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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2018
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Jonathan David Mason, Waalre, NL;
Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe, Lommel, BE;
Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Eindhoven, NL;
Dirk Valentinus René Engelen, Heusden-Zolder, BE;
Sanae Chraibi, Eindhoven, NL;
Berent Willem Meerbeek, Veldhoven, NL;
Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Eindhoven, NL;
Anthonie Hendrik Bergman, Neunen, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A controller () and a method for indicating a presence of a virtual object () via a lighting device () are disclosed. The virtual object () has a virtual location corresponding to a physical location. The controller () comprises a receiver () configured to receive location information representative of the physical location of the virtual object () relative to the lighting device (). The controller further comprises a processor () configured to determine if the virtual object () is located within a first predetermined proximity () of the lighting device () based on the location information, and to control the lighting device () according to a light setting when the virtual object () is located within the first predetermined proximity () of the lighting device ().