Patent Application
20160370981
Technical Field
The instant disclosure relates to an editing device, and more particularly, to an editing device and a method for edit and preview of light control pattern.
Related Art
During holidays such as Christmas or New Year, many people like to decorate their houses or yards with light strings. Along with night coming and the light strings turning on, the decorated houses or yards have magnificent atmosphere and make people whoever passes by or lives in feel pleasant. A kind of music boxes commercially available connected to the light strings can be used for light control with music playing. The product can increase the effects in a manner of combining light and music. Such music box has a quantity of music and light control patterns respectively corresponding to the music. The music and light control patterns are pre-installed in the music box. Each of the light control patterns is used to control light strings to turn on or off instantaneously in accordance with the rhythms of respective one of the music. To a certain extent, the music is visualized by the light control. Consequently, effects created by combining light control of light strings with music are more attractive than that created by light strings decoration only. Although the music box is of benefit to increase atmosphere, the light control patterns are usually default and are hard to be edited by users, and the user cannot preview the effect of the light control pattern until the decoration of light strings is completed.
Products of prior arts regarding light control are hard to be customized to meet vary scenarios and needs. In addition, light control patterns stored in memories of music boxes of prior arts are hard to be edited and previewed by users. To address the above issue, the instant disclosure provides an editing device and a method for edit and preview of light control pattern.
In an embodiment, the editing device comprises an editing module and a screen. The editing module comprises an editing interface. The editing interface comprises an input block and a preview block comprising a simulated lighting device editor. The screen displays the editing interface. When the input block is activated, the editing module records the time of the activation of the input block in at least a light control pattern for light control. When the simulated lighting device editor is activated, the editing module draws at least a diagrammatic mark displayed on the screen. When the preview block is activated, the diagrammatic mark is capable of selectively brightening in accordance with the light control pattern.
According to an embodiment of the instant disclosure, the preview block further comprises an environment photo editor. When the environment photo editor is activated, the editing module displays an environment photo on the screen, and the diagrammatic mark is overlapped on the environment photo.
According to an embodiment of the instant disclosure, the screen is a touch screen. The simulated lighting device editor is activated when an area of the touch screen related to the environment photo senses a point-touch signal or a gesture-touch signal.
According to an embodiment of the instant disclosure, each of the diagrammatic marks selectively brightens in accordance with corresponding one of the light control patterns.
According to an embodiment of the instant disclosure, the editing device further comprises a wireless communication module receiving the light control pattern. The wireless communication module transmits the light control pattern to at least a light control device or to a cloud server signally connected to the light control device via wireless communication protocol.
The instant disclosure further provides embodiments of the method for edit and preview of light control pattern. In an embodiment, the method comprises generating an editing interface on an editing device. The editing interface comprises an input block, a save block, and a preview block. The input block has, when activated, the time of the activation of the input block recorded in at least a light control pattern for light control. The save block saves, when activated, the light control pattern. The preview block comprises a simulated lighting device editor. The method further comprises drawing at least a diagrammatic mark displayed on a screen of the editing device when the simulated lighting device editor is activated. When the preview block is activated, the diagrammatic mark is capable of selectively brightening in accordance with the light control pattern.
According to an embodiment of the instant disclosure, the drawing the diagrammatic mark further comprises drawing the diagrammatic mark when an area of the touch screen related to the environment photo senses a point-touch signal or a gesture-touch signal.
According to an embodiment of the instant disclosure, the method further comprises relating the diagrammatic mark to a corresponding channel.
The editing device and the method for edit and preview of light control pattern of the instant disclosure are of benefit to customization and edition. Users can easily edit light control patterns on the editing device in an instinctive manner. Moreover, users can preview the effect of the light control pattern regarding light controlling.
The features of the instant disclosure will no doubt become understandable to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
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The editing device 100 comprises an editing module 101 and a screen 102. The editing module 101 comprises an editing interface 110. The editing interface 110 comprises an input block 111 and a preview block 116. The preview block 116 comprises a simulated lighting device editor 1161. The screen 102 can be utilized for displaying the editing interface 110. In the embodiment, the screen 102 is, but is not limited to, a touch screen. The editing module 101 may include hardware such as a micro controller, an intrinsic memory, and a touch sensor, and software such as firmware and apps (applications installed in the smart phone). When the input block 111 is activated (e.g., a user touches an area of the screen 102 related to the input block 111 such that a touch sensor of the editing module 101 senses/generates a touch signal), the editing module 101 records the time of the activation of the input block 111 in at least a light control pattern for light control. Regarding the edition of the light control pattern, the user can, for example, sing a song by self and knock the input block 111 of the editing interface 110 on the screen 102 along with the rhythms of the song. After editing the light control pattern, user can further activate the preview block 116. The preview block 116 can be utilized for previewing effect of simulated light control in accordance with the edited light control pattern. The simulated lighting device editor 1161 can be activated automatically or manually. When the simulated lighting device editor 1161 is activated, the editing module 101 draws at least a diagrammatic mark displayed on the screen 102. When the preview block 116 is activated, the diagrammatic mark is capable of selectively brightening in accordance with the light control pattern.
