CN116685029B

CN116685029B - Spliced lamp, controller thereof, configuration method and device

Info

Publication number: CN116685029B
Application number: CN202310969352.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王锐铭; 吴文龙
Original assignee: Shenzhen Zhiyan Technology Co Ltd; Shenzhen Qianyan Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Zhiyan Technology Co Ltd; Shenzhen Qianyan Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-08-03
Filing date: 2023-08-03
Publication date: 2023-09-26
Anticipated expiration: 2043-08-03
Also published as: CN116685029A

Abstract

The application relates to a spliced lamp, a controller thereof, a configuration method and a device thereof, wherein the method comprises the following steps: controlling each lamp block to return connection state information, wherein the connection state information comprises lamp block shapes of corresponding lamp blocks and edge identifiers of connection edges, and the connection edges belong to structural edges which are electrically connected with other lamp blocks in a plurality of structural edges of the corresponding lamp blocks; according to the connection state information returned by each lamp block and the hierarchical order represented when the connection state information is returned, the connection relation information among the lamp blocks is packaged, wherein the connection relation information comprises the lamp block shapes and the edge identifiers of the connection edges of the lamp blocks organized according to the corresponding hierarchical order; and sending the connection relation information to the external equipment for verification, and acquiring the lamp configuration parameters returned after the external equipment is successfully verified so as to be called when the lamp effect is played. The controller of the spliced lamp can accurately identify the actual spliced shape formed after a user assembles a plurality of lamp blocks by himself, and the controller is matched with external equipment to finish verification of the assembling result of the user.

Description

Spliced lamp, controller thereof, configuration method and device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of illumination, in particular to a spliced lamp, a controller thereof, a configuration method and a device thereof.

Background

The spliced lamp has the functions of information display, atmosphere decoration and the like, is wide in application, has higher and higher intelligent degree, and has functions which are suitable for different requirements to develop continuously. A typical tiled lighting fixture is tiled using a plurality of lamp blocks controlled by a controller, each lamp block typically having a plurality of structural sides, each of which can serve as an input or output, and each lamp block also having its own control circuit for selectively controlling the illumination of a plurality of light emitting units therein. The multiple lamp blocks of the spliced lamp are unfolded along the plane to form an area array, and when the lamp effect is required to be displayed through the spliced lamp, the controller is required to coordinate the lamp blocks and the luminous control of the luminous units in the lamp blocks, and the lamp effect is played through the multiple luminous units in the area array in a cooperative mode.

When a user uses the spliced lamp, the purchased products can be spliced according to the splicing shape provided by the template, but because a plurality of lamp blocks have a certain degree of complexity in the assembly relation, assembly errors often occur, so that the guiding of the user to install and the accurate detection of the installation result of the user become very important, the key of ensuring the user to correctly use the products is provided, and the preset lamp effect is prevented from being accurately presented in an area array which is spliced by the user in error.

In the conventional technology, the installation of the lamp block can be completed by means of the mobile device, but such technology is usually concentrated at the mobile device end to be realized, and very complex technical control is also involved at the side of the spliced lamp, if technical support cannot be provided for installation guidance and verification of the side of the mobile device in the spliced lamp, corresponding functions cannot be realized, so that the user experience of the spliced lamp is reduced.

Therefore, how to cooperate with the technical support required for realizing the installation guide and the verification of the user in the spliced lamp relates to whether the user can efficiently and accurately assemble the spliced lamp.

Disclosure of Invention

The application aims to provide a spliced lamp, a controller thereof, a configuration method and a configuration device.

According to one aspect of the present application, there is provided a splice lamp arrangement method, comprising:

the controller of the current spliced lamp responds to a splicing relation acquisition instruction of external equipment to control each lamp block in the current spliced lamp to transmit back connection state information, wherein the connection state information comprises lamp block shapes of corresponding lamp blocks and edge identifiers of connection edges, and the connection edges belong to structural edges which are electrically connected with other lamp blocks in a plurality of structural edges indicated by the lamp block shapes of the corresponding lamp blocks;

The controller encapsulates connection relation information among the lamp blocks in the spliced lamp according to the connection state information returned by the lamp blocks and the hierarchical order represented when the connection state information is returned, wherein the connection relation information comprises lamp block forms and edge identifiers of connection edges of the lamp blocks organized according to the corresponding hierarchical order;

and the controller sends the connection relation information obtained by encapsulation to the external equipment for verification, and acquires the returned lamp configuration parameters after the external equipment is successfully verified so as to be called when the lamp effect is played.

According to another aspect of the present application, there is provided a splice lamp arrangement apparatus, comprising:

the state feedback module is arranged to control each lamp block in the current spliced lamp to feedback connection state information in response to a splicing relation acquisition instruction of external equipment by the controller of the current spliced lamp, wherein the connection state information comprises lamp block shapes of corresponding lamp blocks and edge identifiers of connection edges, and the connection edges belong to structural edges which are electrically connected with other lamp blocks in a plurality of structural edges indicated by the lamp block shapes of the corresponding lamp blocks;

the coding processing module is arranged to encapsulate connection relation information among the lamp blocks in the spliced lamp according to the connection state information returned by the lamp blocks and the hierarchical order represented when the connection state information is returned, wherein the connection relation information comprises lamp block forms and edge identifiers of connection edges of the lamp blocks organized according to the corresponding hierarchical order;

And the verification execution module is set to send the connection relation information obtained by encapsulation to the external equipment by the controller for verification, and the lamp configuration parameters returned after the external equipment is successfully verified are obtained for calling when the lamp effect is played.

According to another aspect of the present application there is provided a tiled luminaire controller comprising a central processor and a memory, said central processor being arranged to invoke the steps of running a computer program stored in said memory to perform said tiled luminaire configuration method.

According to another aspect of the present application, there is provided a splice lamp, comprising a controller and a plurality of lamp blocks, each lamp block having a plurality of structural sides, two adjacent lamp blocks being electrically connected to each other by a respective structural side, the plurality of lamp blocks being connected in series to access the controller, wherein the controller is adapted to perform the steps of the splice lamp configuration method.

According to another aspect of the present application, there is provided a non-volatile readable storage medium storing in the form of computer readable instructions a computer program implemented according to the method for configuring a tiled lighting fitting, the computer program executing the steps comprised by the method when being invoked by a computer.

According to another aspect of the application, a computer program product is provided, comprising computer programs/instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the steps of the method of configuring a tiled luminaire according to any one of the embodiments of the application.

The present application has various technical advantages over the prior art including, but not limited to:

firstly, the controller of the spliced lamp responds to a splicing relation acquisition instruction of external equipment to control each lamp block to transmit back connection state information, each lamp block automatically detects and determines the lamp block form and each connection edge of the lamp block to acquire the connection state information of the lamp block, the connection state information of the lamp block is orderly combined with the connection state information of other lower-level lamp blocks to indicate the hierarchical order of the lamp block in a connection topology, the actual splicing shape of the whole spliced lamp is actually determined on a data layer by utilizing the hierarchical order of each lamp block and each connection edge of the lamp block, the controller is responsible for packaging the connection relation information corresponding to the actual splicing shape, the connection relation information is transmitted to drive the external equipment to check, lamp configuration parameters transmitted back by the external equipment are acquired after the check is successful, the lamp configuration parameters are reliable, and the lamp block to be lighted can be accurately positioned according to the lamp configuration parameters to play the lamp effect when the lamp effect is played later, so that the lamp effect is ensured to be accurately played.

And secondly, as the controller is responsible for receiving and repackaging the connection state information returned by each lamp block, the controller can discard redundant information in the connection state information, and more simplified connection relation information is packaged for representing the splicing shape, so that the data quantity transmitted between the controller and external equipment is smaller, the controller is suitable for transmitting data representing the actual splicing shape in a Bluetooth, radio frequency or other modes, the communication difficulty is reduced, and the communication reliability and communication efficiency are improved.

