Ordered mapping on a three-dimensional projection surface
AssigneeDisney Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsSteven M. Chapman, Joseph Popp, Mehul Patel
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for presenting visual media on a structure having a plurality of unordered light sources, e.g., fiber optic light sources, light emitting diodes (LEDs), etc. Visual media can be created based on a computer model of the structure. Images of the structure can be analyzed to determine the location of each of the light sources. A lookup table can be generated based on the image analysis, and used to correlate pixels of the visual media to one or more of the actual light sources. A visual media artist or designer need not have prior knowledge of the order/layout of the light sources on the structure in order to create visual media to be presented thereon.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- generating a computer model of a display surface, the display surface comprising an unordered array of light sources;
- generating visual media to be presented on the display surface using the computer model of the display surface;
- generating a map of light emission locations on the display surface;
- generating correspondence information between the computer model of the display surface and the map of light emission locations on the display surface;
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- transmitting signals representative of the visual media to one or more light sources of the unordered array of light sources based on the correspondence information.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory unit operatively connected to the processor, the memory unit including computer code configured to cause the processor to:
- generate a map of light emission locations on a display surface, the display surface comprising a plurality of unordered light sources corresponding to the light emission locations;
- correlate pixels of a computerized visual media to the light emission locations on the display surface based on a lookup table comprising information reflecting the map of light emission locations;
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- transmit signals representative of the computerized visual media to one or more light sources of the plurality of unordered light sources based on the correlation of the pixels to the light emission locations.
The system of 12, wherein each of the one or more light sources comprises a networked and addressable light source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.