Passenger cabin, lighting arrangement and operating procedures
The lighting arrangement in passenger cabins automatically adjusts lighting parameters to match image content, addressing the challenge of harmonizing lighting with displayed images, enhancing ambiance and projection surfaces.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- DE102018006840
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2018-08-29
- Publication Date
- 2025-01-02
- Estimated Expiration
- 2038-08-29
AI Technical Summary
Existing passenger cabin lighting systems struggle to harmonize lighting adjustments with image content displayed on surfaces, requiring complex manual adjustments to match brightness and color with projected images.
A lighting arrangement with a control unit that automatically assigns lighting parameters to lights based on image content, using evaluation areas and mapping rules to generate harmonious light scenes, independent of screen boundaries, allowing for flexible and adaptive lighting scenarios.
Automatically generates dynamic and static lighting scenarios that seamlessly integrate with displayed image content, enhancing cabin ambiance and creating a larger projection surface without manual intervention.
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Abstract
Description
[0001] The invention relates to the lighting of a passenger cabin, wherein image content is displayed on a display surface and light is generated by luminaires.
[0002] In conventional cabin projection systems—i.e., the projection of image content onto the interior surfaces of an aircraft's passenger cabin—large-format images (e.g., panoramic images) are generated by splitting the image across multiple projectors. In addition to a cabin projection system, a passenger cabin also contains additional lighting fixtures, such as washlights, spotlights, etc.
[0003] US 2018 / 0081615 A1 discloses a visual output arrangement for an aircraft cabin, which includes at least one electronic display device, a projection screen, an image projector configured to project images onto the projection screen, and at least one lighting device. An image data controller analyzes optical image parameters in an image data stream and controls and adjusts lighting parameters of lighting devices.
[0004] DE 10 2007 008 164 A1 discloses a method and device for adapting the illumination of peripheral areas to an image display on the interior surfaces of a passenger transport vehicle, such as an aircraft. Illumination sources adjacent to an image display are synchronized in such a way that, for example, no separation points are perceived in the transition areas between the image display and the illumination, so that the separately displayed illumination areas and image display areas are perceived by the observer as a single area. This application serves to create a virtual daily routine through time-controlled changes in the light color, color temperature, and illuminance to compensate for the loss of a real sense of time (reducing the so-called "jet lag" effect).
[0005] DE 10 2012 108 956 A1 discloses a passenger cabin unit, for example, of an aircraft, wherein visible surfaces inside are completely equipped with a display device divided into first display areas and second display areas for interactive control by passengers or the crew. Furthermore, a method for displaying effects using such a display device is described.
[0006] DE 10 2013 207 062 A1 discloses a vehicle cabin arrangement for a vehicle body and a method for illuminating a vehicle cabin and for displaying information using such a vehicle cabin arrangement. A lighting device with a light-emitting surface directed toward the cabin interior is provided on a ceiling section. It has a plurality of separate lighting elements, each with its own light-emitting element surface, which can assume different switch-on states and / or light emission states that differ in at least one property of the emitted light. Furthermore, a control device is provided for controlling the lighting device. The lighting elements are arranged such that several element surfaces are arranged next to one another both in the direction parallel to the cabin's longitudinal axis and in the direction perpendicular to the cabin's longitudinal axis.The control device is adapted to control each lighting element individually with respect to its on-state and / or light-emission state. It has a memory device for storing a plurality of control parameter sets, each corresponding to a different light-emission pattern characterized by different on-states and / or light-emission states of different lighting elements. The control device is adapted to selectively control the lighting device for each of the control parameter sets such that the lighting elements are operated according to the corresponding light-emission pattern.
[0007] US 2011 / 0163697 A1 discloses a lighting device suitable for illuminating an aircraft cabin. An OLED lighting panel is arranged on a ceiling of the aircraft cabin in a direction parallel to a fuselage axis to illuminate the interior of the cabin. Furthermore, the OLED lighting panel is arranged on an upper portion of the window panels in a direction parallel to the fuselage axis to illuminate the interior of the cabin. A control system for controlling the lighting within the cabin includes a central control unit and OLED lighting panels arranged above window panels and divided into several zones within the cabin, which are connected to the central control unit via power / signal lines. The central control unit functions to change and control the color of the OLED lighting panels of the respective zones.
