KR20140145791A - Dimming controlling system - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a dimming controlling system. The dimming controlling system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a lighting fixture unit emitting light upon receiving power, a dimmer unit controlling power provided to the lighting fixture unit, a control unit connected to the dimmer unit and transmitting a control signal thereto, and a embedded server unit connected to the control unit and processing an external control request through a network, wherein the embedded server unit comprises a wireless communication module and a wired communication module and the dimmer unit controls brightness of the lighting fixture unit by the control signal.

Description

[0001] DIMMING CONTROLLING SYSTEM [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dimming control system, and more particularly, to a dimming control system capable of controlling illuminance according to a surrounding environment.

Various methods for energy saving are being considered in the place where the public power of the commercial house and the building including the home is used. In the case of the commercial store, the power is controlled and controlled at the count, etc., In particular, in the case of a high-rise building, a general management network such as a building management system is employed to perform power management and control. However, all the power management at present is about the degree of performing simple on / off operation of the switch, and it is all operated by relay driving through control of input power by monitoring and communication by a communication line, Of fluorescent lamps and high-power bulbs, and consumes more power than required by using high-intensity discharge lamps. While using high-intensity discharge lamps with low power, it maintains high illumination for 24 hours and uses more power than necessary.

In order to control the lighting devices distributed in various places for energy conservation, a separate power management control line must be installed, which requires a high installation cost. Conventional remote control illumination control system has an integrated control device having a communication port through a separate communication line when remotely controlling an illuminance controller installed for each load, and a PLC is connected to control the respective loads remotely Respectively.

Such a conventional lighting control apparatus is difficult to be compatible because a type using wireless or wired communication is separated, and there is a problem that different lighting control apparatuses must be constructed according to the communication method in the structure.

Also, in terms of energy saving, there is a demand for a system capable of automatically performing dimming control in accordance with changes in the surrounding environment in controlling the brightness of illumination.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a dimming control system capable of automatically controlling dimming according to the surrounding environment.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a dimming control system that is compatible with both wireless and wired systems and has high usability.

The technical objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical subjects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a dimming control system including: a lamp unit for receiving power to emit light; a dimmer unit for controlling power provided to the lamp; And an embedded server unit connected to the control unit and processing an external control request through a network, wherein the embedded server unit includes a wireless communication module and a wired communication module, Controls the brightness of the lamp unit by the control signal.

The lamp unit is composed of a plurality of lamp units, and the dimmer unit can control the lamp unit by a pulse width modulation (PWM) method.

The wireless communication module may use the Zigbee protocol, and the wired communication module may use the LonWorks protocol.

A plurality of buttons are provided on the outer side of the control unit, and the plurality of buttons may include a roughness control button and a group setting button.

In the embedded server unit, the lamp unit is set to the same group by the group setting button, and the embedded server unit can collectively control the same group with the same dimming signal.

The control unit includes a display screen, and the display screen can display information on the illuminance state of the lamp unit.

The illuminance state is determined on the basis of the difference from the predetermined optimum illuminance, and the illuminance state can be displayed with different display icons.

The control unit may include an illuminance sensor for measuring the illuminance information of the ambient light, or a temperature and humidity sensor for measuring the temperature and humidity around the control unit.

The control unit can control the illuminance of the lamp unit in real time by reflecting the illuminance information or the temperature / humidity information on the control signal.

The control unit may comprise one of a wireless communication module or a wired communication module.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a dimming control system capable of informing the user of the adequacy of illuminance according to the indoor environment monitoring and the illumination change in the space, and allowing the user to control the illuminance individually or in groups using the touch switch.

Also, it is possible to provide a dimming control system capable of remotely controlling the indoor lighting, including a switch having a temperature and humidity, a light sensor for performing wire / wireless communication, a dimmer device for LED lamp, and a gateway having a simple web server function.

