Methods and apparatus for facilitating design, selection and/or customization of lighting effects or lighting shows
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating design, selection or customization of at least one lighting effect, the method comprising:
- A. querying a user for input information;
B. searching a plurality of indexed predefined lighting effects based at least in part on the input information, each lighting effect of the plurality of lighting effects having at least one searchable attribute associated therewith, wherein step B comprises;
(B1) determining when at least one first searchable attribute associated with at least one first lighting effect of the plurality of lighting effects is related to the input information; and
,when said at least one first searchable attribute associated with at least one first lighting effect of the plurality of lighting effects is related to the input information;
(B2) identifying the at least one first lighting effect as at least one candidate lighting effect;
C. providing output information comprising an identification of the at least one candidate lighting effect identified in step B2; and
D. automatically determining at least one aspect of a lighting system available to generate the at least one lighting effect for execution by the lighting system by a controller;
wherein step B comprises searching the plurality of indexed predefined lighting effects based at least in part on the input information and the at least one aspect of the lighting system determined in step D; and
wherein the candidate lighting effect identified in step B2 is based at least in part on the at least one aspect of the lighting system determined in step D.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for facilitating a process of designing, selecting, and/or customizing lighting effects or lighting shows. A library of indexed (tagged) predefined lighting effects or shows is searched by a search engine, based upon information provided by a user/designer, to identify a set of effects or shows having attributes that are in some way related to the information provided by the user. The user is then presented with search results, i.e., a manageable subset of intelligently chosen lighting effects or shows, which may be ranked in terms of relevance, any one or more of which may be readily selected by the user. The user may select one or more effects or shows from the search results “as is” for execution by a lighting system, may combine one or more effects or shows from the search results, or may modify one or more effects or shows from the search results to refine some aspect of the effect(s)/show(s) in accordance with user preferences. In one exemplary implementation, the library of lighting effects/shows and/or the search engine may be hosted by a web site and accessible via the Internet.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating design, selection or customization of at least one lighting effect, the method comprising:
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A. querying a user for input information; B. searching a plurality of indexed predefined lighting effects based at least in part on the input information, each lighting effect of the plurality of lighting effects having at least one searchable attribute associated therewith, wherein step B comprises; (B1) determining when at least one first searchable attribute associated with at least one first lighting effect of the plurality of lighting effects is related to the input information; and
,when said at least one first searchable attribute associated with at least one first lighting effect of the plurality of lighting effects is related to the input information; (B2) identifying the at least one first lighting effect as at least one candidate lighting effect; C. providing output information comprising an identification of the at least one candidate lighting effect identified in step B2; and D. automatically determining at least one aspect of a lighting system available to generate the at least one lighting effect for execution by the lighting system by a controller; wherein step B comprises searching the plurality of indexed predefined lighting effects based at least in part on the input information and the at least one aspect of the lighting system determined in step D; and wherein the candidate lighting effect identified in step B2 is based at least in part on the at least one aspect of the lighting system determined in step D. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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