CN108347803B

CN108347803B - Interactive luminous effect device and method for configuring luminous effect pattern

Info

Publication number: CN108347803B
Application number: CN201810062475.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吕英阁; 黄大维; 林达人; 张志铭; 王文志
Original assignee: Lumic Technology Inc
Current assignee: Lumic Technology Inc
Priority date: 2017-01-24
Filing date: 2018-01-23
Publication date: 2020-04-21
Anticipated expiration: 2038-01-23
Also published as: CN108347803A; TW201831047A; TWI697254B

Abstract

The invention provides an interactive luminous effect device and a method for configuring luminous effect patterns. The RF data bursts are acquired to cause the interactive light effects device to selectively emit light in accordance with the match data. The matching data is formed by combining pattern-related data of the lighting effect extracted from the QR code of the event ticket with the identification address extracted from the QR code of the interactive lighting effect device, wherein the pattern-related data of the lighting effect includes an area code. The impulse lighting color control changes for any zone assignment of color control signals are generated and converted to R, G, B color codes sent by the interactive lighting effects control system for transmission as data bursts to the individual interactive lighting effects devices. The present invention provides different types of data acquisition interfaces to obtain matching data.

Description

Interactive luminous effect device and method for configuring luminous effect pattern

Technical Field

The invention relates to an interactive luminous effect device and a method for configuring luminous effect patterns of the interactive luminous effect device; and more particularly to a method of dynamically and interactively configuring the lighting effect pattern of one or more interactive lighting effect devices positioned at a venue to produce dynamic and interactive lighting effects on a large scale.

Background

Interactive light-emitting effect devices, such as LED light-emitting wristbands, are common portable electronic devices that are commonly used to achieve large-scale interactive light-emitting effects in various venues, such as concerts, sporting events, mass gatherings, educational activities, political gatherings, educational institution gatherings, and the like, that produce large-scale continuous light-emitting visual effects when operated in a coordinated light-emitting pattern. The interactive lighting effect devices (such as LED lighting wristbands and handheld LED lighting sticks) can be remotely controlled wirelessly by radio frequency signals broadcast by a wireless radio frequency transmitter, a lighting controller and proprietary control software arranged in a notebook computer or a personal computer.

Conventional methods of programming or configuring lighting effect patterns and sequences for interactive lighting effect devices include several steps that require writing lighting effect pattern related data into a Microcontroller (MCU) memory of each interactive lighting effect device in advance through a wired connection (e.g., USB cable) based on pre-matching seat information for a user carrying the interactive lighting effect device in a concert venue, prior to the interactive lighting effect device being transported to the venue location. Therefore, in order to achieve lighting effect performance for the entire arena with many complex lighting sequences, it is necessary to store a large amount of lighting control data in the MCU memory for matching a large number of necessary lighting effect variations. In addition, all of the above steps for configuring the lighting effect pattern/sequence are typically performed for each interactive lighting effect device one by one in the factory during the manufacturing stage/process of the interactive lighting effect device. A set of pre-programmed lighting effect data may include identification information for each interactive lighting effect device, corresponding pre-matching seat information assigned to a user carrying the interactive lighting effect device, and corresponding lighting effect pattern data (which is a series of timed lighting effect data values that include a particular lighting color to produce a corresponding lighting effect). After the above programmed configuration of each interactive light effect device is completed, it is necessary to transport or transport them to a concert or event venue and manually place them one by one at each designated seating location of each interactive light effect device, and thus it takes a long time to complete. For example, an interactive light effect device with an interactive light effect device ID number of 2538491 is assigned to the seat of area number a, row number 2, seat number 5, and therefore must be placed on that particular seat; and another interactive light effect device having an interactive light effect device ID number of 2538492 is assigned to the seat of area number a, row number 2, seat number 6. Furthermore, any accidental misplacement or incorrect placement of any light effects device (e.g., incorrect placement of an interactive light effects device belonging to seat area B, row number 6, seat number 2 at the position of seat area B, row number 7, seat number 2) may result in poor or deteriorated visual quality of the light effects performance due to the generation of spots or anomalies in the emitted light color. In addition, since all the lighting effect pattern sequence data have been written into the memory of each interactive lighting effect device in advance in the manufacturing stage, and the configuration/programming of the lighting effect pattern sequence data needs to be performed under a cumbersome manual flow, a lot of manpower is required to complete, and thus any spontaneous or dynamic lighting effect change cannot be realized or updated in time during the lighting effect performance at the event venue.

Another conventional method for configuring a lighting effect wristband is disclosed in U.S. patent application publication No.20140184386 to Jason Charles Regler et al, wherein each seating area is assigned a unique area address for the respective assigned wristband, and the wristband is programmed with the respective area address to allow the lighting controller to configure the target wristband on a selective zone basis. However, the interactive light effects device (i.e., wristband) taught by Jason Charles Regler in the above-mentioned patent application still requires the step of pre-configuring or pre-assigning a unique area address for each respective wristband and writing that area address one-by-one into the memory of each wristband. In addition, there remains a need to manually place the wristband about a corresponding area section of the venue (i.e., a kiosk at a particular entry point in the corresponding area section according to the area layout) to allow programming at the point of sale or at other points via internet access. Furthermore, because the wristbands must be grouped according to a corresponding zone division of the kiosk, the ease of entry for the event participants is severely limited when they enter a different zone division of the event venue after entering an entry point.

Accordingly, there is a need in the relevant art to provide a more efficient and flexible method and system for dynamically configuring lighting effect patterns and sequences of interactive lighting effect devices on a large scale during a lighting effect performance at a venue.

Disclosure of Invention

According to a first embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an interactive lighting effect control system, comprising: the system comprises a movable ticket, an interactive luminous effect device, a data acquisition interface, a wireless transmitter, a storage and a processing unit. Wirelessly transmitting a set of matching data to an assigned interactive light effect device, the assigned interactive light effect device including information from the activity ticket and information from the assigned interactive light effect device. Extracting the matching data through the first and second mapping units of the processing unit and wirelessly broadcasting from the wireless transmitter to the one or more interactive light effects devices via a plurality of first RF data bursts; upon matching the identification address stored in the memory of the assigned interactive light effect device with the matching data from the RF data burst, the area code of the pattern related data of the matching data is successfully configured and stored in the assigned interactive light effect device. Wirelessly broadcasting lighting color data from a wireless transmitter to one or more interactive lighting effect devices via a plurality of second RF data bursts, upon successful authentication of the assigned interactive lighting effect device, a controller controls the assigned interactive lighting effect device to selectively light in accordance with the lighting color data of the second RF data bursts and matches one or more area codes stored in a memory of the assigned interactive lighting effect device.

The wireless data transmission provided by the present invention is transmitted in the form of RF data bursts from a wireless transmitter of the interactive lighting effect control system and intercepted and accessed by a wireless receiver of the interactive lighting effect device.

The total number of the interactive lighting effect devices of the present invention can be one or more, and the interactive lighting effect control system can efficiently and effectively manage and process a large number of interactive lighting effect devices over millions.

The interactive lighting effect device of the present invention has at least one light emitting source, and the controller is configured to selectively illuminate the at least one light emitting source of the interactive lighting effect device according to the received lighting color sequence data to provide for providing a continuous, automatic, coordinated lighting effect.

The received light-emitting color sequence data provided by the invention comprises preset light-emitting intensities required by a plurality of red, green and blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and corresponds to the area codes in the data pulse train transmitted according to the time sequence.

The invention provides a plurality of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) in each interactive light-emitting effect portable light-emitting device, which at least have red, green and blue light-emitting colors, wherein the light-emitting intensities of the red, green and blue LEDs are respectively configured according to red, green and blue color codes (R, G, B) from 0 to 255.

The light-emitting state of the light-emitting source provided by the invention comprises on, off or flashing, and the light-emitting source is arranged in the portable light-emitting device with an interactive light-emitting effect.

