Presence simulation system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019295395-A1
Application number	US-201716304716-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 23, 2017
Priority date	May 31, 2016
Publication date	Sep 26, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A presence mimicking system comprises a first lighting system (1A) arranged to illuminate a first environment and a second lighting system (1B) arranged to illuminate a second environment. A computer system configured to receive from the first lighting system an indication of a sequence of illumination settings, at least some of which have been applied to the first lighting system by at least one user when present in a first environment illuminated thereby. The computer system is configured, in response to a mimic instruction, to mimic in the unoccupied second environment the presence of the at least one user of the first environment, by applying a matching sequence of illumination settings to the second lighting system, wherein the computer system is configured to select the first lighting system for use in the presence mimicking from a set of candidate lighting systems, by comparing a profile of the second lighting system with profiles of the candidate lighting systems.

First claim

1 . A computer system comprising:
a communication interface configured to receive from a first lighting system an indication of a sequence of illumination settings, at least some of which have been applied to the first lighting system by at least one user when present in a first environment illuminated thereby; an input configured to receive a mimic instruction identifying a second environment as unoccupied; and at least one processor configured to: select the first lighting system from a set of candidate lighting system by comparing a profile of the second lighting system with profiles of the candidate lighting systems; and mimic, in response to the mimic instruction, the presence of the at least one user of the first environment in the unoccupied second environment, by applying a matching of the sequence of illumination settings to a second lighting system of the second environment.

2 . A computer system according to claim 1 , wherein the set of candidate lighting systems is user selectable.

3 . A computer system according to claim 1 , wherein the profile of each lighting system conveys:
a room count, at least one room type, at least one luminaire count, at least one luminaire type, at least one lighting system controller type, a user count, a house type, a neighbourhood profile, or an occupant profile.

4 . A computer system according to claim wherein the profile of each lighting system identifies a location of the lighting system.

5 . A computer system according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one processor is configured, in selecting the first lighting system, to determine that a distance between the first and second lighting systems is above a first threshold.

6 . A computer system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured, in selecting the first lighting system, to determine that the distance between the first and second lighting systems is above the first threshold and below a second threshold.

7 . A computer system according to claim 2 , wherein the profile of each of the lighting systems identifies at least one usage pattern of the lighting system.

8 . A computer system according to claim 7 , wherein the profile identifies at least two usage patterns for different days of the week.

9 . A computer system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine a geo-separation metric for the first and second environments, the matching sequence of illumination settings being delayed to account for the geo-separation metric.

10 . A computer system according to claim 9 , wherein the geo-separation metric is a time zone difference between the first and second lighting systems.

11 . A computer system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least some illumination settings has been applied manually by the at least one user whilst in the first environment or by the at least one user triggering an occupancy sensor of the first environment whilst in the first environment.

12 . A presence mimicking system comprising:
a first lighting system arranged to illuminate a first environment; a second lighting system arranged to illuminate a second environment; a computer system configured to receive from the first lighting system an indication of a sequence of illumination settings, at least some of which have been applied to the first lighting system by at least one user when present in the first environment; and an input configured to receive a mimic instruction identifying the second environment as unoccupied; wherein the computer system is configured to: select the first lighting system from a set of candidate lighting systems by comparing a profile of the second Sighting system with profiles of the candidate lighting systems; and mimic, in response to the mimic instruction, in the unoccupied second environment the presence of the at least one user of the first environment by applying a matching sequence of illumination settings to the second lighting system.

13 . A presence mimicking system according to any claim 11 , comprising a sensor system located to monitor the second environment, and configured to instigate the mimic instruction automatically upon sensing that the second environment is unoccupied.

14 . A computer-implemented presence mimicking method, the method comprising implementing by a computer system the following steps:
receiving from a first lighting system an indication of a sequence of illumination settings, at least some of which have been applied to the first lighting system by at least one user when present in a first environment illuminated thereby; receiving a mimic instruction, which identifies a second environment as unoccupied; select the first lighting system from a set of candidate lighting systems, by comparing a profile of the second lighting system with profiles of the candidate lighting systems; and in response to the mimic instruction, applying a matching sequence of illumination settings to a second lighting system of the unoccupied second environment, so as to mimic therein the presence of the at least one user of the first environment.

15 . A computer program product comprising code stored on a computer readable storage medium and configured when executed to implement the method of claim 14 .

Assignees

• Philips Lighting Holding Bv

Inventors

• Magielse Remco
• Rozendaal Leendert Teunis
• Goergen Daniel Martin

Classifications

• G08B15/002 Primary

  with occupancy simulation · CPC title

• H04L12/2825

  Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network (access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002) · CPC title

• H05B47/155

  Coordinated control of two or more light sources · CPC title

• H04L12/2816

  Controlling appliance services of a home automation network by calling their functionalities (arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station; in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom H04Q9/00) · CPC title

• H05B37/0227

  Electricity · mapped topic