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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2013
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Bingzhou Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Jianping Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Xiang Chen, Shanghai, CN;
Hong Ming Zheng, Beijing, CN;
Jianlin Xu, Shanghai, CN;
Zhen Hua Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling one or more controllable devices () in a system. In order to provide the apparatus with a more user friendly interface to control the one or more controllable device in the system, the method comprises capturing an image (), comprising the one or more controllable devices, displaying the captured image (), associating local areas () in the captured image () to the one or more respective controllable devices () on basis of information associated with the controllable devices in the captured image, receiving a user input indicating a selected one of the local areas in the displayed image, determining a command for the one or more controllable devices from the user input associated with the selected local area; and communicating the command to the one or more controllable devices.