Abstract: Systems and methods for determining device location properties of a wireless device, such as a smartphone, are provided. The system includes a processor configured to receive, via a plurality of wireless receivers arranged in a monitoring area, a wireless signal. The wireless signal is transmitted by the wireless device proximate to the subject. The wireless signal includes an identifier, such as a Bluetooth identifier, corresponding to the wireless device. The processor is further configured to determine CSI for a subject based on the received wireless signal. The processor is further configured to determine the one or more device location properties based on the determined CSI and a body-mass signature corresponding to the identifier. The one or more device location properties may include a relative location of the wireless device on the subject and/or an associated subject status.

Abstract: The present invention relates to providing a mobile ephemeral gateway (12). The ephemeral gateway (12) is configured for configuring wireless network devices (40, 42, 44) of a wireless network (200) in its proximity, for acting as a gateway of the wireless network, and for making available for at least one other gateway (30) configuration information of the wireless network obtained during configuring the wireless network devices (40, 42, 44). The mobile ephemeral gateway (12) can be replaced or augmented by the at least one other gateway (30). The wireless network (200) can be controlled based on the configuration information made available by the ephemeral gateway (12). This may allow a more reliable and faster configuration of wireless networks with reduced data traffic during configuration as well as an improved operation of the wireless network as multiple GWs (12, 30) may perform functions in the wireless network sequentially or in parallel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to servicing devices (10, 10?, 10?) requiring to be serviced. The devices (10, 10?, 10?) are included in a connected system (100). A respective operation right is assigned to each of the devices (10, 10?, 10?). An operation mode of each of the devices (10, 10?, 10?) depends on its assigned respective operation right. When a respective one of the devices (10, 10?, 10?) requiring to be serviced is serviced, an updated operation right is assigned at least to the respective device (10, 10?, 10?) in dependence of how the respective device (10, 10?, 10?) is serviced. Access to the device (10, 10?, 10?) for servicing it may be dependent on an authorization. A functionality of the serviced device (10, 10?, 10?) may be limited if an unauthorized user serviced the device (10, 10?, 10?).

Abstract: The invention refers to a system for controlling a radiofrequency sensing of a network 100. The network is adapted to perform different radiofrequency sensing modes, e.g. RSSI-, CSSI- or Doppler based modes. The system 130 comprises a providing unit 131 for providing environmental information, wherein the environmental information is indicative of a physical property of one or more surfaces in an environment of the network. A selecting unit 132 is adapted for selecting and/or modifying a radiofrequency sensing mode to be performed by the network, wherein the radiofrequency sensing mode is selected and/or modified based on the environmental information, and a controlling unit 133 is adapted for controlling the network 100 to perform the selected and/or modified sensing mode Taking the physical properties of surfaces in an environment into account and modifying and/or selecting the utilized radiofrequency sensing mode accordingly increases the reliability and the accuracy of the radiofrequency sensing.

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: A LED luminaire module is provided, including a track connector, a plurality of LED light sources, and a light exit window. The track connector electrically and mechanically couples the LED luminaire module to a track and is arranged at a center region of the LED luminaire module. The plurality of LED light sources generates LED light. The light exit window exits the LED light generated by the plurality of LEDs from the LED luminaire module as module light. The light exit window is and may be S-shaped, reverse-S-shaped, Z-shaped, or reverse-Z-shaped. The LED luminaire may further include a module connector arranged at an end of the LED luminaire module and mechanically and/or electrically couples the LED luminaire module to a second LED module or a bridge LED luminaire module.

Abstract: The invention refers to a device for controlling a network (100) comprising sensing areas (110, 120). The device (130) comprises a) a providing unit (131) for providing a sensing result of radiofrequency sensing in the sensing areas, b) a determination unit (132) for determining whether a detection result is potentially unreliable in a spatial region, and c) a defining unit (133) for defining a new sensing area (150) corresponding to a part of the spatial region in which the detection result is potentially unreliable. The providing unit (131) is adapted to provide a new sensing result in the new sensing area, and the detection result is determined for at least the part of the spatial region for which a potentially unreliable detection result is determined based on a sensing result and the new sensing result. Thus, the invention provides a device that allows to improve the sensing reliability of radiofrequency.

Abstract: A fall detection system for performing a fall detection of a person (30) is provided and comprises at least one motion and/or presence detector (1) to detect a motion or a presence of a person (30). The at least one motion and/or presence detector (1) are operated in at least a first operating mode with first operating parameters or a second operating mode with second operating parameters. A fall detector (200) is provided to detect a position or a presence of the person (30) based on sensing signal from at least one motion and/or presence detector (1). The fall detector (200) detects a dwell time a person sitting or lying down and/or determines a hypotension risk index of the person (30). The fall detector (200) activates the second operating mode if the dwell time exceeds a time threshold and/or if the hypotension risk index exceeds a risk index threshold.

Abstract: A brain control interface system is disclosed. The brain control interface comprises: a brain control interface configured to detect brain signals indicative of brain activity of a user in an environment, an input configured to obtain data indicative of a current light scene of one or more lighting devices in the environment, a lighting controller configured to control the one or more lighting devices, and one or more processors configured to analyze the brain signals to identify a level of noise in the brain signals when the current light scene is active, and, if the level of noise exceeds a threshold, adjust the light scene while monitoring the level of noise until a target level of noise in the brain signals has been established.

