WIRELESS CONTROL OF LIGHTING SYSTEMS

摘要

A communication protocol is disclosed to wirelessly control and configure an array of lighting fixtures. The protocol allows dynamic lighting of a group of light fixtures or a single light fixture such that the protocol can support unicasting, multicasting and broadcasting communications. This protocol enables intelligent lighting fixtures to be automatically discovered in a wireless network. The protocol may also be used to configure the network parameters automatically, and can also upgrade the firmware or other local memory of the lighting fixtures. Additionally, the protocol may be used to control a media projecting device and/or servers, to change the media contents based on a scene locally selected at the area being illuminated. The lighting and media can collectively define or otherwise provide an overall “scene” by virtue of the lighting characteristics and media playback.

主权项

1. A computing device, comprising:
a memory; a display; a network interface device configured to couple with a wireless network; a processor coupled to the memory, the display, and the network interface, and configured to execute a scene control process configured to receive scene control data corresponding to a target virtual environment for presentation by a lighting system, the scene control process further configured to determine a sequence of scene instructions based on the scene control data and send the sequence of scene instructions to one or more lighting system nodes communicatively coupled to the network.