Lighting Design Platform Using Virtual Fixture Models
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current lighting design workflows are inefficient due to a fragmented market with limited and inaccurate information about lighting products, leading to suboptimal results and underutilization of intelligent lighting features in installations.
Innovation Solution
A platform that utilizes an automated search engine, near-field illumination characterization, and machine learning to facilitate the design, acquisition, installation, and operation of lighting installations, incorporating intelligent lighting fixtures and providing a visual representation of lighting spaces with adjustable parameters for desired lighting effects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If physical samples are used to evaluate lighting fixtures, then designers can directly observe and characterize lighting properties, but the design process becomes time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates digital copies (virtual models) of physical lighting fixtures that replicate their optical, electrical, and physical properties. These digital twins allow designers to evaluate lighting products virtually without needing physical samples, maintaining measurement accuracy while eliminating the time required to obtain and test physical specimens.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary characterization of lighting fixtures by capturing their properties in advance and storing them in a database. This preliminary action allows designers to access pre-evaluated lighting data immediately, eliminating the need to physically test each fixture during the design process.
2Ease of operation
If designers travel to sample closets to evaluate lighting fixtures, then they can assess product suitability, but the workflow becomes inefficient and suboptimal results are produced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a digital platform as an intermediary between designers and lighting products. This platform provides virtual access to lighting fixture catalogs and evaluation tools, eliminating the need for physical travel to sample closets while maintaining full product accessibility and evaluation capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces the mechanical process of physical travel and hands-on sample evaluation with a digital computing system. Designers interact with lighting products through software interfaces that provide virtual visualization, specification access, and performance simulation, dramatically improving workflow efficiency.
3Loss of information
If comprehensive lighting product information is made available online, then designers can efficiently search and evaluate products, but information accuracy and completeness becomes challenging to maintain
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where lighting product data is continuously validated and updated. The system captures information from multiple sources, cross-validates specifications, and maintains a centralized database that ensures accuracy while providing comprehensive online access to lighting product information.
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.