JP6421440B2 - Lighting server and lighting device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a lighting server and a lighting device.

  Conventionally, for example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 5255385, there is a function of displaying a preparation diagram in which the position and orientation of each lighting load are written on a map (plan view) of a space such as a room where the lighting loads are arranged. Dimming consoles equipped are known. In this dimming console, the lighting load mark associated with the circuit number and the content of the control to be performed on the lighting load represented by the lighting load mark are designated by an operation input to the operation unit, respectively. Is done. When this designation is made, the control unit generates a control signal that causes the designated content to be controlled with respect to the illumination load having the circuit number associated with the designated illumination load mark. Further, the communication unit is controlled to transmit the control signal to the dimmer. In this publication, it is not described that the dimming console is connected to a computer network, and is considered to be a stand-alone device.

Japanese Patent No. 5255385

  There is known a lighting device that collectively manages a plurality of lighting fixtures provided in an office building using a server. In this lighting device, similarly to the above-described preparation drawing related to the prior art, an illumination symbol indicating the positions of a plurality of lighting fixtures is displayed on the floor plan of an entire building such as an office building or one floor thereof, and is displayed on the screen of the terminal device. Control those lighting fixtures. Thereby, the lighting fixture of the whole building can be managed collectively. After such a lighting device is introduced, the system maintenance is generally continuously performed. The specifications of lighting devices (specifically, the programming language of the software of each lighting server) are not always unified, and often differ from customer to customer and from product to product. The service engineer involved in maintenance cannot perform maintenance work unless it has a dedicated program for setting according to the specifications of each lighting device, resulting in a problem that the work efficiency of the service engineer decreases.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an illuminating device that can improve the working efficiency of a service engineer.

A lighting device according to a first invention includes a lighting server capable of communicating with a terminal and a plurality of lighting fixtures, and the lighting server displays a screen on which information on the plurality of lighting fixtures is displayed. Communication is performed with the terminal, and when there is an operation on the screen, the lighting server controls the plurality of lighting fixtures according to the operation, and the lighting server includes a nonvolatile storage device, The storage device stores image information of the screen, lighting setting information that is information storing settings relating to lighting of each of the plurality of lighting fixtures, and screen setting software for changing the contents of the screen, the lighting setting, the not possible change the screen configuration software, the terminal in a state in which the other dedicated software that is not stored in the storage device activated in the terminal To only the lighting setting can be changed.

The lighting server according to the second invention is capable of communicating with a terminal and a plurality of lighting fixtures, performs communication with the terminal to display a screen displaying information on the plurality of lighting fixtures, When there is an operation on the screen, the plurality of lighting fixtures are controlled according to the operation, and a non-volatile storage device is provided. The storage device relates to image information on the screen and illumination of each of the plurality of lighting fixtures. Lighting setting information which is information storing settings and screen setting software for changing the contents of the screen are stored, and the lighting setting information cannot be changed by the screen setting software, and the storage device The illumination setting information can be changed only through the terminal in a state in which other dedicated software not stored in is activated on the terminal .

According to the present invention, the setting function in the lighting server is divided into the screen setting software and the dedicated software for detailed setting, and the screen setting software can be activated on the lighting server at any time. be able to.

It is a system whole figure of the illuminating device concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the monitoring screen concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the user screen concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the illumination symbol concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display change of the illumination symbol concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the monitoring screen concerning embodiment of this invention, and a user screen. It is a schematic diagram which shows the layer structure of the monitoring screen and user screen concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the illumination server concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic diagram of the data which the lighting server concerning embodiment of this invention has. It is a schematic diagram of the data which the lighting server concerning embodiment of this invention has. It is a schematic diagram of the data which the lighting server concerning embodiment of this invention has.

  FIG. 1 is an overall system diagram of a lighting device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The lighting device 1 includes a plurality of lighting fixtures 130 and a lighting server 12, and constitutes a single lighting system as a whole. The lighting device 1 can be installed in, for example, a building, a commercial facility, an industrial facility, or another large-scale facility. The lighting device 1 can be suitably used in an environment where a plurality of lighting fixtures 130 are provided in one room and a plurality of people are active in the room. The lighting server 12 can communicate with the monitoring terminal 14 and the plurality of user terminals 161 to 166 via the network.

  The lighting device 1 displays a lighting symbol 310 as information on the plurality of lighting fixtures 130 on the monitoring screen 200 displayed on the monitoring terminal 14 and the user screen 300 displayed on the plurality of user terminals 161 to 166, respectively. As will be described later, the monitoring screen 200 is a screen on which information on a plurality of lighting fixtures 130, a light control sensor 141, an illuminance sensor 142, a human sensor 143, and the like is displayed. As will be described later, the user screen 300 displays information on a plurality of lighting fixtures 130 and preferably has a smaller data amount than the monitoring screen 200. More specifically, the user screen 300 is preferably a screen that has less display information and operation content regarding the plurality of lighting fixtures 130 than the monitoring screen 200. In the lighting device 1, when there is an operation on the monitoring screen 200 displayed on the monitoring terminal 14 and the user screen 300 displayed on the user terminals 161 to 166, control according to the operation is realized by the lighting server 12. Is done.

