Patent ID: 8494660
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a lighting infrastructure comprising the acts of generating a single room view of a room with the lighting infrastructure by combining different views of the room on a display, receiving and processing of input signals associated with the generated single room view creating output signals for controlling the lighting infrastructure in response to the processed input signals, wherein the act of creating a single room view of a room includes combining views of surfaces of the room with lighting effects and virtual views of the room for modeling lighting effects in the room, wherein the act of receiving and processing input signals includes: receiving an user input from input means, assigning the received user input to one or more light effects on the environment or light units of the lighting infrastructure, determining a lighting effect from the received user input, and generating control signals for the one or more light units associated with the determined lighting effect.