Philips Lighting Holding B.v.

Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Signify Holding B.v.

Signify Holdng B.v.

Tim Dekker

Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis

Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu

Philip Steven Newton

Anthonie Hendrik Bergman

Bram Knaapen

Dirk Valentinus René Engelen

Tatiana Aleksandrovna Lashina

Ramon Antoine Wiro Clout

Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg

Willem Lubertus Ijzerman

Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe

Dirk Valentinus Rene Engelen

Berent Willem Meerbeek

Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn

Siebe Tjerk De Zwart

Jonathan David Mason

Gerrit Oversluizen

Frank Anton Van Abeelen

Gerhardus Engbertus Mekenkamp

Bertrand Rigot

Hugo Johan Cornelissen

Maarten Marinus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Herpen

Theodorus Johannes Petrus Van Den Biggelaar

Gerardus Petrus Karman

Ramon Pascal Van Gorkom

Sanae Chraibi

Giovanni Cennini

Chris Damkat

Liesbeth Van Pieterson

Wei Pien Lee

Paul Marcel Carl Lemmens

Petrus Johannes Hendrikus Seuntiens

Alexander Jacobus Mariette Van Neer

Stefan Donivan Twigt

Robertus Antonius Jacobus Maria Hovers

Maria Hendrica Verbucken

Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet

Johannes Petrus Maria Ansems

Julian Charles Nolan

Adrianus Sempel

Fetze Pijlman

Oscar Hendrikus Willemsen

Dragan Sekulovski

Guofu Zhou

Hendrikus Hubertus Petrus Gommans

Hendrik Jan Eggink

Alexander Henricus Waltherus Van Eeuwijk

Bas Driesen

Hilbrand Vanden Wyngaert

Jacobus Petrus Johannes Van Os

Markus Cornelius Vermeulen

Heiko Pelzer

Wouter Hendrik Cornelis Spoorendonk

Franciscus Jacobus Vossen

Guofu Zhuo

Abraham Vamattathil Scaria

Wei Gu

Inge Van De Wouw

Lieven Raf Roger Desmet

Jochen Renaat Gheluwe

Philips Steven Newton

Haoyang Shi

Joseph L Stuyfzand

Anjalika Bose

Thomas Schaper, Sr

Baptiste Fleury Louis Delplanque

Wouter Henrik Cornelis Spoorendonk

Bartel Marinus Vab De Skuis

Jochen Renaat Van Ghelluwe

Anthonie Hendrik Bergmall

Martinus Theodorus Bennebroek

Jacobos Petrus Johannes Van Os

Elsemieke Carola Manon Kuijpers

Quingqing Jiang

The invention relates to an electronic device () for obtaining a sensor signal for use in a system () which changes a sensing function in dependence on a light setting. The electronic device is configured to obtain a sensor signal from a sensor () and select based on data stored in a memory () which device and/or application of a plurality of devices () and/or applications the sensor signal should be transmitted to. The selection depends on which light setting is currently active on one or more light devices (-). The sensor is arranged to sense in a field of view. The electronic device is further configured to transmit the sensor signal to the selected device and/or application.

Selecting a destination for a sensor signal in dependence on an active light setting

A light-emitting device () is disclosed. The light-emitting device () comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements () or light sources and a power module () adapted to selectively convey, supply or provide electrical power to the light-emitting elements (). The power module () may be dimensioned such as to be able to power only a proper subset of the light-emitting elements () of the light-emitting device () at a given time, the subset having a maximum number of light-emitting elements () included therein with respect to the number of light-emitting elements () included in the all subsets of the light-emitting elements () of the light-emitting device (). The plurality of sets of light-emitting elements () may be arranged so as to emit light over a light emission area, and the plurality of sets of light-emitting elements () may be arranged relatively to each other such that different sets of light-emitting elements () emit light over different portions of the light emission area.