In addition, the controller can accurately acquire the connection relation information corresponding to the actual splicing shape of the spliced lamp, and can ensure that external equipment performs reliable verification on the actual installation effect of a user, so that the convenience of the user for automatically assembling the spliced lamp is improved, the accuracy of the user for automatically assembling the spliced lamp is improved, and the spliced lamp product is more suitable for sale and is opposite to a road.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings required for the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is apparent that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is an electrical schematic diagram of a spliced lamp in an embodiment of the application;

fig. 2 is a flow chart of a configuration method of a spliced lamp in an embodiment of the application;

FIG. 3 is a graphical user interface diagram of an external device showing the splice shape and installation verification function keys of a preprogrammed splice light fixture in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a connection structure of an exemplary spliced lamp in which lamp blocks are adjacent to form an actual spliced shape;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a flow chart of a controller controlling a lamp block to turn on a lamp for warning according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a flow chart of a lamp block according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 is a schematic flow chart of uploading connection status information by self-checking a lamp block according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic flow chart of the connection relation information of the controller-encoded spliced lamp in the embodiment of the application;

fig. 9 is a schematic flow chart of a process of completing installation and configuration of a spliced lamp by matching a controller with external equipment in the embodiment of the application;

fig. 10 is a schematic flow chart of implementing light effect playing by the controller executing the light effect playing instruction in the embodiment of the application;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a spliced lamp configuration device in an embodiment of the application;

Fig. 12 is a schematic structural diagram of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1, the spliced lamp provided by the application is formed by adjacently splicing a plurality of lamp blocks to form an area array, the whole area array is electrically connected with a controller, and the controller centrally controls the whole area array to play the lamp effect, so that the controller is in charge of controlling the power supply of each lamp block in the whole area array, controlling the instructions of each lamp block and transmitting the data of each lamp block. The lamp blocks have various product forms, and the same spliced lamp can be spliced by adopting the lamp blocks with different lamp body forms according to the shape of the lamp blocks and the characteristics of the splicing relationship of the lamp blocks. The optional lamp body shape comprises any polygonal shape such as a triangle, a quadrangle, a pentagon, a hexagon and the like, or a radial shape formed by any plurality of lines and the like, and correspondingly a plurality of structure sides are also formed, and the shapes are suitable for being adjacently spliced on the same plane to form a certain layout shape. The spliced lamp can be used as an atmosphere lamp, can play a role in dressing the space atmosphere, has a certain illumination function, and is often installed in an indoor space.

The lamp block can comprise a plurality of light-emitting units, and each light-emitting unit can be provided with a control circuit or a control chip for analyzing corresponding playing instructions to generate corresponding lamp effect playing signals, and the corresponding light-emitting units are controlled to emit light according to specific light-emitting parameters through the lamp effect playing signals. The lamp block is used as a whole, an independent control chip can be arranged to control the light emission of all the light emitting units, the independent control chip can input corresponding playing instructions to the control chip of each light emitting unit to achieve the aim of centralized control, and the whole lamp block can also be used for directly controlling each light emitting unit by a single control chip to achieve the corresponding playing aim. This is flexibly designed mainly depending on the capabilities of the control chip employed by the lamp block and its lighting unit, without affecting the inventive spirit of the present application. According to the principles, for one lamp block, not only all the light-emitting units can be uniformly controlled to emit light at the same time, but also the control granularity can be specifically controlled to each light-emitting unit to emit light, and the finer the control granularity is, the finer the generated lamp effect is.

The plurality of light-emitting units in the lamp block can be subjected to regional centralized management according to the positions of the light-emitting units on the display surface of the lamp block, for example, the hexagonal lamp block is divided into three prismatic blocks, and the light-emitting units in the unit range can be controlled to emit light by taking the prismatic blocks as units, so that the display control of different blocks of the lamp block is realized.

The lamp blocks 1 with different lamp block shapes can be spliced with each other, for example, a quadrilateral lamp block is adjacent to the periphery of a hexagonal lamp block, and it is easy to understand that a richer area array pattern can be constructed by matching the lamp blocks with different lamp block shapes.

In order to facilitate connection with other lamp blocks 1, each lamp block 1 is provided with a corresponding connection interface at a structural edge represented by the geometric shape of the lamp block, the connection interfaces comprise electric interfaces, and an installation interface can be further provided, or the installation interface and the electric interfaces are combined into the same electromechanical interface, so that a user can assemble the spliced lamp with a corresponding area array pattern by splicing different lamp blocks 1 in sequence to form a desired topological effect. And the different adjacent relations are used for splicing, so that different area array patterns can be assembled naturally. The task of the electrical interface is mainly to transmit power, data and instructions etc. The control chip playing a role in unified control in the lamp block can determine whether each structural edge has a connection relation by detecting the input and output states of the electric interfaces corresponding to each structural edge in the lamp block, the structural edges connected with other lamp blocks are identified as connection edges, and the structural edges which are not connected with other lamp blocks are identified as non-connection edges.

The individual lamp blocks in the tiled luminaire can establish a communication connection with the controller by adhering to the same data communication protocol. The controller is generally connected to one or more first lamp blocks, and the other lamp blocks are sequentially connected to the previously connected lamp blocks, so that the same lamp block can be connected to a plurality of other lamp blocks through a plurality of structural edges of the same lamp block to extend a plurality of branches, and the like, so that it is easy to understand that the connection relationship of the whole area array can form a tree-shaped connection topology. Starting from a first lamp block from the controller, taking the first lamp block as a root node in the tree topology, and reaching each leaf end node in the tree topology, wherein the first lamp block can be regarded as the same branch chain. The controller may support building a plurality of such branch chains as desired. The instructions and data sent by the controller can reach each lamp block along the branch chain, otherwise, each lamp block can upload own data and instructions to the controller along the branch chain. In general, the lamp blocks in each branch chain process the corresponding instructions and data according to a standardized data communication protocol, and meanwhile, the lamp blocks in other upper and lower stages are uploaded and downloaded through the branch chains. It is easy to understand that by identifying the connecting edge and the non-connecting edge of each lamp block in the same branch chain to determine the connecting position of the corresponding lamp block, and combining the level sequence of the lamp blocks in the whole branch chain to determine the sequence position of the lamp blocks in the whole branch chain, the area array pattern of the whole branch chain can be identified, the splicing shape of the whole branch chain is correspondingly described, and the like, when a plurality of branch chains exist, the area array patterns of the branch chains also form the whole area array pattern of the whole splicing lamp, and the splicing shape of the whole splicing lamp is correspondingly formed.

For example, fig. 1 shows a spliced lamp formed by splicing a plurality of lamp blocks 1 with a regular hexagonal structure, wherein each lamp block 1 comprises a plurality of light emitting units, the light emitting units are distributed in each prismatic block, each structural side and/or each prismatic boundary side of the regular hexagonal structure, and six sides of the hexagonal lamp block correspondingly form six structural sides, so that light emitting control with different granularity can be implemented on each lamp block 1, for example, each prismatic region, each structural side, each prismatic boundary side or individual light emitting units therein can be controlled individually, or all light emitting units in the lamp block 1 can be controlled in an integral manner.

The controller 2 in the spliced lamp, the controller 2 generally comprises a control chip, a communication component and the like, is used for realizing the work control of the whole spliced lamp and is responsible for communication inside and outside the whole spliced lamp, such as collecting connection state information of each lamp block, issuing a lamp effect playing instruction to each lamp block, carrying out data communication related to functions of installation, detection, lamp effect playing and the like on external equipment and the like. The external device in communication with the controller may be any form of terminal device installed with a corresponding application program for implementing various functions in communication with the controller, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a personal computer, a remote controller, etc.

The control Chip in the controller, the control Chip in the lamp block playing a role in unified control, the control Chip adopted by each light emitting unit in the lamp block, and the like can be realized by adopting various embedded chips, such as Bluetooth SoC (System on Chip) of a self-communication module, wiFi SoC and the like, MCU (Micro Controller Unit, microcontroller) of a communication module configured in addition, DSP (Digital Signal Processing ) and the like, and the control Chip generally comprises a central processing unit and a memory, and is mainly used for storing and executing program instructions to realize corresponding functions. The communication component can be used for carrying out wireless or wired communication with external equipment, for example, a control chip in the controller can be communicated with various intelligent terminal equipment such as a personal computer and a smart phone, so that a user can give a lamp effect playing instruction to the spliced lamp through the terminal equipment.

