Industry Patents
Patent: 8514192
Method for Operating a Lighting Control Console
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| Patent Number: |
8514192 |
| Title: |
Method for Operating a Lighting Control Console |
| Abstract: |
A method for operating a lighting control console (01) for controlling a
lighting system, wherein digital adjusting commands are generated in the
lighting control console (01), which can be transferred to the lighting
devices of the lighting system via data connections, and wherein the
lighting control console (01) comprises at least one digital processor
and at least one digital memory for generating, managing and storing the
adjusting commands, and wherein the lighting control console (01)
comprises at least one display unit (07), and wherein graphical elements
can be graphically depicted to the user on the display device (07), and
wherein the display device (07) exhibits a touch-sensitive sensor surface
(10), and wherein touching of the touch-sensitive sensor surface (10) at
the display device (07) in the region of a contact surface (14) permits
the selection of an operator input assigned to said contact surface (14),
comprising the following method steps of: a) detecting the touching of
the touch-sensitive sensor surface (10) in the region of a contact
surface (14a, 14b) in which the sensor surface (10) is covered by a body
part of the operator; b) measuring the dimension of the contact surface
(14a, 14b); c) generating an adjusting command for controlling the
lighting system as a function of the measured dimension of the contact
surface (14a, 14b).
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| Country of Issue: |
US |
| First Named Inventor: |
Adenau, Cordes |
| Assignee: |
MA Lighting Technology |
| Continuation or Divisional of: |
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| International Classification: |
G06F 3/041 |
| US Classification: |
345/173 |
| Issue Date: |
08-20-2013 |
| Filing Date: |
01-04-2011 |
| Application : |
12/984199 |
| Notes: |
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| Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: |
8514192 at Freepatentsonline |
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World Patent Family at European Patent Office |
| Link to Google Patents1: |
8514192 at Google Patents |
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