[0008] The object of the present invention is to improve the lighting in a corresponding passenger cabin with regard to the lighting adjustment between the image content displayed on a display surface and the light of the luminaires.
[0009] This object is achieved by a lighting arrangement according to claim 1 for a passenger cabin of an aircraft. Preferred or advantageous embodiments of the invention, as well as other categories of invention, are evident from the further claims, the following description, and the accompanying figures.
[0010] The invention is based on, or is intended to be designed for, the passenger cabin to contain or have a display surface. Image content can be displayed on the display surface or is displayed when the display surface is in operation. The display surface has at least two sub-surfaces. Each of the sub-surfaces serves to display a respective sub-content of the image content. The displayed image content is based on the emission of light, e.g., light from an actively illuminated screen or reflected light from a projector, and represents a type of light source.
[0011] The lighting arrangement contains at least two lights. When the lighting arrangement is installed in the aircraft, the lights are arranged as intended in a lighting environment of the display surface. Each of the lights is used to emit light according to at least one respective variable lighting parameter (e.g. color or color location, brightness, time course, etc.). The "lighting environment" is to be understood as the set of all locations that are at a certain maximum distance from the display surface and have the following property: If a light is installed in the lighting environment and is operated while the image content is being displayed, a viewer can perceive the light from the light and the image content (or the associated light) together and connect them with one another. In this way, the viewer perceives, for example, harmonies and disharmonies between the brightness and / or colors of both elements or light radiation.
[0012] The lighting arrangement also includes a control unit. In the control unit, each of the luminaires is assigned at least a portion of the display area—here, a real portion, in particular an edge area—as an evaluation area. In the control unit, each of the luminaires is also assigned a mapping rule. The mapping rule assigns the values of the lighting parameters for the correspondingly assigned luminaire to an image content of the evaluation area of a specific luminaire.
[0013] The control unit is also configured to assign values of the lighting parameters for each of the luminaires to the image content of its evaluation area based on the mapping rule, thus using or executing the mapping rule according to its intended purpose. The control unit is also configured to control each of the luminaires with the values of the assigned lighting parameters, so that when in operation, it emits light according to the lighting parameters.
[0014] The display area is, in particular, a portion of the surface of the passenger cabin, in particular a ceiling section, wall section, floor section, etc. "Surface" also includes those of fixtures such as luggage compartments, partition walls, monuments, etc. The evaluation area is, in particular, not limited to the sub-areas or their boundaries and can therefore extend across two or more sub-areas. The evaluation area can also be composed of separate, particularly spaced-apart, sub-areas.
[0015] By assigning the values of the lighting parameters based on the image content, the values are generated “automatically”.
[0016] The invention is based on the following considerations and findings: Lighting elements are typically present in the immediate vicinity of a display surface (e.g. a projection screen). If, for example, the projection is made onto ceiling panels as the display surface, the ceiling lighting or its luminaires are in the immediate vicinity. Since both the image content of the projection or the corresponding light and the light generated by the luminaires can be perceived together by a viewer, it is desirable to harmonize the light from the luminaires with the displayed image content in optical terms, i.e. in terms of light color, brightness and time course. The definition of dynamic and finely defined lighting scenarios is very complex. The basic idea of the invention is therefore to find a solution in which the lighting scenes can be calculated automatically. A lighting scene is the light generated by several or all of the luminaires in question.The relevant luminaires are the lighting elements (luminaires) adjacent to the images. The "images" are the display areas with image content. Automatic generation should be based on or dependent on the image content displayed on the display area.
[0017] A special feature here is that the image content is distributed across multiple sub-areas, for example, multiple screens. The idea behind the invention is to create an appealing cabin ambience through harmonization, in which the brightness and color of the lighting system (the lights) match the displayed image (image content). Another idea is to create the impression of a "larger projection surface" through the adapted lighting system.
[0018] According to the invention, the values of the lighting parameters are determined automatically, so that lighting scenes (values of the lighting parameters of a plurality of luminaires) no longer have to be adjusted manually.
