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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2021
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Remco Magielse, Tilburg, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method of controlling a lighting system comprising a plurality of illumination sources each controllable to emit illumination for illuminating the environment and a plurality of control apparatus for use in controlling the illumination emitted from one or more of the plurality of illumination sources, the method comprising: determining the relative position of a first control apparatus compared to a second control apparatus; assigning a function to the first control apparatus, the function defining how the first control apparatus is to control the illumination of one or more illumination sources, wherein the function of the first control apparatus is assigned based on the determined relative position; whereby a first user input can be received at the first control apparatus and the illumination of the one or more illumination sources can be controlled in response to the fist user input based on the assigned function of the first control apparatus.