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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2010
Roel Peter Geert Cuppen, Eindhoven, NL;
Pieter Johannes Hendrikus Seuntiens, Eindhoven, NL;
Roel Peter Geert Cuppen, Eindhoven, NL;
Pieter Johannes Hendrikus Seuntiens, Eindhoven, NL;
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
An apparatus for providing settings of a control system () for implementing a spatial distribution of perceptible output in a physical space (-), which control system () is configured to control at least one output device (--) positioned in that physical space (-) and to maintain in memory () data (-) representative of locations associated with the respective output devices (--) in the physical space (-) relative to a reference point (), includes an input device () for obtaining user input pertaining to at least one location associated with one of the output devices (--). The settings are based on data representative of the user input. The input device () includes at least one component () for manipulation by a user to position at least a first point () on the component () and a sensor arrangement () arranged to provide output for detecting an angular co-ordinate of the first point () about at least one axis through a second point () of the input device ().