JP2002334793A - Illuminating lamp lighting control system and illuminating lamp lighting control method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an illuminating lamp lighting control system and an illuminating lamp lighting control method capable of reducing power consumption in a street lamp to effectuate energy saving or the like by lighting the street lamp only when a lighting condition is established while keeping an anticrime effect in the night or the like. SOLUTION: In this system and in this method, a street lamp lighting control device 1 is installed in the street lamp. The street lamp lighting control device is provided with a receiving antenna 11 and a receiver 12 for receiving radio waves transmitted from a portable information terminal apparatus 4 when a person carrying the terminal apparatus 4 capable of transmitting the radio waves passes the vicinity of the street lamp and transmits the radio waves from the terminal apparatus 4, and a transmission source distance calculation device 13 for calculating the distance from the terminal apparatus 4 based on the received radio waves and for lighting a street lamp part 51 when the calculated distance is below a set value.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lighting control system and a lighting control method, and more particularly to a lighting control system and a lighting control system suitable for reducing the power consumption of street lights installed on roads and the like. The present invention relates to a lighting control method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, at night or in bad weather such as rainy weather, when a predetermined time has elapsed since the surroundings began to become dim, or when the surrounding illuminance became equal to or less than a predetermined illuminance,
There are street lights that light up automatically.

[0003] As a conventional example related to the automatic blinking of the outside light,
The technique described in JP-A-61-184298 has been proposed. The publication discloses an automatic outside light blinking device, wherein a manual blinking switch and a lighting device for an outside light are connected in series, and an interpersonal sensing device is connected in parallel with the manual blinking switch. I have.

On the other hand, as a conventional example relating to a report at the time of occurrence of an emergency, a technique described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-37177 has been proposed. The publication states that a personal portable transmitter for transmitting a personal signal for reporting an emergency, a public portable transmitter for transmitting a public signal for reporting an emergency, A personal reporting device for receiving a signal from the personal portable transmitter and reporting a voice indicating an emergency for the individual; and a personal reporting device provided in a public place, the personal and public portable transmitter. There is disclosed an emergency notification system that includes a public notification device that receives a signal and reports a public voice indicating an emergency.

[0005]

However, the above-described prior art has the following problems.

As described above, the conventional streetlight is automatically turned on simply at night or in bad weather, when a predetermined time has passed since the surroundings began to be dim, or when the surrounding illuminance became equal to or less than the predetermined illuminance. Was to do. However, especially in the suburbs, there may be a long time when there is no user, such as a road or a park where a streetlight is installed. Therefore, the conventional streetlight lighting control method of automatically turning on the streetlight based on the lapse of time after the surrounding of the streetlight has begun to become dim or a decrease in the illuminance around the streetlight wastes power by turning on the streetlight for a long time. It was consumed, which was not enough from the viewpoint of energy saving.

An object of the present invention is to turn on a street light only when a lighting condition is satisfied while maintaining a crime prevention effect at night or the like, thereby reducing power consumption of the street light and achieving an energy saving effect. A lamp lighting control system and a lighting lamp lighting control method are provided.

[0008]

According to the present invention, there is provided an illumination light lighting control system for automatically lighting an illumination light, wherein when a person carrying a portable device capable of transmitting radio waves passes near the illumination light, When the radio wave is transmitted from the mobile device, an illumination lamp lighting control device that receives the radio wave transmitted from the mobile device and lights the illumination lamp based on the received radio wave is installed in the illumination lamp. And

The present invention also relates to a lighting control method for automatically turning on a lighting device, the method comprising the steps of: When the radio wave is transmitted, the illumination light control device installed in the illumination lamp receives the radio wave transmitted from the portable device, and lights the illumination lamp based on the received radio wave. I do.

The lighting lamp lighting control system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1. In the lighting lamp lighting control system for automatically lighting a lighting lamp, a portable device capable of transmitting radio waves (4) Receiving means (11, 12) for receiving the radio wave transmitted from the portable device when the person carrying the device transmits the radio wave from the portable device when passing near the lighting lamp; A lighting source lighting control comprising: a source distance calculating means (13) for calculating a distance from the portable device based on the radio wave received in step (1) and turning on the lighting when the calculated distance is equal to or less than a set value. The device (1) is installed in the illumination lamp.

