Lighting effect generation and control
OwnerJohn McIntoshinventor
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Abstract
A method of controlling a lighting effect generated by a plurality of participating devices, the plurality of participating devices each having a first side with a controllable light emission module and a second side having a participant input apparatus for a user of the device, the lighting effect being formed by a combination of light emissions from the light emission module of the devices. The method includes determining control of the light emission module of the devices such that between them they generate a lighting effect depending in nature on user inputs via the participant input apparatus of the devices, and controlling the light emission module in accordance with the determined control.
Claims16
A method of controlling a lighting effect generated by a plurality of participating devices, the plurality of participating devices each having a first side with a controllable light emitter and a second side having a participant inputter for a user of the device, the lighting effect being formed by a combination of light emissions from the light emitters of the devices, the method comprising:
- i. determining control of the light emitter of the devices such that between them they generate a lighting effect comprising movement depending in nature on user inputs via the participant inputter of the devices;
- ii. controlling the light emitter in accordance with the determined control;
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- iii. selecting a device from among the plurality of participating devices, where the selected device corresponds to the position reached in accordance with movement of the lighting effect when it has reached zero speed having slowed from an initial speed.
A controller arranged to control a lighting effect generated by a plurality of participating devices, the plurality of participating devices each having a first side with a controllable light emitter and a second side having a participant inputter for a user of the device, the lighting effect being formed by a combination of light emissions from the light emitter of the devices, the controller comprising:
- i. inputter for receiving data from the devices indicative of participant inputs to the participant inputter of the devices;
- ii. processor arranged to determine control of the light emitter of each device such that between them they generate a lighting effect depending in nature on the received data;
- iii. outputter for sending data indicative of the determined control to the devices;
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- iv. selecting a device from among the plurality of participating devices, where the selected device corresponds to the position reached in accordance with movement of the lighting effect when it has reached zero speed having slowed from an initial speed.
A method of operating a device having a first side with a controllable light emitter and a second side having a participant inputter for a user of the device, the method comprising:
- i. sending data indicative of inputs to the participant inputter of the device to a controller;
- ii. receiving data for controlling the light emitter the data being indicative of determined control for the light emitter and for light emitter of other devices such that they generate a lighting effect depending in nature on the data indicative of inputs to the participant inputter and data indicative of participant inputs to participant inputter of the other devices, where the lighting effect is formed by a combination of light emissions from the light emitter of the device and the other devices;
- iii. controlling the light emitter in accordance with the determined control;
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- vii selecting a device from among the plurality of participating devices, where the selected device corresponds to the position reached in accordance with movement of the lighting effect when it has reached zero speed having slowed from an initial speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.