CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE HUE OF LIGHT EMITTED FROM A LIGHT SOURCE
First Claim
1. A control device for controlling the hue of light emitted by a light source, wherein said control device comprises:
- a hue selection surface capable of displaying one or more hues available for said light of said light source;
interaction detection means for detecting interaction between said hue selection surface and a user of said control device in selecting said hue for said light of said light source;
wherein said hue selection surface displays a plurality of printed available hues for said light;
wherein said interaction detection means being capable of detecting a selection of at least one of said printed displayed hues by said user;
said control device includes assigning means for assigning at least one subset of available printed hues to said hue selection surface,said interaction detection means being capable of detecting a selection of a hue of said assigned subset.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a control device for controlling the hue of light emitted by a light source. The control device comprises a hue selection surface capable of displaying one or more hues available for said light of said light source and interaction detection means for detecting interaction between said hue selection surface and a user of said control device in selecting said hue for said light of said light source. The control device allows the user to select the desired hue for the light source simply by interacting with the hue selection surface that displays the available hues. Consequently, the control device can be operated easily and intuitively.
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18 Claims
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1. A control device for controlling the hue of light emitted by a light source, wherein said control device comprises:
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a hue selection surface capable of displaying one or more hues available for said light of said light source; interaction detection means for detecting interaction between said hue selection surface and a user of said control device in selecting said hue for said light of said light source; wherein said hue selection surface displays a plurality of printed available hues for said light; wherein said interaction detection means being capable of detecting a selection of at least one of said printed displayed hues by said user; said control device includes assigning means for assigning at least one subset of available printed hues to said hue selection surface, said interaction detection means being capable of detecting a selection of a hue of said assigned subset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A control device for controlling the hue of light emitted by a light source, comprising:
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an annular hue selection display surface presenting a plurality of hues capable of being emitted by said light source, said hue selection display surface having a plurality of light emitting elements capable of emitting lights of a plurality of colors; a user touch detector responsive to a selection by a user of one of said plurality of hues presented on said annular hue selection surface available for said light source; a controller electronically connected to said user touch detector and said hue selection surface to register signals obtained from said user touch detector; wherein said controller is operably connected to said light emitting elements of said hue selection display surface; said controller further operable to assign at least one subset of said plurality of available hues to said hue selection display and said user touch detector is operable to detect a user selection of a hue of said subset of hues displayed.
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