Methods and devices for facilitation of creation, selection and/or adjustment of lighting effects or light shows. RU patent 2498540.

FIELD: electricity.

SUBSTANCE: library of indexed and preset lighting effects or show are searched by the search engine on the basis of data submitted by a user/designer in order to identify a set of effects or shows having attributes which are related in certain extent to the data submitted by the user. Search results are presented then to the user; such results i.e. controlled subcollection of intellectually selected lighting effects or light shows which can be ranged in terms of relevancy and any of them can be easily selected by the user. The user can use one or more effects of shows from search results as is to be implemented by lighting system or change one or more effects of shows from search results in order to specify some aspect(s)/show(s) in compliance with the user preferences.

EFFECT: simplifying lighting system.

15 cl, 5 dwg

The level of technology

[0001] LEDs are based on semiconductors light sources that are typically used in low-power devices and the applications of the devices for display, and are available in many different colours (for example, red, green, yellow, blue, white), based on the types of materials used in their manufacture. This colourful diversity LED recently been used to create new ones based on LED light sources, outstanding sufficient light for new lighting applications of space and a direct view. For example as described in U.S. patent US6016038 incorporated herein by reference, multiple different colored lights can be combined in a lighting device that has one or more embedded microprocessors, and the intensity LED each different color independently manage and change to to form many different shades. In one example of such a device, red, green and blue LED are used in combination to generate literally hundreds of different shades of a single fixture. Additionally, the relative intensities of red, green and blue LED can be controlled by a computer, thus providing a programmable multi-channel source of light, capable of generating any color and any sequence of colors with variable degrees of intensity and saturation, providing a wide range of attractive lighting effects. Such based on LED light sources recently used in a variety of types of fastening and a multitude of devices of illumination, which are desired lighting effects with alternating color. Lighting systems that use multiple sources of light, and the effects that they produce can be managed and coordinated through the network, the data stream containing packages of information, representing the commands lighting, transferred to the devices of illumination. Each of lighting devices can register all packets of information that flow through the system, but only respond to packets that are destined for that particular device. Once properly addressed a package of information arrives, lighting can read and execute commands lighting. On the basis of manageability through a network of these lighting systems can be created for these systems, lighting program that, when executed generate a wide variety of lighting effects or "light shows" in any of the many different environments.

[0002] In General, "the effect of light" (light effect) refers to one or more States of light, which is perceived as an object within a certain period of time. Lighting effect may include only the color of the light (including usually white light) or multiple colors of light are perceived simultaneously and/or in some sequence. The effect of light can have one or more static and/or dynamic characteristics and approximate dynamic characteristics can be one or more of the color, brightness, the perceived speed of the transition, movement, frequency etc. "Light show" may contain only the effect of light, having some finite duration, which runs once, repeated periodically to some prescribed manner, or repeats itself indefinitely. Light show can also contain many different lighting effects that run in sequence or simultaneously according to the wide variety of determined parameters. The lighting effects, the components of a light show can also be packaged as "meta-effects, which include multiple temporarily associated lighting effects. One or more lighting effects, or all light show, can be based on parameters that are determined designer/programmer, or are based, at least partially, on predefined ("pre-packaged") the effects of lighting available for selecting the designer/programmer during the creation process. Additionally, all or part of the effect of lighting or light show can be based on the graphic or animation data, and video signals, which are converted into information of the lighting control in accordance with the instructions of the designer/programmer granted during the creation process.

[0003] Effects lighting or light shows can be created by a designer/programmer using the graphical user interface (GUI), connected to one or more processors/computers, all of which together serve as a «Builder of the light system». Approximate methods and systems to create lighting effects or light shows are described in U.S. patent US 7139617 and publication of the patent application US-2005-0248299-A1, which are incorporated herein by reference. As described in these documents, the effect lighting or light show can be encoded as sequential list of lighting conditions and transitions between States lighting, or frames color data with reference to a certain timeline, as a programme of lighting, which is then passed to the controller lighting; lighting controller in turn can be configured, to generate commands lighting to perform one or more blocks lighting, on the basis of lighting applications, representing the effect of lighting or light show.

The essence of the invention

[0004] the Applicant has established and assessed that in many situations, the structure of a light show or lighting effects can be stimulating effort. Even for a skilled designer/programmer achieve an aesthetically attractive result of significantly complicated installations lighting systems, as well as a relatively simple settings, is not necessarily intuitive or a non-trivial process. In particular, the generation of visually popular with the results of controlled systems of lighting in some circumstances may result in a noticeable problems of design, even when pre-packaged or pre-defined lighting effects is available as a starter templates for modification or direct use as constituent elements of a light show. Furthermore, the design of light show or lighting effects often relies on complex data display, which establish lines of communication between the relative position of one or more lighting units available for generating light-show/effects. and the network ID (for example, address for the unit(s) lighting in an actual installation of the lighting system. In many cases the collection of the data display requires specialized technical skills in addition to a substantial and creative long experience of programming effort involved in creating the light show, or lighting effects from the "empty state”.

[0005] in View of the above, the present invention is directed in General, the methods and devices to facilitate the creation, selection and/or customize the effects of lighting or light show. In different variants of implementation methods and device according to the present invention, the use indexed library of predefined effects lighting or light show as a resource.

[0006] for Example, in one embodiment effects library or the show is viewed with using the search engine on the basis of information provided by the user/designer ("user information")to identify to the user a set of effects, or shows that have attributes that in some way relate to the information provided by the user. The search engine provides the user with search results, that is, a manageable subset intellectually chosen lighting effects or show, which can be ranked in terms of relevance, any one or more of which can be easily selected by the user. In various aspects the user can choose one or more effects or show from the search results, as is the system of lighting; alternatively, the user can merge one or more effects or show from the search results and/or modify one or more effects or show from the search results, to clarify some aspects of the effect(s)/show according to user preference. In one exemplary implementation library lighting effects/show and/or the search engine can be on the website and be accessible through the Internet.

[0008] Method may additionally include the stage of the automatic determination of at least one aspect of the lighting system, accessible to generate at least one lighting effect (stage D)where the phase B has to find a set of indexed in advance certain light effects on the basis of, at least partially, information input and at least one aspect of the lighting system, defined at the stage of D. In many variants of implementation of the lighting system includes many blocks of lighting and in some of these options the implementation phase D includes automatic determination of the number of blocks lighting, corresponding types of lighting units, and/or the physical layout of the blocks lighting in the environment that would generate at least one lighting effect.

[0009] In some embodiments, the implementation of the information input refers to at least one aspect of the lighting system, accessible to generate at least one lighting effect. For example, the lighting system can include a multitude of lighting units, and thus information entry applies to many blocks lighting, relevant types of blocks lighting, and/or physical layout blocks lighting in the environment that would generate at least one lighting effect. In other variants of implementation of the information input is independent of any aspects of the lighting system.

[0010] In other variants implementation of the information input refers to at least one aesthetic preference of the user regarding the characteristics of light that would be generated in at least one effect of the lighting. At least one aesthetic preference can relate to at least one desired color of light, the desired color palette or range of colors for light, desirable dynamic characteristic of light, and/or desirable mood, which should be created by the light.

[0011] other options for implementing information input refers to at least one aspect of the environment or physical space in which at least one lighting effect should be generated, and/or to the occasion or event that must be generated at least one lighting effect.

[0012] In different variants of carrying out the invention at least one first searchable mentioned above attribute refers to:

i) the color content of light that would be generated in at least one first effect lighting;

ii) the color resolution of the light, that would be generated in at least one first effect lighting;

iii) color distribution or the color of the spatial frequency of light that would be generated in at least one first effect lighting;

iv) at least one of dynamic time characteristic of light, which should be generated in at least one first effect lighting;

v) term viewing audience of light that would be generated in at least one first effect lighting;

vi) at least one preferred object that should be illuminated with the light, that would be generated in at least one first effect lighting; and/or

vii) geometric configuration of many blocks lighting, suitable for generating at least one first lighting effect, for example, the one-dimensional configuration, two-dimensional configuration in the three dimensional configuration and random configuration.

[0013] in addition, at least one first available to search for an attribute may apply to at least one characteristic of dynamic time of light that would be generated in at least one first effect of the lighting so that at least one dynamic characteristic refers to the appearance of movement in at least one the first effect of the lighting.

[0014] Additionally, at least one searchable attribute associated with each effect lighting from a variety of indexed pre-defined lighting effects can be identified by at least one searchable tag, and, if so, step B1 above includes definition, corresponds to at least one first available to search for tag associated with at least one first effect lighting, at least part of the information input.

[0015] many options for implementing at least one first the effect of light, on a certain stage of B1, includes many of the first effects, lighting, and stage B2 includes the identification of the many first lighting effects as many candidates lighting effects, and output the information provided in phase C, contains identification information the set of candidates lighting effects. The method can additionally include the stage allowing the user to select and/or change at least some of the desired candidate lighting effect from the set of candidates lighting effects, such as at least one lighting programme, to generate at least one desirable candidate lighting effect, if selected by the user.

[0017] In one particular embodiment, the method is a permitted way Internet, additionally contains a provision many indexed pre-defined lighting effects on the website, in which stage A contains the reception of data input from a user on the Internet; and phase B contains a provision output information to the user on the Internet. In some versions of this option, the implementation phase B can be executed using a search engine that has access to the web site and stage A can be executed using a wizard settings, a hosted website.

[0018] it Should be clear that all combinations of the preceding concepts and additional concepts discussed in more detail below (if such concepts are not mutually incompatible)are considered as being an integral part of the invention, here disclosed. In particular, all the combinations of the claimed invention, annexed to the present invention, are regarded as forming part of the invention, here disclosed. It should also be clear that the terminology is clearly used here, which can also appear in any document included with using a link must have a value that is most compatible with specific concepts, disclosed here.

[0019] As used here for the purposes of this description, the term "LED" must be understood as including any electroluminescent diode or other type of system, based on transition/injection carriers, capable to generate radiation in response to an electrical signal. Thus, the term LED includes, but is not limited to, various based on a semiconductor structure, which emit light in response to the current light-emitting polymers, organic light-emitting diodes (OLED), electroluminescent strip, etc. In particular, refers to the term LED a light-emitting diodes of all types (including semiconductor and organic light-emitting diodes), which can be configured to generate radiation in one or more of the infrared, ultraviolet spectrum and different parts of the visible spectrum (usually incorporating wavelength radiation of approximately 400 nanometers approximately 700 nanometers). Some examples of LED include, but are not limited to, different types of IR LED, UV LED red LED and blue LED, green LED, yellow LED amber LED, orange LED and white LED (described further below). Also it should be clear that LED can be configured and/or managed to generate radiation having a different frequency bands (for example, full bandwidth at half maximum, or FWHM) for a given spectrum (for example, a narrow bandwidth, bandwidth), and many of the dominant wavelengths within a given overall color classification.

