CN108235537B - Illumination control method and system - Google Patents
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Abstract
A lighting control method, comprising the steps of: downloading scene frame data to each lamp control device; the control center platform sends an operation command to each controller; after the synchronous running time of each controller, sending a playing command to each lamp control device to which the controller belongs at the same time; and the lamp control equipment controls the unit lamp to play the dynamic scene according to the scene frame data stored in the lamp control equipment. As the scene frame data is downloaded to each lamp control device in advance, time synchronization is carried out among the controllers, and a playing command is issued at the same time, each unit lamp carries out dynamic scene playing according to the lamp control device at the same time, the playing time difference among the unit lamps is reduced, and the originally designed dynamic playing effect is obtained. The invention also discloses an illumination control system.
Description
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of lighting, in particular to a lighting control method and system.
Background
The commercial lighting and brightening project has the characteristics of large number of lamps, dispersion, smooth and reliable dynamic effect requirements and the like, and provides high requirements for a lighting system. For example, when large-area illumination video dynamic effects such as building outer walls and ceilings are displayed, the overall effect is to achieve a smoother visual effect, and the requirements for time synchronization errors among the lamps are very strict, so that the requirements for low delay, reliable transmission and good time synchronization among nodes during scene frame data transmission are required.
The existing lighting control method with dynamic display effect generally includes that a video scene frame is played on line on a control center platform, the video scene frame is sent to a lamp control device through a network, and then the lamp control device controls brightness change, color change and on-off change of a unit lamp according to the video scene frame.
In the control process, the video scene frames need to be transmitted to different lamp control devices through a network, and the transmission process can generate different degrees of delay and even packet loss, so that the dynamic pictures displayed by each unit lamp are deformed with the original dynamic pictures, and the dynamic display effect is influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
The application provides a lighting control method for reducing the playing time difference among unit lamps.
According to a first aspect, there is provided in an embodiment a lighting control method comprising: downloading scene frame data to each lamp control device; the control center platform sends an operation command to each controller; after the synchronous running time of each controller, sending a playing command to each lamp control device to which the controller belongs at the same time; and the lamp control equipment controls the unit lamp to play the dynamic scene according to the scene frame data stored in the lamp control equipment.
Preferably, each lamp control device starts local timing after playing the scene frame data, and the controller starts timing at the same time, so as to synchronize the playing time with the synchronous running time of each controller.
Preferably, before downloading the scene frame data to each light control device, the method further includes: and designing the lighting effect to generate corresponding scene frame data or importing pictures, animations and videos to generate corresponding scene frame data.
According to a second aspect, an embodiment provides a lighting control system comprising a control center platform, a plurality of controllers, a plurality of lamp control devices, and a plurality of unit lamps; the control center platform is used for sending an operation command to each controller; each controller is used for coordinating and synchronizing the operation time of each controller after receiving the operation command of the control center platform, and is also used for sending a play command to each lamp control device to which the controller belongs at the same time after synchronizing the operation time of each controller; the lamp control equipment is used for storing scene frame data and controlling the unit lamp to play the dynamic scene according to the scene frame data according to the playing command.
Preferably, the control center platform is further configured to generate scene frame data corresponding to the lighting effect, and further configured to download the scene frame data to the lamp control device through the network.
Preferably, each light control device and each controller are configured to start timing after the scene frame data is played, and each light control device is further configured to synchronize the playing time with the synchronization time of each controller.
Preferably, the controller is a MacBee gateway, and the control center platform is in communication connection with each MacBee gateway through an IP network or a wireless network; and the MacBee gateway is in communication connection with each lamp control device through a wireless network.
Preferably, the control center platform is in communication connection with each controller through a digital control bus, and each controller is in communication connection with each lamp control device to which the controller belongs through the bus.
According to the illumination control method and the illumination control system, the scene frame data is downloaded to the lamp control devices in advance, time synchronization is carried out among the controllers, and the playing command is issued at the same time, so that the unit lamps play dynamic scenes at the same time according to the lamp control devices, the playing time difference among the unit lamps is reduced, and the originally designed dynamic playing effect is obtained. Furthermore, the playing time of each lamp control device is synchronized with the synchronization time negotiated between each controller, so that the playing time of each unit lamp is consistent, and the dynamic pictures can be continuously played for a long time without disorder. Furthermore, the control center platform and the lamp control equipment are communicated through the IP network, the MacBee wireless network is used for communication, the network layer fully utilizes the existing IP network for service expansion, the communication between the equipment end and the gateway fully utilizes the advantages of small transmission delay of the MacBee wireless two-way communication protocol, stability and reliability, large-scale deployment of the lamp control equipment can be realized, and meanwhile, the MacBee wireless network is used for communication, so that the control center platform has the advantage of flexibility in management and control, the construction difficulty can be effectively reduced, and the project cost is reduced.
