FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to a system that enables controlling a target lighting device arranged at a target space by monitoring behavior of a remote audience at a local space. The invention further relates to a networked control system in communication with a target lighting device for illuminating a target space and at least one local system arranged at a local space. The invention further relates to a method of controlling a target lighting device, wherein the method comprises a local sensor arrangement of a local system of at least one local system; and an associated computer program product.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Societal health is periodically contested by virus outbreaks, such as seasonal symptomatic influenza A/B outbreak, SARS, MERS, COVID-19. This development may challenge the organization of crowded events, such as concerts, sport events, demonstrations, exhibitions, game events.

Connected devices in the digital domain may provide solutions to still involve a remote crowd with events. For example, remote crowds may attend an event via videoconferencing. The physical feedback of such remote crowds to the event may thereby be conveyed via an audio stream or an image display. For example, football fans may connect to a display at the venue of a football match, and cheer their football team via their audiovisual presence on said display. See for example DE202020002406.

Such solutions may however still cope with the lack of ambience at the event. It may therefore be advantageous to recreate the energy (or vibe) of a remote person, crowd or audience at the event itself.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is an object of the invention to provide an improved system, which at least alleviates the problems and disadvantages mentioned above. This object may at least partly be achieved by considering the insight that human behavior at a remote location may be mapped onto a lighting device at a targeted venue, or event location. Thereto, the invention provides a system comprising: at least two local systems; a target lighting device for illuminating a target space; a networked control system; wherein each local system of the at least one local system comprises a local sensor arrangement for monitoring a local space and a local lighting device for illuminating the local space, wherein the local sensor arrangement is configured to determine at least one parameter associated with human behavior at the local space, and to output an output signal indicative of said at least one parameter; wherein the networked control system is configured to: (i) obtain the output signal of the local sensor arrangement of each local system of the at least two local systems, (ii) determine an aggregate lighting characteristic based on the output signal of the local sensor arrangement of each local system of the at least two local systems, (iii) control the target lighting device and the local lighting device to render the aggregate lighting characteristic.

Consequently, the present invention provides at least two local systems. Each local system of the at least two local systems is arranged at a respective local space. Each local space may be different. Said local space may for example be a domestic space. Said domestic space may e.g. house a person that is willing to convey a representation of their behavioral response to a remote event. Said remote event occurs at the target space. Throughout the application, the term ‘space’ may alternatively be phrased as the term ‘location’.

The present invention enables to convey said representation of the behavioral response of a person(s) at the local space, because the local sensor arrangement of each local system of the at least two local systems determines at least one parameter associated with human behavior at the respective local space, and outputs an output signal indicative of said at least one parameter.

The present invention further comprises a networked control system. The networked control system is configured to obtain the output signal of the local sensor arrangement of each local system of the at least two local systems. The networked control system is thereby able to crowd source the behavioral response, which is occurring at the local space(s), to a remote event.

Furthermore, the networked control system is configured to determine an aggregate lighting characteristic based on the output signal of the local sensor arrangement of each local system of the at least two local systems, and configured to control the target lighting device to render the aggregate lighting characteristic. Hence, the output signal(s) of the at least two local systems, which output is indicative of at least one parameter associated with human behavior at each respective local space, may be aggregated into a single lighting characteristic. This enables the behavior of a remote person to render a response at an event, or the behavior of a remote audience to render a collective response at an event. Furthermore, said behavior may also be an emotional (e.g. mood) and/or a physiological state of a person or persons. For example, people cheering at different houses may collectively drive a target lighting device at a target space (e.g. event venue, such as a football stadium hosting a match) to render a lighting characteristic defined by their collective behavior (e.g. cheering louder rendering an increased intensity in illumination). The emotion excitement may also be measured by e.g. considering skin conductance and/or heartrate of such people.

The present invention is further characterized by the networked control arrangement being configured to control each respective local lighting device to render the aggregate lighting characteristic as well. The respective local lighting device is thereby arranged for illuminating a respective local space. Therefore, the present invention does not only enable the target lighting device to be controlled based on aggregating all output signals, which output signals are indicative of the human behavior at each respective local space, but also enables the local lighting device of each local system to render the same aggregate lighting characteristic at the local space.

As a result of this, a person in a local space, or an audience at various local spaces may not only control a target lighting device at a target space with their behavior, but may also be informed back on how their behavior is being (mapped onto and) rendered by the target lighting device in the target space, namely via the local lighting device rendering the same aggregate lighting characteristic. Knowing how their feedback is being rendered is clearly advantageous, because it further improves the interaction of a person, crowd or audience with a remote event; and makes the interaction more intuitive.

As partly mentioned, the at least two local systems is a plurality of local systems. For example, the system may comprise the at least one local system, wherein the at least one local system may be at least two local systems, or may be at least three local systems. Moreover, said at least one local system may be at least ten local systems, or at least hundred local systems.

Said target space may for example be phrased as an event space. Said target space may for example be a stadium, a concert hall, a shopping mall, a square, a town hall, a theater, a lecture hall, a sports venue, a game lodge, a cinema, a room, an office, a factory, an exhibition area, and/or an atrium. Said target lighting device may for example be a conventional lighting device, or a semiconductor lighting device. Said target lighting device may for example be a flood light, a luminaire, a spotlight, a panel light, a laser device, an indicator light, a light pole, a LED strip, a signage device, an illuminated poster box. Said target lighting device may for example be a luminaire. Said target lighting device may for example be a seat comprising a light source for illuminating the target space. Such a seat may e.g. be a stadium seat. The light source may e.g. be a LED light source. Said target lighting device may alternatively be a (LED) display, signage, or a pixel of a pixelated LED light source.

Said local space may for example be phrased as a domestic space. Said local space may for example be a house, a living room, a cinema, a room, an office, a cubicle, a play area, a gaming area, a school, a garden, a retail environment, a dressing room, a cafe, a community center, a clubhouse, an area in front of a shop window.