[0020] for Example, one execution LED configured to generate essentially white light (for example, white LED), can include many crystals, which emit various electroluminescence spectra, which in combination are blended to form essentially white light. In other implementation LED white can be associated with the phosphor, which converts , having first range, excellent second range. In one example of this implementation electric luminescence, which has a relatively short length wave and a narrow range of bandwidth, «pumps» the luminous material, which in turn emits radiation longer wavelength, having a few more extensive range.

[0021] it Should also imply that the term LED does not limit the physical and/or electric type layout LED. For example, as described above, the LED can refer to a single device that has multiple crystals, which are configured to emit a different radiation spectra (for example, which may or may not be individually controllable). In addition, the LED can be associated with the phosphor, which is seen as an integral part of the LED (for example, some types of LED color white). In General, the term LED might consider the hull LED, LED mounted on the surface, LED installation, mounted in T-housing light, LED with a radial casing, LED power plants, LED, which includes some type of environment, and/or optical element (for example, the diffusion lens) etc.

[0023] Given light source can be configured to generate electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum, outside the visible spectrum, or a combination of them. Therefore, the terms "light" and "radiation" is used here interchangeably. Additionally, the light source may include as an integral component of one or more filters (such as color filters, lenses, or other optical components. It should also be understood that the light sources can be configured for a variety of applications, including, but not limited to, display, display and/or lighting. "Light source" is the source of light, which in particular is configured to generate radiation having enough intensity to effectively illuminate the inner or outer space. In this context, "sufficient intensity refers to a sufficient radiating power in the visible spectrum generated in space or environment (the term "lumens" is often used to represent the full light, derived from the source of light in all directions, in terms of the radiant power or the luminous flux")to issue the ambient lighting (that is, the light, that may be perceived indirectly and it can be, for example, reflected from one or more of the many intermediate surfaces before will be taken fully or partially).

[0024] the Term "range" should be understood as referring to any one or more frequencies (or wavelengths) radiation generated by one or more light sources. Accordingly, the term "spectrum" refers to the frequencies (or wavelengths) not only in the visible range, but also and frequencies (or wavelengths) in the infrared, ultraviolet, and other areas of full electromagnetic spectrum. In addition,the the specified range can have a relatively narrow bandwidth (for example, FWHM, having essentially small number of components of frequencies or wavelengths) or relatively wide bandwidth (several components of frequencies or wavelengths, with different relative intensities). Must be clear that the specified range can be the result of mixing two or more other spectra (for example, mixing radiation, respectively emitted from multiple light sources).

[0025] for The purposes of this disclosure, the term "color" is used interchangeably with the term "spectrum". However, the term "color" is usually used to refer primarily to the property radiation, which is perceived by the observer (although this use is not intended to limit the scope of the term). Accordingly, the terms "different colours" are implicitly assigned to multiple spectra with different components of the wave-length and/or bandwidth. Also it should be clear that the term "color" can be used in conjunction with the white and coloured light.

[0026] the Term "color temperature" is commonly used here in connection with a white light, although this usage is not intended to limit the scope of this term. Color temperature, essentially refers to a specific color content or shade (for example, reddish, bluish white light. The colour temperature of a selected sample of radiation is usually characterized according to the temperature in Kelvins (K) of a black body radiator that radiates essentially the same range as the considered sample radiation. Color temperature of a black body radiator usually are within the range of from approximately 700 degrees K (usually considered the first visible to the human eye) to more than 10,000 degrees K; white light is commonly perceived in colour temperatures above 1500-2000 degrees K. Color below the temperature usually indicate white light with a more significant the red component or "warmer", while higher color temperatures usually indicate white light with a more significant purple component or "cooler”.

[0027] the Term "lighting device" used here to refer to the implementation or arrangement of one or more blocks of the lighting in a particular form factor, Assembly or body. The term "lighting unit" is used here to refer to the device, which includes one or more light sources of the same or of different types. The given block lighting can be any one of the many constructions of fastening for the source(s) of light constructions shell/housing and forms, and/or the electrical and mechanical connection configurations. Additionally, given block lighting may not necessarily be associated with (for example, include, to be connected to and/or prisoners, together with a variety of other components (for example, the scheme of management), relating to the work of the source(s) of light.

[0028] “Bloc LED-based illumination" belongs to the lighting, which includes one or more based on LED light sources, as described above, alone or in combination with other not based on LED light sources. "Multi-channel" refers to the light Assembly based on LED or not based on bloc LED lighting, which includes at least two light sources, configurable to generate various radiation spectra, each a different spectrum of the source can be referred to as channel of multi-unit lighting.

[0029] the Term "controller" is used here to describe the various devices related to one or more light sources. The controller can be implemented in various ways (for example, specialized hardware to perform various functions described in the present description. "Processor" is one example of the controller that uses one or more microprocessors that can be programmed using software (for example, microcode)to perform various functions described in the present description. The controller can be implemented with or without the use of a processor, and may also be implemented as a combination of specialized hardware to perform certain functions, and processor (for example, one or more pre-programmed microprocessor and associated schemes)to perform other functions. Examples components controller that can be used in different variants of implementation of this description, include, but are not limited to, conventional microprocessors, application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC) and user programmable gate matrix gate arrays (FPGAs).

[0030] different implementations of the processor or controller can be associated with one or more carriers of data (generally called "memory," for example, volatile and non-volatile computer memory, such as RAM, EPROM and EEPROM, diskettes, CDs, optical discs, magnetic tape etc). In some implementations, the data carriers can be encoded by one or more programs that, when run on one or more processors and/or controllers to perform at least some of the functions described here. The various storage media can be installed in the processor or controller, or may be transported in such a way that one or more of the programs stored on them can be loaded into the processor or controller to implement various aspects of the present invention, as described here. The terms "programme" or "computer program" is used here in a General sense to refer to any type of machine code (for example, software or microcode), which can be used to program one or more processors or controllers.

[0031] the Term "addressable" is used here, to refer to a device such as a light source in General, lighting unit or device, the controller or the processor associated with one or more light sources or blocks lighting, others not related to lighting devices etc.), which is configured to accept information (for example, data), intended for multiple devices, including myself, and selectively respond to specific information intended for him. The term "addressable" is often used in conjunction with network environment (or "network", described further below), in which multiple devices are connected together through a small number of communication media or environment.

[0032] In one implementation of a network of one or more devices attached to the network can serve as a controller for one or more other devices attached to the network (for example, in the relationship of master and slave). In a different implementation of the network environment may include one or more of the selected controllers that are configured to control one or more devices connected to the network. In General, each of multiple devices connected to the network can have access to data that present on the media of communication or the environment; however, this device can be "addressed" in the sense that it is configured to selectively share information with (that is, to receive data from and/or transmit data to access the network, on the basis of, for example, one or more specific identifiers (for example, "addresses")assigned to him.

[0033] the Term "network", as used here, refers to any relationship of two or more devices (controllers or processors), which facilitates transportation information (such as device management, data storage, data exchange etc) between any two or more devices and/or among multiple devices attached to the network. As should be clear, different implementations of networks, suitable to link multiple devices may include any set network topology and use any set of communication protocols. Additionally, in different networks according to this description of any connection between the two devices can represent a dedicated connection between these two systems, or, alternatively, not a dedicated connection. In addition to the transfer of information intended for these two devices is not a dedicated connection can carry information, not necessarily intended for any of these two devices (for example, an open network connection). In addition, it should be clear that the various network devices as described here, can use one or more radio, wired/cable and/or fiber-optic communication lines, to facilitate transport of information across the network.

[0034] the Term "user interface", as used here, refers to the interface between the human user or operator and one or more devices, which allows communication between the user and the device(s). Examples of user interfaces that can be used in different implementations of this description, include, but are not limited to, switches, potentiometers, button, disks, sliders, mouse, keyboard, keypad, different types of game controllers (for example, joysticks), trackballs, display screens, different types of graphical user interfaces (GUIs), touch screens, microphones, and other types of sensors, which may take some the form generated by the man command and generate a signal in response to it.

Brief description of drawings

[0035] On the drawings similar reference characters usually belong to one and the same parts on different forms. In addition, the drawings shall not necessarily depict the scale, stressing instead, usually on the illustration of the principles of the invention. The drawings:

[0036] Fig. 1 is a General block diagram illustrating block lighting based on LED, suitable for use in lighting system according to different variants of implementation of the present invention.

[0037] Fig. 2 is a General block diagram illustrating a networked system blocks lighting according to one variant of the implementation of the present invention.

[0038] Fig. 3 is a sequence of operations illustrative process to select one or more lighting effects that must be loaded into the controller exemplary lighting systems, according to one embodiment of the present invention;

[0039] Fig. 4 is a sequence of operations illustrative process for collection of information input, related to the desired light effect from the user, lighting systems and environment, according to one embodiment of the present invention; and

[0040] Fig. 5 is a sequence of operations illustrative process to define one or more candidates lighting effects, which should be presented to the user, according to one embodiment.

Detailed description

[0041] Various aspects and embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, including some options for implementation-specific light sources, LED-based. It should be clear, however, that the present invention is not limited to any specific way of execution, and that the implementation options. described in the present description. clearly intended primarily for illustrative purposes. For example, the various concepts described in this description may be appropriately implemented in a variety of environments, including lights, LED-based, other types of light sources, including LED, environment, who use and LED and other types of light sources in combination, and environments that use not related to the coverage of only device - alone or in combination with different types of light sources.

[0043] in View of the above, the present invention is directed in General, the methods and devices to facilitate the process of design, selection and/or customize the effects of lighting or light show. The different variants of implementation methods and device according to the present invention, the use indexed library of predefined effects lighting or light show as a resource. For example, in one embodiment effects library or show browsed using search engine based on information provided by the user/designer ("user information")to identify to the user a set of effects, or shows that have attributes, which in some way relate to the information provided by the user. The user then provide search results, that is, managed by a subset of intellectually chosen lighting effects or show, which can be ranked in terms of relevance, any one or more of which can be easily selected by the user. In other respects, the user can choose one or more effects or show of search results "as is" to perform lighting system; alternatively, the user can merge one or more effects or show from the search results and/or modify one or more effects or show from the search results to Refine some aspects of the effect(s)/show according to user preference.

[0044] More specifically, in accordance with the different variants of implementation of the present invention in one aspect configured the search for the effects of lighting or light show can be based on a variety of information provided by the user, including but not limited to, different aesthetic preferences (e.g., color, color palette or color range; mood or intensity or energy etc), one or more aspects of the environment in which the lighting effects/show should be generated (for example, the physical space, nature or purpose of the event or events etc), and aspects of lighting systems available for the generation of lighting effects/show (for example, the number of blocks lighting, basic geometry or layout blocks lighting etc). In another aspect of user information can be obtained through the wizard, that is, a user interface in which the user is directed through a sequence of dialogs that are relevant to obtaining the appropriate information for the search. In another aspect of each effect or show in the library associated with one or more searchable tags specific attributes effect/show. Thus the search engine can intelligently choose effects or show from the library on the basis of a certain correspondence between the user's information and searchable tags associated with each effect/show in the library.

