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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2010
Jonathan David Mason, Eindhoven, NL;
Markus Gerardus Leonardus Maria Van Doorn, Eindhoven, NL;
Igor Berezhnyy, Eindhoven, NL;
Jonathan David Mason, Eindhoven, NL;
Markus Gerardus Leonardus Maria Van Doorn, Eindhoven, NL;
Igor Berezhnyy, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a luminaire () comprising a plurality of controllable light sources (), a touch sensitive member () configured to detect a position of a point of touch of a user touching the touch sensitive member () and to output sets of positioning information indicative of the point of touch, and a control unit configured to receive positioning information from the touch sensitive () member, to determine a touch pattern based on a plurality of received sets of positioning information, to select one of a plurality of predetermined illumination patterns corresponding to the determined touch pattern, and to control the plurality of controllable light sources () according to the selected illumination pattern. By means of the invention there is provided a user interface for controlling the luminaire () to emit different illumination patterns depending on which areas and for which duration of time the user touches the touch sensitive member () of the luminaire ().