TWI824870B - Imaging method of light cube - Google Patents

Abstract

An imaging method of light cube, includes: a step of providing a stereoscopic display module; a step of establishing 3D digital content; a step of data conversion; and a step of dynamic display. The imaging method of light cube further includes: a step of expanding the stereoscopic display module; and, a step of expanding the 3D digital content. In this way, the data triggered by the interactive content of the collider applied in the game engine is mapped to the stereoscopic display module in real time, so that the creator does not need to design hardware-side change instructions, and can focus on the 3D performance content of the visual development side, which has modularization and scalability.

Description

Light cube imaging method

The invention relates to an imaging method, in particular to a light cube imaging method.

LED display has been widely used in different types of flat LED signage such as mobile phones, automobiles, traffic signs, outdoor signage and lighting equipment. Advertisements on the market, whether on buses, TVs, marquees, etc., are only 2D. If they can be made into 3D, people from all over the world can clearly see what they want to express from different angles. Advertising content attracts everyone's attention and can use this technology to create many 3D interactive effects.

The 3D three-dimensional light-emitting diode display, that is, the light cube is currently a popular three-dimensional display module. Among the many implementation reports of light cubes composed of light-emitting diodes arranged in an array, the Arduino development board is mainly used as the base. As light-emitting diode modules become larger and larger, the control circuits of their light cubes will also become more and more complex. However, although the above-mentioned light-emitting diode module has module scalability, it lacks flexibility in terms of content development for 3D digital content display. That is, after designing the 3D digital content, it must be corresponding to the 3D digital content. Re-design and upload a new circuit control program manually to operate Expanded light cube, so the current back-end light cube implementation technology cannot painlessly handle front-end 3D digital content performance, especially applications that require real-time interactive display.

Prior art, such as Taiwan Patent No. 1614543, discloses an optical system including at least four connecting members, at least six connecting columns, and at least one optical element. Each connecting piece has at least three first connecting parts; both ends of each connecting column have a second connecting part respectively, and at least one connecting column has at least one first positioning part; each optical element It has at least one second positioning part; the second connecting parts at both ends of each connecting column are respectively connected to the first connecting parts of the two connecting parts, and each connecting part is connected to at least two connecting parts. The second connecting portions of the columns are connected to form a three-dimensional frame, in which the second positioning portion of the optical element is connected to the first positioning portion of the connecting column, thereby fixing the optical element to the three-dimensional frame. However, this conventional technology is mainly used as an application that uses light-emitting building blocks to form an optical system, and its optical elements are not three-dimensional arrays. It also does not disclose a real-time and convenient three-dimensional display content expansion design method and a corresponding control method of optical elements.

Prior art, such as Taiwan Application No. 103128675, discloses a solid-state light source module, a solid-state lighting system and an operating method thereof. The solid-state light source module is used to be arranged in at least one dimension to form a solid-state lighting system. The solid-state light source module includes a main body, a signal input interface, a signal output interface, a solid-state light source and a control unit. The signal input interface is used for receiving at least one position input command. The signal output interface is used to issue position output commands. The control unit is used to add one to the position input command as the position output command, and to control the luminous brightness of the solid state light source. The conventional technology also provides a solid-state lighting system and an operation method thereof. Although the solid-state light source modules used in this conventional technology have an independent modular structure, the user can increase or decrease the number of solid-state light source blocks at will, and at the beginning of the system startup, it automatically targets each component in the solid-state lighting system. The solid-state light source module performs positioning and addressing actions, allowing the user to individually set the color and brightness generated by any solid-state light source module in the solid-state lighting system by issuing dimming instructions. Spend. However, this conventional technology mainly focuses on the structure of hardware expansion and controlling the performance of the back-end display. It does not disclose how to easily create 3D digital content on the front-end and how to connect the content creation to the performance of the back-end display, so as to reduce the burden on the creator. The dilemma of spending energy on front-end content creation and back-end display performance at the same time without being able to take care of both.

In addition to the above examples, other prior technologies also have other problems or deficiencies that need to be solved.

