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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2017
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Aloys Hubbers, Eindhoven, NL;
Paulus Maria Johannes Oppeneer, Eindhoven, NL;
Antonie Leonardus Johannes Kamp, Eindhoven, NL;
Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Eindhoven, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method of controlling luminaires of a lighting system based on a current mode of an entertainment device, the method comprising: whilst the entertainment device is in an active mode: controlling one or more of the luminaires associated with the entertainment device to render an entertainment effect, receiving a lighting instruction identifying a plurality of the luminaires and a lighting effect to be rendered by them, determining that at least a first of the plurality of luminaires is one of the luminaires currently rendering the entertainment effect, controlling at least a second of the plurality of luminaries, which is not currently rendering the entertainment effect, to render the lighting effect whilst the first luminaire continues to render the entertainment effect, and electronically storing an indication of the lighting effect; and in response to the entertainment device switching to an inactive mode, controlling the first luminaire to render the lighting effect using the electronically stored indication.