Anticipatory Lighting from Device Screens Based on User Profile
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1. A method for adaptive lighting, comprising:
- at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing programs for execution by the one or more processors;
accessing a lighting map of lighting devices, wherein the lighting devices include one or more non-conventional lighting devices, each of the lighting devices has one or more lighting characteristics and are controllable via one or more networks, and the map indicates for each of the lighting devices at least lighting device position and lighting device on/off state;
obtaining contextual information for a user, wherein the contextual information includes current user location, time of day, and one or more indications of;
user movement, sound in proximity to the user'"'"'s location, ambient light level in proximity to the user'"'"'s location, user'"'"'s calendar events, device interactions by the user, and web interactions by the user;
based on the contextual information, inferring a user task and a lighting need associated with the user task;
based on the user location, determining from the lighting map a first subset of the lighting devices that are located in proximity to the user'"'"'s location, wherein the subset of the lighting devices includes at least a first non-conventional lighting device; and
controlling the lighting characteristics of the first subset of the lighting devices via one or more of the networks to satisfy the lighting need.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer readable storage mediums are provided for determining the mood of the user, deriving an appropriate lighting scheme, and then implementing that lighting scheme on all devices within a predetermined proximity to that user. Furthermore, when a user begins a task, the devices can track the user and use lighting from nearby screens to offer functional lighting.
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1. A method for adaptive lighting, comprising:
at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing programs for execution by the one or more processors; accessing a lighting map of lighting devices, wherein the lighting devices include one or more non-conventional lighting devices, each of the lighting devices has one or more lighting characteristics and are controllable via one or more networks, and the map indicates for each of the lighting devices at least lighting device position and lighting device on/off state; obtaining contextual information for a user, wherein the contextual information includes current user location, time of day, and one or more indications of;
user movement, sound in proximity to the user'"'"'s location, ambient light level in proximity to the user'"'"'s location, user'"'"'s calendar events, device interactions by the user, and web interactions by the user;based on the contextual information, inferring a user task and a lighting need associated with the user task; based on the user location, determining from the lighting map a first subset of the lighting devices that are located in proximity to the user'"'"'s location, wherein the subset of the lighting devices includes at least a first non-conventional lighting device; and controlling the lighting characteristics of the first subset of the lighting devices via one or more of the networks to satisfy the lighting need. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A centralized lighting controllers system, comprising:
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one or more processors; and memory storing one or more programs to be executed by the one or more processors; the one or more programs comprising instructions for; accessing a lighting map of lighting devices, wherein the lighting devices include one or more non-conventional lighting devices, each of the lighting devices has one or more lighting characteristics that are controllable via one or more networks, and the map indicates for each of the lighting devices at least lighting device position and lighting device on/off state; obtaining contextual information for a user, wherein the contextual information includes current user location, time of day, and one or more indications of;
user movement, sound in proximity to the user'"'"'s location, ambient light level in proximity to the user'"'"'s location, user'"'"'s calendar events, device interactions by the user and web interactions by the user;based on the contextual information, inferring a user task and a lighting need associated with the user task; based on the user location, determining from the lighting map a first subset of the lighting devices that are located in proximity to the user'"'"'s location, wherein the subset of the lighting devices includes at least a first non-conventional lighting device; and controlling the lighting characteristics of the first subset of the lighting devices via one or more of the networks to satisfy the lighting need.
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20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
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accessing a lighting map of lighting devices, wherein the lighting devices include one or more non-conventional lighting devices, each of the lighting devices has one or more lighting characteristics that are controllable via one or more networks, and the map indicates for each of the lighting devices at least lighting device position and lighting device on/off state; obtaining contextual information for a user, wherein the contextual information includes current user location, time of day, and one or more indications of;
user movement, sound in proximity to the user'"'"'s location, ambient light level in proximity to the user'"'"'s location, user'"'"'s calendar events, device interactions by the user and web interactions by the user;based on the contextual information, inferring a user task and a lighting need associated with the user task; based on the user location, determining from the lighting map a first subset of the lighting devices that are located in proximity to the user'"'"'s location, wherein the subset of the lighting devices includes at least a first non-conventional lighting device; and controlling the lighting characteristics of the first subset of the lighting devices via one or more of the networks to satisfy the lighting need.
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