  The lighting server 12 is a web server, and the monitoring terminal 14 and the user terminals 161 to 166 are clients, and these construct a client server system. Each of the monitoring terminal 14 and the user terminals 161 to 166 includes a monitor and an input device (typically, a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse). The monitoring terminal 14 and the user terminals 161 to 166 may be desktop personal computers, for example. However, the monitoring terminal 14 and the user terminals 161 to 166 are not limited thereto, and may be replaced with mobile PCs such as tablet PCs and notebook PCs and mobile communication devices such as mobile phones.

  FIG. 1 shows a service engineer 800 engaged in maintenance of the lighting device 1. The service engineer 800 changes the display content of the monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300 (hereinafter also referred to as “display content change operation”) and changes the settings related to the lighting of each of the plurality of lighting fixtures 130 (hereinafter, referred to as “display content change operation”). (Also referred to as “lighting setting change work”). The display content changing operation is performed by starting the screen setting software 700 stored in the lighting server 12 (specifically, a built-in storage device). The lighting setting changing operation is performed by starting the dedicated software 2 possessed by the service engineer 800 on the monitoring terminal 14. Alternatively, the user terminal brought by the service engineer 800 may be used.

  The configuration of the lighting device 1 will be described more specifically with reference to FIG. 1. First, the lighting device 1 includes a management system 10. The management system 10 includes a lighting server 12 and a monitoring terminal 14. At least one monitoring terminal 14 (typically about several) is provided, and is a terminal provided so that only an administrator can use it. The monitoring terminal 14 and the lighting server 12 are connected to the network 20. The network 20 is, for example, 100BaseT Ethernet (registered trademark). An annunciator 16 and LCU boards 31 and 32 are connected to the network 20. In addition to the LCU boards 31 and 32, another LCU board may be connected, or only one LCU board 31 may be connected. The LCU board 31 includes, for example, 10 systems. The LCU board 31 is connected to the F bus 120 of the exclusive unit 110. The exclusive unit 110 includes an F bus 120, a ceiling embedded area controller 140, a light control sensor 141, an illuminance sensor 142, a human sensor 143, and a wall switch 144 connected to the F bus 120. A ceiling embedded amplifier 145 is connected to the F bus 120, and an F bus 122 is connected to the ceiling embedded amplifier 145. The exclusive unit 110 includes a plurality of lighting fixtures 130 respectively connected to the F bus 122. The plurality of lighting fixtures 130 are lighting fixtures with a digital I / F. The plurality of lighting fixtures 130 includes a lighting fixture 131 capable of controlling the dimming rate and a lighting fixture 132 not capable of controlling the dimming rate. Of the plurality of lighting fixtures 130, the lighting fixture 131 includes a lighting fixture body 131a and a control unit 131b with a digital I / F. By transmitting a digital control signal to the control unit 131b, the lighting state of the lighting fixture body 131a can be controlled. The luminaire main body 131a includes a light source module that includes an LED or an organic EL as a light source, and a lighting device that lights the light source module. The control unit 131 b has a function of communicating with the lighting server 12 via the F bus 122 and the network 20. Similarly, each of the plurality of other lighting fixtures 130 includes a lighting fixture body and a control unit with a digital I / F.

  1 shows only two of the plurality of lighting fixtures 130, that is, the lighting fixtures 131 and 132, but in reality, more lighting fixtures with digital I / F are connected to the F bus 122. Yes. However, the number of lighting fixtures controlled by the lighting server 12 is determined according to the actual size of the building and the number of lighting fixtures installed according to the floor plan, and is particularly limited in the present invention. It is not a thing. The network 20 may be a part of an in-house network such as an intranet in an office building, but the specific specifications of the network connecting the lighting server 12 and the user terminals 161 to 166 are not particularly limited in the present invention. . Further, it may be connected to the Internet via a gateway (not shown).

  In FIG. 1, the exclusive part 110 is provided inside a room 208. In FIG. 1, the configuration installed in the room 208 is schematically surrounded by a broken line. The room 208 is, for example, a room on the office floor, and the client system 150 is provided in the room 208. In the client system 150, for example, user terminals 161 to 166, which are six client PCs, are connected to the LAN 154, respectively. The LAN 154 is connected to the network 20 via the router 152. The client system 150 can communicate with the lighting server 12 via these networks.