The interactive light-emitting effect devices provided by the invention can receive the same group of light-emitting colors and region distribution data so that the light-emitting sources selectively generate the light-emitting effects of the same color.

The present invention provides a zone code for assigning to a seat position within a seating area.

The set of emission color data provided by the present invention includes the emission intensities of the red, green, and blue LEDs corresponding to the partition code.

The present invention provides a variety of interactive light effects devices implemented in a variety of different device configurations and configurations, such as a smartphone, an LED light emitting bracelet, an LED light emitting necklace, an LED light emitting bracelet, a light emitting headband, a pair of light emitting glasses, a set of LED gloves, or a handheld LED light emitting wand.

In a second embodiment of the present invention, an interactive lighting effect control system is provided, which is suitable for use with a plurality of interactive lighting effect devices. The interactive light-emitting effect control system is mobile equipment such as a smart phone and the like, and comprises a camera serving as a data acquisition interface, a wireless transmitter, a storage and a processing unit.

The light emitting controller generates a color control signal, wherein the color control signal includes a light emitting color and region allocation data. The illumination controller is coupled to the memory of the wireless transmitter, the illumination controller transmits the color control signals to the wireless transmitter, and the wireless transmitter is an RF transmitter configured to broadcast the color control signals within a plurality of sequentially transmitted second RF data bursts. After verifying its authenticity, the at least one wireless receiver is configured to intercept and respond to the plurality of second RF data bursts broadcast from the wireless transmitter.

The present invention provides an interactive lighting effect control system, broadcasting the color control signal in the second RF data burst to the interactive lighting effect device, when the interactive lighting effect device receives the color control signal in the second RF data burst, the controller will perform authentication verification on the identifier from the color control signal in the received second RF data burst (i.e. the identifier mentioned here can be provided by a Checksum (Checksum) or (CRC) byte) and check whether the identifier of the calculated color control signal is correct, and when the identifier is judged to be correct, will start the lighting color change of the plurality of light sources in the interactive lighting effect device according to the color control signal, wherein the color control signal includes the plurality of lighting colors and the region allocation of the plurality of light sources of the interactive lighting effect portable device defined by a set of red, green and blue (R, G, B) color codes And (4) data.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the identification address of each interactive light effect device may be a media access control address (MAC address) of the interactive light effect device. Since each interactive light effect device has a unique MAC address, the overall data transmission security of the interactive light effect control system may be enhanced.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the identification address of each interactive light effect device may be a six byte (bytes) key of the interactive light effect device. Since each interactive light effect device has a unique six byte key, the overall data transmission security of the interactive light effect control system may be further enhanced.

The present invention optionally provides one or more repeaters configured to increase the transmission coverage area of the RF data burst.

The present invention provides for broadcasting redundant RF data bursts to the interactive light effects device in sequence at time tn and at time tn +1, including the same redundant area code signal in successive RF data bursts to ensure data transmission integrity.

The present invention provides for broadcasting redundant RF data bursts to interactive light effects devices in sequence at time tn and at time tn +1, including the same redundant color control signals in successive RF data bursts to ensure data transmission integrity.

The present invention provides a method comprising the step of using an interactive lighting effect control system to dynamically configure lighting effect patterns and sequences for an interactive lighting effect device, wherein the interactive lighting effect device can be located at a venue for a performance activity to produce dynamic lighting effects on a large scale.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a method for dynamically configuring lighting effect patterns, sequences and/or area codes of an interactive lighting effect device located at a venue to generate dynamic lighting effects on a large scale includes the following features or characteristics: (one) configuring or binding data for lighting effect patterns, sequences and/or area codes specifically to each interactive lighting effect device via RF data burst transmission; (ii) technical contributions covered by embodiments of the invention include at least: providing wireless configuration (via RF data bursts from a wireless transmitter) and remote control of a portable electronic device (i.e., interactive light effects device), using an interactive light effects control system to produce light effects operations, wherein the interactive light effects control system includes one or more physical and tangible devices, such as: a Microcontroller (MCU), laptop (laptop PC), DMX controller, RF receiver, etc.; (II) during the performance of the luminous effect, the operation efficiency, the performance and the function of the interactive luminous effect device are improved; (iii) automate the configuration process of each interactive light effects device before and during the light effects performance to ensure more efficient and varied use; (IV) during the performance of the concert, excellent dynamic or impromptu luminous effect changes can be provided for the interactive luminous effect device in real time so as to improve the experience of praise people or meal and people in the whole activity; and (five) the interactive light effects device and the interactive light effects control system together can be considered to be a technical contribution to the internet of things (IoT), so RF solutions can be integrated to provide wireless connectivity.

The method of the present invention is suitable for dynamically wirelessly allocating an area code to each interactive lighting effect device via RF data bursts when authentication of the interactive lighting effect device is completed.

The present invention provides an interactive lighting effect control system and an interactive lighting effect device thereof, wherein the interactive lighting effect device is configured to operate in an overall coordinated lighting environment to generate continuous dynamic visual effects on a large scale, which includes the following advantages: reducing configuration costs and increasing the efficiency of completing the preparation of each interactive light effect device prior to each light effect performance; (II) pre-storing a pre-programmed LED lighting control sequence and area code corresponding to the seating position in any interactive lighting effect device memory in advance, without advance time prior to lighting effect performance/presentation; thirdly, aiming at the whole activity field with a large number of complex luminous sequences, the luminous effect performance of various surprise or impromptu luminous changes can be realized only by storing a small amount of area code data in a memory of the interactive luminous effect device in advance; (IV) any lighting changes can be integrated at any time using a DMX lighting controller, which can override a pre-programmed LED lighting sequence in the air or manually;

(V) more efficient and convenient area allocation capability for each interactive lighting effect device using the interactive lighting effect control system.

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below. It is to be noted that the components in the attached drawings are merely schematic and are not shown in actual scale.

Drawings

FIGS. 1A and 1B are block diagrams of an interactive lighting effect control system according to a first embodiment of the present invention

A diagram configured to operate with a plurality of interactive light effects devices and a plurality of event tickets.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an interactive lighting effect control system configured to operate with a plurality of interactive lighting effect devices and a plurality of event tickets, according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of light emission color and region assignment data associated with color control signals, according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example seating arrangement at an event floor.

Fig. 5 is a layout diagram of an area code allocation arrangement for seating areas according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an interactive light-emitting effect device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a method of configuring an interactive light effect device, according to one embodiment of the present invention,

which obtains seat position information from a live ticket paired with the interactive light effect device and wirelessly installs pattern related data of the light effect in the interactive light effect device.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a method for writing lighting color sequence data corresponding to a pattern related data and causing at least one light source of an interactive lighting effect device to light via a second RF data burst broadcast transmitted in a repetitive manner from a wireless transmitter of an interactive lighting effect control system, according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a method for generating and broadcasting match data by extracting and combining area codes from event tickets and identification addresses of interactive light effect devices, according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an interactive lighting effect device using QR code strings or bar code strings

An illustration of an example of an identification address of a device.

FIG. 11 is an illustrative diagram depicting one example of forming match data in a memory address.

FIGS. 12A and 12B are diagrams of a system for controlling illumination effects via a light source from an interactive system according to an embodiment of the present invention

The wireless transmitter transmits RF data bursts in a repeating manner to configure an interactive lighting effect device and cause at least one light source of the interactive lighting effect device to illuminate.

Detailed Description

To achieve the above objects and advantages, the technical means and structure adopted by the present invention are described in detail with respect to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, so as to fully understand the features and functions. It is to be noted that the embodiments of the present invention have been described for purposes of illustration and description only and are not limiting of the invention.

