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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Tony Petrus Van Endert, Lommel, BE;
Markus Wilhelmus Maria Coopmans, Helden, NL;
Inventors:
Tony Petrus Van Endert, Lommel, BE;
Markus Wilhelmus Maria Coopmans, Helden, NL;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/00 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/02 (2013.01); H05B 37/0245 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a lighting device (), a primary control unit () is arranged to select, on the basis of an obtained lighting device control command, a broadcast communication mode or an addressing communication mode of a control unit interface (), and to communicate at least one light generation control command to at least one light unit interface () of at least one respective light unit () of a group of light units () of the lighting device () via a control unit interface () of the primary control unit () using the selected communication mode.