Methods and apparatus for applying lighting to an object

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9474130-B2
Application number	US-201314436754-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2013
Priority date	Oct 17, 2012
Publication date	Oct 18, 2016
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed are methods and apparatus for lighting control. Initial lighting may be applied to an object in response to identifying presence of the object. The initial lighting may be adjusted based on a user lighting manipulation gesture made proximal to the object. Also, for example, in some embodiments a lighting system ( 100, 200 ) may be provided that includes at least one light source ( 164, 264 ), an object sensor ( 153, 255 ), a gesture sensor ( 156, 255 ), and a controller ( 150, 250 ). The controller may provide lighting having a first state in response to the object sensor initially identifying presence of the object and may adjust the lighting in correspondence with a lighting manipulation gesture sensed via the gesture sensor to achieve a second state distinct from the first state.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of applying lighting to an object, comprising:
identifying presence of an inanimate object at a location;
directing lighting having first properties to said location in response to identifying presence of said object at said location;
entering, based at least in part on identifying presence of said object at said location, a lighting fine-tuning mode during which lighting manipulation gestures adjust said lighting;
identifying a user lighting manipulation gesture proximal to said location when in said lighting fine-tuning mode, said lighting manipulation gesture including one or more movements of a user and being independent of any movement of said object; and
adjusting at least one lighting property of said first properties of said lighting in correspondence with said lighting manipulation gesture in said lighting fine-tuning mode.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying at least one property of said object.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein said one lighting property is adjusted based on said property of said object.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein an adjustment rate of said lighting property is based on said property of said object.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein said property of said object includes at least one of size and shape.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein an adjustment rate of said lighting property is based on said size of said object.

7. The method of claim 3 , wherein an adjustment range of said lighting property is based on said property of said object.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein said adjustment range is proportional to said property of said object.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a user fine-tuning input and entering said lighting fine-tuning mode in response to said user fine-tuning input.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein said user fine-tuning input is a fine-tuning gesture proximal to said location.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein said fine-tuning mode is entered in response to identification of presence of said object at said location.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein said fine-tuning mode is active for at least a predetermined amount of time after identification of presence of said object at said location.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying said presence of said object is based on input of a first sensor and is independent of input of a second sensor, and wherein identifying said user lighting manipulation gesture is based on input of said second sensor and is independent of input of said first sensor.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying at least one property of said object; and
determining said first properties of said lighting based on said property of said object.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining said user lighting manipulation gesture corresponds to said object;
wherein adjusting said lighting property of said lighting is based on determining said user lighting manipulation gesture corresponds to said object.

Assignees

• Koninklijke Philips Nv

Inventors

• Van De Sluis Bartel Marinus
• Lashina Tatiana Aleksandrovna
• Newton Philip Steven
• Aliakseyeu Dzmitry Viktorovich
• Engelen Dirk Valentinus Rene

Classifications

• H05B33/0854

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B33/0863

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B37/0227 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B45/20 Primary

  Controlling the colour of the light · CPC title

• H05B47/125

  by using cameras · CPC title