Further, in the lighting control system according to the present invention, a metal detector (2) for detecting a movement of a metal worn by a person passing near the lighting is installed on the lighting. The illumination lamp is turned on when the movement of the metal is detected by a metal detector.

Further, in the lighting control system according to the present invention, the portable device is a device capable of transmitting an emergency signal, and the emergency transmitted from the portable device carried by a person passing near the lighting lamp. An emergency transmitting device (31) including an emergency signal receiving means (31, 32) for receiving a signal, and an informing means (34, 35) for informing of the occurrence of an emergency based on the emergency signal received by the emergency signal receiving means ( 3) is installed in the illumination lamp.

The lighting control system according to the present invention further comprises a monitoring and photographing means (33) for photographing the situation near the lighting and transferring the photographed image to an organization including a police station when the emergency occurs. It was installed in the lighting.

[0014]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) Description of Configuration A streetlight lighting control system according to an embodiment of the present invention applies the lighting lamp lighting control system of the present invention to lighting control of a streetlight installed on a road or the like. Conventionally, in a bad weather, when a predetermined time has elapsed since the surroundings of the streetlights have started to be dim (time setting) and when the illuminance around the streetlights has become less than or equal to the predetermined illuminance (illuminance setting), a conventional streetlight is turned on automatically The following control system of the present invention is added to the control system to automatically turn on the street lamp only when the lighting condition is satisfied.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a streetlight lighting control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The streetlight lighting control system includes a streetlight lighting control device 1, a metal detector 2, an emergency transmission device 3, and a portable information terminal device 4.
Further, the streetlight lighting control device 1 includes a reception antenna 11, a receiver 12, and a transmission source distance calculation device 13. The emergency transmission device 3 includes a reception antenna 31, an emergency signal receiver 32,
A surveillance camera 33, an emergency light 34, an acoustic device 35, and a transmission antenna 36 are provided. In the figure, reference numeral 51 denotes a streetlight section including a lighting fixture and the like installed above the streetlight.

The above-described streetlight lighting control device 1, metal detector 2, and emergency transmission device 3 are installed in a streetlight to which the streetlight lighting control system is applied. The portable information terminal device 4 is owned by a person who uses the streetlight lighting control system.

In the streetlight lighting control device 1, the receiver 12
Receives via the receiving antenna 11 a radio wave transmitted from the portable information terminal device 4 carried by the person. The transmission source distance calculation device 13 uses the radio wave received by the receiver 12
The distance from the portable information terminal device 4 carried by the person to the streetlight is calculated (assumed).

When a person carrying the portable information terminal device 4 passes near a streetlight, a radio wave transmitted from the portable information terminal device 4 is received by the receiver 12 of the streetlight lighting control device 1 and a transmission source distance calculating device is provided. 13, mobile information terminal equipment 4
Assume the distance from to the streetlight. Source distance calculation device 1
3, if the distance between the streetlight and the person is equal to or less than the set value, if the above time setting or illuminance setting satisfies the lighting condition,
Turn on the streetlights. The range in which the streetlights are turned on is set in advance for each region on the streetlight lighting control system side, but it is also possible for a person who uses the portable information end device 4 to set the range using the portable information terminal device 4.

The metal detector 2 is used for detecting when a person who does not have the portable information terminal device 4 passes near a streetlight. That is, when a person who does not have the portable information terminal device 4 passes near a streetlight, the metal detector 2 detects the movement of a metal such as a wristwatch or a belt fitting worn by the person, thereby detecting the streetlight. Detects the presence of a person passing by. When the presence of a person passing near the streetlight is detected by the metal detector 2, when the distance between the streetlight and the person is equal to or less than the set value, the time setting or the illuminance setting is performed in the same manner as the streetlight lighting control device 1. If satisfied, turn on the streetlight.