[0019] In a preferred embodiment, the control unit is configured to assign at least one, in particular all, of the lighting parameters based on the currently displayed image content and to control the relevant luminaires with the current lighting parameter(s). The currently displayed image content is thus assigned to a lighting parameter, and the luminaire is operated with the corresponding lighting parameter. This procedure can be performed once to adaptively adjust the luminaires. Particularly with changing image content, this procedure can also be repeated, in particular periodically, for example, at 1, 20, 50, or 100 Hz. This ensures that the light from the luminaires dynamically follows the image content.
[0020] Alternatively, in this embodiment, the control unit is configured to assign at least one, in particular all, of the lighting parameters based on a defined image content and to control the relevant lights with the corresponding lighting parameter(s). This can be done in particular based on a pre-calculation, for example before the start of a flight or during a redesign of the aircraft cabin (change in the image content). Thus, during operation of the lighting arrangement or during a flight, no determination of the image content and no assignment of the lighting parameters are required. Such a procedure requires a previously known image content. For example, lighting scenes can be pre-calculated for known image content, and respective combinations can then be reproduced as needed.
[0021] In a preferred embodiment, at least one, in particular all, of the partial contents are generated during operation by a light source, and the control unit has an interface to the relevant light source(s) in order to obtain the image content from the light source. The image content therefore does not have to be determined from the display surface, for example, via a camera. Instead, the source or the raw data of the image content is evaluated. This makes it particularly easy and reliable to capture the image content in order to process it according to the assignment to the lighting parameters.
[0022] In a preferred embodiment, at least one, and in particular all, of the partial surfaces is a section of the surface of the passenger cabin illuminated by a separate projector as a light source. “Separate projector” is to be understood here to mean that a respective projector generates the image content of a partial surface. If there are several such partial surfaces, each partial content is generated by a different projector. In particular, the corresponding projector is part of the lighting arrangement. Projectors are particularly suitable for displaying image content, e.g. on complex surfaces. The above-mentioned interface is particularly useful in combination with projectors, as this allows the image content to be determined particularly reliably and precisely without having to accept distortions due to the projection path, obscurations, etc.
[0023] In a preferred embodiment, at least one of the partial areas is a surface of a screen as the light source. The light source of the image content to be generated is therefore a screen. In the sense of the aforementioned "separate projector," here too, each partial area is formed by its own, i.e., different, screen. In particular, the respective screen is again part of the lighting arrangement. Screens make it particularly easy to reproduce content. Here, too, the combination with a corresponding interface to the screen is optionally available in order to determine the image content particularly reliably for the purpose of assignment.
[0024] According to the invention, at least one of the evaluation areas can be freely positioned within the display area. "Positioning" includes, in particular, moving the area and / or changing its size and / or shape. This allows a fundamental adjustment of the mapping characteristics between the image content on the display area and the lighting parameters to be influenced.
[0025] In a preferred embodiment, the evaluation area has a rectangular shape. The number of evaluation areas or sub-areas (see above) and / or their size and / or their aspect ratio and / or their position are freely definable. A rectangular shape is particularly easy to implement, especially with regard to digital data to be captured as image content via the above-mentioned interface.
[0026] In a preferred embodiment, the luminous parameter is a brightness and / or a color coordinate of the light emitted by the luminaire during operation. These luminous parameters allow for particularly effective adaptation of the character of the light generated by the luminaires to the image content.
[0027] In a preferred variant of this embodiment, the value of the luminous parameter "brightness" is the mean value of all brightness values in the evaluation range. Alternatively or additionally, the value of the luminous parameter "color locus" is the value of the—in particular geometric—center of gravity of all color loci in the evaluation range. Particularly with digitized image content (screen or projector as the light source, see above), the corresponding image pixels of the partial content can be evaluated. This works particularly easily and reliably in conjunction with the above-mentioned interface to the relevant light source.
