Abstract: A method of controlling a first lighting unit of a group of lighting units is disclosed. The method comprised receiving a first signal communicated between a portable device and the first lighting unit, determining a first signal strength of the received first signal, setting, if the first signal strength exceeds a threshold, the portable device to a first control mode wherein only the first lighting unit of the group of lighting units is controlled by the portable device, and setting, if the first signal strength does not exceed the threshold, the portable device to a second control mode wherein the lighting units of the group are controlled by the portable device.

Abstract: The invention provides a horticulture system (1) comprising a plurality of repeating horticulture system units (100) and a control system (300), wherein: each horticulture system unit (100) comprises (i) a horticulture unit space (110) and (ii) a radio transmission pair (120) arranged to monitor the horticulture unit space (110), wherein the radio transmission pair (120) comprises a radio transmitter and a radio receiver arranged in radio signal receiving relationship; the control system (300) is configured to execute in a unit sensing stage (230) a measurement in at least one of the horticulture unit spaces (110) with the respective radio transmission pair (120); the control system (300) is further configured in an operational mode to: (i) execute a first signal sensing stage (231), wherein the first signal sensing stage (231) comprises the unit sensing stage (230) with a first radio transmission pair (121) related to first horticulture unit space (111) thereby providing a first signal (241) to the control s

Abstract: A system (1) for preventing or limiting control of a lighting device (31-33) in a first connected lighting system (41) is configured to determine a current or expected state of the lighting device, determine control permissions based on the current or expected state of the lighting device, and prevent or limit control of the lighting device by a second connected lighting system (42) located in a same building as the first connected lighting system in dependence on the control permissions.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a water-detection device (100) for detecting a change in an amount of water (W) with respect to a baseline-condition. The water-detection device is configured to compare signal-quality values to baseline-values. The signal-quality values are indicative of a signal-quality metric that is correlated to the amount of water present in a signal-propagation path (S). The baseline-values are indicative of the signal-quality value obtained from the radio-frequency wireless communication signal at the baseline-condition. The water-detection device is configured to provide a water-detected signal (WD) indicative of a possible change of the amount water in the respective signal-propagation path upon determining that respective signal-quality value has been outside a tolerance-range of the baseline-value for a predetermined amount span, without the need of any dedicated water sensor.

Abstract: A method comprises determining (101) sensing input and determining (103) a likelihood that a human or animal is present based on the sensing input. The sensing input reflects changes in radio frequency signals received by one or more devices. The method further comprises controlling (105) a lighting device to render a light effect upon determining that the likelihood exceeds a presence detection threshold, and to continue to render the light effect for a subsequent predetermined period of time even when the likelihood changes by more than a predetermined value within the predetermined period. The method further comprises indicating (107) the likelihood to a user via an indication selected from a plurality of indications, e.g. by rendering the indication on the lighting device. A different indication of the plurality of indications is selected upon determining that the likelihood has changed more than the predetermined value.

Abstract: The invention is related to a pair-assignment device (100) comprising a sensing-node position ascertainment unit (102) configured to ascertain position information (P.I.) pertaining to respective positions of external RF-sensing nodes (104,106) with respect to a predefined sensing volume (108) of a RF context-sensing arrangement and a pair-assigning unit (110) configured to assign, using the ascertained position information, at least one transmitter-receiver pair among the individual RF-sensing nodes of the RF context-sensing arrangement to perform a RF context-sensing function, to assign to the RF sensing nodes of the given transmitter-receiver pair a transmitter role (Tx) and a receiver role (Rx), respectively.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) sensing system (10) is provided and comprises RF sensing nodes (200) having a RF node transceiver (210), and a node controller (220) with a RF sensing controller (223) sensing RF signals from other RF nodes (200). A controller (100) comprises a mode controller (120) having a calibration mode controller (122). In a calibration mode the calibration mode controller (122) analyzes metadata from the RF sensing nodes (200) to select a number of RF sensing nodes (200) from among the RF sensing nodes for performing RF sensing based on the analyzed metadata. The calibration mode controller (122) is outputs instructions to a user device (300) to instruct a user to perform activities or movements to enable a calibration of the RF sensing nodes (200) by analyzing the RF signals detected by the RF sensing nodes (200) during the activities or the movements of the user.

