Methods and Apparatus for Controlling Lighting

• US 20150077986A1
• Filed: 11/21/2014
• Published: 03/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
• Inventors: ENGELEN, Dirk Valentinus Ren, VAN DE SLUIS, Bartel Marinus, ALIAKSEYEU, Dzmitry Viktorovich
• Granted Patent: US 10,634,316 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/233
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 14/02 by movement of light sources in vehicle head lamps F21S41/657
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/003 the elements being electronics drivers or controllers for operating the light source, e.g. for a LED array
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/506 Illumination models
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/04 Architectural design, interior design
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/10 Controlling the intensity of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/22 using optical feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/155 Coordinated control of two or more light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/81 Anodes
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/854 comprising scattering means
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/00 Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/621 Providing a shape to conductive layers, e.g. patterning or selective deposition

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.

Claims

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, at least one repositionable lighting representation, and a repositionable directional fiducial marking, said repositionable directional fiducial marking associated with said repositionable lighting representation and indicating a direction of light for said lighting representation.

2. The interactive system of claim 1, wherein said fiducial marking extends from adjacent one of said plurality of light sources toward said repositionable lighting representation and is individually repositionable to other of said light sources.

3. The interactive system of claim 2, wherein said fiducial marking is a line.

4. The interactive system of claim 1, wherein said repositionable lighting representation corresponds to a current position of said repositionable lighting representation and to which of said light sources said fiducial marking extends toward.

5. The interactive system of claim 1, wherein said repositionable lighting representation includes an outer shape and an inner shape encapsulated within said outer shape.

6. The interactive system of claim 1, wherein said repositionable lighting representation includes a light source representation and a lighting effect representation.

7. The interactive system of claim 6, wherein said light source representation includes at least one of a variable size and a variable shading corresponding to a lighting parameter of one of said light sources.

8. The interactive system of claim 7, wherein said lighting effect representation includes at least one of a variable size and a variable shading corresponding to a lighting effect at a current position of said repositionable lighting representation.

9. The interactive system of claim 7, wherein said variable size corresponds to a beam width.

10. The interactive system of claim 9, wherein said light source representation includes both said variable size and said variable shading.

11. The interactive system of claim 8, wherein said variable size corresponds to a size of said lighting effect.

12. The interactive system of claim 11, wherein said lighting effect representation includes both said variable size and said variable shading.

13. The interactive system of claim 12, wherein said variable shading corresponds to an illumination level of said current position.

14. A method of controlling a lighting system for lighting an environment, comprising:

moving a lighting effect representation to a virtual location on an interactive display, said virtual location representative of a real location in said lighting environment;

directing a light output of a lighting source to said real location;

adjusting at least one of a size and a shading of said lighting representation on said interactive display; and

adjusting at least one of a beam width, a color, and an intensity of said light output in response to said adjusting of at least one of said size and said shading of said lighting representation.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising adjusting a fiducial marking associated with said repositionable lighting representation on said virtual screen, wherein adjusting said fiducial marking adjusts directionality of artificial light incident at said real location.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein adjusting said fiducial marking adjusts directionality of said light output.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein adjusting said fiducial marking directs a second light output of a second light source to said real location.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising moving a distal end of a fiducial marking extending from adjacent said lighting representation from adjacent a first virtual light source location to adjacent a second virtual light source location, said first virtual light source location corresponding with said lighting source and said second virtual light source location corresponding with a separate second lighting source;

and directing a light output of said second lighting source to said real location.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein said lighting representation includes an outer shape and an inner shape encapsulated within said outer shape.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein said lighting representation includes a light source representation and a lighting effect representation.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein at least one of said size and said shading of said light source representation is adjusted.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein at least one of said size and said shading of said lighting effect representation is adjusted.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein adjusting said shading of said lighting effect representation automatically adjusts said shading of said light source representation.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein said beam width is adjusted in response to adjusting said size of said lighting effect representation.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein said beam width is adjusted in response to adjusting said size.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein said intensity is adjusted in response to adjusting said shading.