[0028] In a preferred embodiment, the lighting environment is the display surface itself. A corresponding light is then placed within the display surface. Alternatively or additionally, the lighting environment is an area immediately adjacent to the display surface or its edge. In this case, a light placed there is therefore immediately adjacent to the edge of the display surface. Alternatively or additionally, the lighting environment is a distance area of at most 2 meters from the display surface, i.e. from the edge of the display surface. A light placed there is therefore no further than 2 m from the edge of the display surface and is placed in its surroundings. In particular, a corresponding light is therefore placed directly next to the display surface or at a distance from it, in particular on the surface of the passenger cabin which continues the display surface.In particular, instead of 2 m, the luminous environment extends to a maximum distance of 1 cm, 2 cm, 3 cm, 5 cm, 7.5 cm, 10 cm, 20 cm, 30 cm, 50 cm, 75 cm, 1 m or 1.5 m from the edge of the display surface.
[0029] In a preferred embodiment, the image content to be displayed is a panoramic image, and the respective partial content is a section of the panoramic image. The lighting arrangement according to the invention is particularly suitable for such image content.
[0030] According to the invention, the control unit contains a configuration database in which at least one of the evaluation areas (or their data, such as position, size, shape, etc.) and / or at least one of the imaging specifications and / or at least one of the assignments of the imaging specifications to the luminaires is modifiable. The lighting arrangement can thus be adapted particularly flexibly to the image content to be displayed and / or a luminaire configuration or a specific passenger cabin in which these elements are to be used.
[0031] The object of the invention is also achieved by a passenger cabin according to claim 11. This contains the lighting arrangement according to the invention and its display surface. Furthermore, the lights are arranged in the luminous surroundings of the display surface. Optionally, the passenger cabin also contains—if present—the aforementioned light sources and / or the image content to be displayed or the underlying image data / brightness information, etc.
[0032] The passenger cabin and at least some of its embodiments as well as the respective advantages have already been explained in connection with the lighting arrangement according to the invention.
[0033] The object is also achieved by a method according to patent claim 12 for controlling at least two lights in a passenger cabin of an aircraft, the passenger cabin having a display surface. An image content is displayed on the display surface, the display surface having at least two partial surfaces. A respective partial content of the image content is displayed on each of the partial surfaces. The lights are arranged in a luminous environment of the display surface. During operation, the lights emit light according to at least one respective variable luminous parameter. At least part of the display surface is assigned to each of the lights as an evaluation area. Each of the lights is assigned a mapping rule, the mapping rule assigning a value of the luminous parameter to an image content of the evaluation area.For each of the luminaires, values of their lighting parameters are assigned to the image content of their evaluation area based on the mapping rule. Each of the luminaires is controlled with the values of the assigned lighting parameters. At least one of the evaluation areas and / or at least one of the mapping rules and / or at least one of their assignments to the luminaires is stored in a configuration database in a modifiable manner.
[0034] The method and at least some of its embodiments as well as the respective advantages have already been explained in connection with the lighting arrangement according to the invention or the passenger cabin according to the invention.
[0035] In a preferred embodiment, the method is carried out with the lighting device according to the invention or with or in the passenger cabin according to the invention. The corresponding objects are particularly suitable for carrying out the method.
[0036] The invention is based on the following findings, observations, and considerations and also includes the following embodiments. These embodiments are sometimes referred to as "the invention" for simplicity. These embodiments may also contain or correspond to parts or combinations of the aforementioned embodiments and / or may also include previously unmentioned embodiments.
[0037] According to the invention, a reproduction system for image content (projection system) is coupled to a scene control for a cabin lighting (control of lighting “scenes” by operating the lights with specific lighting parameters).
[0038] The invention makes it possible to automatically generate static and dynamic lighting scenarios for the lighting elements (luminaires) in the vicinity of displays or projection surfaces (display surface) depending on the displayed image content, so that screens (also projectors, generally: the image content on the display surface) and lighting system (luminaires) complement each other harmoniously.
