Method of and system for controlling an ambient light and lighting unit

• US 20060062424A1
• Filed: 06/23/2003
• Published: 03/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Meinders, Erwin Rinaldo, Diederiks, Elmo Marcus Attila, Peters, Ralph Hubert, Van Lier, Edwin, Eggen, Josephus Hubertus, Van Kuijk, Jasper Ivo
• Application Number:
  US10/519,066
• Publication Number:
  US 20060062424A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/100
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4131 home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43074 of additional data with content streams on the same device, e.g. of EPG data or interactive icon with a TV program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/58 in dependence upon ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/165 following a pre-assigned programmed sequence; Logic control [LC]

Abstract

The invention describes relates to the on-line analysis of a video signal that is presented to the user, typically on a screen (110). This analysis results in an adaptation of the lighting. One or more characteristics of the signal are filtered out and translated into lighting settings of one or more light elements (102, 104, 106, 108), which in turn can contain one or more light sources.

Claims

1. Method of controlling an ambient light, the method comprising:

receiving a video signal by a receiver;

presenting the video signal by a presentation device;

characterized in that the method further comprises

analyzing the video signal;

setting a property of the ambient light based upon the analyzed video signal.

2. Method of controlling an ambient light according to claim 1, wherein analyzing the video signal comprises face recognition.

3. Method of controlling an ambient light according to claim 2, wherein analyzing the video signal comprises expression recognition.

4. Method of controlling an ambient light according to claim 1, the method comprising setting the property of the ambient light that is in proximity of the presentation device.

5. Method of controlling an ambient light according to claim 4, wherein setting the property of the ambient light is substantially synchronously with presenting the main data by the presentation device.

6. Method of controlling an ambient light according to claim 1, wherein setting the property of the ambient light is configurable.

7. Method of controlling an ambient light according to claim 1, wherein setting the property of the ambient light is configurable by a user preference.

8. System for controlling an ambient light, the system comprising:

receiving means conceived to receive a video signal;

translation means conceived to translate the video signal into a displayable signal by a presentation device

characterized in that the system further comprises;

processing means conceived to analyze the received video signal and set a property of the ambient light based upon the analyzed video signal.

9. System of controlling an ambient light according to claim 8, wherein the processing means are conceived to set the property of the ambient light that is in proximity of the presentation device.

10. System of controlling an ambient light according to claim 9, the system comprising synchronization means conceived to synchronize presenting the main data with setting the property of the ambient light.

11. Lighting unit comprising a light armature and the system according to claim 8.