Light Source Controller Morphing Images for Dynamic Color Sequences
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current lighting control systems lack the ability to create dynamic light effects, which require time-dependent light output changes, and do not provide users with sufficient control over these effects.
Innovation Solution
A controller that allows users to select colors from multiple images, morphing these images to generate intermediate colors, and control light sources accordingly, enabling the creation of dynamic light effects by communicating these colors sequentially over time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user interface allows selection of colors from images to create light effects, then the ease of operation is improved, but the ability to create dynamic light effects is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically transitions between static color selection and dynamic light effect creation by automatically generating intermediate colors and sequences. The user interface evolves from simple color picking to automated dynamic effect generation, allowing users to create time-dependent light outputs without manually configuring multiple color settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The controller automatically performs preliminary actions by generating intermediate colors and determining color sequences before the user needs them. When a user selects two colors, the system proactively creates the intermediate steps and timing, preparing the dynamic light effect in advance without requiring further user input.
2Productivity
If the system automatically generates intermediate colors through image morphing, then the productivity is improved, but the manufacturing precision of color transitions may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses feedback from image morphing algorithms to adjust and optimize color transitions. By analyzing the intermediate images generated during morphing, the controller refines the color sequences to ensure smooth and accurate transitions, maintaining precision while automating the process.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the controller communicates color sequences to the light source over time, then the adaptability to create dynamic effects is improved, but the loss of time for processing and transmission increases
Solution Approach 1:
The controller prepares and buffers the entire color sequence in advance before transmitting it to the light source. By pre-calculating all intermediate colors and determining the complete timing sequence, the system minimizes real-time processing delays and enables smooth dynamic effects with reduced latency.
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AI summary
A controller 100 for controlling a light source 110 is disclosed. The controller 100 comprises a communication unit 102 for communicating with the light source 100. The controller 100 further comprises an input unit 104 for receiving a first input indicative of a selection of a first color in a first image, and for receiving a second input indicative of a selection of a second color in a second image. The controller 100 further comprises a processor 106 for morphing the first image into the second image after the first and second user input have been received, whereby at least one intermediate image in between the first image and the second image is generated, the at least one intermediate image being a mixture of the first image and the second image, and for determining at least one intermediate color based on color information of the at least one intermediate image. The processor 106 is further arranged for controlling the light output of the light source 110 according to the first color, the at least one intermediate color and the second color sequentially over a period of time, by communicating the first color, the at least one intermediate color and the second color to the light source.