In the following text, several terms or expressions will be used throughout the invention, which have the following definitions, for example: "ID of an interactive lighting effect device" can be defined as an identification address (identification address) or a MAC address of the interactive lighting effect device. An "identification address" is defined as a designated ID code, a hardware address, or an assignment channel assigned to or preset into the interactive light effect device to allow the interactive light effect device to respond to RF signals from a wireless transmitter using this identification address data. "luminous effect pattern" is defined as a luminous pattern displayed or generated by a set of interactive luminous effect devices that emit light through a specific color on their LEDs, while another set of interactive luminous effect devices emit light through their LEDs in a different color, and the two sets of interactive luminous effect devices can be visually identified or differentiated into a luminous pattern. "pattern-related data of a lighting effect" is defined as a set of data for enabling/triggering a lighting effect pattern when viewed from a large scale, while residing within the interactive lighting effect device when receiving a color control signal RF data burst from a lighting controller. In the present invention, the pattern related data includes one or more area codes. Before the light effect is performed, it is necessary to write "pattern related data of the light effect" into the memory of each interactive light effect device. "matching data" is defined as a set of combined data comprising some pattern related data of the lighting effects mapped from the seat positions and the corresponding identification addresses mapped from the IDs of the interactive lighting effects devices.

Referring to fig. 1A and 1B, fig. 1A and 1B are block diagrams of an interactive lighting effect control system 10 (which may be referred to as a programming system) configured to operate with a plurality of interactive lighting effect devices 60 and a plurality of activity tickets 88 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The interactive lighting effect control system 10 includes a first data acquisition interface 11, a second data acquisition interface 12, a wireless transmitter 20, a storage 25, and a processing unit 31. The wireless transmitter 20 may be implemented or provided by an RF transmitter chip along with other ancillary electronic components (e.g., a radio frequency transceiver of the Texas Instrument model CC2541 or CC 2500). The first data acquisition interface 11 and the second data acquisition interface 12 may be a QR code/barcode scanner, respectively. In addition, an RFID reader or an NFC reader may be used as the data acquisition interface for extracting RFID data or NFC data from the activity ticket and/or an RFID tag on the interactive lighting effect device, respectively. In another embodiment, the first data acquisition interface 11 and the second data acquisition interface 12 may be the same QR code/barcode scanner, or the same data acquisition interface. The QR code/barcode on the event ticket may be read and obtained through the first data collection interface 11 and the QR code/barcode label on each interactive light-emitting effect device 60 may be read and obtained through the second data collection interface 12. The processing unit 31 comprises a first mapping unit 51 and a second mapping unit 52. The data acquired from the first data acquisition interface 11 and the second data acquisition interface 12 are sent to the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52, respectively. The processed data from the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52 are transferred to the first database 66 and the second database 67 of the storage 25, respectively, and stored in the storage 25. The data saved from the storage 25 are retrieved later by the first and

second mapping units

51 and 52, respectively. The wireless transmitter 20 includes a data packet unit 21. Additional processing data is sent from the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52 to the data packetization unit 21 of the wireless transmitter 20. The wireless transmitter 20 wirelessly broadcasts RF data bursts of pattern related data of the lighting effect to each interactive lighting effect device 60. In an embodiment of the invention, the processing unit 31 may be a microcontroller or a microprocessor, for example a Silicon Labs32 byte MCU Cortex M4, programmed to control the process flow of the first and

second mapping units

51, 52, respectively. Alternatively, the processing unit 31 may be an embedded system, such as: the Raspberry Pi, includes additional internet connections to control the process flow of the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52. Both the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52 may be part of the programming flow of the processing unit 31. The first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52 may also be implemented by two separate MCUs, for example: 32 bytes MCU Cortex M4 from Silicon Labs. Alternatively, the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52 may also be implemented by two independent embedded systems, for example: raspberypi. The data packet unit 21 disposed inside the wireless transmitter 20 may be part of the programming flow of the wireless transmitter 20, or the data packet unit 21 may be a separate MCU, such as: 32 bytes MCU cortex 4 from Silicon Labs. In another embodiment, the processing data from the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52 are transmitted to a cloud server (not shown) via a wireless or wired manner for storage. The cloud server may replace the storage 25. The cloud server may include a first database 66 and a second database 67 (similar to storage 25). In addition, the data saved from the cloud server is retrieved later by the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52, respectively.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a block diagram of an interactive lighting effect control system (which may be referred to as a programming system for a mobile device) configured to operate with a plurality of interactive lighting effect devices 60 and a plurality of activity tickets 88, according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The interactive lighting effect control system 10 includes a mobile device 9, and the mobile device 9 includes a first data acquisition interface 11, a second data acquisition interface 12, a wireless transmitter 22, a storage 26, and a processing unit 32. Wireless transmitter 22 may be implemented or provided by an RF transmitter chip along with other ancillary electronic components disposed inside mobile device 9 (e.g., a radio frequency transceiver of Texas Instrument model CC2541 or CC 2500). The mobile device 9 may be a smartphone equipped with a camera (not shown) and an application configured with a QR code/barcode reader to provide the functionality as the first data acquisition interface 11 and the second data acquisition interface 12, respectively. The QR code/barcode (not shown) on the event ticket may be read and acquired by the camera of the smartphone 9, and the QR code/barcode label (not shown) on each interactive light-emitting effect device may be read and acquired by the camera of the smartphone 9. The processing unit 32 comprises a first mapping unit 51 and a second mapping unit 52. The data acquired from the first data acquisition interface 11 and the second data acquisition interface 12 are sent to the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52, respectively. The processed data from the first and

second mapping units

51 and 52 are transferred to the first and

second databases

66 and 67 of the storage 26, respectively, and stored in the storage 26. The data saved from the storage 26 is later retrieved by the first and

second mapping units

51 and 52, respectively. The wireless transmitter 22 includes a data packet unit 21. Additional processing data is sent from the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52 to the data packetizing unit 21 of the wireless transmitter 22. The wireless transmitter 22 wirelessly broadcasts RF data bursts of pattern related data of the lighting effect to each interactive lighting effect device 60. In an embodiment of the invention, the processing unit 32 may be an application processor or a microcontroller or a microprocessor of a mobile device, such as a Silicon Labs32 byte MCU cortex 4, programmed to control the process flow of the first and

second mapping units

51, 52, respectively. Both the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52 may be part of the programming flow of the processing unit 32. The data packet unit 21 disposed inside the wireless transmitter 22 may be part of the programming flow of the wireless transmitter 22. In another embodiment, the processing data from the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52 are transmitted to a cloud server (not shown) via a wireless or wired manner for storage. The cloud server may replace storage 26. The cloud server may include a first database 66 and a second database 67 (similar to storage 26). In addition, the data saved from the cloud server is retrieved later by the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52, respectively.

Further, referring to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/822923, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, the interactive lighting effect control system may include a DMX controller (not shown) and a computer/laptop/cell phone (not shown). A complete set of lighting color and zone assignment sequence data for a lighting effect performance may be stored in advance on the computer/laptop/cell phone and/or DMX controller prior to the performance activity. The DMX controller and computer/laptop/handset can provide wireless RF data transmission and lighting color control procedures by switching the control mode from a programming mode to the DMX control mode to enable the use of the DMX controller to send out impromptu manually adjusted color control signals or pre-stored color control signals. Also, the color display control algorithm and color light display program on the computer/laptop/cell phone can be used to generate a color control signal. A lighting controller (not shown) generates color control signals and the color control signals include a lighting color and region assignment data 600 (shown in fig. 3). The lighting controller is coupled to a memory (not shown) and wireless transmitter (not shown) to which the color control signal is sent. The wireless transmitter is an RF transmitter for broadcasting the color control signal in the form of a plurality of second RF data bursts in sequence. In this and other embodiments of the present invention, the RF receiver 61 is disposed inside the interactive light effect device 60.

Referring to fig. 1A-1B and fig. 2, the

wireless transmitters

20 and 22 start to send a continuous broadcast signal at time tn, that is, send a color control signal of one second RF data burst to the interactive light-emitting device 60, and start to send a continuous broadcast signal of another color control signal of another second RF data burst to the interactive light-emitting device 60 at time tn + 1. When the interactive light effect apparatus 60 receives the color control signal of the second RF data burst, the controller 120 thereof performs authentication verification on the identifier (i.e., the identifier mentioned herein may be provided by a Checksum (Checksum) or (CRC) byte) of the color control signal) from the received color control signal of the second RF data burst, and checks whether the identifier of the calculated color control signal is correct.