Said local lighting device may for example be a conventional lighting device, or a semiconductor lighting device. Said target lighting device may for example be a luminaire, a LED light source, a spotlight, a panel light, a light source of a modular lighting device, a light source of a panel light, a signage device, an illuminated poster box, a laser device, an indicator light, a LED strip, a portable light source (such as e.g. P hilipsHue Go), a television with a light source for illuminating the ambient of the television (such as e.g. Philips Ambilighf), a media device with a light source or with an indicator light source, a toy or gaming device. Said target lighting device may for example be an interface device configured to convey an image and/or a sound associated with the target space into the respective local space according to the invention. Such an interface device may e.g. be a display, television, radio, speaker, tablet, or smartphone. The light source may e.g. be a LED light source comprised by the interface device, such as embedded in or integrated in the interface device. Said local lighting device may alternatively be a (LED) display, signage, or a pixel of a pixelated LED light source.

Throughout the application: Said illuminating the local space may alternatively be phrased as illuminating at least part of said local space. Said illuminating the target space may alternatively be phrased as illuminating at least part of said target space.

The networked control system may at least partly be in communication with the at least two local systems and the target lighting device via a wired connection, and/or at least partly via a wireless connection. For example, the networked control system may be in communication with the at least two local systems via the internet. Moreover, the networked control system may be a central control device, such as e.g. a computer or a server. The networked control system may also process various input and outputs signals in a distributed fashion. Thus, the networked control system may comprise at least one distributed control device, such as a local controller. A local system of the at least two local systems may e.g. comprise such a local controller, which may convey the output signal to a central control device of the networked control system, in which central control device at least part of said mentioned processing steps of the networked control system may be applied. At least part of the networked control system may also be embodied in the target lighting device, such as a local lighting controller at the target lighting device, which is in communication with the networked control system.

In an embodiment, the target lighting device may be arranged at a target space, wherein each local space may be different to said target space. Hence, since the target space may comprise the venue of an event, such an embodiment may define that each local space may be remote to the event. In examples, the target space may e.g. be separated from each local space (associated with the respective local space of the at least one local space) by a distance, said distance being e.g. at least five kilometers, or at least ten kilometers. Moreover, in an embodiment, each local space (associated with the respective local space of the at least one local space) may be different with respect to each other, i.e. at a different location relative to each other. For example, in case the at least two local systems may be embodied in five different houses, each respective local space may e.g. represent the living rooms of each of these five different houses. In aspects, the target space may be out of line of sight relative to each local space.

In aspects, the target lighting device may be arranged at a target space, wherein each local space may be different to said target space, wherein at least one local space of the local spaces of the respective at least two local systems is adjacent to the target space. For example, in case a lecture hall or stadium is full, an event may be streamed in an adjacent room or area, thereby enabling more people to participate in the event without being at the target space.

In an embodiment, the local sensor arrangement may comprise at least one of: a camera, a microphone, a wearable sensor, a heartrate sensor, a thermopile array, a motion sensor, a presence sensor, a light sensor, a pressure sensor, a PIR sensor, a microwave sensor, a radar sensor, a radiofrequency-sensing system, a portable sensor, a skin conductance sensor, a Volatile Organic Components (VOC) sensor, a temperature sensor, a gaze sensor. Such sensor devices may be advantageous for measuring and/or determining at least one parameter associated with human behavior at the monitored local space.

In an embodiment, the local sensor arrangement may comprise a portable sensor and/or a wearable sensor. The sensor may e.g. be a smartwatch with associated sensors.

In an embodiment, the local sensor arrangement may comprise a computing device, wherein the computing device may comprise monitoring information associated with a monitoring of the respective local space. For example, the computing device may be a server hosting an audience monitoring app, which audience monitoring app enables the computing device to obtain people feedback via a user input. For example, a person may input their behavioral, emotional and/or physiological state to the monitoring app, so as to enable the computing device (i.e. the local sensor arrangement) to determine at least one parameter associated with human behavior at the local space.

In an embodiment, the at least one parameter associated with human behavior may comprise at least one of: a body movement, a body posture, a gesture, a voice, a soundscape, a speech parameter such as intonation and/or utterance, a cheer, an embrace of a plurality of humans, a position of the human relative to the local sensor arrangement, a word, a physiological state.

Moreover, the at least one parameter associated with human behavior may comprise alternatively or additionally at least one of: an emotion, a physiological state, a heartrate, a skin conductance, a humidity in the local space, a muscle contraction.

Such parameters associated with human behavior may be suitable for characterizing the energy, emotion, vibe, or mood of a person, crowd or audience that is remote to an event. For example, the amount and/or intensity (e.g. speed) of body movement may be indicative of excitement. For example, the position of a human relative to the local sensor arrangement may also be indicative of excitement, as the human (or person) may feel more connected to the remote event by coming near to the local sensor arrangement (e.g. coming closer to a camera instead of staying in background). For example, said body posture may be indicative of concentration and/or attention. A person standing up may e.g. happen when a crucial and/or exciting part of a game is enrolling (e.g. football attack just before a possible goal). Similar examples may be envisioned for gesture and voice. Voice may alternatively be phrased as voice level. The at least one parameter associated with human behavior may also be a cheer, or an embrace. In an embodiment, the aggregate lighting characteristic may comprise at least one of: an intensity, a color, a color temperature, a light pattern, a light modulation, a light scene. Such lighting characteristics may be a suitable indication for the at least one parameter associated with human behavior at the local space.