In order to solve the aforementioned and other problems, the purpose of this creation is to provide a light cube imaging method.

Another purpose of this creation is to provide a light cube imaging method, using a modular and easily expandable three-dimensional array of light cubes as a three-dimensional display module, combined with the visualization development software of a 3D content creation platform as a 3D digital content design and Its dynamically changing real-time signal output automatically converts the output data into circuit control signals for the light-emitting diode light cube.

Another purpose of this creation is to provide a light cube imaging method that can easily apply the simulated designed 3D digital content to the dynamic use of actual light cubes or three-dimensional light points.

In order to achieve the above and other objectives, the technical means of the embodiment of the present invention provide a method for imaging a light cube. The steps include: a step of providing a three-dimensional display module to establish a three-dimensional display module. The three-dimensional display module has several luminophores and A control circuit that is electrically connected to and controls the luminous bodies. The luminous bodies are arranged in an L×M×N three-dimensional array, where L, M, and N are all positive integers, and each of the luminous bodies has There is a gap between; a step of creating 3D digital content, in a computer program of the visual development environment of a 3D content creation platform, creating a 3D representation content, the 3D representation content includes a work object, at least one display object and the work A collision behavior between the object and the display object. The display object Set up a number of colliders, the positions of these colliders correspond to the luminous bodies and when hit by the collision behavior, a trigger signal is immediately generated and output; a data conversion step converts the trigger signal into the three-dimensional display model a set of data conversion steps, converting the trigger signal into a control signal, the control signal being in a data format that can be interpreted by the control circuit of the three-dimensional display module; and a dynamic display step, transmitting the control signal to the The control circuit is used to display the 3D performance content through the lighting or brightness adjustment timing of the luminous bodies.

In one embodiment, the invention further includes an extended display step, including: an extended three-dimensional display module step to establish an extended three-dimensional display module. The extended three-dimensional display module has a number of extended light emitters and an extended control circuit, The extended control circuit is electrically connected to and controls the extended light-emitting bodies. The extended light-emitting bodies are arranged in a l×m×n three-dimensional array, where l, m, and n are all positive integers. Each extended light-emitting body has The spacing is maintained between the extended light emitters arranged in the l×m×n three-dimensional array and stacked on one side of the light emitters arranged in the L×M×N three-dimensional array; and a step of amplifying the 3D digital content, the 3D The performance content includes an amplification object and an amplification collision behavior in which the work object collides with the amplification object. The amplification object is provided with a number of amplification colliders corresponding to the positions of the expansion luminous bodies. When the amplification collision behavior occurs, When The dynamic display step is to transmit the data format to the control circuit and the extended data format to the extended control circuit, so as to display the 3D performance content through the lighting or brightness adjustment timing of the luminous bodies and the extended luminous bodies. .

In one embodiment, the extended data format includes a device number value to which the three-dimensional display module or the extended three-dimensional display module belongs, the length, width, and height positive integer values of the device number, and the illuminants in each three-dimensional array. The luminous status value.

In one embodiment, the luminous bodies and/or the expanded luminous bodies are fixed in three-dimensional space.

In one embodiment, the luminous bodies and/or the expanded luminous bodies can dynamically move in three-dimensional space.

In one embodiment, the extended light-emitting bodies are connected to the three-dimensional display module while maintaining the distance.

In one embodiment, the number of each dimension of the L×M×N three-dimensional array is equal to the l×m×n three-dimensional array.

In one embodiment, the number of each dimension of the L×M×N three-dimensional array is different from that of the l×m×n three-dimensional array.

In one embodiment, the light-emitting bodies and the extended light-emitting bodies are light-emitting diodes of a light-emitting diode light cube (LED Cube), and the control circuit and the extended control circuit are in contact with the light-emitting bodies and the Some expansion lights are wired for control.

In one embodiment, each of the light-emitting bodies and each of the extended light-emitting systems corresponds to a light-emitting diode on a suspended drone, and the control circuit, the extended control circuit and the light-emitting bodies, the Some extended illuminators are wirelessly controlled.

