Dynamic Lighting Device Control Using Spatial Position Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for controlling lighting in media content playback environments, such as video content or video games, do not effectively enhance user immersion through dynamic lighting effects that consider the spatial positions of multiple lighting devices.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for dynamic lighting devices that transmit and receive data to a control device to determine and apply lighting control parameters based on their spatial positions, allowing for synchronized and complex lighting effects across multiple devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If existing lighting control methods are used, then lighting effects can be rendered, but user immersion is not effectively enhanced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic lighting control by continuously updating lighting parameters based on real-time spatial position data of media content elements. The system transitions from static lighting patterns to dynamic responses that adapt to changing scene positions, object movements, and spatial relationships, thereby enhancing user immersion through synchronized lighting effects.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes a feedback loop where spatial position data from media content is continuously fed back to the lighting control system. This feedback mechanism enables the lighting devices to adjust their output in real-time based on the current media scene, creating an immersive experience where lighting dynamically responds to content changes without requiring complex manual configuration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If lighting effects are synchronized across multiple devices, then user immersion is enhanced, but data transmission and processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a universal data format and communication protocol that enables multiple lighting devices to receive and process the same spatial position data consistently. This multi-functional approach allows different lighting devices (LED strips, bulbs, panels) to be controlled uniformly using the same input data, ensuring synchronization while avoiding information loss through standardized data exchange.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the lighting control into independent modules, where each lighting device operates autonomously based on received spatial position data. This segmentation allows parallel processing of lighting control for multiple devices without requiring centralized complex computation, reducing data processing burden while maintaining synchronization across all devices.
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AI summary
There is provided methods and apparatus of communicating data between a control device (11) and one or more dynamic lighting devices (11 to 16) communicatively coupled to the control device (10), to control the rendering of a lighting effect by the one or more dynamic lighting devices (11 to 16). To reach that aim, first data representative of a position of each of the dynamic lighting devices (11 to 16) in a determined space is transmitted by each of the dynamic lighting devices (11 to 16) to a control device (10). Lighting data is received in return by each of the dynamic lighting devices (11 to 16) from the control device (10), the lighting data being according to the first data, the lighting data being representative of lighting control parameters.