IP Library Granted Patent US 12,035,439
Granted Patent B2
US 12,035,439 · App. 17/736,640 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Performance directing system, device, and method using plurality of layers

Inventors: Kyung Il Choi (Seoul, KR); Jung Min Choi (Seoul, KR); Hyun Gil Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: FANLIGHT CO., LTD.
H05B47/155A63J5/02H05B47/19
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Patent No.
US 12,035,439
App. No.
17/736,640
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a performance directing system by using a plurality of layers including a control console device generating and transmitting a data packet including direction information for each of the plurality of layers and a plurality of light emitting devices, each of which receives the data packet from the control console device and each of which emits light based on the direction information included in the data packet.

Claims (84)

1. A performance directing system by using a plurality of layers, the system comprising:

a control console device configured to generate and transmit a data packet including direction information for each of the plurality of layers; and

a plurality of light emitting devices, each of which receives the data packet from the control console device and each of which emits light based on the direction information included in the data packet,

wherein the plurality of layers include a first layer being an uppermost layer, a second layer being an intermediate layer, and a third layer being a lowermost layer,

wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices is configured to:

determine a priority between the first layer being the uppermost layer and the second layer being the intermediate layer based on direction information of the first layer;

perform a calculation for determining an emission color by using at least one of the direction information of the first layer, direction information of the second layer, and direction information of the third layer depending on the priority determination; and

emit the light based on the calculated result,

wherein the direction information of the first layer includes at least one of number information corresponding to a first direction scene, emission color information, first masking information, and first transparency information,

wherein the direction information of the second layer includes at least one of number information corresponding to a second direction scene, second masking information, and second transparency information, and

wherein the direction information of the third layer includes background color information.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices is configured to:

when the first layer being the uppermost layer has priority over the second layer being the intermediate layer depending on the priority determination, perform a first calculation by using the direction information of the second layer and the direction information of the third layer and perform a second calculation by using the first calculated result and the direction information of the first layer, and emit light based on the second calculated result; and

when the second layer being the intermediate layer has priority over the first layer being the uppermost layer depending on the priority determination, perform the first calculation by using the direction information of the first layer and the direction information of the third layer, perform the second calculation by using the first calculated result and the direction information of the second layer, and emit light based on the second calculated result.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein condition information different from each other is stored in each of the plurality of light emitting devices, and

wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices is configured to:

identify a first emission color value, a first masking value, and a first transparency value at the first direction scene corresponding to the condition information by using the direction information of the first layer;

identify a second emission color value, a second masking value, and a second transparency value at the second direction scene corresponding to the condition information by using the direction information of the second layer; and

identify a background color value by using the direction information of the third layer.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices is configured to:

determine the priority based on the first masking value;

when the first layer being the uppermost layer has priority over the second layer being the intermediate layer depending on the priority determination,

when performing the first calculation, perform alpha blending of the second emission color value and the background color value based on the second transparency information; and

when performing the second calculation, perform alpha blending of the first calculated result and the first emission color value based on the first transparency information.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices is configured to:

determine the priority based on the first masking value;

when the second layer being the intermediate layer has priority over the first layer being the uppermost layer depending on the priority determination,

when performing the first calculation, perform alpha blending of the first emission color value and the background color value based on the first transparency information; and

when performing the second calculation, perform alpha blending of the first calculated result and the second emission color value based on the second transparency information.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein the data packet further includes top layer change information, and

wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices is configured to:

depending on the top layer change information, change the second layer to an uppermost layer and change the first layer to an intermediate layer; and

determine a priority between the second layer being the uppermost layer and the first layer being the intermediate layer based on the second masking value.

7. The system of claim 3 , wherein the condition information is information transmitted through an application installed on a smart device possessed by a user, and

wherein the application maps the condition information based on seat information included in purchase information of a ticket transmitted to the smart device of the user and provides the mapped result to the light emitting devices.

