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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2007
Lucius Theodorus Vinkenvleugel, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes Trudo Cornelis Van Kemenade, Eindhoven, NL;
Bram François Joosen, Eindhoven, NL;
Paul Philip Thursfield, Eindhoven, NL;
Elizabeth Hewitt Zwerver-curtis, Eindhoven, NL;
Lucius Theodorus Vinkenvleugel, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes Trudo Cornelis Van Kemenade, Eindhoven, NL;
Bram François Joosen, Eindhoven, NL;
Paul Philip Thursfield, Eindhoven, NL;
Elizabeth Hewitt Zwerver-Curtis, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to color selection input, for example by means of a color selection wheel or pad, particularly for a lighting system. The invention provides color selection means () representing selectable colors in terms of hue gradation () along a direction thereof, wherein the hue gradation is adapted to user preferences in that the hue gradation is divided into non-equal segments () with segments of user preferred hue () larger than segments of non user preferred hue (). The invention has the main advantage that the input of a color selection may be better adapted to user preferences.