to function as the electronic device.

Method and device for storing content on a removable medium

The process of compressing video requires the calculation of a variety data that are used in the process of compression. The invention exploits some or all of these data for purposes of content detection. For example, these data may be leveraged for purposes of commercial detection. The luminance, motion vector field, residual values, quantizer, bit rate, etc. may all be used either directly or in combination, as signatures of content. A process for content detection may employ one or more features as indicators of the start and/or end of a sequence containing a particular type of content and other features as verifiers of the type of content bounded by these start/end indicators. The features may be combined and/or refined to produce higher-level feature data with good computational economy and content-classification utility.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Gerhardus Engbertus Mekenkamp