METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING DESIGN, SELECTION AND/OR CUSTOMIZATION OF LIGHTING EFFECTS OR LIGHTING SHOWS
    33.
    发明申请
    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING DESIGN, SELECTION AND/OR CUSTOMIZATION OF LIGHTING EFFECTS OR LIGHTING SHOWS 有权
    促进照明效果或照明展示的设计,选择和/或自定义的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20110035404A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-10

    申请号:US12810535

    申请日:2008-12-29

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30

    CPC分类号: H05B37/029

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for facilitating a process of designing, selecting, and/or customizing lighting effects or lighting shows. A library of indexed (tagged) predefined lighting effects or shows is searched by a search engine, based upon information provided by a user/designer, to identify a set of effects or shows having attributes that are in some way related to the information provided by the user. The user is then presented with search results, i.e., a manageable subset of intelligently chosen lighting effects or shows, which may be ranked in terms of relevance, any one or more of which may be readily selected by the user. The user may select one or more effects or shows from the search results “as is” for execution by a lighting system, may combine one or more effects or shows from the search results, or may modify one or more effects or shows from the search results to refine some aspect of the effect(s)/show(s) in accordance with user preferences. In one exemplary implementation, the library of lighting effects/shows and/or the search engine may be hosted by a web site and accessible via the Internet.

    摘要翻译: 用于促进设计,选择和/或定制照明效果或照明显示的过程的方法和装置。 根据用户/设计者提供的信息,由搜索引擎搜索索引(标记)预定义的照明效果或节目的库,以识别一组效果或具有某种方式与由 用户。 然后向用户呈现搜索结果,即智能选择的照明效果或显示的可管理子集,其可以根据相关性排列,用户可以容易地选择其中的一个或多个。 用户可以从搜索结果“按原样”选择一个或多个效果或显示,以供照明系统执行,可以组合来自搜索结果的一个或多个效果或显示,或者可以从搜索中修改一个或多个效果或显示 结果根据用户偏好来改进某些方面的效果/显示。 在一个示例性实施方式中,照明效果/展示和/或搜索引擎库可以由网站托管并且可以经由因特网访问。

    Methods and apparatus for facilitating design, selection and/or customization of lighting effects or lighting shows
    35.
    发明授权
    Methods and apparatus for facilitating design, selection and/or customization of lighting effects or lighting shows 有权
    用于促进照明效果或照明节目的设计,选择和/或定制的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US08938468B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-01-20

    申请号:US12810535

    申请日:2008-12-29

    IPC分类号: G06F17/30 H05B37/02

    CPC分类号: H05B37/029

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for facilitating a process of designing, selecting, and/or customizing lighting effects or lighting shows. A library of indexed (tagged) predefined lighting effects or shows is searched by a search engine, based upon information provided by a user/designer, to identify a set of effects or shows having attributes that are in some way related to the information provided by the user. The user is then presented with search results, i.e., a manageable subset of intelligently chosen lighting effects or shows, which may be ranked in terms of relevance, any one or more of which may be readily selected by the user. The user may select one or more effects or shows from the search results “as is” for execution by a lighting system, may combine one or more effects or shows from the search results, or may modify one or more effects or shows from the search results to refine some aspect of the effect(s)/show(s) in accordance with user preferences. In one exemplary implementation, the library of lighting effects/shows and/or the search engine may be hosted by a web site and accessible via the Internet.

    摘要翻译: 用于促进设计,选择和/或定制照明效果或照明显示的过程的方法和装置。 根据用户/设计者提供的信息,由搜索引擎搜索索引(标记)预定义的照明效果或节目的库,以识别一组效果或具有某种方式与由 用户。 然后向用户呈现搜索结果,即智能选择的照明效果或显示的可管理子集,其可以根据相关性排列,用户可以容易地选择其中的一个或多个。 用户可以从搜索结果“按原样”选择一个或多个效果或显示,以供照明系统执行,可以组合来自搜索结果的一个或多个效果或显示,或者可以从搜索中修改一个或多个效果或显示 结果根据用户偏好来改进某些方面的效果/显示。 在一个示例性实施方式中,照明效果/展示和/或搜索引擎库可以由网站托管并且可以经由因特网访问。

    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES IN A NETWORKED LIGHTING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20070237284A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-11

    申请号:US11761491

    申请日:2007-06-12

    IPC分类号: G06M3/00 H01R12/00

    CPC分类号: H05B37/0254

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for computer-based control of light sources in a networked lighting system. In one example, a plurality of LED-based lighting systems are arranged as computer controllable “light strings.” Applications contemplated for such light strings include, but are not limited to, decorative and entertainment-oriented lighting applications (e.g., Christmas tree lights, display lights, theme park lighting, video and other game arcade lighting, etc.). Via computer control, one or more such light strings may provide a variety of complex temporal and color-changing lighting effects. In one example, lighting data is communicated in a given light string in a serial manner, according to a variety of different data transmission and processing schemes. In another example, individual lighting systems of a light string are coupled together via a variety of different conduit configurations to provide for easy coupling and arrangement of multiple light sources constituting the light string. In yet another example, small LED-based lighting systems capable of being arranged in a light string configuration are manufactured as integrated circuits including data processing circuitry and control circuitry for LED light sources, and are packaged along with LEDs for convenient coupling to a conduit to connect multiple lighting systems.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES IN A NETWORKED LIGHTING SYSTEM
    38.
    发明申请
    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DEVICES IN A NETWORKED LIGHTING SYSTEM 有权
    在网络照明系统中控制设备的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20070236156A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-11

    申请号:US11761478

    申请日:2007-06-12

    IPC分类号: H05B37/02

    CPC分类号: H05B37/0254

    摘要: Methods and apparatus for computer-based control of light sources in a networked lighting system. In one example, a plurality of LED-based lighting systems are arranged as computer controllable “light strings.” Applications contemplated for such light strings include, but are not limited to, decorative and entertainment-oriented lighting applications (e.g., Christmas tree lights, display lights, theme park lighting, video and other game arcade lighting, etc.). Via computer control, one or more such light strings may provide a variety of complex temporal and color-changing lighting effects. In one example, lighting data is communicated in a given light string in a serial manner, according to a variety of different data transmission and processing schemes. In another example, individual lighting systems of a light string are coupled together via a variety of different conduit configurations to provide for easy coupling and arrangement of multiple light sources constituting the light string. In yet another example, small LED-based lighting systems capable of being arranged in a light string configuration are manufactured as integrated circuits including data processing circuitry and control circuitry for LED light sources, and are packaged along with LEDs for convenient coupling to a conduit to connect multiple lighting systems.

    摘要翻译: 网络照明系统中光源计算机控制的方法和装置。 在一个示例中,多个基于LED的照明系统被布置为计算机可控的“灯串”。 考虑到这种灯串的应用包括但不限于装饰和娱乐导向的照明应用(例如,圣诞树灯,显示灯,主题公园照明,视频和其他游戏商场照明等)。 通过计算机控制,一个或多个这样的灯串可以提供各种复杂的时间和颜色变化的照明效果。 在一个示例中,根据各种不同的数据传输和处理方案,照明数据以串行方式在给定的光串中传送。 在另一个示例中,灯串的各个照明系统通过各种不同的导管结构耦合在一起,以提供构成光束的多个光源的容易的耦合和布置。 在另一个例子中,能够被布置成灯串配置的小型基于LED的照明系统被制造为包括用于LED光源的数据处理电路和控制电路的集成电路,并且与LED封装以方便地连接到导管 连接多个照明系统。