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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2019
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Ashish Vijay Pandharipande, Eindhoven, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides a control system () comprising an electrical power control system () for monitoring electrical power consumption by a target system (), wherein: —the target system () comprises (i) one or more dimmable electronic devices (), wherein each dimmable electronic device () comprises a lighting device (), wherein the one or more dimmable electronic devices () are operable at a plurality of different dimming conditions thereby defining a dimming range of the one or more dimmable electronic devices () with a predetermined relation between the plurality of different dimming conditions and an electrical power consumption by the one or more dimmable electronic devices (), (ii) a target control system () configured to control the dimming conditions of the one or more dimmable electronic devices (), and (iii) a source of electrical power () configured to provide electrical power to the one or more dimmable electronic devices (); —the electrical power control system () is configured to execute an electrical power control operation comprising (i) bringing the one or more dimmable electronic devices () consecutively at N different dimming conditions, wherein N is at least 2, (ii) sensing the respective electrical power consumptions during the N different dimming conditions, and (iii) determining in a determination stage whether or not a further electronic device () having deviating dimming behavior or having no dimming functionality is functionally coupled to the source of electrical power () based on a comparison of the sensed electrical power consumptions and the predetermined relation between the plurality of different dimming conditions and the electrical power consumption.