US 11,943,857 B2
Controller for restricting control of a lighting unit in a lighting system and a method thereof
Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis, Eindhoven (NL); Jerome Eduard Maes, Eindhoven (NL); and Berent Willem Meerbeek, Veldhoven (NL)
Assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/635,787
Filed by SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Aug. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/072995
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/032677, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19192285 (EP), filed on Aug. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0304128 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 47/19 (2020.01)
CPC H05B 47/19 (2020.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
14. A controller for restricting control of one or more lighting units in a lighting system, the lighting system comprising the one or more lighting units, a first control device for controlling the one or more lighting units and a portable control device remote from the one or more lighting units for wirelessly controlling the one or more lighting units, the controller comprising a processor configured to:
determine a position of the portable control device relative to a surface for positioning the portable control device on, and
set the one or more lighting units to a first control mode or a second control mode in dependence on the position of the portable control device relative to the surface,
wherein, when the one or more lighting units have been set to the first control mode, the one or more lighting units is configured to be controlled by both the first control device and the portable control device,
wherein, when the one or more lighting units have been set to the second control mode, the one or more lighting units is configured to be controlled by the portable control device, and wherein control of the one or more lighting units by the first control device is at least partially restricted.