Systems and methods for controlling lighting based on a display

• US 9,681,525 B2
• Filed: 04/02/2015
• Issued: 06/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2015
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Myhrvold, Nathan P., Pan, Tony S., Hyde, Roderick A.
• Primary Examiner(s): CRAWFORD, JASON
• Application Number:
  US14/677,774
• Publication Number:
  US 20160295662A1
• Time in Patent Office: 803 Days
• Field of Search: 315291, 315294, 315297, 315307
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/11 by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light
• 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

The present disclosure provides systems and methods associated with controlling lighting based on a presentation display, such as a television, mobile device, white board, etc. The disclosed embodiments can involve a lighting system, a presentation display, a monitoring system, and a controller. The lighting system provides light to an area and may include a light source and an adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source. The lighting system can include natural light sources and/or artificial light sources. The adjustment mechanism may adjust, for example, one or more of an intensity, orientation, polarization, color, flicker rate, polarization, and other characteristics of the light source. The presentation display can be monitored by a monitoring system to monitor a status of the presentation display. The controller processes the status of the presentation display and signal the adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source, based on the status of the presentation display.

Claims

1. A system for controlling lighting, comprising:

a lighting system to provide light to an area, the lighting system including a light source and an adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source;

a presentation display;

a monitoring system to monitor a status of the presentation display, wherein the status of the presentation display comprises an intensity of the presentation display, and the intensity is derived based on an amount of power being consumed by the presentation display;

a storage device configured to store a plurality of different user profiles, each user profile of the plurality of different user profiles including different user preferences for operating the lighting system for a plurality of different users of the lighting system; and

a controller to process the status of the presentation display and to signal the adjustment mechanism to adjust the light source, based on the status of the presentation display, wherein the controller signals the adjustment mechanism based on a user preference corresponding to a user profile of a user using the lighting system for the status of the presentation display.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller signals the adjustment mechanism to adjust an intensity of the light source.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller signals the adjustment mechanism to adjust a polarization of light emitted by the light source.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller signals the adjustment mechanism to adjust a direction of the light source.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller signals the adjustment mechanism to adjust a flicker rate of the light source.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to process the status of the presentation display based on room lighting control parameters supplied by a user of the system.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the status of the presentation display comprises an operational status of the presentation display.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the presentation display comprises a fixed presentation display, and wherein the status of the presentation display comprises a location of the fixed presentation display in the room.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the presentation display comprises a mobile presentation display, and wherein the status of the presentation display comprises a location of the mobile presentation display in the room.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the status of the presentation display comprises an illumination characteristic of the presentation display.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the status of the presentation display comprises a level of color in light being emitted by the presentation display.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the adjustment mechanism adjusts the presentation display based on room lighting control parameters.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to signal the adjustment mechanism based, at least in part, on room lighting control parameters supplied by a user of the system.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising a user interface configured to enable a user to provide at least one of input or parameters to the controller.

15. A computer-implemented method for controlling lighting, comprising:

monitoring a status of a presentation display, wherein the status of the presentation display comprises an intensity of the presentation display, and the intensity is derived based on an amount of power being consumed by the presentation display;

processing the status of the presentation display to determine an adjustment to a light source of a lighting system associated with the presentation display, the adjustment determined based on the status of the presentation display, the lighting system to provide light to an area;

storing a plurality of different user profiles, each user profile of the plurality of different user profiles including different user preferences for operating the lighting system for a plurality of different users of the lighting system;

signaling an adjustment mechanism to adjust the light provided to the area based on a user preference corresponding to a user profile of a user using the lighting system for the status of the presentation display; and

adjusting the light source of the lighting system according to the determined adjustment.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein adjusting the light source comprises adjusting an intensity of the light source.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein adjusting the light source comprises adjusting a polarization of light emitted by the light source.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein adjusting the light source comprises adjusting a direction of the light source.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein adjusting the light source comprises adjusting a flicker rate of the light source.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the status of the presentation display comprises an operational status of the presentation display.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the presentation display comprises a fixed presentation display, and wherein the operational status of the presentation display comprises a location of the fixed presentation display in the room.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the presentation display comprises a mobile presentation display, and wherein the operational status of the presentation display comprises a location of the mobile presentation display in the room.

23. The method of claim 15, wherein the status of the presentation display comprises a level of color in light being emitted by the presentation display.

24. The method of claim 15, wherein adjusting the light source is accomplished via the adjustment mechanism.

25. A system for controlling lighting, comprising:

a presentation display;

a monitoring system to monitor a status of the presentation display, wherein the status of the presentation display comprises an intensity of the presentation display, and the intensity is derived based on an amount of power being consumed by the presentation display;

a storage device configured to store a plurality of different user profiles, each user profile of the plurality of different user profiles including different user preferences for operating the lighting system for a plurality of different users of the lighting system; and

a controller to process the status of the presentation display and to signal to a lighting system to adjust lighting produced by the lighting system, based on the status of the presentation display, wherein the controller signals the lighting system based on a user preference corresponding to a user profile of a user using the lighting system for the status of the presentation display.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein the controller signals the lighting system to adjust an intensity of the light lighting produced by the lighting system.

27. The system of claim 25, wherein the controller signals the lighting system to adjust a polarization of light emitted by the lighting system.

28. The system of claim 25, wherein the controller signals the lighting system to adjust a direction of light emitted by the lighting system.

29. The system of claim 25, wherein the controller signals the lighting system to adjust a flicker rate of light emitted by the lighting system.

30. The system of claim 25, wherein the controller is configured to process the status of the presentation display based on room lighting control parameters supplied by a user of the system.

31. The system of claim 25, wherein the status of the presentation display comprises an operational status of the presentation display.

32. The system of claim 31, wherein the status of the presentation display comprises a level of color in light being emitted by the presentation display.

33. The system of claim 31, wherein the presentation display comprises a fixed presentation display, and wherein the operational status of the presentation display comprises a location of the fixed presentation display in the room.

34. The system of claim 31, wherein the presentation display comprises a mobile presentation display, and wherein the operational status of the presentation display comprises a location of the mobile presentation display in the room.

35. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon, instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations for controlling lighting, the operations comprising:

monitoring a status of a presentation display, wherein the status of the presentation display comprises an intensity of the presentation display, and the intensity is derived based on an amount of power being consumed by the presentation display;

determining an adjustment to a light source of a lighting system associated with the presentation display, the adjustment determined based on the status of the presentation display;

storing a plurality of different user profiles, each user profile of the plurality of different user profiles including different user preferences for operating the lighting system for a plurality of different users of the lighting system;

signaling an adjustment mechanism to adjust the light provided to the area based on a user preference corresponding to a user profile of a user using the lighting system for the status of the presentation display; and

adjusting the light source of the lighting system according to the determined adjustment.