Abstract: The invention relates to a luminaire provided with a housing with light-emitting elements which are located near a light emission side of the housing and which are activated in that a user touches one or more sensors accommodated in a wall of the housing. Usually such luminaires are switched on and off by a user using a switch provided in or near the house. It is an object of the invention to provide a luminaire of which many variables, such as the intensity, the beam width, and the color of the light emitted during operation, can be adjusted by a user in a simple manner. According to the invention, a luminaire for this purpose is proposed wherein the sensors are arranged multidimensionally, and the number of activated light-emitting elements corresponds to the size of the wall surface including sensors that is touched by the user.

Abstract: The invention relates to a luminaire system comprising at least one illumination unit (1) comprising at least one light emitting element arranged to emit light (5) out of at least one light emission surface (3); at least one input unit (4) arranged for detecting a finger gesture of a user, and at least one driver unit arranged for driving the at least one illumination unit (1) in accordance with the finger gesture detected by the at least one input unit (4). The luminaire system is characterized in that the at least one input unit (4) is further arranged for detecting an input angle (alpha) between the finger and the at least one input unit (4) and in that the at least one driver unit is further arranged for driving the at least one illumination unit (1) for emitting light out of the at least one light emission surface (3) under an output angle (beta) which corresponds with the detected input angle (alpha).

Abstract: A luminaire provided with a housing with light-emitting elements which are located near a light emission side of the housing and which are activated in that a user touches one or more sensors accommodated in a wall of the housing, wherein the sensors are arranged multidimensionally, and wherein the number of activated light-emitting elements is proportional to the size of the wall surface including sensors that is touched by the user.