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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2010
Bianca Maria Irma Van Der Zande, Heeze, NL;
Petrus Johannes Bremer, Eindhoven, NL;
Allard Feije Boer, Eindhoven, NL;
Bram Michiel Hendrikus Geenen, Utrecht, NL;
Bianca Maria Irma Van Der Zande, Heeze, NL;
Petrus Johannes Bremer, Eindhoven, NL;
Allard Feije Boer, Eindhoven, NL;
Bram Michiel Hendrikus Geenen, Utrecht, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention refers to a luminaire comprising a plurality of directed light sources arranged in a surface of a three-dimensional body and a controller for controlling the operational state of the luminaire. The controller comprises a three-dimensional touch-sensitive surface. Each point on the touch-sensitive surface is allocated to a position of the body surface such that an operational state of at least one light source at a position of the body surface is changeable by touching a point on the touch-sensitive surface allocated to this position. A corresponding method for controlling a luminaire comprises the steps of detecting a touch at a point on a three-dimensional touch-sensitive surface and changing an operational state of at least one light source at a position of the body surface allocated to the touch point on the touch-sensitive surface.