Lighting Playlist Control for Automated Scene Setup
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current lighting systems lack efficient methods for users to easily control lighting outputs to achieve desired effects, requiring manual selection and programming of settings, which is time-consuming and resource-intensive.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for controlling lighting systems using lighting playlists, where users select from a library of predefined playlists via a user interface, with data communication to lighting fixtures to adjust parameters such as color, intensity, and direction, allowing for automated implementation of desired lighting effects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual selection and programming of lighting settings is used, then lighting control flexibility is achieved, but user operation complexity and time consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring multiple lighting playlists with complete lighting scenarios (different colors, intensities, and timing sequences for multiple fixtures) before user interaction. Users simply select from these pre-prepared playlists rather than manually programming each lighting parameter, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of operation and device complexity.
2Productivity
If manual programming of lighting effects is required, then precise lighting control is achieved, but time consumption and resource usage increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements copying by creating reusable lighting playlists that store complete lighting scenarios. Once a lighting effect is programmed, it can be copied and reused multiple times through playlist selection, eliminating the need to re-program the same effects repeatedly. This significantly improves productivity while reducing time consumption for lighting configuration.
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple lighting parameters are controlled manually, then lighting effect precision is improved, but operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies merging by combining multiple independent lighting parameters (color, intensity, timing, fixture sequencing) into unified lighting playlists. Each playlist integrates all these parameters into a single selectable unit, allowing users to achieve precise lighting effects without manually controlling each parameter separately, thus resolving the contradiction between precision and ease of operation.
Data Source
AI summary
Lighting system control based on lighting playlist(s) is disclosed. In one example implementation, a method includes obtaining, by one or more computing devices, data indicative of a user request for a selected lighting playlist from a plurality of lighting playlists. The user request can be implemented via a user interaction a user interface. In response to the request, the method can include obtaining, by the one or more computing devices, data associated with the selected lighting playlist from one or more memory devices. The method can include communicating, by the one or more computing devices, the data associated with the selected lighting playlist for control of a lighting system in accordance with the lighting playlist.