  The illumination server 12 performs communication for displaying the monitoring screen 200 on the monitoring terminal 14 with the monitoring terminal 14, and performs communication for displaying the user screen 300 on the user terminals 161 to 166 with the user terminals 161 to 166. Do. The monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300 each function as a GUI (graphical user interface), and the plurality of lighting fixtures 130 can be controlled by operating icons on the respective screens. When the lighting device 1 performs an operation on the monitoring screen 200 and an operation on the user screen 300, the lighting server 12 controls the plurality of lighting fixtures 130 according to those operations. Specifically, the “operation” here refers to switching on / off of a plurality of lighting fixtures 130, changing the dimming rate, turning on / off various sensors (that is, turning on / off), changing parameter values of various sensors, and the like. Is included.

  As a preferred embodiment, in this embodiment, the monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300 can be browsed and operated by a Web browser. Since Web browsers are widely used, there is an advantage that information about lighting can be displayed and operated on the monitoring terminal 14 and the user terminals 161 to 166 without preparing dedicated software.

  The lighting device 1 also includes a shared unit 40. The shared unit 40 includes a distribution board 42 provided with remote control relays 43 and 44 therein, and a plurality of lighting fixtures 51, 52, and 53 connected to the distribution board 42 (these are also referred to as a shared lighting fixture 50). . The shared lighting fixture 50 is connected to the remote control relays 43 and 44. The shared unit 40 is installed in a shared space such as a hallway. Each component is connected by an M bus in the shared section. The lighting server 12 switches on / off of the shared lighting fixture 50 by controlling on / off of the remote control relays 43 and 44.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a monitoring screen 200 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The monitoring screen 200 includes information on a floor plan 201 of the building, a plurality of lighting symbols 310, and various sensors (specifically, a light control sensor 141, an illuminance sensor 142, a human sensor 143, and the like). The plurality of lighting symbols 310 are respectively associated one-to-one with the plurality of lighting fixtures 130 arranged in the floor plan 201 or are collectively associated with several grouped lighting fixtures 130. A floor plan 201 shows a floor plan of an entire floor (or a section having a certain size including a plurality of rooms) in a building.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a user screen 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The user screen 300 selectively includes a floor plan 308 that is part of the floor plan 201 of the building, and a lighting symbol 310 included in the floor plan 308. The partial floor plan 308 is a part of the floor plan 201 extracted. Since the lighting symbols 310 included in the partial drawing 308 are selectively included, the user screen 300 has fewer lighting symbols 310 than the monitoring screen 200. For example, FIG. 3 shows 5 × 5 = 25 illumination symbols 310. The lighting symbols 310 on the user screen 300 are associated one-to-one with the plurality of lighting fixtures 130 actually installed in the partial drawing 308, or are collectively associated with several grouped lighting fixtures 130. ing.

Differences in functions between the monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. The user screen 300 preferably has a smaller amount of data than the monitoring screen 200, and more specifically, the display information and operation details regarding the plurality of lighting fixtures 130 are preferably smaller than the monitoring screen 200. This point will be described more specifically.
(1) First, regarding the display information, the user screen 300 has a narrower “display range” than the monitoring screen 200. In other words, the user screen 300 includes only the partial drawing 308 and a part of the lighting symbols 310 corresponding to the lighting fixtures included in the partial drawing 308 among the plurality of lighting symbols 310. Therefore, the display range (or display amount) is narrower than the monitoring screen 200.
(2) Further, regarding the display information, the “display contents” on the user screen 300 may be made smaller than the monitoring screen 200 to make a difference. The display content will be specifically described. For example, the monitoring screen 200 is related to the control of the plurality of lighting fixtures 130, and includes a schedule control screen relating to lighting, an energy saving brightness control screen, a list control screen, and a grouping of the plurality of lighting fixtures 130. Additional screens such as a group setting screen for setting and a dimming trend screen that records temporal changes in dimming rate may be displayed. On the other hand, the user screen 300 may include these additional screens. The function to display the target screen is not provided.
(3) Further, the user screen 300 has less operation content than the monitoring screen 200. That is, the operation content on the user screen 300 is limited to switching on / off of the plurality of lighting fixtures 130 and adjusting the dimming rate in the present embodiment. On the other hand, in addition to this, the monitoring screen 200 may further include other detailed settings, for example, settings related to initial illumination correction.