For example, the output of a local sensor arrangement of a local system may be indicative of a voice level or a cheer, which are parameters associated with human behavior at the local space. The networked control system may for example thereafter determine the aggregate lighting characteristic to be a light intensity correlated to the voice level, i.e. an increase in voice level may linearly increase the light intensity. The networked control system may for example thereafter determine the aggregate lighting characteristic to be color correlated to the presence of a cheer, i.e. a green light color when a majority of cheers is determined, and e.g. possibly a red light color when a majority of ‘boo’ is determined. Similar examples may be envisioned for the aggregate lighting characteristic for different parameters associated with human behavior at the local space.

In alternative aspects, the networked control system may be configured to determine the aggregate lighting characteristic based on the output signal of the local sensor arrangement of at least one local system of the at least two local systems. Such an embodiment may encompass that not all local systems of the at least two local systems may necessarily need to contribute to determining the aggregate lighting characteristic. For example, some local systems may temporarily opt-out from such determining, or some local systems may be disregarded by the networked control system in determining said aggregate lighting characteristic.

In aspects, the aggregate lighting characteristic may be a function of all, or at least part, of the obtained output signals. In alternative aspects, the networked control system may determine an average output signal based on all, or at least part, of the obtained output signals, and determine the aggregate lighting characteristic based on said average output signal.

In an embodiment, the local lighting device may comprise the local sensor arrangement. For example, the local lighting device may be a luminaire comprising the local sensor arrangement. The luminaire may thereby comprise a housing, and the housing may accommodate said local sensor arrangement. For example, the local lighting device may be a lamp with a microphone, or a luminaire with a camera, or a television with Ambilight and a microphone. For example, the local lighting device may be a luminaire with a sensor bundle, which sensor bundle may host multiple sensor modalities. For example, the local lighting device may be a plurality of interrelated Hue Go lamps, which perform radiofrequency -based sensing in the respective local space by means of their RF -transceiver.

In an embodiment, a local system of the at least two local systems may further comprise an interface device; wherein the interface device may be configured to convey an image and/or a sound associated with the target space into the respective local space. In an embodiment, the interface device may be one of: a display, a television, a tablet, a smartphone, a projector, a speaker, a smart wearable device, a head-mounted display, such as a VR headset.

Said image may alternatively be phrased as one of: a live video stream, an audiovisual stream, a video. Said sound may alternatively be phrased as one of: a soundscape, a live sound stream, a podcast.

For example, a local system of the at least two local systems may comprise a television conveying live audiovisual content of an event into the local space. The local space may be inhabited by persons watching said live audiovisual content on the television. The behavior of the persons may be monitored and determined by a microphone. The local sensor arrangement is thus a microphone, which may optionally be integrated in said television as well. The behavior of said persons, as represented in the output signal indicative of the determined at least one parameter associated with the human behavior at the local space, may then be determined by the local sensor arrangement and conveyed to, and obtained by, the networked control system. The networked control system may then determine the aggregate lighting characteristic based thereon and control the target lighting device to render said aggregate lighting characteristic.

In an embodiment, a local system of the at least two local systems may further comprise a user input device; wherein the user input device may be configured to receive an entry indicative of a selection of the target lighting device. Furthermore, the networked control system may be configured to obtain said entry, and control the target lighting device selected in the entry and the local lighting device to render the aggregate lighting characteristic. Such an embodiment may be advantageous to enable a user to select which target lighting device the person wants to render the aggregate lighting characteristic, and thereby represent the person at the target space (i.e. an event). Such a user input device may provide an additional control functionality to the system according to the invention. Such a user input device may moreover provide an option for a user to opt-in to the system according to the invention by making said entry indicative of the selection of the target lighting device. In an embodiment, additionally or alternatively, the user input device may be configured to receive an entry indicative of a selection of the local lighting device wherein the networked control system is configured to obtain said entry, and control the local lighting device selected in the entry and the target lighting device to render the aggregate lighting characteristic.

In alternative aspects, the system according to the invention may comprise a plurality of target lighting devices for illuminating a target space; wherein a local system of the at least two local systems may further comprise a user input device; wherein the user input device is configured to receive an entry indicative of a selection of the target lighting device of the plurality of target lighting devices; wherein the networked control system is configured to control the selected target lighting device of the plurality of target lighting devices and the local lighting device to render the aggregate lighting characteristic.

In alternative aspects, the system according to the invention may comprise a plurality of local lighting devices for illuminating a local space; wherein a local system of the at least two local systems may further comprise a user input device; wherein the user input device is configured to receive an entry indicative of a selection of the local lighting device of the plurality of local lighting devices; wherein the networked control system is configured to control the selected local lighting device of the plurality of local lighting devices and the target lighting device to render the aggregate lighting characteristic.

In alternative aspects, a local system of the at least two local systems may further comprise a user input device; wherein the user input device is configured to receive an entry indicative of an authorization to allow the local sensor arrangement to output an output signal indicative of said at least one parameter. Such an embodiment may be advantageous for addressing possible (data) privacy and security concerns of the system according to the invention.

In aspects, a local lighting device according to the invention may comprise the user input device and/or the interface device according to the invention. The local lighting device may for example be a smartphone, tablet, or smart television comprising a light source, e.g. Ambilight or Hue Play with Hue lights.

It is further an object of the invention to provide a networked control system, which at least alleviates the problems and disadvantages mentioned above. This networked control system may be part of the system according to the invention. Thereto, the invention provides a networked control system in communication with a target lighting device for illuminating a target space and at least two local systems arranged at a local space; wherein the networked control system is configured to: (i) obtain an output signal of a local sensor arrangement of each local system of the at least two local systems, wherein the output signal is indicative of at least one parameter associated with human behavior at the local space; (ii) determine an aggregate lighting characteristic based on the output signal of the local sensor arrangement of each local system of the at least two local systems; (iii) control the target lighting device and a local lighting system of each local system of the at least two local systems to render the aggregate lighting characteristic. Thereby, advantages and/or embodiments applying to the system according to the invention may mutatis mutandis apply to said networked control system according to the invention. Hence, said networked control system may be the networked control system of the system according to the invention.