Accordingly, the characteristic of this creative effect is that this creative embodiment is based on the display of three-dimensional arrays of light cubes, and is based on the premise of modularity and scalability. It is combined with a three-dimensional content creation platform such as a game engine and other computer software as a The design and development interface allows designers to easily use and apply it to the creator's 3D digital works, perform 360-degree content display, and provide a good operating interface, such as a visual development environment, which will facilitate the interaction of the light cube Imaging design. In addition, this creative embodiment can more easily apply the simulation design to the dynamic use of actual light cubes or three-dimensional light points, for example: Dynamic display of light points on a fixed light cube, or the application of using the light-emitting diodes of drones as light points to perform dynamic changes in light points.

(S11): Provide three-dimensional display module steps

(S111): Steps to expand the stereoscopic display module

(S12): Steps to create 3D digital content

(S121): Steps to amplify 3D digital content

(S13): Data conversion steps

(S14):Dynamic display steps

(1): Three-dimensional display module

(11): Luminous body

(12):Control circuit

(2):Extended stereoscopic display module

(21):Extended luminous body

(22):Extended control circuit

(3):Visual development environment

(31): 3D representation content

(311):Working objects

(312):Display objects

(3121): Collider

(31211):Trigger signal

(313): Amplification object

(3131):Amplified Collider

(31311):Amplified trigger signal

(4):Control signal

(41):Data format

(5):Expanded control signal

(C1): Collision behavior

(C2): Amplified collision behavior

(D):Display

(P): pitch

(T):path

(L0,L1,L2,L3): layer

(I,L): command

Figure 1 is a flowchart of steps of a light cube imaging method and expanded display according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is an isometric view of an embodiment of a luminous body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2B is an unequal-angle three-dimensional schematic diagram of an embodiment of a three-dimensional display module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a system block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention that integrates the data conversion step and the dynamic display step of triggering signals output from the visual development environment.

Figure 4 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention expanded based on a three-dimensional display module.

Figure 5 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of simulating 3D performance content in a visual development environment and displaying it through a three-dimensional display module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of an expandable data format according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to make the above and other purposes, functions, and features more obvious and easy to understand, some preferred embodiments are listed below and explained in detail with reference to the attached drawings. Without departing from the spirit of the invention, the present invention has various implementation modes, which are not limited to the details described in the following implementation modes, and the drawings are not necessarily drawn according to the actual scale and are provided only to illustrate the embodiments.

Figure 1 is a flow chart of the steps of the light cube imaging method and expanded display of this invention. As shown in Figure 1, this embodiment is based on a three-dimensional display module in the visual virtual space of a computer program. The real thing is used to create interactive 3D digital content, and then the 3D performance content is displayed in the virtual space and output simultaneously. After data conversion, it is dynamically displayed on the three-dimensional display module. The steps of the light cube imaging method in this embodiment include: a step of providing a stereoscopic display module S11, a step of creating 3D digital content S12, a data conversion step S13 and a dynamic display step S14.

FIG. 2A is an isometric perspective view of an embodiment of the luminous body of the present invention, and FIG. 2B is an equiangular perspective view of an embodiment of the three-dimensional display module of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 2A again, the aforementioned step S11 of providing a three-dimensional display module: establishing a three-dimensional display module 1. The three-dimensional display module 1 has a digital light source 11 and a control circuit 12. The control circuit 12 is wired or The luminous bodies 11 are electrically connected and controlled in a wireless manner. The luminous bodies 11 are arranged in an L×M×N three-dimensional array, where L, M, and N are all positive integers. Each luminous body 11 maintains A distance P, and on the whole, the movement of the luminous bodies 11 in each dimensional array can be seen from a viewing angle. In practice, as shown in Figure 2A, the three-dimensional display module 1 can be designed using the widely used Arduino development board to develop the control circuit 12. The three-dimensional array arrangement can be regarded as several layers (L0, L1, L2, L3). The two-dimensional arrays of are stacked, and the two-dimensional array of each layer is (0,0)~(3,3). Therefore, the coordinates of the luminous bodies 11 can be addressed as layer + two-dimensional array, that is, (0, 0,0)~(3,3,3).

