Layered Lighting Effect Editing for Complex Light Layouts

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional light strings can only produce a single lighting special effect, making it difficult and time-consuming to create complex lighting effects without errors, especially when multiple elements interact, leading to inefficiencies in setting and accuracy issues.

Innovation Solution

A method that breaks down complex lighting effects into multiple sub-special effects, which are edited and synthesized on separate lamp layout layers, allowing for easier control and combination into a complete lighting effect without interference.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a single canvas is used to set complex lighting special effects with multiple elements, then the lighting effect can be displayed, but the setting process becomes error-prone and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelighting special effect complexityVSAvoidsetting accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides a complex lighting special effect into multiple independent sub-special effects, each edited on a separate canvas. This segmentation allows users to configure each sub-effect independently without interference from others, reducing errors and simplifying the overall setting process while maintaining the ability to create complex composite lighting effects.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If a single canvas is used to set complex lighting special effects, then the effect can be displayed, but the setting time increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelighting special effect complexityVSAvoidsetting time
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

By segmenting the lighting special effect into multiple sub-special effects that can be edited independently on separate canvases, users can work on each component simultaneously or in a more organized sequence, significantly reducing the overall setting time compared to configuring everything on a single canvas.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent allows users to pre-configure sub-special effects on separate canvases before combining them into the final lighting effect. This preliminary action on divided canvases makes the overall configuration process more efficient and manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple elements are set in the same canvas for complex lighting effects, then the effect can be achieved, but elements interfere with each other causing errors

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvelighting effect elementsVSAvoideffect stability
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments multiple lighting effect elements into separate sub-special effects on different canvases, eliminating interference between elements during the configuration process. Each element can be set independently without affecting others, ensuring reliability and stability when the effects are combined and executed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP4683431A1Lighting effect generation method and apparatus, lighting effect control method and medium
Publication Date: 2026.01.21 SHENZHEN QIANYAN TECH LTD
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AI summary

A lighting effect generation method and apparatus, a lighting effect control method and a medium, The lighting effect generation method comprises the following steps: acquiring light-emitting unit layout information of a light, and generating on a drawing interface a plurality of light layout layers; acquiring sub-special effect information respectively generated in the light layout layers by the drawing interface receiving an external editing instruction, synthesizing the multiple pieces of sub-special effect information into lighting special effect information, and packaging the lighting special effect information into a lighting effect control instruction; and transmitting the lighting effect control instruction to a controller of the light so as to control the light to display a lighting special effect defined by the lighting special effect information.