ROBUST 1D GESTURE LIGHT CONTROL ALGORITHM
First Claim
1. A lighting system comprising:
- a lamp arranged to transform electricity into a light beam having properties such as intensity, colour, colour temperature, direction and beam cone angle;
a light control means arranged to adjust said light beam properties;
an ultrasonic transmitter arranged to transmit ultrasonic signals;
an ultrasonic receiver arranged to receive reflected ultrasonic signals; and
a processing means arranged to derive a time-of-flight signal representing the time differences between said transmitted and received ultrasonic signals and to send control signals to said light control means in dependence of said time-of-flight signal,wherein said processing means is further arranged to perform a reference calibration step, wherein the time-of-flight (TOF) is repeatedly measured a multitude of times, and wherein the processing means determines if the deviation of the majority of the measured time-of-flight values (TOFI) of said multitude of measurements is lower than a predetermined threshold (z), and wherein said processing means is arranged to calculate the average (TOFREF) of said measured time-of-flight values (TOFI) and store said average (TOFREF) in memory means as a reference time-of-flight value if said deviation is lower than said threshold (z).
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Abstract
A lighting system comprising a lamp arranged to transform electricity into a light beam having different properties; a light control means arranged to adjust said light beam properties; an ultrasonic transmitter arranged to transmit ultrasonic signals; an ultrasonic receiver arranged to receive reflected ultrasonic signals; and a processing means arranged to derive a time-of-flight signal representing the time differences between said transmitted and received ultrasonic signals and to send control signals to said light control means in dependence of said time-of-flight signal. The processing means performs a reference calibration step: the time-of-flight is repeatedly measured a multitude of times, and calculates the average of said measured time-of-flight values and stores the average in memory means as a reference time-of-flight value if said deviation of the majority of the measured time-of-flight values of said multitude of measurements is lower than a predetermined threshold.
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12 Claims
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1. A lighting system comprising:
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a lamp arranged to transform electricity into a light beam having properties such as intensity, colour, colour temperature, direction and beam cone angle; a light control means arranged to adjust said light beam properties; an ultrasonic transmitter arranged to transmit ultrasonic signals; an ultrasonic receiver arranged to receive reflected ultrasonic signals; and a processing means arranged to derive a time-of-flight signal representing the time differences between said transmitted and received ultrasonic signals and to send control signals to said light control means in dependence of said time-of-flight signal, wherein said processing means is further arranged to perform a reference calibration step, wherein the time-of-flight (TOF) is repeatedly measured a multitude of times, and wherein the processing means determines if the deviation of the majority of the measured time-of-flight values (TOFI) of said multitude of measurements is lower than a predetermined threshold (z), and wherein said processing means is arranged to calculate the average (TOFREF) of said measured time-of-flight values (TOFI) and store said average (TOFREF) in memory means as a reference time-of-flight value if said deviation is lower than said threshold (z). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A lighting system comprising:
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a lamp arranged to transform electricity into a light beam having properties such as intensity, colour, colour temperature, direction and beam cone angle; a light control means arranged to adjust said light beam properties; an ultrasonic transmitter arranged to transmit ultrasonic signals; an ultrasonic receiver arranged to receive reflected ultrasonic signals; and a processing means arranged to derive a time-of-flight signal representing the time differences between said transmitted and received ultrasonic signals and to send control signals to said light control means in dependence of said time-of-flight signal, wherein said processing means is arranged to perform a wait-for-control-enablement cycle wherein said time-of-flight (TOF) is repeatedly measured at predetermined intervals and to compare said measured time-of-flight value (TOF) with a reference time-of-flight value (TOFREF) which is stored in memory during said wait-for-control cycle, and to repeat said measurement if said measured time-of-flight value (TOF) is equal to or larger than said reference time-of-flight value (TOFREF), and wherein said processing means is further arranged to determine if the measured time-of-flight value (TOF) is smaller than said reference time-of-flight value (TOFREF) and if the deviation between the measured time-of-flight value (TOFH) and the previous measured time-of-flight value (TOFH−
1) is lower than a predetermined threshold (tx),and said processing means is arranged to send control signals to said light control means in dependence of time-of-flight signals derived after it is determined that the measured time-of-flight value (TOF) is smaller than said reference time-of-flight value (TOFREF) and that said deviation is lower than said threshold (tx) for a predetermined number of repeated measurements. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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Specification