In the emergency transmission device 3, the emergency signal receiver 32 receives an emergency signal transmitted from the portable information terminal device 4 carried by a person via the reception antenna 31. The surveillance camera 33 constantly captures the situation around the streetlight and records a captured image. The image recorded by the monitoring camera 33 is automatically transmitted to, for example, a police station or a monitoring center. When the emergency signal receiver 32 receives an emergency signal transmitted from the portable information terminal device 4 carried by the person, the emergency light 34 and the sound device 35 operate simultaneously, and the emergency light 34 blinks, for example, red light, and emits sound. The device 35 sounds the emergency voice. The transmitting antenna 36 transmits a signal indicating the occurrence of an emergency transmitted from an emergency signal transmitter (not shown) to, for example, a police station or a monitoring center.

The portable information terminal device 4 is a device possessed by a person who uses the streetlight lighting control system, and includes a radio wave transmission switch for instructing transmission of a radio wave. In this case, the radio wave transmitted from the portable information terminal device 4 refers to the radio wave used for zone switching and the like exchanged with a base station installed in a frequency area where the portable information terminal device 4 can be used. That is. In addition, the portable information terminal device 4 includes an emergency transmission dedicated switch capable of instructing the transmission of an emergency signal with one touch.

Although the portable information terminal device 4 is assumed to be a portable telephone in the present embodiment, it may be a dedicated portable device used only for transmitting the radio wave and the emergency signal. The emergency signal is a signal that allows the caller to confirm the transmission of the emergency signal, and the streetlight lighting control system side always responds to the transmission of the emergency signal regardless of day or night.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the installation state of the main components of the streetlight lighting control device and the main components of the emergency transmission device in the streetlight according to the embodiment of the present invention. That is, streetlight 6
2, a transmission source distance calculation device 13 of the streetlight lighting control device 1, a monitoring camera 33 of the emergency transmission device 3, an emergency light 34, an acoustic device 35, and the like are installed. Illustration of other components is omitted. In the figure, 51 is a street light unit, 52
Is a transmitting / receiving antenna. The transmitting / receiving antenna 52
The receiving antenna 11 and the receiving antenna 3 shown in FIG.
1. The transmitting antenna 36 is included.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a streetlight lighting range 63 which is a range of a streetlight 62 to be turned on for a moving person 61 having the portable information terminal device 4, and a streetlight 62 near the moving person 61. Only lights up.

FIG. 4 shows the movement of the person 61 shown in FIG.
It is a figure showing the situation where streetlight lighting range 63 changes.

(2) Description of Operation Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

As described above, the streetlight 62 includes the transmission source distance calculator 13 of the streetlight lighting controller 1 and the emergency transmitter 3
, An emergency light 34, an acoustic device 35, a transmitting / receiving antenna 52, and the like. The determination as to whether to turn on the streetlight 62 satisfies both of the conditions of whether or not it is turned on, whether the illuminance is insufficient due to bad weather, and the condition of whether or not a person exists near the streetlight. Perform based on whether or not.

The detection of whether or not a person exists near the streetlight is performed by detecting a radio wave transmitted from the portable information terminal device 4 carried by the person and detecting a metal worn by the person. Do it both way and.

When it is detected whether or not a person is present near a streetlight by using a radio wave transmitted from the portable information terminal device 4, the source distance calculating device 13 of the streetlight lighting control device 1 uses the receiver 12 Since the transmission source from the portable information terminal device 4 can be determined from the frequency of the radio wave received by the receiver 12 and the transmission power from the portable information terminal device 4 can be determined, the transmitter 12 Assume the distance to the source person. Furthermore, the transmission source distance calculation device 13
Uses the assumed distance between the streetlight and the person to determine whether it is necessary to turn on the streetlight.

When detecting whether a person is present near a streetlight by using the metal detector 2, the metal detector 2 detects a metal worn by a person passing near the streetlight, Determine whether the detected metal is a moving object (ie, whether a person wearing the metal is moving), measure the distance of the metal from the streetlight, and determine whether it is necessary to turn on the streetlight. Used for judgment.

When an emergency signal is transmitted from the portable information terminal device 4 carried by the person, the emergency signal receiver 32 of the emergency transmission device 3 receives the emergency signal via the receiving antenna 31 and, accordingly, monitors the emergency signal. The camera 33 (the surveillance camera 33 installed on a street lamp near the person) immediately starts recording, and the situation is automatically transmitted to a police station or a surveillance center.