After receiving the lamp effect playing instruction through the communication component, the control chip correspondingly analyzes the lamp effect playing instruction into lamp effect playing signals for controlling all the light emitting units of the spliced lamp, outputs the lamp effect playing signals to all the lamp blocks 1, and controls the light emitting units of all the lamp blocks 1 to cooperatively play the lamp effect.

In some embodiments, the controller 2 may also configure power adapters, control panels, display screens, etc. as desired. The power adapter is mainly used for converting commercial power into direct current so as to supply power for the whole spliced lamp. The control panel typically provides one or more keys for implementing on-off control or the like for the controller 2. The display screen can be used for displaying various control information so as to be matched with keys in the control panel and support the realization of man-machine interaction functions. In some embodiments, the control panel may be integrated into the same touch display as the display.

The configuration method of the spliced lamp can be realized as a computer program product, is installed in a spliced lamp controller to run, and is mainly called and executed by a control chip in the controller from a memory for storing the computer program product, so that the personalized customization of the spliced lamp splicing shape is assisted to be completed for realizing corresponding configuration functions by a user, and a lamp effect playing instruction is sent to the spliced lamp, so that the spliced lamp can accurately play corresponding lamp effect.

Referring to fig. 2, in an embodiment, the method for configuring a spliced lamp of the present application includes:

Step S5100, a controller of a current spliced lamp responds to a splicing relation acquisition instruction of external equipment to control each lamp block in the current spliced lamp to transmit back connection state information, wherein the connection state information comprises lamp block shapes of corresponding lamp blocks and edge identifiers of connection edges, and the connection edges belong to structural edges which are electrically connected with other lamp blocks in a plurality of structural edges indicated by the lamp block shapes of the lamp blocks in the corresponding lamp blocks;

and the spliced lamp which is being installed is regarded as the current spliced lamp, and a user splices all lamp blocks one by one in a vertical plane provided by one entity space so as to complete the installation of the spliced lamp. Before or after this process is completed, the user can check the actual splice shape he installs by means of an application running in the external device to check whether this actual splice shape corresponds to a certain splice shape pre-programmed in the application. The splice shape pre-programmed in the application program of the external equipment can be called from the template space or can be self-programmed by the user by utilizing the function provided by the application program. The graphical user interface of the application program shown in fig. 3 shows that the user modifies the resulting final splice shape 4 on the basis of the splice shape given by the template, indicating that the user desires to splice the spliced luminaire into a corresponding actual effect, i.e. to obtain an actual splice shape that corresponds to the final splice shape.

When the external equipment compares whether the pre-programmed splicing shape is consistent with the actual splicing shape of the spliced lamp, the data are the corresponding connection relation information of the pre-programmed splicing shape and the actual splicing shape of the spliced lamp, and further whether the two connection relation information are consistent is compared, if so, the verification is successful, the actual splicing shape spliced by the user is consistent with the pre-programmed splicing shape, otherwise, the verification fails, the corresponding two splicing shapes are inconsistent, and the user is reminded of readjusting the splicing.

And the connection relation information of the spliced shape is expressed and processed according to a certain preset format. As will be described later. However, the obtaining of the connection relation information of the actual splicing shape of the spliced lamps is implemented by means of the controller of the current spliced lamps. Generally, after the user completes the structural splicing of the spliced lamps, the operation of checking the spliced shape can be triggered in the external device through the function keys 5 provided by the application program such as the graphical user interface shown in fig. 3, and the application program generates a spliced relationship acquisition instruction and sends the spliced relationship acquisition instruction to the controller of the spliced lamps.

After receiving a splice relation acquisition instruction sent by external equipment, a controller of the current splice lamp responds to the instruction, and sends a corresponding self-checking execution instruction to each lamp block in each branch chain connected with the controller so as to inform each lamp block in the splice lamp of self-checking the respective connection state of the lamp block, and then returns connection state information of the lamp blocks to the controller.

The connection status information generated by each lamp block self-test may include, in one embodiment, the lamp block's own lamp block shape and the edge identification of the connection edge. Since this lamp block shape indicates the shape of the lamp block, i.e. the number of structural sides the lamp block has, it has the effect of indicating a plurality of structural sides of the lamp block. After the connecting edge is determined in the structural edge, the lamp block can also determine the edge identifier corresponding to the connecting edge. In this way, the connection state information clearly indicates the structure side with external connection relation in the lamp block in a specific form, so that the lamp block can correspond to the specific structure side and the shape of the lamp block.

In another embodiment, the connection status information may further include a lamp block shape of each lamp block and input/output statuses corresponding to the connection side, the non-connection side, and the connection side, the non-connection side, so that the connection status information of each lamp block is clearer, which, of course, results in an increase in the amount of data transmitted by each branch chain, compared with the previous embodiment, but the function is the same as that of the previous embodiment, and the controller may further perform more careful verification by using the input/output statuses of the connection side and the non-connection side, so long as the controller may perform corresponding analysis.

In the electrical connection relation of the same branch chain, each lamp block is connected in series according to a certain sequence, each lamp block has a hierarchy where the lamp block is located in the branch chain, so each lamp block corresponds to a hierarchy order, the hierarchy order is related to the position of the corresponding lamp block in the data communication link of the whole branch chain, and the hierarchy order of each lamp block needs to be obtained so as to accurately package connection relation information corresponding to the actual splicing shape of the spliced lamp.

In one embodiment, the hierarchical order of each lamp block does not need to be represented by a plaintext variable, according to the data communication protocol standardized in advance in the application, the connection state information of each lamp block can be packaged in a branch chain, each connection edge of each lamp block is represented in parallel in the connection state information of each lamp block, the connection state information of other lower lamp blocks uploaded on each connection edge of the lamp block is orderly followed by the edge identifier and the lamp block form corresponding to the corresponding connection edge of the lamp block, and the information package packaged out of the lamp block is continuously uploaded. In the information package of each lamp block, there are own connection state information and connection state information of other lower lamp blocks in the same branch chain, in each connection state information, the connection edges of the lamp blocks corresponding to the connection state information are organized in parallel by edge marks, so as to indicate each connection edge of the corresponding lamp block, and the connection state information among different lamp blocks in the branch chain is indicated by the arrangement sequence of the connection state information, so that the hierarchical order of each lamp block in the branch chain and the connection position (connection edge) are effectively represented, and the data description of the connection topology of all the lamp blocks in the whole branch chain is formed. When the connection state information of each lamp block reaches the controller, the controller follows a corresponding data communication protocol, and in the process of analyzing the connection state information of each lamp block, the hierarchical order of each lamp block can be determined by utilizing the precedence relation among the connection state information of each lamp block. Therefore, the hierarchical order and the connection state information of each lamp block are determined in the mode, and the method has the advantages of small communication data volume and high communication efficiency.

In other embodiments, the connection status information of each lamp block may also include a hierarchical order represented in a plaintext variable form, for example, when the controller sends a self-checking execution instruction to the branch chain in a downlink, a hierarchical order initial value is transmitted at the same time, after each lamp block in the same branch chain receives the hierarchical order in the self-checking execution instruction, a constant value, for example, 1 is accumulated on the basis of the value of the hierarchical order, and the constant value is included as the own hierarchical order in the connection status information generated by the controller, and then the controller determines the hierarchical order of each lamp block according to the value of the hierarchical order given by the plaintext in the connection status information of each lamp block, so as to determine the actual splicing shape of the whole branch chain. It can be seen that determining the level of each lamp block in this way has a more definite effect of indication.

