Method and system for lighting control
First Claim
1. A method for controlling a lighting system, which comprises at least one lighting arrangement, a user control device and a main control device, the method comprising:
- providing the lighting arrangement with an identification code;
at the lighting arrangement;
modulating light emitted by the lighting arrangement by lighting arrangement data, which contains the identification code of the lighting arrangement;
at the user controlled device;
receiving light from the lighting arrangement;
deriving received lighting arrangement data from the light received from the lighting arrangement;
generating additional data, which is associated with an identification code contained in the received lighting arrangement data;
transmitting the received lighting arrangement data and the additional data;
at the main control device;
receiving the data from the user controlled device;
controlling the operation of the lighting arrangement dependent on the received data;
wherein,at the user controlled device, the received light is measured to provide a value of at least one property of the light, apart from representing data, to provide at least part of the additional data dependent on which the main control device controls the lighting arrangement.
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Abstract
A method and a system for controlling at least one lighting arrangement (2), in which the lighting arrangement modulates the light (6, 16, 18) it emits by lighting arrangement data, which contains an identification code identifying the lighting arrangement, a user control device (12) is suitable to receive the light from the lighting arrangement and to derive therefrom the lighting arrangement data, the user control device measures a property of the received light, apart from it representing data, to provide additional data which is associated with the lighting arrangement which is associated with the identification code contained in the received data, the user control device transmits the lighting arrangement data and the additional data, and a main control device (10) is suitable to receive the data transmitted by the user control device and to therewith control the operation of the lighting arrangement.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for controlling a lighting system, which comprises at least one lighting arrangement, a user control device and a main control device, the method comprising:
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providing the lighting arrangement with an identification code; at the lighting arrangement; modulating light emitted by the lighting arrangement by lighting arrangement data, which contains the identification code of the lighting arrangement; at the user controlled device; receiving light from the lighting arrangement; deriving received lighting arrangement data from the light received from the lighting arrangement; generating additional data, which is associated with an identification code contained in the received lighting arrangement data; transmitting the received lighting arrangement data and the additional data; at the main control device; receiving the data from the user controlled device; controlling the operation of the lighting arrangement dependent on the received data; wherein, at the user controlled device, the received light is measured to provide a value of at least one property of the light, apart from representing data, to provide at least part of the additional data dependent on which the main control device controls the lighting arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A lighting system, comprising:
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at least one lighting arrangement, which has a modulator, which modulates the light output of the arrangement by lighting arrangement data, which contains an identification code of the lighting arrangement; a user controlled device, which has means to receive light from the lighting arrangement to provide received lighting arrangement data contained in the received light, means to generate additional data which is associated with the an identification code contained in the received lighting arrangement data, and means to transmit the received lighting arrangement data and the additional data; and a main control device, which has means to receive data transmitted by the user control device and to control the operation of the lighting arrangement dependent on the data received from the user controlled device, wherein, the user control device measures light received by it to provide a measured value of at least one property, apart from representing data, of the received light, to provide at least part of the additional data dependent on which the main control device controls the lighting arrangement. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A lighting system, comprising:
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a plurality of lighting assemblies, each lighting assembly comprising a light source, a controller for controlling the operation of the light source, and a dedicated light sensor arranged for sensing light generated by the corresponding light source only, wherein the dedicated light sensor provides an output signal to the corresponding controller; a user control device comprising a light sensor for sensing mixed light generating by one or more of the light sources, at least one user-controllable control button, and transmission facilities for emitting a command signal and a user-received light signal representing the intensity of the light as received by its light sensor; at least one correlator adapted for calculating a correlation between the user-received light signal and the output signal of at least one dedicated light sensor. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A lighting system, comprising:
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a plurality of lighting assemblies, each lighting assembly comprising a light source, and a controller for controlling the operation of the light source, each light source adapted to incorporate an identification code in its output light; a user control device comprising a light sensor for sensing mixed light generating by one or more of the light sources, at least one user-controllable control button, and transmission facilities for emitting a command signal and a user-received light signal representing the identification codes of the light as received by its light sensor; a main control device equipped with receiver means for receiving the signals emitted by the user control device;
wherein each lighting assembly is capable of communicating to the main control device an assembly-emitted light signal representing the identification code as transmitted by its corresponding light source;wherein the main control device is adapted for determining a correspondence between one or more identification codes in the user-received light signal and one or more identification codes in the assembly-emitted light signals of the respective lighting assemblies; wherein the main control device is adapted for deciding which lighting assemblies should and which lighting assemblies should not respond to the command signal emitted by the user control device on the basis of the result of the correspondence determined by the main control device; and wherein the main control device is adapted to send suitable control signals to the controllers of the lighting assemblies which should respond to the command signal; wherein the main control device is capable of operating in a group definition mode in which the main control device, instead of sending suitable control signals to the controllers of the lighting assemblies which on the basis of the current correspondence should respond to the command signal, is adapted to add those lighting assemblies into a group list in its memory; and wherein the main control device is capable of operating in a group controlling mode in which the main control device, if the correspondence shows that at least one lighting assembly belonging to a group list in its memory should respond to the command signal, is adapted to send suitable control signals to the controllers of all lighting assemblies belonging to that group.
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