Light system controller and method for controlling a lighting scene

Abstract

The invention relates to the control, for example the creation or modification of a lighting scene with a lighting system, and the invention particularly relates to a more easily and user oriented controlling of the creation and modification of the lighting scene. An embodiment of the invention provides a light system controller (10) for controlling a lighting scene created with a lighting system (12) comprising an user interface (14) for receiving at least one user defined lighting scene descriptor as an user input (16), processing means (18) being adapted for modifying the properties of the actual lighting scene created with the lighting system in accordance with a received user defined lighting scene descriptor and outputting an appropriate modification output (20), and a lighting system interface (22) being adapted for receiving the modification output from the processing means and for outputting appropriate control signals (24) for light sources (26) of the lighting system for creating a lighting scene in accordance with the input received from the processing means. The light system controller allows a user to easily create and modify lighting scenes, which are created with a complex lighting system.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the control of lighting scenes using a lighting system, such as the creation or modification of lighting scenes, and in particular to an easier directed and user-oriented control of the creation and modification of lighting scenes. Background technique [0002] There are currently many types of lighting control solutions available. These include simple on / off switches, dimmer switches and more complex systems that store lighting scenes that can be created by complex lighting systems, for example to create a certain lighting scene or atmosphere in a room. With regard to control mechanisms, existing solutions broadly fall into two types: [0003] -Control solutions that control individual or groups of light sources to vary in the same way. For example an on-off switch can switch the state of a group of three light sources. This control solution is characterized in that all lights in a group have the same state (on, off, 50% br...

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Problems solved by technology

The first type allows for very fine control over the state of a single light, but when the number of light sources increases, for example for complex lighting systems comprising dozens or even hundreds of independently controllable light units , setting up all light sources quickly becomes impractical

The second type restricts users to their already predefined lighting scenarios, and creating new ones or modifying current ones is time-consuming, as users are required to adopt method one

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