  The reason why it is preferable to have such a difference is that the roles of the monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300 are different in consideration of the purpose of use on the administrator side and the user side. Since the monitoring screen 200 is intended for collective management, it is necessary to display the status of a large number of lighting fixtures and to operate those lighting fixtures over a relatively wide range such as the entire one floor. On the other hand, the user screen 300 only needs to have a minimum function required by the user who uses the user terminals 161 to 166. That is, only a small number of lighting fixtures around the user terminals 161 to 166 are sufficient for the display range, and the operation content only needs to be switched on / off, and preferably the dimming rate can be adjusted. Thereby, even if it does not move to the wall switch 144 provided in each room, while using the user terminals 161-166, the several lighting fixture 130 can be easily operated by the user terminals 161-166. Further, the detailed settings set in the management system 10 cannot be changed via the user screen 300, and such detailed settings can be changed only via the monitoring terminal 14. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the detailed setting by the administrator from being inadvertently changed by the user using the user terminals 161 to 166. Furthermore, according to the above difference, the data amount of the user screen 300 can be suppressed to be smaller than that of the monitoring screen 200 from the viewpoint of the data communication amount. Even if each of the user terminals 161 to 166 provided in large numbers and the illumination server 12 communicate with each other, since the data communication amount is suppressed one by one, the communication load as a whole can be suppressed and the user screen 300 is displayed. The number of user terminals 161 to 166 can be increased to, for example, 3000.

  In the present embodiment, as a preferable mode, in order to make the data amount of the user screen 300 smaller than that of the monitoring screen 200, both the display range and the operation target are differentiated. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the data amount of the user screen 300 may be made smaller than that of the monitoring screen 200 by making a difference only in one of the display range and the operation target.

  In the present embodiment, as a preferred mode, the manager operating the monitoring terminal 14 moves the plurality of lighting symbols 310 on the monitoring screen 200 to change the relative position with respect to the floor plan 201 later. be able to. As a moving method, for example, by dragging and dropping with a pointing device, a plurality of lighting symbols 310 can be moved respectively by an operation similar to a general computer operation of moving icons on a monitor individually or collectively. Also good.

  FIG. 3 shows a user screen 300. Different URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) are assigned to the monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300 in advance. When the monitoring terminal 14 and the user terminals 161 to 166 input URLs to the web browser 302, the monitoring screen 200 is browsed on the web browser. By entering a URL in the URL input field 306 of the Web browser 302, a partial drawing 308 and a plurality of illumination symbols 310 are displayed on the main screen 304.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an illumination symbol 310 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The illumination symbol 310 includes an icon 312 and illumination information 314 and dimming rate information 316 displayed around the icon 312 in the form of characters. The operation content included in the user screen 300 includes switching on / off of the plurality of lighting fixtures 130 and changing the dimming rate. When the icon 312 is operated (for example, clicked) using a user interface (typically a mouse), the lighting fixture (for example, the lighting fixture 131) previously associated with the lighting symbol 310 can be switched on / off. Along with switching between lighting / extinguishing, the symbol of the icon 312 is also switched between a preset lighting symbol and a light extinction symbol. Similarly, when the dimming rate information 316 is clicked, a slider 318 appears. By operating the slider 318, the dimming rate of a lighting fixture (for example, the lighting fixture 131) associated with the lighting symbol 310 in advance is changed. Can be changed. A programming technique for realizing such an operation on the Web page may be any known technique, and is not particularly limited in the present invention.

  The illumination symbol 310 shown in FIG. 4 is an example, and the present invention is not limited to this. Information of a plurality of lighting fixtures 130 can be displayed on the screen using various characters, figures, symbols, colors, or combinations thereof. Inclusion of an icon image in the illumination symbol 310 has an advantage that an intuitive operation is possible for the user, but is not always essential. Further, it is not always necessary to include character information in the illumination symbol 310. Note that the screen design of the monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300 may be unified or may be different from each other. For example, it is not always necessary to use the same lighting symbol 310 between the monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300. For example, the lighting symbol 310 on the user screen 300 may be simplified to provide a connection between the lighting server 12 and the user terminals 161 to 166. The amount of data communication may be reduced.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display change of the illumination symbol 310 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The screen setting software 700 according to the present embodiment has a display change function described below. 4 and 5, the illumination information 314 is moved to the lower side of the icon 312 and the dimming rate information 316 is moved to the right side of the icon 312. In this way, it is possible to change the position at which the illumination information 314 and the dimming rate information 316 (collectively referred to as “luminaire information”) are displayed. Preferably, the display change of each of the plurality of illumination symbols 310 may be possible independently of each other. That is, the display position of the luminaire information is made different among the plurality of lighting symbols 310, such that one lighting symbol 310 has the layout shown in FIG. 4 and the other lighting symbols 310 have the layout shown in FIG. May be possible. This is because if the floor plan 201 or the partial floor plan 308 and the illumination symbol 310 overlap with each other, the visibility may be lowered depending on the positional relationship, and it is preferable that the floor plan 201 or the floor plan 308 can be individually adjusted. As an example of the means for that purpose, each lighting symbol 310 included in one user screen 300 may have unique “character information arrangement data”. Note that this display change function may allow different display changes in each of the user terminals 161 to 166, and is made independent from each other so that the display position setting of one user does not affect the display position setting of another user. Also good. This is because the visibility may be different for each user. As an example of the means for that, each user screen 300 given to each of the user terminals 161 to 166 may have unique “character information arrangement management data”.

