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Light Emissions

C reative LED Video and Lighting

Graphic Displays

Paris Motorshow, 2015

Light Emissions specialise in designing and supplying large

scale architectural displays. These are in particular suited

to enhancing visitor experiences by using video, graphics,

interactivity and lighting

GE Ecomagination, Masdar City, Abu Dhabi

Tower London, London

Silicon Sentier, Paris VQ24, London

Siemens Crystal, London QVC Studios, London

Introducing Art, Air and Freedom

Light Emissions offer high specification video and lighting solutions that can take on any shape and

any size, to fit into any architectural space.

The displays are conceived to add zest, fun and content to

viewers while providing a powerful new tool to promote

brands, convey emotions, immerse an audience and even

allow playful interactivity.

Our Art, Air and Freedom range of displays give superb media playback quality where it is possible to

implement viewer interactivity, ticker text capability and graphics for logos and effects.

Media can be updated and changed whenever needed by

adding new video files, keeping the space fresh and relevant

over many years of changing use.

Designed from the bottom up for long term reliability, an

absolute requirement for any facility owner, our displays run

cool with low power usage.

… the world’s first comprehensive

range of LED Video and Lighting

Graphics Displays for integration

into buildings and interior design

… for large and demanding areas

such as Airports, Theme Parks,

Shopping Malls, Corporate Lob-

bies, Museums, Sports Venues

and Arenas, Clubs and Bars

GE Innovation Centre, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Full speed digital video – with no ‘tearing’ of images, however large and complex the display

Lighting control options, using ArtNet or DMX

Fits into walls, ceilings, floors and interior design features, e.g. behind fountains or inset into furniture

Fits into any complex architectural shape – including around sprinklers, loudspeakers, doors, beams

‘Transparent’ versions with visibility through the displays

‘Direct Daylight’ and ‘Indirect Daylight’ brightness environments

Non-technical staff can operate

Low to negligible maintenance requirements

Options to use with a range of diffusers, providing new visual experiences

Display Backup graphic in case of loss of video input – never risk a blank display

External brightness control – adapt brightness to changing light levels

In short ...

Surface Design Award 2015

Project: GE Innovation Corridor, Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Category: Light and Surface Interior

Architect: AK Design, Dubai

Contractor: ENPRO, Saudi Arabia

In short ...

Video and Lighting Your project will dictate what sort of control you will need. Light Emissions displays can do both. All

displays offer the highest performance video image display. Our Air and Freedom ranges

can additionally be controlled directly from lighting controllers, enabling complete system integra-

tion into large lighting designs.

Visual Quality Light Emissions video graphic displays are based on transmitting full speed video data, from input to

the very last pixel in the display.

The visual result is therefore fast and smooth, irrespective of the size of the display or the

shape, avoiding visual ‘tearing’ which occurs on large displays whenever video is compressed into non-

video formats.

Quality and Reliability Light Emissions design, manufacture and wholly own every part of our displays. Therefore no PC

hardware or software are used, ensuring the very highest operational reliability. Also, if power is lost

temporarily, the display restarts automatically in seconds without needing anybody to help the restart.

All displays and electronics are manufactured in the United Kingdom and mainland Europe, ensuring

the highest quality assurance.

Pixels – anywhere A range of products to provide solutions to practically any installation design - from large expanses of

rectangular displays to intricate shapes and difficult curved surfaces.

Brightness A display that is too dim for its surroundings is worse than a waste of money. It also gives a

bad impression.

All displays have a minimum brightness of Interior Daylight, which can be defined as 1,600 nits (Cd/m2),

suitable for indoor spaces with considerable amount of daylight through windows. Some displays also

produce Exterior Daylight brightness, over 4,000 nits.

Essentials

Essentials

Heat Video display LEDs run very cool. The only hot components are the power supply units (PSUs), which

install at a distance from the display.

This enables the displays to be placed in positions where it would be impossible to use ‘traditional’

video displays, such as in confined spaces, and right up against a ceiling, where cooling would

be impossible.

Running cool also significantly reduces the aging of electronic components and increases system life.

Increasingly, there are strict energy management requirements, both for consumption and for air

conditioning.

You decide….. It is possible to ‘play’ images on displays using either video or lighting control protocols. Which control

method to be chosen must be considered in light of what is best for the intended installation.

It is important is knowing what sort of media is desired, and if the media is to be changed during the

life of the installation.

Lighting This normally requires programming each ‘pixel’, or ‘node’, as a light with three channels, RGB. This

is done with a lighting controller that outputs digital lighting data. Alternatively, there are lighting

controllers that accept video signals and ‘map’ the incoming video to lighting data.

Due to the high speed of video data, relatively low speed of lighting data, and demanding processor re-

quirements, this type of control would limit the size of the screen before delays and ‘tearing’

of images become noticeable.

Video This is where the video input is transmitted directly to the pixels in the display, without

any processing or mapping to other types of data. The result is that there is no ‘lag’ between the

video input and the display, and no lag between the ‘first pixel’ and ‘last pixel’, thus ensuring not

only fast media rendering but also smooth movement of media.