It is further an object of the invention to provide an improved method, which at least alleviates the problems and disadvantages mentioned above. Thereto, the invention provides a method of controlling a target lighting device, wherein the method comprises a local sensor arrangement of a local system of at least two local systems: determining at least one parameter associated with human behavior at a local space; outputting an output signal indicative of said at least one parameter; wherein the method comprises a networked control system: obtaining the output signal of the local sensor arrangement of each local system of the at least two local systems; determining an aggregate lighting characteristic based on the output signal of the local sensor arrangement of each local system of the at least two local systems; controlling a target lighting device and a local lighting device of each local system of the at least two local systems to render the aggregate lighting characteristic; wherein the target lighting device is arranged at a target space, wherein the local lighting device is arranged at the respective local space, wherein each local space is different to said target space. Thereby, advantages and/or embodiments applying to the system according to the invention may mutatis mutandis apply to said method according to the invention.

In an embodiment, the method may comprise a user input device: receiving an entry indicative of a selection of the target lighting device; wherein the method may comprise the networked control system: obtaining said entry; controlling the target lighting device selected in the entry and a local lighting device of each local system of the at least two local systems to render the aggregate lighting characteristic.

In an embodiment, the method may comprise an interface device of the local system of the at least two local systems: conveying an image and/or a sound associated with the target space into the respective local space. The invention further relates to a computer program product. Hence, the invention provides a computer program product for a computing device, the computer program product comprising computer program code to perform a method according to the invention when the computer program product is run on a processing unit of the computing device. Said computing device may be part of said networked control system.

Thus, aspects of the invention may be implemented in a computer program product, which may be a collection of computer program instructions stored on a computer readable storage device which may be executed by a computer. The instructions of the present invention may be in any interpretable or executable code mechanism, including but not limited to scripts, interpretable programs, dynamic link libraries (DLLs) or Java classes. The instructions can be provided as complete executable programs, partial executable programs, as modifications to existing programs (e.g. updates) or extensions for existing programs (e.g. plugins). Moreover, parts of the processing of the present invention may be distributed over multiple computers or processors.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will now be further elucidated by means of the schematic non limiting drawings:

Fig. 1 depicts schematically an embodiment of a system according to the invention;

Fig. 2 depicts schematically a local system of the system depicted in figure 1 and associated target space;

Fig. 3 depicts schematically a target space associated with the system depicted in figure 1 ;

Fig. 4 depicts schematically an embodiment of system according to the invention.

Fig. 5 depicts schematically an embodiment of a method according to the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

As partly mentioned before, the organization of crowded events may be challenged for societal health reasons, such as e.g. preventing further spread of viruses. As a solution, crowded events such as concerts, sport events, demonstrations, exhibitions, game events, etc. may be organized without the presence of a crowd or a significant part of the crowd. The crowd may still remotely attend the event with the use of connected devices in the digital domain. For example, remote crowds may attend an event via videoconferencing. The physical response (or: feedback) of such remote crowds to the event itself may thereby be conveyed via an audiovisual (live)stream. For example, football fans may connect to a display at the venue of a football match, and cheer their football team via their audiovisual presence on said display. Such solutions may however still cope with the lack of ambience at the event. It may therefore be advantageous to recreate the energy (or vibe) of a remote person, crowd or audience at the event itself.

The present invention resolves the above problem and disadvantages, by at least partly considering the insight that human behavior at a remote location may be mapped onto, or represented by, the output of a lighting device at a targeted venue, or event location. The lighting device may convey, or at least recreate an indication of, the energy (or vibe) of a remote person, crowd or audience. Said behavior may also alternatively be phrased as an emotion, mood or physiological state.

Figure 1 depicts schematically, by non-limiting example, an embodiment of a system 100 according to the invention. The system 100 comprises at least two local systems 90, a networked control system 80, and a target lighting device 70 for illuminating a target space 71. The networked control system 80 is in communication with the target lighting device 70 and each local system 10, 20, 30 of the at least two local systems 90.

Here, said communication is via the internet. The networked control system 80 is in communication with the at least two local systems 90 and the target lighting device 70 via a wired connection. Said communication may alternatively be at least partly by a wired connection and/or at least partly by a wireless connection. For example, each local system of the at least two local systems may comprise a Wi-Fi router to further enable communication between the networked control system and apparatuses in the local system. For example, the target lighting device may be wirelessly controlled, e.g. via Wi-Fi, BLE, RF, VLC, Li-Fi, Zigbee, IR, UWB.

Figure 3 depicts schematically, by non-limiting example, said target space 71. Here, the target space 71 is a stadium 73 at which a football match is being played. The target space 71 may thus be phrased as the event. The seats of the stadium are empty, as the crowd may be obliged to remain at home. Here, a seat of the 72 of the stadium 73 comprises the target lighting device 70. The target lighting device 70 is integrated in the seat 70.

The target lighting device may alternatively be embodied as a standalone apparatus or integrated in another apparatus. Said target lighting device may for example be a conventional lighting device, or a semiconductor lighting device. Said target lighting device may for example be a flood light, a luminaire, a spotlight, a panel light, a laser device, an indicator light, a light pole, a LED strip. Said target lighting device may for example be a luminaire. Alternatively, said target space may be one of: a concert hall, a shopping mall, a square, a town hall, a theater, a lecture hall, a sports venue, a game lodge, a cinema, a room, an office, a factory, an exhibition area, and/or an atrium. Said target lighting device may alternatively be a (LED) display, signage, an illuminated poster box, a light source of a modular lighting device, a light source of a panel light, or a pixel of a pixelated LED light source.