[0039] The invention solves this problem by flexibly definable evaluation areas in the displayed image content (in the display area) and by the flexible assignment of lighting elements (luminaires) to evaluation areas, independent of the boundaries of the screen (the partial areas). An evaluation area is a region in the image to be displayed (image content, display area) in which a representative brightness (luminance parameter) or a representative color location (luminance parameter) is determined according to a freely selectable algorithm (mapping rule). Possible algorithms here are the averaging of the brightnesses of all pixels (of the image content) in the evaluation region (evaluation area) or the determination of the center of gravity of the color words of all pixels in the evaluation region to determine the brightness and color location (luminance parameter) of the assigned lighting element (luminaire).The typically rectangular evaluation regions are freely definable in terms of number, aspect ratio, size, and position. The evaluation regions can be calculated in advance using a PC tool, for example, or calculated during operation for direct command of the lighting system.
[0040] The assignment of the evaluation region to the lighting element takes place in a separate configuration database and is therefore independent of the composition of the overall image (image content) by individual images (sub-contents). It is therefore not necessary for the lighting elements (luminaires) to match the screens (sub-areas) in size and arrangement.
[0041] The invention offers the following advantages: the calculation of the lighting scenarios is automatic and can be performed in advance (lower computational load during subsequent operation) or during operation (greater flexibility). The evaluation regions are freely definable in terms of number, aspect ratio, size, and position. The arrangement of the lighting elements (luminaire or illuminated surface) is independent of the arrangement of the projected images. The lighting arrangement is arbitrarily scalable with regard to projection surfaces, evaluation range, and controlled lighting elements.
[0042] Aspects of the invention include - automatic scene generation for the cabin lighting system (the proposed method can also be used to define lighting scenarios in general, for example, based on a designer's video presentation), - the flexible assignment of evaluation regions to lighting elements using a database, - the independence of the lighting scenarios from the type (projectors, displays), number and dimensions of the screens, - the ability to calculate lighting scenarios in advance or during flight on the aircraft.
[0043] Further features, effects, and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention and the accompanying figures. Each of these figures shows a schematic diagram: Fig. 1 a passenger cabin of an aircraft with a display surface and lights in a perspective view, Fig. 2 a lighting arrangement according to the invention in a schematic diagram, Fig. 3 a part of an alternative lighting arrangement according to the invention in a schematic diagram.
[0044] Fig. 1 shows a section of a passenger cabin 2 of an aircraft not shown in detail, namely essentially its ceiling area with ceiling panels 4 and luggage compartments 6. Between the panels 4 and the luggage compartments 6 are (indirectly, therefore in Fig. 1 not directly visible) luminaires 8 (here, light strips) are arranged in the form of cabin lighting or ceiling lighting. Part of the panels 4 forms a display surface 10, on which an image 12, in this case a panoramic image of a cloudy sky, is currently being displayed.
[0045] The display area 10 has three partial areas 14a-c, each of which displays a partial content 16a-c of the image content 12. Each of the partial contents 16a-c is represented by one of three Fig. 1, not visible, projectors. The partial areas 14a-c are therefore respective sections of the surface of the passenger cabin 2 (the panels 4), which are each illuminated by one of the projectors to display the respective partial content 16a-c.
[0046] The luminaires 8 are positioned in a luminous environment 18 of the display surface 10. The luminous environment 18 is the area with a maximum distance of 30 cm from the display surface 10 and is indicated by a dashed line.
[0047] The luminaires 8 are part of a lighting arrangement 20 and, when in active operation, emit light 22 (here only symbolically indicated by an arrow).
[0048] Fig. 2 symbolically shows the lighting arrangement 20 for the passenger cabin 2 from Fig. 1 in detail. The passenger cabin 2 has, as explained above, the display surface 10 with the partial surfaces 14a-c, on which the partial contents 16a-c are displayed, which are composed of the image content 12. The lighting arrangement 20 also comprises a total of twenty-four lights 8, which are grouped in respective groups of four, with three groups of four each representing one of the Fig. 1. The luminaires 8 are all located in the luminous area 18 of the display surface 10. During active operation, each of the luminaires 8 emits light 22 (here again symbolically indicated by an arrow). The light 22 has luminous parameters 24, in this case a specific brightness H and color in the form of a color location F.