Therefore, the hierarchical order of the lamp blocks can be characterized in the process of returning the connection state information of the lamp blocks, and the connection state information of different lamp blocks can be characterized among the sequences of the connection state information of different lamp blocks, and can also be directly contained in the connection state information of each lamp block. In any form, the controller can analyze the connection state information returned by each lamp block to assist in determining the actual splicing shape formed by each lamp block in the branch chain.

Step S5200, the controller encapsulates connection relation information among the lamp blocks in the spliced lamp according to the connection state information returned by the lamp blocks and the hierarchical order represented when the connection state information is returned, wherein the connection relation information comprises lamp block shapes and edge identifiers of connection edges of the lamp blocks organized according to the corresponding hierarchical order;

after the controller obtains all connection state information returned by all lamp blocks, the controller is adapted to a hierarchical order mode characterized when the connection state information is returned, and the hierarchical order of each lamp block is correspondingly determined, so that information such as the lamp block form, the edge identification of the connection edge, the hierarchical order and the like of each branch chain and each lamp block in the whole spliced lamp is obtained, the actual splicing shape of the whole spliced lamp can be understood accordingly, and the actual splicing shape is packaged into connection relation information identifiable by external equipment according to a mode of pre-agreeing with the external equipment.

When the controller encapsulates the connection relation information, the protocol is the protocol which is the same as the connection relation information of the pre-programmed splicing shape represented by the external equipment, so that the connection relation information encapsulated by the controller is consistent with the connection relation information data structure of the pre-programmed splicing shape, and the external equipment can conveniently and quickly invoke and check. In addition, the protocol generally pursues a more concise data structure, can effectively compress the data byte number of the connection relation information generated by the controller, is suitable for efficiently transmitting data by means of a wireless communication protocol with smaller communication quantity load such as Bluetooth, radio frequency and the like, and can reduce the production cost of a control chip adopted by the controller.

In this regard, in one embodiment, when the controller encapsulates the connection relationship information corresponding to the actual splicing shape, the connection relationship information does not carry any information related to the un-spliced edge of each lamp block, and only adopts, for each lamp block, the lamp block shape and the edge identifier of the connected edge in the connection state information of the lamp block, and indicates the hierarchical order of each lamp block in the same branch chain in the sequential relationship of the connection state information of each lamp block.

Given below is an example of data description of corresponding connection relationship information in the case of a single branch chain, please understand with reference to fig. 4 and the following description: (foot-hexagonal 1, foot 3 (foot-quadrilateral 1), foot 5 (foot-hexagonal 1)), foot 4 (foot-hexagonal 1), foot 5 (foot-hexagonal 1)).

Described herein is connection relation information of an exemplary actual splice shape in fig. 4, wherein "(No. 1 foot-hexagon," the lamp block shape representing the first lamp block belongs to a hexagon, and "(No. 1 foot" is the head, representing that the first lamp block is connected to the controller, "No. 3 foot (No. 1 foot-hexagon," the No. 3 foot representing that the first lamp block in the order is connected to the No. 1 foot of the second lamp block, the lamp block shape of the second lamp block is a hexagon, "No. 3 foot (No. 1 foot-quadrangle" representing that the No. 3 foot of the second lamp block is connected to the No. 1 foot of the third lamp block, the lamp block shape of the third lamp block is a quadrangle; "etc.) represents that the last lamp block is returned.

In the data description of the exemplary connection relationship information, "pins" are used to correspond to the connection interfaces of the corresponding structural sides of the lamp block, and each structural side is closely provided with its corresponding connection interface in the physical product and is detected by the corresponding pin in the control chip that performs the unified control function in the lamp block, so the term "pins" is used herein to refer to the corresponding structural side in the lamp block.

According to the description example, it can be seen that, in the connection relation information generated by the controller, only the edge identification of the connection edge in the lamp block and the lamp block form are required to be given, the hierarchical order of the lamp blocks is represented by using the precedence relation among different lamp blocks, the connection state information of each lamp block is organized by the hierarchical order of each lamp block, the parallel relation of a plurality of connection edges in the same lamp block and the upper and lower relation among the lamp blocks are represented by the sign of a pre-protocol according to the requirement, the description of the data layer of the actual splicing shape of the whole branch chain can be realized, the description is very simplified, and the effective representation of the complex splicing shape is realized by using the extremely low byte number.

It is easy to understand that when there are multiple branch chains in the spliced lamp, each branch chain can obtain its connection relation information in the same way, and the controller only needs to distinguish different branch chains and correspondingly transmit corresponding connection relation information for external equipment.

And step S5300, the controller sends the connection relation information obtained by encapsulation to the external equipment for verification, and the lamp configuration parameters returned after the external equipment is successfully verified are obtained and are used for being called when the lamp effect is played.

After the controller packages the information of the connection relation corresponding to the actual splicing shape of the spliced lamp, the information can be sent to external equipment through the communication component. The external equipment analyzes the connection relation information corresponding to the actual splicing shape, compares the connection relation information with the connection relation information obtained by pre-programming to realize verification, and indicates that the verification is successful when the connection relation information and the connection relation information are consistent; and when the two are inconsistent, indicating that the verification fails.

When the external device checks successfully, the connection relationship information can be further confirmed, in one embodiment, description data corresponding to the hierarchical position of the lamp blocks, the lamp block form and the edge identification of the connecting edge are additionally generated, and other related data, such as coordinate information of each lamp block in a unified coordinate system, an inclination angle relative to a preset horizontal reference and the like, can be carried, and can be used as lamp configuration parameters to be transmitted to the controller. After the controller receives the lamp configuration parameters, the lamp configuration parameters are stored as configuration information corresponding to each lamp block, and then when the lamp effect is played, the configuration information can be directly called to determine each lamp block which needs to be controlled to emit light by the lamp effect, so that the trouble that the controller automatically analyzes the connection relation information to call the lamp blocks to control the light emission is avoided, and the lamp effect is more efficient and accurate.

When the verification of the external equipment fails, the application program can warn the user by popup window to guide the user to re-splice or adjust the actual connection relation of the individual lamp blocks, and then the configuration process is restarted until the user completes the accurate construction of the actual spliced shape of the spliced lamp.

On the basis of any embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 5, before a controller of a current spliced lamp responds to a splice relationship acquisition instruction of an external device, the method includes:

step S3100, the controller responds to an initialization instruction of the external device and switches to an installation mode;

Before a user starts to splice the lamp blocks, the external device can provide corresponding installation guide services for the user to install the lamp blocks, the user can trigger an initialization instruction in a graphical user interface of the external device, and the external device transmits the initialization instruction to a controller which has previously established communication connection with the external device. The controller switches its own operation mode to an installation mode in response to the initialization instruction, and performs the subsequent steps in the installation mode.

Step S3200, the controller broadcasts a lighting control message at intervals in a mounting mode so as to control a lamp block connected into a current spliced lamp to be started to light;

in the installation mode, the controller is configured to broadcast a lighting control message to each lamp block which is connected with the controller at intervals of a certain period of time, such as 100 milliseconds, and the lighting control message triggers each lamp block to light and warn so as to inform a user whether the spliced lamp blocks are connected with power.

Since the lamp blocks in each branch chain are connected according to the tree topology and have serial communication relations among vertical levels, for each lamp block, the process of transmitting instructions and data to the whole tree topology by the controller is equivalent to that of communicating with the controller along one serial communication link, and can also be regarded as that of transmitting instructions and data along one serial communication link, in short, the controller transmits a lighting control message to each lamp block in the branch chain through the branch chain to realize broadcasting, and after each lamp block receives the lighting control message, one or more lighting units in the lamp block are controlled to emit lights according to default service logic to give out alarms.

And step S3300, the controller monitors the splicing relation acquisition instruction, and returns to the previous step to continue iteration when the splicing relation acquisition instruction is not received within a preset time.

In the process of splicing the lamp blocks, the user is generally installed in one block, so in the installation mode, the controller takes the preset time length of the interval as a period, continuously and circularly iterates the broadcasting of the lighting control message, namely returns to the step S3200 to continue the circulation, thereby continuously detecting the accessed lamp blocks, notifying the corresponding lamp blocks to emit light for warning, and guiding the installation process of the user.

