Image-Based Color Picker for Lighting Control
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Controlling a large number of lighting devices with configurable illumination colors becomes cumbersome and time-consuming using existing mechanisms, especially when creating multiple presets for different occasions.
Innovation Solution
A user device with a communications interface, user interface, record module, automatic selection module, and controller that allows users to select regions of an image to automatically configure the lighting system based on previous color selections, reducing the need for manual interaction by retrieving and applying color selection information from a data store.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users manually select regions for each lighting device individually, then precise color control is achieved, but the time and effort required becomes unreasonably high when controlling 20 or more lamps
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically selecting candidate regions in the new image based on previously stored color selections from earlier images. This pre-processing of region selection eliminates the need for users to manually select regions for each of the 20 or more lamps, dramatically reducing configuration time while maintaining color control precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system copies previously selected color information and region selection patterns from earlier images to automatically populate region selections in the current image. This copying mechanism allows the same color preferences and region selection logic to be applied across multiple lighting devices without repeated manual intervention.
2Measurement precision
If existing color picker applications require users to manually select regions for each image, then user intent is accurately captured, but the configuration process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically selecting regions in the new image based on stored color selection information, eliminating the need for users to manually perform region selection for each image. The system serves itself by autonomously applying previous selection patterns to current images, thereby simplifying the control mechanism while preserving color selection accuracy through user-approved automatic selections.
Data Source
AI summary
A color picker controls a lighting system comprising one or more luminaries. A user interface comprises a display for displaying images when selected by a user via the user interface. The UI allows the user to select a region of a first image when displayed. Color selection information, which describes one or more color characteristics of one or more user-selected regions of at least the first image, is stored in a data store. When the user has selected a second image via the user interface, a region of the second image is automatically selected based on the color selection information. At least one luminaire of the lighting system is controlled to emit illumination rendering a color of the automatically selected region of the second image.