Referring back to figure 1, the system 100 according to the invention comprises at least two local systems 90, which at least two local systems 90 comprises three local systems 10, 20, 30. The first local system 10, the second local system 20, and the third local system 30 are respectively arranged at a first local space 11, a second local space 21, and a third local space 31. Here, the mentioned three local spaces 11, 21, 31 are the living room of three different dwellings, respectively.

The local space may alternatively be another type of domestic space, instead of a dwelling. For example, said local space may alternatively be a house, a living room, a cinema, a room, an office, a cubicle, a play area, a gaming area, a school, a garden, a retail environment, a dressing room, an area in front of a shop window.

The three local spaces 11, 21, 31 house at least one person that is willing to convey a representation of their behavioral response to a remote event. Said remote event occurs at the mentioned target space 71. The remote event is namely the mentioned football match. The present invention enables to convey a representation of the behavioral response of a person(s) at the respective local spaces 11, 21, 31. For example, the cheering of a person.

Still referring to figure 1, and further referring to figure 2, the system 100 according to the invention comprises a local system 10, 20, 30 at each individual local space 11, 21, 31. Figure 2 depicts schematically, by non-limiting example, a first local space 11 and a corresponding local system 10. Here, the local system 20 of second local space 21, and the local system 30 of the third local space 31 are considered technically the same as the first local system 10 of the first local space 11, for convenience of not repeating a similar figure.

Each local system 10, 20, 30 of the at least two local systems 90 comprises a respective local sensor arrangement 13, 23, 33 and a respective local lighting device 12, 22, 32. Each local lighting device 12, 22, 32 is arranged for illuminating the respective local space 11, 21, 31. Said local lighting device may for example be a conventional lighting device, or a semiconductor lighting device. Said target lighting device may for example be a luminaire, a LED light source, a spotlight, a panel light, a laser device, an indicator light, a LED strip, a portable light source (such as e.g. P hilipsHue Go), a television with a light source for illuminating the ambient of the television (such as e.g. Philips Ambilight), a media device with a light source or with an indicator light source, a toy or gaming device.

The local sensor arrangement 13, 23, 33 determines at least one parameter associated with human behavior at the respective local space 11, 21 ,31, and outputs a respective output signal 14, 24, 34 indicative of said at least one parameter. Here, the local sensor arrangement 13, 23, 33 is a microphone. Alternatively, the local sensor arrangement may comprise at least one of: a camera, a microphone, a wearable sensor, a heartrate sensor, a thermopile array, a motion sensor, a presence sensor, a light sensor, a pressure sensor, a PIR sensor, a microwave sensor, a radar sensor, a radiofrequency-sensing system, a skin conductance sensor, a portable sensor, Volatile Organic Components (VOC) sensor, a temperature sensor, a gaze sensor.

Yet alternatively, in other embodiments, the local lighting device may for example comprise the local sensor arrangement, or at least part of the local sensor arrangement. For example, the local lighting device may be a lamp comprising a microphone, or lighting device comprising a microphone, or a device comprising a light source and a microphone. Said microphone may similarly be any other alternative sensor mentioned above.

Referring to figure 2, the first local space 11 comprises the first local system 10. The local sensor arrangement 13 of the first local system 10 is a microphone embedded in a smart speaker or voice assistant device. The microphone 13 monitors the first local space 11 for the at least one parameter 15 associated with human behavior. Here, said at least one parameter 15 associated with human behavior is a sound, or sound level of the person 16 residing in the first local space 11. Though being an optional part of the system 100, here, the first local space 11 also comprises an interface device 17, namely a television. The interface device may alternatively be one of: a display, a television, a tablet, a smartphone, a projector, a speaker, a VR headset, a smart glasses. The television 17 conveys a live audiovisual stream associated with the football match into the first local space 11 and thereby to the person 16. The person 16 in the first local space 11 is thus watching the football match at the stadium 73 at the target space 71. This applies mutatis mutandis for the second local system 20 in the second local space 21 and the third local system 30 in the third local space 31. However, the second local space 21 comprises two persons instead of one person in the first local space 21 and third local space 31.

Still referring to figure 1, figure 2 and figure 3, as mentioned: The local sensor arrangement 13, 23, 33 determines at least one parameter associated with human behavior at the respective local space 11, 21 ,31, and outputs a respective output signal 14, 24, 34 indicative of said at least one parameter. The at least one parameter is the sound level of the person(s) residing in each respective local space 11, 21, 31 of the system 100. Alternatively, said at least one parameter may at least be one of: a body movement, a body posture, a gesture, a voice, a cheer, an embrace of a plurality of humans, a position of the human relative to the local sensor arrangement. Such parameters associated with human behavior may be suitable for characterizing the energy, vibe, or mood of a person, crowd or audience that is remote to an event.

Consequently, each of the local sensor arrangements 13, 23, 33 outputs an output signal 14, 24 ,34 indicative of said at least one parameter, as determined in their respective local space 11, 21, 31. The networked control system 80 obtains the output signal 14 ,24, 34 of each of the three local sensor arrangements 13, 23, 33. More specifically, the networked control system 80 receives said output signals 14, 24, 34, but may alternatively retrieve said signals from the local sensor arrangements, the local systems and/or from other intermediate devices associated with the network that the networked control system is part of. The networked control system is 80 thereby able to crowd source the behavioral response, which is occurring at the local space(s), to a remote event.

Still referring to figure 1, the networked control system 80 determines an aggregate lighting characteristic 81 based on at least one of the output signals 14, 24, 34 of the local sensor arrangement 13, 23, 33 of each local system 10, 20, 30 of the at least two local systems 90. The networked control system 80 is also configured to control the target lighting device 70 to render the aggregate lighting characteristic 81.