  Note that the authority to execute the program for realizing the display change function in the lighting server 12 may be given to both the monitoring terminal 14 and the user terminals 161 to 166, or may be given only to the monitoring terminal 14.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a relationship between the monitoring screen 200 and the user screens 300 and 301 according to the embodiment of the present invention. A partial floor plan 308 obtained by extracting the room 208 in the floor plan 201 and a lighting symbol 310 included therein are included in the user screen 300. The user screen 300 includes a plurality of user screens 3001, 3002,. The user screens 3001 to 300n are assigned different URLs. That is, URL001, URL002,... URL00n included in the URL table TB1 are associated with the user screens 3001, 3002,. The part screen 309 extracted from the room 210 in the floor plan 201 and the illumination symbol 310 included therein are included in the user screen 301. Similarly, the user screen 301 also includes a plurality of user screens 3011, 3012,. URL01n, URL012,... URL01n included in the URL table TB2 are associated with the user screens 3011, 3012,. In the present embodiment, only the room 208 and the room 210 have been described for illustration, but the user screens 300 and 301 may be similarly created for more rooms.

  FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a layer structure of the monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The user screen 300 includes a map layer 322 and an illumination symbol layer 320 in which a plurality of illumination symbols 310 are arranged on the map layer 322. The monitoring screen 200 is the same in that the map layer 322 and the illumination symbol layer 320 are provided. A floor plan 201 is defined for the map layer 322. The floor plan 201 defines a plan view of a room generated from CAD data and the like, and a mounting position of a lighting fixture installed in the room. The lighting fixtures in the map layer 322 and the lighting symbols 310 in the lighting symbol layer 320 preferably have the same number and positional relationship. However, it is not necessarily limited to this. For example, the display position of the lighting symbol 310 and the actual lighting fixture mounting position do not have to be exactly matched for convenience, for example, for reasons of visibility. For example, a part of the plurality of lighting fixtures 130 may be grouped into one illumination. You may manage collectively with symbols. In this case, only one lighting symbol 310 representing a group of grouped lighting fixtures may be displayed on the monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300.

  The illumination server 12 changes the contents of the monitoring screen 200 and the operation screen according to the operation of the monitoring terminal 14, and prohibits the change of the user screen 300 by the user terminals 161 to 166. That is, the monitoring terminal 14 can change the settings of the map layer 322 and the illumination symbol layer 320 (specifically, the display position, shape, content, etc. of the floor plan 201 or the illumination symbol 310). However, neither the map layer 322 nor the illumination symbol layer 320 can be changed in the user terminals 161 to 166, and a given operation (by clicking the icon described in FIG. 4) is performed with reference to the given user screen 300. It is only possible to switch on / off the lighting fixture 130 and change the dimming rate).

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the lighting server 12 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The lighting server 12 includes a processing device 12a, a storage device 12b as an auxiliary storage device that is a non-volatile storage device and typically a large-capacity storage such as a hard disk drive, and a DRAM and SRAM as a main storage device. A memory 12c and a communication interface 12d are provided. These are in data communication with each other through an internal bus. The processing device 12a is connected to the memory 12c and the storage device 12b to execute arithmetic processing. However, since the illumination server 12 may use various servers already known, it is sufficient that the same data processing can be performed, and the hardware and software configurations are not particularly limited. The storage device 12b stores map data 400, illumination symbol data 500, URL tables TB1 and TB2 shown in FIG. 6, and an identification table 600.

  9 to 11 are schematic diagrams of data included in the illumination server 12 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The map data 400 shown in FIG. 9 includes a plurality of map layers 320 each having a floor plan 201 of a building. The illumination symbol data 500 illustrated in FIG. 10 includes a plurality of illumination symbol layers 320. Each of the illumination symbol layers 320 includes “symbol related data” of illumination. Specifically, the “symbol related data” includes the image data of the icon 312, the character data indicating the lighting fixture information (that is, the lighting information 314 and the dimming rate information 316), and the lighting symbol layer shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. 320 is electronic data including the number and position of each lighting symbol 310 on 320 and the display position of the luminaire information described in FIG. The map layer 322 selected from the map data 400 and the illumination symbol layer 320 selected from the illumination symbol data 500 can be combined to generate one user screen 300. The URL tables TB1 and TB2 are tables for associating each of the user screens 3001 to 300n with a plurality of different URLs as described with reference to FIG. For example, one URL 001 in the ULR table TB1 is associated with one user screen 3001. The user screen 3001 is formed from a predetermined map layer 322 and lighting symbol layer 320.