8. A performance directing method by using a plurality of layers and by using a control console device and a plurality of light emitting devices, the method comprising:

generating and transmitting, by the control console device, a data packet including direction information for each of the plurality of layers; and

receiving, by each of a plurality of light emitting devices, the data packet from the control console device and emitting light based on the direction information included in the data packet,

wherein the plurality of layers include a first layer being an uppermost layer, a second layer being an intermediate layer, and a third layer being a lowermost layer,

wherein the emitting of the light includes:

determining a priority between the first layer being the uppermost layer and the second layer being the intermediate layer based on direction information of the first layer;

performing a calculation for determining an emission color by using at least one of the direction information of the first layer, direction information of the second layer, and direction information of the third layer depending on the priority determination; and

emitting the light based on the calculated result,

wherein the direction information of the first layer includes at least one of number information corresponding to a first direction scene, emission color information, first masking information, and first transparency information,

wherein the direction information of the second layer includes at least one of number information corresponding to a second direction scene, second masking information, and second transparency information, and

wherein the direction information of the third layer includes background color information.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices is configured to:

when the first layer being the uppermost layer has priority over the second layer being the intermediate layer depending on the priority determination, perform a first calculation by using the direction information of the second layer and the direction information of the third layer, perform a second calculation by using the first calculated result and the direction information of the first layer, and emit light based on the second calculated result; and

when the second layer being the intermediate layer has priority over the first layer being the uppermost layer depending on the priority determination, perform the first calculation by using the direction information of the first layer and the direction information of the third layer, perform the second calculation by using the first calculated result and the direction information of the second layer, and emit light based on the second calculated result.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein condition information different from each other is stored in each of the plurality of light emitting devices, and

wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices is configured to:

identify a first emission color value, a first masking value, and a first transparency value at the first direction scene corresponding to the condition information by using the direction information of the first layer;

identify a second emission color value, a second masking value, and a second transparency value at the second direction scene corresponding to the condition information by using the direction information of the second layer; and

identify a background color value by using the direction information of the third layer.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices is configured to:

determine the priority based on the first masking value;

when the first layer being the uppermost layer has priority over the second layer being the intermediate layer depending on the priority determination,

when performing the first calculation, perform alpha blending of the second emission color value and the background color value based on the second transparency information; and

when performing the second calculation, perform alpha blending of the first calculated result and the first emission color value based on the first transparency information.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices is configured to:

determine the priority based on the first masking value;

when the second layer being the intermediate layer has priority over the first layer being the uppermost layer depending on the priority determination,

when performing the first calculation, perform alpha blending of the first emission color value and the background color value based on the first transparency information; and

when performing the second calculation, perform alpha blending of the first calculated result and the second emission color value based on the second transparency information.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the data packet further includes top layer change information, and

wherein each of the plurality of light emitting devices is configured to:

depending on the top layer change information, change the second layer to an uppermost layer and change the first layer to an intermediate layer; and

determine a priority between the second layer being the uppermost layer and the first layer being the intermediate layer based on the second masking value.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the condition information is information transmitted through an application installed on a smart device possessed by a user, and

wherein the application maps the condition information based on seat information included in purchase information of a ticket transmitted to the smart device of the user and provides the mapped result to the light emitting devices.

15. A light emitting device for performance direction, the light emitting device comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with a control console device;

a light emitting unit configured to emit light by using a light source element;

a memory configured to store data; and

a processor configured to control an operation of the light emitting device,

wherein the processor is configured to:

perform a calculation for determining an emission color by using direction information about each of a plurality of layers included in a data packet received from the control console device through the communication unit, based on condition information stored in the memory; and

control emission based on the calculated result,

wherein the plurality of layers include a first layer being an uppermost layer, a second layer being an intermediate layer, and a third layer being a lowermost layer,

wherein the direction information of the first layer includes at least one of number information corresponding to a first direction scene, emission color information, first masking information, and first transparency information,

wherein the direction information of the second layer includes at least one of number information corresponding to a second direction scene, second masking information, and second transparency information, and

wherein the direction information of the third layer includes background color information.

16. The light emitting device of claim 15 , wherein the condition information is information transmitted through an application installed on a smart device possessed by a user, and

wherein the application maps the condition information based on seat information included in purchase information of a ticket transmitted to the smart device of the user and provides the mapped result to the light emitting device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2022
From: CHOI, KYUNG IL; CHOI, JUNG MIN; KIM, HYUN GIL
To: FANLIGHT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059815/0517 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0018934 · Feb 10, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2021005829 · May 10, 2021
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