[0045] In one of the exemplary implementation of one or more of the library lighting effects/show setup wizard functionality and search engine can be on website and available through the Internet. In a different implementation of one or more (or all) of the functional aspects of the user interface (data input, display the search results and the choice and/or modification of effect/show) and search in the library can be performed by a controller that also controls the lighting system, which generates the effect(s) coverage/ shows. In addition, the library lighting effects/show could be maintained at such a controller or stored external to the controller (for example, in specialized storage system on the server, accessible through a network link, such as the Internet etc), and is available for the controller as necessary to perform the functions of a search engine.

[0046] to describe here about the functional capabilities of information input from the user, retrieval and presentation search results, light show and lighting effects are considered similar, and any functionality described in connection with the processing of lighting effects, should be understood as applicable, which is similar to the light show.

[0047] To facilitate the description of ways and devices according to the present invention, first given a brief overview of sample-based LED lighting units and lighting systems for generating effects of the lighting and light show.

[0048] Fig. 1 illustrates an example of the 100 block of lighting, which can be used in different variants of implementation of the present invention. Some common examples of blocks of LED-based illumination, similar to those described below with reference to the Fig. 1 can be found, for example, patents US 6016038 and 6211626. The different variants of implementation of the present invention block 100 lighting, shown in Fig. 1, can be used alone or together with other similar units lighting system lighting units (for example, as described further below with reference to the Fig. 2). Used alone or in combination with other blocks lighting, unit 100 lighting can be used in multiple applications, including, but not limited to, lighting and illumination of interior type of direct or indirect species or outer space (for example, architectural) in General, the direct or indirect lighting objects or spaces, theatre or other based on entertainment/special effects lighting, decorative lighting, oriented on the security lighting, traffic lighting, associated with, or illumination, maps and/or goods (for example, for advertising and/or environments retail sales/customer), combined lighting or lighting and communication systems etc. as well as for various purposes display, display and information.

[0049] Additionally, one or more lighting units, similar to the one described with reference to Fig. 1, can be implemented in many products, including but not limited to, various forms of light modules or lamps of different shapes and electrical/mechanical design of devices (including replacement or advanced modules or lamp, adapted for use in conventional cartridges or fixtures), a lot of consumer and/or domestic products (for example, the evening lights, toys, games or game components, components or entertainment system, cookware, tableware, kitchenware, cleaning products etc) and the architectural components (for example, lighted panels for walls, floors, ceilings, lit linings and components decoration etc).

[0050] With links to Fig. 1, block 100 lighting includes one or more light sources 104A, 104B, 104C and 104D (shown as 104), in which one or more light sources can be a source of light on the basis of the LED, which includes one or more LEDs. Any two or more of the light sources can be adapted to generate radiation of different colours (e.g. red, green, blue); in this respect, as described above, each of different colour light sources generates a different source range, which forms a great channel of multi-channel" block lighting. Although Fig. 1 shows the four light source 104A, 104B, 104C and 104D, it should be clear that the bloc lighting is not limited in this respect and in different amounts and different types of sources light (all light sources based on LED, LED light sources based and not based on LED in combination etc., adapted to generate radiation of many different colors, including essentially white light, can be used in a block 100 lighting, as described further below.

[0051] Again with reference to Fig. 1, block 100 lighting also includes controller 105, configured to display one or more control signals, to bring light sources so that they generate different intensity of the light from these light sources. For example, one implementation controller 105 can be configured to display at least one control signal for each light source to independently control the intensity of the light (for example, the radiation power is measured in lumens)generated by each source of light; alternatively, the controller 105 can be configured to display one or more control signals together to manage a group of two or more sources of light is the same. Some examples of control signals that may be generated by the controller to control the light sources may include, but are not limited to them, pulse modulated signals, pulse-pulse-modulated signals (PWM), amplitude-pulse-modulated signals (PAM), codes, pulse modulated signal (PCM), analog control signals (for example, control signals of the current control signals voltage), combinations and/or of the modulation of the above signals, or other control signals. In some versions, particularly with respect to sources of LED-based, one or more of the methods of modulation provide for variable control using a fixed level of current applied to one or more LED to to mitigate the potential adverse or unpredictable changes in the output signal of the LED, which may arise when using the AC excitation LED. In other versions of the controller 105 can manage other specialized scheme (not shown in Fig. 1), which, in turn, controls the light sources, to change their appropriate intensity.

[0053] In one of the exemplary implementation of the method PWM control for each channel block lighting a fixed preset voltage V source periodically delivered at a given light source, constituting channel. Annex V source can be achieved by using one or more switches not shown in Fig. 1 controlled by the controller 105. While the voltage source is fed through a light source, a predetermined fixed current l source (for example, determined by the current regulator, also not shown on Fig. 1) allow to flow through the light source. Again, remember that the light source, LED-based may include one or more LED, so that the voltage source can be applied to a group LED constituting the source, and current l source may be leaking through a group LED. Fixed voltage, V source through the light source, when excited, and adjusted current l source that is consumed by the source of light when excited, determine the value of instant working capacity of the P source light source {P source =V source *I source ). As mentioned above, for light sources, LED-based, using the adjusted current softens the potential adverse or unexpected changes in the output signal LED, which may arise when using the AC excitation LED.

[0054] According to the method PWM, periodically applying a voltage source to the source of light and changing the time when the voltage applied during a given cycle of on-off, average power, delivered by the source of light over time (average operating power), can be . In particular, the controller 105 can be configured to make voltage V source to this source of light pulse method (for example, displaying a control signal which manages one or more switches to voltage is applied to the source of light), preferably with frequency, which is more than can be detected by the human eye (for example, more than approximately 100 Hz). In this way the observer of light generated by the light source, does not take discrete on / off cycles (usually called "effect flash"), but instead integrating function of the eye perceives essentially continuous light generation. Regulating pulse width (that is, time enable or "duty cycle") cycles on / off control signal, the controller changes the average value of the time when the light source is excited in any given period of time, and therefore changes the average operating power of the light source. Thus, in turn, can be changed the perceived brightness of the generated light from each channel.

[0055] As described in more detail below, the controller 105 can be configured to control every different channel light source multi-unit of light at a predetermined average working capacity, to to issue the corresponding output radiation power for light generated by each channel. Alternatively, the controller 105 can take instructions (for example, "command of the backlighting") from a variety of sources, such as user interface 118, source 124 signal or one or more communication ports 120, which specify the prescribed working power for one or more channels and, consequently, the corresponding output radiation power for the light generated by the relevant channels. Changing the prescribed working power for one or more channels (for example, in according to different instructions or commands backlight), various perceived color and brightness levels of light can be generated unit lighting.

[0056] In one embodiment block 100 lighting, as mentioned above, one or more light sources 104A, 104B, 104C and 104D, shown in Fig. 1 may include a group of multiple LED or other types of light sources (for example, various parallel and/or serial connections LED or other types of light sources), which is managed by the controller 105. Additionally, it should be clear that one or more light sources can include one or more LED, which are adapted to generate radiation having any one of the multiple spectra (that is, of wavelengths or wavelengths), including, but not limited to, various visible colors (including essentially white light), different color temperature of white light, ultraviolet or infrared. LED, with many spectral bandwidth (for example, a narrow range over a wide range, can be used in different implementations of the block 100 lighting.

[0057] Block 100 lighting can be compiled and posted to produce a wide range of alternating color radiation. For example, in some versions implementation unit 100 lighting can be, in particular, placed in such a way that light from a managed variable intensity (that is, a variable radiation power, generated by two or more of the light sources, combined to form a light mixed colors (including on the merits of a white light with a lot of color temperatures). In particular, the color (or color temperature of the light mixed color can be changed by changing one or more of the relevant intensities (output radiation power) of the light sources, for example, in response to one or more control signals derived controller 105. In addition, the controller 105 can be particularly configured to issue a control signals of one or more light sources, to generate a lot of static or variable in time (dynamic) multicolor (or multi-colour temperature) lighting effects. For this purpose in various embodiments of the invention, the controller includes processor 102 (such as the microprocessor), programmed to issue such control signals of one or more light sources. Processor 102 can be programmed to issue such control signals autonomously in response to commands lighting or in response to various inputs from the user, or signals.

[0058] in This way, unit 100 lighting can include a wide variety of colors LED in different combinations, including two or more of the red, green and blue LED, to form the mixture of colors, as well as one or more of the other LEDs to create variables colors and color temperature of white light. For example, red, green and blue can be mixed with amber (yellow), white, UV, orange, infrared or LED to other colors. Additionally, multiple white LED, have different color temperatures (for example, one or more first white LEDs to generate the first range, corresponding to the first color temperature, and one or more second of white LEDs to generate the second spectrum corresponding to the second color temperature, different from the first color temperature)can be used in a block lighting with all white LEDs, or in combination with LED other colors. Such combination of variously colored LED and/or LED with different color temperature white block 100 lighting can facilitate the accurate reproduction of the most desirable spectra of lighting conditions, examples of which include, but are not limited to, a lot equivalents external daylight at different times of the day, different conditions internal lighting, the lighting conditions for the modeling of complex multi-colored background etc. Other desired lighting conditions can be created through the removal of specific parts of the spectrum that can be specifically absorbed, reduced or reflected in some environments. Water, for example tends to absorb and reduce majority is not blue and not green light, so way underwater applications can benefit from the lighting conditions that are adapted to emphasize or reduce some spectral elements relative to the others.

[0059] As also shown in Fig. 1, the different variants of implementation of the block 100 lighting can include memory 114, to save various information elements. For example, memory 114 can be used to store one or more commands or programs lighting to run on the processor 102 (for example, to generate one or more control signals for light sources), as well as various types of data, useful for generating alternating color radiation (e.g., calibration information, described further below). Memory 114 may retain one or more specific identifiers (for example, registration number, address etc), which can be used either locally or at the system level, to identify the block 100 lighting. Such IDs can be predefined by the manufacturer, for example, and can be or are mutable or immutable after that (for example, by some type of user interface, located on the block lighting through one or more of the data or control signals taken block lighting etc). Alternatively, such a reference can be defined during the initial block is used, the lighting in the area, and again can be mutable or immutable after that.

[0062] Again the links in Fig. 1, block 100 lighting can be configured to accept one or more signals 122 from one or more other sources 124 signal. Controller 105 block lighting can use these signal(s) 122, either alone or in combination with other control signals (for example, signals, generated through the implementation of the programme of lighting, one or more of the output signals UI etc)to manage one or more light sources 104A, 104B, 104C and 104D a manner similar to that described above with respect to the user interface.

[0063] Examples of signal(s) 122, which can be received and processed by the controller 105, include, but are not limited to, one or more audio, video signals, power, different types of data signals, signals representing the information received from the network (like the Internet), signals, representing one or more of detection/perceived conditions, signals, lighting units, signal, consisting of a modulated light etc. In different implementations of the source(s) 124 signal can be located remotely from the 100 block of lightning, or included as a component of the block lighting. In one embodiment, the signal from a single block of 100 of light can be sent over the network to another block 100 lighting.

