Signify Holding B.v.

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Mustafa Tolga Eren

Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis

Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu

Dirk Valentinus René Engelen

Berent Willem Meerbeek

Jonathan Alambra Palero

Babu Varghese

Yannyk Parulian Julian Bourquin

Stephanus Joseph Johannes Nijssen

Lu Wang

According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus comprising a processor configured to receive image data in respect of a user () of a personal care device (), wherein the personal care device is to be used to treat a portion of the user; receive device operating data relating to the personal care device; determine position information of at least a treatment element () of the personal care device relative to the user; generate, based on the received image data, the received device operating data and the determined position information, an image () representative of a predicted appearance of the portion of the user following treatment using the personal care device; and provide the generated image for display on a representation of the user.

Predicting the appearance of a user following treatment

A system () is configured to receive status information reflecting a current status of a device () and determine first status information () for presentation on a first user device (). The first status information reflects the current status of the device. The system is further configured to cause the first status information to be presented on the first user device and cause second status information () to be presented on a second user device. The second status information reflects the current status of the device in dependence on whether a privacy mode is active for the device.

Presenting a current status of a device in dependence on a privacy mode

The invention to provides an improved controller for providing a location-based service to an area, wherein the controller comprises a memory and a transceiver, wherein the controller is configured to: obtain a location of a mobile device associated with a person; obtain sensor data from at least one sensor arranged for monitoring the person in the area when the obtained location of the mobile device is within the area; store the sensor data in the memory; forward, via the transceiver, the stored sensor data to the mobile device when the obtained location of the mobile device is no longer within the area, and subsequently delete the sensor data from the memory. The invention further provides related systems for providing a location-based service to an area and related methods.

Controller, system and method for providing a location-based service to an area

The invention relates to a system () for assisting a user in configuring a lighting system (), in which the lighting system comprises a lighting device (-) and a switch () for providing power to the lighting device. The system is configured to receive at least one signal, determine from the at least one signal that the lighting device has recently been power switched, and determine whether a user-defined power-switch light setting has been set for the lighting device. The power-switch light setting is a light setting that is activated when the lighting device is power switched. The system is further configured to provide a notification to a user in dependence on the lighting device having recently been power switched and no user-defined power-switch light setting having been set for the lighting device. The notification recommends the user to set the user-defined power-switch light setting for the lighting device.

Providing a notification for a lighting device without user-specified power-switch behavior

The invention relates to a system () for identifying a device using a camera and for remotely controlling the identified device. The system is configured to obtain an image () captured with a camera. The image captures at least a surrounding of a remote controllable device (). The system is further configured to analyze the image to recognize one or more objects () and/or features in the surrounding of the remote controllable device and select an identifier associated with at least one of the one or more objects and/or features from a plurality of identifiers stored in a memory. The memory comprises associations between the plurality of identifiers and remote controllable devices and the selected identifier is associated with the remote controllable device. The system is further configured to determine a control mechanism for controlling the remote controllable device and control the remote controllable device using the determined control mechanism.

Determining a control mechanism based on a surrounding of a remove controllable device

A system () is configured to obtain a target light level, determine a first set of light settings for one or more lights () and/or a first set of daylight blocker settings for one or more daylight blockers () based on the target light level, control these devices based on the first set(s) of settings, and receive from a user device () information indicating a quality of a light-modulated data signal received by the user device from the one or more lights, as determined by the user device. The system is further configured to determine a second set of light settings based on the first set of light settings and the determined signal quality and/or a second set of daylight blocker settings based on the first set of daylight blocker settings and the determined signal quality and control these devices based on the second set(s) of settings.

Determining light settings and/or daylight blocker settings based on data signal quality

A system () for providing a user device () access to a resource or data is disclosed. The system () comprises: the user device () comprising: a light detector () configured to detect light () emitted by a light source (), which light () comprises an embedded code comprising a light source identifier of the light source (), a communication unit () configured to communicate with a network device (), a processor () configured to retrieve the light source identifier from the light (), and to communicate the light source identifier to the network device (). The system () further comprises the network device (), comprising: a receiver () configured to receive the light source identifier from the user device (), and a controller () configured to identify the light source () based on the light source identifier, to encrypt an access key or data with a public key corresponding to a private key, and to control the light source () such that the light () comprises an updated embedded code comprising the encrypted access key or the encrypted data. The processor () of the user device () is further configured to retrieve the encrypted access key or the encrypted data from the updated embedded code comprised in the light (), and to decrypt the encrypted access key or the encrypted data with the private key, and access the resource with the decrypted access key or retrieve the decrypted data.

System for providing a user device access to resource or data and a method thereof

A device is provided having: a camera for capturing an image by capturing a repetitive series of a set of frames; wherein the camera comprises a first group of camera settings associated with detecting Visible Light Communication and a second group of camera settings not associated with detecting Visible Light Communication; wherein said set of frames comprises a first subset of frames and a second subset of frames, wherein each subset comprises at least one frame; a processor configured to switch the camera periodically between the first group of camera settings and the second group of camera settings for capturing the image by capturing each first subset of frames of the repetitive series of the set of frames with the first group of camera settings and each second subset of frames of the repetitive series of the set of frames with the second group of camera settings.

Device for image based services

A system () for communicating a presence of a device via a light source () configured to emit light comprising an embedded code is disclosed. The system () comprises: a controller () comprising: a receiver () configured to receive a response signal from a first device (), which response signal comprises an identifier of the first device (), and which response signal is indicative of that the embedded code has been detected by the first device (), and a processor () configured to correlate the embedded code with the identifier of the first device (), such that the embedded code is representative of the identifier of the first device ().

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Mustafa Tolga Eren