Patent ID: 11943857
Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of restricting control of one or more lighting units in a lighting system, the lighting system comprising the one or more lighting units, a first control device for controlling the one or more lighting units and a portable control device remote from the one or more lighting units for wirelessly controlling the one or more lighting units, the method comprising:
determining a position of the portable control device relative to a surface for positioning the portable control device on, and
setting the one or more lighting units to a first control mode or a second control mode in dependence on the position of the portable control device relative to the surface,
wherein, when the one or more lighting units have been set to the first control mode, the one or more lighting units are configured to be controlled by both the first control device and the portable control device,
wherein, when the one or more lighting units have been set to the second control mode, the one or more lighting units are configured to be controlled by the portable control device; and wherein control of the one or more lighting units by the first control device is at least partially restricted.