In addition, the controller starts a timer in its installation mode to determine the duration, and returns to step S3200 to continue iteration when the duration exceeds the predetermined time and the splice relationship acquisition instruction sent by the external device is not received in the process, thereby realizing detection and response to the splice relationship acquisition instruction and starting the verification process. That is, when the user triggers the splice relationship acquisition instruction through the external device in the installation mode, the controller no longer broadcasts the lighting control message, but starts responding to the splice relationship acquisition instruction to start the verification process.

According to the embodiment, the controller responds to the initialization instruction of the external device to periodically broadcast the lighting control message, so that the lighting warning can be timely controlled to the lamp block accessed by the user, the user knows that the corresponding lamp block is electrified, the process of installing the lamp block by the user is guided, and the user is ensured to install the lamp block correctly.

On the basis of any embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 6, after the controller broadcasts a lighting control message at intervals in an installation mode to control a lamp block connected to a current spliced lamp to be initially lit, the method includes:

step S4100, receiving any lamp block of the lighting control message as a current lamp block, responding to the lighting control message, and obtaining pre-stored default lighting configuration information;

for each lamp block in the spliced lamp, which is electrically connected with the controller, the lamp block can respond identically after receiving a lighting control message broadcast by the controller according to a pre-written program. Taking any one of the lamp blocks receiving the lighting control message as the current lamp block as an example, after the current lamp block receives the lighting control message, responding to the lighting control message, and firstly calling default lighting configuration information from a memory of the lamp block. Generally, these default lighting configuration information describe each default lighting unit and its default lighting parameters that the lamp block needs to control lighting. The default lighting unit may be all lighting units in the lamp block, and the default lighting parameters are also flexible, for example, corresponding RGB parameters for controlling green light emission. That is, the default light emission configuration information can be flexibly set in advance.

Step S4200, analyzing the default lighting configuration information by the current lamp block to determine a default lighting unit and default lighting parameters thereof;

after the default lighting configuration information is called by the current lamp block, the default lighting configuration information is analyzed, and data in the default lighting configuration information is read to determine a default lighting unit, wherein the default lighting unit can be specifically represented as an identifier of the default lighting unit and default lighting parameters corresponding to each default lighting unit.

Step S4300, the current lamp block controls the default light-emitting unit to emit light according to the default light-emitting parameter.

After each default light emitting unit and corresponding default light emitting parameters are determined by the current lamp block, a corresponding light emitting control instruction or a corresponding light emitting control signal can be generated to control the corresponding light emitting units to emit light to warn.

Specifically, in the embodiment that each light emitting unit of the lamp block is controlled by the control chip of the unified control of the lamp block, the control chip of the lamp block can generate a corresponding light emitting control signal according to the default light emitting parameters corresponding to the default light emitting unit which needs to emit light, and the corresponding default light emitting unit is controlled to emit light through the corresponding chip pin output to warn.

In the embodiment that each light emitting unit is also provided with a corresponding control chip, the control chip with the unified control function of the lamp block generates a corresponding light emitting control instruction of the default light emitting unit according to the default light emitting unit and the corresponding default light emitting parameter thereof, transmits the light emitting control instruction to the control chip of the default light emitting unit, generates a corresponding light emitting control signal for the light emitting control instruction by the control chip, and controls the corresponding light emitting warning of the default light emitting unit by utilizing the light emitting control information.

According to the embodiment, the lamp blocks are matched with the controller through the function of the lamp blocks, so that the power-on state of each lamp block can be effectively and rapidly reflected in the process of installing the spliced lamp by a user, the user can know whether each lamp block is correctly conducted, and the user assembling experience of a product is improved.

On the basis of any embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 7, after controlling each lamp block in the current spliced lamp to transmit back connection status information, the method includes:

step S6100, the controller sends a state detection instruction to each lamp block in the current spliced lamp;

the process of obtaining the connection state information of each lamp block by the controller can also be realized by means of a program preset by the lamp block. Therefore, when the controller needs the connection state information returned by each lamp block, the controller sends a state detection instruction to each lamp block in the branch chain.

Step S6200, each lamp block receiving the state detection instruction, and responding to the state detection instruction to detect the input and output states of each structural edge of the lamp block;

for any one of the lamp blocks which is electrically connected with the controller, after the control chip which plays a role in unified control receives a state detection instruction sent by the controller, the input and output states of each structural edge of the lamp block can be detected through the I/O port of the control chip according to the instruction, the input and output states of each structural edge mainly comprise an input state, an output state and a power-off state, the input state is expressed in a branch chain, and the lamp block belongs to a lower lamp block of another lamp block; the output state is expressed in the branch chain, and the lamp block belongs to an upper lamp block of another lamp block; the power-off state indicates that the corresponding fabric edge is not connected.

Step S6300, the lamp block takes the structure edge of the input/output state belonging to the input or output as the connection edge, and the lamp block form of the lamp block and the edge identification of the connection edge are correlated to form the connection state information of the lamp block;

the control chip of each lamp block obtains the input and output states of the connection interfaces of the structural sides through the detection process, and the connection sides and the non-connection sides in the structural sides can be identified. In one embodiment, the connection state information is generated only according to the input and output states of the connection sides; in other alternative embodiments, it is of course possible to generate the connection status information of the present lamp block according to the data corresponding to the input/output status corresponding to the connection edge and the non-connection edge. In any event, the controller may recognize.

Step S6400, the lamp block receives the connection state information uploaded by the lower lamp block provided by the connection side of the lamp block, and after the connection state information of the lamp block is orderly combined into an information packet to indicate the hierarchical order of the lamp block, the information packet is uploaded to the upper lamp block providing input for the lamp block, and so on until the last lamp block transmits the generated information packet to the controller.

In order to ensure that each lamp block in the branch chain effectively returns connection state information of each lamp block to the controller according to a standardized data communication protocol, each lamp block can upload the connection state information along the branch chain according to uniformly set service logic. Specifically, for the present lamp block, the connection state information of the lower lamp block is encapsulated in the information packet and uploaded to the present lamp block along the branch chain, after the present lamp block generates the connection state information belonging to the present lamp block and obtains the whole information packet uploaded by the lower lamp block, the connection state information of the present lamp block and the connection state information of each lower lamp block are obtained, in order to characterize the hierarchical order of the present lamp block in the branch chain, the control chip of the present lamp block orderly combines the connection state information of the present lamp block with the connection state information of each lower lamp block according to a certain sequence to form a new information packet, and of course, the present lamp block is combined according to a preset protocol format to effectively characterize the hierarchical order of the present lamp block in the new information packet, and then the present lamp block can further uplink the new information packet along the branch chain and transmit the new information packet to the upper lamp block. Each lamp block works according to the service logic, and the like, the lamp block at the top stage is the first lamp block directly connected with the controller, and the first lamp block transmits the generated final information packet to the controller, so that the controller obtains the connection state information of all the lamp blocks in the branch chain.

According to the embodiment, the standardized service logic is realized in each lamp block, so that standardized production of the lamp blocks can be realized, and a user can splice any lamp blocks without difference through the action of the service logic in operation, so that a desired area array pattern is spliced, each lamp block in the spliced lamp can accurately know, characterize and transmit the hierarchical order of the lamp block in the branch chain and various connection state information, and the smooth assembly and normal operation of the spliced lamp are ensured, so that the product is more reliable.

On the basis of any embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 8, the controller encapsulates connection relationship information between each lamp block in the spliced lamp according to the connection state information returned by each lamp block and a hierarchical order represented when the connection state information is returned, and includes:

step S5210, the controller acquires an information packet for combining and transmitting the connection state information of each lamp block, and analyzes the information packet to extract the hierarchical order and the connection state information of each lamp block;

the first lamp block in the branch chain, which is directly and electrically connected with the controller, is responsible for finally merging and packaging the connection state information of each lamp block in the branch chain into a corresponding information packet and uploading the corresponding information packet to the controller, and the controller analyzes the information packet according to a preset protocol format, so that the hierarchical order and the connection state information of each lamp block in the branch chain can be obtained as described above.

