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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
May. 06, 2013
Abl Ip Holding, Llc, Conyers, GA (US);
Aaron Mathew Engel-Hall, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter Y. Y. Ngai, Alamo, CA (US);
Michael Trung Tran, Oakland, CA (US);
Darren Blum, San Mateo, CA (US);
ABL IP Holding, LLC, Conyers, GA (US);
Abstract
A luminaire, such as a ceiling suspended luminaire, that can change its shape or some other state or characteristic based on user-input. The changes of shape or other state or characteristic can be achieved by hand gestures, such as moving the hand up and down in the detection field of a sensor. In one aspect of the invention, a suspended luminaire having a flexible sheet form is provided. The shape or attitude of the sheet form luminaire can be changed by exerting a force on one or more attachment points on the luminaire.