[0049] The lighting arrangement 20 also contains a control unit 26. In the control unit 26, each of the lights 8 is assigned a part of the display area 10 as an evaluation area 28. The assignment is shown in Fig. 2 symbolically indicated as a double arrow. In the control unit 26, each of the luminaires 8 is also assigned a mapping rule 30. The mapping rule 30 assigns a value of the respective lighting parameters 24 for the respective luminaire 8 to an image content 12 (its portion) in the respective evaluation area 28 of the respective luminaire 8. In the example, therefore, a value for the brightness H and a value for the color location F are assigned to each individual luminaire 8. For clarity, this is only explicitly shown for a single luminaire.
[0050] The control unit 26 carries out the corresponding assignment, i.e. in the example, it determines the values for the brightness H and the color location F for each luminaire 8 and controls the respective luminaire 8 with the corresponding values with regard to brightness H and color location F.
[0051] The assignment between luminaire 8 and evaluation area 28 is freely definable. The number, aspect ratio, size, and position of the evaluation areas 28 are freely definable. The evaluation algorithm (mapping rule 30) is freely definable. In the example, the center of gravity of the color location in evaluation area 28 is determined as the value of color location F. The average brightness in evaluation area 28 is determined as the value for brightness H. The arrangement of the lighting elements (both the display area 10 and the luminaires 8) is independent of the arrangement of the projected images, since an assignment takes place. The determination of the lighting parameters 24 can take place either in real time or by pre-calculation. The lighting arrangement 20 is scalable with regard to the projection surfaces, i.e., the display areas 10, the evaluation areas 28, and the controlled luminaires 8.
[0052] In the example, the partial contents 16a-c are generated by one light source 32, here a respective projector, per partial area 14a-c. To determine or obtain the image contents 12 (or the respective portions of the total image content 12) within the evaluation areas 28, the control unit 26 has an interface 34 to the light sources 32.
[0053] The evaluation areas 28 (or their size, position, etc.), the mapping specifications 30 for all luminaires 8 as well as the respective assignments of these elements to the luminaires 8 are stored in a configuration database 36 (indicated by a dashed frame) of the control unit 26.
[0054] Fig. 3 shows again the lighting arrangement 20 from Fig. 2, wherein the control unit 26 is omitted for simplicity. Here, the partial surfaces 14a-c are designed in an alternative embodiment as three surfaces of three screens as respective light sources 32. Transferred to Fig. 1, three screens are embedded in the panels 4 as light sources 32, the surfaces of which form the partial areas 14a-c. The partial contents 16a-c are the image information displayed on the screens.
[0055] Here, the “lighting elements” in the form of groups of four lights 8 do not correspond to the partial areas 14a-c, as shown in Fig. 2 is the case.
[0056] In Fig.3, in addition to the twenty-four luminaires 8 of the lighting arrangement 20, which are arranged here in alternative groups of four, eight additional luminaires 8 are provided, thus forming "projecting" lighting elements (indicated by dashed frames). These can be controlled independently of the luminaires 8 of the lighting arrangement 20 and thus independently of the image content 12. List of reference symbols 2 passenger cabins 4 panels 6 Luggage compartment 8 lights 10 display area 12 Image content 14a-c subarea 16a-c Partial content 18 Lighting environment 20 Lighting arrangement 22 light 24 lighting parameters 26 Control unit 28 Evaluation area 30 Illustration rule 32 light source 34 Interface 36 Configuration database H Brightness F color location
Claims
[1] Lighting arrangement (20) for a passenger cabin (2) of an aircraft with a display surface (10) on which an image content (12) can be reproduced, wherein the display surface (10) has at least two partial surfaces (14a-c) for reproducing respective partial contents (16a-c) of the image content (12), - with at least two lights (8) for the intended arrangement in a lighting environment (18) of the display surface (10) and for emitting light (22) according to at least one respective variable lighting parameter (24), - with a control unit (26) in which each of the lights (8) is assigned a real part of the display area (10) as an evaluation area (28), - and in which each of the luminaires (8) is assigned a mapping rule (30), wherein the mapping rule (30) assigns values of the luminous parameters (24) to an image content (12) of the evaluation area (28), - wherein the control unit (26) is designed to assign values of its lighting parameters (24) to the image content (12) of its evaluation area (28) for each of the luminaires (8) on the basis of the mapping rule (30) in such a way that the light generated by the image content (12) is optically