Media can be changed and updated at any time without a needing to use a specialist lighting

programmer.

Air

Vent© and Stick©

Air is our range of linear displays to allow more creative ways to form transparent displays that is possi-

ble to let light and air through. Vent and Stick have both interior and exterior use rating, and can have

Exterior Daylight or Interior Daylight brightness.

Vent

Resolution: 18mm, 25mm, 37mm

Brightness: Interior Daylight / Exterior Daylight

Control: DVI or ArtNet

Sizes: Extrusion lengths in 1 ft. steps

Orientation: Horizontal or Vertical

Maximum display size: Unlimited

Construction: Aluminum extrusion

Environment: Interior or Exterior

Fixing: Steel wire rope or project specific brackets

Vent is a totally transparent display that can cover both small and massive areas. Using Stick as

a building element, Vent can be constructed to be fixed onto any lightweight structure.

Transparency allows viewers from the font to see brilliant high quality video or graphics,

but also see through the display, when the screen is dark. Viewers from behind have clear

views through, if the display is off or on. Transparency can also be important for exterior situations

where wind factors are important

Power and control can be placed remotely in easily accessible places. This also gives the highest reliabil-

ity possible, as there are no complex electronics in the display area itself.

Stick

Stick is the linear display building element that can be placed anywhere, to form any construction, e.g. on curved surfaces or any angled orientation.


Brightness: Indirect Daylight / Direct Daylight

Control: DVI or ArtNet

Sizes: 1 ft. / 2 ft. / 3 ft. / 4 ft. lengths

Orientation: Any


Construction: Aluminum extrusion

Environment: Interior or Exterior

Fixing: Project specific

Freedom

Puzzle, Dome and Ball

Puzzle, Dome and Ball displays allows pixels just about anywhere. Any curved or convoluted surface.

Any impossible shape.

Designed to wrap video and lighting pixels around anything – sprinklers, beams, loudspeakers, Puzzle

has pixels that can literally be broken off, to make any shape.

For exterior use, Dome and Ball are rugged ‘pixels on a string’. The Dome is designed to be mounted

onto exterior surfaces, such as building facades, while Ball is like a giant festoon, still providing full

speed video media or lighting controlled effects.

Puzzle

Resolution: 40mm

Brightness: Direct Daylight

Control: DVI video or ArtNet

Sizes: Pixels may be separated to form any resolution

Orientation: Any


Environment: Interior

Fixing: Bracket onto surface

Puzzle offers the ultimate freedom to place full speed video pixels anywhere, onto any formed surface.

The base 6 x 6 pixel board is designed so that individual pixels may be easily broken off and removed or

moved somewhere else.

Can be used in ceilings, wrapping around sprinklers and loudspeakers, or under glass flooring, allowing

for floor supports.

Two powerful RGB LEDs for each pixel ensures plenty of brightness for any installation needs.

Dome

Resolution: 8—80 inches (200—2000 mm)

Pixel brightness1: 40 lm (clear diffuser)


Sizes: 1.7 inches dia., 1.2 inches height

Orientation: Any


Environment: Exterior


Diffuser: Clear, Frost, Dark

Dome is designed for the harshest of exterior environments, and can provide building facades and features with powerful colour effects and video.

1 Luminous flux

Ball

Resolution: Variable 200mm – 2000mm

Pixel brightness1: 82 lm (clear diffuser)


Sizes: 80mm dia.

Orientation: Any


Environment: Exterior


Diffuser: Frost, Dark

Ball is designed for the harshest of exterior environments, and can provide exterior spaces with powerful colour effects and video

1 Luminous flux

ArtBoxes©, ArtPanels© and ArtPlates© are larger assemblies of ArtBoards fitted onto metal structures,

enabling faster, safer and accurate installation.

ArtBox – metal enclosure that the LED display boards are fitted within ArtPanel – metal structure that the LED display boards are fitted behind so the LEDs protrude

through the panel ArtPlate – metal structure that the LED display boards are mounted onto

ArtBoxes are enclosed and can be used for either temporary or permanent installations. ArtPanels are

open at the rear and ArtPlates open at the front - both are designed for permanent installations.

Art

ArtBox, ArtPanel and ArtPlate

ArtBox


Brightness: Interior Daylight, 1,600 cd/m2

Control: DVI

Standard sizes: 2 x 2 ft. / 1 x 2 ft. (600 x 600mm / 300 x 600mm)


Front options: Open LED / Diffused / Protected


Construction: Aluminum

ArtBox fully encloses the LED display boards, with daisy chained mains power and video

data. Suitable for temporary installations.

ArtPanel


Brightness: Interior Daylight

Control: DVI



Front options: Open LED / Diffused / Protected

Construction: Steel


Fixing: ArtFrame Grid

An ArtPanel consists of a metal panel with fitted ArtBoards, without a back cover. The ArtPanel is intend-

ed for fixed installation, dry and temperature regulated environments and is designed to be fixed onto

the ArtFrame mounting system.

