Abstract:
An oral cavity apparatus (100) includes a body portion (102) having first and second ends (120, 122) and a grip portion (118); an oral tool (108) coupled to the first end (120) of the body portion (102); and a touch-sensitive (TS) sensor (104) which is located on the body portion (102) and outputs a sensor value indicative of a force applied thereto by a user. In addition, a controller (107) is configured to compare the sensor value with at least one threshold value, and to actuate the oral tool (108) based upon the results of the comparison.
Abstract:
A lighting system for controlling a lighting device by a control device is disclosed. The lighting system comprises the lighting device and the control device comprising a first user interface arranged for receiving a first user input. The lighting system further comprises a proximity detector arranged for detecting proximity between the control device and the lighting device. A processor is arranged for adjusting a control parameter of the lighting device based on the first user input if the proximity is detected within a predefined period of time after receiving the first user input. This enables a user to control the lighting device by bringing the control device in proximity of the lighting device, which results in a simple and intuitive way of controlling one or more lighting devices, and it removes the need for the user to indicate the target lighting device to be controlled on the control device.
Abstract:
A coffee machine (1) for providing coffee brew with reduced caffeine content is disclosed. The coffee machine (1) comprises a mixer (8) for mixing coffee grind (19) and a caffeine-reducing additive (20), the mixer having a coffee inlet (14) for receiving the coffee grind (19), an additive inlet (18) for receiving the caffeine-reducing additive (20), and a mixer outlet (21) for providing a mixture (22) of coffee grind and additive, and a brewing unit (5) for brewing the mixture (22) of coffee grind and additive, the brewing unit (5) having a brewing unit inlet (23) and a brewing unit outlet (24) for providing coffee brew, wherein the brewing unit inlet (23) of the brewing unit (5) is connected to the mixer outlet (21) of the mixer (8) for receiving the mixture (22) of coffee grind and additive. Furthermore, a corresponding method and a replaceable cartridge containing a caffeine-reducing additive are presented.
Abstract:
The invention provides a device comprising a screen for displaying a graphical user interface, wherein the device is configured to control a lighting property of a lighting unit of a plurality of lighting units, wherein the device is configured to display on a screen of the device a plurality of lighting-related user interface elements, wherein each lighting-related user interface element includes a photograph-based picture of the corresponding lighting unit in its application environment, wherein each lighting-related user interface element is configured to control the lighting unit light of the corresponding lighting unit, and wherein each lighting-related user interface element is configured to show a lighting effect corresponding to the lighting property of the corresponding lighting unit.
Abstract:
The invention provides a sound attenuating panel (100) with controllable sound attenuation properties, the sound attenuating panel (100) comprising (a) a sound attenuating unit (200) with cavities (212) with variable dimensions and (b) an infrastructure (300) for controlling the dimensions of the cavities (212) in the sound attenuating unit (200). The sound attenuating unit comprises sound attenuating material with controllable sound attenuating properties, but may also have wave guiding properties, thereby allowing to combine in the sound attenuating unit 200 both sound attenuating properties and optical properties.
Abstract:
An oral cavity apparatus includes a body portion (802) having first and second ends (820, 822) and a grip portion situated between the first and second ends; an oral cleaning tool (808) coupled to the first end and including a toothbrush head (814) having a first and second groups of bristles (850, 852) of different firmness. The second group of bristles has an adjustable extension. An actuator (862) is coupled to the second group of bristle (852) and is configured to control an extension of the second group of bristles (852) relative to the first group of bristles (850). At least one touch-sensitive (TS) sensor (104, 106) is mounted upon the body portion and outputs a sensor value indicative of a force applied thereto. In addition, a controller (807) may be configured to compare the sensor value with a threshold value and actuate the actuator (862) to extend the second group of bristles relative to the first group of bristles based upon the results of the determination.
Abstract:
The invention provides a light management information system for an outdoor lighting network system, having a plurality of outdoor light units each including at least one sensor type, where each of the light units communicates with at least one other light unit, at least one user input/output device in communication with at one or more of said outdoor light units, a central management system in communication with light units, said central management system sends control commands and/or information to one or more of said outdoor light units, in response to received outdoor light unit status/sensor information from one or more of said outdoor light units or received user information requests from said user input/output device, a resource server in communication with said central management system, wherein the central management system uses the light unit status/sensor information and resources from the resource server to provide information to the user input/output device and/or reconfigure one or more of the lights units.
Abstract:
The invention provides a system (1) comprising a sound attenuating panel (100), a control unit (15), and a sound sensor (20), wherein the sound sensor (20) is configured to measure sound in a space wherein the sound attenuating panel (100) is applied and is configured to provide a corresponding sound sensor signal, wherein the control unit (15) is configured to control controllable devices as function of the sound sensor signal, wherein the controllable devices are a sound attenuating panel (100) having controllable properties and another device having controllable properties, said another device being selected from the group consisting of (i) a light source not embedded in the sound attenuating panel and (ii) a sound attenuating panel with a light source embedded therein.