Lighting Device Script Control via Bridge Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for rendering light effects specified in a light script require significant involvement from mobile devices, which can drain battery life and necessitate proximity to the lighting devices, while also requiring lighting devices to have ample resources for interpretation and control, making them expensive.
Innovation Solution
A system where a second lighting device, not involved in the dynamic light script, controls one or more first lighting devices to render the light effects, reducing the mobile device's involvement and resource requirements in the lighting devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the mobile device continuously sends dynamic data to lighting devices for rendering light effects, then the light effects can be rendered dynamically, but the battery of the mobile device drains and the device requires proximity to the lights
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the continuous data transmission function from the mobile device and relocates it to the lighting devices themselves. The mobile device only sends the light script once, and the lighting devices autonomously execute it, eliminating continuous battery-draining communication while maintaining dynamic light effect rendering.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting devices are equipped with script interpreters and effect engines that enable them to autonomously interpret and execute light scripts without continuous external control. This self-service capability allows the lights to render dynamic effects independently after receiving the initial script, freeing the mobile device from continuous involvement.
2Ease of operation
If the luminaire interprets and controls its own light source to render light effects, then the mobile device involvement is reduced, but the luminaire needs ample processing power and memory making it expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a bridge device as an intermediary between the mobile device and lighting devices. The bridge receives the light script from the mobile device and distributes it to the lighting devices, which have limited resources. This intermediary approach allows complex script management while keeping individual luminaire resources minimal.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the computational workload: the mobile device creates the light script, the bridge manages distribution and coordination, and each lighting device only executes local rendering instructions. This segmentation allows lighting devices to have simple, low-cost hardware while still achieving complex overall light effects through coordinated execution.
3Extent of automation
If lighting devices have ample processing power and memory to interpret light scripts, then they can autonomously control light effects, but the manufacturing cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting devices perform only the partial action necessary for autonomous operation - interpreting pre-compiled light scripts and controlling their own light sources. They don't need full computational capabilities for script creation or complex coordination, only the minimal processing power required for local execution, reducing manufacturing costs while maintaining autonomy.
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AI summary
A system (1) for causing at least one of a plurality of lighting devices (31-35) to render light effects specified in a light script is configured to determine for each respective light effect of the light effects an allocation of the respective light effect to one or more first lighting devices (31-33) of the plurality of lighting devices, select, from the plurality of lighting devices, a second lighting device (34) to which none of the light effects has been allocated, and transmit a request to the second lighting device. The request requests the second lighting device to control the one or more first lighting devices to render the light effects and defines light effects for the one or more first lighting devices as specified in the light script.