harmonized with the light (22) generated by the luminaires (8) and - to control each of the luminaires (8) with the values of the assigned lighting parameters (24), - wherein the control unit (26) contains a configuration database (36) in which at least one of the evaluation areas (28) and / or at least one of the imaging specifications (30) and / or at least one of their assignments to the luminaires (8) is stored in a changeable manner, - wherein at least one of the evaluation areas (28) can be freely placed in the display area (10). [2] Lighting arrangement (20) according to claim 1, characterized by , that the control unit (26) is designed to assign at least one of the lighting parameters (24) based on the currently displayed image content (12) and to control the relevant lights (8) with the current lighting parameter (24), or the control unit (26) is configured to assign at least one of the lighting parameters (24) based on a defined image content (12) and to control the relevant lights (8) with the corresponding lighting parameter (24). [3] Lighting arrangement (20) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that at least one of the partial contents (16a-c) is generated during operation by a light source (32), and the control unit (26) has an interface (34) to the light source (32) in order to obtain the image contents (12) from the light source (32). [4] Lighting arrangement (20) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized bythat at least one of the partial surfaces (14a-c) is a section of the surface of the passenger cabin (2) illuminated by a separate projector as a light source (32). [5] Lighting arrangement (20) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that at least one of the partial surfaces (14a-c) is a surface of a screen as a light source (32). [6] Lighting arrangement (20) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the evaluation area (28) has a rectangular shape. [7] Lighting arrangement (20) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the luminous parameter (24) is a brightness (H) and / or a color location (F) of the light (22) emitted by the luminaire (8) during operation. [8] Lighting arrangement (20) according to claim 7, characterized bythat the value of the luminous parameter (24) “brightness” (H) is the mean value of all brightnesses (H) in the evaluation range (28) and / or the value of the luminous parameter (24) “color locus” (F) is the value of the center of gravity of all color loci (F) in the evaluation range (28). [9] Lighting arrangement (20) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the luminous environment (18) is the display surface (10) itself and / or the luminous environment (18) is an area immediately adjacent to the display surface (10) and / or a distance area of at most two meters from the display surface (10). [10] Lighting arrangement (20) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by that the image content (12) is a panoramic image and the respective partial content (16a-c) is a section of the panoramic image. [11] Passenger cabin (2), with the lighting arrangement (20) according to one of claims 1 to 10 and with the display surface (10), wherein the lights (8) are arranged in the lighting environment (18) of the display surface (10). [12] Method for controlling at least two lights (8) of a passenger cabin (2) of an aircraft having a display surface (10) on which an image content (12) is displayed, wherein the display surface (10) has at least two partial surfaces (14a-c) and on each of the partial surfaces (14a-c) a respective partial content (16a-c) of the image content (12) is displayed, wherein the lights (8) are arranged in a lighting environment (18) of the display surface (10) and emit light (22) according to at least one respective variable lighting parameter (24), in which: - each of the lights (8) is assigned a real part of the display area (10) as an evaluation area (28), - each of the luminaires (8) is assigned a mapping rule (30), wherein the mapping rule (30) assigns a value of the luminous parameter (24) to an image content (12) of the evaluation area (28), - for each of the luminaires (8), values of their luminous parameters (24) are assigned to the image content (12) of their evaluation area (28) on the basis of the imaging rule (30) in such a way that the light generated by the image content (12) is optically harmonized with the light (22) generated by the luminaires (8), and - each of the luminaires (8) is controlled with the values of the assigned luminaire parameters (24), - wherein at least one of the evaluation areas (28) and / or at least one of the mapping specifications (30) and / or at least one of their assignments to the luminaires (8) are stored in a configuration database (36) in a changeable manner, - wherein at least one of the evaluation areas (28) is placed freely in the display area (10). [13] Method according to claim 12, characterized by that the method is carried out with a lighting device (20) according to one of claims 1 to 10 or with a passenger cabin (2) according to claim 11.
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