Light-emitting device and photo-therapy device comprising a light-emitting device

The invention provides an improved device with a touch user interface for controlling a load. The device comprising: an array of individually controllable LED light sources; data lines for interconnecting successive LED light sources to obtain a daisy-chain of successive LED light sources in said array and for rippling control data through the daisy-chain to a particular LED light source in said array, wherein the particular LED light source in said array is arranged for removing one or more bits from the control data and for providing resulting control data downstream (i.e. e.g. to a successive LED light source) in the daisy-chain; a feedback line for feeding back the resulting control data; a touchpad for connecting, when in use touched, one of the data lines and the feedback line; a controller comprising (i) an output for sending the control data over said data lines to the particular LED light source, and (ii) an input for receiving the resulting control data over the feedback line when the touchpad is touched; and the controller being arranged for (i) comparing said sent control data with said received resulting control data for associating the touchpad, when in use touched, with a position in the array of individually controllable LED light sources of the particular LED light source, and (ii) providing a control signal for controlling the load based on said position.

Device with a touch user interface for controlling a load, a system and a method thereof

A method of controlling a plurality of lighting devices is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a 360 degree panoramic image, rendering the 360 degree panoramic image at least partially on an image rendering device, obtaining positions of the plurality of lighting devices relative to the image rendering device, mapping the 360 degree panoramic image onto the plurality of lighting devices based on the positions of the plurality of lighting devices, such that each lighting device is associated with a part of the 360 degree panoramic image, determining, for each lighting device, a light setting based on an image characteristic of the part of the 360 degree image, and controlling each lighting device according to the respective light setting.

Method and controller for controlling a plurality of lighting devices

The invention provides a lighting device () comprising a surface-mountable elongated carrier () for positioning relative to a surface (), at least one light source (), and an adjustable cover (); wherein the elongated carrier () comprises opposite to each other a first face () on a first side and a second face () on a second side, the at least one light source () is located on the first () and second face (); and 5 wherein the elongated carrier () comprises a third face () on a third side for facing the surface () in mounted position; and wherein the adjustable cover () is in connection with the carrier () and is positioned on a fourth side of the carrier () opposite to the third side, and wherein the adjustable cover () is movable relative to the elongated carrier () for controlling a light effect () originating from the at least one light source () 10 wherein the at least one light source () comprises a LED light source.

Lighting device including adjustable cover

A method of biostimulating phototherapy is provided. The method comprises illuminating a subject's body portion with light having a first wavelength in the range of 600-900 nm. The method further comprises the step of at least one of reducing and preventing hyperthermia of the body portion by illuminating the body portion with light having a second wavelength which is at least one of in the range of 400-600 nm and in the range of 900-2500 nm. Further, a phototherapy device is provided which comprises a first light source and a second light source. The first light source is configured to emit light having a first wavelength which is in the range of 600-900 nm. The second light source is configured to emit light having a second wavelength which is at least one of in the range of 400-600 nm and in the range of 900-2500 nm. At least a portion of the device is a patch which is formed for conforming to at least part of the body portion. The device further comprises a sensor for sensing at least one skin property and a controller configured to operate at least the second light source as a function of the determined skin property.

Phototherapy method and device

The invention relates to computer implemented method that enables the generation of a virtual design of a lighting device and that determines the components for the virtually designed lighting device. The computer implemented method comprises four main steps and will be performed on a computing device or system. First, the computing device receives desired lighting output information indicative of a desired lighting output. Then, it selects an initial virtual lighting device able to generate the desired lighting output. Subsequently, it adapts parameters of the initial virtual lighting device for generating the virtual design of the lighting device while retaining the desired lighting output. Finally, the components-for the virtually designed lighting device are determined based on the virtual design of the lighting device and on the desired lighting output information, wherein the step of determining the components comprises: determininga number of lumens based on the desired lighting output, determininga number of light emitters and a type of the light emittersbased on the number of lumens and based on the desired lighting output and determininga number of drivers and a type of the driversbased on the number and type of light emitters.

