TECHNIQUES AND PHOTOGRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING SOLID-STATE LUMINAIRE WITH ELECTRONICALLY ADJUSTABLE LIGHT BEAM DISTRIBUTION

• US 20150084514A1
• Filed: 03/21/2014
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OSRAM Sylvania Inc. (Ams-Osram AG)
• Original Assignee: OSRAM Sylvania Inc. (Ams-Osram AG)
• Inventors: Anthony, Mervyn, Quilici, Michael, Ryu, Seung Cheol, Holt, Jeff
• Granted Patent: US 10,568,179 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/131
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/155 Coordinated control of two or more light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control

Abstract

Techniques and user interfaces (UIs) are disclosed for controlling a solid-state luminaire having an electronically adjustable light beam distribution. The disclosed UI may be configured, in accordance with some embodiments, to provide a user with the ability to control, by wireless and/or wired connection, the light distribution of an associated solid-state luminaire in a given space. The UI may be hosted by any computing device, portable or otherwise, and may be used to control any given light distribution capability provided by a paired luminaire. In accordance with some embodiments, the user may provide such control without need to know details about the luminaire, such as the quantity of solid-state lamps, or their individual addresses, or the address of the fixture itself. In some cases, the disclosed techniques may involve acquiring spatial information of the space that hosts the luminaire and/or providing user-selected distribution of light within that space.

Claims

1. A method of electronically controlling a light beam distribution of a solid-state luminaire, the method comprising:

presenting a field of selectable control features on a computing device configured to be communicatively coupled with the solid-state luminaire, wherein at least one of the field of selectable control features is presented as a photographical canvas depicting a target space to be lighted by the solid-state luminaire and including one or more selectable zones corresponding to one or more regions of the target space; and

adjusting the light beam distribution of the solid-state luminaire based on a selection of one of the one or more selectable zones.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device comprises at least one of a laptop/notebook computer, a tablet computer, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable media player (PMP), a cellular handset, a handheld gaming device, a gaming platform, a desktop computer, and/or a television set.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing device includes a touch-sensitive display on which the field of selectable control features is presented as one or more light-based icons.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein selection of a selectable zone of the photographical canvas toggles a corresponding one or more light sources of the solid-state luminaire on/off.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the photo graphical canvas is configured to maintain its orientation with respect to at least one of a geomagnetic heading and/or an image representative of the target space to be lighted by the solid-state luminaire.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the light beam distribution of the solid-state luminaire comprises at least one of:

changing at least one of beam direction, beam angle, beam diameter, beam distribution, brightness, and/or color of light emitted by the solid-state luminaire; and

/or

producing at least one of a lighting pattern and/or a lighting sequence using the solid-state luminaire.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the selectable control features comprises a network connection management feature configured to at least one of establish and/or refresh a network connection between the computing device and the solid-state luminaire.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the selectable control features comprises a lighting pattern/sequence management feature configured to at least one of initiate, terminate, and/or adjust a lighting pattern/sequence produced using the solid-state luminaire.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the solid-state luminaire and the computing device are configured to be communicatively coupled with one another using at least one of an ArtNET digital multiplexer (DMX) interface protocol, a Wi-Fi protocol, a Bluetooth protocol, a digital addressable lighting interface (DALI) protocol, and/or a ZigBee protocol.

10. A non-transient computer program product encoded with instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes a process to be carried out, the process comprising:

presenting a field of selectable control features on a computing device configured to communicatively couple with a solid-state luminaire, wherein at least one of the selectable control features is presented as a photographical canvas depicting a target space to be lighted by the solid-state luminaire and including one or more selectable zones corresponding to one or more regions of the target space; and

adjusting the light beam distribution of the solid-state luminaire within the target space based on a selection of one of the one or more selectable zones.

11. The non-transient computer program product of claim 10, wherein the computing device comprises at least one of a laptop/notebook computer, a tablet computer, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable media player (PMP), a cellular handset, a handheld gaming device, a gaming platform, a desktop computer, and/or a television set.

12. The non-transient computer program product of claim 10, wherein the computing device includes a touch-sensitive display on which the field of selectable control features is presented as one or more light-based icons.

13. The non-transient computer program product of claim 10, wherein selection of a selectable zone of the photographical canvas toggles a corresponding one or more light sources of the solid-state luminaire on/off.

14. The non-transient computer program product of claim 10, wherein the photographical canvas is configured to maintain its orientation with respect to at least one of a geomagnetic heading and/or an image representative of the target space to be lighted by the solid-state luminaire.

15. The non-transient computer program product of claim 10, wherein adjusting the light beam distribution of the solid-state luminaire comprises at least one of:

changing at least one of beam direction, beam angle, beam diameter, beam distribution, brightness, and/or color of light emitted by the solid-state luminaire; and

/or

producing at least one of a lighting pattern and/or a lighting sequence using the solid-state luminaire.

16. The non-transient computer program product of claim 10, wherein at least one of the selectable control features comprises a network connection management feature configured to at least one of establish and/or refresh a network connection between the computing device and the solid-state luminaire.

17. The non-transient computer program product of claim 10, wherein at least one of the selectable control features comprises a lighting pattern/sequence management feature configured to at least one of initiate, terminate, and/or adjust a lighting pattern/sequence produced using the solid-state luminaire.

18. The non-transient computer program product of claim 10, wherein the solid-state luminaire and the computing device are configured to be communicatively coupled with one another using at least one of an ArtNET digital multiplexer (DMX) interface protocol, a Wi-Fi protocol, a Bluetooth protocol, a digital addressable lighting interface (DALI) protocol, and/or a ZigBee protocol.

19. A photographical user interface (UI) on a computing system, the UI comprising:

a field of selectable control features configured such that selection therefrom electronically controls a light beam distribution of a solid-state luminaire communicatively coupleable with the computing system;

wherein at least one of the selectable control features is presented as a photographical canvas depicting a target space to be lighted by the solid-state luminaire and including one or more selectable zones corresponding to one or more regions of the target space; and

wherein selection of a selectable zone of the photographical canvas toggles a corresponding one or more light sources of the solid-state luminaire on/off.

20. The UI of claim 19, wherein the computing device comprises at least one of a laptop/notebook computer, a tablet computer, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable media player (PMP), a cellular handset, a handheld gaming device, a gaming platform, a desktop computer, and/or a television set.

21. The UI of claim 19, wherein the computing device includes a touch-sensitive display on which the field of selectable control features is presented as one or more light-based icons.

22. The UI of claim 19, wherein the photographical canvas is configured to maintain its orientation with respect to at least one of a geomagnetic heading and/or an image representative of the target space to be lighted by the solid-state luminaire.

23. The UI of claim 19, wherein electronic control of the light beam distribution of the solid-state luminaire comprises at least one of:

changing at least one of beam direction, beam angle, beam diameter, beam distribution, brightness, and/or color of light emitted by the solid-state luminaire; and

/or

producing at least one of a lighting pattern and/or a lighting sequence using the solid-state luminaire.