Sports Field Lighting Layout for Faster Photometric Planning
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Solution Overview
Problem
The process of determining lighting fixture placement and positioning in sports fields and stadiums is time-consuming and costly, requiring significant trial and error, and creating submittal packages with point-by-point calculations is tedious and requires specialized skills.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for photometric design that includes receiving input layouts, processing field information to determine pole locations, fixture counts, and lighting parameters, and displaying outputs to optimize lighting placement efficiently.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If manual trial and error methods are used to determine lighting fixture placement, then lighting optimization can be achieved, but the process becomes time-consuming and costly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual trial-and-error mechanical processes with an automated computer-based system that performs photometric calculations and optimization algorithms to determine optimal lighting fixture placement, thereby eliminating time-consuming manual iterations while maintaining lighting optimization quality
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary photometric calculations and simulations before actual installation to pre-determine the optimal positioning and configuration of lighting fixtures, allowing stakeholders to review and approve the complete layout in advance, thus preventing time-consuming on-site adjustments
2Measurement precision
If specialized skill is required to create submittal packages with point-by-point calculations, then calculation accuracy is improved, but the process becomes tedious and expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables non-specialist users to generate accurate photometric calculations and submittal packages through an intuitive graphical interface that automatically performs complex computations, eliminating the need for specialized expertise while maintaining calculation accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary software system that acts as a mediator between the user and complex photometric calculations, translating simple user inputs into accurate point-by-point calculations automatically, thus removing the barrier of specialized skill requirements
3Manufacturing precision
If additional adjustments are made after submittal package creation, then lighting performance can be optimized, but the overall process efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs comprehensive photometric simulations and optimizations in advance to pre-determine the final optimal configuration, allowing all adjustments to be made during the design phase rather than requiring post-submittal modifications, thus maintaining both performance optimization and process efficiency
Data Source
AI summary
In one aspect of the present disclosure provided herein, is a lighting layout system for executing instructions comprising: receiving an input layout having a project identifier, field information, field luminosity information; a field layout associated with the field information; processing the input layout using the processor; creating an output having a field type, the quantity of poles and pole locations, a pole label, a fixture count per pole, a total fixture count per type, a total wattage, an achieved average light level and uniformity result, a point-by-point overlay of the field, an aiming diagram showing the aiming point on the field for each pole, and a rack diagram showing each fixture and its aiming for each pole; and displaying the output by the output device.