Methods and systems for an automated design, fulfillment, deployment and operation platform for lighting installations
A platform for design of a lighting installation generally includes an automated search engine for retrieving and storing a plurality of lighting objects in a lighting object library and a lighting design environment providing a visual representation of a lighting space containing lighting space objects and lighting objects. The visual representation is based on properties of the lighting space objects and lighting objects obtained from the lighting object library. A plurality of aesthetic filters is configured to permit a designer in a design environment to adjust parameters of the plurality of lighting objects handled in the design environment to provide a desired collective lighting effect using the plurality of lighting objects.
1. A method of controlling a color output value of a light source, comprising:
capturing a custom color curve for controlling the light source, the custom color curve including a plurality of color control values being coordinated with a plurality of brightness control values;
controlling a brightness output value of the light source through a brightness control value input that accepts a variable voltage;
controlling the color output value of the light source through a color control value input that accepts another variable voltage being independent of the brightness control value input; and
mapping the custom color curve to the color control value variable voltage input, wherein a change in the brightness control value input causes corresponding changes in the color control value input and in the resulting color output value.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the custom color curve includes a dimming profile that specifies a set of points on a color temperature gamut that defines a dimming curve along which the light source will dim in response to the brightness control value input.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the dimming profile is specified to match a known dimming profile of a type of light source.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the custom color curve includes a color tuning profile that specifies a set of points on a color gamut through which the light source will progress in response to the color control value input.
5. The method of claim 1 , further including a library of stored custom color curves each including a profile selectable by a user for tuning of a light source, wherein the profiles in the library of stored custom color curves include a color quality profile, a circadian profile, a concentration profile, a relaxation profile, or an efficacy profile.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the profiles in the library of stored custom color curves satisfy a user-selected performance or aesthetic requirement.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the custom color curve facilitates maintaining a color output value of the light source as the light source is dimmed, by adjusting the plurality of the color control values based on a change in the plurality of the brightness control values.
8. The method of claim 5 , wherein each one of the stored custom color curves is indexed by a biologic impact or a physiological impact of light so that the resulting color output value or the resulting brightness output value is specified for biologic impact or a physiological impact.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the controlling the brightness output value includes reducing the brightness output value of the light source, resulting in a warmer color output value of the light source.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the controlling the brightness output value includes increasing the brightness output value of the light source, resulting in a cooler color output value of the light source.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein controlling the brightness output value of the light source includes controlling the brightness control value input through a voltage range that varies between 0 and 10 volts.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein controlling the color output value of the light source includes controlling the color control value input through another voltage range that varies between 0 and 10 volts being independent of the voltage of the brightness control value input.