System and method for creating artificial atomosphere

• US 8,356,904 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2006
• Issued: 01/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Van Doorn, Markus Gerardus Leonardus Maria
• Primary Examiner(s): Epps, Georgia Y
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U.
• Application Number:
  US12/096,801
• Publication Number:
  US 20080265797A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,239 Days
• Field of Search: 353/28, 353/30, 353/31, 353/85, 353/87, 353/119, 353/122, 348/77, 348/207.1, 348/207.11, 348/211.99, 348/211.2, 348/715, 348/716, 348/718, 348/719, 348/720, 348/721, 362/230, 362/231, 362/800, 362/249, 362/543, 362/544, 362/545, 362/494, 362/293, 362/490, 362/135, 362/497, 315/294, 315/318, 315/312, 315/324, 315/360, 315/362, 315/366, 315/368.12, 315/368.15, 345/102, 345/204, 345211-214, 382/166, 382/154, 382/162, 382/163
• US Class Current: 353/85
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/206 Control of light source other than position or intensity
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/12 by detecting audible sound
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/155 Coordinated control of two or more light sources
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

A lighting system (100) includes at least one controllable light source (125) configured to provide a light having at least one attribute; an image renderer (135) configured to render at least one image; and a system controller (110) configured to select the image in corresponding to the selected attribute. The system controller (110) may be configured to receive at least one script associated with different light attributes such as different light intensity or brightness levels, and to change the image in response to changes of the light attribute in accordance with the script.

Claims

1. An imaging system comprising:

an input device configured to provide a low condition, a high condition, and intermediate conditions between said low condition and said high condition;

an image renderer configured to select and render images in response to said low, high and intermediate conditions;

wherein a low image responsive to said low condition has a low intensity; and

a high image responsive to said high condition has a higher intensity image than said low intensity.

2. The imaging system of claim 1, wherein an intermediate image responsive to one of said intermediate conditions has an intermediate intensity between said low and higher intensities.

3. The imaging system of claim 2, wherein said intermediate intensity increases from said low intensity in response to said input device being changed from said low condition to said one of said intermediate conditions, and said intermediate intensity decreases from said higher intensity in response to said input device being changed from said high condition to said one of said intermediate conditions.

4. A control system comprising:

an input device having a plurality of positions, said plurality of positions including a minimum position and a maximum position; and

an image renderer configured to select and render different images in response to said plurality of positions;

wherein a first one of said different images includes a first scene selected and rendered in response to said maximum position, and a second one of said different images includes a second scene selected and rendered in response to said minimum position;

wherein said first scene is associated with a high intensity, and said second scene is associated with a lower intensity than said high intensity.

5. The control system of claim 4, wherein said input device further includes intermediate positions between said minimum position and said maximum position, said image renderer being further configured to change said different images to correspond to times of day associated with said intermediate positions.

6. The control system of claim 4, further comprising at least one controllable light source configured to provide a light having at least one attribute associated with said plurality of positions.