Here, the aggregate lighting characteristic 81 is based on the output signal 14 of the local sensor arrangement 13 of the first local system 10, the output signal 24 of the local sensor arrangement 23 of the second local system 20, and the output signal 34 of the local sensor arrangement 33 of the third local system 30 together. Here, the aggregate lighting characteristic 81 is light intensity, which light intensity is based on the aggregate value of the sound levels determined by the respective local sensor arrangements 13, 23, 33. Namely, the more sound the persons in the respective local spaces 11, 21, 31 produce, the more the light intensity increases as represented by the aggregate lighting characteristic 81. The persons in the at least one local space 90 can therefore convey their ‘cheering’ to the remote event.

Alternatively, the networked control system may determine an aggregate lighting characteristic comprising light color based on all the output signals received from the respective local sensor arrangements, wherein the output signals are indicative of the parameter people presence. Thus, based on the amount of people present in all the local systems, a lighting color may be determined and rendered on the target lighting device and the local lighting device. For example, merely as non-limiting possibility: a red color when 1 to 10 people are present, a yellow color when 11-20 people are present, a green color when more than 21 people are present.

Alternatively: Other embodiments may be envisioned that correlate sensed information to an aggregate lighting characteristic. The aggregate lighting characteristic may for example comprise at least one of: an intensity, a color, a color temperature, a light pattern, a light modulation, a light scene.

Still referring to figure 1, the networked control system 80 is thus configured to control the target lighting device 70 to render the aggregate lighting characteristic 81. Hence, the output signals 14, 24, 34 of the local systems 10, 20, 30, which output their output signal 14, 24, 34 indicative of the at least one parameter associated with the human behavior at each respective local space 11, 21, 31 is aggregated into a single lighting characteristic 81. This enables the behavior of all remote persons associated with the system 100 to render a response at the event. Namely, as explained in the present embodiment, people cheering (with their sound levels) at different houses may collectively drive the target lighting device 70 at the target space 71 to render a lighting characteristic defined by their collective behavior (e.g. cheering louder rendering an increased intensity in illumination).

The system 100 is further characterized by the networked control arrangement 80 being configured to control each respective local lighting device 12, 22, 32 to render the aggregate lighting characteristic 81. Hence, the networked control arrangement 80 controls each local lighting device 12, 22, 32 to render said aggregate lighting characteristic 81, and thereby illuminate the respective local space 11, 21, 31 with the aggregate lighting characteristic 81. Therefore, the present invention does not only enable the target lighting device 70 to be controlled based on aggregating all output signals 14, 24, 34, which output signals 14, 24, 34 are indicative of the human behavior at each respective local space 11, 21, 31, but also enables the local lighting device 12 ,22, 32 of each local system 10, 20, 30 to render the same aggregate lighting characteristic 81 at the local space. As a result of this, a person(s) in a local space, or an audience at various local spaces may not only control a target lighting device at a target space with their behavior, but may also be informed back on how their behavior is being (mapped onto and) rendered by the target lighting device in the target space, namely via the local lighting device rendering the same aggregate lighting characteristic. Knowing how their feedback is being rendered is clearly advantageous, because it further improves the interaction of a person, crowd or audience with a remote event; and makes the interaction more intuitive.

In further embodiments, the system according to the figures 1-3 is provided, but wherein the local sensor arrangements may be other sensors, that are configured to measure other features, and that the networked control system determines the aggregate lighting characteristic based on these other features.

For example: The local sensor arrangement may be a camera monitoring the local space. The camera may determine at least one parameter associated with human behavior, the at least one parameter being posture. Posture may e.g. be a person standing, sitting, laying down, kneeling. The local sensor arrangement may output an output signal indicative of said posture. Other local sensor arrangements of other local systems arranged at other local spaces may do the same. The networked control system may receive and/or retrieve each respective output signal, and determine an aggregate lighting characteristic that is to be rendered on a target lighting device and each respective local lighting device. The aggregate lighting characteristic may be a light color and intensity. More specifically, based on the received output signals, an average posture may be determined of the audience not being able to attend the event. If the average posture is lying down, the light color may be red at low intensity. If the average posture is standing up, the light color may be green (or e.g. colors of a football team that is playing a home match at the event) at high intensity. If the average posture is sitting, the color may be orange at halve the max intensity. If the average posture is kneeling, the light color may be white at maximum intensity. Such a response may convey the participation of people at home to e.g. a Black Lives Matter support by kneeling at the start of a game / football match. Since the target lighting device is turned to white light at maximum intensity, the people that are at the event may feel extra supported by the remote audience, but also the people at home may feel supported in their action as the respective local lighting device provides feedback in the form of the aggregate lighting characteristic, which is based on all received output signals at the networked control system.

For example: The local sensor arrangement may be a proximity sensor monitoring the local space. The proximity sensor may determine at least one parameter associated with human behavior, the at least one parameter being proximity to the at least one sensor. Said proximity may e.g. be a person coming closer or going further away from the local sensor arrangement. The local sensor arrangement may output an output signal indicative of said proximity. Other local sensor arrangements of other local systems arranged at other local spaces may do the same. The networked control system may receive and/or retrieve each respective output signal, and determine an aggregate lighting characteristic that is to be rendered on a target lighting device and each respective local lighting device. The aggregate lighting characteristic may be a light scene. More specifically, when the average proximity of all received output signals is within a particular threshold range, a different light scene may be provided compared to the average proximity of all received output signals being within another particular threshold range.

For example: The local sensor arrangement may be a radiofrequency-based (RF -based) sensing system for monitoring movement in the local space. The proximity sensor may determine at least one parameter associated with human behavior, the at least one parameter being a measure of movement of the person(s). The local sensor arrangement may output an output signal indicative of said measure of movement. Other local sensor arrangements of other local systems arranged at other local spaces may do the same. The networked control system may receive and/or retrieve each respective output signal, and determine an aggregate lighting characteristic that is to be rendered on a target lighting device and each respective local lighting device. The aggregate lighting characteristic may be a light modulation. More specifically, the aggregate lighting characteristic may be a light modulation based on the average measure of movement that is occurring at all the respective local spaces and being monitored by each respective RF-based sensing systems. When the measure of movement is higher, the light modulation may also be higher, and vice versa.

