Lighting Arrangement Interface for Automated Program Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lighting arrangements with multiple independent light sources are complex for average users to control, making it difficult to generate specific lighting effects or sequences without extensive programming effort.
Innovation Solution
A lighting system with interface means for external program transmission and automatic detection of lighting unit arrangements, allowing users to easily store and apply new programs via memory devices like USB sticks, enabling simple generation of new light effects without manual programming.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple independent light sources are used to create complex lighting effects, then the lighting versatility is improved, but the control complexity increases significantly for average users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces interface means as an intermediary between the user and the complex control system. This interface includes a processor that receives user inputs through various input devices and automatically generates control sequences for the multiple light sources, shielding users from the underlying complexity while maintaining full functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The control system incorporates automatic program generation capabilities where the processor autonomously creates lighting sequences based on user-selected parameters. The system also includes self-detection features that automatically identify the lighting unit arrangement, eliminating the need for manual programming or configuration by users
2Manufacturing precision
If manual programming is required to generate specific lighting sequences, then the lighting precision is improved, but the time required for operation increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system includes a memory device that stores pre-programmed lighting sequences and control algorithms. When a user selects a desired effect, the processor retrieves and executes the corresponding pre-prepared program, eliminating the need for real-time programming while maintaining precise control over lighting sequences
Solution Approach 2:
The processor automatically generates and executes control programs based on user selections without requiring manual programming. The system also automatically detects the physical arrangement of lighting units and adjusts control sequences accordingly, performing what would otherwise require time-consuming manual configuration
3Adaptability or versatility
If the lighting units are arranged in different configurations, then the adaptability is improved, but the control programming complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates detection means that automatically sense the physical arrangement of lighting units and provide feedback to the processor. Based on this feedback, the processor automatically generates appropriate control sequences, allowing the system to adapt to different configurations without requiring users to manually program each arrangement
Solution Approach 2:
The control system automatically detects and adapts to the lighting unit arrangement through sensors and processors that identify the configuration and generate corresponding control programs without user intervention. This self-configuration capability maintains adaptability across different setups while eliminating programming complexity for users
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AI summary
The invention relates to a lighting arrangement having multiple separate lighting units (2), which each have a plurality of individual light sources (4), which can be turned on and off and/or adjusted in their brightness independently of one another, wherein said lighting units (2) are disposed such that they form a substantially closed light emission surface of the lighting arrangement. Furthermore, the lighting arrangement has an activation unit (8), which is implemented for the purpose of activating the lighting units (2) and/or the light sources (4) thereof according to a program stored in a storage device (10); the activation unit (8) has interface means (12) for the external transmission of programs for activating the lighting units (2) and/or the light sources (4) thereof. In addition, a system and/or a method for programming the activation unit (8) is provided according to the invention, wherein firstly a video and/or lighting sequence, for example, in MP4 format, is prepared and said sequence is converted into a program which can be used by the activation unit (8) in a central service apparatus (30). The lighting arrangement and/or the system allow particularly simple and comfortable operation of the lighting arrangement.