At the same time, the emergency light 3
4 and the audio device 35 are activated, and a notification that an emergency has occurred is provided so that people around the location where the emergency occurred can be recognized through vision and hearing. That is, the emergency light 34 blinks, for example, red light, and the sound device 35 sounds an emergency sound.

At the same time, the transmitting antenna 36
A signal indicating the occurrence of an emergency transmitted from an emergency signal transmitter (not shown) is transmitted to a police station or a monitoring center.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

By turning on the streetlight only when the lighting condition of the streetlight is satisfied while maintaining the crime prevention effect at night or the like,
It is possible to reduce the power consumption of the street lamp as compared with a case where the street lamp is turned on for a long time as in the related art. In particular,
In places where the traffic volume is low at night, the time for turning off the street lamps can be extended, and a greater energy saving effect can be expected.

In a place where the traffic volume is small at night, turning off the street lamps can reduce the influence on the ecosystem.

Also, in the event of an emergency, the surveillance photographing means and the notifying means installed on the streetlight near the person carrying the portable device which transmitted the emergency signal are immediately activated, so that sightings by persons near the emergency occurrence place In addition, the police station or the like that receives the report makes it possible to respond to the occurrence of an emergency at an early stage, and to lead to an early solution of the emergency.

[Other Embodiments] (1) The streetlight lighting control system according to the above-described embodiment uses the emergency transmission device 3 installed in the streetlight to control the portable information terminal device 4.
Is a system that receives the emergency signal transmitted from the mobile phone and automatically transmits the video of the emergency location recorded by the monitoring camera 33 to a police station or a monitoring center. Even if the sender is a person who is unfamiliar with geography, it is possible to specify the location where the emergency has occurred by the streetlight emergency transmission device 3 that has received the emergency signal.

Therefore, the streetlight lighting control system according to the above-described embodiment is used in a police station, a fire department, or the like, while immediately watching an emergency location transmitted from the emergency transmission device 3 installed in the streetlight, and responding to an emergency. Incorporation into an existing security system or emergency system installed at a police station or a fire department so that a response can be made, it is possible to respond quickly to the occurrence of an emergency as compared with the past.

(2) The streetlight lighting control system of the above embodiment may be applied to, for example, a passage of an apartment house such as an apartment or a premises of a private house. When applied to a passage in an apartment house such as a condominium, for example, at night or the like, the lighting of the illuminating lights installed in the passage in the condominium is minimized, and the passage of a resident carrying the portable information terminal device 4 is detected. In such a case, an application example such as turning on an illumination lamp can be considered.

When the present invention is applied to the premises of a private house, the metal detector 2 detects metal worn by a person who has entered the premises at midnight or the like, and switches the emergency light 35 and the sound device 35 to each other. Examples of application such as activation are considered.

[0043]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The following effects can be obtained.

By turning on the streetlight only when the lighting condition of the streetlight is satisfied while maintaining the crime prevention effect at night or the like,
It is possible to reduce the power consumption of the street lamp as compared with a case where the street lamp is turned on for a long time as in the related art. In particular,
In places where the traffic volume is low at night, the time for turning off the street lamps can be extended, and a greater energy saving effect can be expected.

In a place where the traffic volume is low at night, turning off the streetlights can reduce the influence on the ecosystem.

In the event of an emergency, surveillance photographing means and annunciation means installed on the streetlight near the person carrying the portable device that transmitted the emergency signal are immediately activated. In addition, the police station or the like that receives the report makes it possible to respond to the occurrence of an emergency at an early stage, and to lead to an early solution of the emergency.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a streetlight lighting control device, a metal detector, and an emergency transmission device installed in a streetlight according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating installation states of main components of a streetlight lighting control device and main components of an emergency transmission device in a streetlight according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a lighting range of a streetlight that lights a moving person according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a lighting range of a streetlight when the person shown in FIG. 3 according to the embodiment of the present invention moves.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Street light lighting control device 2 Metal detector 3 Emergency transmitting device 4 Portable information terminal device 12 Receiver 13 Source distance calculating device 31 Receiving antenna 32 Emergency signal receiver 33 Monitoring camera 34 Emergency light 35 Sound device 36 Transmitting antenna

