/ METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING DESIGN SELECTION AND/OR CUSTOMIZATION OF LIGHTING EFFECTS OR LIGHTING SHOWS

摘要

A method and apparatus for facilitating the design, selection and / or customization process of a lighting effect or a lighting show is disclosed. The indexed (tagged) predefined lighting effects or the library of the show may have an effect or show with attributes that are related in some way to the information provided by the user based on the information provided by the user / designer Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 a / RTI Thereafter, the user is presented with a search result, i.e. a manageable subset of intelligently selected lighting effects or shows, which can be ranked with respect to relevance, any one of which can be easily selected by the user . The user may select one or more effects or shows from the search results and execute them "as is" by the lighting system, or combine one or more effects or shows from the search results, The show may be modified to refine some aspects of the effect (s) / show (s) according to user preferences. In one exemplary embodiment, the library of lighting effects / shows and / or the search engine may be hosted by a website and accessible via the Internet.