CN102843813A - Control device for adjusting and controlling light sources - Google Patents

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CN102843813A
CN102843813A CN2011101715811A CN201110171581A CN102843813A CN 102843813 A CN102843813 A CN 102843813A CN 2011101715811 A CN2011101715811 A CN 2011101715811A CN 201110171581 A CN201110171581 A CN 201110171581A CN 102843813 A CN102843813 A CN 102843813A
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The invention provides a control device for adjusting and controlling light sources. One end of the control device is connected with an existing standard switch through existing electric wires paved indoors, and the other end is connected with an adjustable light source, so as to adjust and control the adjustable light source by switching the standard switch. The control device comprises a storer and a micro-controller, wherein the storer is used for storing at least one set of preset adjusting and controlling programs; and the micro-controller is used for judging the switching frequency and the final state of the standard switch and adjusting the light intensity of the adjustable light source according to the adjusting and controlling programs. The control device provided by the invention neither needs additional construction, nor needs to change the traditional electric wires paved in walls into electric wires with the specific specifications specified by manufacturers. When deciding to change the existing lighting lamps in a house into adjustable light sources, users only need to use the control device provided by the invention to combine the existing standard switch and the electric wires in the house to control the light intensity of the adjustable light sources.

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Be used to regulate and control the control device of light source
Technical field
The invention relates to a kind of control device that is used for adjusting light source, particularly a kind of power circuit that combines the existing laying of dwelling house and conventional set switch and the control device that tunable light source carried out the brightness adjustment.
Background technology
Along with the attention of the common people, in a large amount of introducing residential environment of more and more many information household appliances and automation furniture to house comfortable life property and convenience.With regard to regard to room lighting, along with the exploitation of new-type light fixture of all kinds, what it stressed not merely is functional illumination demand, also often is accompanied by the requirement of comfortableness even artistry.In other words, except the important supplement when night, main light source or daytime, indoor light was not enough, so that at bright environment of indoor formation; Satisfy outside people's vision requirements of one's work; The lighting of a new generation also will satisfy the requirement on attractive in appearance and the art, according to consumer's demand instantly; Light in various degree is provided, and builds various atmosphere.
In the demand that various light in various degree are provided, the main selection that becomes room lighting of new generation undoubtedly of adjustable light source.Compared to traditional indoor illumination light fitting, because the light of constant intensity can only be provided mostly, therefore too dull in the use.The adjustable light source then can be adjusted luminous intensity along with user's demand arbitrarily.For example, when the user wants to build romantic atmosphere or do not need too forceful rays, just can reduce the luminous intensity of light source.When the user needs bright light, when conveniently carrying out work or reading, then can increase the luminous intensity of light source.So, except the use that can make light source has more efficient and reaches the purpose of saving the energy, more can prolong the useful life of light fixture.
Although the adjustable light source has above-mentioned advantage, with the adjustable light source that sells on the market at present, it still has suitable not convenient property.In general, most on the market at present adjustable light source is to such an extent as to from guidance panel, power circuit light fixture itself, often all be to design the specific standard of developing according to each tame manufacturer to produce.Therefore, when the consumer chooses adjustable light source and replaces its indoor existing lighting, need the tradition three tunnel/four-way switch that originally be embedded on the wall be removed, be replaced as the guidance panel that manufacturer provides again.What is more; When the adjustable light source of being bought need connect with the power circuit of specific standard; The consumer possibly also need spend an extra decoration cooperage usefulness, replaces to the power circuit of the specific standard that manufacturer provides with originally being layed in conventional electric power circuit in the wall.
In other words, when the consumer wants that existing indoor illumination light fitting changed into adjustable light source, except needs are bought the light fixture of adjustable light source, often also to be accompanied by the different installing engineering of complexity.
Summary of the invention
The present invention provides a kind of power circuit of the existing laying of dwelling house and adjustable light source control device of conventional set switch of combining, and allows through the conventional set switch, and adjustable light source is carried out the brightness adjustment.
