Systems and methods for controlling lighting based on a display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9678494-B2
Application number	US-201514677778-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2015
Priority date	Apr 2, 2015
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

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

What is claimed is:

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 first and a second presentation display;
a monitoring system to monitor a status of the first and the second presentation displays;
a storage device configured to store a plurality of different user profiles, each user profile of the plurality of different user profiles including different user preferences for operating the lighting system for a plurality of different users of the lighting system; and
a controller to process the status of the first and the second presentation displays and to signal the lighting system to activate the adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source, based on the status of the first and the second presentation displays, wherein the controller signals the adjustment mechanism based on a user preference corresponding to a user profile of a user using the lighting system for the status of the presentation display, the user profile defining a first adjustment to the light source when one of the displays is in use and a second adjustment to the light source when both of the displays are in use.

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

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

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

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

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to process the status of the first and the second presentation displays based on room lighting control parameters supplied by a user of the system.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the status of the first and the second presentation displays comprises an operational status of the first and the second presentation displays.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operational status of the first and the second presentation displays comprises a location of the first and the second presentation displays.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operational status of the first and the second presentation displays comprises an illumination characteristic of the first and the second presentation displays.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the status of the first and the second presentation displays comprises an intensity of the first and the second presentation displays.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the status of the first and the second presentation displays comprises a level of color in light being emitted by the first and the second presentation displays.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. A computer-implemented method for controlling lighting, comprising:
monitoring a status of a first and a second presentation display;
processing the status of the first and the second presentation displays to determine an adjustment to a light source of a lighting system associated with the first and the second presentation displays, the adjustment determined based on the status of the first and the second presentation displays, the lighting system to provide light to an area;
storing a plurality of different user profiles, each user profile of the plurality of different user profiles including different user preferences for operating the lighting system for a plurality of different users of the lighting system, the user profile defining a first adjustment to the lighting system when one of the displays is in use and a second adjustment to the lighting system when both of the displays are in use;
signaling an adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source based on a user preference corresponding to a user profile of a user using the lighting system for the status of the first and the second presentation displays; and
adjusting the light source of the lighting system according to the determined adjustment.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein adjusting the light source comprises adjusting an intensity of the light source.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein adjusting the light source comprises adjusting a polarization of light emitted by the light source.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein adjusting the light source comprises adjusting a direction of the light source.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein adjusting the light source comprises adjusting a flicker rate of the light source.

19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the status of first and the second presentation displays comprises an operational status of the first and the second presentation displays.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein at least one of the presentation displays comprises a fixed presentation display, and wherein the operational status of the fixed presentation display comprises a location of the fixed presentation display in the room.

21. The method of claim 14 , wherein the status of the first and the second presentation displays comprises an intensity of the first and the second presentation displays.

22. The method of claim 14 , wherein the status of the first and the second presentation displays comprises a level of color in light being emitted by the first and the second presentation displays.

23. The method of claim 14 , wherein adjusting the light source is accomplished via the adjustment mechanism.

24. A lighting system, comprising:
a light source to emit light to provide a region of illumination;
a display detector to detect a first and a second presentation display in the room and determine a status of the first and the second presentation displays;
an adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source, based on the status of the first and the second presentation displays;
a storage device configured to store a plurality of different user profiles, each user profile of the plurality of different user profiles including different user preferences for operating the lighting system for a plurality of different users of the lighting system, the user profiles defining a first adjustment to the light source when one of the displays is in use and a second adjustment to the light source when both of the displays are in use; and
a controller configured to signal the adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source, the signaling based on a user preference corresponding to a user profile of a user using the lighting system for the status of the first and the second presentation displays.

25. The system of claim 24 , wherein the display detector comprises a sensor.

26. The system of claim 24 , wherein at least one of the presentation displays comprises an electronic display configured to present electronic images.

27. The system of claim 24 , wherein the lighting system comprises a plurality of light sources, including both a natural light source and an artificial light source.

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

• H05B37/029

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B37/0218

  Electricity · mapped topic