USER INTERFACE DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING CONNECTED CONSUMER LOAD AND LIGHTING SYSTEM USING SAID USER INTERFACE DEVICE Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC H05B37/02 

FIELD: physics, computer engineering.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a user interface device for controlling an electrical consumer, particularly a lighting system. Further, the invention relates to a lighting system using such user interface device. The invention also relates to a method of controlling such a lighting system using a user interface device. Disclosed is a user interface device for controlling a connected lighting system, which comprises: a display unit including a plurality of LEDs in a matrix form, wherein each of the LEDs of the matrix is addressable individually; an input unit to receive a user input; a control unit adapted to receive a signal based on the user input and to generate an information signal provided to the display unit and to generate a control signal for controlling a connected consumer load.

EFFECT: providing feedforward or feedback information facilitating easy and intuitive use of the user interface device when controlling a lighting system.

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