Assisting a user in selecting a lighting device design
First Claim
1. A method for generating a lighting device design, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, through a graphical user interface or an application programming interface, a file comprising an image of a fixture comprising at least one of color, contrast, material, decoration pattern, and texture of the fixture;
analyzing, by a processing unit, the received image of the fixture using image analysis;
determining, by the processing unit, a lighting device design related variable based on the analysis of the received image, the lighting device design related variable comprising a type of fixture;
generating, by the processing unit, an alternate lighting device design based on the lighting device design related variable determined by the processing unit; and
installing a lighting device comprising a fixture based on the generated alternate lighting device design in a room.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to assisting a user in selecting a lighting device design by providing a lighting device design based on a model or image of a lighting device design (e.g. the user uploading an image of an existing lighting device in his/her home). The lighting device design of the model or image is analyzed in order to determine a lighting device design related variable (e.g. type, shape or color of lighting device design). This variable is then used to select a lighting device design from a set of lighting device designs (e.g. to select a lighting device design of the same color, from an electronic catalogue of lighting device designs); or to generate a lighting device design (e.g. to generate a lighting device design that is a copy of the lighting device design in the image, only smaller and in a different color). The invention further includes a system and computer program product for implementation of this method.
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12 Claims
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1. A method for generating a lighting device design, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, through a graphical user interface or an application programming interface, a file comprising an image of a fixture comprising at least one of color, contrast, material, decoration pattern, and texture of the fixture; analyzing, by a processing unit, the received image of the fixture using image analysis; determining, by the processing unit, a lighting device design related variable based on the analysis of the received image, the lighting device design related variable comprising a type of fixture; generating, by the processing unit, an alternate lighting device design based on the lighting device design related variable determined by the processing unit; and installing a lighting device comprising a fixture based on the generated alternate lighting device design in a room. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising software code portions for performing the steps of:
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receiving, through a graphical user interface or an application programming interface, a file comprising an image of a fixture comprising at least one of color, contrast, material, decoration pattern, and texture of the fixture; analyzing, by a processing unit, the received image of the fixture using image analysis; determining, by the processing unit, a lighting device design related variable based on the analysis of the received image, the lighting device design related variable comprising a type of fixture; and generating, by the processing unit, an alternate lighting device design based on the lighting device design related variable determined by the processing unit, when said software code is executed on a computer.
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11. A system configured to generate a lighting device design, the system comprising:
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an interface for receiving an image of a fixture comprising at least one of color, contrast, material, decoration pattern, and texture of the fixture; a processing unit, capable of analyzing the received image of the fixture at least one of color, contrast, material, decoration pattern, and texture of the fixture using image analysis;
determining a lighting device design related variable based on the analysis, the lighting device design related variable comprising a type of fixture; and
further capable of generating an alternate lighting device design based on the lighting device design related variable;a storage unit, accessible to the processing unit, capable of storing;
the image of the fixture comprising the lighting device design and data related to the interface; anda room in which a lighting device comprising a fixture based on the generated alternate lighting device design is installed. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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