ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF AMBIENCE SETTINGS
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus that enables the ambience of e.g. hospital rooms to adapt according the scheduled or non-scheduled activities throughout the day. The ambience generated by lights, sound devices, image, movie displays and other devices is controlled by an ambience controller (100) in dependence of day phases defined by a patient'"'"'s day schedule or in dependence of other non-scheduled phases which may have been initiated in dependence of a trigger signal (215, 216) generated in response to activities such as the entering of a caterer.
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17. An ambience scheduling and controlling system comprising an ambience scheduling system and an ambience controller, wherein
the ambience controller is for controlling an ambience in a local environment of a caregiving facility in dependence of a schedule defining different phases during a period of time for a patient, where the ambience controller comprises: -
a processor for determining if one of the phases of the schedule should be initiated or ended, and for determining an ambient parameter for control of the ambience in dependence of the phase to be initiated or ended, the ambience controller is configured to receive the schedule defining different phases from the ambience scheduling system, and wherein the ambience scheduling system is configured to produce the schedule defining different phases, the ambience scheduling system comprising a classifier comprising an interface configured to receive a patient agenda from a patient database, the patient agenda comprising a representation of timeslots and a corresponding patient activity for each timeslot, the classifier being configured to map patient activities to an activity type of an activity type table, and an ambiance scheduler, the ambiance scheduler associating an ambient parameter to each classified timeslot of the patient agenda. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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30. A method for controlling an ambience in a local environment of a caregiving facility in dependence of a schedule defining different phases during a period of time for a patient, where method comprises:
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determining if one of the phases of the schedule should be initiated or ended, determining an ambient parameter in dependence of the phase to be initiated or ended, receiving a patient agenda from a patient database, the patient agenda comprising a representation of timeslots and a corresponding patient activity for each timeslot, mapping patient activities to an activity type of an activity type table, associating an ambient parameter to each classified timeslot of the patient agenda, and receiving the schedule defining different phases from an ambience scheduling system.
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