Figure 3 is a system block diagram of this creation that integrates the trigger signal output from the visual development environment 3 through the data conversion step and the dynamic display step. As shown in Figure 3, the upper part of Figure 3 is a computer program screen and display D showing an executing visual development environment 3 interface. The blank part of the collider 3121 indicates no triggering, the blackened part indicates triggered collision, and the lower part is a three-dimensional display. In module 1, the blank part of the luminous body 11 indicates that there is no display change (which may be expressed by not emitting light or emitting light of a specific color), and the blackened part indicates that there is a display change (which may be different from the luminous body 11 in the non-colliding part). It can be expressed by the light and dark state, or by the light emission of different colors). The step S12 of creating 3D digital content: create a 3D representation content 31 in the visual development environment of a 3D content creation platform. The 3D representation content 31 includes a work object. 311. At least one display object 312 and a collision behavior C1 between the working object 311 and the display object 312. The display object 312 is provided with a number of colliders 3121. The positions of the colliders 3121 correspond to the luminous bodies 11 and are subject to When the collision behavior C1 hits, a trigger signal 31211 is immediately generated and output. The above-mentioned 3D content creation platform needs to have a visual development environment and simulation functions of various physical phenomena, and can digitize the generated interactions and output them externally, such as game engines such as Unity and Unreal. The above-mentioned working object 311 may be a virtual sphere that triggers collision behavior. The display object 312 may be a rigid body, and the collision behavior C1 is a process in which the working object 311 passes through the middle part of the display object 312 along a path T, thus triggering the colliders 3121 in the middle part.

The data conversion step S13: convert the trigger signal 31211 into a control signal 4 that can be interpreted by the control circuit 12 of the stereoscopic display module 1, and the control signal 4 is a data format 41 that can be interpreted by the control circuit 12.

The dynamic display step S14: transmit the control signal 4 to the control circuit 12 to display the 3D performance content 21 through the lighting or brightness adjustment timing of the luminous bodies 11.

Figure 4 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the expansion of this creation based on the stereoscopic display module. Figure 5 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of this creation simulating 3D performance content in the visual development environment and displaying it through the stereoscopic display module. The upper part of Figure 5 shows one display and one execution In the computer program screen and monitor D of the visual development environment 3 interface, the blank part of the collider 3121 indicates no triggering, and the black part indicates triggered collision. The lower part is the three-dimensional display module 1 and the extended three-dimensional display module 2. , the blank portions of the luminous body 11 and the extended luminous body 21 represent display changes without collision (which may be expressed by not emitting light or emitting light of a specific color), and the blacked-out portions represent display changes that occur when a collision occurs (which may be expressed by not emitting light or emitting light of a specific color). The luminous body 11 and the extended luminous body 21 of the colliding part are represented by different on-off states, or by luminescence of different colors). The light cube imaging method of this invention further includes an expanded display step, including: an expanded three-dimensional display module step S111 and an expanded 3D digital Content step S121. Step S111 of the extended three-dimensional display module: Create an extended three-dimensional display module 2. The extended three-dimensional display module 2 has a plurality of extended light-emitting bodies 21 and an extended control circuit 22. The extended control circuit 22 is electrically connected and controls the extended three-dimensional display module 2. Extended luminous bodies 21, these extended luminous bodies 21 are arranged in a l×m×n three-dimensional array, where l, m, n are all positive integers. This embodiment takes a 4×4×4 three-dimensional array as an example but does not To this extent, each of the extended light-emitting bodies 21 is spaced apart by the spacing P, and the extended light-emitting bodies 21 arranged in the l×m×n three-dimensional array are stacked on the light-emitting units arranged in the L×M×N three-dimensional array. Body 11 side. In this embodiment, the data conversion step S13 is to convert the trigger signal 31211 into the control signal 4 that can be recognized by the three-dimensional display module 1, and convert the amplification trigger signal 31311 into an expansion control signal 5. The control signal 5 is a data format 41 that can be recognized by the expansion control circuit 22 of the expanded three-dimensional display module 2. The dynamic display step S14 is to transmit the control signal 4 to the control circuit 12 and the expansion control circuit 22, so as to pass through The lighting or brightness adjustment timing of the luminous bodies 11 and the extended luminous bodies 21 displays the 3D representation content 31 .