ArtPlate



Control: DVI



Front options: Diffused

Construction: Steel


Fixing: ArtFrame Grid

ArtPlates are larger assemblies with LED display boards fitted onto metal plates for surface mounting,

enabling faster and safer installation. Suitable to mount behind diffuser materials.

ArtBox and ArtPanel Accessories

Diffuser Diffusers are normally specified for each specific installation, to achieve the design intentions. We can

offer diffusers designed to mount onto the front of standard ArtBox and ArtPanel. The options are white

frosted and dark frosted acrylic sheets.

Cover Covers are used to protect fixed installation ArtPanels and ArtBoxes where they can be damaged. The

standard cover we offer is a clear Polycarbonate sheet.

Free Format Art

ArtBoard

The ArtBoard© is the basic ‘area’ LED display building block. ArtBoards are built to last, with the

highest consideration taken to quality and long operational life, as they are designed to be installed in

high profile public spaces, where disruption must be kept to the very minimum.

Full and half size ArtBoards can be positioned to form practically any sized and shaped display on a

board by board basis, allowing for any curved surface or irregular display shape, even in 3D.

ArtBoards work with full speed digital video signals, providing fast and smooth video visual rendering

however big the display area is – hundreds or thousands of square feet. Latency, or ‘delay’, between

the video input and the last pixel in the display is never more than 2 frames. This is undetectable by

the human eye.

ArtBoard – Display (ABD)



25mm resolution also: Exterior Daylight

Control: DVI

Standard sizes: 1 x 1 ft. / ½ x 1 ft. (300 x 300mm / 150 x 600mm)



Fixing: ArtFrame Strip

ArtBoard Displays are the basic building elements of the Art range. Local controllers and power supply

units can be placed at remote positions for easy access for servicing without having to access and

disrupt the display area.

The video input unit, the Brain, allows blisteringly fast and smooth video playback, but also important new functionality, such as 0 – 10V Dimming, and Backup graphic in case of lost video input signal.

Control

DVI, ArtNet, DMX

Large visual displays attract a lot of attention and therefore demand the highest quality playback. The

faster the source Digital video is, the better the speed and movement of the images. Art, Air and

Freedom displays deals with this speed, resulting in an unequalled smoothness and speed of playback

over any size display.

Where media use is not so demanding and integration with lighting systems is important, Air and

Freedom displays are able to be controlled with ArtNet or DMX outputs.

Brain – Video Input Unit

Used with: Art, Air and Freedom Displays

Input: DVI from external source

Output: Video Data to ArtBoard Controllers

Output capacity: 19,600 pixels

Output expansion: Brain units daisy chain DVI to provide any size screen

RGB balance control

Gamma Control

Brightness Control

Fixing: 19-inch, 2U, 7 inches depth

Backup DVI In fail: User stored graphic

Brightness control: 0 – 10V input

External Trigger: User stored graphic

Design: No PC hardware or software

The Brain video input unit provides full speed digital data for the Art, Air and Freedom displays. It also

connects to a PC for screen set-up and adjustment.

The Brain sends Video Data to controllers nearby the display – the ABC controller for Art displays and the FAVC for Air and Freedom displays.

ArtBoard Controller (ABC)

Input: Video Data (VD) from the Brain

Daisy chain Output: Video Data to downstream Art-Board Controllers

Display Outputs: 2x Driver Data (DD) outputs to daisy chained ArtBoards

Power Supply: 5V from Aux Power of an ArtBoard or fromexternal supply.


Fixing: In a Control Module or on rear of an ArtBoard

ArtBoard Controllers provide the distributed Video Data control for Art Displays, and are located close to, or integrated into the display.

FAVC – Freedom & Air Video Controller

Data Input: Video Data from Brain

Power Input: 2 x 12 V for Puzzle, Dome and Ball 2 x 24V for Stick and Vent

Data Output: 2x Pixel Data chains


FAVC units are distributed along the display, receiving Video Data from the Brain, and daisy chaining it along to the next FAVC.

FALC – Freedom & Air Lighting Controller

Data Input: ArtNet

Power Input: 2 x 12 V for Puzzle, Dome and Ball 2 x 24V for Stick and Vent

Data Output: 2x Pixel Data chains


FALC units are distributed along the display, receiving either ArtNet or DMX lighting control data from the Brain, and daisy chaining it along to the next FALC unit.

ArtFrame

Grid, Strip

ArtFrame© provides the necessary architectural mounting for ArtBoards, ArtPanels. And ArtPlates.

ArtFrame Strips are used for smooth mounting surfaces, while the ArtFrame Grid system is heavy duty,

to ensure good line-up irrespective of the size and condition of the mounting surface.

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their respective holders.

Copyright Notice

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copied or reproduced in any manner or by any means, including, but not limited to electronic and electro-

mechanical, without the express written permission of Light Emissions Ltd.

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