CONTROL OF A LIGHTING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. Apparatus for use in a lighting system, the apparatus comprising:
- a device location module configured to determine device location information relating to a location of a wireless device;
a user location module configured to determine user location information indicative of whether a user is accompanying the wireless device in a spatial region associated with the lighting system; and
an access module configured to allow the wireless device to control the lighting system in dependence on a plurality of access rules, the access rules comprising at least that;
(i) the allowance is conditional on the wireless device being determined, based on said device location information, to be within in said spatial region associated with the lighting system, and (ii) said allowance will be withheld in response to determining that said user location information is indicative of the wireless device being unaccompanied by a user.
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a lighting system which can be controlled from a wireless device in dependence on complying with an access rule that the wireless device is determined to be within in a spatial region associated with the lighting system. The disclosure provides apparatus for securing against the lighting system being controlled from a device located outside the relevant region via a rogue relay device located in that region. The apparatus comprises a user location module configured to determine user location information indicative of whether a user is accompanying the wireless device in the region associated with the lighting system, and an access module which is configured with a further access rule: that it does not allow the control of the lighting system by the wireless device if the user location information is indicative of the wireless device being unaccompanied by a user.
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15 Claims
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1. Apparatus for use in a lighting system, the apparatus comprising:
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a device location module configured to determine device location information relating to a location of a wireless device; a user location module configured to determine user location information indicative of whether a user is accompanying the wireless device in a spatial region associated with the lighting system; and an access module configured to allow the wireless device to control the lighting system in dependence on a plurality of access rules, the access rules comprising at least that;
(i) the allowance is conditional on the wireless device being determined, based on said device location information, to be within in said spatial region associated with the lighting system, and (ii) said allowance will be withheld in response to determining that said user location information is indicative of the wireless device being unaccompanied by a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A lighting system comprising:
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one or more luminaires; a control module for controlling the lighting system by operating the one or more luminaires; a device location module configured to determine device location relating to a location of a wireless device; a user location module configured to determine user location information indicative of whether a user is accompanying the wireless device in a spatial region associated with the lighting system; an access module configured to allow the wireless device to control the lighting system in dependence on a plurality of access rules, the access rules comprising at least that;
(i) the allowance is conditional on the wireless device being determined, based on said device location information, to be within in said spatial region associated with the lighting system, and (ii) said allowance will be withheld in response to determining that said user location information is indicative of the wireless device being unaccompanied by a user.
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15. A computer program product for securing control of a lighting system, the computer program product comprising code embodied on a computer-readable storage medium and configured so as when executed on a processor to perform operations of:
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determining device location relating to a location of a wireless device; determining user location information indicative of whether a user is accompanying the wireless device in said region; and allowing the wireless device to control the lighting system in dependence on a plurality of access rules, the access rules comprising at least that;
(i) the allowance is conditional on the wireless device being determined, based on said device location information, to be within in a spatial region associated with the lighting system, and (ii) said allowance will be withheld in response to determining that said user location information is indicative of the wireless device being unaccompanied by a user.
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