Button Arrangement for Colored Lighting Controller

• US 20080259590A1
• Filed: 12/12/2006
• Published: 10/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2005
• 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: De Goederen - Oei, Ay Ling
• Application Number:
  US12/097,528
• Publication Number:
  US 20080259590A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/85
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04897 Special input arrangements or commands for improving display capability
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control

Abstract

A user interface device (100) for controlling a light source (120) includes a central button (140) configured to change color of light emitted from the light source (120) when actuated by circumnavigating a color wheel; a saturation button (145, 150) configured to change saturation of the light when actuated; and a hue button (155, 160) configured to adjust hue of said light when actuated. The central, saturation and hue buttons may be discrete buttons or integrated into a single button (210). The user interface device (100) further includes a brightness button (110) located at a spaced distance from the central button (140) and is configured to change intensity of the light when actuated.

Claims

1. A user interface device (100) for controlling a light source (120), said user interface device (100) comprising:

a central button (140) configured to change color of light emitted from said light source (120);

a saturation button (145, 150) configured to change saturation of said light; and

a hue button (155, 160) configured to adjust hue of said light.

2. The user interface device (100) of claim 1, wherein said central button (140) changes said color by circumnavigating a color wheel.

3. The user interface device (100) of claim 1, wherein said saturation button has a first portion (145) and a second portion (150) that are located respectively above and below said central button (140) for increasing and decreasing said saturation, or decreasing and increasing said saturation, respectively.

4. The user interface device (100) of claim 1, wherein said hue button has a first part (155) and a second part (160) that are located respectively at right and left sides of said central button (140) for changing said hue.

5. The user interface device (100) of claim 1, further comprising a brightness button (110) configured to change intensity of said light.

6. The user interface device (100) of claim 5, wherein said brightness button (110) is located at a spaced distance from said central button (140).

7. The user interface device (100) of claim 1, wherein said central button (140), said saturation button (145, 150) and said hue button (155, 160) are one of discrete buttons or integrated into a single button (210).

8. The user interface device (100) of claim 6, wherein said central button (140), said saturation button (145, 150) and said hue button (155, 160) include different indicia.

9. The user interface device (100) of claim 8, wherein said indicia are indicative of functions of said central button (140), said saturation button (145, 150) and said hue button (155, 160).

10. The user interface device (100) of claim 1, wherein said central button (140) has a rainbow insignia to indicate color selection.

11. The user interface device (100) of claim 1, wherein said central button (140) is configured to provide gross selection of said color, and said hue button (155, 160) is configured to provide fine adjustment of said hue of said color.

12. The user interface device (100) of claim 1, further comprising indicia configured to have changeable appearance of at least one of color and hue.

13. The user interface device (100) of claim 1, further comprising indicia configured to have changeable appearance among at least one of white, gray and black to indicate changes of hue among more perceived color, less perceived color and grayscale.

14. The user interface device (100) of claim 1, wherein said central button (140), said saturation button (145, 150) and said hue button (155, 160) are software buttons on a screen of said user interface device (100).

15. The user interface device (100) of claim 14, wherein said screen includes a touch sensitive screen.

16. The user interface device (100) of claim 1, wherein at least one of said central button (140), said saturation button (145, 150) and said hue button (155, 160) are part of at least one of a resistive disc and a capacitive disc.

17. The user interface device (100) of claim 1, further comprising a controller (165) configured to provide programming functions of at least one of said central button (140), said saturation button (145, 150) and said hue button (155, 160).

18. The user interface device (100) of claim 1, further comprising a controller (165) configured to select said light source (120) from among a plurality of light sources.

19. The user interface device (100) of claim 1, further comprising a memory (175) configured to store presets of at least one of said color, said saturation, said hue and intensity of said light.