Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Koninklijkle Philips N.v.

Hendricus T G M Penning De Vries

Lorenzo Feri

Tim C W Schenk

Paulus H A Damink

Johan P M G Linnartz

Johannes Petrus Wernars

Sel B Colak

The invention relates to control system configured for controlling at least one controllable device. The device has been assigned a corresponding identifier and is configured for transmitting an identification signal comprising the identifier of the device. The control system comprises a display for displaying a control item configured for controlling the controllable device. The control system also comprises a receiver configured for wirelessly receiving the identification signal comprising the identifier. The control system is configured for assigning a position of the control item on the display to the device identified by means of said received identifier.

Control system for controlling one or more controllable devices sources and method for enabling such control

A method for driving a lamp () comprises the steps of: generating a lamp current (I) having a constant magnitude; defining a commutation period having a duration T; defining a time base of original commutation moments, having fixed mutual intervals of 0.5*T; receiving data to be embedded in the light output; commutating the lamp current at commutation moments; wherein individual commutations are time-modulated in order to encode said received data. Preferably, a commutation moment is: either equal to an original commutation moment if there are no data to embed; or advanced over a modulation distance (&#x394;) with respect to the corresponding original commutation moment in order to encode data having a first value ('0'); or delayed over said modulation distance (&#x394;) with respect to the corresponding original commutation moment in order to encode data having a second value ('1').

Method and device for driving a lamp

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Hendricus T G M Penning De Vries