Abstract: The present invention relates to adjusting one or more wireless parameters of one or more nodes (12, 14, 16) based on one or more node parameters including a relative location of the one or more of the nodes (12, 14, 16). The nodes (12, 14, 16) are wirelessly connected in a wirelessly connected system (100) and configured for transmitting radio frequency (RF) signals (18), receiving RF signals (18), or both. The one or more wireless parameters are adjusted such that the wireless performance of the one or more of the nodes (12, 14, 16) is optimized for an application of the wirelessly connected system (100). Transmission power can be adjusted such that a probability of detecting an event in a volume (212, 222) not to be covered by the one or more of the nodes (12, 14, 16) is reduced, allowing reduction of false positives from non-covered volumes (212, 222).

Abstract: An electronic device is configured to use a first protocol to transmit and/or receive a radio frequency signal during a first part (291) of each of a plurality of periods (281-285). The radio frequency signal is used for presence and/or location detection. The electronic device is further configured to obtain network messages transmitted wirelessly using a second protocol during a second part (292-294) of each of the plurality of periods. The second part does not overlap with the first part. A duration of the first part varies between at least two of the plurality of periods and/or a duration of the second part varies between at least two of the plurality of periods.

Abstract: A system for controlling a pixelated lighting device (10) which comprises individually controllable light segments (12-18) for illuminating a surface (61) is configured to receive one or more signals indicative of one or more colors (64,65) of the surface and obtain a multi-color light effect to be rendered on the pixelated lighting device. The multi-color light effect defines multiple color values (71-79) to be rendered simultaneously. The system is further configured to determine an assignment of the color values to the individually controllable light segments based on the one or more colors of the surface and/or adjust a dynamicity level of the multi-color light effect based on the one or more colors of the surface, and to control the individually controllable light segments of the pixelated lighting device to render the multi-color light effect according to the assignment and/or with the adjusted dynamicity level.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) sensing system (100) is provided comprising a RF transmitter (110) for wirelessly transmitting RF sensing signals (400) which comprises a group of n independent and subsequent messages (412-416) each modulated with a different frequency (412a-416a). The frequencies (412a-416a) of the subsequent messages (412-416) change in steps. Furthermore, an RF receiver (120) for receiving the group of n 5 subsequently transmitted messages (412-416) and a controller (130) are provided for performing a sensing operation based on the received group of n transmitted messages (412-416) each transmitted with their respective frequency (412a-416a).

Abstract: A system is provided for controlling a time-dependent yield function for a plant or group of plants in a grow facility, in which a local temperature control system locally controls the temperature of one or more regions of a plant or group of plants. The local temperature control system controls the local temperature at at least one of the one or more regions of the plant or group of plants to be different from an overall temperature in the grow facility, to thereby control a time of harvest from the at least one of the one or more regions of the plant or group of plants without affecting the time of harvest from other regions of the one or more regions of the plant or group of plants or from other plants or groups of plants in the grow facility.

Abstract: The present invention relates to performing RF-based sensing and reacting to an event detected by the RF-based sensing with a consistent latency or at least with a latency within a latency range around the consistent latency. A latency of two or more groups (30, 40, 50, 60) of nodes (34, 36, 38, 44, 46, 54, 56, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68) each for performing RF-based sensing and reacting to the event detected by the RF-based sensing in a respective sensing area (32, 42, 52, 62) of multiple sensing areas is determined. The consistent latency is determined based on the determined latencies. At least one of the two or more of the groups (50, 60) is adapted such that they perform RF-based sensing and react to the event detected by the RF-based sensing with the consistent latency or at least with a latency within a latency range around the consistent latency.