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FIG. 1 is a flow chart of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flow chart of another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating playing of scene frame data according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a system block diagram of a wired communication system of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a system block diagram of a wireless communication system according to the present invention.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings. Wherein like elements in different embodiments are numbered with like associated elements. In the following description, numerous details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present application. However, those skilled in the art will readily recognize that some of the features may be omitted or replaced with other elements, materials, methods in different instances. In some instances, certain operations related to the present application have not been shown or described in detail in order to avoid obscuring the core of the present application from excessive description, and it is not necessary for those skilled in the art to describe these operations in detail, so that they may be fully understood from the description in the specification and the general knowledge in the art.
The numbering of the components as such, e.g., "first", "second", etc., is used herein only to distinguish the objects as described, and does not have any sequential or technical meaning. The term "connected" and "coupled" when used in this application, unless otherwise indicated, includes both direct and indirect connections (couplings).
The general idea of the invention is to download scene frame data to the lamp control devices, then the control center platform sends operation commands to each controller, each controller synchronizes time, and then sends operation names to each lamp control device at the same time, so that each lamp control device drives the dynamic scene playing of the unit lamp at the same time, each lamp control device starts local timing after playing the scene frame data, and simultaneously the controller starts timing, and synchronizes the playing time with the synchronous operation time of each controller.
A light effect designer can log in a control center platform to freely design the video dynamic effect of each lighting device in a managed area, and can also directly import pictures, animations, videos and the like to directly convert the pictures, the animations, the videos and the like into the light control effect. The lamp control effect is scene frame data formed by a plurality of control sequence frames in sequence, the control center platform distributes the scene frame data to each lamp control device through a network and a controller, then the control center platform uniformly initiates a play command, the controller synchronizes time through a synchronization protocol and initiates a play command to the managed lamp control devices by using a broadcasting method at the same time point, and each lamp control device receives the control command and operates the scene frame data at the same time, so that the light video effect is played.
Please refer to fig. 1, which illustrates an embodiment of a lighting control method according to the present invention, including the following steps:
101. downloading scene frame data to each lamp control device;
102. the control center platform sends an operation command to each controller;
103. after the synchronous running time of each controller, a broadcasting method is used for issuing a playing command to each lamp control device to which each controller belongs at the same time;
104. after each lamp control device receives the playing name, the lamp control unit controls the lamp to play the dynamic scene according to the scene frame data stored in the lamp control unit at the same time.
The brightness, color temperature, RGB value and gradual change time parameter carried by each frame of scene data control the brightness, color temperature and RGB color change of LED lamp beads, the lamp control equipment analyzes each frame of scene data, and the continuous execution of one frame is realized, thereby realizing the display of video animation effect.
The invention abandons the traditional idea of on-line operation of scene frame data, and adopts the technical scheme that all scene frame data are generated in advance and are sent to each lamp control device, and the unit lamp acquires the scene frame data from the local during playing, thereby reducing the data transmission in the playing process and avoiding the situation that the whole video animation scene is discontinuous and blocked due to the problems of interference, delay, packet loss and the like of a data transmission channel.
As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, after the scene frame data is played, each lamp control device starts local timing, and the controllers start timing at the same time, so as to synchronize the playing time with the synchronous running time of each controller.
Referring to fig. 3, in the scene frame data playing process, the following steps are included:
301. starting playing scene frame data;
302. checking whether the scene frame data is correct;
303. if not, downloading the scene frame data again;
304. if the frame data is correct, loading the first frame of scene frame data;
305. starting a local running timer to time the running time;
306. the controllers also participate in the running time timing of the scene frame data, the controllers are synchronized through an IP layer protocol to obtain the same time, and the running time of the scene frame data of the controllers is periodically broadcast to the lamp control equipment to which the controllers belong;
307. the lamp control equipment compares the received synchronous running time of the controller with the local running time to calculate the deviation of the time synchronization,
308. using the deviation value to compensate the time offset of the local running time;
309. the scene frame data is analyzed and then played, so that the running time of each lamp control device is kept consistent with that of the controller, the running times of all unit lamps in the whole scene are kept synchronous, and the video animation effects of a plurality of lighting devices are guaranteed to be continuously played for a long time without disorder; loading the next frame of scene frame data, and circulating the steps;
310. and ending the playing.
Please refer to fig. 2, which illustrates another embodiment of the illumination control method of the present invention, including the following steps:
100. and designing the lighting effect to generate corresponding scene frame data or importing pictures, animations and videos to generate corresponding scene frame data.
101. Downloading scene frame data to each lamp control device;
102. the control center platform sends an operation command to each controller;
103. after the synchronous running time of each controller, a broadcasting method is used for issuing a playing command to each lamp control device to which each controller belongs at the same time;
104. after each lamp control device receives the playing name, the lamp control unit controls the lamp to play the dynamic scene according to the scene frame data stored in the lamp control unit at the same time.
