US 10,708,999 B2 · Method of visualizing a shape of a linear lighting device

Abstract

A computer implemented method (500) of generating a virtual representation (110) of a linear lighting device (120) is disclosed. The computer implemented method (500) comprises the steps of receiving (502) one or more signals (130) comprising an identifier of the linear lighting device (120) and information about a number and a distribution of the plurality of linearly distributed light sources, which linear lighting device (120) comprises a plurality of linearly distributed light sources, identifying (504) the linear lighting device (120) based on the received one or more signals (130), capturing one or more images of the linear lighting device (120) and providing image information representing the one or more images, determining (506) a spatial distribution of the light sources based on the received one or more signals (130) and the image information, generating (508) the virtual representation (110) of the shape of the linear lighting device (120) based on the spatial distribution, and displaying (510) the virtual representation (110) of the shape of the linear lighting device (120). This method allows a receiving device, for example a user interface device (100) such as a smart phone, to generate a virtual representation (110) of the linear lighting device (120) based on the received one or more signals (130) and the image information.

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Dependent claims

A computer implemented method of generating a virtual representation of a lighting device, the lighting device comprising a plurality of distributed light sources, the computer implemented method comprising the steps of:

receiving, from the lighting device, one or more signals comprising an identifier of the lighting device and information indicating the number of the plurality of distributed light sources;
capturing, with a camera, one or more images of the lighting device;
determining a shape of the lighting device based on the one or more images;
determining a spatial distribution of the plurality of distributed light sources based on the received one or more signals and the captured one or more images by mapping the plurality of distributed light sources onto the shape;
generating the virtual representation of the shape of the lighting device based on the spatial distribution;
and
displaying the virtual representation of the shape of the lighting device.

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A user interface device for generating a virtual representation of a lighting device configured to be mounted in different shapes, the lighting device comprising a plurality of distributed light sources, the user interface device comprising:

a receiver for receiving, from the lighting device, one or more signals comprising an identifier of the lighting device and information indicating the number of the plurality of distributed light sources;
a camera for capturing one or more images of the lighting device;
a processor for identifying the lighting device based on the received one or more signals, and for determining a shape of the lighting device based on the captured one or more images, and for determining a spatial distribution of the plurality of distributed light sources based on the received one or more signals and one or more images by mapping the plurality of distributed light sources onto the shape, and for generating the virtual representation of the shape of the lighting device based on the spatial distribution;
and
a display for displaying the virtual representation of the shape of the lighting device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method of visualizing a shape of a linear lighting device

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Abstract

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