A LIGHTING SYSTEM CONTROLLER

• US 20180242432A1
• Filed: 01/19/2016
• Published: 08/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Philips Lighting BV (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: MASON, JONATHAN DAVID, ALIAKSEYEU, DZMITRY VIKTOROVICH, CHRAIBI, SANAE, MAGIELSE, REMCO
• Granted Patent: US 10,285,249 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/195 the transmission using visible or infrared light

Abstract

A lighting system controller (11) configured to control at least one controllable luminaire (43), the lighting system controller comprising: a task definer (101) configured to define at least one task to be performed; a status determiner (103) configured to determine a status of the at least one task based on sensor data received from at least one device (21) physically separated from the lighting system controller (11); and a control signal controller (107) configured to output at least one lighting system signal to the at least one controllable luminaire (43) based on the status determiner (103).

Claims

1. A lighting system controller configured to control at least one controllable luminaire, the lighting system controller comprising:

a task definer configured to define at least one task to be performed;

a status determiner configured to determine a status of the at least one task;

a control signal generator configured to generate at least one lighting system signal based on a received lighting system signal input, and

a control signal controller configured to output the at least one lighting system signal to the at least one controllable luminaire based on the status determiner, wherein the status of the at least one task is determined based on sensor data received from at least one device physically separated from the lighting system controller, and

wherein the control signal controller is configured to output the at least one lighting system signal to the at least one controllable luminaire based on the status determiner indicating that the at least one task has been completed.

2. The lighting system controller as claimed in claim 1, wherein the task definer is further configured to define a task order for the at least one task to be performed, and the control signal controller is configured to output the at least one lighting system signal to the at least one controllable luminaire based on the status indicating that the at least one task has been performed in the defined order.

3. The lighting system controller as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a wireless receiver configured to receive the sensor data from the at least one device physically separated from the lighting system controller.

4. The lighting system controller as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a wireless transmitter configured to transmit the at least one lighting system signal to the at least one controllable luminaire.

5. The lighting system controller as claimed in claim 1, wherein the task definer is configured to receive the at least one task to be performed from a physically separate device.

6. The lighting system controller as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a task recorder configured to:

analyse the sensor data received from the at least one device physically separated from the lighting system controller to determine a pattern of sensor data associated with at least one task; and

determine a definition for the at least one task comprising the determined pattern of sensor data associated with the at least one task.

7. The lighting system controller as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a task analyzer configured to analyses status output data from the task status determiner and determine a performance analysis of the at least one task.

8. A lighting system comprising:

the lighting system controller as claimed in claim 1;

the at least one controllable luminaire in communication with the lighting system controller; and

the at least one device in communication with the lighting system controller, the at least one device comprising at least one sensor for generating the sensor data.

9. A computer program product comprising code embodied on one or more computer-readable storage media and/or being downloadable therefrom, and being configured so as when run on a lighting system controller to perform operations of:

define at least one task to be performed;

determine a status of the at least one task based on sensor data received from at least one device physically separated from the lighting system controller;

receive a lighting system signal input;

generate at least one lighting system signal based on the received lighting system signal input, and

control, based on the determined status indicating that the at least one task has been completed, the output of the at least one lighting system signal associated with the at least one task to the at least one controllable luminaire.

10. A method of controlling a controllable luminaire comprising:

defining at least one task to be performed;

determining a status of the at least one task based on sensor data received from at least one device physically separated from the lighting system controller;

receiving a lighting system signal input;

generating at least one lighting system signal based on the received lighting system signal input, and

controlling, based on the determined status indicating that the at least one task has been completed, the output of the at least one lighting system signal associated with the at least one task to the at least one controllable luminaire.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein defining the at least one task to be performed comprises defining an order for the at least one task to be performed, and controlling the output of the at least one lighting system signal to the at least one controllable luminaire comprises controlling the output of the at least one lighting system signal based on the status indicating that the at least one task has been performed in the defined order.

12. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising receiving the sensor data from the at least one device physically separated from the lighting system controller.

13. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising transmitting the at least one lighting effect control signal to the at least one controllable luminaire.