Methods and apparatus for controlling lighting
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1. An interactive system for controlling redirectable lighting in a lighting environment, comprising:
- an interactive display having a representation of said lighting environment,said representation including a plurality of light sources, a plurality of repositionable lighting representations, and a repositionable directional fiducial marking,said repositionable directional fiducial marking associated with a first lighting representation of said plurality of repositionable lighting representations and indicating a direction of light for said first lighting representation,wherein said first lighting representation includes a first outer shape and a first inner shape encapsulated within said first outer shape, and wherein at once one of the first outer shape or the first inner shape is sized, shaded, colored or shaped to represent a first setting of a given light source, and the other of the first outer shape or the first inner shape is sized, shaded, colored or shaped to represent a property of a first lighting effect generated by said given light source when set to said setting,wherein said plurality of repositionable lighting representations includes a second lighting representation that is different from said first lighting representation,wherein the second lighting representation comprises a second outer shape and a second inner shape encapsulated within said second outer shape, and wherein at once one of the second outer shape or the second inner shape is sized, shaded, colored or shaped to represent a second setting of a second light source, which is different from the given light source, and the other of the second outer shape or the second inner shape is sized, shaded, colored or shaped to represent a second property of a second lighting effect generated by said second light source when set to said second setting,wherein said second lighting effect is disposed in a location that is different from a location in which said first lighting effect is disposed, andwherein the other of the first outer shape or the first inner shape is displayed in said interactive display simultaneously with a display of said other of the second outer shape or the second inner shape in said interactive display.
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Abstract
Inventive methods and apparatus for interactive control of a lighting environment. In some embodiments an interactive system for controlling redirectable lighting in a lighting environment may be provided. In some embodiments systems and methods may be provided that enable the display of adjustable lighting parameters in a virtual environment.
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1. An interactive system for controlling redirectable lighting in a lighting environment, comprising:
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an interactive display having a representation of said lighting environment, said representation including a plurality of light sources, a plurality of repositionable lighting representations, and a repositionable directional fiducial marking, said repositionable directional fiducial marking associated with a first lighting representation of said plurality of repositionable lighting representations and indicating a direction of light for said first lighting representation, wherein said first lighting representation includes a first outer shape and a first inner shape encapsulated within said first outer shape, and wherein at once one of the first outer shape or the first inner shape is sized, shaded, colored or shaped to represent a first setting of a given light source, and the other of the first outer shape or the first inner shape is sized, shaded, colored or shaped to represent a property of a first lighting effect generated by said given light source when set to said setting, wherein said plurality of repositionable lighting representations includes a second lighting representation that is different from said first lighting representation, wherein the second lighting representation comprises a second outer shape and a second inner shape encapsulated within said second outer shape, and wherein at once one of the second outer shape or the second inner shape is sized, shaded, colored or shaped to represent a second setting of a second light source, which is different from the given light source, and the other of the second outer shape or the second inner shape is sized, shaded, colored or shaped to represent a second property of a second lighting effect generated by said second light source when set to said second setting, wherein said second lighting effect is disposed in a location that is different from a location in which said first lighting effect is disposed, and wherein the other of the first outer shape or the first inner shape is displayed in said interactive display simultaneously with a display of said other of the second outer shape or the second inner shape in said interactive display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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