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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2012
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Paul Richard Simons, Cambridge, GB;
Alan James Davie, Milton, GB;
Aki Sakari Härmä, Eindhoven, NL;
Stephen Michael Pitchers, Cambridge, GB;
Ronaldus Maria Aarts, Geldrop, NL;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); G01S 11/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/0236 (2013.01); G01S 11/16 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H05B 37/029 (2013.01); H05B 37/0218 (2013.01); H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); H05B 37/0272 (2013.01); Y02B 20/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and methods for automatically commissioning electrical fixtures using sound are disclosed. Electrical fixtures (-) detect sounds produced by a sound generator moved along a path () through installed fixtures according to a building plan (). Each electrical fixture may be associated with a mapped fixture location in the building plan by correlating the detected sound with the location of the sound generator along the path.