Method for automatically mapping light elements in an assembly of light structures

Abstract

One variation of a method for automatically mapping light elements in light structures arranged in an assembly includes: defining a sequence of test frames—each specifying activation of a unique subset of light elements in the assembly—executable by the set of light structures; serving the sequence of test frames to the assembly for execution; receiving photographic test images of the assembly, each photographic test image recorded during execution of one test frame by the assembly; for each photographic test image, identifying a location of a particular light element based on a local change in light level represented in the photographic test image, the particular light element activated by the set of light structures according to a test frame during recordation of the photographic test image; and aggregating locations of light elements identified in photographic test images into a virtual map representing positions of light elements within the assembly.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A method for automatically mapping light elements in a set of light structures arranged in an assembly, the method comprising:
 serving a sequence of test frames to the assembly for execution by the set of light structures, each test frame in the sequence of frames executable by the set of light structures and specifying activation of a subset of light elements within the set of light structures;   receiving a set of optical test images of the assembly, each optical test image in the set of optical test images recorded by an imaging system during execution of one test frame, in the sequence of test frames, by the set of light structures;   for each optical test image in the set of optical test images, detecting a location of a particular light element within a field of view of the imaging system based on a local change in light level represented in the optical test image, the particular light element activated within the set of light structures according to a test frame in the sequence of test frames executed by the assembly during recordation of the optical test image; and   aggregating locations of light elements detected in the set of optical test images into a virtual map representing positions of light elements within the assembly.