Controlling the access to a user interface for atmosphere control with an atmosphere creation system
First Claim
1. A user interface access control system for controlling access to a plurality of user interfaces for atmosphere control with an atmosphere creation system including a lighting system, which is provided to create atmospheres in an environment, wherein the user interface access control system comprises:
- data defining the plurality of user interfaces;
a plurality of access control codes, wherein each access control code of the plurality of access control codes is assigned to a respective one of the plurality of user interfaces; and
a user interface access control element being adapted to, for each user interface of said plurality of user interfaces, receive a corresponding access control code of the plurality of access control codes and to access the user interface assigned to the corresponding access control code, wherein each user interface of the plurality of user interfaces is adapted to provide a dedicated degree of controllability of the lighting system, offering in each user interface of the plurality of user interfaces a different amount of selectable atmosphere settings and controls for creating and adjusting a lighting effect generated by the lighting system in the environment,wherein the plurality of user interfaces include at least a first user interface containing controls for selecting different atmospheres for the environment and a first degree of controls for adjusting a selected atmosphere of the environment, and a second user interface containing controls for selecting different atmospheres for the environment and a second degree, different from the first degree, of controls for adjusting a selected atmosphere of the environment.
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Abstract
The invention relates to accessing user interfaces for atmosphere controlling, particularly to comfortably accessing dedicated user interfaces of a complex atmosphere control system. A basic idea of the invention is to provide several user interfaces, each of which is provided for a certain control configuration for atmosphere control with an atmosphere creation system and to control the access to the user interfaces. In an embodiment of the invention, a system for controlling the access to a user interface for atmosphere control with an atmosphere creation system (10), which is provided to create atmospheres in an environment, is provided, wherein the user interface access control system comprises—several user interfaces (12), wherein each use interface is provided for a certain control configuration for atmosphere control with the atmosphere creation system, —several access control codes (14, 16), wherein each access control code is assigned to one of the several user interfaces, and —user interface access control means (18, 20) being adapted to receive an access control code and to access the user interface assigned to the received access control code.
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11 Claims
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1. A user interface access control system for controlling access to a plurality of user interfaces for atmosphere control with an atmosphere creation system including a lighting system, which is provided to create atmospheres in an environment, wherein the user interface access control system comprises:
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data defining the plurality of user interfaces; a plurality of access control codes, wherein each access control code of the plurality of access control codes is assigned to a respective one of the plurality of user interfaces; and a user interface access control element being adapted to, for each user interface of said plurality of user interfaces, receive a corresponding access control code of the plurality of access control codes and to access the user interface assigned to the corresponding access control code, wherein each user interface of the plurality of user interfaces is adapted to provide a dedicated degree of controllability of the lighting system, offering in each user interface of the plurality of user interfaces a different amount of selectable atmosphere settings and controls for creating and adjusting a lighting effect generated by the lighting system in the environment, wherein the plurality of user interfaces include at least a first user interface containing controls for selecting different atmospheres for the environment and a first degree of controls for adjusting a selected atmosphere of the environment, and a second user interface containing controls for selecting different atmospheres for the environment and a second degree, different from the first degree, of controls for adjusting a selected atmosphere of the environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for controlling access to a plurality of user interfaces for atmosphere control with an atmosphere creation system including a lighting system, which is provided to create atmospheres in an environment, comprising:
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providing data defining a plurality of user interfaces, each user interface of the plurality of user interfaces being adapted to provide a dedicated degree of controllability of the lighting system, offering in each user interface of the plurality of user interfaces a different amount of selectable atmosphere settings and controls for creating and adjusting a lighting effect generated by the lighting system in the environment, wherein the plurality of user interfaces include at least a first user interface containing controls for selecting different atmospheres for the environment and a first degree of controls for adjusting a selected atmosphere of the environment, and a second user interface containing controls for selecting different atmospheres for the environment and a second degree, different from the first degree, of controls for adjusting a selected atmosphere of the environment; receiving an access control code, which is assigned to one of the provided user interfaces, and accessing the user interface assigned to the received access control code. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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