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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Murtaza Bulut, Eindhoven, NL;
Raymond Van Ee, Geldrop, NL;
Maria Estrella Mena Benito, Eindhoven, NL;
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An environment control system () for controlling the environment in an area (), the area () comprising a plurality of sub-areas (-), the environment control system () comprising: a sensor unit () for generating a sensing signal pertaining to activity in the area (), the sensor unit () comprising an activity type determination unit () for determining an activity type for each sub-area (-) based on the generated sensing signal for the area (), a sound generating device () adapted to generate sound () with a varying sound property individually in each sub-area (-), the varying sound property having a first frequency, a light generating device () adapted to generate light () with a varying light property in each sub-area (-), the varying light property having a second frequency, a control unit () adapted to control the sound generating device () and the light generating device () independently for each sub-area (-), depending on the determined activity type for the corresponding sub-area (-), wherein the ratio between the first and the second frequency is an integer.