Grouped Wireless Entertainment Lamp Control System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing entertainment systems using large numbers of lamps for wide-area illumination are costly and inefficient due to high power consumption and complex control requirements, limiting their marketability and practicality.
Innovation Solution
An entertainment apparatus and system that divides a large number of lamps into groups, using wireless communication to control the lighting and sound production of each group, allowing for harmonized and fast-moving illumination and sound effects at a lower cost.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If a large number of lamps are installed for wide-area illumination, then the illumination coverage area is improved, but the cost and power consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the large number of lamps into multiple groups, where each group shares common control parameters. This segmentation allows the system to manage thousands of lamps through a reduced set of group-level parameters, significantly reducing the communication overhead and control complexity while maintaining the ability to control all lamps for wide-area illumination
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the control of multiple lamps into group-level control units. By combining individual lamp controls into group controls with shared parameters, the system reduces the overall communication volume and control complexity, enabling cost-effective wide-area illumination without proportionally increasing power consumption and system cost
2Measurement precision
If each lamp has a unique identification number for precise control, then the control precision is improved, but the communication volume and control complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the control hierarchy into two levels: group-level control parameters that apply to multiple lamps, and individual lamp identification. This allows precise control of each lamp within its group while using simplified group-level parameters for the majority of control operations, reducing overall control complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces group-level control parameters as intermediaries between the control system and individual lamps. Instead of directly controlling each lamp individually, the system first sets group parameters that then apply to all lamps in that group, simplifying the control process while maintaining the ability to address individual lamps when needed
3Speed
If high-speed communication is used to control many light emitting devices, then the control speed is improved, but the power consumption of each device increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments communication into group-level parameter transmission and individual lamp acknowledgment. By transmitting control parameters at the group level rather than individually to each lamp, the communication frequency and data volume per device are reduced, lowering power consumption while maintaining adequate control speed for illumination effects
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements periodic control where group parameters are updated at appropriate intervals rather than continuously for each lamp. This periodic update approach maintains the visual effect quality while significantly reducing the communication burden and power consumption of each light emitting device
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables the creation of complex and dynamic illumination and sound effects using a large number of lamps at a lower cost and with reduced power consumption, making it more marketable and practical for wide-area installations.
Implementation Method 1
as LED elements have become more sophisticated, lamps that can emit multiple colors
Data Source
AI summary
An entertainment system (30) includes: a plurality of entertainment apparatuses (10) each including an entertainment presentation unit (12) having one or both of a light emitting unit capable of emitting a plurality of types of light and a sound producing unit capable of producing sound, a group number storage unit (14) configured to store a group number, a wireless communication unit (13) configured to wirelessly receive control information for controlling an operation of the entertainment presentation unit assigned to the group number, and a control unit (15) configured to control one or both of the light emitting unit and the sound producing unit of the entertainment presentation unit based on the control information received by the wireless communication unit and the group number stored in the group number storage unit; an information generation device (31) configured to generate the control information for the group number assigned to each of the plurality of entertainment apparatuses; and a control information transmission wireless communication device (32) configured to wirelessly transmit the control information for each group number generated by the information generation device to all of the plurality of entertainment apparatuses.