In addition, the illuminance sensor provided on the switch side determines the adequacy of illuminance at each switch position and displays a green LED (titration) and a red LED (illuminance over or under) to inform the user of the illuminance environment in the office space, It can be stored in the DB by transmitting the data to the simple web server of the gateway.

In addition, it can flexibly respond to the construction environment by replacing the wired and wireless modules. The wired line communicates between the switch and the dimmer, the switch and the gateway by using the standard protocol of the Lonworks method, and the wireless uses the Zigbee It is possible to provide a dimming control system capable of smooth communication between a switch, a dimmer, and a switch and a gateway by using a standard protocol.

1 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of a dimming control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing sequential operations of the system of FIG. 1. FIG.
3 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of a dimming control system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a diagram showing a lower configuration of each unit constituting the system of Fig. 3;

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. To fully disclose the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used in a sense commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Also, commonly used predefined terms are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless explicitly defined otherwise.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of illustrating embodiments and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. In the present specification, the singular form includes plural forms unless otherwise specified in the specification. The terms " comprises "and / or" comprising "used in the specification do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements in addition to the stated element.

Hereinafter, a dimming control system according to embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a basic configuration and a sequential operation sequence of a dimming control system according to an embodiment of the present invention are shown. The dimming control system according to the present embodiment includes a lamp unit 100, a dimmer unit 200, a control unit 300, and an embedded server unit 400. Specifically, the dimming control system includes a lamp unit 100, a dimmer unit 200 for controlling the power supplied to the lamp, a control unit 300 for transmitting a control signal, And an embedded server unit (400) connected to the control unit (300) and processing an external control request through a network, wherein the embedded server unit (400) includes a wireless communication module and a wired communication module, The control unit 200 controls the brightness of the lamp unit 100 by a control signal.

The lamp unit 100 may include any type of lamp structure that is powered on and emits light. For example, the lamp unit 100 may be an LED lamp, but it is not limited thereto, and various types of lamps such as a halogen lamp and an HID lamp may be employed. The luminaire unit 100 may have different illuminance depending on the power supply level. The roughness can be controlled by the amount of voltage or current.

A dimmer unit (200) controls the power provided to the lamp unit (100). The dimmer unit 200 can be set to use the power source by converting the AC 220V into DC 40V in consideration of a general power supply mode. The dimmer unit 200 can control the lamp unit 100 by employing a pulse width modulation (PWM) method. The dimmer unit 200 can communicate with the outside in a wired and wireless manner. To this end, the dimmer unit 200 may include a wired communication module, for example, a LonWorks communication module, and may include a wireless communication module, for example, a Zigbee communication module.

LonWorks (LonWorks) is a control technology that enables devices to communicate, peer-to-peer, and perform their tasks. It is very easy to extend the system, The existing master / slave programming can be omitted because it is necessary to add the node and connect only the nearest node.

Zigbee is a wireless personal area network standard that is a personal area network in which peripheral devices accessing 868 MHz, 902-928 MHz and 2.4 GHz are wirelessly connected. ZigBee is based on the IEEE 802.15 standard, which allows data to be transmitted and received at speeds of up to 250 Kbps between peripherals that are typically within 50 meters of the wireless personal area network.

 The wired or wireless communication module may be provided at the same time. Thus, the external components can be controlled wirelessly or by wire, for example, by the control unit 300 in the form of a switch.

The wired or wireless communication module may perform communication such as RFID, etc. in addition to the LonWorks and ZigBee communication.

The control unit 300 is connected to the dimmer unit 200 and transmits a control signal. The control unit 300 may include input means for receiving a user's illumination on / off command and setting illuminance or the like. The input means may be, for example, a button, a touch panel, a dial pad, a switch, or the like. Receives the control command of the user and signals it to transmit the control signal to the dimmer unit (200).

The illuminance input means of the input means of the control unit 300 can input a temperature range that is divided into digital or analog form, and can select a predetermined brightness level to control the brightness of the lamp unit 100 step by step.

