Patent ID: 8222837

Claim:
An ambience lighting system ( 100 ) for use in conjunction with a display device ( 109 ) including an image display region ( 108 ), comprising: a central control unit ( 102 ) adapted to receive an incoming audio video stream (AVS) ( 101 ) and to determine color information at the periphery of the image to be displayed in the image display region, multiple light sources ( 110 - 121 ) disposed in a pre-fixed arrangement in relation to the periphery of the image display region ( 108 ), local control units ( 104 - 107 ) each being adapted to be coupled to at least one light source ( 220 - 121 ) selected from the multiple light sources for locally operating the at least one coupled light source, wherein the central control unit ( 102 ) transmits the determined color information as a stream ( 103 ) to each respective local control unit ( 104 - 107 ), each respective local control unit being adapted to use a portion of the received color information to operate the at least one coupled light source, the portion being determined based on the position of the at least one coupled light source within the pre-fixed arrangement.