METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A LIGHTING SETTING FOR CONTROLLING A LIGHTING SYSTEM TO PRODUCE A DESIRED LIGHTING EFFECT

• US 20090105856A1
• Filed: 08/28/2006
• Published: 04/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Meijer, Eduard Johannes, Kurt, Ralph
• Application Number:
  US12/065,542
• Publication Number:
  US 20090105856A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/90
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/155 Coordinated control of two or more light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/18 via data-bus transmission

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a lighting setting for controlling a lighting system (10a, 10b) to produce a desired lighting effect. The method comprises, in a remote server (24), receiving data related to the lighting system and generating a lighting setting related to the desired lighting effect and adapted according to the received lighting system data, and sending the adapted lighting setting from the remote server to the lighting system. Thus, when the lighting system receives the lighting setting, the lighting setting is already adapted according to that specific lighting system, whereby the desired lighting effect can be produced correctly. There is no immediate need for any post download adjustment of the light setting. The invention also relates to a corresponding remote server.

Claims

1. A method for providing a lighting setting for controlling a lighting system (10a, 10b) to produce a desired lighting effect, the method comprising:

in a remote server (16), receiving data related to said lighting system,

in the remote server, generating a lighting setting related to the desired lighting effect and adapted according to the received lighting system data; and

sending the generated lighting setting from the remote server to the lighting system.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein said lighting system data is at least one of lighting system setup, lighting system environment, and user preference.

3. Method according to claim 1, wherein the lighting system data is stored in a database (24) connected to the remote server.

4. Method according to claim 1, wherein the lighting system data is sent to the remote server or the database from one of the lighting system and a remote device (26) via a communications network.

5. Method according to claim 2, wherein the user preference is recorded by:

allowing a user to preview the lighting effect produced by the downloaded lighting setting on the lighting system, and

allowing the user to accept or reject the lighting setting, the acceptation or rejection being a record of user preference.

6. A method according to claim 2, wherein said user preference is recorded by:

allowing a user to manually adjust the downloaded lighting setting, the manual adjustment being a record of user preference.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein said lighting system comprises a plurality of light sources (12), preferably light emitting diode light sources.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein lighting settings are generated and sent to the lighting system according to a preset schedule.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the lighting setting is generated based on a received request for a desired lighting effect.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein the lighting setting is generated based on a previously received lighting setting, which previously received lighting setting is related to the desired lighting effect but adapted according to different light system data.

11. A remote server (16) for providing a lighting setting for controlling a lighting system to produce a desired lighting effect, comprising:

means for receiving data related to said lighting system;

means for generating a lighting setting related to the desired lighting effect and adapted according to the received lighting system data; and

means for sending the generated lighting setting to the lighting system.

12. A remote server according to claim 11, further comprising:

a database (24) storing the lighting system data.