[0064] Some examples source 124 signal, which can be used in, or used in connection with, a block of 100 lighting according to Fig. 1, include any of a variety of sensors or transducers, which generate one or more signals 122 in response to some stimulus. Examples of such devices include in themselves, but are not limited to, various types of sensors environmental conditions such as temperature-sensitive (e.g., temperature, infrared radiation) sensors, humidity sensors, motion sensors, sensors photodetectors/light, e.g. photo-diodes, sensors, which are sensitive to one or more specific spectra of electromagnetic radiation, such as or spectrophotometers etc), various types of cameras, sound or vibration sensors or other process pressure/force (for example, microphones, piezoelectric devices, etc.

[0065] for More examples source 124 signal include various devices for measurement/detection, which control the electrical signals or characteristics (for example, voltage, current, power, resistance, capacitance, inductance etc) or chemical/biological characteristics (for example, acidity, the presence of one or more specific chemical or biological agents, bacteria, etc. and give out one or more signals 122 on the basis of the measured values of the signals or characteristics. Other examples of source 124 signal include various types of scanners, systems of image recognition, voice or other sound recognition, artificial intelligence and robotics systems, etc. Source 124 signal can be also block 100 lighting, another controller or processor, or any one of the many available devices generate a signal, such as media players, MP3 players, computers, DVD players, CD players, sources television signal, the signal sources cameras, microphones, speakers, telephones, cell phones, device transfer instant messages, SMS device, wireless devices, personal devices organizers and many others.

[0066] Additionally, unit 100 lighting, shown in Fig. 1 may also include one or more optical elements or devices 130 to optical radiation process, generated by light sources 104A, 104B, 104C and 104D. For example, one or more optical elements can be configured to modify one or both of the spatial distribution and direction of propagation of microwave radiation. In particular, one or more optical elements can be configured to change the angle distribution of microwave radiation. One or more optical elements 130 can be particularly configured so that the variables change one or both of the spatial distribution and direction of propagation of the generated radiation (for example, in response to an electrical and/or mechanical stimulus). Examples of optical elements that may be included in the block of 100 lighting, include, but are not limited to, reflective materials, refractive materials, transparent materials, filters, lenses, mirrors and fiber optics. Optical element 130 can also include the phosphorescent material, luminescent material or other material that could respond to or interact with the generated radiation.

[0067] As also shown in Fig. 1, block 100 lighting can include one or more communication ports 120 to facilitate connection of the block of 100 lighting with any of a number of other devices, including one or more other units of lighting. For example, one or more communication ports 120 can facilitate the connection of multiple blocks lighting together as a network lighting systems, in which at least some or all blocks lighting are addressed (for example, have specific identifiers or addresses), and/or respond to specific data transmitted over the network. One or more communication ports 120 can also be adapted to receive and/or transmit data via a wired or wireless transmission. In one embodiment information, adopted via the communication port; at least partly, be attributed to address information, which should then be used by the block lighting and the lighting can be adjusted to take and then save the information memory addresses 114 (for example, the lighting can be adjusted to use the saved address as their address to use when taken subsequent data through one or more communication ports).

[0068] In particular, in a network environment lighting systems, as described in more detail further below (for example, with reference to Fig. 2)when the data are exchanged via the network the controller 105 each block lighting connected to the network can be configured to respond to specific data (such as lighting control, which he owned (for example, in some cases, as dictated by the corresponding identifiers of network blocks lighting). As soon as the specified controller identifies specific data intended for him, he can read the data and, for example, change the lighting conditions, by its light sources, in accordance with the data (for example, generating appropriate control signals to the light sources). Memory 114 each block lighting connected to the network can be downloaded, for example, a table of the signals controlling the lighting, which reflects the data that takes processor 102 controller. In this implementation, when the processor 102 receives data from the network, he then turns to table to choose the control signals that meet your data, and controls the sources of light and lighting unit, respectively (for example, using any one of a multitude of analog or digital methods of control, including different ways of pulse modulation, described above).

[0069] many options for implementing processor 102 given block lighting connected to a network or not, is configured to interpret instructions/data lighting, which are adopted in the Protocol DMX (as described, for example, in the U.S. patents US 6,016,038 and 6,211,626), which is Protocol commands lighting usually used in the lighting industry for some programmable lighting applications. In the Protocol DMX instruction lighting is passed to the block of lighting control data formatted for packages that consist of 512 bytes of data, where each data byte consists of 8 bits, representing the numerical value between and 255. The 512 bytes of data is preceded by byte "startup code". The whole "package", which includes 513 bytes (starter code plus data) transmitted consistently to 250 kbit/s in accordance with the levels of voltage RS-485 and methods of cable transmission, in which the beginning of the package shown gap, at least equal to 88 microseconds.

[0070] In the Protocol DMX each byte of data from 512 bytes in the specified package is designed as a command lighting for a specific channel multi-unit lighting, in which the numerical value of zero indicates no output radiation power for a given channel block lighting (i.e. the channel is turned off), and the numerical value of 255 indicates the full output power of the radiation (100%of available power for a given channel block lighting (that is, the channel is fully included). For example, in one aspect, considering the currently block with lighting three channels, based on the red, green, blue LEDs LED (that is, the light Assembly "R-G-B"), the team of lighting in the Protocol DMX can specify each of the command of the red channel, click the green channel, and click the blue channel as eight-bit data (i.e. data byte), representing values from 0 to 255. The maximum value of 255 for any of the color channels instructs the processor 102 manage the relevant source(s) of light to operate at a maximum power available (100 %) for this channel, thus generating the maximum amount of power available radiation for that color (such command structure for the block lighting R-G-B is usually called as a 24-bit color management). Consequently, the command format [R, G, B]=[255, 255, 255] will cause the lighting generate maximum radiation power for each of the red, green, and blue light (creating white light).

[0071] Thus, the desired communication line connection using DMX Protocol, usually can support up to 512 various channels block lighting. The given block lighting, designed for reception of communications, formatted in the Protocol DMX, usually is configured to respond only to one or more specific data bytes 512 bytes in the package corresponding to the number of channels block lighting (for example, in the example block lighting with three channels, three bytes are used unit lighting), and ignore the other bytes, on the basis of a specific provision of the required byte(s) of the data in the complete sequence of 512 bytes of data in the packet. For this blocks based lighting DMX can be equipped with a selection mechanism addresses, which can be installed manually by the user/installer to determine the particular the byte location(s) of the data that the light Assembly meets in a given package DMX.

[0072] Should be clear, however, that the blocks lighting suitable for the purposes of this description, not limited format command DMX, as the blocks lighting according to different variants of implementation can be configured to respond to other types of formats of commands communication protocols/lighting to manage their relevant sources of light. Usually processor 102 can be configured to respond to commands lighting in a variety of formats, which Express the prescribed working capacities for each different channel multi-unit lighting according to certain scale, representing the values from zero to the maximum of available working power for each channel.

[0073] for Example, in other variants of implementation of the processor 102 specified lighting unit is configured to interpret instructions/data lighting taken in the ordinary Protocol Ethernet (or a similar Protocol, based on the concepts of Ethernet). Ethernet is a well-known network of computer technology, and is often used for local networks (LAN), which defines wired and signal requirements for connected devices that form the network and frame formats and protocols for data transfer over the network. Devices connected to the network, have corresponding unique addresses, and data for one or more of addressable devices in the network are organized as packages. Each Ethernet packet includes a header that defines the destination address (where the package is) and the source address (from there, where the package arrived), with the following after them "useful information", comprising several bytes of data (for example, in the minutes of the Ethernet frame Type Il useful data may be from 46 data bytes to 1500 bytes of data). Package ends ECC or a "checksum”. As in the Protocol DMX described above, the payload of consecutive Ethernet packets destined for a given block of lighting, a configurable for receiving communications Protocol Ethernet, may include information that is relevant to the prescribed power lighting for different available spectra of light (for example, different color channels)which can be generated by block coverage.

[0074] In yet another variant of the implementation of the processor 102 given block of lighting can be configured to interpret instructions/data lighting, adopted in the Protocol, based on the serial link, as described, for example, in U.S. patent US 6,777,891. In particular, according to one variant of implementation of the Protocol, based on the serial link, multiple units 100 lighting connected together through their communication ports 120, to form a serial connection blocks lighting (for example, in the chain or ring topology), in which each block lighting has a communication port input, and communication port output. Instructions/data lighting transferred to the blocks lighting, organized sequentially based on its relative position in the series connection of each block lighting. It should be clear that while lighting networks based on mutual connection of blocks lighting, described specifically, the option of implementation that uses a Protocol based on the serial link, the present disclosure is not limited in this regard, as other examples of network topology lighting, focus in this description are described below with reference to the Fig. 2.

[0075] In some sample implementations of option implementation that uses a Protocol based on the serial link when the processor 102 each lighting unit's serial connection receives the data, it "cuts" or extracts one or more initial parts of the sequence data intended for him, and passes the remainder sequence data for the next block lighting serial connection. For example, again considering the successive mutual connection of multiple triple channel (for example, "R-G-B") lighting units, three multi-bit values (one value per channel) are extracted each block lighting with three channels of adopted sequence data. Each lighting unit's serial connection in turn repeats this procedure, namely, cuts or retrieves one or more of the initial parts (multi-bit values) adopted sequence data and passes the remainder sequence. The initial part of the data sequence, carved in turn each block lighting, may include the relevant prescribed power of lighting for different available spectra of light (for example, different color channels)which can be generated unit lighting. As described above in relation to the Protocol DMX, different implementations of each value on each channel can be 8-bit value or a different number of bits (e.g., 12, 16, 24, and so on) for each channel, depending, in particular, the desired control permissions for each the channel.

[0076] In another exemplary implementation of the Protocol, based on the serial link, rather than to cut the initial part of the received sequence data, flag associated with each part of a sequence of data that represent the data for multiple channels specified block lighting, and the entire sequence of data for multiple blocks lighting is passed completely from the block lighting the lighting unit's serial connection. When lighting unit's serial connection accepts a sequence data, it looks for the first part of a series, in which the flag indicates that this part (representing one or more channels) have not yet been read by any unit lighting. After the discovery of such part of a lighting unit reads and processes this part to issue a corresponding output signal light, and sets the flag to indicate that the part has been read. Again, the entire sequence of data is completely off the lighting unit to unit lighting, state flags indicates the next part of the sequence data available for reading and processing.

[0077] In one particular embodiment, concerning Protocol based serial communications controller 105 and the specified block lighting, configured to the Protocol, based on the serial link can be implemented as specific integrated circuit (ASIC), designed to specifically handle adopted the instruction stream/data coverage in the process of "cutting/retrieve data or process modification flag to that described above. More specifically, in one exemplary embodiment of multiple lighting units connected together in series connection, to form a network, each lighting unit includes implemented on ASIC controller 105, which has functionality processor 102, memory 114 and communication(s) port(s) 120 shown in Fig. 1 (optional user interface 118 and source 124 signal certainly should not be included in some implementations). Such implementation is described in detail in U.S. patent US 6,777,891.