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The editing device 200 comprises an editing module 201, a screen 202, a memory 203, and a wireless communication module 205. The screen 202, the memory 203, and the wireless communication module 205 are, but are not limited to, electrically respectively connected to the editing module 201. The screen 202 is a touch screen. The memory 203 can be utilized for storing light control patterns and media files. The wireless communication module 205 can be utilized for being signally connected to the cloud server 21. The editing module 201 comprises an editing interface 210. The editing interface 210 comprises an input block 211, an effect block 212, a channel block 213, a media-playing block 214, a save block 215, and a preview block 216. The preview block 216 comprises a simulated lighting device editor 2161.
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In the embodiment, the channel block 213 comprises six channels, as shown in
In the embodiment, the media-playing block 214 can be, when activated, utilized for playing at least a media file. The editing module 201 can record the time of the activation of the input block 211 in accordance with the playing of the media file in the light control pattern when the input block is activated. After finishing the edition and record of the light control pattern, users can touch the save block 215 to have the save block 215 activated so that the editing module 201 will save the recorded light control pattern and store it in the memory 203. In another embodiment, the light control pattern is automatically continuously saved in the memory during the process of edition. In the embodiment, when once the save block 215 is activated, the editing device 200 automatically transmits the light control pattern and the media file to the cloud server 21, and the light control device 22 accordingly receives the light control pattern and the media file from the cloud server 21. In another embodiment, the editing device may not transmit the media file to the cloud server automatically when the save block is activated.
For example, a user wants to edit and record six light control patters in accordance to a song “Let it go” with a length 03:47 and to have the light control device 22 control the six lighting devices 23 in accordance with the song when the speaker 450 is playing “let it go”. The user can select the channel 1 (or any other channel) of the channel block 213. Then the user selects an effect of the effect block 212. Next the user can start to have the song played by activating the media-playing block 214 and to edit a light control pattern related to the corresponding channel by activating the input block 211. During the recording of the light control pattern and the playing of the song, the user touch the screen 202 related to the input block 211 to edit the light control pattern by point-touch operations or gesture-touch operations according to the selection of the effect block 212. If the user touch the input block 211 at 00:32 during the recording and the playing, the editing module 201 records the time (i.e., 00:32) in the light control pattern and applied an effect (e.g., a corresponding command) to a corresponding position related to the time in the light control pattern. After the end of the playing of the song, the edition of the light control pattern related to the channel 1 is finish. Then the user can select the channels 2 to 6 one by one until the rest of five light control patterns respectively related to the channels 2 to 6 have edited and recorded. The user touches the save block 215, and the editing device 200 transmits the edited and recorded light control patterns and the song to the cloud server 21 via the wireless communication module 205. The light control device 22 accordingly receives the light control patterns and the song from the cloud server 21 via wireless communication protocol. During operation, the light control device 22 outputs six sets of light control commands for controlling the six lighting devices 23 in accordance with the playing of the song “let it go”.
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The media-playing block 2165 can be utilized for playing media files. In the embodiment, when the media-playing block 2165 starts to play a media file, each of the diagrammatic marks 2164 selectively brightens in accordance with corresponding one of the light control patterns. For example, the light control patterns of channels 1 to 4 corresponding to the song “let it go” respectively records a light turning on effect at 01:05, and the light control patterns of channels 5 and 6 corresponding to the song “let it go” respectively records a light turning off effect at 01:05. When the song “let it go” is played by the media-playing block 2165 and the playing of the song comes to 01:05, the first four diagrammatic marks 2164 corresponding to the channels 1 to 4 brighten in accordance of the light control patterns of channels 1 to 4, and the last two diagrammatic marks 2164 corresponding to the channels 5 and 6 darken in accordance of the light control patterns of channels 5 and 6. In another embodiment, if a light control pattern of a channel records a light fading up/out effect at a certain time of the music of a media file, the corresponding diagrammatic mark starts to gradually increase/decrease brightness when the playing of the music comes to the certain time. In another embodiment, if an edited and recorded light control pattern is not in accordance with a media file, and the preview block has no media-playing block, the preview block may have a start unit (e.g., a diagrammatic button) shown on an area of the touch screen, which is capable of being touched by users for activating simulation process of the light control pattern regarding effect of light controlling.
