VIRTUAL ROOM-BASED LIGHT FIXTURE AND DEVICE CONTROL
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- displaying, on a display screen of a mobile device, a virtual room-based user interface, the virtual room-based user interface including one or more virtual rooms, each virtual room rendered from one or more images captured of a corresponding physical room of a structure, and including depictions of one or more light fixtures within the physical room, one or more furnishings within the physical room and one or more boundaries of the physical room,receiving on the mobile device a user'"'"'s selection of a particular depiction of a particular light fixture within a particular virtual room; and
in response to the selection of the particular depiction of the particular light fixture,causing a state of the particular light fixture within the corresponding physical room to be changed, andupdating appearance of the particular virtual room in the virtual room-based user interface, such that the depiction of the particular light fixture shows the particular light fixture with the changed state, and the depictions of the one or more boundaries or the one or more furnishings show lighting effects resulting from the changed state of the particular light fixture.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a virtual room-based user interface includes one or more virtual rooms. Each virtual room is rendered from one or more images captured of a corresponding physical room of a structure, and includes depictions of one or more light fixtures within the physical room, one or more furnishings within the physical room and one or more boundaries of the physical room. A user selects a particular depiction of a particular light fixture within a particular virtual room. In response, a state of the particular light fixture within the corresponding physical room is changed. Also, appearance of the particular virtual room is updated such that the depiction of the particular light fixture shows the particular light fixture with the changed state and the depictions of the one or more boundaries or the one or more furnishings show lighting effects resulting from the changed state.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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displaying, on a display screen of a mobile device, a virtual room-based user interface, the virtual room-based user interface including one or more virtual rooms, each virtual room rendered from one or more images captured of a corresponding physical room of a structure, and including depictions of one or more light fixtures within the physical room, one or more furnishings within the physical room and one or more boundaries of the physical room, receiving on the mobile device a user'"'"'s selection of a particular depiction of a particular light fixture within a particular virtual room; and in response to the selection of the particular depiction of the particular light fixture, causing a state of the particular light fixture within the corresponding physical room to be changed, and updating appearance of the particular virtual room in the virtual room-based user interface, such that the depiction of the particular light fixture shows the particular light fixture with the changed state, and the depictions of the one or more boundaries or the one or more furnishings show lighting effects resulting from the changed state of the particular light fixture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a mobile device including a display screen and an interface for receiving user selections, the mobile device configured to display one or more virtual rooms on the display screen, each virtual room rendered from one or more images captured of a corresponding physical space, and including depictions of one or more light fixtures within the physical space, one or more furnishings within the physical space, and one or more boundaries of the physical space; a controller in communication with the mobile device and operable to control the one or more light fixtures within each physical space, the controller configured to, in response to a user'"'"'s selection of a particular depiction of a particular light fixture on the mobile device, change a state of the particular light fixture within the corresponding physical space, wherein the mobile device is further configured to update appearance of the particular virtual room when the state of the particular light fixture within the physical space is changed, such that the depiction of the particular light fixture shows the particular light fixture with the changed state and the depictions of the one or more boundaries or the one or more furnishings show lighting effects resulting from the changed state of the particular light fixture. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer readable medium having software encoded thereon, the software, when executed, operable to:
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cause display of a virtual room-based user interface, the virtual room-based user interface including one or more virtual rooms, each virtual room rendered from one or more images captured of a corresponding physical space, and including depictions of one or more devices within the physical space, one or more furnishings within the physical space and one or more boundaries of the physical space; and in response to a user'"'"'s selection of a particular depiction of a particular device, cause a state of the particular device within the corresponding physical space to be changed, and update appearance of the particular virtual room in the virtual room-based user interface, such that the depiction of the particular device shows the particular device with the changed state and the depictions of the one or more furnishings within the physical space or the one or more boundaries of the physical space show effects resulting from the changed state of the particular device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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