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.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for determining a spatial feed insert distribution for feeding crustaceans that are present in a volume (4) at least partially enclosed by one or more barriers (6) for keeping the crustaceans (8) in the volume. The method comprises determining an actual spatial distribution of crustaceans within the volume. The method also comprises, based on the determined actual spatial distribution, predicting, for a future time, a future spatial distribution of crustaceans within the volume. The method also comprises determining, based on the future spatial distribution of crustaceans, a spatial feed insert distribution. The spatial feed distribution indicates one or more positions at a boundary of the volume and/or within the volume from which feed is to be inserted in the volume.

Abstract: A system for determining a sleep posture of a user during a sleep session, the system comprising: one or more sensors from a plurality of sensors configured to measure a signal indicative of a motion of the user; and a controller configured to receive the signals from the one or more sensors indicative of a motion of the user; determine a turnover event from a predetermined plurality of reference turnover events based on the received signal; determine the sleep posture of the user from a predetermined plurality of reference sleep postures based on the turnover events.

Abstract: The invention provides a lighting system (10) for illuminating an aquaculture reservoir (4), wherein the aquaculture reservoir comprises an aquatic species 3, first microbes (1), and second microbes (2) other than the first microbes, wherein the lighting system comprises: a light source (5) for illuminating the aquaculture reservoir with light source light; a lighting controller (7) configured to: (i) obtain a first microbiome signal (71) indicative of the first microbes 1 being present in the aquaculture reservoir and a second microbiome signal (72) indicative of the second microbes (2) being present in the aquaculture reservoir; (ii) select a lighting characteristic based on the first microbiome signal and the second microbiome signal, wherein the selected lighting characteristic is configured to promote the persistence of the first microbes relative to the second microbes in the aquaculture reservoir; (iii) control the light source to illuminate the aquaculture reservoir with light source light comprising

Abstract: The invention is directed to a wireless transmitter device (100), comprising a signal provision unit (102) for providing wireless mm-wave/THz-communication signals (104), an operation-mode ascertaining unit (108) for ascertaining operation data (110) indicative of a desired operation mode from a plurality of available operation modes including a communication operation mode for data communication and a gas-sensing operation mode for sensing, using the mm-wave/THz-communication signals (104), a presence of a predetermined gas (112) within a gas-sensing volume (114), and a signal-parameter determination unit (116) connected to the operation-mode ascertaining unit and to the signal provision unit and for determining emission parameters of the mm-wave/THz-communication signals to be provided in dependence on the desired operation mode.

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 method is disclosed for instructing a user (20) for post-harvest trimming a bud (22) of a plant, preferably a cannabis plant. The method comprises presenting a side of the harvested bud (22) to an imaging system (16). The method also comprise illuminating, with a light source (14) system, a harvested bud (22) with illumination light (5). The illumination light (5) causes response light (7) from the harvested bud (22). The method also comprises an imaging system (16) receiving the response light (7) for forming an image of the harvested bud (22). In this method, (i) illuminating the bud (22) comprises illuminating with at least partially polarized illumination light (5) and/or (ii) detecting the response light (7) comprises polarization filtering the response light (7). The method also comprises an image processing system (100) determining, based on the formed image, a part of the bud (22) that is to be trimmed off.

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: A brain control interface system for determining a baseline for detecting brain activity of a user is disclosed. The brain control interface system comprising: a brain control interface configured to detect brain signals indicative of brain activity of a user in an environment, a memory configured to store activities of the user associated with different light scenes, a processor configured to: select, from the activities stored in the memory, a first activity of the user, control one or more lighting devices according to a first light scene associated with the first activity, detect brain signals of the user while the first light scene is active, determine, based on the detected brain signals, a first baseline for the brain signals, and store an association between the first baseline and the first light scene and/or the first activity.

Abstract: A brain control interface system for controlling a controllable device located in an environment is disclosed. The brain control interface system comprising: a brain control interface configured to detect brain activity of a user indicative of a control command for controlling the controllable device, and to derive the control command from the brain activity, a sensor configured to detect changes of an environmental characteristic in the environment, a processor configured to: determine if there is a temporal correlation between a detected change of the environmental characteristic and the detected brain activity of the user, and if the temporal correlation is not present, control the controllable device according to the control command, if the temporal correlation is present, refrain from controlling the controllable device according to the control command.

Abstract: A system (100) for obfuscation of a position of at least one subject (110) in an indoor space (120), comprising a plurality of light sources (130) configured to emit modulated illumination, a mobile device (150) arranged to be portable by the at least one subject, configured to capture image(s) (156) comprising the modulated illumination, a server (160) configured to receive first image(s) (152) and determine a location of the mobile device(s), receive information related to zone(s) of the indoor space, predetermined privacy level(s) and privacy threshold level(s), and to perform a processing of the image(s) and a determination of an accuracy of the location of the mobile device(s), train a machine learning, ML, model by inputting the determined accuracy, wherein the mobile device is further configured to perform a processing of a captured second image(s) (154) by the trained ML model.

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 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 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 mechanism for lamp to lamp communication within a luminaire. This is achieved by a field controller of a master lamp controlling the magnitude of an electric/magnetic field generated by a field generating element, where a slave lamp detects the electric/magnetic field using a field detection element. One of more properties of the light output by the slave lamp are dependent upon the detected electric/magnetic field, meaning that the master lamp is able to control the operation of the slave lamp.

Abstract: The invention refers to a network device (110) for configuring a network (100) to enable the network to work with a gateway device (130). The gateway device is adapted to act as gateway within the network when the gateway device is present in the network, wherein during the configuration the gateway device is absent from the network. The network device is adapted to provide information indicative of characteristics of the network and relevant for a gateway device, to store the information such that the gateway device can access the information, and to configure the network based on the information such that the gateway device can act as a gateway when present in the network, wherein the network is configured as if the gateway device were present in the network. Thus, the utilizing of a gateway device not used for the installation of the network can be simplified.

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: A lighting appearance virtualization method includes receiving a user image of an area, luminaire information, and light appearance information. The method further includes generating, using a trained GAN, a first synthetic image based on the user image and the luminaire information. The first synthetic image shows the luminaire in the area. The method also includes generating, using a derived GAN, a second synthetic image based on the first synthetic image. The second synthetic image shows the luminaire and a synthetic light appearance associated with the luminaire. The trained GAN is modified to derive the derived GAN, where value(s) of one or more parameters of the derived GAN are different from value(s) of the one or more corresponding parameters of the trained GAN. The synthetic light appearance depends on the values of the one or more parameters of the derived GAN.

Abstract: A method for analyzing consumer behavior within a retail space can include receiving data associated with consumers in communications signals from local devices located in the retail space, where the local devices receive some of the data in visible light communication (VLC) signals broadcast by electrical devices, where each local device is associated with one of the consumers in the retail space at a point in time, and where the data lacks information that identifies the consumers. The method can also include attributing, by the controller using a multi-stage clustering process, the data to discrete consumers for a period of time that includes each point in time. The method can further include assigning the discrete consumers to at least one of a number of groups defined by one or more characteristics measured from the data, where the discrete consumers within a group share a common characteristic.

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.