For example: The local sensor arrangement may be a microwave sensor for detecting a gesture of a person. The proximity sensor may determine at least one parameter associated with human behavior, the at least one parameter being a gesture of the person(s). The local sensor arrangement may output an output signal indicative of said gesture. Other local sensor arrangements of other local systems arranged at other local spaces may do the same. The networked control system may receive and/or retrieve each respective output signal, and determine an aggregate lighting characteristic that is to be rendered on a target lighting device and each respective local lighting device. The aggregate lighting characteristic may be a lighting color, or light pattern, which is based on the type of gesture. For example, when a majority of output signals, or a certain threshold number of output signals are indicative of a hands-up gesture, the lighting color, or light pattern may be adapted thereto, e.g. a flashing pattern with red color. One may also think about a gesture like a clap, such as a viking clap, and the aggregate lighting characteristic may be synchronized thereto.

For example: The local sensor arrangement may be a wearable sensor for detecting a heartrate of a person. Alternatively, this may be a skin conductance sensor to measure skin conductance of a person. The wearable sensor may determine at least one parameter associated with human behavior, the at least one parameter being a heartrate of the person(s). Heartrate may namely be indicative of the emotion of excitement. The local sensor arrangement may output an output signal indicative of said heartrate. Other local sensor arrangements of other local systems arranged at other local spaces may do the same. The networked control system may receive and/or retrieve each respective output signal, and determine an aggregate lighting characteristic that is to be rendered on a target lighting device and each respective local lighting device. The aggregate lighting characteristic may be e.g. a color temperature which is based on the average heartrate of the obtained signals. For example, when the average heartrate derived from all (or at least a selection, such as a majority) of the output signals, the color temperature may be adapted in relation to said heartrate, e.g. warmer color temperature when average heartrate (value) goes up, and cooler color temperature when average heartrate (value) goes down.

For example: The local sensor arrangement may be a microphone for detecting a speech or words of a person. The local sensor arrangement may further comprise processing power and intelligence to analyze said detected speech or words. The speech or words may determine at least one parameter associated with human behavior, the at least one parameter being chanting of a person. The chanting may for example be the club song of a favorite football team. The local sensor arrangement may output an output signal indicative of said speech or words of the person, i.e. the recognized chanting of the club song. Other local sensor arrangements of other local systems arranged at other local spaces may do the same. The networked control system may receive and/or retrieve each respective output signal, and determine an aggregate lighting characteristic that is to be rendered on a target lighting device and each respective local lighting device. The aggregate lighting characteristic may be light intensity, which is based on the number of people chanting the same club song. Alternatively, to the intensity mentioned, The aggregate lighting characteristic may also be a light pattern or light scene associated with the club that owns the club song. All in all, considering the above examples, various combinations of the local sensor arrangement, the at least one parameter associated with human behavior, and determining the aggregate lighting characteristic may be envisioned.

Moreover, in aspects, the local sensor arrangement may comprise intelligence and/or processing power to perform image processing, audio processing, image recognition, audio recognition, gesture recognition and/or pattern matching.

Figure 4 depicts schematically, by non-limiting example, an embodiment of a system 400 according to the invention. The system 400 comprises a local system 401 arranged at a local space 402, a networked control system 403, and a target lighting device 404 for illuminating a target space 405. The networked control system 403 is in communication with the target lighting device 405 and the local system 401. The system 400 further comprises, optionally, an interface device 406. The interface device 406 is a smart television. The system 400 further comprises, optionally, a user input device 407. The user input device 407 is a smartphone. In aspects, the local system may e.g. comprise the interface device and/or the user input device.

The target space 405 is a concert hall comprising a plurality of lighting devices 440. The target lighting device 404 is one of said plurality of lighting devices 440. The target space 405 is the venue of an event. Furthermore, the event is live broadcasted, and conveyed to the person 408 via the interface device 406. The interface device 406 conveys an audiovisual livestream of the event. Hence, the smart television 406 conveys an image and/or a sound associated with the target space into the respective local space 402.

The local space 402 is a room. A person 408 is present in the room. The person 408 cannot attend the event at the target space 405, and is therefore willing to convey a representation of its behavioral response to the event at the target space 405. The present invention enables to convey a representation of the behavioral response of the person 408 which is at the local space 402. For example, the cheering of this person.

Referring to figure 4, the local system 401 comprises a local sensor arrangement 409 and a local lighting device 410. The local lighting device 410 is a luminaire. The local lighting device 410 comprises the local sensor arrangement 409. More specifically, the local lighting device 410 comprises a housing, wherein the local sensor arrangement 409 is arranged within the housing the of the local lighting device 410. The local lighting device 410 is arranged to illuminate, at least partly, said local space 402.

The local sensor arrangement 409 is a microphone. The microphone 409 monitors the local space 402 for a sound level, more specifically the sound level of the person 408. The microphone 409 is thus arranged to determine at least one parameter associated with human behavior at the local space 402, namely the sound level of the person 408. Said sound level may be induced by cheering behavior, disappointment behavior, excitement behavior, yelling behavior, etc.

Alternatively, the local sensor arrangement may be at least one of: a camera, a microphone, a wearable sensor, a heartrate sensor, a thermopile array, a motion sensor, a presence sensor, a light sensor, a pressure sensor, a PIR sensor, a microwave sensor, a radar sensor, a radiofrequency-sensing system, a portable sensor, a skin conductance sensor, a gaze sensor.