Figure 6 is a schematic diagram of an expandable data format according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to Figure 6. Preferably, the data format 41 includes a device number value to which the three-dimensional display module 1 or the extended three-dimensional display module 2 belongs, the length, width, and height values of the device number and each three-dimensional value. The value of the light-emitting state (such as lighting up, extinguishing, or adjusting brightness, color, etc.) of the luminous objects in the array. For example, in Example 1 of Figure 6, the fields of the expandable data format 41 converted and output to the physical extended stereoscopic display module 2 include: command (L) + 2-byte device number + 5 A single byte of command parameters + luminous body status data (i.e. a single luminous body status representation value L×M×N). In Example 2 of Figure 6, the instruction (I) + the device number of 2 bytes. The above-mentioned command (I) is a circuit control command to initialize each light-emitting body, and the command (L) is a circuit control command to drive each light-emitting body 11 of which device number to emit light.

Preferably, the luminous bodies 11 and/or the expanded luminous bodies 21 are fixed in three-dimensional space. For example, the luminous bodies 11 and the expanded luminous bodies 21 can be a light-emitting diode on a lamp holder. The light-emitting diodes on the LED CUBE, and the control circuit 12 and the expansion control circuit 22 and the light-emitting bodies 11 and the expansion light-emitting bodies 21 are controlled by wired connections.

Preferably, the luminous bodies 11 and/or the extended luminous bodies 21 can dynamically move in three-dimensional space. For example, each of the luminous bodies 11 and each of the extended luminous bodies 21 can be on each suspended drone. The light-emitting diode replaces the position of a luminous body 11 with a drone light signal, and the control circuit 12 and the luminous bodies 11, the extended control circuit 22 and the extended luminous bodies 21 are controlled by wireless connections. .

Preferably, the extended light-emitting bodies 21 are connected to the three-dimensional display module 1 while maintaining the distance P. That is, if the three-dimensional display module 1 and the extended three-dimensional display module 2 are moving, they will be regarded as Stay connected as one.

Preferably, the number of each dimension of the L×M×N three-dimensional array and the l×m×n three-dimensional array may be the same or different.

It is worth mentioning that the light cube described in the embodiment of this invention can be a light-emitting diode light cube (LED Cube) light-emitting device, an LCD pixel light-emitting device formed on a three-dimensional layer of a transparent substrate, or a light-emitting diode on a drone. The body can be used as a luminous body or a light-emitting device that extends the luminous body.

To sum up, this creative embodiment is based on the expression form of the light cube. Through modularity and scalability, and combined with a design such as a game engine as a development interface, designers can easily use and apply it to creation. The author's 3D digital works, 360-degree content display, and a good operating interface will be helpful for the interactive content design of the light cube. In addition, this creative embodiment can more easily apply the simulation design to an actual light cube to perform dynamic changes in light points.

This invention has been disclosed using the above preferred embodiments, but they are not used to limit this invention. Those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which this invention belongs can clearly understand that this invention is not limited to the details of the above illustrative implementations. The implementation mode is only for illustrating the present invention, but not for limiting the present invention. Please base it on the patent scope rather than the above description. The literal meaning of the patent application scope and its equivalent scope belong to the patent scope of this creation.

