DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A LIGHTING SYSTEM BY PROXIMITY SENSING OF A SPOT-LIGHT CONTROL DEVICE AND SPOTLIGHT CONTROL DEVICE
First Claim
1. A device for controlling a lighting system by proximity sensing of a spotlight control device, the device comprisingat least one proximity sensor for sensing the spotlight control device within an area in the proximity of the lighting system, anda light switch for controlling lighting devices of the lighting system depending on a signal of the at least one proximity sensor such that a predefined area around the spotlight control device is illuminated if the at least one proximity sensor signals presence of the spotlight control device within the predefined area.
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Abstract
The invention relates to controlling a lighting system by proximity sensing of a spotlight control device, particularly to controlling a spotlight generated by a lighting system such as a large LED lighting array by means of a spotlight control device. The invention provides a device (10) for controlling a lighting system (12) by proximity sensing of a spotlight control device (14), wherein a predefined area (24) around the spotlight control device (14) is illuminated if a proximity sensor (16) signals presence of the spotlight control device (14) within the predefined area (24). The invention has the main advantage that it allows to control complex lighting systems containing dozens or even thousands of lighting devices such as large LED arrays with one device, the spotlight control device.
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15 Claims
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1. A device for controlling a lighting system by proximity sensing of a spotlight control device, the device comprising
at least one proximity sensor for sensing the spotlight control device within an area in the proximity of the lighting system, and a light switch for controlling lighting devices of the lighting system depending on a signal of the at least one proximity sensor such that a predefined area around the spotlight control device is illuminated if the at least one proximity sensor signals presence of the spotlight control device within the predefined area.
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10. A spotlight control device comprising:
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at least one proximity sensor for sensing the spotlight control device within an area in the proximity of the lighting system, a light switch for controlling lighting devices of the lighting system depending on a signal of the at least one proximity sensor such that a predefined area around the spotlight control device is illuminated if the at least one proximity sensor signals presence of the spotlight control device within the predefined area, a memory button and signaling means activated by pressing the memory button and configured to generate a light control signal upon activation, received and processed by the light switch in that the light switch remembers the current illumination even if the at least one proximity sensor no longer signals presence of the spotlight control device within the predefined area. - View Dependent Claims (11, 14)
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12-13. -13. (canceled)
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15-19. -19. (canceled)
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