Ambience Control

• US 20080303687A1
• Filed: 11/15/2006
• Published: 12/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Sempel, Adrianus, Eijsermans, Joseph Franciscus Raymond, Huijgen, Gerrit Jan Teije, Staats, Cornelia Titia, Van Tertholen, Onno, Waumans, Lars Rene Chirstian, Antonis, Peit
• Application Number:
  US12/094,633
• Publication Number:
  US 20080303687A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/825
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control

Abstract

A system 1 for controlling ambience of a designated environment comprises input means (3, 4-11) configured to receive at least one ambience input data, processing means (18) configured to process the at least one ambience input data in conjunction with a desired ambience profile for the designated environment, thereby generating at least one ambience output signal, and means (20) for providing said at least one ambience output signal to an ambience output unit, the unit being capable of generating a desired ambience corresponding to said ambience profile.

Claims

1. A method for controlling ambience of a designated environment comprising the steps of:

acquiring (200) at least one ambience input data,

processing (202) the at least one ambience input data in conjunction with a desired ambience profile for the designated environment, thereby generating at least one ambience output signal,

providing (204) said at least one ambience output signal to an ambience output unit, the unit being capable of generating a desired ambience corresponding to said ambience profile.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one output signal comprises a first control information relating to a desired light ambience.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the light ambiance relates to light intensity.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the light ambiance relates to color.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the light ambiance relates to spatial distribution of light.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the light ambiance relates to directivity of light.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one output signal also comprises control information relating to a desired sound ambience.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one output signal comprises control information relating to a desired temperature ambience.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of acquiring input data involves reading a signal from a sensor.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the reading of the signal involves reading a signal from any one of:

a keypad (106), a tag reader (108), a light sensor (110) a camera (112), a motion detector (114), an IR receiver (116), a remote control unit (118) and a network (120), or any combination of these.

12. A computer program comprising software instructions that, when executed in a computer, performs a method according to claim 1.

11. An apparatus (100) for controlling ambience of a designated environment comprising,

input means (104) configured to receive at least one ambience input data,

processing means (134,136) configured to process the at least one ambience input data in conjunction with a desired ambience profile for the designated environment, thereby generating at least one ambience output signal,

means (122) for providing said at least one ambience output signal to at least one ambience output unit (123,130), the at least one ambience output unit being capable of generating a desired ambience corresponding to said ambience profile.