Patent ID: 8579452
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: G06F,H05B

Abstract:
1. An interface device for controlling light sources, said interface device comprising: a touch sensitive display screen; a target region displayed on said interface device touch sensitive display screen; and a controller configured to: allow a user to select an icon and associate said icon with a preset from a plurality of displayed presets on said interface device touch sensitive display screen; select an illumination region from a plurality of illumination regions and associate said icon with both said selected illumination region and said selected preset; automatically associate said light sources in said selected illumination region with said icon to control at least one characteristic of said light sources; allow a user to move said icon on said touch sensitive display screen from an area outside of said target region displayed on said touch screen to an area within said target region; control a light source of said light sources in said illumination region when an indicator represented by said selected icon associated with said preset and said illumination region is moved on said display screen into said target region; wherein areas of said target region are associated with different colors; said controller being configured to change a color of light emitted from said light source when said indicator is moved across said areas.