Abstract: The invention refers to a system that allows to improve a detection accuracy in network RF sensing. A system (150) for controlling a re-baselining of a network device (110) is presented, wherein a new baseline is determined based on a detection signal detected by the network device and/or detected by other network devices (130, 120), wherein the system comprises a detection signal providing unit (151) for providing a detection signal detected by the network device and/or by other network devices in the detection area, a quality criterion checking unit (152) for checking if a predetermined quality criterion for a re-baselining is fulfilled based on the provided detection signal, and a re-baselining unit (156) for controlling the network device to re-baseline if the predetermined quality criterion is fulfilled. Thus, the long term detection accuracy in detecting the presence or absence of a subject in the detection area can be improved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to performing radio frequency (RF)-based sensing. RF-based sensing is performed by a single-channel communication technology in order to detect a sensing event. Upon detecting the sensing event, a multi-channel communication technology is selected in dependence of the single-channel communication technology used for detecting the sensing event. RF-based sensing is then performed based on the multi-channel communication technology. This allows to first perform a coarse detection of a sensing event using the single-channel communication technology and orchestrate a subsequent RF-based sensing using the multi-channel communication technology in order to improve accuracy of the RF-based sensing. The frequency channels (412) used by the multi-channel communication technology can be selected in dependence of the frequency channel (402) used by the single-channel communication technology in order to improve the RF-based sensing, e.g.

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

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Zigbee or other multi-hop network that can become a bottleneck for certain applications, e.g. entertainment streaming to (multiple) areas in the areas (e.g. at home) where hopping is needed. By locally utilizing an temporary gateway (50) being present right in a data-hungry area, the overall performance across the network can be improved. Using this temporary gateway (50), (part of) the data can be routed 5 directly to/from the destination/source nodes (10, 40) thus freeing up capacity in the remainder of the 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: 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 is directed to a lighting-arrangement control device (100) for controlling operation of a lighting arrangement (150), and configured to receive, from at least one lighting device (101.1, 101.2, 101.3, 101.4) context-sensing data (CS1, PS2) correlatable to a context of a subject within a respective sensing volume (SV1, SV2). An operation control unit (104) is configured to ascertain arrangement-status data, to select one functional operation mode from a plurality of pre-specified functional operation modes of the lighting arrangement, each being associated with respective functional lighting devices and to identify as context-aware devices those lighting devices that have provided the context-sensing data relevant for the selection of the functional operation mode.

Abstract: A method for determining a truthful label of a fall event is disclosed. The method comprises receiving signals from one or more sensors configured to measure from a distance signals indicative of characteristics of movement of a user, analyzing the received signals using a fall detection algorithm to determine a label indicative of a fall event by the user, initiating a first user interface interaction mode of a user interface, wherein in the first user interface interaction mode, the user interface is configured to receive a first input from the user indicative of a self-label of the fall event, receiving the first input and determining a level of mismatch between the self-label and the determined label.

Abstract: The brain control interface system comprises: a brain control interface configured to detect brain signals indicative of brain activity of a user in an environment, an input configured to obtain data indicative of a current light scene of one or more lighting devices in the environment, a memory configured to store processing methods associated with different light scenes, one or more processor configured to: select, from the processing methods stored in the memory, a processing method in accordance with the current light scene, apply the selected processing method to obtain and/or process the brain signals, derive a control command and/or a mental state of the user from the brain signals, and control the controllable device based on the derived control command and/or the derived mental state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to performing radio frequency based sensing in multiple sensing areas (50, 60) by multiple nodes (26, 28, 30, 38, 40, 42) located at different locations. A first group (25) of nodes includes at least two of the multiple nodes (26, 28, 30) and performs radio frequency based sensing in a first sensing area (50) for detecting a first sensing event. A second group (25?) of nodes including at least two of the multiple nodes (38, 40, 42) is configured for performing radio frequency based sensing in a second sensing area (60) for detecting a second sensing event based on findings obtained by performing radio frequency based sensing in the first sensing area (50). The nodes (26, 28, 30, 38, 40, 42) may perform radio frequency based sensing based on multiple communication technologies (34). The findings may include which communication technology allows confidently detecting a sensing event.

Abstract: The invention refers to an apparatus (140) for controlling a lighting system (100) comprising a plurality of lights (110, 120, 130), wherein the lighting system is adapted to perform a hidden sensing, like radiofrequency sensing, in a sensing region (150). The apparatus comprises a sensing activity information providing unit (141) adapted to provide sensing activity information indicative of a hidden sensing activity of the lighting system (100), a notification mode selection unit (142) adapted to select a notification mode for notifying a person of the hidden sensing activity, wherein the selection is based on the provided sensing activity information and wherein each notification mode refers to a visual feedback, and a lighting system controlling unit (143) adapted to control at least two lights of the lighting system based on the selected notification mode to provide the visual feedback. The invention allows to notify a user of a hidden sensing.