SYSTEM FOR SELECTING AND CONTROLLING LIGHT SETTINGS

• US 20100094439A1
• Filed: 09/03/2007
• Published: 04/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2006
• 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: Van De Meulenhof, Dennis, Rees, Fiona
• Application Number:
  US12/439,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20100094439A1
• 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 47/195 the transmission using visible or infrared light

Abstract

An interactive method and system include a card (310) including scene data, a reader (320) configured to read the scene data, and a processor (350) configured to activate at least one controllable device (340) in accordance with the scene data to provide a scene associated with the scene data. The controllable device, such as a light source and/or a projector/display is activated in response to inserting the card (310) into a slot of the reader (320) or placing card on (310) a surface (232) of the reader (320). The processor (350) is configured to allow for adjustment of attributes of the scene by a user, including changing intensity and/or color of the scene or of the controllable devices (340) that provide the scene.

Claims

1. An interaction system comprising:

a card including scene data;

a reader configured to read said scene data; and

a processor configured to activate at least one controllable device in accordance with said scene data to provide a scene associated with said scene data,

wherein said card has at least one of a shape and illustration associated with an initial setting of said scene.

2. The interaction system of claim 1, wherein said at least one controllable device is activated in response to at least one of inserting said card into a slot of said reader and placing said card on a surface of said reader.

3. The interaction system of claim 1, wherein said processor is configured to adjust at least one attribute of said scene.

4. The interaction system of claim 3, wherein said adjustment is effected by at least one of rotating a circular card and sliding a non-circular card.

5. The interaction system of claim 1, wherein said scene data include information of a plurality of scenes, one of said plurality of scenes being selectable based on a position of said card relative a marker of said reader.

6. The interaction system of claim 1, wherein said scene includes illuminating a room with at least one of light from at least one light source and projecting at least one image on at least one surface of said room.

7. The interaction system of claim 6, wherein said at least one image includes at least one of a still image and a video stream.

8. The interaction system of claim 1, wherein at least one of said card and said reader includes at least one of a key and a display.

9. A card comprising:

a memory for storing attributes associated with at least one scene;

a screen configured to display an indication of said at least one scene;

at least one key configured to provide in input signal; and

a processor configured to cycle through different scenes stored in said memory and to cycle through different indications displayed on the screen associated with the different scenes in response to the input signal, wherein said card has a shape associated with an initial scene stored in said memory.

11. The card of claim 9, wherein said at least one key is one of a hardware key and a software key displayed on said screen.

12. The card of claim 9, further comprising a light guide configured to guide light from in input port to at least one surface of said card, said at least one surface being illuminated with a gradient of an attribute of said light.

10. (canceled)

13. An interaction method comprising the acts of:

positioning a card within proximity of a reader;

reading scene data in response to the positioning act; and

activating at least one controllable device in accordance with said scene data to provide a scene associated with said scene data, wherein said card has a shape associated with said scene data stored in a memory of the card.

14. The interaction method of claim 13, wherein the positioning act includes at least one of inserting said card into a slot of said reader and placing said card on a surface of said reader.

15. The interaction method of claim 13, further comprising the act of adjusting attributes of said scene.

16. The interaction method of claim 15, wherein the adjusting act includes at least one of rotating a circular card and sliding a non-circular card.

17. The interaction method of claim 13, further comprising the act of selecting a scene from said scene data by positioning a portion of said card near a marker of said reader.

18. The interaction method of claim 13, wherein the activating act includes illuminating a room with at least one of light from at least one light source and projecting at least one image on at least one surface of said room.

19. The interaction method of claim 13, wherein the activating act includes illuminating a portion of at least one of said card and said reader with a light having attributes of a scene light illuminating a room.