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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2014
Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Lorenzo Feri, Eindhoven, NL;
Robert James Davies, Eindhoven, NL;
Ronald Rietman, Eindhoven, NL;
Willem Franke Pasveer, Dordrecht, NL;
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for automatic grouping of light sources within an illumination system. The method is performed starting from a first light source of the illumination system emitting a first light signal and a first sound signal. The method includes steps of using an intensity of the first light signal as received by a second light source and an intensity of the first sound signal as received by the second light source to determine a value of a grouping function (), and assigning the first light source and the second light source to the same group of light sources when the determined value of the grouping function satisfies one or more pre-determined conditions (). In this manner, a determination could be made whether or not the first and second light sources should be assigned to the same group in a manner that yields improved results over the prior art solutions.