Lighty: A painting interface for room illumination by robotic light array

Seung Tak Noh, Sunao Hashimoto, Daiki Yamanaka, Youichi Kamiyama, Masahiko Inami, Takeo Igarashi

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

We propose an AR-based painting interface that enables users to design an illumination distribution for a real room using an array of computer-controlled lights. Users specify an illumination distribution of the room by painting on the image obtained by a camera mounted in the room. The painting result is overlaid on the camera image as contour lines of the target illumination intensity. The system runs an optimization interactively to calculate light parameters to deliver the requested illumination condition. In this implementation, we used actuated lights that can change the lighting direction to generate the requested illumination condition more accurately and efficiently than static lights. We built a miniature-scale experimental environment and ran a user study to compare our method with a standard direct manipulation method using widgets. The results showed that the users preferred our method for informal light control.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISMAR 2012 - 11th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality 2012, Science and Technology Papers
Pages305-306
Number of pages2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event11th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR 2012 - Atlanta, GA, United States
Duration: 2012 Nov 52012 Nov 8

Publication series

NameISMAR 2012 - 11th IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality 2012, Science and Technology Papers

Other

Other11th IEEE and ACM International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta, GA
Period12/11/512/11/8

Keywords

  • G.1.6 [Numerical Analysis]: Optimization - Constrained Optimization
  • H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces - Usercentered Design
  • I.3.6 [Computer Graphics]: Methodology and Techniques - Interaction Techniques
  • I.6.3 [Computing Methodologies]: Simulation and Modeling - Applications

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence

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