After successful verification and authentication of the identifier by the controller of the interactive light effects device 60, when a matching area code is found, the LED lighting color may be changed to initiate a change in the lighting color of the plurality of light emitting diodes LED1, LED2, LED3 in the interactive light effects device 60 according to a color control signal in a second RF data burst, wherein the color control signal in the second RF data burst includes different lighting colors of the plurality of light emitting sources LED1, LED2, LED3 of the interactive light effects device 60 defined by a set of red, green, blue (R, G, B) color codes.

Referring to fig. 3, in the second RF data burst of the illustrated embodiment, the light-emitting color and region allocation data 600 includes a wireless data packet including a header byte, an identifier field, a light-emitting luminance data field defining the light-emitting luminances of the red, green and blue LEDs LED1, LED2 and LED3, and a region code 700 for each light-emitting color control signal. The light emission luminance data fields (defining the light emission luminances of the red, green, and blue light emitting diodes LED1, LED2, and LED3) transmitted to the interactive light effect device 60 are distributed in the light emission luminance range of 0 to 255 in accordance with the color codes of red (R), green (G), and blue (B), respectively. Examples of the emission luminances of the red, green, and blue light emitting diodes LED1, LED2, and LED3 are as follows: the first color code set is (255,0,0) (red); the second color codeset is (0,255,0) (green); the third color code set is (0, 255) (blue); the fourth color codeset is (95,9,215) (purple) …, etc. The above is merely an example, and millions of different emission colors of LEDs can be realized through different color code sets. Referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example seating layout for an event venue, wherein A, B, C, D is the seating area of the event venue seating layout. The area code 700 of the seating area can be assigned to the seating position of the seating area. Meanwhile, the minimum number of seats that can be assigned to a zone partition to which a zone code (number) corresponds may be one. Each seating area may be assigned to match the numbered area of the arena, concert hall or arena and may be easily found in conventional seating maps. Although embodiments of the present invention have been described using seating areas, the seating areas may be replaced by standing areas, in other words, because there are no extra seats in the arena, each person is assigned to a specific standing position in the arena instead, and this standing space is only provided for that specific person.

Table 1 below shows an example of a set of area codes 700 for a plurality of seating positions assigned to different seating areas. In addition, for further clarification, the area code allocation arrangement or layout of the seating area in table 1 below is also shown in the layout diagram of the venue location as shown in fig. 5. The venue location includes a stage on which the performer performs. The layout of each seating region is shown as including region a, region B, region C, region D, region E, region F, and region G. As shown in table 1 and fig. 5, each seating zone has a corresponding uniquely assigned Zone Code (ZC).

Table 1: region code example

If (R, G, B) is set to (255,0,0) and ZC is set to 0x10, then the interactive light-emitting effect devices in zone a will all emit light in red light; the remaining seat areas (areas B-G) will not respond to the RF data bursts of the color control signal. If (R, G, B) is set to (0,255,0) and ZC is set to 0x14, then the interactive light-emitting effect devices in zone E will all emit light in green light; the remaining seat areas (areas a-D, F-G) will not respond to the RF data bursts of the color control signal.

During the RF data broadcast process shown in fig. 1A, 1B and 2, redundant RF data bursts are broadcast to the interactive light effect devices 60 in sequence at time tn and at time tn +1, which contain the same redundant color control signals in consecutive RF data bursts to ensure that if any of the interactive light effect devices inadvertently misses or skips at time tn without receiving an RF data burst, but successfully receives the same redundant RF data burst (including the same redundant color control signals) at time tn +1, this lagging interactive light effect device 60 (after receiving the RF data burst) can catch up with other interactive light effect devices located in the same area code.

Referring to fig. 1A, 1B, 2 and 6, an interactive lighting effect device 60 is shown for use with an interactive lighting effect controller system 10 having a wireless transmitter 20/22 via wireless data transmission. The interactive light effect device 60 includes a memory 110, an RF receiver 61, a controller 120, and a QR code/barcode label 125. The storage 110 stores at least one area partition indexed by one or more area codes 700; the RF receiver 61 is configured to receive a burst of RF data and to obtain the burst of RF data from the wireless transmitter 20/22 of the interactive lighting effect control system 10 when verifying the authenticity of the burst of RF data; the controller 120 is responsive to the RF data bursts and is coupled to the memory 110. As shown in the embodiment of fig. 6, the QR code/barcode label 125 may be laminated, attached, or adhered to the interactive light-emitting effect device 60. To improve security when the interactive light effect control system 10 is successfully decrypted, the QR code/barcode label 125 may present the unique identification information of the interactive light effect device 60 in the form of encrypted data containing an identification address, which may be the MAC address of the interactive light effect device 60; alternatively, to increase processing speed and reduce complexity, the QR code/barcode label 125 may have the identification address presented in the form of the MAC address of the original or unencrypted interactive light effect device 60. In alternative embodiments, the QR code/barcode tag 125 may be replaced by an RFID or NFC chip. Because the QR code/barcode label 125 may include encrypted data for displaying the QR code/barcode, it may be more difficult for a hacker to attempt to spoof or force control the interactive light effects device 60. In addition to the MAC address, other information may also be included in the QR code/barcode, like manufacturing information of the interactive light effect device 60, such as: manufacturing date, component number, lot number, QC inspection data, manufacturing location, etc. The RF receiver 61 is electrically connected to the antenna 100 and the controller 120, respectively. At least one of the light emitting sources LED1, LED2, LED3 is provided in the interactive light effects device 60. At least one area segment indexed by one or more area codes 700 of each interactive light effect device 60 includes an area code assigned to a seat position in a particular seat area. Thus, the memory 110 of each (specific) interactive light effect device 60 has a set of area codes for storing at least one area partition to specifically identify and locate that specific interactive light effect device 60.

The at least one light emitting source LED1, LED2, LED3 is operatively responsive to the controller 120 to change its light emitting state. The second RF data burst includes at least one set of luminescence color data 99, which may be in the form of, for example, example 1: (255,0,0,0x10) (respectively, (R, G, B, ZC.) the light emission color sequence data is a data sequence of a plurality of light emission color data 99 broadcast in sequence in the second data burst.

The controller 120 is configured to selectively illuminate at least one (e.g., 3) of the light emitting sources LED1, LED2, LED3 according to the illumination color data of the second RF data burst and to match the area code 700 stored in the memory 110 of the interactive light effects device 60. Optionally, the controller 120 may be configured to selectively illuminate the

illumination sources LEDs

1, 2, 3 based on the received illumination color sequence data file to provide continuous automated and coordinated illumination effects. The received lighting color sequence data file is a complete set of color sequence data for the entire light show that has been configured, and can be stored in advance in a laptop or personal computer or DMX controller. The received light emission color sequence data file includes a plurality of red, green, and blue light emitting diodes (

LEDs

1, 2, and 3) having predetermined light emission intensities, and the light emitting diodes (

LEDs

1, 2, and 3) are area codes 700 corresponding to the seat positions in the data burst time order. Therefore, the light emitting diodes LED1, LED2, LED3 have at least red, green, and blue LED light emitting sources, the light emitting luminance of which is configured according to a red, green, and blue color code (R, G, B) from 0 to 255, respectively. In an alternative embodiment, the light emitting brightness of the red, green and blue LEDs further includes a set of dimmer color codes (DIM) distributed in the range of 0 to 255, and the dimmer color codes of red (R1), green (G1) and blue (B1) are calculated by the following equations: r1 ═ rx DIM/255; g1 ═ G x DIM/255; b1 ═ bx DIM/255.

