IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,265,999
Granted Patent B2
US 11,265,999 · App. 16/962,292 · Granted Mar 1, 2022

Control of lighting systems

Inventor: Daniel Betz (Rottenburg-Seebronn, DE)
Assignee: DAIMLER AG
H05B47/19B60Q3/16B60Q3/80H05B47/165
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Patent No.
US 11,265,999
App. No.
16/962,292
Granted
Mar 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication network for networking lighting systems of home and office technology involves an application on a mobile terminal that can control lighting systems in the surroundings of the mobile terminal. The lighting systems in the interior of a vehicle are also networked and the lighting systems are controlled depending on the lighting settings of a screen of the mobile terminal.

Claims (32)

1. A communication network for networking home or office lighting systems, the communication network comprising:

an application on a mobile terminal, wherein the application is configured to control home or office lighting systems in surroundings of the mobile terminal based on lighting settings of a screen of the mobile terminal;

further lighting systems in an interior of a vehicle, wherein the application is configured to control the home or office lighting systems or the further lighting systems depending on the lighting settings of the screen of the mobile terminal, wherein the lighting settings of the screen of the mobile terminal include color temperature of light emitted by the screen of the mobile terminal, backlighting emitted by the screen of the mobile terminal, intensity/quantity of the light emitted by the screen of the mobile terminal, or brightness of the light emitted by the screen of the mobile terminal;

a database, which stores all controllable elements of the home or office lighting system and the further lighting systems, as well as control parameters to implement settings of the application.

2. The communication network of claim 1 , wherein the home or office lighting system or the further lighting systems comprise backlighting and display elements, wherein the application is configured to control a color temperature of the backlighting.

3. The communication network of claim 1 , wherein the further lighting systems comprise an ambient interior lighting, interior lights, or background lighting in the vehicle.

4. The communication network of claim 1 , wherein the database is an online database or an offline database on the mobile terminal.

5. The communication network of claim 1 , wherein the light settings for the screen of the mobile terminal are user- or manufacturer-selected settings for lighting of the screen of the mobile terminal.

6. The communication network of claim 1 , wherein the database is a database on the mobile terminal.

7. A method for controlling lighting systems via an application on a mobile terminal with a screen, the method comprising:

determining light settings of the screen of the mobile terminal, wherein the determined light settings are user- or manufacturer-selected settings for lighting of the screen of the mobile terminal, and wherein the lighting settings of the screen of the mobile terminal include color temperature of light emitted by the screen of the mobile terminal, backlighting emitted by the screen of the mobile terminal, intensity/quantity of the light emitted by the screen of the mobile terminal, or brightness of the light emitted by the screen of the mobile terminal;

storing, in a database, all controllable elements of the lighting systems and control parameters to control the lighting systems based the determined light settings of the screen of the mobile terminal;

determining that the mobile terminal is in a vicinity of the lighting systems;

forming, by the mobile terminal responsive to the determination that the mobile terminal is in the vicinity of the lighting systems, a communication network with the lighting systems;

transferring, by the mobile terminal responsive to the formation of the communication network, lighting settings for the lighting systems; and

controlling the lighting systems based on the determined light settings of the screen of the mobile terminal and the lighting settings for the lighting systems.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein

the lighting systems comprise backlighting and display elements of house and home technology, office technology and an ambient interior lighting in a vehicle, and/or lighting of backlighting of display elements in a vehicle.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the user- or manufacturer-selected settings are set by:

setting, on the mobile terminal, a time-dependent profile for the lighting settings of the screen; and

transmitting, by the mobile terminal to the lighting systems, the time-dependent profile immediately or after parameterization by a user.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the database is a database on the mobile terminal.

11. An application for a mobile terminal for controlling lighting systems in a communication network, the application being configured to:

determine light settings of the screen of the mobile terminal, wherein the determined light settings are user- or manufacturer-selected settings for lighting of the screen of the mobile terminal, and wherein the lighting settings of the screen of the mobile terminal include color temperature of light emitted by the screen of the mobile terminal, backlighting emitted by the screen of the mobile terminal, intensity/quantity of the light emitted by the screen of the mobile terminal, or brightness of the light emitted by the screen of the mobile terminal;

store, in a database, all controllable elements of the lighting systems and control parameters to control the lighting systems based the determined light settings of the screen of the mobile terminal;

determine that the mobile terminal is in a vicinity of the lighting systems;

form, responsive to the determination that the mobile terminal is in the vicinity of the lighting systems, the communication network with the lighting systems; and

transferring, responsive to the formation of the communication network, the control parameters to the lighting systems, wherein the lighting systems are home lighting systems, office lighting systems, or vehicle lighting systems.

12. The application of claim 11 , wherein the user- or manufacturer-selected settings for the lighting of the screen of the mobile terminal are configurable via adjustable parameters and/or parameters determined by sensors of the mobile terminal to control the lighting systems.

13. The application of claim 12 , wherein time-dependent, brightness-dependent and/or location-dependent profiles can be set for automatic changes to the lighting settings of the screen of the mobile terminal and/or the adjustable parameters.

14. The application of claim 11 , wherein the application is a partial functionality of a superordinate basic application, which is a vehicle-related basic application.

15. The application of claim 11 , wherein the database is a database on the mobile terminal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: DAIMLER AG
To: MERCEDES BENZ GROUP AG
Reel/Frame 072886/0467 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2020
From: BETZ, DANIEL
To: DAIMLER AG
Reel/Frame 053791/0252 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 000 318.4 · Jan 17, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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