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 for planning lighting in an augmented reality display, comprising:
representing physical features of an environment as a point cloud;
using machine learning to generate a lighting space model of the environment from the point cloud;
using the lighting space model to produce at least one of a floor plan and a reflected ceiling plan of the environment;
coupling the lighting space model to an augmented reality view of the environment, wherein light sources are added to the lighting space model by a user placing light sources in the augmented reality view of the environment by selecting a model of a light source from a catalog of light sources presented in the augmented reality environment and indicating at least one of a position and orientation of the light source in the environment;
rendering the environment through the augmented reality display including lighting effects of the placed light sources based on a near field illumination characterization of the placed light sources; and
populating a data object with item identification information for at least one of the placed light sources, wherein populating causes automatic placement of at least one order into a supply chain for the at least one placed light source.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rendering includes rendering near-field lighting effects in the environment of the placed light sources based on a near-file illumination model of the light source.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the populating includes obtaining the item identification information from the catalog of light sources.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the populating of the data object is in response to a user indicating in the augmented reality interface the at least one of the placed lights for automatic order placement.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising producing a lighting installation plan based on the floor plan and the position and orientation of the light source in the environment.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising populating an automatic procurement data object with item identification information for at least one object identified in the floor plan.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rendering includes accounting for at least one of light transparency, absorption and reflection of at least one element in the environment.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rendering includes rendering near-field lighting artifacts.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the near-field lighting artifacts are rendered throughout the three-dimensional space.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rendering includes accounting for effects relating to physical characteristics of at least one light source.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one light source includes a plurality of distinct light elements, each distinct light element being associated with a corresponding set of ray-traces.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the rendering includes rendering effects from each of the plurality of distinct light elements.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the lighting effects of the placed light sources are based on an area-source model of the placed light sources.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the catalog of light sources includes automated order light source identification information.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rendering is performed by a volumetric renderer.