Granted Patent B2

US 12,336,076 · App. 17/918,308 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Inventor: Paul Marijn Van Den Broek (Heythuysen, NL)

Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.

H05B47/155

Abstract

Claims (41)

1. A system for controlling a lighting system, said lighting system comprising an array of individually addressable light segments and a further lighting device, said system comprising:

at least one input interface;

at least one output interface; and

at least one processor configured to:

display, via said at least one output interface, a first representation of said array of the individually addressable light segments and a second representation of said further lighting device on a display,

receive user input via said at least one input interface, wherein said user input is indicative of an association between said second representation of said further lighting device and at least one of said individually addressable light segments of said first representation of said array,

associate, based on said user input, said further lighting device with said at least one of the individually addressable light segments of said array,

store said association in a memory,

receive, via said at least one input interface, a command for controlling said array of the individually addressable light segments, said command comprising at least one light setting for said at least one of the individually addressable light segments, and

responsive to the receiving of the command for controlling said array of the individually addressable light segments:

determine a further light setting for said further lighting device based on said association and said at least one light setting,

control, via said at least one output interface, said array of the individually addressable light segments based on said command, and

control, via said at least one output interface, said further lighting device based on said further light setting.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said at least one of the individually addressable light segments comprises one individually addressable light segment and said at least one light setting comprises a light setting for said one individually addressable light segment.

3. A system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said further light setting is identical to said light setting.

4. A system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said at least one processor is configured to determine said further light setting based on an extrapolation of a plurality of light settings of a plurality of addressable light segments of said individually addressable light segments.

5. A system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said at least one of the individually addressable light segments comprises a plurality of individually addressable light segments and said at least one light setting comprises a plurality of light settings for said plurality of individually addressable light segments.

6. A system as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said at least one processor is configured to determine said further light setting based on an interpolation of said plurality of light settings.

7. A system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said at least one processor is configured to allow a user to link said further lighting device with said at least one of the individually addressable light segments in said first representation of said array, and wherein said association is based on said linking.

8. A system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said at least one processor is configured to allow said user to link said further lighting device with one or more light elements of said at least one of the individually addressable light segments in said first representation of said array.

9. A system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said at least one processor is configured to allow said user to link said further lighting device with said at least one of the individually addressable light segments in said first representation of said array by allowing said user to position a virtual light segment on said first representation of said array.

10. A system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein allowing said user to position said virtual light segment on said first representation of said array includes allowing the user to drag said virtual light segment between pixels of said first representation of said array.

11. A system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein allowing said user to position said virtual light segment on said first representation of said array includes allowing the user to drag said virtual light segment to an end of said first representation of said array.

12. A system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said at least one processor is configured to:

receive, via said at least one input interface, a current command for controlling said further lighting device, said current command comprising a current light setting, and

determine said further light setting for said further lighting device based on said association, said at least one light setting, and said current light setting.

13. A system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said further light setting is at least one of light intensity and light color.

14. A system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said control of said further lighting device based on said further light setting extends a lighting effect to an outer end of said array of individually addressable light segments by linking said further lighting device to a pixel at said outer end of said array of individually addressable light segments.

15. A system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said determination of said further light setting for said further lighting device based on said association and said at least one light setting includes extrapolating a color for said further lighting device based on a color of two or more individually addressable light segments of the array.

16. A system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said command for controlling said array of the individually addressable light segments includes a command for selecting a light scene.

17. A method of controlling a lighting system, said lighting system comprising an array of individually addressable light segments and a further lighting device, said method comprising:

displaying a first representation of said array of the individually addressable light segments and a second representation of said further lighting device on a display;

receiving user input, wherein said user input is indicative of an association between said second representation of said further lighting device and at least one of said individually addressable light segments of said first representation of said array;

associating, based on said user input, said further lighting device with said at least one of the individually addressable light segments of said array;

storing said association in a memory;

receiving a command for controlling said array of the individually addressable light segments, said command comprising at least one light setting for said at least one of the individually addressable light segments; and

responsive to the receiving of the command for controlling said array of the individually addressable light segments:

determining a further light setting for said further lighting device based on said association and said at least one light setting;

controlling said array of the individually addressable light segments based on said command; and

controlling said further lighting device based on said further light setting.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium for a computing device, comprising instructions to perform the method of claim 17 when the instructions are executed by a processing unit of the computing device.

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