The set of lighting colors and zone assignment data 600 includes the lighting intensities of the red, green, and blue LEDs and the zone codes 700 for the seat positions. Two or more interactive lighting effects devices 60 are pre-configured such that the area codes stored in the memory are the same and can receive the same set of lighting color and area assignment data 600, thereby enabling the lighting sources to selectively illuminate according to the same lighting color data 99 when the interactive lighting effects devices 60 are located in the same seating area.

In an embodiment of the invention, the following features or resources are provided: the light emitting state of the light source includes on, off, or flashing, in other words, any number of red, green, and blue light emitting diodes LEDs (LEDs 1, LEDs 2, LEDs 3) can be turned on/off, turned off/off, or flashed on and off in a repeating pattern according to a specified frequency (e.g., twice per second). Open means that at least one of the color codes of R, G, B is not zero; off refers to R, G, B with both color codes set to zero, or the dimmer color codes set to zero; the color of the blinking on/off may be set through the corresponding color code data of R, G, B. Also, the flicker rate may be configured or set by a default flicker rate value (e.g., two flashes per second) of the controller 120 of the interactive light effect device, or a random number may be generated by the controller 120. The wireless data transmission from the wireless transmitter to the wireless receiver may be implemented by RF data bursts or by wireless data bursts under Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (Bluetooth), or ZigBee transmission technologies. The interactive lighting effect device 60 may be an LED lighting wristband, an LED lighting necklace, or a handheld LED lighting wand, but is not limited thereto and may be other types of lighting devices with wireless communication capabilities. In an alternative embodiment, one or more of the repeaters 300 are optionally configured to increase the transmission coverage area of the RF data bursts of the interactive lighting effect control system 10.

In accordance with embodiments of the present invention as described below, various methods are provided that are implemented in a process that includes a number of steps for initial configuration or wireless remote control of an interactive light effect device 60 using the interactive light effect control system 10.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for wirelessly configuring an interactive light effect device, according to an embodiment of the invention, which obtains seat position information from a ticket corresponding to the interactive light effect device, and wirelessly installs pattern-related data of a light effect in the interactive light effect device. In step S01, the QR code/barcode provided on the interactive light effect device is read through the data collection interface. In step S02, the QR code/barcode disposed on the event ticket is read through the data collection interface (or the QR code/barcode may not be the same data collection interface, but may be a different data collection interface). The data acquisition interface may be a QR code/barcode scanner. In an alternative embodiment, the QR code/barcode may not be read from the interactive light-emitting effects device and the action ticket using a QR code/barcode scanner, and a smartphone equipped with a camera and an Application (APP) of the QR code/barcode reader may be used as a data acquisition interface. Alternatively, an RFID reader or NFC reader may be used as a data acquisition interface to extract RFID data or NFC data from the RFID tag on the activity ticket and/or interactive light effects device, respectively. In step S03, a seat position is extracted from the QR code/barcode of the event ticket (see step S02) and used to map to one or more area codes to form a set of pattern-related data for the lighting effect. In step S04, the identification address extracted from the QR code/barcode of the interactive light effect device is combined with the pattern related data of the (corresponding) set of light effects to form a matching data. For example, by knowing the seating area (i.e., area a) extracted from the event ticket, pattern-related data for a set of lighting effects reserved for area a can be obtained from a lighting color sequence data file that includes pattern-related data for all sets of lighting effects reserved for all seating areas. In step S05, the wireless transmitter of the interactive lighting effect control system wirelessly broadcasts the matching data in a repetitive manner through a plurality of first RF data bursts. Step S05 may be performed at the point of entry to the venue so that venue personnel can assist in the verification of the configuration flow of the interactive light effects device 60, or the participant in possession of the interactive light effects device 60 may be located anywhere within the venue without impeding the continuation of the overall flow. In step S06, a first RF data burst is intercepted by each interactive lighting effect device and the controller is used to determine whether the identification address extracted from the match data of the first RF data burst matches (direct comparison) the identification address (e.g., MAC address) stored in the memory 110 of the interactive lighting effect device 60. if the answer is yes (a match is successfully found between the two compared identification addresses), then step S07 is continued, and if the answer is no (no match is found between the two compared identification addresses), then step S05 is returned until the last first RF data burst from the interactive lighting effect control system 10 is terminated. In step S07, pattern related data of the light effects in the first RF data burst is written into a memory of the interactive light effects device, the pattern related data of the light effects comprising matching identification addresses for comparison. In step S03, the seat position is extracted from the QR code/barcode of the event ticket using the first mapping unit 51 of the processing unit 31, wherein the first mapping unit 51 performs a mapping algorithm using the QR code/barcode data to retrieve a set of pattern related data of (matched) lighting effects from the first database 66 of the storage 25. In step S04, the identification address is extracted from the QR-code/barcode of the interactive light-emitting effect device using the second mapping unit 52 of the processing unit 31, wherein the second mapping unit 52 uses the QR-code/barcode data to perform a mapping algorithm to retrieve the (matching) identification address from the second database 67 of the storage 25. Thereafter, the data packetizing unit 21 combines the pattern-related data of the lighting effect and the (matching) identification address to form the matching data. In step S05, a preamble, a header and a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) code are added to the matching data and stored in a fourth memory address of the memory 25, and the wireless transmitter 20 is used to broadcast the data stored in the fourth memory address to the interactive lighting effect device through a plurality of first RF data bursts via the antenna. In an alternative embodiment, the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52 are connected to a cloud server (not shown), and the processed data from the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52 can be stored in the cloud server (not shown) through the internet in a wireless or wired manner, wherein the cloud server can replace the storage 25. The cloud server includes a first database 66 and a second database 67 (like the database of storage 25). In addition, the data saved by the cloud server can be retrieved later by the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52, respectively.

Referring to fig. 8, fig. 8 is a flowchart of a method for writing (or storing) lighting color sequence data corresponding to a pattern related data and causing at least one lighting source of the interactive lighting effect device 60 to light via a second RF data burst broadcast transmitted in a repetitive manner from a wireless transmitter of the interactive lighting effect control system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In step S08a, a set of lighting color sequence data corresponding to the pattern related data of the matching data is wirelessly broadcast to the interactive lighting effects device 60 in a repeating manner via a plurality of second RF data bursts from the wireless transmitter of the interactive lighting effects control system 10. The participant in possession of the interactive light effects device 60 may perform step S08a anywhere within the arena without preventing the continuation of the entire process. In step S08b, a second RF data burst is intercepted by each interactive lighting effect device and the controller 120 is used to determine whether the identifier extracted from the second RF data burst matches the identifier (i.e., the Checksum or (CRC) byte) stored in the memory 110 of the interactive lighting effect device 60 (direct comparison), if the answer is yes (a match was successfully found between the two compared identifiers), continue to step S09a, if the answer is no (no match was found between the two compared identifiers), repeat step S08 until the last second RF data burst from the interactive lighting effect control system 10 terminates. In step S09a, the lighting color sequence data of the second RF data burst is written or stored in the memory of the interactive light effect device, and then step S08a is repeated until the second RF data burst from the interactive light effect control system 10 is terminated, and upon completion of the data transmission, the interactive light effect device is already configured to be ready for a lighting effect show (i.e., the interactive light effect device is switched from "inactive mode" to "standby/ready mode"). In step S09b, the interactive light effect device determines whether the area code of the light emission color sequence data written to the interactive light effect device matches the area code stored in the interactive light effect device using the controller 120, and if the answer is yes (a match is successfully found between the two compared area codes), continues to perform step S09c, and if the answer is no (a match is not found between the two compared area codes), repeats step S08 until the second RF data burst from the interactive light effect control system 10 is terminated. In step S09c, the controller 120 controls the light-emitting source of the interactive light-emitting effect device to emit light according to the light-emitting color sequence data written in the interactive light-emitting effect device.

