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Dynamic ambient lighting

  • US 9,084,312 B2
  • Filed: 12/15/2011
  • Issued: 07/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • decoding, by a computing device, an MPEG stream;

    pairing, by the computing device, with one or more unpaired light sources;

    outputting video based on the decoded MPEG stream; and

    outputting lighting instructions derived from the MPEG stream to one or more of the paired light sources, wherein the lighting instructions comprise;

    a first data field identifying a light channel of a plurality of light channels, wherein each of the plurality of light channels is associated with a location; and

    a second data field storing a lighting instruction for a light source associated with the identified light channel, wherein the second data field comprises a plurality of discrete sub-fields, wherein each of the plurality of discrete sub-fields stores an intensity value for a different one of a plurality of colored lights associated with the identified light channel.

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