US 11,835,997 B2
Systems and methods for light fixture location determination
Matt Halberstadt, Middleton, WI (US); Josh Jordan, Middleton, WI (US); Zoe Wolter, Middleton, WI (US); Dennis Varian, Middleton, WI (US); and Lowell Olcott, Middleton, WI (US)
Assigned to Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc., Middleton, WI (US)
Filed by Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc., Middleton, WI (US)
Filed on Sep. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/028,212.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/906,889, filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0097214 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 30/13 (2020.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC G06F 30/13 (2020.01) [G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 7/97 (2017.01); G06T 2207/30184 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for determining a location of a lighting fixture in a venue, the system comprising:
a camera configured to capture images of the lighting fixture; and
a controller operatively coupled to the camera, the controller configured to:
designate a first position of the camera,
receive a first image of the lighting fixture from the camera in the first position,
determine a first distance vector between the camera at the first position and the lighting fixture based on the first image,
designate a second position of the camera,
receive a second image of the lighting fixture from the camera in the second position,
determine a second distance vector between the camera at the second position and the lighting fixture based on the second image,
determine a vector relationship location to be a location nearest both the first distance vector and the second distance vector,
designate the vector relationship location as the location of the lighting fixture,
recognize a shape of the lighting fixture in at least one of the first image and the second image, the shape of the lighting fixture including at least a portion of an outline of the lighting fixture, and
determine an orientation of the lighting fixture including a forward direction of the lighting fixture based on the shape.