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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2013
Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Emmanuel David Lucas Michael Frimout, Nuenen, NL;
Bozena Erdmann, Aachen, DE;
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for interpreting control commands received from a control element, wherein the control element sends control commands indicating start of activation (e.g., press operation) and end of activation (e.g., release operation) separately. Two time thresholds provided by respective timers (T, T) are used at the controlled device (), a lower time threshold for determining the short activation and a higher time threshold for determining the long activation; the difference between the two time thresholds indicates a 'dead zone' of no control action.