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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2014
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Ruben Rajagopalan, Neuss, DE;
Harry Broers, S-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Petrus Johannes Arnoldus Hubertus Kuijten, Deurne, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A controller comprising a control module configured to: use a non-optical sensor to perform motion detection; in response to the non-optical sensor detecting motion whilst one or more lighting device is operating in a first state whereby the lighting device(s) illuminates an environment according to a first level or emits no light, control the lighting device(s) to operate in a second state whereby the lighting device(s) illuminates the environment according to a second level higher than the first level, use a light sensor to perform motion detection whilst the lighting device(s) is operating in the second state; if no motion is detected by the light sensor, control the lighting device(s) to operate in the first state or a further state; and in response to the light sensor detecting motion, control the lighting device(s) to illuminate the environment according to a third level higher than the second level.