(S11): Provide three-dimensional display module steps

(S111): Steps to expand the stereoscopic display module

(S12): Steps to create 3D digital content

(S121): Steps to amplify 3D digital content

(S13): Data conversion steps

(S14):Dynamic display steps

Claims (10)

A light cube imaging method, the steps include: a step of providing a three-dimensional display module (S11), establishing a three-dimensional display module (1), the three-dimensional display module (1) has a number of light emitters (11) and a control circuit ( 12), the control circuit (12) is electrically connected to and controls the luminous bodies (11). The luminous bodies (11) are arranged in an L×M×N three-dimensional array, in which L, M, and N are all positive. Integer, there is a distance (P) between each of the luminous bodies (11); a step of creating 3D digital content (S12), in the computer program of the visual development environment (3) of a 3D content creation platform, create a 3D representation content (31), the 3D representation content (31) includes a working object (311), at least one display object (312), and a collision behavior (C1) of the working object (311) and the display object (312) , the display object (312) is set to have collisions (3121). The positions of these collisions (3121) correspond to the luminous bodies (11) and when hit by the collision behavior (C1), a trigger is immediately generated and output. Signal (31211); a data conversion step (S13), converting the trigger signal (31211) into a control signal (4), the control signal (4) being a data format (41) that can be interpreted by the control circuit (12) ); and a dynamic display step (S14), transmitting the control signal (4) to the control circuit (12) to display the 3D performance content (21) through the lighting or brightness adjustment timing of the luminous bodies (11). ). The light cube imaging method as described in claim 1 further includes: an extended three-dimensional display module step (S111), establishing an extended three-dimensional display module (2), the extended three-dimensional display module (2) having several extended light-emitting The body (21) is electrically connected to an expansion control circuit (22) and controls the expansion luminous bodies (21). The expansion luminous bodies (21) are in the form of an l×m×n three-dimensional Array arrangement, where l, m, n are all positive integers, and each extended luminous body (21) is separated by the spacing (P), The extended light-emitting bodies (21) arranged in the l×m×n three-dimensional array are stacked on one side of the light-emitting bodies (11) arranged in the L×M×N three-dimensional array; and a step of amplifying 3D digital content (S121 ), the 3D representation content (31) includes an augmented object (313) and an augmented collision behavior (C2) where the working object (311) collides with the augmented object (313), and the augmented object (313) corresponds to Digital amplification colliders (3131) are provided at the positions of the expanded luminous bodies (21). When the amplified collision behavior (C2) occurs, an amplified trigger signal (31311) is immediately generated and output, wherein the data The conversion step (S13) is to convert the trigger signal (31211) into the three-dimensional display module (1) and the expansion trigger signal (31311) into an expansion control signal (5). The data format (41) is identifiable by the extended control circuit (22). The dynamic display step (S14) is to send the control signal (4) to the control circuit (12) and the extended control signal (5) to The expansion control circuit (22) is used to display the 3D performance content (31) through the luminous bodies (11) and the expanded luminous bodies (21). The light cube imaging method as described in claim 2, wherein the data format (41) includes a device number value to which the three-dimensional display module (1) or the extended three-dimensional display module (2) belongs, and a value of the device number. The length, width, height values and the luminous state values of the luminous bodies in each three-dimensional array. The light cube imaging method according to claim 2, wherein the luminous bodies (11) and/or the extended luminous bodies (21) are fixed in the three-dimensional space. The light cube imaging method according to claim 2, wherein the luminous bodies (11) and/or the extended luminous bodies (21) can dynamically move in the three-dimensional space. The light cube imaging method according to claim 2, wherein the extended light-emitting bodies (21) are connected to the three-dimensional display module (1) while maintaining the distance (P). The light cube imaging method according to claim 6, wherein the number of each dimension of the L×M×N three-dimensional array is the same as that of the l×m×n three-dimensional array. The light cube imaging method according to claim 6, wherein the number of each dimension of the L×M×N three-dimensional array is different from the l×m×n three-dimensional array. The light cube imaging method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the light-emitting bodies (11) and the extended light-emitting bodies (21) are light-emitting diodes of a light-emitting diode light cube, and the control circuit (12 ) and the expansion control circuit (22), the luminous bodies (11) and the expansion luminous bodies (21) are controlled by wired connections. The light cube imaging method as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the luminous bodies (11) and each of the extended luminous bodies (21) correspond to the light-emitting diodes on each hoverable drone, And the control circuit (12), the expansion control circuit (22), the luminous bodies (11), and the expansion luminous bodies (21) are controlled by wireless connections.

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