[0078] Block 100 lighting according to Fig. 1 may include and/or be connected to one or more sources 108 power. The different variants of implementation examples the source(s) 108 power include, but are not limited to, the sources of the AC DC power supplies, batteries, power supplies on the basis of sunlight, thermoelectric or based on the mechanics of power sources, etc. Additionally, source(s) 108 supply may include or be associated with one or more apparatus of power conversion or schemes of power conversion (for example, in some cases, the internal block 100 lighting), that converts energy, adopted by the external source power to the form suitable for various internal schema components and sources of light unit 100 lighting.

[0082] Additionally, one or more optical elements, as described above, may be partially or fully integrated with the layout of the conclusions/inclusion in the case to block lighting. In addition, the various components of the block lighting described above (for example, processor, memory, power supply, user interface, etc), as well as other components that may be associated with a block of lighting in different implementations (such as sensors/transducers, and other components for easy communication to and from the unit and etc), can be Packed in a variety of ways; for example, any subset or all of the various components of the block lighting, as well as the other components that may be associated with a block of lighting, may be Packed together. Packed subsets of components can be connected together by electrical and/or mechanical many ways.

[0083] Fig. 2 illustrates an example of a network system 200 lighting according to different variants of implementation of the present invention, in which many blocks of 100 lighting, similar to those described above with links to Fig. 1, joined together to form a network lighting system. Should be it is clear, however, that the specific configuration and layout of the blocks lighting shown in Fig. 2 are presented for illustrative purposes only, and that this invention is not limited to a particular system topology illustrated in Fig. 2.

[0084] Additionally, although not clearly shown in Fig. 2, shall be it is clear that the network system 200 lighting can be configured flexibly to include one or more user interfaces and one or more signal sources such as sensors/transducers. For example, one or more user interfaces and/or one or more of the input sources such as sensors/transducers (as described above with links to Fig. 1), can be associated with any one or more blocks of the lighting network system 200 lighting. Alternatively (or in addition to the foregoing), one or more user interfaces and/or one or more of the input sources can be implemented as "standalone" components in a network system, 200 lighting. Associated whether offline components or partially associated with one or more blocks of 100 lighting, these devices can be "shared" blocks lighting network lighting system. In other words, one or more user interfaces and/or one or more sources signal, such as sensors/transducers can create a "shared resources" in the network of the lighting system, which can be applied to the management of any one or more blocks of the coverage of this system.

[0085] With links to Fig. 2 in some cases, implementation, system 200 lighting includes one or more controllers block lighting (hereinafter called "LUC") 208A, 208B, 208C and 208D, each LUC responsible for liaison with, and usually authority, one or more blocks of 100 lighting connected to it. Although Fig. 2 illustrates two block 100 lighting connected to the LUC 208A, and one block 100 lighting connected to each LUC 208B, 208C and 208D, it should be clear that the invention is not limited in this respect, because different number of blocks 100 lighting can be connected to this in many LUC various configurations for serial connections, parallel connection, a combination of serial and parallel connections etc), using a number of different communication media and protocols.

[0086] In the system of Fig. 2, each LUC, in turn, can be connected to a Central controller, 202, which is configured to communicate with one or more of LUC. Although Fig. 2 shows four LUC connected to a Central controller, 202 using the shared connection 204 (which may include any of the many traditional devices connection switching and/or transfer), it should be clear that according to different variants of implementation of the various number of LUC can be connected to a Central controller, 202. Additionally, according to different variants of implementation of the present invention, LUC and Central controller can be connected together in a variety of configurations, using a number of different communication media and protocols, to form a network of 200 lighting. In addition, it should be clear that interconnection LUC and the Central controller, and the mutual connection of blocks lighting with relevant LUC, can be achieved in various ways (for example, using different configuration, communication media and protocols).

[0087] for Example, the Central controller 202 shown in Fig. 2, can be configured to implement based on Ethernet communications with LUC, and in turn, LUC can be configured to implement one of the based on Ethernet-based DMX, or based on the serial communication Protocol with blocks of 100 lighting (as described above, the approximate protocols based on serial communications, suitable for different implementation network, are described in detail in U.S. patent US 6,777,891). In particular, in one embodiment each LUC may be configured as addressable based on Ethernet controller and may consequently be identified for the Central controller 202 through a particular unique address (or a unique group of addresses and/or other identifiers) - based Ethernet of the Protocol. In this way the Central controller 202 can be configured to support Ethernet communications throughout the network of the United LUC, and each LUC can respond to those that are intended for him. In turn, each LUC may pass information to control lighting one or more blocks of lighting attached to it, for example, through role-based Ethernet, DMX or a serial communication Protocol, in response to the Ethernet communication with the main controller 202 (blocks coverage respectively configured to interpret the data acquired from LUC in the protocols, based on Ethernet, DMX, based on the serial link).

[0088] LUC 208A, 208B and 208C shown in Fig. 2 can be configured to be "intelligent" in that the Central controller 202 can be configured for transmission of high-level commands to LUC, that should be interpreted these LUC before lighting control can be sent blocks 100 lighting. For example, the operator lighting systems may want to generate a color-change effect that changes the color of the block lighting the lighting unit to generate the appearance of the spreading of the rainbow colors ("creeping rainbow"), given the specific placement of blocks of light relative to each other. In this example, the operator can provide a simple guide to the Central controller 202 to to achieve this, and in turn the Central controller can exchange information with one or more LUC, using a team of high-level Protocol based on Ethernet, to generate the "running the rainbow”. The command can contain the timing, intensity, hue, saturation, or other relevant information, for example. When the specified LUC receives that command, it can then interpret the command and send further commands to one or more blocks lighting, using any of a variety of protocols (for example, Ethernet-based, DMX, serial communication), in response to which the relevant sources of lighting units are managed by any of the many ways of transmitting signals (e.g. PWM).

[0089] Additionally, one or more LUC in the lighting network can be connected to the serial connection of multiple blocks 100 lighting (for example, see LUC 208A in Fig. 2, which is connected to two series-connected blocks 100 lighting). In one embodiment each LUC connected in this way is configured to communicate with multiple blocks lighting, using a Protocol based on the serial link, examples of which are described above.

[0090] More specifically, in one of the exemplary implementation of a given LUC can be configured to communicate with a Central controller, 202 and/or one or more other LUC using based on Ethernet Protocol, and in turn communicate with multiple blocks lighting, using a Protocol based on the serial link. In this case, LUC may be considered in the same sense as a Protocol Converter that accepts instructions or data lighting based Ethernet Protocol and transmits instructions to multiple consistently associated blocks lighting using-based serial communications Protocol. Of course, in a different implementation of a network that uses based on DMX blocks lighting, built in many possible topologies, it should be clear that this LUC similarly, it can be considered as a Protocol Converter that accepts instructions or data lighting in the Protocol Ethernet, and transmits instructions formatted Protocol DMX.

[0091] again understand that the preceding example using multiple different implementations of communication (for example, Ethernet/DMX lighting system according to one variant of the implementation of this invention is for illustrative purposes only, and that the invention is not limited to this specific example.

[0092] From the preceding it can be estimated that one or more lighting units, as described above, are able to generate highly controlled variable coloured light in a wide range of colors, as well as with variable color temperature of white light in a wide range of colour temperatures.

[0093] In another aspect of the Central controller 202 can be configured to be connected and communicate 206 communication through the Internet standard Protocol, to facilitate the transfer of files and accessing websites and other documents (for example, associated by hyperlinks and URLS), make up the world wide web. Network 206 connection can be any appropriate network communication containing any one or more wired and/or wireless communications media, including the Internet. In another aspect of the Central controller 202 can be implemented as a normal computing device (for example, a personal computer) and associated with the local user interface, 210, which can include regular computer peripherals, such as one or more of the output device (such as a screen display or graphics user interface) and/or one or more input devices (such as keyboard and/or mouse). In another aspect of the Central controller 202 may include a web browser, and a component of the functional capabilities of the user interface can be implemented as a page on language hypertext markup language (HTML), retrieved by the browser and displayed on the output device UI 210. In other disposal of the Central controller 202 may not necessarily be associated with the local user interface and can be configured as available remotely via a wired and/or wireless network connection (for example, through a connection 204 and/or Internet 206) for other computing device that has a user interface user interface associated with one or more blocks of 100 lighting (as described above with links to Fig. 1), or remote offline user interface.

[0094] On the basis of network manageability system 200 lighting according to Fig. 2, can be created lighting program that, when executed by the Central controller 202 force one or more of the different blocks 100 lighting to generate one or more lighting effects or light show. Approximate methods and systems for creating such programs lighting described in U.S. patent US 7,139,617 and publication of the patent application US-2005-0248299-A1. Effects lighting or light shows can be created by a designer/programmer through a graphical user interface (GUI)that is attached to one or more processors/computers, which together serve as a composer lighting systems”. One aspect of the linker system lighting can encode created the effect of lighting or light show as a sequential list of States lighting and transitions between States lighting, or footage of color information with links to some timeline to create a program of lighting that can be performed Central controller 202 to generate commands lighting for one or more blocks of 100 light in the 200 lighting.

[0095] In one realization of the linker lighting system can form an integral part of the Central controller 202 (and associated local UI 210); in other implementations, as illustrated for example in Fig. 2, the linker 212 lighting systems can be implemented as a separate object from the Central controller 202. To illustrate the private linker 212 lighting system is illustrated in Fig. 2 as attaches to the Internet 206; however, it should be clear that private linker lighting systems alternatively can be connected to a Central controller, 202 over a network connection, 204 or other (e.g., direct connection. From a separate linker lighting system created effects or show in the form of operational programmes lighting can be uploaded to a Central controller (for example, through a connection 204, direct connection and/or Internet 206) to perform a Central controller.

[0096] In other aspects of the effects created or show (created or through linker lighting system, integrated with the main controller 202, or a separate linker lighting system) can be stored in the storage/memory included in the Central controller 202 or external to a Central controller (for example, the storage 214A connected to the Internet, and/or based on Ethernet storage medium 214B connected to the connection 204). After you save on an external tool storage 214A/214B created effects or shows can be transferred from the external storage 214A/214B in Central controller 202 at any time to run and/or internal storage Central controller.