The control unit 300 may be located in the same space as the lamp unit 100 and / or the dimmer unit 200. The control unit 300 may include a sensor module for measuring environmental information of the space in which the lamp unit 100 is disposed, for example, illumination information and temperature / humidity information, and may be configured to measure temperature and / And the temperature and humidity information and / or the illuminance information can be displayed on a predetermined display window. If the illuminance of the current lamp unit 100 is compared based on the collected illuminance information and it is set to be brighter than the reference value, it can be indicated that the illuminance is excessive in the display window. On the contrary, if it is set darker than the reference value, As shown in FIG.

The embedded server unit 400 is connected to the control unit 300 and processes an external control request through the network. The embedded server unit 400 may include a wireless communication module and a wired communication module. As described above, the wireless communication module may be a Zigbee type and the wired communication module may be a LonWorks But is not limited thereto.

The embedded server unit 400 is for processing a control signal received at a position spaced apart from the space in which the lamp unit 100 is disposed. When the user monitors the state of the lamp unit 100 from a terminal device or the like, 100). The terminal device may be, for example, a desktop PC, a notebook PC, or the like. However, the terminal device may be connected to the embedded server unit 400 through a network, for example, Device. For example, the terminal device may be a cellular phone, a Personal Communications Services phone (PCS phone), a synchronous / asynchronous IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication-2000) A PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a smart phone, a WAP phone (wireless application protocol phone), a mobile play- station, and the like, all having a user interface for connecting to the embedded server unit 200. [

Referring to FIG. 2, a control signal generated manually or automatically in the control unit 300 is transmitted to the lamp unit 100 through the dimmer unit 200, and dimming control may be performed. Or the external control signal received by the embedded server unit 400 is transmitted to the control unit 300 or directly to the dimmer unit 200 and the control signal is transmitted to the lamp unit 100 so that dimming control can be performed . The control results made in the lamp unit 100 may be fed back in sequence.

Referring to FIG. 3, a dimming control system according to another embodiment of the present invention is shown. The dimming control system according to the present embodiment can be controlled by connecting a plurality of lamp unit units 100_1, 100_2, 100_3, and 100_4 to each of the dimmer units 200_1 and 200_2, and a plurality of dimmer units 200_1 and 200_2, And a plurality of control units 300_1 and 300_2 may be connected to one embedded server unit 400. [ Also, although not shown, a plurality of dimmer units 200_1 and 200_2 may be connected to one control unit 300 to receive a dimming signal.

Referring to FIG. 4, a detailed configuration of a dimmer unit 200, a control unit 300, and an embedded server unit 400 according to embodiments of the present invention is shown.

In a plurality of embodiments, the luminaire unit 100 may be configured in plurality.

The dimmer unit 200 receives a control signal through communication with a wired / wireless switch and dims the lamp unit 100 based on the received control signal.

The dimmer unit 200 can control the lamp unit 100 by a pulse width modulation (PWM) method. For example, the dimmer unit 200 receives AC 220V and operates to increase the power conversion efficiency through a power factor correction (PFC), and the power factor compensation circuit performs DC 400V at the primary side of the transformer Three kinds of output can be outputted to the secondary side. The first of the three exemplary outputs is a voltage DC aV that is supplied to the chip that receives the PWM signal from the wired / wireless communication module and controls the current. The second LED lamp is used to dim the LED lamp based on the result of the current control chip. The voltage can be DC bV and the third can supply DC cV for a wire / wireless communication module (a, b, c are constants).

The dimmer unit 200 may include a wireless communication module 210 and a wired communication module 220. As described above, the wireless communication module may use a Zigbee protocol, and the wired communication module may include a LonWorks ) Protocol.

