Multi-Illuminator Light Allocation Under Charging and Heat Limits
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing illumination systems using multiple illumination apparatuses often result in insufficient light emission due to slow charging speeds and heating restrictions, leading to failed light emissions during high-speed photography.
Innovation Solution
An illumination control apparatus and system that communicates with multiple illumination devices to determine and adjust light emission amounts based on required light emission needs, ensuring synchronized and sufficient light output during image capture.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If multiple illumination apparatuses are used to increase light emission amount, then sufficient illumination is achieved, but charging speed becomes insufficient and light emission fails
Solution Approach 1:
The control apparatus performs preliminary communication with each illumination apparatus before actual shooting to check communication status and determine light emission amounts. This preliminary action ensures that only apparatuses with proper communication are assigned light emission tasks, preventing failures during actual shooting while maintaining sufficient total illumination.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts the light emission amount parameter for each illumination apparatus based on its communication status and charging state. By changing individual apparatus parameters rather than using fixed settings, the system optimizes the combination of multiple apparatuses to achieve sufficient total illumination while avoiding overloading any single apparatus.
2Illumination intensity
If multiple illumination apparatuses operate simultaneously, then sufficient light is emitted, but heating restrictions cause light emission failures
Solution Approach 1:
The control apparatus assigns different light emission amounts to different illumination apparatuses based on their individual characteristics and communication status. Instead of uniform light emission from all apparatuses, each apparatus operates at an optimized local level, distributing the thermal load while maintaining sufficient total illumination.
Solution Approach 2:
The system calculates the required light emission amount and distributes it among available apparatuses, potentially using fewer apparatuses at partial capacity rather than overloading multiple apparatuses. This partial action approach prevents excessive heating while achieving the necessary total light output for proper illumination.
3Ease of operation
If manual setting changes are performed on each illumination apparatus, then communication control is simple, but illumination insufficiency and light emission failures occur
Solution Approach 1:
The control apparatus automatically receives communication status feedback from each illumination apparatus and uses this information to determine appropriate light emission amounts. This feedback mechanism eliminates the need for manual setting adjustments while ensuring that the total light emission is sufficient and properly distributed among available apparatuses.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables automatic control where the control apparatus independently manages light emission settings for all illumination apparatuses based on communication status. Each apparatus operates under automatic control without requiring manual intervention, achieving both operational simplicity and sufficient illumination through centralized automated management.
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AI summary
An illumination control apparatus which is capable of preventing illumination with insufficient light in main light emission when multiple illumination apparatuses are used for image capturing. The illumination control apparatus includes a communication unit that is communicable with the illumination apparatuses. Light amount information based on maximum light emission amounts of illumination apparatuses with which communication has been established by the communication unit is output. A required light emission amount required for image capturing by an imaging unit is obtained. Based on the required light emission amount, light emission amounts of illumination apparatuses for use in main light emission during image capturing among the illumination apparatuses with which communication has been established by the communication unit are determined. The illumination apparatuses for use in the main light emission are controlled to emit light with the determined light emission amounts.