[0097] In some embodiments of the invention, the transfer of information from one or more external storage 214A/214B (hereinafter referred to in the singular, for simplicity) to a Central controller, 202 can contain executable programs lighting to generate created effects or show. In the alternatives for carrying out the invention, however, instead of trying to pass themselves created effects or show (that is, executable programs lighting that generate created effects/show), external storage medium 214A/214B can pass a Central controller, 202 (unilaterally or in response to a request from the Central controller 202) display one or more created effects or shows that are available for transfer. For example, when transferring from an external storage 214A/214B Central controller 202 these display can contain data about one or more created effects or shows such as characteristics of one or more created effects or show. Central controller 202 can then use this information in the transfer to select one or more created effects or show, for which the executable programs lighting should be extracted from the external storage 214A/214B. Central controller 202 can then be passed to external tool storage 214A/214B indication of choice, and external storage medium 214A/214B in response then passes performed(s) of the program(s) lighting for the selected one or more created effects or show.

[0098] Created the lighting effects or show called all together below for simplicity as lighting effects and/or the display may be transferred from the external storage 214A/214B Central controller 202 any appropriate in response to any appropriate condition. For example, the lighting effects can be sent from an external storage 214A/214B to a Central controller, 202 without a request from the Central controller 202. This unilateral transfer can be implemented by any appropriate method, including periodic transmission. Periodic transmission can be a transfer, sent by regular intervals (e.g. once a day, once a month, etc)that contains one or more lighting effects, such as all effects/show, that were stored in an external tool storage 214A/214B, starting from the last transmission to the Central controller 202, one or more lighting effects, which differ as special in some sense (for example, special effect, or display of the day/month/etc), or any other suitable set of one or more lighting effects. One-way transmission can also be implemented as a transfer synchronization is used to update the information stored Central controller, 202, when the same information is added or edited on an external tool storage 214A/214B (for example, passing the newly created effect or show a Central controller, 202, when new effects lighting added to the external means of storage 214A/214B to keep the information parity between the external means of storage 214A/214B and Central controller 202), and/or any other appropriate form.

[0099] Alternatively, the transfer of lighting effects from external storage 214A/214B to a Central controller, 202 can be caused by request lighting effects, issued by the Central controller 202 to an external tool storage 214A/214B. The request can be generated by any means in response to any appropriate condition for the periodic query sent by regular intervals, similar periodic transfers described above. The answer to the query may contain any suitable lighting effects stored on an external tool storage 214A/214B, including all the lighting effects, saved on an external tool storage 214A/214B, all the lighting effects, saved on an external tool storage 214A/214B, since the last request, one or more lighting effects, which vary in special some sense (for example, special effect, or display of the day/month/etc), or any other suitable set of one or more lighting effects.

[0102] Fig. 3, 4 and 5 show the approximate processes that can be implemented, for example, fully or partially Central controller 202 according to Fig. 2. In particular, Fig. 3 illustrates an example process for extracting created lighting effects/show from the external storage 214A/214B according to the information of the input received from the user (for example, a designer, a programmer or operator of the system 200 lighting). The process of 300 according to Fig. 3 begin at the stage of 302, where the user is requested or is called to enter information. The user may be requested by a suitable device, such as a GUI, associated with local user interface Central controller 210 202, and by any means. In some implementations, the user can enter the required characteristics of various lighting effects (e.g., one or more required colors) the search form. In an alternative implementation of the "master" can be used as part of the UI, which can be issued to the user a lot of calls with requests that require input information specific to the particular characteristics of the required lighting effect (that is, the user «is organized through a sequence of dialogs to get the information input). Such implementation of the "wizard" can have one or more requests for one or more specific characteristics, for example, the query colors, dynamic query (for example, rapid changes or slow changes), the query layout lamps lighting system, or any other suitable request.

[0103] On stage 304 information input used to search for lighting effects, stored internally in the Central controller 202 and/or on an external tool storage 214A/214B to define a set of one or more lighting effects, which have the characteristics or attributes that are related in some way with the information input provided by the user at the stage of 302. The search for an external storage 214A/214B may be executed by any suitable means. For example, information retrieval system, such as a search engine can be implemented in Central controller 202 or other means of processing, connected to a Central controller (for example, via network connection 204 or 206), which can be adapted to search in the internal memory of the Central controller and/or other data store, such as an external storage system 214A/214B under any suitable the algorithm. The search engine can be implemented as part of the external storage 214A/214B, or can be implemented as other component in the system 200 lighting, such as another component connected to the network 206 communication, and optimised for search in an external tool storage 214A/214B and/or data store information related to the information stored in an external tool storage 214A/214B. Embodiments of the invention may implement any suitable search engine or other information retrieval system, because aspects of the invention described here, not limited in this respect. The search engine can take as input to one or more criteria in any one or more of the format(s), including the text (for example, words, or sentences), documents, paintings, sounds, ... In response to the entry of the search engine can compare the entered data with the information store data according to any one or more of the many well-known algorithms to determine the set of results that are consistent with information input in some way. The search engine can determine the results of the analyzing metadata previously stored in the data store, such as an index, a set of information to be search, or may determine the results of the "on the fly", analyzing the information dynamically and comparing information on the data entered.

[0104] Search engine or other informationthe search system may implement any one or more matching algorithms of the search engine, such as probabilistic, Boolean, group request and/or the ranking algorithm to match the input data store, and can support data warehouse of information on the effects of lighting/shows stored internally for the Central controller, or on or in Association with the external means of storage 214A/214B through any appropriate means, such as according to the methods of indexing and/or /global search in the Internet. Data warehouse of information on the effects of lighting, which is, can store any suitable type or types of information, such as the index of one or more searchable attributes that are associated with one or more characteristics of lighting effects. For example, the effect lighting can have one or more searchable attributes for one or more colors generated by the effect of the lighting. Approximate searchable attributes and characteristics for lighting effects, as well as ways to establish and search them, are described in more detail below.

[0105] Search machine on stage 304 determines in its quest for one or more lighting effects, which have characteristics similar to those identified information input stage 302. These one or more lighting effects, which are the results of a search on the stage 304, are candidates lighting effects, as they should be presented to the user system 200 lighting (who introduced the information input at the stage of 302)and the user may select one or more of the candidates lighting effects as the effects for which the executable program lighting should be transferred to a Central controller, 202 (and the corresponding effect lighting, presumably generated 200 lighting in some future time). It should be clear that one or more of the candidates lighting effects provided on stage 306, may contain information that is specific to the blocks 100 lighting used in the 200 lighting to allow a Central controller, 202 and/or controller block lighting 208A, 208B, 208C and/or 208D control the lighting system, respectively. Additionally, one or more candidates lighting effect provided on stage 306, may contain information that is independent of the lighting units 100, used in the system 200 lighting. Specific information about controlling blocks of 100 lighting according to one or more candidates lighting effects can then be transferred to the stage of 310 and/or processed by a Central controller, 202 and/or processed by the controller unit lighting 208A, 208B, 208C and/or 208D. So it should be it is clear that any one or more of the candidates lighting effects, issued on stage 306, contain at least one type of information that you choose from the type-specific info block lighting and information independent from the block lighting.

[0106] On stage 306 display one or more candidates lighting effects are issued to the user. For example, the display associated with the user interface, 210 Central controller 202, can provide the output contains one or more identification information of one or more candidates lighting effects. In one aspect, as described in more detail below, the output data (for example, search results may include the ranking of output on the basis of relevance to information input entered by the user. The user can view the output and at the stage of the 308 can select one or more for which the executable program lighting should be transferred to a Central controller, 202. Indication of candidates lighting effects, selected by the user are passed to the search engine and/or external tool storage 214A/214B, and at the stage of 310 running programs lighting for one or more selected candidates lighting effects are submitted to the Central controller 202.

[0107] as soon As the actual program that executes lighting for the candidate lighting effect/the show is on the Central controller 202, the effect lighting can be generated by the system 200 lighting, and/or lighting effect can be changed by the user of the system 200 lighting to form the lighting effect is different from the lighting effect transferred to a Central controller, at the stage of 310. For example, a user can change one of the colors produced effect lighting/show, change the playback speed for the lighting effect, or change any other characteristic of the light effect. Additionally, if the user selects multiple effects of lighting on the stage, 308, the user, in some cases, implementation may be able to create a new show lighting, combining two or more of the selected lighting effects to each other and/or with lighting effects that were previously stored on the Central controller 202. New light show can be a simple combination of lighting effects, or may contain additional lighting effects added by the user, which are not part of the lighting effects learned from external storage 214A/214B. Additionally, once the executable program for the lighting effect lighting was adopted and/or modified by a user, Central controller 202 can send an executable program lighting to the storage of data associated with the main controller 202. The storage of data associated with the main controller 202, could be part of a Central controller 202 or may be available for the Central controller 202 along one or both of the networks 204 and 206.

[0109] Fig. 4 shows an example process for 400 for reception of information input from the user, system 200 lighting and/or environment, which is a lighting system, and one or more lighting effects/show lighting, which should be generated. The process of 400 begins during 402, in which aesthetic preference of the user can be defined, for example, through information to user input. Information input can set some color, and the color palette or color range or type of flowers (for example, in very bright colors or very muted colors)that the user prefers. As another example, can be determined the required intensity of the light effect. The intensity of the effect of light can be determined based on the required objective lighting effect; in some circumstances, a user may want to no effect lighting, focused environment, while the other user may want to lighting effect was the primary impetus for the environment (for example, fast, bright strobe, and not soft static light).

[0110] Accordingly, the process 400 can also determine the stage 402 of user information enter the goal for this lighting effect. For example, if the effect of the lighting must be installed in a different audio or visual stimulus (such as music or video), information on user input may include information regarding the audio or visual stimulus (for example, music tempo of the song). Additionally, you can define the desired mood of the user. This can be attributed to user preferences and intensity of color, but can also be used to define other properties lighting effect. Approximate mood, which can be determined from user, are energetic mood, soothing mood, and a bright and airy mood, among others.

[0111] To determine the aesthetic preference on stage 402, the user can enter information in any appropriate way. In some variants of realization of the invention may be granted a user to one or more queries regarding the aesthetic preferences. For example, a user may be issued one request, in which the user can enter in the keywords on each of the aesthetic preferences of the user. Alternatively, the user may be issued multiple queries in a interface similar to "master", each corresponding specific type of aesthetic preferences (for example, you can request the colour and/or color range, dynamic query (how far or how fast the changes lighting effect), the request mood and/or any other suitable request).

[0112] In some embodiments of the invention, the information aesthetic preferences collected from the user in the process of identification, such as a stage 402 process 400 can be saved Central controller 202 and/or component that performs the process of 400, so that it can be used in the future to determine the desired type lighting a user without having to repeat the process definition. Central controller 202 can be adjusted to a determination (that is, to study) preference lighting for one or more users on the basis of one or more sets of information regarding the required types of lighting. Additionally, the Central controller 202 can determine the preference of illumination on the basis of lighting effects, selected or not selected for execution, or the collected votes of the user of the submissions of lighting effects. Preferences lighting can be based on any of lighting conditions, described above (the color desired mood, purpose and intensity), as well as any other characteristics of the illumination that can be analysed and stored by the Central controller 202. Central controller 202 can be adjusted to make assumptions about the user's preference lighting on the basis of the first user input with respect to the desired type of lighting can be adjusted to Refine these assumptions on the basis of subsequent entries regarding required types lighting. Thus, the Central controller 202 and external storage medium 214A/214B can be adapted to present a list of candidates lighting effects to the user without the implementation of phase 402 process 400 through the analysis of previous user preferences lighting.

