Motion Sensor Remote Control for Lighting Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lighting control consoles with remote controls lack an intuitive input method, often requiring small, non-intuitive operating elements that limit user mobility and ease of use.
Innovation Solution
Integration of motion sensors in the remote control to detect and evaluate motions, transforming them into operator inputs for the lighting control console, allowing for intuitive control of lighting devices without traditional buttons or controls, with optional evaluation within the remote control or console and wireless data transfer.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional operating elements (buttons, rotary controls) are used in the remote control, then the lighting control console can be controlled, but the input method is not intuitive and the remote control size is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical operating elements (buttons, rotary controls, slide controls) with a motion sensor that detects physical movements of the remote control. This substitution eliminates the need for small, non-intuitive buttons while enabling intuitive gesture-based control. The motion sensor converts physical motion into control signals, providing a more natural and intuitive interaction method without increasing structural complexity.
2Length of moving object
If the remote control is made small for mobility, then user mobility is improved, but the operating elements become too small to be intuitive
Solution Approach 1:
By replacing mechanical buttons and controls with a motion sensor, the patent enables the remote control to maintain a compact size while preserving intuitive operation. The motion sensor detects gestures and movements of the entire device, allowing users to control lighting systems through natural hand movements rather than manipulating small buttons. This resolves the contradiction by making the whole device small while maintaining ease of operation through gesture recognition.
3Ease of operation
If motion sensors are integrated into the remote control, then intuitive control is enabled, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The motion sensor serves multiple functions: it detects the direction of movement, the type of motion (tilting, rotating, linear movement), and can distinguish between different gesture patterns. This multi-functionality allows a single component to replace multiple specialized buttons and controls, providing intuitive gesture-based operation without proportionally increasing device complexity. The evaluation module processes these multiple detection functions to generate appropriate control commands.
Solution Approach 2:
The evaluation module acts as an intermediary between the motion sensor and the lighting control console. It processes the raw sensor signals, interprets gesture patterns, and converts them into standardized control commands. This intermediary layer simplifies the overall system architecture by centralizing the interpretation logic, allowing the motion sensor to remain a relatively simple component while achieving complex intuitive control functionality.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables intuitive and mobile control of lighting systems by converting motion inputs into digital commands for adjusting lighting intensity, direction, color, and aperture, enhancing user experience and system control without modifying the existing console structure.
Implementation Method 1
at least one motion sensor is installed into the remote control by means of which motions of the remote control can be detected
Data Source
AI summary
A lighting control console for controlling a lighting system, wherein digital adjusting commands are generated in the lighting control console, which can be transferred to the lighting devices of the lighting system via data connections, and wherein the lighting control console comprises at least one digital processor and at least one digital memory for generating, managing and storing the adjusting commands, and wherein the lighting control console comprises a remote control, and wherein operator inputs can be input at the remote control and can thereafter be transferred to the lighting control console via a data interface, and wherein at least one motion sensor, by means of which motions of the remote control can be detected, is installed in the remote control, wherein the sensor signals of the motion sensor can be evaluated in an evaluation module and can be transformed into operator inputs for the lighting control console.