Lighting Design Platform Using Digital Twins for Fixture Evaluation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current lighting design workflows are inefficient due to market fragmentation, lack of accurate product information, and underutilization of intelligent lighting features, leading to suboptimal results and ineffective use of intelligent lighting systems.
Innovation Solution
A platform that utilizes automated search engines, near-field illumination characterization, and machine learning to facilitate the design, acquisition, installation, and operation of lighting installations, incorporating intelligent lighting fixtures and enabling precise control and customization through augmented and virtual reality interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If physical samples are used to evaluate lighting fixtures, then designers can directly observe and compare product properties, but the design process becomes time-consuming and requires travel to sample closets
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates digital copies of physical lighting fixtures by capturing their optical characteristics, physical properties, and performance data. These digital twins allow designers to evaluate lighting fixtures remotely with the same accuracy as physical samples, eliminating the need to travel to sample closets while maintaining evaluation precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary characterization of lighting fixtures before the design process begins. All optical, electrical, and physical properties are measured and stored in advance, allowing designers to access complete product information immediately without needing to physically handle samples during the design process.
2Adaptability or versatility
If designers travel to sample closets to evaluate lighting fixtures, then they can directly compare products, but the process becomes inefficient and limits access to a wide variety of lighting products
Solution Approach 1:
The platform serves multiple functions: it stores digital twins of lighting fixtures, provides remote evaluation capabilities, enables comparative analysis, and facilitates product selection. This universal system replaces the need for physical sample closets while expanding access to a broader range of lighting products through comprehensive digital cataloging.
Solution Approach 2:
The digital twin acts as an intermediary between the physical lighting fixture and the designer. It transfers all relevant product information, optical characteristics, and performance data to the designer, enabling remote evaluation and comparison without requiring physical presence at sample closets.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional lighting design workflows are used, then designers can evaluate lighting products, but intelligent lighting features are underutilized and market fragmentation prevents effective use of IoT capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple previously separate functions into a unified platform: product cataloging, digital twin creation, remote evaluation, comparative analysis, and intelligent lighting control. This consolidation enables effective use of IoT capabilities while managing system complexity through integration rather than fragmentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transforms lighting fixture evaluation from physical parameter measurement to digital parameter analysis. By converting optical, electrical, and control characteristics into digital data, the platform enables sophisticated analysis and utilization of intelligent lighting features that were previously inaccessible or difficult to manage.
Data Source
AI summary
A platform for design of a lighting installation generally includes an automated search engine for retrieving and storing a plurality of lighting objects in a lighting object library and a lighting design environment providing a visual representation of a lighting space containing lighting space objects and lighting objects. The visual representation is based on properties of the lighting space objects and lighting objects obtained from the lighting object library. A plurality of aesthetic filters is configured to permit a designer in a design environment to adjust parameters of the plurality of lighting objects handled in the design environment to provide a desired collective lighting effect using the plurality of lighting objects.