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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2020
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Eindhoven, NL;
Jerome Eduard Maes, Eindhoven, NL;
Berent Willem Meerbeek, Veldhoven, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method of restricting control of one or more lighting units () in a lighting system () is disclosed. The lighting system () comprises the one or more lighting units (), a first control device () for controlling the one or more lighting units () and a portable control device () for controlling the one or more lighting units (). The method comprises: determining a position of the portable control device () relative to a surface (), setting the one or more lighting units () to a first control mode or a second control mode in dependence on the position of the portable control device () relative to the surface (). When the one or more lighting units () have been set to the first control mode, the one or more lighting units () are configured to be controlled by both the first control device () and the portable control device (), and when the one or more lighting units () have been set to the second control mode, the one or more lighting units () are configured to be controlled by the portable control device (), and wherein control of the one or more lighting units () by the first control device () is at least partially restricted.