Illumination control device, illumination control method and illumination control program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10923151-B2
Application number	US-201616099550-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 12, 2016
Priority date	May 12, 2016
Publication date	Feb 16, 2021
Grant date	Feb 16, 2021

Abstract

A device includes: an information acquisition unit configured to obtain music piece information containing at least information on a beat position in music piece data; a lighting control unit configured to control a lighting fixture with reference to a change point of a lighting effect, whose minimum unit is defined by the beat position; and an operation interlock control unit configured to apply, in response to an operation performed on a music piece reproduction apparatus configured to reproduce the music piece data or a music piece reproduction controller configured to control the music piece reproduction apparatus, the lighting effect corresponding to the operation to the control of the lighting fixture.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lighting controller comprising a device installed with software, the device:
obtains music piece information comprising information on a beat position in music piece data;
controls a lighting fixture, based on a lighting control data corresponding to the music piece data to which lighting control information is allocated, with reference to a change point of a lighting effect, whose minimum unit is defined by the beat position;
monitors an operation signal indicating an operation performed on a music piece reproduction apparatus that reproduces the music piece data or a music piece reproduction controller that controls the music piece reproduction apparatus; and
allocates, as the lighting effect, a lighting state of the lighting fixture and a change in the lighting state to at least one operation unit of the music piece reproduction apparatus or the music piece reproduction controller,
wherein, in response to the operation signal the device maintains correspondence between a current reproduction position in the music piece data and a current processing position in the lighting control data, and the device detects an operation content from the operation signal, obtains lighting effect information corresponding to the detected operation content, and changes the control of the lighting fixture.

2. The lighting controller according to claim wherein
the lighting effect comprises one of a single or plurality of directions, beam travel speed, light intensity, color, beam form, and selection of a lighting device for at least a predetermined period.

3. The lighting controller according to claim 1 , wherein
the operation unit comprises one of a jog dial, a pad, a rotary volume knob, a volume slider, a switch, and a selector.

4. The lighting controller according to claim 1 , wherein
the operation unit is categorized based on an operation type thereof, and
the lighting effect is set depending on the operation type.

5. The lighting controller according to claim 4 , wherein
the operation type comprises one of a continuous changing operation with the rotary volume knob and the volume slider, an intermittent changing operation with the switch and the selector, a pad operation being performed on the pad, and a jog operation being performed on the jog dial.

6. The lighting controller according to claim 1 , wherein
the operation is categorized based on a function thereof on the music piece data, and
the lighting effect is set depending on the function.

7. The lighting controller according to claim 6 , wherein
the function comprises one of special reproduction for changing a time position during reproduction of the music piece data, effecting for adding an acoustic effect to the music piece data, and adjusting a tone or a volume of the music piece data.

8. The lighting controller according to claim 1 , wherein
the lighting controller is integrally provided in the music piece reproduction apparatus or the music piece reproduction controller.

9. The lighting controller according to claim 1 , wherein the lighting fixture is one of include a bar light, an electronic flash, or a moving head.

10. The lighting controller according to claim 1 , wherein the lighting fixture is separate from the music piece reproduction apparatus or the music piece reproduction controller.

11. A lighting control method is implemented with use of a computer system, the method comprising:
obtaining music piece information comprising t least information on a beat position in music piece data;
controlling a lighting fixture, based on a lighting control data corresponding to the music piece data to which lighting control information is allocated, with reference to a change point of a lighting effect, whose minimum unit is defined by the beat position;
monitoring an operation signal indicating an operation performed on a music piece reproduction apparatus that reproduces the music piece data or a music piece reproduction controller that controls the music piece reproduction apparatus; and
allocating, as the lighting effect, a lighting state of the lighting fixture and a change in the lighting state to at least one operation unit of the music piece reproduction apparatus or the music piece reproduction controller,
wherein the method further comprises;
in response to the operation signal, maintaining correspondence between a current reproduction position in the music piece data and a current processing position in the lighting control data, and
detecting an operation content from the operation signal, obtaining lighting effect information corresponding to the detected operation content, and changings the control of the lighting fixture.

12. The lighting control method according to claim 11 , wherein the lighting fixture is one of include a bar light, an electronic flash, or a moving head.

13. The lighting control method according to claim 11 , wherein the lighting fixture is separate from the music piece reproduction apparatus or the music piece reproduction controller.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a program code that enables a computer system to implement the lighting control method according to claim 11 when read by a computer and executed.

Assignees

• Alphatheta Corp

Inventors

• Kawano Hirokatsu
• Nakai Toshiki
• Inoue Junichiro

Classifications

• H05B47/184

  using digital multiplexed [DMX] communication protocols · CPC title

• G11B20/10 Primary

  Digital recording or reproducing · CPC title

• G10H1/40 Primary

  Rhythm · CPC title

• H05B47/155

  Coordinated control of two or more light sources · CPC title

• H05B45/20

  Controlling the colour of the light · CPC title