And step 5220, the controller encapsulates structured information describing the splicing shape of each lamp block in the current spliced lamp according to the hierarchical order of each lamp block and the connection state information thereof according to a preset coding format, and takes the structured information as connection relation information, so that the byte number of the connection relation information is smaller than the byte number of the information packet, and data compression is realized.

The controller repackages the hierarchical order of each lamp block and the connection state information thereof in the branch chain into connection relation information, and essentially converts the information packet uploaded by the first lamp block from the first protocol format into the second protocol format, so that a coding format corresponding to the second protocol format is needed, the analyzed hierarchical order of each lamp block and the connection state information thereof are repackaged according to the coding format, corresponding structured information is generated, and the structured information is used as the connection relation information to be transmitted to external equipment.

It will be appreciated that the first protocol format is pre-agreed between the controller and the individual lamp blocks, while the second protocol format is pre-agreed between the controller and the application running in the external device, the controller just functioning as a protocol conversion. And reducing the data volume of the finally generated connection relation information relative to the information packet uploaded by the first lamp block through protocol conversion. The data structure of the connection relationship information in the examples can be referred to in the previous examples, and will not be repeated here.

According to the above embodiment, the purpose of protocol conversion by the controller is that, besides adapting to the requirements of external equipment verification, it is also expected to adapt to communication protocols such as bluetooth, wiFi and radio frequency adopted by the embedded chip, the byte number of single connection relation information corresponding to the whole spliced lamp is reduced through data format conversion, so that the byte number is greatly reduced corresponding to the connection state information originally submitted to the controller by each lamp block, the connection relation information can show the actual spliced shape of the spliced lamp with a smaller byte number, and the connection relation information is efficiently and quickly transmitted to the external equipment through the communication component carried by the embedded chip.

On the basis of any embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 9, the controller sends the connection relationship information obtained by encapsulation to the external device for verification, and obtains the lamp configuration parameters returned after the external device is successfully verified for being called when playing the lamp effect, including:

step S5310, the controller sends the connection relation information obtained by encapsulation to the external equipment so as to drive the external equipment to check whether the connection relation information is consistent with the connection relation information of the pre-programmed splicing shape;

After the controller sends the generated connection relation information indicating the actual splicing shape of the current spliced lamp to the external equipment, the external equipment is driven by the connection relation information, the connection relation information is used as first connection relation information and is compared with second connection relation information of a pre-programmed splicing shape, whether the two splicing shapes are consistent or not is determined through comparison, a verification result is distinguished for subsequent processing, for example, the controller is notified when the verification is consistent, and a user is notified when the verification is failed.

Step S5320, the controller monitors and receives lamp configuration parameters returned by the external equipment after the verification is consistent in a preset time, wherein the lamp configuration parameters comprise coordinate information and inclination angles of all lamp blocks in the current spliced lamp;

after the controller sends out the connection relation information packaged by the controller, a timer is started, the lamp configuration parameters returned by the external equipment after the verification is consistent are monitored within the preset time counted by the timer, and after the controller receives the lamp configuration parameters, the controller clearly knows that the actual splicing shape passes the verification of the external equipment, under the condition, the actual splicing shape represented by the connection relation information originally generated by the controller can be used, the description information of each lamp block is generated and stored according to the connection relation information, and then when the lamp effect is played, the corresponding lamp effect can be correctly played by the lamp blocks through the description information; if the external device further includes description information of each lamp block in the lamp configuration parameters, the controller can also directly store and use the description information to call when playing the lamp effect.

In this embodiment, after the external device checks the consistency, the coordinate information of each lamp block in the spliced lamp relative to the coordinate system is determined according to the coordinate system adopted by the coordinate space corresponding to the built-in spliced shape pre-programmed by the external device. Considering that a user may incline a certain angle relative to the horizontal plane to develop the layout when installing the spliced lamp, and the lamp block and the target light-emitting unit in the lamp block which need to be controlled to emit light are sometimes determined by the inclination angle in the lamp effect playing instruction acted on the spliced lamp, in this case, the external device may further acquire the inclination angle given by the user to represent the inclination angle of the actual spliced shape relative to the horizontal plane. And the external equipment packages the coordinate information and the inclination angle of each lamp block together to form lamp configuration parameters, and transmits the lamp configuration parameters to the controller of the current spliced lamp so as to show that the verification is successful.

Step S5330, the controller stores the lamp configuration parameters and the connection relation information obtained by encapsulation in a correlated mode so as to be called when executing a lamp effect playing instruction.

After the controller receives the lamp configuration parameters returned by the external equipment, the lamp configuration parameters are correspondingly analyzed, each data in the lamp configuration parameters are extracted and stored in the local memory, and an association storage relation is established with the corresponding connection relation information, and then, when the controller executes the lamp effect playing instruction, the controller adapts to the packaged instruction format of the lamp effect playing instruction, not only can the hierarchical order of each lamp block be determined through the connection relation information to determine the target lamp block needing to be controlled by light emission, but also the coordinate information of the target lamp block is combined with the inclination angle to calculate the target light-emitting unit needing to be controlled by light emission, so that the controller can control the light-emitting unit more flexibly.

According to the above embodiment, the external device returns the lamp configuration parameters, so that the closed loop of the verification process of the actual splicing shape obtained by installing the spliced lamps by the user is completed, the configuration of the current spliced lamps is realized, the configured current spliced lamps can adapt to the instruction format of the lamp effect playing instruction with the help of the lamp configuration parameters, the corresponding data is called, each lamp block and the light-emitting units in the lamp blocks are correctly informed to perform light-emitting display, and the corresponding lamp effect is accurately played through the correct control of the light-emitting units of the lamp blocks. In particular, the controller can identify coordinate information and inclination angles provided in the lamp configuration parameters, so that the controller obtains lamp effect playing control capability of corresponding lamp blocks and the light emitting units thereof by analyzing the lamp effect playing instructions in a richer mode.

On the basis of any embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 10, after the controller sends the connection relationship information obtained by encapsulation to the external device for verification, and obtains the lamp configuration parameters returned after the external device is successfully verified for being called when playing the lamp effect, the method includes:

step S7100, the controller acquires a light effect playing instruction transmitted by an external device, extracts light effect control information in the light effect playing instruction, wherein the light effect control information comprises at least one frame of pattern, the pattern comprises a plurality of pixel units in a two-dimensional plane, and each pixel unit corresponds to one or more sample light emitting units in a sample lamp block;

After the controller is configured, the controller has the capability of responding to the lamp effect playing instruction to control the current spliced lamp to play the lamp effect, a user can run the application program of the application in the external equipment, determine the target lamp effect by means of the function provided by the application program, send the lamp effect playing instruction of the target lamp effect to the controller, and the external equipment sends the lamp effect playing instruction to the controller.

In this embodiment, the target light effect described by the light effect control information includes one or more frame patterns organized according to time sequence, each frame pattern refers to a layout structure of light emitting units in a corresponding sample light block, one or more light emitting units in each frame pattern are corresponding to pixel units, coordinate information and light emitting parameters of the pixel units are described, and the light emitting units corresponding to the pixel units can be controlled to emit color light corresponding to colors and brightness represented by the pixel units in the pattern through the light emitting parameters. The data format of the light efficiency control information describing these patterns and the lighting parameters of each pixel unit is flexible, and is not limited herein. The sample light block in this embodiment is a data model adapted to determine a light emitting unit distribution structure corresponding to a given light block shape, and similarly, the sample light emitting unit is a light emitting unit in a specific position in the data model.

The pattern in the light efficiency control information is usually aligned to the horizontal zero degree by default, so when a certain inclination angle exists in the actual splicing shape of one spliced lamp relative to the horizontal zero degree, corresponding adjustment is usually required to be performed according to the inclination angle, and thus the target lamp block and the target light-emitting unit in the target lamp block determined in the area array of the spliced lamp can accurately correspond to the pixel unit in the pattern.