[0113] On stage 404 define the characteristics of the lighting system. Characteristics of the lighting system can be entered by the user in response to queries and/or can be discovered automatically by the Central controller. 202 of the system 200 lighting. For example, in some embodiments of the invention, the user can enter all the necessary information on the number, type(s) and layout blocks 100 lighting. The user can enter this information in the query, identifying for each block lighting block location lighting (for example, the coordinates in the system, or distance from a specified point in the environment, and the orientation of the block lighting) and type. In another example, a user can enter more information in a simplified way, such as the definition of a simple configuration blocks lighting, such as just posted blocks lighting in-line, two-dimensional array (that is, a grid), or the layout of nonlinear/'t grid distribution, and can enter the number of blocks lighting and simple information type (for example, contour lights or blurry lights). Alternatively, users can enter this information into two-dimensional or three-dimensional computer simulated environment lighting, placing icons for block lighting in the simulated environment and implementing enter the properties modeling block lighting (i.e. information concerning the type of each block lighting), or may enter information in any other appropriate manner.

[0114] As another example of action taken at the stage of 404, in some embodiments of the invention, the Central controller 202 automatically determines the number of blocks 100 lighting system 200 lighting, which are available to generate the effect of light, and the corresponding types of lighting units and/or physical layout of the blocks lighting in your environment. In other disposal of the Central controller can be adjusted to take as input image such as a photograph of the system 200 lighting, from which the Central controller 202 can determine the type, orientation and placement of blocks of 100 illumination and then enter this information in the process of 400 at the stage of 404. In some embodiments of the invention, in addition to or as an alternative of photography, Central controller can take video system 200 lighting, from which he can identify the number, type(s) and the location of blocks of 100 lighting. In some of these options the invention, the Central controller 202 can be associated with a video capture device and can determine the number, type(s) and the location of blocks of 100 lighting by generating lighting effects using blocks 100 lighting, motion video capture lighting effects with using a video capture device, and analysis of the resulting video data to determine information about the blocks of 100 lighting. For example, the Central controller 202 can instruct block 100 lighting generate a specific type of lighting and may instruct other blocks lighting generate any lighting, and from this video Central controller 202 may be able to identify the location and the type defined by the 100 block lighting, because he is the only block lighting, illuminated in the 200 lighting. Block type of lighting can be defined by any means, for example, by determining what types of light he is able to generate, instructing it to generate a range of lighting effects or any other appropriate form.

[0115] as A further example of ways in which information about the blocks of 100 lighting can be introduced at the stage of 404, blocks 100 lighting can be made available to users along with instructions on one or more predetermined locations that can be stored on any suitable medium such as a computer readable media, similar to flash memory or CD-ROM. Instructions can be in any suitable format such as a two-dimensional or three-dimensional representation of a predetermined placement, text description of the accommodation, or any other way of storing information placement. The instructions may instruct the user to place specific blocks of lighting in specific locations so that the system 200 lighting corresponded to a predetermined location. The information provided on the stage 404, can then be any suitable indicator preset occupancy, such as a sequence number for the placement. This led to a predetermined layout can be saved by any means, for example, each of the blocks 100 lighting or in the allocated memory for system 200 lighting, such as a Central controller 202.

[0116] as another example, the method of collecting information about the blocks of 100 lighting, Central controller 202 can be configured to automatically detect the amount, type(s) and/or the location of blocks of 100 lighting. For example, some options for implementing the invention blocks 100 lighting can be assigned the address of the wired and/or wireless network, and the Central controller 202 can detect the number of blocks of 100 lighting, referring information for each address in the range of addresses and awaiting a response from this address. If the block lighting answers information, the entire address is assigned to the unit lighting. The answer to information can be simple confirmation of the existence of the block lighting, in this case the Central controller could follow the probing information information request regarding the type and/or location of blocks of lighting, or a response from the block lighting may contain information on the type and/or location block lighting. In some embodiments of the invention, the blocks of lighting may be grouped, such as a sequence of blocks lighting, and can have a base unit lighting, which contain information on the group. Central controller 202 can then request from the base unit lighting information regarding the number and type of lighting units in the group and in the location information for individual units of lighting in the group.

[0117] location Information can be automatically determined by the system 200 lighting by any means. In some embodiments of the invention, the blocks lighting can be adjusted to determine their location, using any suitable system, to determine your location. For example, each lighting unit may be equipped with a device to determine its position in space, such as a receiver for a global positioning system (GPS) or similar device, using, for example, analysis of a time difference of arrival (TDOA) for multiple signals generated in the exact moments of time. In both alternatives the implementation of the invention system 200 lighting can be equipped generating signal beacon devices that send a signal to the lighthouse, and each block lighting can be adjusted to determine its position in the environment, analyzing adopted signal level (feed) for the signal beacon using any known method Feed. Feed works by assessing the distance that the signal went out of their source, analyzing its decrease. It should be clear that embodiments of the invention is not limited to the implementation of any specific method for the automatic determination of number, type(s) or the location of blocks of lighting in the environment, as embodiments of the present invention may implement any suitable method or methods to determine this information.

[0118] as A final example, the process of 400 can be configured to accept on stage 404 information about the blocks of 100 lighting a hybrid approach, which is partly automatic and partially controlled by the user. In some embodiments of the invention, the Central controller 202 can detect the existence and types of blocks 100 lighting, but can rely on the user to enter the location of each of the blocks lighting. The location can be entered by any means, including any of the ways described above, such as a table of values or a two-dimensional or three-dimensional modeling. Additionally the process of 400 can be configured to accept on stage 404 information about the blocks of 100 lighting, and their current settings light settings (such as color, brightness). In some embodiments of the invention, the Central controller 202 may collect this type of information. It is clear that information, thus adopted at the stage of 404, can serve as some of the available search attribute (to specify the example of the effect of illumination the user can search).

[0119] it Should be clear that the preceding examples are merely illustrative, and that embodiments of the invention is not limited to implementation of a particular process to receive input on stage 404 concerning the system 200 lighting (including the number, type(s) and the location of blocks of 100 lighting). Embodiments of the invention may implement any of the above processes or any other suitable process.

[0121] Additionally, it should be clear that stage 404 and/or stage 406 can be implemented in different stages in the process of 300. In particular stage 404 and/or stage 406 can be implemented before a stage 304, in order to give a more specific search based on the information about the lighting system and/or the environment. The search can lead to improved display of candidates effects of lighting on the stage 306, or limit the number of suitable lighting effects granted to the user at the stage of 306, thus reducing the burden of choice for the user. Additionally, implementing stage 404 and/or phase, 406 the process of 300 to at least phase 310, advanced lighting operable program may be transferred to the stage of 310, thus reducing processing load of the Central controller 202.

[0122] The exemplary embodiment current temperature in the physical space is determined on the stage 406. This information is then used to grant the user at the stage of 306 of the enhanced display candidates lighting effects, or submit an extended program of lighting on the stage 310. In another exemplary embodiment of the temperature profile within 24 hours in physical space is defined at the point 406. This information is then used to grant the user at the stage of 306 of the enhanced display candidates lighting effects that change over time, or submit an extended program of lighting on the stage 310. It should be clear that instant information about the environment defined in the 406, may be expanded to predict the profile at a time (for example, by extrapolation previously specific information)to issue advanced lighting effects, which vary in time, at the stage of 306 and/or stage 310. As an example, such changes lighting effects over time can be periodically repeated, expire after a certain amount of time (for example, at the end of the summer), or expire after a triggering event defined at the stage of 406.

[0123] Additionally, it should be clear that embodiments of the invention can take any of the relevant characteristics of the effect of lighting or lighting systems in the quality of the information input, and that the characteristics described above in relation to Fig. 3 and 4 are just approximate. For example, the user can enter the aesthetic preferences, such as the desired color, that would be generated effect lighting/shows, and/or color palette or the range of colors that should be generated. The user can additionally or alternatively, enter the required dynamic lighting effect/show (that is, how and/or how fast the effect of lighting to change), and/or the desired mood, which should be generated by lighting effect. The user can also type in or on the Central controller can detect automatically, the number of blocks of 100 light in the 200 lighting, types of blocks 100 lighting in the 200 lighting, and/or physical layout of the blocks 100 light in the environment in which the system is to be implemented 200 lighting. In addition to or in alternatively, the characteristics of the environment could be introduced or discovered, such as the shape or size of the physical space, where the system is 200 lighting, and lighting effect/show which should be generated, the time that the effect of the lighting must be generated in the environment (day/night, summer/winter etc) and/or the event or situation for which the effect of lighting should be generated. Event or case may be, for example, a holiday, such as a reception in honor of the fourth of July or Christmas party, for which some of the characteristics of lighting effects can be relevant (for example, red/white/blue on the fourth of July, and red/green for Christmas, or rapidly changing similar to fireworks effects on the fourth of July subtle and smooth transitions for Christmas).

[0124] as soon As the information about the desired effect of the lighting was introduced (by querying the user for aesthetic preferences and/or automatic discovery of the properties of systems of lighting and/or environment), this information can be used to specify one or more candidates lighting effect/show from the set of lighting effects/shows stored in the Central controller 202 and/or an external tool storage 214A/214B. This can be done by any means. The process of 500 according to Fig. 5 is one to approximate the process in order to perform this definition. The process of 500 begins during 502, where the information input is accepted. At the stage of 504 information input is used to define one or more candidates lighting effects that can be, for example, lighting effects or shows that have properties similar (for instance, in some way, associated with the information input. At the stage of 506 set of one or more candidates lighting effects returned to the user, and the process fails.

[0125] Definition phase 504 one or more candidates lighting effects/show can be done by any means. In some embodiments of the invention, the search engine can be implemented to determine the set of candidates lighting effects. As described above, any suitable search engine that looks up in any suitable data warehouse or data warehouses, can be implemented, as the embodiments of the invention that implement a search engine, not limited in this respect. In some versions of the carrying out the invention, the effect lighting/shows stored in the Central controller and/or an external tool storage 214A/214B, can be associated with one or more accessible to search for attributes, and the search engine can be adjusted to compare information input available for search attributes created by the lighting effects/show. Searchable attributes can relate to any one or more characteristics of lighting effects/shows, and can be implemented by any appropriate means, for example, in a text description of the lighting effect/show function or instruction lighting operable program to generate the effect of light/show, or one or more cookies or tags associated with the effect of the lighting.

