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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2009
Elmo Marcus Attila Diederiks, Eindhoven, NL;
Jonathan Mason, Waalre, NL;
Bartel Marinus Van DE Sluis, Eindhoven, NL;
Elmo Marcus Attila Diederiks, Eindhoven, NL;
Jonathan Mason, Waalre, NL;
Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a user interface device for controlling an electrical consumer, in particular, a light system. Further, it relates to light system using such user interface device. Moreover it relates to a method for controlling such light system using a user interface device. To provide a user interface device, a light system and a method for controlling a consumer load providing feed forward or feed-back information facilitating an easy and intuitive use of the user interface device when controlling a light system, a user interface device for controlling a connected light system () is proposed, comprising: a display unit () including a plurality of LEDs () in a matrix form, wherein each of the LEDs () of the matrix is addressable individually; an input unit () to receive a user input; a control unit () adapted to receive a signal () based on the user input and to generate an information signal () provided to the display unit () and to generate a control signal () for controlling the connected consumer load ().