Lighting Console Color Selection via Touch-Sensitive Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional lighting control consoles face difficulties in comfortable color selection from predetermined color images, as users must read and manually enter color parameters, making the process cumbersome and non-intuitive.
Innovation Solution
The method involves displaying a digital color image on the console's touch-sensitive display, allowing users to select colors by touching specific pixels or regions, eliminating the need to read and enter color parameters manually, and enabling intuitive color selection by transferring the selected color parameters for further processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a conventional color palette is used for color selection, then all selectable colors can be displayed in a two-dimensional representation, but the user must manually read and enter color parameters from a predetermined color image, making the selection process cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the copying principle by displaying a visual copy (screenshot or image) of the predetermined color image directly on the display device. Instead of requiring users to read numerical color parameters from the source image and manually input them into the color palette, the system creates a visual replica that allows direct visual selection. Users can see the actual colors from the source image displayed on the screen and select colors by touching the corresponding visual representation, eliminating the manual parameter entry process and significantly reducing selection time.
2Ease of operation
If a conventional color palette is used for color selection, then color parameters can be selected through digital input, but the process requires reading alphanumerical values and manually entering them, increasing operational complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies mechanics substitution by replacing the manual mechanical process of reading and typing color parameters with an automated visual selection process. Instead of the traditional mechanical interaction where users must locate numerical values, read them, and input them through keyboards or buttons, the system substitutes this with a graphical user interface where colors are selected by touching visual representations on the display. This substitution eliminates the intermediate steps of reading and manual input, reducing operational complexity while maintaining digital color parameter selection capabilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If all colors are represented in the color palette, then comprehensive color selection is available, but locating the specific color from a predetermined color image becomes extremely difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies equipotentiality by creating a visual bridge between the predetermined color image and the color palette. Instead of requiring users to search through the entire color palette to find a specific color, the system displays a visual representation (screenshot or image) of the source colors on the display device. This creates an equipotential state where the visual information from the source image is directly accessible in the selection interface, allowing users to locate specific colors by visual matching rather than searching through all available colors in the palette.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for operating a lighting control console for controlling a lighting system. The console provides a digital processor and memory for generating, managing and storing the adjusting commands. The console also includes a display device and a color palette, including all selectable colors consecutively displayed as color gradients, for selecting a color to be graphically represented at the display device for the user. The display device has a touch-sensitive sensor surface, such that when touching the same within the region of a contact surface, the user can select the digital color parameters of a color from the displayed color palette. The console facilitates the selection of a digital color image and allows the user to select pixels of the color image by touching the touch-sensitive sensor surface. The console further processes color parameter combinations of the pixels selected by the user.