Systems and methods of generating control signals
AssigneeColor Kinetics Incorporated
InventorsKevin J. Dowling, Frederick M. Morgan, Ihor A. Lys, Brian Chemel, Michael K. Blackwell, John Warwick
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Abstract
Separating a source in a stereo signal having a left channel and a right channel includes transforming the signal into a short-time transform domain; computing a short-time similarity measure between the left channel and the right channel; classifying portions of the signals having similar panning coefficients according to the short-time similarity measure; segregating a selected one of the classified portions of the signals corresponding to the source; and reconstructing the source from the selected portions of the signals.
Claims228
A method for generating a control signal for a light system, comprising:
- providing a light management facility for mapping the positions of a plurality of light systems;
- generating a map file that maps the positions of the plurality of light systems;
- generating code for a lighting effect based on information derived from at least one graphics file of a computer application;
- and
- generating a lighting control signal to control the light systems based on the code so as to reproduce the lighting effect as an output of the light systems.
A method for controlling an illumination system having a plurality of addressable light systems for illuminating a space, comprising:
- providing graphical information which represents at least one illumination effect, wherein the graphical information comprises at least one of a drawing;
- a photograph;
- a static image;
- and a dynamic image;
- associating the plurality of addressable light systems with locations in the space;
- and
- converting the graphical information to control signals capable of controlling the light systems to illuminate the space to generate the illumination effect represented by the graphical information.
A method for controlling a plurality of addressable light systems, comprising:
- accessing a set of graphical information for producing a graphic;
- associating the plurality of addressable light systems with locations in an environment;
- and
- applying an algorithm to the graphical information to convert the graphical information to control signals capable of controlling the light systems to create a lighting effect in the environment in correspondence to the graphical information.
A method of generating a lighting effect in an environment, comprising:
- generating an image using a non-lighting system;
- associating a plurality of light systems with positions in the environment;
- and
- using the association of the light systems and the positions to convert the image into control signals for the light systems, wherein the light systems generate an effect that corresponds to the image.
A method for generating a control signal for a light system, comprising:
- providing a light management facility for mapping the positions of a plurality of light systems;
- using the light management facility to generate map files that map the positions of a plurality of light systems;
- using an animation facility to generate a plurality of graphics files representative of a lighting effect;
- associating the positions of the light systems in the map files with data in the graphics files;
- and
- generating a lighting control signal to control the light systems using data derived from the graphics files to reproduce the lighting effect as an output of the light systems.
A method, comprising:
- obtaining a lighting control signal for a plurality of light systems in an environment;
- obtaining a graphics signal from a computer;
- and
- modifying the lighting control signal in response to the content of the graphics signal.
A system, comprising:
- a light management facility for mapping the positions of a plurality of light systems and generating a map file that maps the positions of the plurality of light systems;
- a controller adapted to generate code for a lighting effect based on information derived from at least one graphics file of a computer application;
- and
- a control signal generator adapted to generate a lighting control signal to control the light systems based on the code so as to reproduce the lighting effect as an output of the light systems.
A system for controlling an illumination system having a plurality of addressable light systems for illuminating a space, comprising:
- a computer application adapted to provide graphical information which represents at least one illumination effect, wherein the graphical information comprises at least one of a drawing;
- a photograph;
- a static image;
- and a dynamic image;
- an association system adapted to associate the plurality of addressable light systems in the space;
- and
- a converter adapted to convert the graphical information to control signals to control the light systems to illuminate the space to generate the illumination effect represented by the graphical information.
A system for controlling a plurality of addressable light systems, comprising:
- an accessing system adapted to access a set of graphical information for producing a graphic;
- an association system adapted to associate the plurality of addressable light systems with locations in an environment;
- and
- a computing system adapted to apply an algorithm to the graphical information to convert the graphical information to control signals for controlling the light systems to create a lighting effect in the environment in correspondence to the graphical information.
A system of for generating a lighting effect in an environment, comprising:
- a non-lighting system adapted to generate an image by associating a plurality of light systems with positions in an environment;
- and
- a controller adapted to use the association of the light systems and the positions to convert the image into control signals for the light systems, wherein the light systems generate an effect that corresponds to the image.
A system for generating a control signal for a light system, comprising:
- a light management facility adapted to map the positions of a plurality of light systems and to generate map files that map the positions of a plurality of light systems in response to user input;
- an animation facility adapted to generate a plurality of graphics files representative of a lighting effect;
- an association system adapted to associate the positions of the light systems in the map files with data in the graphics files;
- and
- generate a lighting control signal to control the light systems using data derived from the graphics files to reproduce the lighting effect as an output of the light systems.
A system, comprising:
- a light controller adapted to obtain a lighting control signal for a plurality of light systems in an environment;
- a computer system adapted to obtain a graphics signal;
- and
- a configuration system adapted to modify the lighting control signal in response to the content of the graphics signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.