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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2020
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Philips Steven Newton, Eindhoven, NL;
Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Eindhoven, NL;
Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu, Eindhoven, NL;
Jochen Renaat Van Gheluwe, Eindhoven, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Each of a plurality of lighting nodes in a linear array is connected at different respective positions along a flexible, rigid or malleable continuous supporting line. One or more attachable dividers are provided, configured to be mechanically attachable by a user onto the line without severing the line, or at least without completely severing the line, each between a respective neighbouring pair of the lighting nodes. Each of the attachable dividers is configured so as, when attached to the line, to enable detection of a position at which the divider is connected along the line relative to the lighting nodes, and configured to provide information related to said position to the controller, thus dividing the lighting nodes into different segments along the line. A controller is configured to apply a different lighting effect to the illumination emitted by the lighting nodes in each of some or all of the different segments.