Abstract: The present invention is particularly directed to a signal-quality determination device (300) that comprises a transceiver unit configured to provide a wireless beacon-request signal as a single-hop broadcast signal indicative of a request to any wireless communication device (312.1, 312.2, 340) within a single-hop distance from the signal-quality determination device and belonging or not to a wireless communication network 350 to which the signal-quality determination device belongs, to provide a respective beacon-response signal upon reception of the beacon-request signal, and to receive the beacon-response signals. The signal-quality determination device is configured to determine beacon signal-quality data (SQ) indicative of a received-signal quality, e.g. RSSI of the beacon-response signal, or a channel-state CSI of a respective wireless communication link.

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: The invention relates to performing sensing in a wireless network based on detecting changes in received radio frequency signals and in particular to performing such sensing based on analyzing channel state information. The wireless network comprises at least one node of a first type arranged for performing analysis of channel state information related to wireless signals transmitted in the wireless network, and a plurality of nodes of a second type. One or more wireless signals are transmitted between the plurality of nodes of the second type, and at least one of these nodes determines channel state information, related to the one or more wireless signals, and transmits at least part of the determined channel state information to a node of the at least one node of the first type. This node of the first type receives the at least part of the determined channel state information and analyzes it to determine a sensing value.

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 configuration module for configuring a network device of a radiofrequency sensing network is provided. The control module comprises a network information providing unit for providing network information, wherein the network information includes information indicative of a deviation between a current sensitivity of the sensing network and a desired sensitivity of the sensing network.

Abstract: A system for controlling a pixelated lighting device (1) is configured to determine a location of a further light source (29) relative to the pixelated lighting device and obtain original light settings (91-99) for the pixelated lighting device. The pixelated lighting device comprises a plurality of individually addressable light segments (11-19) and the original light settings are associated with respective ones of the individually addressable light segments. The system is further configured to obtain a further original light setting (89) for the further light source, adjust the original light settings based on the further original light setting and the relative location of the further light source, and control the individually addressable light segments to emit light according to the adjusted original light settings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control device for controlling radio frequency sensing in a network (100), e.g. Zigbee or Wi-Fi network, comprising a detection area (120). The control device (110) comprises a neighboring network information providing unit (111), wherein the neighboring network (150) comprises a neighbor network device (154) neighboring a network device of the network (100), and a network controlling unit (112) for controlling a network device (103) based on the provided neighboring network information such that the network device of the network is enabled to detect a signal usable for radio frequency sensing in a detection area (170) extending outside of the detection area of the network (100) and/or for radio frequency sensing in the detection area of the network (100), wherein the detected signal is transmitted by at least one neighbor network device. This allows to improve the radio frequency detection in peripheral areas of a network.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for sensing a plant-related parameter in a horticulture space (115), wherein (i) a radio transmitter (151) and a radio receiver (152) are arranged such that a radio path (153) between the radio transmitter (151) and the radio receiver (152) passes through at least part of the horticulture space (115), and (ii) the radio receiver (152) is configured in a radio signal receiving relationship with the radio transmitter (151), wherein the method comprises a sensing stage comprising: emitting a radio signal with the radio transmitter (151); detecting the radio signal with the radio receiver (152) and providing a related receiver signal; and determining the plant-related parameter based on the receiver signal.

Abstract: A system (1) for selecting one or more devices in a wireless network for transmitting, receiving and/or processing a radio frequency signal for presence and/or location detection comprises at least one processor (5) configured to determine a suitability of each of a plurality of devices (11-15) for transmitting, receiving and/or processing a radio frequency signal for presence and/or location detection, select a subset of devices from the plurality of devices based on the suitability determined for each of the plurality of devices, and instruct at least one of the subset of devices to act as a device for transmitting, receiving and/or processing a radio frequency signal for presence and/or location detection.

