Lighting Control System Synchronizing Pulse and Color with Media

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies lack an efficient method to dynamically control lighting effects in environments based on media content, such as music or video, to evoke specific emotions or moods.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that generate device control information to control lighting devices in synchronization with media content, utilizing media identification techniques, tempo analysis, mood determination, and color information to create dynamic lighting effects.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If lighting effects are controlled based on media content analysis, then emotional and mood-based experiences are enhanced, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelighting effect adaptabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments media content analysis into distinct components: tempo analysis, mood determination, and color information extraction. Each component processes specific aspects of the media independently and feeds results to the lighting control module, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining adaptability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The lighting control system is designed to work with multiple types of media content (music, video, presentations) using the same core analysis mechanisms. The system universally applies tempo analysis, mood determination, and color extraction across different media types, enhancing versatility without proportionally increasing complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Speed

If real-time synchronization of lighting with media content is implemented, then emotional experience is enhanced, but processing requirements and energy consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesynchronization speedVSAvoidenergy consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

SpeedVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs media content analysis and lighting control at periodic intervals synchronized with media playback. Rather than continuous real-time processing, the system analyzes tempo, mood, and color at defined intervals and updates lighting accordingly, reducing energy consumption while maintaining effective synchronization.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #19Periodic action

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary analysis of media content properties (tempo, mood, color scheme) before generating lighting effects. By pre-processing and caching media analysis results, the system reduces real-time processing requirements and energy consumption during actual lighting control operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250142698A1Methods and apparatus to control light pulsing effects based on media content

Publication Date: 2025.05.01 GRACENOTE INC

AI summary

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to adjust device control information. The example apparatus comprises a light drive waveform generator to obtain metadata corresponding to media and generate device control information based on the metadata, the device control information to inform a lighting device to enable consecutive light pulses; an effect engine to apply an attack parameter and a decay parameter to consecutive light pulses corresponding to the device control information, the attack parameter and the decay parameter based on the metadata to affect a shape of the consecutive light pulses; and a color timeline generator to generate color information based on the metadata, the color information to inform the lighting device to change a color state.