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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2021
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Eindhoven, NL;
Marcellinus Petrus Carolus Michael Krijn, Eindhoven, NL;
Leendert Teunis Rozendaal, Valkenswaard, NL;
Michel Cornelis Josephus Marie Vissenberg, Roermond, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING, B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A virtual window device (), comprising (i) a display () arranged in a first plane (A), wherein the display () is arranged to provide a first output () for rendering a first image of a view through a window () onto a virtual planar surface () that is oriented parallel to the display () along an axis (C), perpendicular to the first plane (A), (ii) a frame () projecting from the display (), and wherein an edge () of the frame (), oppositely arranged the display (), spans a second plane (B), (iii) a lighting element () configured to emit a second output () onto the virtual planar surface (), wherein the lighting element () is arranged within the virtual window device () at a distance (D) from the second plane (B), along the axis (C), wherein the second output () has a directionality, the directionality being one or more of a spatial direction, a beam angle, a beam width, a light output distribution and a diffusivity, and (iv) a unit () configured to register a content property of the first image and to control the directionality of the second output () as a function of the registered content property of the first image.