  Note that the above generates the monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300 as a set of the map layer 322 and the lighting symbol layer 320 as an example of the data structure, respectively, thereby changing the floor plan 201 and the lighting symbol 310 individually. This can be done by data correction. However, the present invention is not limited to such a form. The present invention is not limited to such a data structure form in which data is divided into a plurality of layers and individually managed. If a known image data generation method, GUI data generation method, and Web page generation method are used, respectively. The floor plan 201 and the illumination symbol 310 may be generated, managed, displayed, and changed as a whole without dividing the layer.

  In the identification table 600 shown in FIG. 11, information on a plurality of lighting fixtures 130 is collected. In the identification table 600, the appliance type, state, and symbol name are input for each identification information. The “identification information” is information for identifying each of the plurality of lighting fixtures 130 provided in the building where the lighting device 1 is installed. For example, unique identification information is allocated in advance to each of the lighting fixtures 131 and 132. In the “appliance type” column, the specification of a lighting fixture (for example, the lighting fixture 131) identified by the identification information is recorded. For example, the lighting fixture (eg, the lighting fixture 131) has a dimming control function. Whether or not it is recorded. In the “state”, the state in which the lighting fixture (for example, the lighting fixture 131) identified by the identification information is overwritten is written, and the lighting / extinguishing status is written. If the lighting device is dimmable and controllable, the current dimming rate is recorded as a percentage. Such a writing process is stored in the form of a program in the storage device 12b, and is executed by the processing device 12a as needed. The “symbol name” is information that defines the correspondence between the symbol related data and the identification information, and the display images and characters of the illumination symbols 310 on the monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300 according to the contents written in the “state”. Update information. Further, the “symbol name” is used to determine a correspondence relationship regarding what kind of control should be performed on which lighting fixture when any operation is performed on the monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300. In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 8, identification information of a plurality of lighting fixtures 130 may be collected for each LCU panel number LCU1... LCUn.

  The communication interface 12d is connected to a network (specifically, the network 20). The communication interface 12d communicates with a controller included in the LCU boards 31, 32, and includes a plurality of lighting fixtures 131, 132 (specifically, a control unit 131b therein), a monitoring terminal 14, and user terminals 161-161. 166 can communicate with each other.

  The storage device 12b of the illumination server 12 includes “image information” on the monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300, “illumination setting information” that is information that stores settings relating to the illumination of each of the plurality of lighting fixtures 130, and changes in screen content. And screen setting software 700 for performing. This “image information” includes the illumination symbol data 500 described above. In addition to the contents of the identification table 600 described above, the “lighting setting information” includes other detailed settings that can be set on the monitoring screen 200, such as setting values related to initial illumination correction.

In the present embodiment, the screen setting software 700 is software that does not depend on the operation system, and its versatility is enhanced. In other words, currently popular operation systems include the iOS (registered trademark) system, the Windows (registered trademark) system, and the UNIX (registered trademark) system, but the screen setting software 700 is executed on any of these operation systems. It is written in a possible programming language. Specifically, the programming language of the screen setting software 700 is Java (registered trademark) or Javascript (registered trademark) .

  Thus, according to the illuminating device 1, it has the versatility that the screen setting software 700 does not depend on an operation system. Therefore, it is not necessary to prepare the screen setting software 700 for each operation system, so that the work efficiency of the service engineer 800 can be improved.

  The screen setting software 700 can change the content of at least one of the floor plan 201 of the building, the partial floor plan 308, and the lighting symbol 310, and more preferably, the content can be changed for all of them. Also good. Specifically, it is preferable that at least one of the content and the display position can be changed with respect to the illumination symbol 310. Furthermore, the screen setting software 700 changes the content and the display position on the screen for both the icon 312 and the lighting fixture information (that is, the lighting information 314 and the dimming rate information 316) included in the lighting symbol 310. Can do. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and only one of the icon 312 and the luminaire information may be changed, and only one of the contents and the display position may be changed. The specific contents related to the change of the display position of the lighting fixture information have already been described with reference to FIG. Thereby, fine adjustment is possible for each of the monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300, and visibility can be improved.

In the lighting device 1, the above-described lighting setting information cannot be changed by the screen setting software 700, and the lighting setting information can be changed only by other dedicated software 2 activated via the monitoring terminal 14. The dedicated software 2 is recorded on a portable computer-readable recording medium such as a CD-ROM or stored in a storage device of a mobile terminal owned by the service engineer 800. Although the programming language of the dedicated software 2 is not particularly limited, Java (registered trademark) or Javascript (registered trademark) may be used as with the screen setting software 700.

