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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2014
Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Lucas Josef Maria Schlangen, Eindhoven, NL;
Gabrielle Johanna Bernarda Maria Meekes, Geldrop, NL;
Johannes Petrus Wilhelmus Baaijens, Eindhoven, NL;
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention provides a lighting system () comprising a first lighting element () and a control unit (), wherein: a) the first lighting element () is configured to provide first lighting element light () with controllable lighting intensity, wherein the first lighting intensity can be selected from a plurality of values in the range of 0-I, with I being a predetermined first lighting element maximum intensity; b) the control unit () is configured to maintain a first lighting element intensity, during a first predetermined period at an intensity value larger than zero when a general lighting intensity is below a predetermined first threshold level; c) the control unit () is further configured to maintain the first lighting element intensity during a second predetermined period at an intensity value a*y*I when the general lighting intensity level is y*I, y being the factor the general lighting intensity is below I, with 0<y<1, the parameter a being a predetermined lighting setting with 0<a≦1/y; and d) the lighting system is further configured to provide during a third predetermined period first lighting element light () with a dynamic property selected from the group of a moving or changing light pattern, a color change, and an intensity change.