The control unit 300 includes a display module 310, a conversion module 320, an illumination control button 330, a group setting button 340, an illumination sensor 350, a temperature sensor 360 and a humidity sensor 370, . ≪ / RTI >

The control unit 300 may include a display module 310 having a display screen, and the display screen may display information on the illuminance state of the lamp unit 100, ambient illuminance information, environmental information, and the like. The illuminance condition can be determined on the basis of the difference from the preset optimum illuminance, and the illuminance condition can be displayed with different display icons. For example, when the brightness level of the luminaires unit 100 exceeds a predetermined illuminance, which is a predetermined value or a preset illuminance, a red icon, which is a warning display icon, may be displayed. Icon may be displayed, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and various shapes can be visualized according to the difference from the optimum illuminance.

The conversion module 320 may perform the function of receiving data and converting the data.

A plurality of buttons 330 and 340 may be provided on one outer surface of the control unit 300 and a plurality of buttons may include a roughness control button 330 and a group setting button 340. As described above, the illuminance control button 330 is for generating a dimming signal and may correspond to a function for increasing or decreasing the illuminance. The group setting button 340 is used to set a plurality of the lamp units 100 or the plurality of dimmer units 200 into the same group and can be controlled with the same dimming signal by the illumination control button 330, The plurality of lamp unit units 100 can be controlled with the same dimming signal through an external terminal device.

In particular, the embedded server unit 400 communicating with an external terminal device can set the lamp unit 100 to the same group by the group setting button 340, and the embedded server unit 400 can set the same group to the same dimming signal Can be collectively controlled.

The control unit 300 may further include an ambient light sensor 350 that measures ambient light or illuminance information of a specific location irrespective of the position of the lamp unit 100 or an ambient temperature sensor And a temperature and humidity sensor 360 and 370 for measuring temperature and humidity information about the heater 360.

In some other embodiments, the control unit 300 may control the illuminance of the lamp unit in real time by reflecting illumination information or temperature / humidity information on the control signal. Alternatively, the display module 310 may output the roughness information or the temperature / humidity information to the user.

The control unit 300 may include one of a wireless communication module or a wired communication module so as to be able to communicate with the dimmer unit 200. [

The embedded server unit 400 may include a communication module 410 for communicating directly with the control unit 300 or the dimmer unit 200 and the communication module 410 may include one of a wireless communication module or a wired communication module . ≪ / RTI >

The storage module 420 may store and manage data transmitted / received to / from the dimmer unit 200 or the control unit 300. [

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, You will understand. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

100: Lighting unit
200: Dimmer unit
300: control unit
400: Embedded server unit

Claims (10)

A lamp unit for supplying power and emitting light;
A dimmer unit for controlling power provided to the lamp;
A control unit connected to the dimmer unit to transmit a control signal; And
And an embedded server unit connected to the control unit and processing an external control request through a network,
Wherein the embedded server unit includes a wireless communication module and a wired communication module,
Wherein the dimmer unit controls the brightness of the lamp unit by the control signal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the lamp unit is composed of a plurality of lamp units,
Wherein the dimmer unit controls the luminaire unit in a pulse width modulation (PWM) manner. The method according to claim 1,
The wireless communication module uses a Zigbee protocol,
Wherein the wired communication module uses a LonWorks protocol. The method according to claim 1,
A plurality of buttons are provided on an outer surface of the control unit,
Wherein the plurality of buttons include a luminance control button and a group setting button. 5. The method of claim 4,
The embedded server unit sets the lamp unit to the same group by the group setting button,
And the embedded server unit collectively controls the same group to the same dimming signal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit includes a display screen,
Wherein the display screen displays information on an illuminance condition of the lamp unit. The method according to claim 6,
The illuminance state is determined on the basis of a difference from a predetermined optimum illuminance,
Wherein the illumination conditions are represented by different display icons. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the control unit comprises:
An illuminance sensor for measuring the illuminance information of ambient light or a temperature and humidity sensor for measuring temperature and humidity around the control unit. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the control unit controls the illuminance of the lamp unit in real time by reflecting the illuminance information or the temperature / humidity information on the control signal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the control unit comprises one of the wireless communication module or the wired communication module

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