Please refer to fig. 4, which is a block diagram of a system using wired communication according to the present invention.
The lighting control system comprises a control center platform 5, a master controller, a plurality of slave controllers 6, a plurality of lamp control devices and a plurality of unit lamps 7, wherein the unit lamps are arranged on the lamp control devices;
the control center platform is used for sending an operation command to the master controller, the master controller forwards the operation command to each slave controller, and the control center platform is also used for sending scene frame data to the lamp control equipment through the controllers;
each controller is used for coordinating and synchronizing the operation time of each controller after receiving the operation command of the control center platform, and is also used for sending a play command to each lamp control device to which the controller belongs at the same time after synchronizing the operation time of each controller; each controller is also configured to start timing after the scene frame data is played.
The lamp control equipment is used for storing scene frame data and controlling the unit lamps to play dynamic scenes according to the scene frame data according to the playing commands, wherein the unit lamps are arranged on the lamp control equipment. Each lamp control device is also used for starting local timing after scene frame data is played, and synchronizing the playing time with the synchronization time of each controller.
The control center platform is in communication connection with the main controller through a digital control bus, the main controller is connected with each slave controller through a digital control bus interface, and each controller is in communication connection with each lamp control device to which the controller belongs through a bus.
Please refer to fig. 5, which is a system block diagram of a wireless communication system based on macbe according to the present invention.
The lighting control system comprises a control center platform 1, a plurality of MacBee gateways 2, a plurality of lamp control devices 3 and a plurality of unit lamps 4;
the control center platform is used for sending an operation command to the MacBee gateway and sending scene frame data to the lamp control equipment through the MacBee gateway;
each MacBee gateway is used for coordinating and synchronizing the running time of each MacBee gateway after receiving the running command of the control center platform, sending a playing command to each lamp control device to which each MacBee gateway belongs at the same time after synchronizing the running time of each MacBee gateway, and starting timing after playing scene frame data;
the lamp control equipment is used for storing scene frame data, controlling the unit lamps to play dynamic scenes according to the scene frame data according to the playing commands, arranging the unit lamps on the lamp control equipment, starting local timing after the scene frame data are played, and synchronizing the playing time with the synchronization time of each MacBee gateway.
The control center platform is in communication connection with each MacBee gateway through an IP network or a wireless network; and the MacBee gateway is in communication connection with each lamp control device through a wireless network.
The present invention has been described in terms of specific examples, which are provided to aid understanding of the invention and are not intended to be limiting. For a person skilled in the art to which the invention pertains, several simple deductions, modifications or substitutions may be made according to the idea of the invention.
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1. A lighting control method, comprising:
downloading all scene frame data to each lamp control device in advance before playing starts, so that each lamp control device controls a unit lamp to play a dynamic scene according to the scene frame data stored in the lamp control device when receiving a playing command, and data transmission in the playing process is reduced;
the control center platform sends an operation command to each controller;
and after the synchronous running time of each controller, sending a playing command to each lamp control device to which the controller belongs at the same time.
2. The lighting control method of claim 1, wherein each light control device starts local timing after playing the scene frame data, and the controller starts timing to synchronize the playing time with the synchronous running time of each controller.
3. The lighting control method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to downloading the scene frame data to the respective light control devices: and designing the lighting effect to generate corresponding scene frame data or importing pictures, animations and videos to generate corresponding scene frame data.
4. A lighting control system is characterized by comprising a control center platform, a plurality of controllers, a plurality of lamp control devices and a plurality of unit lamps;
the control center platform is used for sending an operation command to each controller;
each controller is used for coordinating and synchronizing the operation time of each controller after receiving the operation command of the control center platform, and is also used for sending a play command to each lamp control device to which the controller belongs at the same time after synchronizing the operation time of each controller;
the lamp control device is used for storing all scene frame data in advance, controlling the unit lamp to play the dynamic scene according to the scene frame data according to the playing command, and reducing data transmission in the playing process.
5. The lighting control system of claim 4, wherein the control center platform is further configured to generate scene frame data corresponding to the light effect, and to download the scene frame data to the light control device via the network.
6. The lighting control system of claim 4, wherein each light control device and each controller is configured to start timing after playing the scene frame data, each light control device being further configured to synchronize the playing time with a synchronization time of each controller.
7. The lighting control system of claim 4, wherein the controller is a MacBee gateway, and the control center platform is communicatively coupled to each MacBee gateway via an IP network or a wireless network; and the MacBee gateway is in communication connection with each lamp control device through a wireless network.
8. The lighting control system of claim 4, wherein the control center platform is communicatively coupled to each controller via a digital control bus, and each controller is communicatively coupled to each respective light control device via the bus.
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