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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2023
Signify Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Bruno Cadoret, Quebec, CA;
Aloys Hubbers, Doetinchem, NL;
Judocus Nicolaas Pulles, Hapert, NL;
Jorge Gabriel Squillace, Eindhoven, NL;
SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A system for controlling a plurality of lighting units to render light effects determined based on video content to accompany a rendering of said video content on a display is disclosed. The system comprises at least one output interface and at least one processor, which is configured to: position a first analysis area of a predefined number of analysis areas at an initial position in said video content, extract a first color from said video content at said initial position, reposition said first analysis area with respect to said video content to one or more subsequent positions in said video content and extract one or more subsequent colors from said video content at said respective one or more subsequent positions, determine a presence of a black bar in said video content based on said first color and/or said one or more subsequent colors, determine an area in said video content based on said first color and/or said one or more subsequent colors, which area comprises said black bar, determine positions for a subset of analysis areas of said predefined number of analysis areas outside said area comprising said black bar, extract one or more colors from one or more of said analysis areas of said subset, determine said light effects based on said extracted one or more colors, and control, via said at least one output interface, said plurality of lighting units to render said light effects.