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Claims (18)

[Claims] An illumination light lighting control system for automatically lighting an illumination light, wherein the electric wave is transmitted from the portable device when a person having a portable device capable of transmitting the electric wave passes near the illumination light. In this case, an illuminating light control system for receiving the radio wave transmitted from the mobile device and illuminating the illuminating light based on the received radio wave is installed in the illuminating light. . 2. The lighting control device according to claim 1, wherein said lighting control device calculates a distance from said portable device based on said radio wave received by said receiving device, said receiving device receiving said radio wave transmitted from said portable device, 2. The lighting lamp lighting control system according to claim 1, further comprising: a source distance calculating unit that turns on the lighting lamp when the calculated distance is equal to or less than a set value. 3. The mobile device according to claim 2, wherein the mobile device is a device including a mobile phone, and the set value can be arbitrarily set within a predetermined limit from the mobile device. Lighting control system. 4. When a metal detector that detects the movement of a metal worn by a person passing near the illumination light is installed on the illumination light, and when the movement of the metal is detected by the metal detector, The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the lighting is turned on. 5. The portable device is a device capable of transmitting an emergency signal, and an emergency signal receiving unit that receives the emergency signal transmitted from the portable device possessed by a person passing near the illumination lamp; 5. An emergency transmission device comprising: a notifying unit for notifying the occurrence of an emergency based on the emergency signal received by the emergency signal receiving unit, the emergency transmitting device being installed in the illuminating lamp. The lighting control system according to the above. 6. A monitoring and photographing means for photographing a situation in the vicinity of the lighting lamp and transferring a photographed image to an organization including a police station when the emergency occurs, is provided in the lighting lamp. The lighting control system according to any one of claims 1 to 5. 7. The illumination lamp lighting control system according to claim 5, wherein the portable device includes an emergency signal transmitting unit that can instruct transmission of the emergency signal by one operation. 8. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the lighting is a street light installed on a road, a park, or the like. 9. The lighting lamp lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the lighting lamp is a lighting lamp installed in a passage of an apartment house, a premises of a private house, or the like. . 10. A lighting control method for automatically turning on an illuminator, comprising: transmitting a radio wave from the portable device when a person having a mobile device capable of transmitting the radio passes near the illuminator; In this case, an illumination lamp lighting control device installed in the illumination lamp receives the radio wave transmitted from the portable device, and lights the illumination lamp based on the received radio wave. Control method. 11. The lighting control device calculates a distance from the portable device based on the radio wave received from the portable device, and turns on the lighting when the calculated distance is equal to or less than a set value. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein
0. The lighting control method according to item 0. 12. The mobile device according to claim 11, wherein the mobile device is a device including a mobile phone, and the set value can be arbitrarily set within a predetermined limit from the mobile device. Lighting control method. 13. When the movement of metal worn by a person passing near the lighting lamp is detected by a metal detector installed on the lighting lamp, the lighting lamp is turned on. An illumination lamp lighting control method according to claim 10. 14. The portable device is a device capable of transmitting an emergency signal, and is transmitted from the portable device carried by a person passing near the lighting lamp by an emergency transmitting device installed in the lighting lamp. 14. The lighting control method according to claim 10, wherein the emergency signal is received, and an occurrence of an emergency is notified based on the received emergency signal. 15. A monitoring and photographing means installed on the lighting device photographs a situation near the lighting lamp, and transfers an image photographed by the monitoring and photographing device to an organization including a police station when the emergency occurs. 11. The method according to claim 10, wherein
15. The lighting control method according to any one of claims 14 to 14. 16. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein transmission of the emergency signal can be instructed by one operation.
4. The lighting control method according to claim 4. 17. The lighting control method according to claim 10, wherein the lighting is a street light installed on a road, a park, or the like. 18. The lighting control method according to claim 10, wherein the lighting is a lighting installed in a passage of an apartment house, a premises of a private house, or the like. .