Methods and apparatus for controlling lighting based on user manipulation of a mobile computing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9497819-B2
Application number	US-201414889562-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2014
Priority date	May 8, 2013
Publication date	Nov 15, 2016
Grant date	Nov 15, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed are methods and apparatus for lighting control. One or more properties of light output are controlled based on user manipulation of a mobile computing device ( 110, 510 ) such as a mobile phone. Data from a mobile computing device may be utilized to implement lighting property adjustments for one or more LEDs ( 132 ) based on the data. The data may be user gesture data that is based on physical movement of the mobile computing device in space by the user.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of adjusting lighting via input from a mobile computing device, comprising:
providing first and second user gesture data reference outputs;
establishing a connection with a mobile computing device of a user;
receiving user gesture data from the mobile computing device in response to at least one physical movement of the mobile computing device in space by the user, wherein the user gesture data is based on a comparison between the first and second user gesture data reference outputs;
determining lighting property adjustments for light output produced by one or more LEDs of a LED-based lighting unit based on the user gesture data; and
implementing the lighting property adjustments in response to the user gesture data.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a lighting property adjustment completion indication from the mobile computing device and fixing the lighting property adjustments in response to the lighting property adjustment completion indication.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving a lighting property adjustment initiation indication from the mobile computing device and implementing the lighting property adjustments in response to the lighting property initiation indication.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first and second user gesture data reference outputs include a plurality of coded light outputs and the user gesture data is indicative of receipt of at least two of the coded light outputs at an optical sensing device of the mobile computing device.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first and second user gesture data reference outputs include a first coded light output generated by a first LED of the LEDs and a second coded light output generated by a second LED of the LEDs, and the user gesture data is indicative of receipt of the first coded light output and the second coded light output.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the user gesture data is indicative of receipt of the first coded light output and the second coded light output simultaneously.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user gesture data reference output includes at least one magnetic field and the user gesture data is indicative of strength of the magnetic field at the mobile computing device.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving target area data from the mobile computing device, the target area data indicative of a target area for light output of the one or more LEDs; and wherein determining the lighting property adjustments for one or more LEDs is based on the target area data to maintain the light output in the target area.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein establishing the connection with the mobile computing device includes generating an identifier for the LED-based lighting unit, the identifier being readable by the mobile computing device.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the space is in the path of light output from the one or more LEDs of the LED-based lighting unit.

11. A method of providing user gesture data to at least one lighting controller to adjust lighting, comprising:
establishing a connection with at least one lighting controller controlling one or more LEDs of a LED-based lighting unit;
identifying physical movement data via at least one sensor of a mobile computing device;
determining user gesture data based on the physical movement data;
providing the user gesture data to the lighting controller to implement lighting property adjustments for light output from the one or more LEDs based on the user gesture data; and
determining target area data based on anchor area input received via the mobile computing device, the target area data indicative of a target area for light output of the one or more LEDs and based on the position of the mobile computing device when the target area input is received.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising identifying a lighting property adjustment completion indication and providing the lighting property adjustment completion indication to the lighting controller to fix the lighting property adjustments for the one or more LEDs.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving at least one user gesture data reference output via the sensor, wherein the physical movement data is based on the user gesture data reference output.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the user gesture data reference output includes a plurality of coded light outputs, the sensor includes an optical sensing device, and the physical movement data is based on receipt of at least one of the coded light outputs at the optical sensing device.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the user gesture data is indicative of receipt of the first coded light output and the second coded light output simultaneously.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the user gesture data is indicative of a first strength of the first coded light output and a second strength of the second coded light output.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the physical movement is in the path of light output from the one or more LEDs for which the lighting property adjustments are implemented based on the user gesture data.

18. A lighting apparatus including a memory and a controller operable to execute instructions stored in the memory, comprising instructions to:
establish a connection with a mobile computing device of a user;
receive user gesture data from the mobile computing device in response to at least one physical movement of the mobile computing device in space by the user;
determine lighting property adjustments for light output produced by one or more LEDs of a LED-based lighting unit based on the user gesture data;
implement the lighting property adjustments in response to the user gesture data; and
determine target area data based on anchor area input received via the mobile computing device, the target area data indicative of a target area for light output of the one or more LEDs and based on the position of the mobile computing device when the target area input is received.

19. A lighting system comprising:
at least one LED-based lighting unit having at least one adjustable lighting property;
at least one controller in electrical communication with said light source;
wherein said at least one controller:
provides first and second user gesture data reference outputs;
establishes a connection with a mobile computing device of a user;
receives user gesture data from the mobile computing device in response to at least one physical movement of the mobile computing device in space by the user, wherein the user gesture data is based at least in part on both the first and second user gesture data reference outputs;
determines lighting property adjustments for light output produced by one or more LEDs of a LED-based lighting unit based on the user gesture data; and
implements the lighting property adjustments in response to the user gesture data.

Assignees

• Koninklijke Philips Nv

Inventors

• Van De Sluis Bartel Marinus
• Aliakseyeu Dzmitry Viktorovich
• Lashina Tatiana Aleksandrovna
• Newton Philip Steven
• Dekker Tim

Classifications

• H05B47/125

  by using cameras · CPC title

• G08C17/02

  using a radio link · CPC title

• G08C2201/93

  Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop · CPC title

• G06F1/1694

  the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer · CPC title

• G08C2201/32

  Remote control based on movements, attitude of remote control device · CPC title