Patent ID: 8514192
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G06F,H05B

Abstract:
1. A method for operating a lighting control console for controlling a lighting system, wherein digital adjusting commands are generated in the lighting control console and transferred to the lighting devices of the lighting system, and wherein the lighting control console comprises at least one digital processor and at least one digital memory for generating, managing and storing the adjusting commands, and wherein the lighting control console comprises at least one display device, and wherein graphical elements can be graphically depicted on the display device to a user, and wherein the display device includes a touch-sensitive sensor surface, and wherein touching the touch-sensitive sensor surface permits selection of an operator input, said method comprising the following method steps of: a) detecting a contact surface formed by touching the touch-sensitive sensor surface; b) measuring a dimension of the contact surface formed by touching the touch-sensitive sensor surface; and c) generating an adjusting command controlling the lighting system as a function of the measured dimension of the contact surface, wherein a measured dimension of the contact surface having a first magnitude corresponds to an adjusting command different from an adjusting command corresponding to a measured dimension of the contact surface having a magnitude different from the first magnitude.