Interactive Lighting Control via Virtual Environment Representation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current lighting systems lack the ability to effectively allow users to control and specify desired lighting effects while providing an understanding of the applied lighting effect and indications of system capabilities and restrictions.
Innovation Solution
An interactive system for controlling redirectable lighting in a lighting environment, utilizing an interactive display with a representation of the lighting environment, including repositionable lighting representations associated with redirectable light sources, and adjustable lighting parameters such as size and shading, which can be manipulated to adjust the light output accordingly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users directly control lighting source parameters (pan/tilt, LED output), then lighting source positioning is achieved, but user understanding of lighting effects and system capabilities is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a visual copy or representation of the lighting effect on the display device, showing users what the lighting effect will look like before actual implementation. This visual representation allows users to understand and predict lighting outcomes without directly manipulating complex source parameters, thereby reducing information loss about lighting effects.
Solution Approach 2:
The display device acts as an intermediary between the user and the lighting system. Instead of directly controlling lighting sources, users interact with visual representations on the display, which then translate user intent into actual lighting effects. This intermediary layer enhances user understanding while simplifying operation.
2Manufacturing precision
If lighting parameters are adjusted to achieve desired effects, then lighting precision is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically calculates and adjusts lighting parameters based on user selections from the visual representation. Once users choose desired lighting effects from the display, the system self-manages the complex parameter adjustments needed to achieve those effects, maintaining precision while avoiding the need for users to directly manage complex control parameters.
Solution Approach 2:
The display-based interface serves as an intermediary that simplifies user interaction with the complex lighting system. Users work with intuitive visual representations rather than raw technical parameters, and the system handles the translation to precise lighting control automatically.
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AI summary
Inventive methods and apparatus for interactive control of a lighting environment. In some embodiments an interactive system for controlling redirectable lighting in a lighting environment may be provided. In some embodiments systems and methods may be provided that enable the display of adjustable lighting parameters in a virtual environment.