Method for operating a luminaire (10) by means of gesture control without contact, which is equipped with - a luminaire (10) comprising at least one
light source (14) which emits a beam of light (26) along an optical
light emission axis (28), - a sensor arrangement (18) for detecting (i) a movement of an object (20) into and / or out of the
light beam (26) and / or within the
light beam (26) and (ii) a standstill of an object (20) in the
light beam (26), wherein the object (20) is in particular a hand, and - an evaluation and
control unit (22) which receives signals from the sensor arrangement (18) representing a movement of the object (20) as well as a standstill of the object (20) and evaluates these to detect a movement or standstill of the object (20) and which controls the at least one
light source, - wherein the luminaire, when switched on, is switchable into at least one setting mode for setting or changing at least one photometric operating parameter of the luminaire (10), such as the brightness of the light, the color of the light, the
color saturation of the light, the degree of spread of the light beam and / or the orientation of the light beam (26) in space, wherein the method - by moving the object (20) into and / or out of the light beam (26) and / or through the light beam (26) switching between an off state and an on state of the luminaire (10), - by the object (20) coming to a standstill within the light beam (26) while the light (10) is switched on, the light (10) is switched from deactivation of at least one setting mode or of one of several setting
modes to its activation, - wherein the activation and / or deactivation of the at least one setting mode or one of the several setting
modes is visually indicated by the evaluation and
control unit (22) controlling the at least one
light source (14) to intermittently change at least one photometric operating parameter of the luminaire (10) that can be set or adjusted in the activated setting mode, such as brightness flickering, in particular reversible color change, in particular reversible
color saturation change, in particular reversible widening or narrowing of the light beam or reversible swiveling of the light beam (26), and - by moving the object (20) after it has come to a standstill, the lighting operating parameter(s) that can be set and / or changed in the activated setting mode is set or changed.