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The editing device 300 comprises an editing module 301, a screen 302, a memory 303, a pattern-generating module 304, and a wireless communication module 305. The screen 302, the memory 303, the pattern-generating module 304, and the wireless communication module 305 are, but are not limited to, electrically respectively connected to the editing module 301. The screen 302 is a touch screen. The memory 303 can be utilized for storing light control patterns and media files. The pattern-generating module 304 is capable of automatically generating a generated light control pattern in accordance with characteristics of sounds of the media file. The characteristics may include rhythms, beats, accents, and classification of the music of the mp3 file. The pattern-generating module 304 may include an algorithm program which can recognize and analyze the characteristics, and automatically generate corresponding effects in accordance with the time of rhythms, beats, and accents of the music of the mp3 file. The wireless communication module 305 can be utilized for being signally connected to the light control device 32.
The editing module 301 comprises an editing interface 310. The editing interface 310 comprises an input block 311, an effect block 312, a channel block 313, a media-playing block 314, a save block 315, and a preview block 316. The input block 311, the effect block 312, the channel block 313, the media-playing block 314, and the save block 315 of the editing interface 310 are the same as the editing interface 210 as shown in
When the editing interface 310 is switched to the preview block 316, the preview block 316 is shown on the screen 302, as shown in
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The preview block 316 further comprises a channel list 3163 and a media-playing block 3165 shown on the screen 302. The channel list 3163 lists numerals 1 to 6. The numerals 1 to 6 are respectively representative of the channels 1 to 6. The media-playing block 3165 can be utilized for playing media files and activating the simulation of light control patterns corresponding to media files.
After the environment photo 3166 is displayed on the screen 302, the user can draw at least a diagrammatic mark 3164 manually. One or more diagrammatic marks 3164 that the user draws are overlapped on the environment photo 3166. Each of the diagrammatic marks 3164 is related to corresponding one of the channels of the channel block 313. Each of the channels is related to corresponding one of the light control patterns. As a result, the number of the diagrammatic marks 3164 is corresponding to that of the channels. There are six channels and six corresponding light control patterns needed to be simulated in the embodiment, the users can sequentially draw six diagrammatic marks 3164, and the six diagrammatic marks 3164 are respectively representative of the six channels in sequence. For example, the user draws a first diagrammatic mark 3164 and then draws a second diagrammatic mark 3164. The first diagrammatic mark 3164 is representative of the channel 1, and the second diagrammatic mark 3164 is representative of the channel 2.
In another embodiment, the channel list is selectable. For example, the user can select the numeral 3 of the channel list and then draw a diagrammatic mark; accordingly, the diagrammatic mark is representative of the channel 3. Specifically, once a diagrammatic mark the user draws after selecting a numeral of the channel list (i.e., activating a channel), the editing module accordingly relates the diagrammatic mark to the selected numeral of the channel list and, consequently, to the corresponding channel.
In some embodiments, the diagrammatic mark 3164 can be a point, such as a solid circle, or a string depending on how the user draws and what kind of corresponding light device 33 the user wants to decorate is. For example, if the user wants to have the path of the yard (shown by the environment photo 3166 of
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The preview block may have two modes. One mode of the preview block can be referred to
When the preview block is activated, the step S415 is performed if the mode of the preview block pertains to the second embodiment. Alternatively, the steps S417 and S419 are performed if the mode of the preview block pertains to the third embodiment. In the step S415, a simulated lighting device editor of the preview block draws (i.e., displays) one or more diagrammatic marks automatically when the simulated lighting device editor is activated. In the embodiment, the simulated lighting device editor is activated along with the activation of the preview block. Each of the diagrammatic marks is related to a corresponding one of the channels. In the step S417, an environment photo editor of the preview block displays an environment photo on the touch screen when the environment photo editor is activated. In the embodiment, the environment photo editor is activated when the user selects the environment photo by a browser of the preview block. In the step S419, the simulated lighting device editor draws one or more diagrammatic marks when the simulated lighting device editor is activated. In the embodiment, the simulated lighting device editor is activated when an area of the touch screen related to the environment photo senses a point-touch signal or a gesture-touch signal. In other words, the user can touch an area of the touch screen related to the environment photo in a manner of point-touch or gesture-touch to draw the diagrammatic marks manually.
After at least a diagrammatic mark is drawn, the user may want to preview the effect of simulated light control with regard to the light control pattern on the editing device. In the step S421, the media file is played by a media-playing block of the preview block. In the step S423, the at least a diagrammatic mark selectively brightens and/or darkens in accordance with the corresponding light control pattern along with the playing of the media file; therefore, the user can preview the effect of the light control pattern by the simulation of the preview block.
It shall be understood that a sequence for executing the described steps can be various according to different situation. And ordinal numbers such as “first”, “second”, and “third” used before elements or values are not intended to imply priorities or sequences. These ordinal numbers are merely utilized for clarifying different elements or values with the same name.
While the instant disclosure has been described by way of example and in terms of the preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the instant disclosure needs not be limited to the disclosed embodiments. For anyone skilled in the art, various modifications and improvements within the spirit of the instant disclosure are covered under the scope of the instant disclosure. The covered scope of the instant disclosure is based on the appended claims.
