Lighting Techniques for Wirelessly Controlling Lighting Elements
First Claim
1. An infrared control system for controlling reactive lighting modules, the system comprising:
- a projector system configured and arranged to project a two-dimensional control image including an array of sub-images; and
a plurality of reactive modules, each including an optical receiver and one or more lighting elements, wherein each module is configured and arranged to control the one or more lighting elements based on a received portion of the two-dimensional control image.
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Abstract
Disclosed are lighting techniques, including systems, apparatus, and methods, that employ optical transmission of two-dimensional control signals to manipulate lighting elements. The lighting apparatus can include a projector with an IR LED array to wirelessly transmit pixel information onto a target space. The pixel information controls lighting elements within the target space. The two-dimensional control signals can includes subareas corresponding to lighting elements in a control array. The lighting elements can be lights of desired wavelengths including infrared and/or visible wavelengths. LEDs can be used as light sources in exemplary embodiments.
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1. An infrared control system for controlling reactive lighting modules, the system comprising:
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a projector system configured and arranged to project a two-dimensional control image including an array of sub-images; and a plurality of reactive modules, each including an optical receiver and one or more lighting elements, wherein each module is configured and arranged to control the one or more lighting elements based on a received portion of the two-dimensional control image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of wireless transmission of a two-dimensional optical control signal to control one or more lighting elements, the method comprising:
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mapping pixel information of a digital image to a two-dimensional control array of lights; and projecting a two-dimensional control image including an array of sub-images of the lights of the two-dimensional control array. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method of wireless control of area lighting, the method comprising:
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projecting a two-dimensional control image including a plurality of sub-images including a control signal onto one or more lighting elements; receiving at one or more plurality of receiving modules; and interpreting the sub-image including a control signal in the receiving module for controlling an optical characteristic of the one or more lighting elements. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A control system for optical control of lighting elements, the system comprising:
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a target space including one or more sub-spaces; a projector system arranged and configured to project an optical two-dimensional control image onto the target space, where the two-dimensional control image includes at least one sub-image which is projected onto at least one sub-space; a receiving module arranged and configured to receive and interpret a control signal included in the at least one sub-image; and a lighting element in communication with the receiving module and with one or more optical characteristics controlled by the control signal. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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