The local sensor arrangement is further arranged to output an output signal 411 indicative of said at least one parameter, i.e. indicative of the sound level of the person 408. The output signal 411 is transmitted to the networked control system 403. Said transmitting may be done via wireless communication and/or wired communication. Here, said transmitting is done via an internet connection. Optionally, but as provided in the embodiment depicted in figure 4, the local lighting device 410 is wirelessly connected to a router, or bridge device 412. Said wireless connection may be via the modality of ZigBee, Wi-Fi, BLE, RF, Li-Fi, UWB, IR, etc. The router, or bridge device 412 then forwards the output signal 411 further to the networked control system 403. Thereby, the networked control system 403 may be considered to comprise the router, or bridge device 412.

Still referring to figure 4, the networked control system 403 obtains (i.e. receives, but alternatively retrieves) the output signal 411 from the local sensor arrangement 409 of the local system 401. The networked control system 403 then determines an aggregate lighting characteristic 413 based on the output signal 411. Namely, since the output signal 411 is indicative of the sound level of the person 408, the networked control system determines the aggregate lighting characteristic based on this sound level. Here, the aggregate lighting characteristic is light intensity. Hence, the light intensity is correlated to the sound level: The higher the sound level, the higher the light intensity.

Still referring to figure 4, the networked control system 403 is configured to control the target lighting device 404 to render the aggregate lighting characteristic 413. The networked control system 403 is also configured to control the local lighting device 410 to render the aggregate lighting characteristic 413; albeit via the router, or bridge device 412 as depicted.

Therefore, the present invention does not only enable the target lighting device 404 to be controlled with an aggregate lighting characteristic 413 based on the output signal indicative of the human behavior at the local space 402, but also enables the local lighting device 410 of the local system 401 to render the same aggregate lighting characteristic 413 at the local space 402. Such two-way feedback is unseen and advantageous.

In examples, the local system 401 as depicted in figure 4 may mutatis mutandis be provided at least one other local space. Therefore, a plurality of local systems, each having a local sensor arrangement, may output an output signal indicative of at least one parameter associated with a person, or persons within the respective local space. The networked control system may communicate with each local system and receive or retrieve these output signals. Consequently, the networked control system may determine the determine an aggregate lighting characteristic based on the output signal of the local sensor arrangement of each local system. The aggregate lighting characteristic may thereby be a function of all, or at least part, of the obtained output signals. In alternative aspects, the networked control system may determine an average output signal based on all, or at least part, of the obtained output signals, and determine the aggregate lighting characteristic based on said average output signal.

As a result of this, a person in a local space, or an audience at various local spaces may not only control a target lighting device at a target space with their behavior, but may also be informed back on how their behavior is being (mapped onto and) rendered by the target lighting device in the target space, namely via the local lighting device rendering the same aggregate lighting characteristic. Knowing how their feedback is being rendered is clearly advantageous, because it further improves the interaction of a person, crowd or audience with a remote event; and makes the interaction more intuitive.

Still referring to figure 4, optionally, the user input device 407 is configured to receive an entry by the person 408, wherein said entry is indicative of a selection of the target lighting device 404. For example, the entry may be indicative of a selection of the target lighting device 404 among the plurality of lighting devices 440 at the event. The user input device 407 may thereby present a list, map, or indications indicative of said plurality of lighting devices 440, from which the person 408 may select (via making said entry) the target lighting device 404. Said entry may be a touch entry, or audio entry, for example. Furthermore, the networked control system 403 is configured to obtain said entry, because the user unput device 407 conveys the entry to the networked control system 403. The networked control system 403 then controls, as partly mentioned and described above according to the invention, the target lighting device 404 selected in the entry to render the aggregate lighting characteristic. Alternatively, or additionally, the user input device may perform the same concept for the local lighting device, such that also another entry may be provided in which the local lighting device may be selected, which is desired to be controlled / used for rendering the aggregate lighting characteristic.

In alternative aspects, the user input device and the interface device may be same device, for example the smart television or the smartphone. Alternatively, the interface device may comprise the user input device. The smart television may also comprise light sources, such as Ambilight, and thereby classify as a lighting device. In aspects, the local lighting device may comprise, or at least partly be, the user input device and/or the interface device.

In yet alternative aspects, as an option, the system or the local system may comprise the user input device; wherein the user input device is configured to receive an entry indicative of an authorization to allow the local sensor arrangement to output an output signal indicative of said at least one parameter. Such an embodiment may be advantageous for addressing possible (data) privacy and security concerns of the system according to the invention.

Figure 5 depicts schematically, by non-limiting example, an embodiment of a method 500 according to the invention. The method 500 is a method of controlling a target lighting device, and it may be performed by the systems according to the invention.

The method 500 comprises the step 501 of determining at least one parameter associated with human behavior at a local space; and the step 502 of outputting an output signal indicative of said at least one parameter. These steps 501, 502 may be performed by a local sensor arrangement of a local system of at least two local systems.

The method 500 further comprises a networked control system performing the step 503 of obtaining the output signal of the local sensor arrangement of each local system of the at least two local systems. The networked control system further performs the method step 504 of determining an aggregate lighting characteristic based on the output signal of the local sensor arrangement of each local system of the at least two local systems. The networked control system further performs the method step 505 of controlling a target lighting device and a local lighting device of each local system of the at least two local systems to render the aggregate lighting characteristic. Thereby, the target lighting device is arranged at a target space, wherein the local lighting device is arranged at the respective local space, wherein each local space is different to said target space.

In an embodiment, depicted as optional steps of the method 500, the method 500 may comprise the step 598 of receiving an entry indicative of a selection of the target lighting device, which step 598 may be performed by a user input device; and the step 599 of a networked control system obtaining said entry. The method 500 may further comprise the step 505’ of controlling the target lighting device selected in the entry and a local lighting device of each local system of the at least two local systems to render the aggregate lighting characteristic.

In an embodiment, depicted as optional steps of the method 500, the method 500 may comprise the step 597 of an interface device of the local system of the at least two local systems: conveying an image and/or a sound associated with the target space into the respective local space.