Lighting Controller Scene Recommendation via Relevance Ranking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lighting control systems are cumbersome for users to create light scenes, especially for novice users, and lack inspiration, leading to a desire for a system that can recommend relevant light scenes.
Innovation Solution
A controller and method that recommend light scenes to users by associating each scene with a word, using a processor to determine relevance values based on popularity, user profiles, current activities, and lighting device capabilities, and rendering words with text properties such as size and color that match the light scene, allowing users to easily select the most relevant options.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If users create light scenes themselves in existing lighting control systems, then users can have customized lighting settings, but the process is cumbersome and difficult for novice users
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-generates multiple light scenes with associated words and relevance values before the user needs them. These pre-configured scenes are then presented to the user, eliminating the need for users to create scenes from scratch and significantly reducing operational difficulty while maintaining customization through user selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary system (the controller with processor) that acts as a mediator between the user and the lighting devices. This intermediary automatically manages the complex task of scene creation by generating, evaluating, and presenting pre-configured light scenes based on relevance values, thereby shielding users from the complexity of direct scene configuration.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the system presents all available light scenes to users, then users have complete options, but users lack inspiration and cannot easily select relevant scenes
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by differentiating the presentation of light scenes based on their relevance values. Instead of treating all scenes uniformly, the system varies the text properties (such as font size, weight, or color) of words representing different scenes according to their relevance. This allows relevant scenes to stand out visually, guiding user attention and making selection easier while preserving the complete set of options.
Solution Approach 2:
The system utilizes color changes in the text properties to indicate the relevance of different light scenes. By varying the visual characteristics of the text based on relevance values, the system provides visual cues that help users quickly identify and select relevant scenes without having to analyze all options in detail, thereby providing inspiration and easing selection.
3Loss of information
If the system renders all light scenes with equal prominence, then all scenes are equally visible, but relevant scenes are not highlighted for user selection
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by differentiating the presentation of light scenes based on their relevance values. Instead of treating all scenes uniformly, the system varies the text properties (such as font size, weight, or color) of words representing different scenes according to their relevance. This allows relevant scenes to stand out visually, guiding user attention and making selection easier while preserving the complete set of options.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides visual feedback to users by dynamically adjusting the text properties of light scene representations based on their relevance values. This feedback mechanism continuously informs users about which scenes are most relevant to their current context, enabling them to make informed selections without losing information about other available scenes.
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AI summary
A controller 100 for controlling a lighting device 120 is disclosed. The controller 100 comprises a receiver 102 arranged for receiving a plurality of light scenes, wherein each light scenes is associated with a word, a display 104 for displaying a plurality of words, a user input element for receiving user input indicative of a selection of one of the plurality of words, a processor 106 for generating a lighting control command 110 based on the light scene associated with a selected word, and a communication unit 108 arranged for communicating the lighting control command 110 to the lighting device 120, wherein the processor 106 is arranged for receiving a relevance value of each light scene, and for rendering each of the plurality of words with a text property representative of the respective relevance value of the associated light scene and in a text color that matches a light color of the associated light scene.