Referring to fig. 9 and 10, fig. 9 is a flowchart of a method for generating and broadcasting match data by extracting and combining one or more area codes from event tickets and identification addresses from interactive light effects devices, according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 10 is an illustrative diagram depicting an example of using a QR code numeric string or a barcode numeric string to obtain an identification address for an interactive light-emitting effect device. In step S50, the QR code/barcode label of the activity ticket is read by using the data collection interface, wherein a QR code/barcode numeric string can be extracted therefrom, i.e., the QR code/barcode numeric string with a length of 9 digits can be "001002003". In step S51, the QR code/barcode numeric string is searched for matching with a first data table, which includes a sequential list of data items, each of which includes data contents of a QR code/barcode numeric string, a data length, a data index and a region code of the activity ticket, so that the QR code/barcode data string may include one or more data items, i.e., different data items may include different data indexes (e.g., 1-3; and different data contents (hexadecimal) of the region code may be, for example, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, etc.). The first data table is securely stored in a memory 25 of the interactive lighting effect control system 10, so that the criminal cannot illegally extract the corresponding area code from the data of the QR code/barcode label of the event ticket alone, relative to the QR code/barcode numeric string, thereby providing an additional layer of system security. When a match of the QR code/barcode numeric string is found, the corresponding region code data and its data content are written to the first storage address (for example, the data index of the first region code 0x01 is 1, the data index of the second region code 0x02 is 2, and the data index of the third region code 0x03 is 3). In step S52, the QR code/barcode label on the interactive light-emitting effect device 60 is read by the data collection interface, and a QR code/barcode numeric string is extracted therefrom, for example, "20151114005" may be a QR code/barcode numeric string with a length of 11 bits. In step S53, the QR code/barcode numeric string is searched for matching with a second data table, the second data table comprising a sequential list of a plurality of data items, wherein the sequential list comprises a QR code/barcode numeric string of the interactive lighting effect device, a data length, a data index and a data content (e.g., MAC address) of an identifier, so that each QR code/barcode numeric string of the interactive lighting effect device 60 may only have identification address data (e.g., MAC address of the interactive lighting effect device), as shown in fig. 10. The data content (in hexadecimal) identifying the address data may be, for example, the MAC address of the interactive light effect device (e.g.: AACCBB (in hexadecimal)). The second data table is securely stored in a memory 25 of the interactive lighting effect control system 10, so that the criminal cannot illegally extract corresponding identification address data (including MAC address) from the data of the QR code/barcode label of the interactive lighting effect device 60 alone, with respect to the QR code/barcode numeric string, thereby providing an additional layer of system security. When a match of the QR code/barcode string is found, the corresponding identification address data and its data content are written or copied to a second storage address (for example, the data content (hexadecimal representation) of "AACCBB" can be stored in the second storage

Site: "0 x 0A", "0 x 0A", "0 x 0C", "0 x 0C", "0 x 0B", "0 x 0B"). In step S54, data of the first repository address (including area code data extracted from the QR code/barcode of the event ticket) and data of the second repository (including data content of identification address data extracted from the QR code/barcode label of the interactive light-emitting effect device) are combined or appended together to form a matching data in the third repository address, as shown in the example in fig. 11. In step S55, a preamble, a header and a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) code are added to the matching data and stored in a fourth memory address, and then the wireless transmitter of the interactive lighting effect control system 10 is used to broadcast the data stored in the fourth memory address to the interactive lighting effect device through a plurality of first RF data bursts.

12A, 12B, a flow chart of a method of wirelessly configuring a plurality of interactive light effects devices, comprising the steps of: the plurality of interactive light-emitting effect devices are wirelessly configured such that the interactive light-emitting effect devices respectively obtain seat position information from a movable ticket paired with the corresponding interactive light-emitting effect device, respectively obtain pattern-related data of the light-emitting effect wirelessly installed in each interactive light-emitting effect device, and cause at least one light-emitting source of the interactive light-emitting effect device 60 to emit light. In step S10, a process is initiated by acquiring a ticket printed with a QR code/barcode. In step S20, the QR code/barcode disposed on a coupon is read through the data collection interface. In step S21, seat position information is extracted from the QR code/barcode of the event ticket (refer to step S20). In step S25, an interactive light-emitting effect device provided with a QR code/barcode label is obtained. In step S30, the QR code/barcode of the QR code/barcode label provided on the interactive light-emitting effect device is read through the data collection interface. The data acquisition interface may be a QR code/barcode scanner. In another embodiment, a smartphone equipped with a camera and a QR code/barcode reader may also serve as a data acquisition interface, instead of using a QR code/barcode scanner to read QR codes/barcodes from interactive light-emitting effects devices and event tickets. Alternatively, an RFID reader or NFC reader may be used as a data acquisition interface to extract RFID data or NFC data from RFID tags disposed on the activity ticket and the interactive light effects device, respectively.

In step S40, the identification address of the interactive light-emitting effect device is extracted from the QR code/barcode of the interactive light-emitting effect device (refer to step S30). In step S50, the seat position information is converted into area code data using a first data table, where each seat position has a corresponding assigned area code, such as: ticket with ticket QR code/barcode numeric string "001002003", the area code of which may be "0 x 02" (provided in the data content) to obtain a set of pattern related data for the light effect and combine it with the identification address of the interactive light effect device to form a match data. In step S55, a preamble, a header and a cyclic redundancy check code (CRC check) are added to the matching data, which is then wirelessly broadcast in a repetitive manner via a plurality of first RF data bursts from a wireless transmitter of the interactive lighting effect control system. In step S60, a first RF data burst is intercepted by each interactive lighting effect device and the controller 120 is used to determine whether the identification address extracted from the match data of the first RF data burst matches (direct comparison) the identification address (i.e., MAC address) stored in the memory 110 of the interactive lighting effect device 60, if the answer is yes (a match is successfully found between the two compared identification addresses), then step S70 is continued, if the answer is no (no match is found between the two compared identification addresses), then step S55 is repeated until the last first RF data burst from the interactive lighting effect control system 10 is terminated. In step S70, the pattern related data of the light effects of the first RF data burst, comprising the matching compared identification addresses, is written into the memory of the interactive light effects device. In step S80, a set of lighting color sequence data corresponding to one of the pattern related data of the above-described lighting effect is wirelessly broadcast in a repeated manner via a plurality of second RF data bursts from the wireless transmitter of the interactive lighting effect control system. The participant in possession of the interactive light effects device 60 may perform step S80 anywhere within the arena without preventing the continuation of the entire process. In step S85, a second RF data burst is intercepted by each interactive light effect device, and the controller 120 is used to determine whether the identifier extracted from the second RF data burst matches (directly compares) the identifier (i.e., CRC or Checksum) stored in the memory 110 of the interactive light effect device 60, if the answer is yes (a match is successfully found between the two compared identifiers), then step S90 is continued, and if the answer is no (no match is not found between the two compared identifiers), then step S80 is repeated until the second RF data burst from the interactive light effect control system 10 reaches the last set of light emission color sequence data corresponding to the pattern related data of the last light effect. In step S90, the lighting color sequence data in the second RF data burst is written or stored in the memory of the interactive light effect device, and then step S80 is repeated until the second RF data burst from the interactive light effect control system 10 is terminated, and upon completion of the data transmission, the interactive light effect device is already configured to be ready for a lighting effect show (i.e., the interactive light effect device is switched from "inactive mode" to "standby/ready mode"). In step S95, the interactive light-emitting effect device judges whether the area code of the light-emitting color sequence data written to the interactive light-emitting effect device matches the area code stored in the interactive light-emitting effect device using the controller 120, and if the answer is yes (a match is successfully found between the two compared area codes), continues to perform step S100, and if the answer is no (a match is not found between the two compared area codes), repeats step S80 until the second RF data burst from the interactive light-emitting effect control system 10 is terminated. In step S100, the controller 120 controls the light emitting sources of the interactive light effect device to emit light according to the light emitting color sequence data written in the interactive light effect device.

