Signify Holding B.v.

Philips Steven Newton

Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis

Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu

Tim Dekker

Tatiana Aleksandrovna Lashina

Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe

Each of a plurality of lighting nodes in a linear array is connected at different respective positions along a flexible, rigid or malleable continuous supporting line. One or more attachable dividers are provided, configured to be mechanically attachable by a user onto the line without severing the line, or at least without completely severing the line, each between a respective neighbouring pair of the lighting nodes. Each of the attachable dividers is configured so as, when attached to the line, to enable detection of a position at which the divider is connected along the line relative to the lighting nodes, and configured to provide information related to said position to the controller, thus dividing the lighting nodes into different segments along the line. A controller is configured to apply a different lighting effect to the illumination emitted by the lighting nodes in each of some or all of the different segments.

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A computer implemented method () of generating a virtual representation () of a linear lighting device () is disclosed. The computer implemented method () comprises the steps of receiving () one or more signals () comprising an identifier of the linear lighting device () and information about a number and a distribution of the plurality of linearly distributed light sources, which linear lighting device () comprises a plurality of linearly distributed light sources, identifying () the linear lighting device () based on the received one or more signals (), capturing one or more images of the linear lighting device () and providing image information representing the one or more images, determining () a spatial distribution of the light sources based on the received one or more signals () and the image information, generating () the virtual representation () of the shape of the linear lighting device () based on the spatial distribution, and displaying () the virtual representation () of the shape of the linear lighting device (). This method allows a receiving device, for example a user interface device () such as a smart phone, to generate a virtual representation () of the linear lighting device () based on the received one or more signals () and the image information.

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