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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2015
Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Julian Charles Nolan, Eindhoven, NL;
Matthew John Lawrenson, Eindhoven, NL;
Alexander Henricus Waltherus Van Eeuwijk, Eindhoven, NL;
Hilbrand Vanden Wyngaert, Eindhoven, NL;
William Nathan Chelton, Eindhoven, NL;
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindoven, NL;
Abstract
A controller, method and program for controlling one or more sources of a utility to provide the utility into a space occupied by one or more users, e.g. for controlling light sources illuminating an indoor or outdoor space. An input from one or more sensors is processed to detect motions of a user in the space, to detect that the motions correspond to predetermined gestures performed by the user, and to detect a position from which each gesture was performed. Further, each of a plurality of discrete control policies is associated with a respective combination of predetermined gesture and positional demarcation within the space. Each control policy defines a respective response of the utility to the respective associated gesture. For gestures performed from each of a plurality of different positions, a different control policy is selected based on being associated with the detected gesture and detected position.