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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
May. 09, 2023
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Jules Martinus Adrianus Gerardus De Laat, Boxtel, NL;
Meng Zhao, Eindhoven, NL;
Mark Henricus Verberkt, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes Antonius Wilhelmus Maria Van Cranenbroek, Budel, NL;
Jérôme Eduard Maes, Eindhoven, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method for selecting a control mode of a user device () used in commissioning a lighting control system (), the method comprising: a) determining (), by a detector (), an orientation of the head of a user () of the lighting control system commissioning program, b) determining (), based on the determined orientation of the head, by a processor () of the user device (), whether the user () is focusing on a user-interface () of the user device (), c) if it is determined that the user () is focusing on the user-interface (), by the processor (), automatically switching () the lighting control system commissioning program to a first control mode () where feedback from and control of the lighting control system commissioning program is at least one of graphical and visual, d) if it is determined that the user () does not focus on the user-interface (), by the processor (), automatically switching () the lighting control system commissioning program to a second control mode () where feedback from and control of the lighting control system commissioning program is at least one of audio based and haptic, and e) while the lighting control system commissioning program is in use, continuously repeating () steps a) to d).