Patent ID: 11877370
Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  H  E  Y | IPC E  F  H

Claim 8:
9. A method of providing interior lighting, comprising:
sensing exterior lighting outside or through a window between an interior space and the exterior;
providing lighting from a wall surface around the outside of the window using an arrangement of lighting panels mounted at least on opposite lateral sides of the window and adjacent to the window, each lighting panel having a light source and a reflector, and the light source directing light to the reflector;
controlling the lighting delivered by the arrangement of lighting panels in dependence on the sensed exterior lighting;
overlapping a first portion of each lighting panel with an edge of the window and overlapping a second portion of each lighting panel with a wall around the edge of the window; and
reflecting part of the exterior light which reaches the first portion to the wall surface, and passing part of the exterior light that reaches the first portion through a diffusive panel cover.