Abstract: A system (1) is configured to cause a first set of one or more radio frequency signals to be transmitted with a first transmission characteristic and/or a first reception characteristic, e.g. by lighting devices (31-37), detect whether changes in said first set of radio frequency signals are caused by a human (49) presence, detect whether the changes in the first set of radio frequency signals have a further cause, and cause a second set of one or more radio frequency signals to be transmitted with a second transmission characteristic and/or received with a second reception characteristic upon detecting that the changes in the first set of radio frequency signals have a further cause. The system is further configured to identify the further cause based on changes in the second set of radio frequency signals and provide output comprising the further cause or in dependence on the further cause.

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 system (1) for selecting one or more devices in a wireless network for transmitting, receiving and/or processing a radio frequency signal for presence and/or location detection comprises at least one processor (5) configured to determine a suitability of each of a plurality of devices (11-15) for transmitting, receiving and/or processing a radio frequency signal for presence and/or location detection, select a subset of devices from the 5 plurality of devices based on the suitability determined for each of the plurality of devices, and instruct at least one of the subset of devices to act as a device for transmitting, receiving and/or processing a radio frequency signal for presence and/or location detection.

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: A system (1) for configuring a bridge (13) in a wireless lighting system (31), which has been commissioned, is configured to determine that a bridge has been added to the wireless lighting system. The wireless lighting system comprises a plurality of lighting devices (14-19). The system is further configured to obtain information relating to the plurality of lighting devices, analyze the information, and determine one or more groups of lighting devices based on the analysis. At least one of the one or more groups comprises multiple of the plurality of lighting devices. The system is further configured to configure the bridge with the determined one or more groups upon determining that the bridge has been added to the wireless lighting system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a control module (100) for controlling a smart home device (201), wherein the smart home device is part of a smart home device system (200). The control module comprises a system information providing unit (101) for providing information about the smart home device system, an allocating unit (102) for allocating a part of a technical resource for a function of the smart home device based on the provided information about the smart home device system, and a control unit (103) for controlling the smart home device such that the smart home device uses only the allocated part of the technical resource for executing the function. Thus, the smart home device system can be endowed with the function without noticeably affecting other, in particular preferred, functions of the smart home device system.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a proximity-detecting device configured to determine a signal-strength value (S) indicative of a received signal power amount of an identification signal of an originating lighting node that comprises lighting-node identification information and that is received via a signal input unit (102). It also comprises a proximity-detection unit (106) configured, upon determining that the received signal-strength value exceeds a predetermined proximity threshold value (Sth), to generate and provide a proximity-information signal (P) indicative of the proximity-detecting device being within a proximity area. It also comprises a threshold-determination unit (108) configured, upon determining fulfilment of a pre-stored threshold-updating criterion (C) comprising one or more updating-conditions associated with the lighting-node identification information, to update the proximity threshold value for the given originating lighting node, for redefining the adaptation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to selecting a communication technology (34, 36) in a radio frequency (RF)-based sensing system (100) with one or more nodes (26, 28, 30). The RF-based sensing system (100) is configured for performing RF-based sensing using one or more of two or more different communication technologies (34, 36). A communication technology (34) for performing RF-based sensing in the RF-based sensing system (100) is selected for one or more of the nodes (26, 28, 30) based on one or more parameters related to RF-based sensing in the RF-based sensing system (100). A communication technology (36) optimal for a current sensing application with a current sensing quality requirement in a current context considering the available system resources can be selected. The communication technologies can be wideband (34) and narrowband (36) communication technologies. The parameters can include sensing application parameters, sensing quality parameters, system resource parameters, and contextual parameters.

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 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: The invention is directed to a receiver (100) for an RF presence-sensing arrangement (150). The receiver is configured to receive a first intra-network RF sensing signal (102) from a first transmitter (104), both pertaining to a first local-area RF communication network (106) spanning a first presence-sensing volume (114) and to additionally receive an inter-network RF sensing signal (108) from a second transmitter (110) pertaining to a second local-area RF communication network (112), thus spanning a third presence-sensing volume (120) and to provide a first and an inter-network signal-strength signal (S1, S3) indicative of a respective received-signal strength. In the RF presence-sensing arrangement, a presence detection unit (122) is configured to provide, based on the signal-strength signals, a presence detection signal (SDET) indicative of a change in presence of a subject or object in the first or in the third presence-sensing volume, thus increasing the accuracy of the presence determination.