Light condition recorder system and method

• US 7,856,152 B2
• Filed: 03/22/2006
• Issued: 12/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Philips Lighting BV (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Van De Sluis, Bartel Marinus, Diederiks, Elmo M. A., Santbergen, Martijn A. B., Lucero Vera, Andres, Lashina, Tatiana A., Van Spronsen, Astrid, Boom, Talitha
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, THUY V
• Application Number:
  US11/909,477
• Publication Number:
  US 20090284187A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,735 Days
• Field of Search: 315/292, 703/4, 703/13, 703/21, 703/FOR.802, 345/156, 345/173, 345/184, 382/274, 382/276
• US Class Current: 382/274
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/1965 using handheld communication devices

Abstract

A light condition recorder system and method including a light condition recorder (104) responsive to a lighting environment (102) and generating an environment signal (112), a light simulator (106) responsive to the environment signal (112) and generating a lamp control signal (114), and a lamp system (108) responsive to the lamp control signal (114) and generating a simulated lighting environment (110).

Claims

1. A light control system comprising:

a light condition recorder, the light condition recorder being responsive to a lighting environment through an optical environmental interface, said light condition recorder including a recorder storage electronically storing a plurality of optical variables received through said optical environmental interface, said light condition recorder further including a processor for analyzing said plurality of optical variables and generating an environment signal;

a light simulator comprising a light simulator processor and light simulator storage;

said storage storing said plurality of optical variables represented in said environment signal, said simulator including a user-adjustable light mixing user interface, said light simulator being responsive to the environment signal, and said user adjustable light mixing interface for analysis by said light simulator processor and generating a lamp control signal; and

a lamp system including a plurality of illumination devices, the lamp system being responsive to the lamp control signal and generating a simulated lighting environment;

wherein the simulated lighting environment is substantially equivalent to said environment signal as modified by said user adjustable light mixing.

2. The light condition recorder system of claim 1 wherein the light condition recorder is selected from the group consisting of a mobile telephone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a digital camera, a light meter, and a notebook computer.

3. The light condition recorder system of claim 1 wherein the light condition recorder has an environmental interface selected from the group consisting of an optical sensor, a signal interface, an optical power detector, and a color sensor.

4. The light condition recorder system of claim 1 wherein the light condition recorder has a recorder interface dockable with the light simulator.

5. The light condition recorder system of claim 1 wherein the light condition recorder has a wireless recorder interface.

6. The light condition recorder system of claim 1 wherein the user interface is selected from the group consisting of a linear slider, a radius circular slider, an extended circular slider, and a bounded circular slider.

7. The light condition recorder system of claim 1 wherein the light condition recorder has a light mixing user interface selected from the group consisting of a linear slider, a radius circular slider, an extended circular slider, and a bounded circular slider.

8. The light condition recorder system of claim 1 wherein the lamp system is a display mirror.

9. The light condition recorder system of claim 8 wherein the display mirror has a touch sensitive user interface.

10. A light condition and recorder system for controlling a lamp system for recordation of a light environment and reproducing the light environment, comprising:

a light condition recorder having a plurality of optical sensors including light intensity and color, said optical sensors creating electronic optical variables received through said sensors and stored in a light condition recorder storage,

said light condition recorder further having a processor for analyzing said plurality of optical variables, calculating an environment signal based upon said electronic optical variables and transmitting said environmental signal;

a light controller having a light controller processor and light controller storage,

wherein said light controller storage stores said plurality of electronic optical variables represented in said environment signal as stored environmental light conditions,

said light controller storing a plurality of said stored environmental light conditions;

wherein said light controller further includes a user-adjustable light mixing interface for modifying a lamp control signal generated by said light controller, said modified lamp control signal based upon said user-adjustable light mixing input and said stored environmental light conditions;

said light controller being responsive to said environmental signal and said user adjustable light mixing interface for analysis and modification by said light controller processor and generating said lamp control signal;

a lamp system including a plurality of illumination devices, said lamp system being responsive to said lamp control signal thereby incorporating said environmental signal of said light condition recorder and said user adjustable light mixing input in optical output from said lamp system.