Computer implemented generation of a virtual design of a lighting device

The present disclosure is directed to inventive methods and apparatus for lighting control and for providing effects upon activation/deactivation. For example, various methods and apparatus are described for controlling various selected properties of light emitted by an LED-based lighting unit () with multiple LEDs () using, for example, a dimmer switch () and/or a predefined sequence of energizing LEDs.

Methods and apparatus for controlling illumination of a multiple light source lighting unit

A control systemfor controlling a lighting devicearranged for providing functional and/or atmosphere lighting is disclosed. The control systemcomprises a detectorfor detecting a presence of a portable deviceat a wireless power transmitterarranged for charging the portable device, a processorfor generating a lighting control commandwhen the presence of the portable devicehas been detected, and a communication unitfor communicating the lighting control commandto the lighting device

Control system for controlling a lighting device arranged for providing functional and/or atmosphere lighting

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.

Method of visualizing a shape of a linear lighting device

A lighting system for providing a lighting scene in an environment occupied by a user, the system comprising:&#x2014;a plurality of illumination sources, each source having a respective location sensor arranged to detect a location of the respective source relative to at least one point defined independently of the lighting scene and at least one of the sources further having at least one of an orientation sensor arranged to detect an orientation of the at least one source and a luminaire type sensor arranged to detect a type of the at least one source; and&#x2014;a controller arranged to provide control signals to the plurality of sources in order to control the sources to render the lighting scene; wherein the controller is arranged to&#x2014;determine an effect location of an illumination effect from the at least one source based on the detected location and at least one of the detected orientation and detected luminaire type of said at least one source and&#x2014;adapt the control commands based on the detected source locations and the determined effect location for the at least one source, thereby rendering the lighting scene relative to said at least one point.

Spatial light effects based on lamp location

A method of controlling a lighting device of a lighting system comprising a plurality of lighting devices, wherein the lighting device is controlled in such a way that a light effect is effectively handed over between the lighting devices such that a moving light effect can be rendered within the coverage area of the lighting system.

Methods, devices and a system for taking over a light effect between lighting devices, wherein each device covers a different coverage area

A lighting module () arranged to be attached to a luminaire () is disclosed. The lighting module () comprises at least one light source () for rendering a light output, and a processor () arranged for determining if the lighting module () has been attached to the luminaire (). The processor () is further arranged for setting the lighting module () to a first mode of operation if the lighting module () has been attached to the luminaire (), and for setting the lighting module () to a second mode of operation if the lighting module () has been detached from the luminaire (). The light output of the at least one light source () is controlled dependent on a light setting of the luminaire () when the lighting module () is in the first mode of operation, and the light output of the at least one light source () is controlled independent on the light setting of the luminaire () when the lighting module () is in the second mode of operation. This enables a user to control the light output of the lighting module () when it has been attached to the luminaire (), for example by controlling the light output of the luminaire (), and to control the light output of the lighting module () when it has been detached from the luminaire (), for example by interacting with the lighting module ().

Lighting module arranged to be attached to a luminaire

Methods and apparatus related to compensating for electrical changes resulting from cut-out of a portion of a grid of a plurality of LEDs (A-T;). A compensating unit () may be coupled to free wire segments of the grid that are created by the cut-out and the compensating unit () may be configured to alter current supplied to remaining LEDs of the grid of LEDs. The compensating unit is configured to and/or may be configured to lessen current supplied to one or more LEDs of an LED-based lighting unit.

Methods and apparatus for compensating a removal of LEDs from an LED array

A lighting device comprising a grid sheet carriermounted via its borderon a base part and having an open surface areaof a plurality of openingsand having carrier materialsurrounding said openings. The carrier materialbeing arranged in a two-dimensional, first pattern. The lighting device further comprises a plurality of LEDsmounted on one main faceof the carrier materialand arranged in a two-dimensional, second pattern. The second patternis coinciding with the first patternwhen superimposed and the second patternis at least a sub-pattern of the first pattern. Furthermore, R is a ratio between the plurality of LEDsand the plurality of openings, wherein R&#x3e;=3.

Lighting device on grid sheet carrier

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Tim Dekker