A method of receiving a wireless RF data burst at an interactive light effect device may be implemented using the method shown in the flow chart of fig. 4 of U.S. patent application No. 14/822923, with only minor modifications, such as: the region code may be just a single string of data, rather than a nested hierarchical form. Redundant details are omitted for the sake of brevity.

In a first embodiment of the invention, the processing unit may be a microcontroller or a microprocessor, e.g. a silicon labs32 byte MCU Cortex M4, programmed to control the process flow of the first mapping unit and the second mapping unit, respectively. In the same embodiment, optionally, the processing unit may also be an embedded system, for example: the Raspberry Pi, includes additional internet connections to control the process flow of the first mapping unit and the second mapping unit.

In a second embodiment of the invention, the processing unit may be an application processor or a microcontroller or a microprocessor of the mobile device, e.g. a Silicon Labs32 byte MCU Cortex M4 programmed to control the process flow of the first mapping unit and the second mapping unit, respectively. In addition, the first mapping unit, the second mapping unit, the first database, the second database and the data packetizing unit perform the same functions and steps as the first embodiment.

In a third embodiment of the present invention, the processing unit can be an application processor of the mobile device or an embedded system (e.g., a Raspberry Pi) to control the processing flow of the first mapping unit and the second mapping unit.

In an embodiment of the present invention, both the first mapping unit 51 and the second mapping unit 52 may be part of a programming flow of the processing unit. In the first and second embodiments of the present invention, the first and second mapping units may also be implemented by two independent MCUs, for example: 32 bytes MCU Cortex M4 from Silicon Labs. Alternatively, the first mapping unit and the second mapping unit may be implemented by two independent embedded systems, for example: raspberypi.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the data packet unit disposed inside the wireless transmitter may belong to a part of a programming process of the wireless transmitter, or the data packet unit may be an independent MCU, such as: 32 bytes MCU Cortex M4 from Silicon Labs.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the data transmission unit disposed inside the processing unit may be part of a programming flow of the processing unit. Alternatively, the data transfer unit may be a microcontroller or microprocessor, such as Silicon Labs32 byte MCU Cortex M4. Alternatively, the data transfer unit may be an embedded system (e.g., a Raspberry Pi) that includes additional Internet connections.

In the above-described embodiments of the present invention, during a typical RF data transmission session (session) of an event venue, sometimes due to the occurrence of local RF signal interference or signal blockage, the corresponding RF receiver of an interactive light effect device (e.g., a light-emitting LED bracelet, a light-emitting LED necklace, or a handheld LED glow stick, etc.) may not be able to properly detect or receive certain RF data bursts. Thus, it is possible to broadcast in sequence redundant RF data bursts of one color control signal of one RF data burst to the interactive light-emitting effect devices at a point in time tn, and then broadcast in sequence redundant RF data bursts of the same color control signal of another RF data burst to the interactive light-emitting effect devices at a point in time tn +1, to ensure that if the RF data burst broadcast at the previous time tn has been discarded or ignored for any reason, it can be ensured that the (problematic) RF receiver can "catch up" to other neighboring RF receivers located in the same area sector.

In an alternative embodiment, when the QR code/barcode contains seat position information (i.e., area code data) and pattern-related data for the lighting effect, the data read by the data acquisition interface (e.g., the QR code/barcode on the interactive lighting effect device for the mapping unit) may be used directly as matching data without mapping via the mapping unit.

In an alternative embodiment, the wireless transmission from the wireless transmitter may also be provided by Zigbee, WiFi, other RF proprietary technology, or bluetooth technology, instead of the traditional wireless RF data transmission protocol.

In the above-described embodiments of the present invention, the data acquisition interfaces for acquiring the QR code/barcode readings from the interactive light-emitting effects device and the coupon, respectively, may be the same device.

In the above embodiments of the present invention, the information of the MAC address of each interactive light-emitting device is stored under a high degree of data protection (for example, in a secure calculator) or stored in a cloud secure server environment for encryption, so as to ensure the overall data and system security, so that the well-protected MAC address data can be used to accurately identify and control each corresponding interactive light-emitting device.

In the above-described embodiments of the present invention, an interactive lighting effects device configured to operate in an integrated and coordinated lighting environment may be used in conjunction with a corresponding interactive lighting effects control system to produce continuous dynamic visual effects on a large scale, which may provide at least the following advantages or benefits: (a) only a small amount of area code data needs to be stored in a memory in advance, and a luminous performance effect can be completed for the whole activity field with a large number of complex luminous sequences, so that various surprise or impromptu luminous changes can be realized; (b) the DMX emission controller can be used at any time to integrate any emission changes, for example: in operation, over or manually overriding a pre-programmed LED lighting sequence; (c) an end-to-end wireless configuration using a large number of interactive light effect devices may allow for better scalability and larger scale deployment, and the addition of one or more repeaters to increase the coverage of RF data transmission; (d) reducing configuration costs and increasing configuration efficiency to prepare each interactive light effect device prior to each light effect performance; (e) the pre-programmed LED lighting control sequences and area codes corresponding to the seating positions need not be pre-stored inside the memory of any interactive lighting effect device prior to the lighting effect performance/presentation; (f) enabling more efficient and convenient area allocation capabilities for each interactive lighting effect device using the interactive lighting effect control system; (g) the ease, efficiency and flexibility of wireless downloading of the divided total data volume is improved to divide a complete lighting performance effect into two distinct parts (from a wireless transmitter of an interactive lighting effect control system to a plurality of interactive lighting effect devices via a plurality of RF data bursts), i.e. a first part for writing pattern related data of the lighting effect including the matching identifier to the interactive lighting effect devices, and a second part for writing lighting color sequence data including the matching identifier to the interactive lighting effect devices, and since the first part contains a smaller amount of data and can be downloaded separately from the second part, the first part can be downloaded efficiently and conveniently in a shorter time and allows each interactive lighting effect device to be fully set up in advance of the lighting performance at the event venue, while the second part can be downloaded in time to allow an impromptu lighting color control change or lighting change. In other words, during a light show, as long as all the light emission color sequence data is successfully downloaded into each interactive light effect device before each actual light emission sequence occurs, respectively, it is not necessary to download all the corresponding light emission color sequence data before the light show at the event venue.

It should be understood, however, that the description and drawings are only for the purpose of illustrating various embodiments of the present invention and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An interactive lighting effect device adapted for use with a play ticket having a QR code and an interactive lighting effect control system having a wireless transmitter via wireless data transmission, the interactive lighting effect device comprising:

a storage storing a region partition indexed by a region code and an identification address;

a wireless receiver for receiving a burst of RF data and obtaining the burst of RF data from the wireless transmitter of the interactive lighting effect control system upon verifying the authenticity of the burst of RF data;

a controller responsive to the RF data burst and coupled to the memory;

a QR code label comprising a QR code; and

at least one light source arranged in the interactive light-emitting effect device, wherein the controller controls the at least one light source to change the light-emitting state;

wherein the wireless data transmission is under a plurality of RF data bursts, the RF data bursts comprising a plurality of first data bursts and a plurality of second data bursts, each first data burst containing a match data, each second data burst containing a lighting color and a region allocation data, the region code being stored in the memory of the interactive lighting effect device when matching the identification address stored in the memory;

the controller is used for selectively lighting the at least one light-emitting source according to the lighting color data and matching the area codes stored in the storage;

wherein the matching data is formed by combining pattern-related data of the lighting effect extracted from the QR code of the event ticket with an identification address extracted from the QR code of the interactive lighting effect device, wherein the pattern-related data of the lighting effect includes an area code and is defined as a set of data for triggering a lighting effect pattern when viewed from a large scale, while residing within the interactive lighting effect device when receiving the color control signal of the RF data burst from the controller.

2. The interactive light effect device of claim 1, wherein the at least one light source comprises a plurality of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) having at least one of red, green, or blue emission colors.

