Motorized Lighting Gantry with Pre-Defined Formulas
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for obtaining high-quality photography and video lack user control over lighting configurations, requiring manual manipulation of lights to achieve desired effects, which is time-consuming and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A light-supporting structure with a central hub, rotatable and adjustable arms, and motors controlled by a processor-driven system that allows users to select from pre-defined lighting formulas via a graphic user interface, automatically orienting lighting elements to achieve specific lighting effects within a photographic zone.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual manipulation of lights is used to achieve desired lighting effects, then lighting quality can be customized, but time consumption and operational complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-defines multiple lighting formulas with specific lighting configurations stored in memory. When a user selects a formula, the system automatically retrieves and applies the pre-configured lighting settings, eliminating the need for manual setup of each lighting parameter. This preliminary preparation of lighting configurations directly reduces setup time while maintaining lighting quality.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting system automatically adjusts lighting element positions and orientations based on selected formulas without requiring manual intervention. The gantry system and lighting elements self-adjust to achieve the desired lighting effects, freeing the user from manual manipulation tasks while maintaining precise lighting control.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple independently positionable lights are used to achieve complex lighting effects, then lighting versatility improves, but system complexity and difficulty of control increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs a single gantry structure that can position multiple lighting elements (key light, fill light, backlight, hair light) along its arms. This universal positioning mechanism serves multiple lighting functions simultaneously, reducing the need for separate positioning systems for each light type while maintaining full versatility in lighting configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines multiple lighting elements and their positioning mechanisms into a single integrated gantry system. Instead of having separate stands and adjustment mechanisms for each light, all lighting elements are mounted on and positioned by the same gantry structure, simplifying the overall system while preserving the ability to independently control each lighting element's position and orientation.
3Manufacturing precision
If precise control over lighting element orientation is implemented, then lighting quality improves, but control system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control system incorporates feedback mechanisms that monitor the actual positions and orientations of lighting elements. This feedback allows the system to make real-time adjustments to achieve precise positioning accuracy while maintaining a relatively simple control architecture. The feedback loop ensures that complex positioning requirements are met without proportionally increasing control system complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
A light-supporting structure and methods of using same that includes a central hub including a suspension point, a plurality of arms extending from the central hub, a separate support rod extending from each of the plurality of arms distal to the central hub, a separate lighting element mounted to each support rod, and a control system configured to orient each lighting element using motors with respect to a photographic zone. In a preferred embodiment, the lighting elements can be oriented with respect to a photographic zone in response to a user input selection based on a desired photographic result selected at a user interface.