  The operation of the lighting device 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The introduction stage and the operation stage will be described. First, in the introduction stage of the lighting device 1, the monitoring screen 200 to be displayed on the monitoring terminal 14 and the user screen 300 to be displayed on each of the user terminals 161 to 166 are generated. . As described with reference to FIG. 6, different user screens 300 and 301 are created individually for each of the rooms 208 and 210. In order to generate these screens, map data 400, lighting symbol data 500, URL tables TB1 and TB2, and an identification table 600 of the building where the lighting device 1 is introduced are created.

  Next, when entering the operation stage, any of URLs 001 to 00n is transmitted in advance to the users of the user terminals 161 to 166 by some communication means. The processing device 12a transmits a signal for displaying the user screen 300 to the user terminals 161 to 166 in accordance with the identification signals (URL) from the user terminals 161 to 166. For example, the user of the user terminal 161 in FIG. 1 inputs the URL 001 of the URL table TB1 in the Web browser of the user terminal 161. Thereby, the user screen 3001 previously associated with the URL 001 is displayed on the monitor of the user terminal 161. As described in FIG. 6, the storage device 12b stores a plurality of user screens 300, and each of the plurality of user screens 300 includes an individual URL. Therefore, the user of the other user terminal 162 can browse the user screen 3002 by inputting the URL 002 into the Web browser.

  Next, for example, it is assumed that the user of the user terminal 161 clicks the icon 312 of the lighting symbol 310 associated with the lighting fixture 131 on the user screen 3001. In response to this click, communication and processing for controlling the luminaire 131 are executed. That is, an operation signal corresponding to this click operation is transmitted from the user terminal 161, and the lighting server 12 receives this operation signal via the network 20. Here, as an example, it is assumed that when the icon 312 is clicked, the lighting / extinguishing is switched. When the processing device 12a of the lighting server 12 receives an operation signal indicating that the icon 312 associated with the lighting fixture 131 has been clicked on the user terminal 161, a control signal for switching on / off the lighting fixture 131. Is transmitted to the control unit 131b. Further, since the lighting / lighting is switched, communication and processing for changing the display of the lighting symbol 310 associated with the lighting fixture 131 is executed. That is, the lighting server 12 rewrites the state in the identification table 600, and the display of the icon 312 is switched. As described above, the processing device 12a changes the display contents of the monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300 based on the communication contents from the communication interface 12d.

  The display switching of the icon 312 (that is, the update to the latest state) is performed not only on the user terminal 161 where the operation is performed, but also on the user screens 300 of the user terminals 162 to 166 where the operation is not performed. Are preferred. This is because the user terminals 162 to 166 are installed in the same room 208 as the user terminal 161 and have user screens 3002 to 300n having the same contents as the same user screen 3001. For example, when operations on the same lighting device (for example, the lighting device 131) compete between a plurality of user terminals 161 and 162, for example, the operation performed most recently (that is, the latest operation) may be given priority. Good. Here, the case where the lighting / extinguishing is switched by clicking the icon 312 has been described. However, as described with reference to FIG. 4, the same operation is performed when the slider 318 changes the dimming rate. That is, the dimming control of a specific lighting fixture (for example, the lighting fixture 131) associated with the operated slider 318 and the communication and processing for switching the dimming rate display of the lighting symbol 310 associated therewith. What is necessary is just to perform the illumination server 12.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user terminals 161 to 166 and the lighting server 12 are caused to communicate with each other via the user screen 300 whose function is narrower than that of the monitoring screen 200. Accordingly, a system in which each user individually and easily operates the plurality of lighting fixtures 130 by the user terminals 161 to 166 while the user terminals 161 to 166 are used can be realized on the computer network.

  Next, maintenance of the lighting device 1 will be described. First, when it becomes necessary to change the display content of the monitoring screen 200 or the user screen 300, the service engineer 800 activates the screen setting software 700 from the monitoring terminal 14. Then, the position of the illumination symbol 310 etc. is adjusted with respect to the monitoring screen 200 or the user screen 300. After the work is completed, the screen setting software 700 is terminated. On the other hand, when it is necessary to change detailed settings for the plurality of lighting fixtures 130, the service engineer 800 temporarily installs the dedicated software 2 in the monitoring terminal 14. Thereafter, the dedicated software 2 is activated to perform initial setting or resetting of the lighting setting information of the plurality of lighting fixtures 130. After completing the work, the service engineer 800 uninstalls the dedicated software 2.

  As described above, in the lighting device 1, the system modification software in the lighting server 12 is divided into the screen setting software 700 and the dedicated software 2. Since the screen setting software 700 can be activated on the lighting server 12 at any time, the work efficiency of the service engineer 800 can be improved. Further, since the lighting setting information can be changed only through the dedicated software 2, it is possible to prevent the lighting setting information from being inadvertently changed by a person other than the service engineer 800.

