Abstract: The invention provides a method, apparatus and computer program product for ensuring that a device (26) operable in a network (1) is configured to operate according to documented functional requirements for the network. Positional information comprising the coordinates of each device (26, 9, 50) in the network (1) is received via a gateway (9, 50) at a data processing apparatus (10) storing the documented functional requirements. The coordinates of each device (26, 9) in the network (1) are used to deduce the required functionality of the device based on the stored functional requirements, instructions for implementing the functionality are generated and the instructions are sent via the gateway (9, 50) to the network. The invention has particular relevance in the commissioning stage of a lighting control network.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a light guidance system for adapted illumination in emergency or power cut situations is provided, wherein the light guidance system is connected to an auxiliary power supply system (101) and comprises at least one light unit (103) adapted to emit light for illuminating surroundings and a control unit adapted to increase a light level of the light unit (103) according to a presence signal indicating the presence of a person, wherein the increasing of the light level is adjusted to enable a mandatory lighting period and a mandatory light level by considering a power value of the auxiliary power supply system (101).

Abstract: The invention provides a method, apparatus and computer program product for ensuring that a device (26) operable in a network (1) is configured to operate according to documented functional requirements for the network. Positional information comprising the coordinates of each device (26, 9, 50) in the network (1) is received via a gateway (9, 50) at a data processing apparatus (10) storing the documented functional requirements. The coordinates of each device (26, 9) in the network (1) are used to deduce the required functionality of the device based on the stored functional requirements, instructions for implementing the functionality are generated and the instructions are sent via the gateway (9, 50) to the network. The invention has particular relevance in the commissioning stage of a lighting control network.

Abstract: A building management system improves the regulation and controls the functioning of appliances (41, 42, 51), such as luminaires, window blinds and heating equipment in a building. The appliances are connected via a communication bus (20) to a control system (10), which performs the automatic regulation and control. To avoid rewiring the bus (20) every time that changes are made to the arrangement of the appliances and/or the lay-out of the building, transponders (40, 50) are mounted at regular fixed places in the building, which transponders transmit bus signals wirelessly to the appliances (41, 42, 51). Additionally the transponders may be provided with a receiver (50a) for two-way communication between appliances and system and for communication between the user and the system using a remote control unit (59).

Abstract: A camera including a solid-state sensor (FT) of the charge transfer type, particularly a frame transfer sensor having a pick-up member (PP), a storage member (MP) and a parallel-in, series-out shift register member (SR), in which the number a of rows of radiation-sensitive pick-up elements (P) is larger than the number b of rows of storage elements (M) may be utilized for generating a picture signal which in television and cinematographic display has a picture definition in the field scanning direction which is increased by a factor of a/b.

Abstract: A pictue pick-up device includes a solid-state sensor that may be in the form of a frame transfer device (FT) in which smear is present as a signal interference. The sensor (FT) comprises a picture pick-up member (PP) having picture pick-up elements (P) which are sensitive to picture information from a scene to be recorded. A first and a second shift register member (SR1 and SR2) are coupled via first and second storage members (MP1, MP2), respectively to the picture pick-up member (PP). The first and second shift register members (SR1, SR2) have capacitive couplings (FG1, FG2) with first and second outputs (FT1, FT2), respectively of the sensor (FT) for supplying a signal with picture information and smear as interference and for supplying only smear as interference, respectively. The sensor outputs (FT1 and FT2) are connected to respective inputs (AT1 and AT2) of a differential amplifier (A).