Systems and methods for controlling lighting based on a display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016295663-A1
Application number	US-201514677778-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 2, 2015
Priority date	Apr 2, 2015
Publication date	Oct 6, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure provides systems and methods associated with controlling lighting based on a presentation display, such as a television, mobile device, white board, etc. The disclosed embodiments can involve a lighting system, a presentation display, a monitoring system, and a controller. The lighting system provides light to an area and may include a light source and an adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source. The lighting system can include natural light sources and/or artificial light sources. The adjustment mechanism may adjust, for example, one or more of an intensity, orientation, polarization, color, flicker rate, polarization, and other characteristics of the light source. The presentation display can be monitored by a monitoring system to monitor a status of the presentation display. The controller processes the status of the presentation display and signal the adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source, based on the status of the presentation display.

First claim

1 . A system for controlling lighting, comprising:
a lighting system to provide light to an area, the lighting system including a light source and an adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source; a presentation display; a monitoring system to monitor a status of the presentation display, the monitoring system disposed external to the presentation display; and a controller to process the status of the presentation display and to signal the lighting system to activate the adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source, based on the status of the presentation display, wherein the controller signals the adjustment mechanism based on a user preference for the status of the presentation display.

2 - 31 . (canceled)

32 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller signals the lighting system to adjust an intensity of the light source.

33 - 41 . (canceled)

42 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller signals the adjustment mechanism to adjust a polarization of light emitted by the light source.

43 - 45 . (canceled)

46 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller signals the adjustment mechanism to adjust a direction of the light source.

47 - 52 . (canceled)

53 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller signals the adjustment mechanism to adjust a flicker rate of the light source.

54 - 57 . (canceled)

58 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to process the status of the presentation display based on room lighting control parameters supplied by a user of the system.

59 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the status of the presentation display comprises an operational status of the presentation display.

60 - 61 . (canceled)

62 . The system of claim 59 , wherein the operational status of the presentation display comprises a location of the presentation display.

63 - 69 . (canceled)

70 . The system of claim 59 , wherein the operational status of the presentation display comprises an illumination characteristic of the presentation display.

71 - 79 . (canceled)

80 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the status of the presentation display comprises an intensity of the presentation display.

81 - 84 . (canceled)

85 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the status of the presentation display comprises a level of color in light being emitted by the presentation display.

86 - 110 . (canceled)

111 . A computer-implemented method for controlling lighting, comprising:
monitoring a status of a presentation display via a monitoring system disposed external to the presentation display; processing the status of the presentation display to determine an adjustment to a light source of a lighting system associated with the presentation display, the adjustment determined based on the status of the presentation display, the lighting system to provide light to an area; signaling an adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source based on a user preference for the status of the presentation display; and adjusting the light source of the lighting system according to the determined adjustment.

112 - 136 . (canceled)

137 . The method of claim 111 , wherein adjusting the light source comprises adjusting an intensity of the light source.

138 - 144 . (canceled)

145 . The method of claim 111 , wherein adjusting the light source comprises adjusting a polarization of light emitted by the light source.

146 - 148 . (canceled)

149 . The method of claim 111 , wherein adjusting the light source comprises adjusting a direction of the light source.

150 - 155 . (canceled)

156 . The method of claim 111 , wherein adjusting the light source comprises adjusting a flicker rate of the light source.

157 - 160 . (canceled)

161 . The method of claim 111 , wherein the status of the presentation display comprises an operational status of the presentation display.

162 - 164 . (canceled)

165 . The method of claim 161 , wherein the presentation display comprises a fixed presentation display, and wherein the operational status of the presentation display comprises a location of the fixed presentation display in the room.

166 - 171 . (canceled)

172 . The method of claim 111 , wherein the status of the presentation display comprises an intensity of the presentation display.

173 - 176 . (canceled)

177 . The method of claim 111 , wherein the status of the presentation display comprises a level of color in light being emitted by the presentation display.

178 - 185 . (canceled)

186 . The method of claim 111 , wherein adjusting the light source is accomplished via the adjustment mechanism.

187 - 193 . (canceled)

194 . A lighting system, comprising:
a light source to emit light to provide a region of illumination; a display detector to detect a presentation display in the room and determine a status of the presentation display; an adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source, based on the status of the presentation display; and a controller configured to signal the adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source, the signaling based on a user preference for the status of the presentation display.

195 . The system of claim 194 , wherein the display detector comprises a sensor.

196 . The presentation display of claim 194 , wherein the presentation display comprises an electronic display configured to present electronic images.

197 - 209 . (canceled)

210 . The presentation display of claim 194 , wherein the lighting system comprises a plurality of light sources, including both a natural light source and an artificial light source.

211 . One or more computer-readable storage media having stored thereon, instruction that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations for controlling lighting, the operations comprising:
monitoring a status of a presentation display via a monitoring system disposed external to the presentation display; processing the status of the presentation display to determine an adjustment to a light source of a lighting system associated with the presentation display, the adjustment determined based on the status of the presentation display, the lighting system to provide light to an area; signaling an adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source based on a user preference for the status of the presentation display; and adjusting the light source of the lighting system according to the determined adjustment.

212 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to signal the adjustment mechanism based, at least in part, on room lighting control parameters supplied by a user of the system.

213 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a user interface configured to enable a user to provide at least one of input or parameters to the controller.

Assignees

• Elwha Llc

Inventors

• Hyde Roderick A
• Myhrvold Nathan P
• Pan Tony S

Classifications

• H05B47/11

  by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light · CPC title

• H05B47/155

  Coordinated control of two or more light sources · CPC title

• G05B15/02 Primary

  electric · CPC title

• H05B37/0227 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• Y02B20/40

  Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection · CPC title