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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2015
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Adrianus Johannes Stephanus Maria De Vaan, 'S-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Jan Van Wijgerden, Leende, NL;
Johan-Paul Marie Gerard Linnartz, Eindhoven, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A controller for granting a user input device control of a controllable device including a receiver arranged for receiving a first sound signal recorded within a first time frame by a first sound sensor and receiving a second sound signal recorded within a second time frame by a second sound sensor located at the user input device. The controller further includes a processor arranged for determining a level of similarity between the first sound signal and the second sound signal. The processor is further arranged for granting the user input device control of the controllable device if a sufficient level of similarity has been determined. This enables the controller to determine if the user input device is in the same space as the first sound sensor, and it allows the creation of a control space of the controllable device based on the characteristics of the first sound sensor.