System and method for creating artificial atmosphere

• US 8,807,765 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2012
• Issued: 08/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: van Doorn, Markus Gerardus Leonardus Maria
• Primary Examiner(s): CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U.
• Application Number:
  US13/726,793
• Publication Number:
  US 20130114051A1
• Time in Patent Office: 601 Days
• Field of Search: 353/28, 353/30, 353/31, 353/85, 353/87, 353/98, 353/119, 353/122, 315/312, 315/360, 315/362, 315/366, 315/368.12, 315/368.15, 315/294, 315/318, 315/324, 348/239, 348/595, 348744-747, 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, 345/102, 345/419, 362/230, 362/231, 362/800, 362/249, 362/543, 362/544, 362/545, 362/494, 362/293, 362/490, 362/135, 362/497
• 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. A lighting system comprising:

at least one controllable light source configured to provide a light having at least one attribute;

an image renderer configured to render a plurality of images;

a system controller configured to select one of said plurality of images corresponding to and displayed concurrently with selected levels of said at least one attribute; and

wherein said system controller is further configured to translate signals from an input device based on at least one of entries of a user and parameters of an environment into predetermined fragments further parsed and collected in a pool;

said fragments being further processed by said system controller to generate a dynamic content output resulting in dynamically changing said at least one image.

2. The lighting system of claim 1, further comprising an input device configured to control said at least one controllable light source;

said input device comprising at least one of a rotatable switch, a slideable switch, a touch sensitive screen, a voice activated module, a sound activated module, a keyboard, a mouse, and a remote controller.

3. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said system controller is configured to receive at least one script associated with different ones of said levels of said at least one attribute, and to change said plurality of images in response to changes of said levels in accordance with said at least one script.

4. The lighting system of claim 3, wherein said system controller is further configured to allow a user to select different ones of said at least one script.

5. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said at least one attribute includes at least one of intensity, color, hue, and saturation.

6. The lighting system of claim 1, further comprising a user interface connectable to said system controller for allowing a user to associate different ones of said plurality of images with different ones of said selected levels.

7. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein said system controller is further configured to at least one of limit the exposition of a currently displayed image to a predetermined time interval, and change said currently displayed image to another image.

8. A method for displaying at least one image with a lighting system, comprising:

controlling at least one light source by a controller in a plurality of light sources in a lighting system to provide light output having at least one attribute;

selecting at least one image corresponding to selected levels of said at least one attribute;

rendering said at least one image concurrently and in combination with the light output having the at least one attribute; and

wherein said controller is further operable for translating signals from an input device based on at least one of entries of a user and parameters of an environment into predetermined fragments further parsed and collected in a pool;

the fragments being further processed by the controller to generate a dynamic content output resulting in dynamically changing said at least one image.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising configuring a controller for controlling said at least one controllable light source through an input device;

altering said input device by using at least one of a rotatable switch, a slideable switch, a touch sensitive screen, a voice activated module, a sound activated module, a keyboard, a mouse, and a remote controller.

10. The method of claim 8 further including receiving at least one script associated with different ones of said at least one attribute, and

changing said image in response to a change the selected attribute in accordance with said at least one script.

11. The method of claim 10 further including configuring the controller to allow a user to select different ones of said at least one script.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein said at least one attribute includes at least one of intensity, color, hue, and saturation.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising allowing a user to associate different ones of a plurality of images with different ones of said attributes.

14. The method of claim 8 wherein said controller is operable for limiting the exposition of a currently displayed image to a predetermined time interval and changing said currently displayed image to another image.