GESTURE BASED LIGHTING CONTROL

• US 20140225526A1
• Filed: 04/18/2014
• Published: 08/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Greenwave Reality, Pte Ltd. (Greenwave Reality, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jonsson, Karl S.
• Granted Patent: US 9,345,106 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/291
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/10 Controlling the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/1965 using handheld communication devices

Abstract

Various gestures, or aspects of the situation, such as location, attitude and/or movement, of a handheld controller are used to control various parameters of lighting, such as brightness or color.

Claims

1. A method of controlling lighting, the method comprising:

detecting a situation of a handheld controller;

determining a change to the lighting based on the situation of the handheld controller; and

sending a message to initiate the change to the lighting.

2. A computer program product for controlling lighting, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code to detect a situation of a handheld controller;

computer readable program code to determine a change to the lighting based on the situation of the handheld controller; and

computer readable program code to send a message to initiate the change to the lighting.

3. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the handheld controller is a smartphone.

4. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the handheld controller is a tablet.

5. The computer program product of claim 2, further comprising:

computer readable program code to detect that a button of the handheld controller is being pressed; and

computer readable program code to set a parameter of the lighting based on the button press and the situation of the handheld controller.

6. The computer program product of claim 2, further comprising:

computer readable program code to detect that a touchscreen on the handheld controller is being touched; and

computer readable program code to set a parameter of the lighting based on the touch and the situation of the handheld controller.

7. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the situation of the handheld controller comprises a position of the handheld controller.

8. The computer program product of claim 2, wherein the situation of the handheld controller comprises a movement of the handheld controller.

9. The computer program product of claim 2, further comprising:

computer readable program code to detect a gesture of the handheld controller;

computer readable program code to send the message in response to the gesture.

10. The computer program product of claim 2, further comprising:

computer readable program code to detect a first gesture of the handheld controller;

computer readable program code to adjust a parameter of the lighting based on the situation of the handheld controller after the first gesture is detected;

computer readable program code to detect a second gesture of the handheld controller; and

computer readable program code to halt the adjustment of the parameter in response to the second gesture.

11. The computer program product of claim 2, further comprising:

computer readable program code to retrieve readings from at least one accelerometer in the handheld controller to detect the situation of the handheld controller.

12. The computer program product of claim 2, further comprising:

computer readable program code to retrieve readings from at least one magnetometer in the handheld controller to detect the situation of the handheld controller.

13. The computer program product of claim 2, further comprising:

computer readable program code to retrieve readings from a three-axis magnetometer and a three-axis accelerometer in the handheld controller to detect the situation of the handheld controller.

14. The computer program product of claim 2, further comprising:

computer readable program code to determine a brightness of the lighting based on the situation of the handheld controller selected from the group consisting of yaw, pitch, and roll of the handheld controller.

15. The computer program product of claim 2, further comprising:

computer readable program code to determine a brightness of the lighting based on a pitch of the handheld controller;

computer readable program code to determine a color of the lighting based on a roll of the handheld controller; and

computer readable program code to determine a portion of the lighting to control based on a yaw of the handheld controller.

16. The computer program product of claim 2, further comprising:

computer readable program code to determine a portion of the lighting to control based on a proximity of the handheld controller to the portion of the lighting.

17. The computer program product of claim 2, further comprising:

computer readable program code to determine a portion of the lighting to control based on a gesture of the handheld controller.

18. A handheld lighting controller comprising:

a smartphone including the computer program product of claim 2.

19. A handheld lighting controller comprising:

a tablet including the computer program product of claim 2.

20. A handheld controller for lighting comprising:

the computer program product of claim 2;

a processor to execute the computer readable program code;

situation detection circuitry coupled to the processor; and

a wireless network interface coupled to the processor to transmit the message to change to the lighting.