[0126] Any suitable feature lighting effect can be described searchable attribute associated with this effect lighting. For example, the color content of the light, which is generated by the effect of illumination, optimum distance from block to block, for the lighting effect (that is, the optimal resolution blocks lighting 100), color distribution/spatial frequency of light that would be generated (that is, the generated colors)at least one dynamic temporary light feature that would be generated (for example, how fast effect changes the color, intensity, etc), the optimal perspective viewing audience of light (for example, before the blocks lighting, below blocks lighting, behind blocks lighting installations projection etc), at least one preferred object that should lit by the light (for example, for lighting effects designed for specific environments such as lighting jewelry for commercial display), optimal the geometrical configuration of blocks lighting, suitable for generating lighting effect (for example, whether the blocks lighting be in the matrix, lines, distributed environment etc), or any other suitable characteristics. It should be clear that these characteristics are just illustrative of the characteristics that can be described searchable attributes, and that the options for carrying out the invention implement a search engine, carrying out search of searchable attributes are not limited to the implementation of the available search attribute or sets available to the search attributes.

[0128] In the variants of the invention, that implement a search engine, which compares searchable attributes with the entered information to identify one or more candidates lighting effects, the comparison can be done by any means. For example, a search engine can query the data on the exact match between the part of the information input and searchable attribute. For example, if the user enters something that he or she is looking in search of candidates lighting effects, which have a specific property (for example, generates a red light), a search engine can search the lighting effects that have one or more searchable attributes indicating that the lighting effect has this property (for example, generates a red light). Alternatively or additionally, a search engine can search for candidates lighting effects that have searchable attributes similar information input (for example, a user specifies a requirement of the red light, and the search engine may return lighting effects, which generate light pink). When the information input (for example, from user and/or lighting systems) contains multiple pieces of information, search engines can search for lighting effects, with searchable attributes that match all of the information input, much of the information input, at least one piece of information input, or any another suitable way. Additionally, in some variants of the invention, the search engine can provide a ranking of the candidates lighting effects as the result of a query. Ranking can be performed in any suitable way, for example, how to «close» searchable attributes lighting effect correspond to the information input. For example, the effect of light, which has a searchable attributes that correspond exactly to the information input can be read search engine as "best" match than the effect of light, which corresponds to only part of the information input, or is a close coincidence, not an exact match (for example, the effect lighting generates pink light when the information input determines the red light).

[0129] Effects lighting can be associated with or marked additional or supporting information. Such information may include images, clips, movies, or text descriptions, and type the necessary lamps or intended the resulting mood of the user. This additional information may be used by the user to choose from a view of a set of one or more candidates lighting effects. Additionally, this information can be used as some of the available search attribute. In some of these options for the implementation of this information is provided by the user. In other variants of implementation of the system 200 lighting can withdraw the said additional information from the effect of light, state blocks of 100 lighting or physical space in which a given lighting effect. In one embodiment, the mentioned additional information contains the image created by the system 200 lighting, physical space where the system 200 lighting reproduced the effect of light. In some cases, the implementation of the system 200 lighting provides a mechanism for the user, referred to enter additional information, such as using the keyboard, microphone, camera, USB port, or any other modality.

[0130] As described above, as soon as a set of one or more candidates lighting effects specified, for example, a search engine or other informationthe search system, candidate of lighting effect can be presented to the user. The user can view the candidates lighting effects, and issue a new search query and/or select one or more candidates lighting effects, for which the executable program coverage can be extracted and performed Central controller 202 to generate the selected effect lighting. In the exemplary embodiment in which a set of one or more candidates lighting effects is presented to the user, the view may include recommendations, which (logically) derived from the use of similar lighting effects other users. Moreover, the presentation may include information ratings from other users.

[0131] embodiments of the present invention may act in any suitable computer system. For example, in some embodiments of the invention, the external storage medium 214A/214B can be read by the computer storage medium to local or associated with the main controller 202, and the search engine or other information retrieval system may be implemented as executable statements (for example, software) on the Central controller 202. In examples such external storage medium 214A/214B can be a hard disk or digital versatile disc (DVD)with lighting effects that can be bracketed by, and from which can be extracted performed lighting program. In such scenarios, the implementation of the act of transferring information from the external storage 214A/214B a Central controller, 202, as described above, may contain information derived Central controller 202. In the alternatives for carrying out the invention external storage medium 214A/214B can be implemented as a remote data store information that the Central controller 202 can communicate by any means. For example, a web server can be located in the 200 lighting and connected to the network 206. The user can then request through a local Ul 210 of the Central controller 202 the web server sends the Web page to a Central controller, 202. A Web page can contain interface search machine to an external tool storage 214A/214B, and a Web page can retrieve from the user and/or system 200 lighting any appropriate information input, which can be used to define one or more candidates lighting effects in any of the ways described above. Once the information input was introduced in the search engine a Web page, the search engine can view external storage medium 214A/214B any appropriate way to identify one or more candidates lighting effects. The Web server can then send a Central controller 202 at least one another Web page to display the candidates lighting effects to the user. From this by at least one other Web-page, the user can select one or more lighting effects, for which should be extracted from executable program lighting, and executable program lighting can send a Central controller 202 through the web-server and/or external storage 214A/214B.

[0132] Additionally, it should be clear that any of the above functions and methods can be implemented as the computer performs the instructions that can be stored on computer data carrier associated with any system component lighting 200, and that can be executed by the processor any component of the system of lighting 200. System component 200 lighting can be any component shown in Fig. 2, and/or any appropriate computing device that can be connected to the system 200 lighting through, for example, one or both of the networks 204 and 206.

[0133] the options of the implementation of the present invention can be implemented any of numerous ways. For example, options for implementation may be implemented using the hardware, software, or a combination of them. When implemented in software, software code can be executed on any suitable processor or collection of processors, or provided in a single computer or distributed to multiple computers.

[0134] Additionally, it should be clear that the computer can be implemented in any of the many forms, such as installed in the rack, computer, desktop computer, laptop or the tablet-PC. Additionally, the computer may be built into the device, usually not regarded as a computer, but with the right abilities processing, including personal digital assistant (PDA), smartphone or any other suitable portable computer, or stationary electronic device.

[0138] the Terms "programme" or "software" used here in a General sense to refer to any type of machine code or set of CPU instructions that can be used to program a computer or other processor to implement various aspects of the present invention, as described above. Additionally, it should be clear that according to one aspect of the implementation of this option, one or more computer programs, which upon exercise execute the methods of the present invention, should not continually reside on a single computer or processor, but can be distributed in a modular manner on many different computers or processors to implement various aspects of the present invention. The computer performs the instructions can be in many forms, such as program modules by one or more computers or other devices. Most modules of the program include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures etc. that perform specific tasks or implement specific abstract data types. Usually, the functionality of the program modules can be combined or distributed as required in the different variants of implementation.

[0139] Various aspects of the present invention can be used singly, in combination or in a variety of layouts, not specifically described in the options for implementing described above, and therefore are not limited in its application details and the layout of the components outlined in the foregoing description or illustrated in the drawings. For example, aspects described in one embodiment, can be combined in any way with the aspects described in other variants of implementation. The use of sequence of terms such as the "first", "second", "third", etc. in the formula of the invention, to modify the claimed item separately does not mean priority, precedence or order one of the claimed item in front of others or the temporal order in which the committed action method, but just used as designation to differentiate one declared an element that has a name, of another element that has the same name (but to use the regular term), to distinguish between the claimed elements. In addition, phraseology and terminology used here is for descriptive purposes and should not be considered as limiting. Use "includes", "contains" or "having", "of", "inclusive" and their variations is intended to encompass items listed after them and cash equivalents, as well as additional items.

[0140] Thus, describing some aspects of at least one variant of the implementation of the present invention, it shall be understood that various changes, modifications, and improvements will be obvious to specialists. Such changes, modifications, and improvements are intended to be part of this disclosure, and intended for inclusion in the limits of the volume and shape of the invention. Accordingly, the previous description and the drawings are only through example.

1. Way for the creation, selection and/or configure at least one lighting effect in the computer controlled lighting system, the method contains stages: A. the query, using the user interface lighting system, from the user input information; B. search, using the search engine, many indexed pre-defined lighting effects that are saved on the storage system and containing the information management system of illumination on the basis of, at least partially, the mentioned information input, each lighting effect of the many effects lighting has at least one available search attribute associated with it, at this stage B contains: (B1) the determination of whether at least one first searchable attribute associated with at least one first effect of lighting many lighting effects, to the said information input; and if so, (B2) the identification of at least one of the first lighting effect as at least one candidate lighting effect; C. issuance of output, containing identification information on these at least one of the candidates lighting effect, identified at stage B2, to ensure the user's selection of one or more candidates lighting effects with the purpose of implementation of their lighting system, and D. automatic detection of Central controller, the lighting system at least one aspect of the lighting system available for generating mentioned at least one lighting effects, phase B has to find a set of indexed pre-defined lighting effects on the basis of, at least partially, information input and referred to at least one aspect of the lighting system defined at the stage of D, and the applicant lighting effect, identified at the stage of B2, is based, at least partially, on at least one aspect of the lighting system, on a certain stage D.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a lighting system includes many blocks lighting, and in which stage D contains an automatic determination of the number of blocks lighting, corresponding types of the mentioned blocks of lighting and/or physical layout of the mentioned blocks lighting in the environment that must be generated mentioned at least one lighting effect.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein information input refers to at least one aspect of the lighting system, available to generate at least one lighting effect.

4. The method of claim 3, in which lighting system includes many blocks lighting, and in which information input refers to at least two of: number of blocks lighting, the relevant types of units of lighting and/or physical layout of the blocks lighting in the environment that must be generated mentioned at least one lighting effect.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein information input refers to at least one of the aesthetic preferences of the user in relation to the characteristics of light that would be generated in the mentioned at least one effect of the lighting.

6. The method according to claim 5, in which at least one aesthetic preference refers to at least two of: the desired color is light, the desired color palette or range of colors for the light, the required dynamic characteristic of light and/or the desired mood, which should be created by the light.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein information input refers to at least one aspect of the environment, whether generated as mentioned at least one lighting effect.

8. The method according to claim 7, in which the information input refers to the physical space in which to generate mentioned at least one lighting effect.

9. The method according to claim 7, in which the information input refers to the occasion or event that must be generated mentioned at least one lighting effect.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mentioned at least one first searchable attribute relates to: i. the color content of the light that would be generated in the mentioned at least one first effect lighting; ii. the color resolution of the light, that would be generated in the mentioned at least one first effect lighting; iii. the color distribution or color spatial frequency of light that must be generated in the mentioned at least one first effect lighting; iv. at least one characteristic of dynamic time of light that would be generated in the mentioned at least one first effect lighting; v. term viewing audience of light, which must generated in the mentioned at least one first effect lighting; vi. at least one preferred object that should be illuminated with the light, that would be generated in the mentioned at least one first effect lighting; and/or (vii. geometric configuration many blocks lighting, suitable for generating mentioned at least one of the first lighting effect.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is allowed Internet way to contain the issuance many indexed pre-defined lighting effects on the website, where A stage contains the reception of information input from the user on the Internet; and phase B contains a provision output information to the user on the Internet.