Device and method for simulating shadows and/or noises of a person
AssigneeMitipi AG
InventorsKhanh Nguyen, Jakob Cevc, Laura Schilliger, Julian Stylianou
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Abstract
A method and a device for simulating shadows of a person moving in a building, comprising basic lighting and intended to reproduce a particularly realistic simulation of a moving person in a simple manner. This is achieved by superimposing the at least two sequentially switched lamps on the basic lighting.
Claims16
A method for simulating shadows of one or more persons moving in a building, the method comprising:
- creating basic lighting on the basis of at least one lamp, particularly LED lamp;
- switching on a sequence circuit made up of at least two lamps, particularly a sequence circuit made up of at least two LED lamps,
- wherein the at least two lamps are activated in such an alternate manner that movements or shadows of one or more persons are simulated, and
- wherein the sequence circuit is configured as an LED sequence made up of at least two lamps, wherein in each case, a subsequent lamp, is dimmed up during the dimming down of the preceding lamp in the series, and wherein a time period between the dimming down of the preceding lamp in the series and dimming up the following lamp corresponds to at least 20 milliseconds, more preferably is between 20 milliseconds and 5 seconds, very particularly preferably between 40 milliseconds and 2 seconds.
A device for simulating shadows and/or simulating noises of one or more persons, the device comprising:
- a control;
- at least one lamp, particularly a white LED lamp for creating basic lighting;
- at least two further lamps, particularly white LED-lamps,
- wherein the at least two further lamps can be activated alternately in such a manner on the basis of the control and switched on or switched off in sequence, so that movements or shadows of one or more persons are simulated, and
- an at least partially non-light-permeable light-shaping element placed between the lamps and a projection surface, wherein the light-shaping element is constructed as deep-drawn plastic part comprising funnel-type depressions in the shape of a straight or oblique cone, a tetrahedron, or a square or rectangular pyramid, wherein the at least one lamp and the at least two further lamps are arranged in the depressions.
A method for simulating shadows of one or more persons moving in a building, the method comprising:
- creating basic lighting on the basis of at least one lamp;
- switching on a sequence circuit including at least two LED lamps;
- wherein the at least two LED lamps are arranged as a preceding LED lamp followed by a subsequent LED lamp and configured for activation in an alternate manner such that movements or shadows of one or more persons are simulated;
- wherein the subsequent LED lamp is dimmed up during dimming down of the preceding LED lamp in the sequence circuit;
- and
- wherein a time period between the dimming down of the preceding LED lamp and dimming up of the subsequent LED lamp is at least 20 milliseconds.
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