US 11,839,005 B2
Controller for controlling a lighting unit of a lighting system and a method thereof
Jorge Gabriel Squillace, Eindhoven (NL); Remco Magielse, Tilburg (NL); and Kevin Thomas Worm, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/631,630
Filed by SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Aug. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/071822
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/023716, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19190189 (EP), filed on Aug. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279641 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H05B 47/14 (2020.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01)
CPC H05B 47/115 (2020.01) [H05B 47/14 (2020.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a lighting unit of a lighting system, the lighting system comprising the lighting unit and a lighting control device, wherein the lighting control device includes a single input button and receives, via the single input button, a continuous user input for changing an intensity of the light output of the lighting unit, the method comprising:
receiving, via a communication unit, a signal indicative of the continuous user input from the lighting control device without an indication of an increase or decrease in light output of the lighting unit,
obtaining parameters, by a processor, from a memory location in the lighting system or the lighting unit, the parameters comprising at least a current light setting of the lighting unit and a current time of day, the current light setting having an intensity level between a predefined maximum intensity level and a predefined minimum intensity level,
determining by the processor, whether to increase or decrease the intensity based on, at least in part, the one or more parameters comprising at least the current light setting of the lighting unit and the current time of day, and
controlling, by the processor, the intensity of the light output of the lighting unit over time while the continuous user input is being provided, wherein the intensity of the light output is either increased or decreased based on the determination.