METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND RELATED LIGHTING SYSTEM

• US 20170139582A1
• Filed: 11/13/2015
• Published: 05/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Current Lighting Solutions, LLC (f/k/a GE Lighting Solutions, LLC) (American Industrial Partners)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Soro, Stanislava, Ramabhadran, Ramanujam, Maricic, Danijel
• Application Number:
  US14/940,833
• Publication Number:
  US 20170139582A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/141 Control of illumination
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/28 Recognition of hand or arm movements, e.g. recognition of deaf sign language static hand signs G06V40/113
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/10 Controlling the intensity of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/18 using temperature feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/125 by using cameras
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

A method for controlling an illumination device is provided. The method includes obtaining an image of an illumination device, thereby capturing an illumination pattern generated by the illumination device based on a visible light communication technique. The method also includes identifying the illumination pattern based on the image. The method further includes determining a unique identification code of the illumination device based on the illumination pattern. The method also includes representing the illumination device in a computer-generated image based on the unique identification code. The method further includes controlling the illumination device using a physical gesture-based graphic user interface.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

obtaining an image of an illumination device, thereby capturing an illumination pattern generated by the illumination device based on a visible light communication technique;

identifying the illumination pattern based on the image;

determining a unique identification code of the illumination device based on the illumination pattern;

representing the illumination device in a computer-generated image based on the unique identification code; and

controlling the illumination device using a physical gesture-based graphic user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the illumination device comprises at least one of commissioning the illumination device and configuring the illumination device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the illumination device comprises using a hand gesture.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

obtaining a gesture image of the hand gesture;

identifying the hand gesture based on the gesture image;

determining a control command associated with the hand gesture; and

controlling the illumination device based on the control command.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the image of the illumination device comprises obtaining a video clip of the illumination device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein obtaining the video clip of the illumination device comprises obtaining a first video clip of a first illumination device and a second video clip of a second illumination device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein obtaining the first video clip of the first illumination device and the second video clip of the second illumination device comprises obtaining the first video clip of a first set of illumination devices and obtaining the second video clip of a second set of illumination devices.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising collating the first video clip and the second video clip to form the video clip.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising identifying the illumination pattern of a plurality of illumination devices from the video clip.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing a cyclic redundancy check upon determining the unique identification code of the illumination device.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein representing the illumination device in the computer-generated image comprises representing the illumination device in an augmented reality space or a virtual reality space.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the unique identification code of the illumination device to a network server for obtaining data associated with the illumination device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the illumination device comprises generating one or more user-configurable options in the physical gesture-based graphic user interface based on a data associated with the illumination device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein controlling the illumination device comprises controlling a light emitting diode.

15. A system comprising:

an imaging device configured to obtain an image of an illumination device, thereby capturing an illumination pattern of the illumination device generated based on a visible light communication technique; and

a controlling device configured to determine a unique identification code of the illumination device based on the illumination pattern and enable a user to control the illumination device using a physical gesture-based graphic user interface.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the physical gesture-based graphic user interface comprises a hand gesture-based graphic user interface.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the controlling device is configured to identify a plurality of hand gestures and generate a control command associated with the plurality of hand gestures.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the controlling device comprises a portable controlling device.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the portable controlling device comprises a tablet or a smartphone.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the illumination device comprises a light emitting diode (LED).

21. The system of claim 15, further comprising a visible light communication (VLC) controller.

22. A lighting system comprising:

a light fixture configured to be operatively coupled to an illumination device;

a visible light communication controller configured to be operatively coupled to at least one of the illumination device or the light fixture;

an imaging device configured to obtain an image of the illumination device, thereby capturing an illumination pattern of the illumination device generated based on a visible light communication technique; and

a controlling device configured to determine a unique identification code of the illumination device based on the illumination pattern and enable a user to control the illumination device using a physical gesture-based graphic user interface.

23. The lighting system of claim 22, wherein the visible light communication controller is disposed within the light fixture or the illumination device.