The lighting device 1 according to the above-described embodiment has the first technical feature that the screen setting software 700 is described in a programming language independent of the operation system in order to make the screen setting software 700 versatile. The system modification software in the lighting server 12 includes both of the second technical feature that the screen setting software 700 and the dedicated software 2 are divided. However, these first and second technical features may not be applied to one illumination layer device 1 at the same time, and either one may be applied alone. That is, the first technical feature only to chromatic, together in one general software software system modified in the illumination server 12 without dividing the screen setting software 700 in the dedicated software 2, the generic software It may be described in a programming language independent of the operation system. Alternatively, the second such has only the technical features, but divides the software for the system modified in the illumination server 12 to a dedicated software 2 and the screen configuration software 700, the programming language while the screen configuration software 700 is operational It may be system dependent.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment, the monitoring screen 200 is displayed on the monitoring terminal 14, and the user screen 300 is displayed on the user terminals 161-166. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the display of the user screen 300 on the user terminals 161 to 166 and the control of the plurality of lighting fixtures 130 via the user screen 300 may not be performed. Further, in the present embodiment, as a preferable mode, a difference is provided between the monitoring screen 200 and the user screen 300 with respect to display contents and operation contents. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and such a difference is provided. It is not necessary to provide it.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Lighting apparatus, 2 Dedicated software, 10 Management system, 12 Lighting server, 12a Processing apparatus, 12b Memory | storage device, 12c Memory, 12d Communication interface, 14 Monitoring terminal, 16 Annunciator, 20 Network (Ethernet (trademark)), 31, 32 LCU panel, 40 shared part, 42 distribution board, 43, 44 remote control relay, 50 shared lighting fixture, 51-53 lighting fixture, 110 exclusive part, 120 M bus, 122 F bus, 130, 131, 132 lighting fixture, 131a Lighting fixture body, 131b Control unit, 140 Ceiling embedded area controller, 141 Dimming sensor, 142 Illuminance sensor, 143 Human sensor, 144 Wall switch, 145 Ceiling embedded amplifier, 150 Client system, 152 Router, 15 LAN, 161-166 User terminal, 200 Monitoring screen, 201 Floor plan, 208, 210 Room, 300, 301, 3001-3003, 3011-3013 User screen, 302 Browser, 304 Main screen, 306 URL input field, 308, 309 Partial drawing, 310 illumination symbol, 312 icon, 314 illumination information, 316 dimming rate information, 318 slider, 320 illumination symbol layer, 322 map layer, 400 map data, 500 illumination symbol data, 600 identification table, 700 screen setting software , 800 Service engineer, TB1, TB2 URL table

Claims (7)

A lighting server capable of communicating with the terminal, and a plurality of lighting fixtures,
The lighting server performs communication with the terminal to display a screen displaying information on the plurality of lighting fixtures,
When there is an operation on the screen, the lighting server controls the plurality of lighting fixtures according to the operation,
The lighting server includes a nonvolatile storage device,
The storage device stores image information of the screen, lighting setting information that is information storing settings relating to lighting of each of the plurality of lighting fixtures, and screen setting software for changing the contents of the screen. ,
The lighting setting information cannot be changed by the screen setting software,
The lighting device in which the lighting setting information can be changed only via the terminal in a state where other dedicated software not stored in the storage device is activated on the terminal . Each of the screens includes a floor plan of a building and a plurality of lighting symbols associated with lighting fixtures arranged in the floor plan,
The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the screen setting software is capable of changing contents of at least one of the floor plan of the building and the lighting symbol.   The lighting device according to claim 2, wherein at least one of content and position can be changed with respect to the lighting symbol. The lighting symbol includes an icon and lighting equipment information associated with the icon,
The lighting device according to claim 2, wherein the screen setting software is capable of changing at least one of content and position with respect to at least one of the icon and the lighting fixture information. Each of the screens includes a floor plan of a building and a plurality of lighting symbols associated with lighting fixtures arranged in the floor plan,
Each of the plurality of lighting symbols includes an icon, and lighting fixture information displayed around the icon in association with the icon,
The lighting device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein a display position of the lighting fixture information can be changed for each of the plurality of lighting symbols. The terminal comprises a monitoring terminal and a user terminal,
The lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the content of the screen can be changed via the screen setting software only in the monitoring terminal among the monitoring terminal and the user terminal. Can communicate with the terminal and multiple lighting fixtures,
Performing communication with the terminal to display a screen displaying information on the plurality of lighting fixtures,
When there is an operation on the screen, the plurality of lighting fixtures are controlled according to the operation,
A non-volatile storage device,
The storage device stores image information of the screen, lighting setting information that is information storing settings relating to lighting of each of the plurality of lighting fixtures, and screen setting software for changing the contents of the screen. ,
The lighting setting information cannot be changed by the screen setting software,
An illumination server in which the illumination setting information can be changed only via the terminal in a state where other dedicated software not stored in the storage device is activated on the terminal .

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