3. The interactive light-emitting effect device according to claim 2, wherein the light-emitting brightness of the plurality of light-emitting diodes LEDs having a red, green or blue light-emitting color is distributed in a range of 0 to 255 in accordance with a color code of red (R), green (G) or blue (B), respectively.

4. The interactive light effect device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the light emitting brightness of the plurality of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) with red, green or blue light emitting colors further comprises a set of dimmer color codes (DIMs) respectively distributed in the range of 0 to 255, and the dimmer color codes of red R1, green G1 or blue B1 are respectively calculated by the following equations:

R1＝R x DIM/255；

G1＝G x DIM/255；

B1＝B x DIM/255。

5. the interactive light effect device of claim 1, wherein the lighting state of the at least one light source comprises on, off, or blinking.

6. The interactive light effect device of claim 1, wherein the RF data bursts are replaced by wireless data bursts under Wi-Fi, bluetooth, or ZigBee transmission technologies.

7. The interactive light effect device according to claim 1, wherein at least two or more interactive light effect devices, each pre-configured such that the area codes in the memory are the same, are capable of receiving the same set of pattern related data relating to light effects to cause the at least one light source to selectively produce light effects according to the same set of light color data.

8. The interactive light-emitting effect device according to claim 1, wherein the area codes of the area zones include a first layer area code, a second layer area code, a third layer area code, wherein the first layer area code is assigned to a seat position within a seat area, the second layer area code is assigned to a plurality of seat areas, and the third layer area code is assigned to a part of a seat area, and the first layer area code, the second layer area code, the third layer area code are respectively distinguished by data indexes.

9. The interactive light-emitting effect device of claim 1, wherein the interactive light-emitting effect device is an LED light-emitting bracelet, an LED light-emitting necklace, an LED light-emitting bracelet, a light-emitting headband, a pair of light-emitting glasses, a set of LED gloves, or a hand-held LED glow stick.

10. The interactive light effect device according to claim 1, wherein the interactive light effect control system further comprises a data collection interface, a memory, and a light controller.

11. The interactive light effect device according to claim 1, wherein each burst of RF data comprises the pattern-related data of a light effect stored in the memory, and the pattern-related data of a light effect comprises the area code.

12. The interactive light effect device according to claim 11, wherein upon receiving the RF data burst, the controller authenticates the identification address based on matching data in the received RF data burst and checks whether the identification address matches the identification address of the interactive light effect device.

13. The interactive light effect device according to claim 12, wherein the identification address of the interactive light effect device is a media access control address (MAC address) of the interactive light effect device.

14. The interactive light effect device of claim 13, wherein when the controller successfully authenticates the identification address:

activating a change in the color of illumination of a plurality of light-emitting sources in the interactive light effects device according to a color control signal defined by a set of red, green, and blue (R, G, B) color codes when the identification address is the MAC address of the interactive light effects device and the MAC address of the interactive light effects device matches the MAC address in the match data of the RF data burst received from the wireless transmitter of the interactive light effects device.

15. The interactive light effect device according to claim 14, wherein the area codes stored in the memory and the pattern-related data of the light effect are seat positions respectively assigned to seat areas in an event venue.

16. The interactive light effect device of claim 15, wherein the seating position of the seating area is replaced by a standing area, and each person is assigned to a specific standing position within the arena.

17. The interactive light-emitting effect device of claim 1, wherein the QR code label comprises a QR code including unique identification information of the interactive light-emitting effect device, the unique identification information including an encrypted data having the MAC address of the interactive light-emitting effect device.

18. The interactive light-emitting effect device according to claim 1, wherein the QR code tag is replaced by an RFID, an NFC chip or a bar code tag (Barcode packer), the Barcode tag comprising a Barcode.

19. A method for generating and broadcasting a matching data to a plurality of interactive light effects devices using an interactive light effects control system, comprising the steps of:

(1) reading and extracting a QR code number character string from a QR code label on an activity ticket by using a data acquisition interface;

(2) searching the QR code number string extracted from the event ticket to match a first data table, the first data table including a sequential list of data items, each data item including a QR code number string of an event ticket and data contents of a section code, the first data table being disposed in a storage of the interactive lighting effect control system, and writing the data contents corresponding to the section code of the data item into a first storage address when the QR code number string from the event ticket matches the QR code number string of the data item from the first data table;

(3) using a data acquisition interface to read and extract a QR code numeric string from a QR code label on an interactive light-emitting effect device;

(4) searching the QR code number character string extracted from the QR code label on the interactive light-emitting effect device so as to match with a second data table, wherein the second data table comprises a sequential list of a plurality of data items, each data item comprises a QR code number character string of the interactive light-emitting effect device and the data content of an identification address of the interactive light-emitting effect device, wherein the data content of the identification address is a MAC address of the interactive light-emitting effect device,

the second data table is arranged in a memory of the interactive lighting effect control system, and when the QR code number character string from the interactive lighting effect device is inquired to be matched with the QR code number character string of the data item from the second data table, the data content corresponding to the identification address of the data item is written into a second memory address;

(5) forming a match data stored at a third storage address comprising the section code of the event ticket from the first data table and the identification address of the interactive lighting effect device from the second data table by combining data from the first storage address and data from the second storage address;

(6) adding a preamble, a header and a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) to the matching data and storing to a fourth memory address; and

(7) broadcasting the data stored in the fourth memory address to the interactive lighting effect device via a plurality of RF data bursts using a wireless transmitter of the interactive lighting effect control system.

20. A method of wirelessly configuring at least one light source of a plurality of interactive light effects devices to emit light using a wireless transmitter, the interactive light effects devices including the at least one light source, the method comprising:

(1) acquiring a movable ticket, wherein a QR code is printed on the movable ticket;

(2) reading the QR code on the activity ticket and extracting seat position information by using a data acquisition interface, wherein the data acquisition interface is a QR code scanner;

(3) obtaining an interactive luminous effect device with a QR code label, wherein the QR code label comprises a QR code;

(4) reading the QR code of the interactive light-emitting effect device using the data acquisition interface;

(5) extracting seat position information from the QR code of the activity ticket;

(6) extracting an identification address of the interactive light-emitting effect device from the QR code of the interactive light-emitting effect device;

(7) converting the seat position information into an area code data by using a first data table to obtain a set of pattern-related data of the lighting effect, and combining the pattern-related data with the identification address of the interactive lighting effect device to form a matching data, wherein the matching data comprises the seat position information obtained from the event ticket, which is paired with each interactive lighting effect device;

(8) wirelessly broadcasting the match data in a repetitive manner via a plurality of first RF data bursts from the wireless transmitter after adding a preamble (preamble), a header (header), and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC check) to the match data;

(9) intercepting the first RF data burst by each interactive light effect device and using the controller to determine whether the identification address extracted from the match data of the first RF data burst matches the identification address stored in the memory of the interactive light effect device, if so, continuing to perform step (10), if not, returning to step (8) until the last first RF data burst is broadcast;

(10) writing pattern related data for the light effects in the first RF data burst to a memory of the interactive light effects device;

(11) wirelessly broadcasting a set of lighting color sequence data corresponding to the pattern related data of lighting effects in a repetitive manner via a plurality of second RF data bursts from the wireless transmitter;

(12) intercepting the second RF data burst by each interactive light effect device and using the controller to determine whether an identifier in the second RF data burst matches the identifier stored in the memory of the interactive light effect device, if so, continuing to step (13), and if not, returning to step (11) until the last second RF data burst is broadcast;

(13) writing the set of lighting color sequence data corresponding to the pattern related data of lighting effects into a memory of the interactive lighting effects device;

(14) using the controller to determine whether the area code of a lighting color sequence data written to the interactive lighting effect device matches the area code stored in the interactive lighting effect device, if so, continuing to step (15), if not, returning to step (11) until the last second RF data burst is broadcast;

(15) the controller controls the at least one light-emitting source of the interactive light-emitting effect device to emit light according to the light-emitting color sequence data written into the interactive light-emitting effect device.