Step 7200, after the controller performs alignment adjustment on the pattern by using the prestored inclination angle, determining each target lamp block and corresponding target light emitting unit in the current spliced lamp according to the coordinate information of the pixel unit of the pattern in the lamp efficiency control information, and generating a light emitting control instruction by associating the light emitting parameters corresponding to each target light emitting unit;

because the spliced lamp may have a certain inclination angle, the inclination angle is usually given in advance and is stored in the controller as a lamp configuration parameter, the controller can directly call the inclination angle to perform alignment adjustment on the patterns, so that the controller can directly and correspondingly determine corresponding target light emitting units of the current spliced lamp according to coordinate information corresponding to the positions of all pixel units in each pattern, and accordingly determine target lamp blocks to which the target light emitting units belong.

After determining the target lamp blocks and the target light emitting units thereof corresponding to the pixel units of the pattern, the controller may further associate the light emitting parameters corresponding to the pixel units with the target light emitting units corresponding to the pixel units, and generate the light emitting control instructions which can be resolved by the target lamp blocks.

Step S7300, the controller sends the corresponding lighting control instruction of the target lighting unit to each corresponding target lamp block according to the corresponding relation, so that each target lamp block generates corresponding lighting control information to control the corresponding target lighting unit to emit light to play the light effect.

After the controller generates the luminous control instructions corresponding to each target lamp block, the luminous control instructions are transmitted to each target lamp block through the branch chain by using the encapsulation of a standardized data communication protocol, and in the process, the controller can determine the sequence of each target lamp block by using the pre-stored connection relation information to encapsulate all luminous control instructions of the whole branch chain, so that the luminous control instructions can be accurately and correspondingly identified and utilized by each lamp block. After each lamp block receives the corresponding luminous control instruction, the corresponding luminous control instruction can be analyzed, luminous control parameters corresponding to target luminous units belonging to the lamp block are determined, luminous control signals corresponding to the target luminous units are directly generated or generated through control chips of the target luminous units, and the luminous control signals are used for controlling the corresponding target luminous units to emit light to realize lamp effect cooperative play.

It will be understood that when the light effect control information includes a description of a plurality of frame patterns, the controller may generate, frame by frame, a light emission control instruction corresponding to each frame pattern according to the timing sequence of each frame pattern, thereby presenting a dynamic effect.

According to the embodiment, after the configuration of the spliced lamp is completed, the lamp efficiency described by the pattern can be analyzed by utilizing the synergistic effect of the connection relation information determined in the configuration process and the lamp configuration parameters such as the preset inclination angle, the target light-emitting units corresponding to the pixel units in the pattern can be accurately determined, and the target light-emitting units in each target lamp block in the area array pattern of the whole spliced lamp are controlled to emit light correctly, so that the target lamp efficiency is cooperatively presented, and therefore, the controller has stronger lamp efficiency playing instruction analysis capability, and the description of the lamp efficiency by external equipment is more visual and efficient.

Referring to fig. 11, another embodiment of the present application further provides a configuration device for a spliced lamp, which includes a status feedback module 5100, an encoding processing module 5200, and a verification execution module 5300, where the status feedback module 5100 is configured to control each lamp block in a current spliced lamp to feedback connection status information in response to a splice relationship obtaining instruction of an external device, where the connection status information includes a lamp block shape of a corresponding lamp block and an edge identifier of a connection edge, and the connection edge belongs to a structural edge that is electrically connected with other lamp blocks in a plurality of structural edges indicated by the lamp block shape of the corresponding lamp block; the encoding processing module 5200 is configured to encapsulate connection relation information between each lamp block in the spliced lamp according to the connection state information returned by each lamp block and the hierarchical order represented when the connection state information is returned, where the connection relation information includes lamp block shapes and edge identifiers of connection edges of each lamp block organized according to the corresponding hierarchical order; the verification execution module 5300 is configured to send the connection relationship information obtained by encapsulation to the external device for verification by using the controller, and obtain the lamp configuration parameters returned after the external device is successfully verified for being called when the lamp effect is played.

On the basis of any embodiment of the present application, the spliced lamp configuration device of the present application includes: a mode switching module configured to switch to an installation mode in response to an initialization instruction of the external device by the controller; the interval detection module is used for broadcasting lighting control messages at intervals under an installation mode by the controller so as to control the lamp blocks connected to the current spliced lamp to be started; and the monitoring processing module is used for setting the controller to monitor the splicing relation acquisition instruction, and returning to the previous step to continue iteration when the splicing relation acquisition instruction is not received within a preset time.

On the basis of any embodiment of the present application, the spliced lamp configuration device of the present application includes: the lamp block response module is used for receiving any lamp block of the lighting control message as a current lamp block, responding to the lighting control message and acquiring pre-stored default lighting configuration information; the lamp block analysis module is set to analyze the default lighting configuration information for the current lamp block so as to determine a default lighting unit and default lighting parameters thereof; and the lamp block warning module is set to control the current lamp block to emit light according to the default light emitting parameters.

On the basis of any embodiment of the present application, the spliced lamp configuration device of the present application includes: the state detection module is arranged to send a state detection instruction to each lamp block in the current spliced lamp by the controller; the lamp block self-checking module is used for receiving the state detection instructions, and responding to the state detection instructions to detect the input and output states of each structural edge of the lamp block; the lamp block information module is arranged to take a structural edge of which the input and output states belong to input or output as a connecting edge, and associate the lamp block form of the lamp block with the edge identification of the connecting edge to form connection state information of the lamp block; the lamp block packaging module is arranged to receive the connection state information uploaded by the lower lamp block provided by the connection side of the lamp block, orderly combine the connection state information of the lamp block into an information packet to indicate the hierarchical order of the lamp block, upload the information packet to the upper lamp block providing input for the lamp block, and the like until the last lamp block transmits the generated information packet to the controller.

On the basis of any embodiment of the present application, the encoding processing module 5200 includes: the information analysis unit is arranged for the controller to acquire an information packet for combining and transmitting the connection state information of each lamp block, and analyzes the information packet to extract the hierarchical order and the connection state information of each lamp block; the decoding and packaging unit is arranged in a way that the controller packages structured information describing the splicing shape of each lamp block in the current spliced lamp according to the hierarchical sequence of each lamp block and the connection state information of the lamp block according to a preset coding format, and takes the structured information as connection relation information, so that the byte number of the connection relation information is smaller than the byte number of the information packet, and data compression is realized.

On the basis of any embodiment of the present application, the verification execution module 5300 includes: a transmission driving unit configured to transmit the connection relationship information obtained by the encapsulation to the external device by the controller, so as to drive the external device to check whether the connection relationship information is consistent with connection relationship information of a pre-programmed splicing shape; the result obtaining unit is arranged to monitor and receive lamp configuration parameters returned by the external equipment after the verification is consistent in a preset time, wherein the lamp configuration parameters comprise coordinate information and inclination angles of all lamp blocks in the current spliced lamp; and the parameter storage unit is arranged for the controller to store the lamp configuration parameters and the connection relation information obtained by encapsulation in a correlated way so as to be called when executing the lamp effect playing instruction.

On the basis of any embodiment of the present application, the spliced lamp configuration device of the present application includes: the control response module is arranged for the controller to acquire a light effect playing instruction transmitted by the external equipment and extract light effect control information therein, the light effect control information comprises at least one frame of pattern, the pattern comprises a plurality of pixel units in a two-dimensional plane, and each pixel unit corresponds to one or more sample light emitting units in a sample lamp block; the luminous standard alignment module is arranged in such a way that after the controller performs alignment adjustment on the patterns by utilizing the prestored inclination angles, each target lamp block and corresponding target luminous unit in the current spliced lamp are determined according to the coordinate information of the pixel units of the patterns in the lamp efficiency control information, and luminous parameters corresponding to each target luminous unit are associated to generate luminous control instructions; and the light effect playing module is arranged in such a way that the controller sends corresponding light-emitting control instructions of the target light-emitting units to each corresponding target light block according to the corresponding relation, so that each target light block generates corresponding light-emitting control information to control the corresponding target light-emitting units to emit light so as to play the light effect.