Abstract: The invention refers to a configuration module 100 for configuring a radiofrequency sensing network 200 with network devices 210, 220, 230, 240. The configuration module comprises a providing unit 101 for providing a reference relation between a) an ambient parameter value, wherein the ambient parameter correlates with a propagation property of an ambient medium for radiofrequency signals, and b) a received signal feature value indicative of a signal that has propagated through the ambient medium and has been received by the network device. A further providing unit 102 provides a configuration value of the ambient parameter indicative of a value of the ambient parameter at a configuration time, and a determining unit 103 determines a value of an operating variable associated with the network device based on the reference relation and the configuration value. This allows to achieve an increased independence of the sensing results from environmental conditions.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a network control node (100), for controlling provision of radio beacon signals (B1, B2, B3 by network nodes (120, 130, 140) of a wireless communication arrangement (150). The network control node comprises a beacon-control unit (104) connected to a network-data ascertainment unit (102) and configured, using ascertained network node data identifying the network nodes, to generate and provide, to the network nodes, a beacon-provision schedule (BS) indicative of a periodical beacon-provision time-window having a predetermined time-window length for providing the respective radio beacon-signals that is shorter than a beacon signal provision period of the provision of radio beacon signals by the network nodes, thereby reducing the risk of signal collision.

Abstract: The invention refers to an apparatus (130) for configuring a radiofrequency sensing of a radiofrequency sensing network (100) comprising network devices (121, 122, 123), e.g. luminaires, wherein the network is adapted to perform radiofrequency sensing in a first (101, 201 301) and second area (102, 202,. 302) separated by a physical separation (126, 330). The apparatus comprises a providing unit (131) determining a first baseline and a second baseline, wherein the first/second baseline is associated with the first/second area, respectively. The first/second baseline enable a radiofrequency sensing of events in the second area by the network devices. A configuration unit (132) is adapted to configure the radiofrequency sensing to differentiate between events originating from the areas based on the baselines. This allows the present invention to provide an apparatus that allows for a more accurate and reliable 10 radiofrequency sensing in a predefined sensing area.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a signal-emission control device (100) for controlling emission of RF communication signals (Si) in a wireless communication network (140) that includes a transmitter device (152) and a receiver device (154). The emission is controllable with respect to a variable signal parameter (P). An emission-value ascertainment unit (102) is configured to ascertain variation-data indicative of an emission-value variation of signal-parameter values of the signal parameter. A scheduling unit (110) is configured to ascertain operation-trigger data indicative of operation conditions for triggering control of emission of the wireless RF communication signals in accordance with the ascertained emission-value. A transmitter-control unit (104) is configured to control operation of transmitter device for transmitting the communication signals (Si) according to the emission-value variation of the respective signal-parameter value upon fulfilment of the operation conditions.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a signal-emission control device (100) for controlling emission of RF communication signals (Si) in a wireless communication network (140) that includes a transmitter device (152) and a receiver device (154). The emission is controllable with respect to a variable signal parameter (P). An emission-value ascertainment unit (102) is configured to ascertain variation-data indicative of an emission-value variation of signal-parameter values of the signal parameters. A transmitter-control unit (104) is configured to control operation of the transmitter device (152) for transmitting the communication signals according to the ascertained emission-value variation. Also, a receiver-control unit (106) is configured to control a provision, to the receiver device (154), of control-data (CD) indicative of the signal-parameter value used. This advantageously enables trusted receiver devices to perform RF-based activity sensing while preventing illegitimate RF-based eavesdropping.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a signal-emission control device (100) for controlling emission of RF communication signals (Si) in a wireless communication network (140) that includes a transmitter device (152) and a receiver device (154). The emission is controllable with respect to a variable signal parameters (P). An emission-value ascertainment unit (102) is configured to ascertain variation-data indicative of an emission-value variation of signal-parameter values. A context-data ascertainment unit (208) is configured to ascertain network-context data pertaining to the devices (152, 154) or to the communication signals (Si) provided or received by the devices (152, 154).

Abstract: A method of reconfiguring a radiofrequency-based sensing system comprising at least two nodes, wherein the at least two nodes are arranged for transmitting and/or receiving a radiofrequency signal for presence and/or location detection and for performing network communication in an environment; wherein the method comprises the steps of: obtaining a signal indicative of a level of accumulation of radiofrequency transmission affecting elements in proximity of at least one of the at least two nodes; determining whether the level of accumulation exceeds a threshold; and wherein if the level of accumulation exceeds the threshold; determining, based on the obtained signal, which one of the at least two nodes to act as a transmitter to transmit the radiofrequency signal for presence and/or location detection and which one of the at least two nodes to act as a receiver to receive the transmitted radiofrequency signal for presence and/or location detection, and instructing the determined one of the at least two nodes