On the basis of any embodiment of the present application, please refer to fig. 12, another embodiment of the present application further provides a spliced lamp configuration device, which may be implemented by a computer device, as shown in fig. 12, and an internal structure of the computer device is schematically shown. The computer device includes a processor, a computer readable storage medium, a memory, and a network interface connected by a system bus. The computer readable storage medium of the computer device stores an operating system, a database and computer readable instructions, the database can store a control information sequence, and when the computer readable instructions are executed by a processor, the processor can realize a spliced lamp configuration method. The processor of the computer device is used to provide computing and control capabilities, supporting the operation of the entire computer device. The memory of the computer device may store computer readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the splice light arrangement method of the present application. The network interface of the computer device is for communicating with a terminal connection. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the structure shown in FIG. 12 is merely a block diagram of some of the structures associated with the present inventive arrangements and is not limiting of the computer device to which the present inventive arrangements may be applied, and that a particular computer device may include more or fewer components than shown, or may combine some of the components, or have a different arrangement of components.

The processor in this embodiment is configured to execute specific functions of each module and its sub-module in fig. 11, and the memory stores program codes and various data required for executing the above-mentioned modules or sub-modules. The network interface is used for data transmission between the user terminal or the server. The memory in this embodiment stores the program codes and data required for executing all modules/sub-modules in the spliced lamp configuration device of the present application, and the server can call the program codes and data of the server to execute the functions of all sub-modules.

The present application also provides a storage medium storing computer readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of the method for configuring a tiled lighting fixture according to any of the embodiments of the present application.

The application also provides a computer program product comprising computer programs/instructions which when executed by one or more processors implement the steps of the method for configuring a tiled lighting fixture according to any of the embodiments of the application.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the processes implementing the methods of the above embodiments of the present application may be implemented by a computer program for instructing relevant hardware, where the computer program may be stored on a computer readable storage medium, where the program, when executed, may include processes implementing the embodiments of the methods described above. The storage medium may be a computer readable storage medium such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a Read-Only Memory (ROM), or a random access Memory (Random Access Memory, RAM).

The foregoing is only a partial embodiment of the present application, and it should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications and adaptations can be made without departing from the principles of the present application, and such modifications and adaptations are intended to be comprehended within the scope of the present application.

In summary, the controller of the spliced lamp can accurately identify the actual spliced shape formed after the user assembles a plurality of lamp blocks by himself, and the controller is matched with external equipment to complete verification of the user assembling result, so that the difficulty of assembling the spliced lamp by the user is reduced, the assembling success rate of the spliced lamp is improved, and the user experience of the spliced lamp is improved.

Claims

1. The spliced lamp configuration method is characterized by comprising the following steps of:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein before the controller of the current spliced lamp responds to the splice relationship acquisition instruction of the external device, the method comprises:

the controller responds to an initialization instruction of the external device and switches to an installation mode;

the controller broadcasts lighting control messages at intervals in an installation mode so as to control the lamp blocks connected to the current spliced lamp to be lighted in an initialization mode;

and the controller monitors the splicing relation acquisition instruction, and returns to the previous step to continue iteration when the splicing relation acquisition instruction is not received within a preset time.

3. The method of configuring a tiled lighting fixture according to claim 2, wherein the controller broadcasts a lighting control message at intervals in the installation mode to control the lighting block connected to the current tiled lighting fixture to be initially lit, and comprises:

receiving any lamp block of the lighting control message as a current lamp block, responding to the lighting control message, and acquiring prestored default lighting configuration information;

Analyzing the default lighting configuration information by the current lamp block to determine a default lighting unit and default lighting parameters thereof;

and the current lamp block controls the default light-emitting unit to emit light according to the default light-emitting parameter.

4. The method for configuring a tiled lighting device according to claim 1, wherein after controlling each lamp block in the current tiled lighting device to transmit back the connection status information, comprising:

the controller sends a state detection instruction to each lamp block in the current spliced lamp;

each lamp block receiving the state detection instruction, and responding to the state detection instruction to detect the input and output states of each structural side of the lamp block;

the lamp block takes the structure edge of which the input and output states belong to input or output as a connecting edge, and the lamp block form of the lamp block and the edge identification of the connecting edge are correlated to form the connection state information of the lamp block;

and receiving the connection state information uploaded by the lower-stage lamp block provided by the connection side of the lamp block, orderly combining the connection state information of the lamp block into an information packet to indicate the hierarchical order of the lamp block, uploading the information packet to the upper-stage lamp block provided with the input for the lamp block, and the like until the last lamp block transmits the generated information packet to the controller.

5. The method for configuring a spliced lamp according to claim 1, wherein the controller encapsulates connection relation information between each lamp block in the spliced lamp according to the connection state information returned by each lamp block and a hierarchical order characterized when the connection state information is returned, and the method comprises the steps of:

the controller acquires an information packet for combining and transmitting the connection state information of each lamp block, and analyzes the information packet to extract the hierarchical order and the connection state information of each lamp block;

and the controller encapsulates structured information describing the splicing shape of each lamp block in the current spliced lamp according to the hierarchical order of each lamp block and the connection state information thereof according to a preset coding format, takes the structured information as connection relation information, and enables the byte number of the connection relation information to be smaller than the byte number of the information packet so as to realize data compression.

6. The method for configuring a spliced lamp according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the controller sends the connection relation information obtained by encapsulation to the external device for verification, obtains a lamp configuration parameter returned after the external device is successfully verified, and is used for calling when playing a lamp effect, and includes:

The controller sends the connection relation information obtained by encapsulation to the external equipment so as to drive the external equipment to check whether the connection relation information is consistent with the connection relation information of the pre-programmed splicing shape;

the controller monitors and receives lamp configuration parameters returned by the external equipment after the verification is consistent in a preset time, wherein the lamp configuration parameters comprise coordinate information and inclination angles of all lamp blocks in the current spliced lamp;

and the controller stores the lamp configuration parameters and the connection relation information obtained by encapsulation in an associated mode so as to be called when a lamp effect playing instruction is executed.

7. The method for configuring a spliced lamp according to claim 6, wherein the controller sends the connection relation information obtained by encapsulation to the external device for verification, and after obtaining the lamp configuration parameters returned after the external device is successfully verified for being called when the lamp effect is played, the method comprises the steps of:

the controller acquires a light effect playing instruction transmitted by external equipment, and extracts light effect control information in the light effect playing instruction, wherein the light effect control information comprises at least one frame of pattern, the pattern comprises a plurality of pixel units in a two-dimensional plane, and each pixel unit corresponds to one or more sample light emitting units in a sample lamp block;

After the controller performs alignment adjustment on the patterns by utilizing the prestored inclination angles, determining each target lamp block and corresponding target light-emitting units thereof in the current spliced lamp according to the coordinate information of the pixel units of the patterns in the light effect control information, and generating a light-emitting control instruction by associating the light-emitting parameters corresponding to each target light-emitting unit;

and the controller sends corresponding lighting control instructions of the target lighting units to each corresponding target lamp block according to the corresponding relation, so that each target lamp block generates corresponding lighting control information to control the corresponding target lighting units to emit light so as to play the light effect.

8. A splice light fixture arrangement, comprising:

9. A tiled lighting controller comprising a central processor and a memory, characterized in that the central processor is adapted to invoke a computer program stored in the memory for performing the steps of the tiled lighting configuration method according to any of claims 1 to 7.

10. A tiled lighting fixture comprising a controller and a plurality of lamp blocks, each lamp block having a plurality of structural sides, two adjacent lamp blocks being electrically connected to each other by a respective structural side, the plurality of lamp blocks being connected in series for accessing the controller, characterized in that the controller is adapted to perform the steps of the tiled lighting fixture configuration method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.