A kind of control device provided by the present invention in order to the regulation and control light source; The one of which end is connected in an existing standard switch via the power line of an indoor existing laying; The other end then is connected in an adjustable light source, and allows through the switching of standard switch adjustable light source to be regulated and control.Control device comprises a memory and a microcontroller.Wherein, memory is used for storing at least one group of preset regulatory process.As for microcontroller number of times and final state then, and, adjustable light source is carried out the brightness adjustment according to regulatory process in order to judge that the standard switch switches.Wherein the switching of standard switch can make the bar power line present path or open circuit.
Control device provided by the present invention; Since can be directly with indoor original power circuit and traditional three the road or four-way switch be used in combination; Therefore; Do not need again through extra construction, the conventional set switch is replaced with the guidance panel of the specific standard that manufacturer produces, do not need to be embedded in the electric wire that conventional electric power circuit existing in the wall is replaced with specific standard that manufacturer produces yet.In other words; As far as the consumer, in case when its decision is used the lighting in the family instead adjustable light source, as long as through control device provided by the invention; Can combine existing standard switch and power circuit in the family, and the luminous intensity of adjustable light source is controlled.
About control device of the present invention, can further be understood by following detailed Description Of The Invention and appended diagram.
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Fig. 1 shows the mode that its installing of control device provided by the present invention is used; And
Fig. 2 shows its internal structure of control device provided by the present invention and expands the situation of using.
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Control device 1 power line 2
Standard switch 3 power lines 4
Adjustable light source 5 memories 10
Microcontroller 11 first connecting interfaces 12
Second connecting interface, 13 digital out splice going splices 14
Tandem port joint 15 grid line joints 16
Information household appliances or automation furniture 150 network connectivities 160
Computer 161 relays 17
Light source connecting interface 18
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The invention provides a kind of control device in order to the regulation and control light source, this control device can directly combine existing power line of premises and standard switch, and allows the user directly through old conventional set switch, and adjustable light source is carried out various regulation and control actions.Relevant detailed description of the present invention is described below.
Please with reference to Fig. 1, this figure has shown the mode that control device 1 its installing provided by the present invention is used.As aforementioned; Because this control device 1 can directly combine existing power line of premises and standard switch; Therefore when installing, an end of this control device 1 is a power line 2 that is directly connected in indoor existing laying, and is connected in an existing conventional set switch 3 through this power line 2.As for, the other end of control device 1 then can be connected in an adjustable light source 5 via another power line 4.
In one embodiment, said script promptly is layed in indoor power line 2, representative be the traditional forceful electric power line that originally has been embedded in the indoor wall.As for, what said existing conventional set switch 3 was represented is to be embedded in traditional three-way switch or four-way switch general on the indoor wall.In other words, be connected in the power line 2 between control device 1 and the standard switch 3 in this case, representative be to carry the forceful electric power line of voltage between 110 volts to 220 volts.
As for the above-mentioned power line 4 that is connected between control device 1 and the adjustable light source 5, in a preferred embodiment, representative be originally to be layed in the indoor wall the traditional forceful electric power line of voltage between 110 volts to 220 volts equally.Certainly, the power line 4 here is not limited to the forceful electric power line, and along with the demand of adjustable light source 5 its specifications, power line 4 can also be a voltage between 0 to 10 volt light current line.
Please with reference to Fig. 2, this figure has shown control device 1 its internal structure provided by the present invention and has expanded the situation of using.In one embodiment, this control device 1 has comprised a memory 10 and a microcontroller 11 at least.
Because standard switch 3 representatives here is three road traditional or four-way switch; So; When standard switch 3 directly was connected to adjustable light source 5, the switching of standard switch 3 can only be controlled adjustable light source 5 and open or close, and the luminous intensity of uncontrollable adjustable light source 5.Otherwise; When standard switch 3 is through mode of the present invention; When being connected to adjustable light source 5 via a control device 1, the function of standard switch 3 then no longer is the state that is used to make the loop of power line 2 and adjustable light source 5 to be in path or to open circuit; But detect switching times, the state of standard switch 3, and regulate and control the luminous intensity of adjustable light source 5 according to this through control device 1.
In order to reach the purpose of above-mentioned regulation and control luminous intensity, above-mentioned memory 10 can store at least one group of preset regulatory process.The regulatory process here is in order to the number of times that shows 3 switchings of standard switch, last on off state, and adjustable light source corresponding with it 5 luminous intensities.As for microcontroller 11, then can be used to detect, judge the number of times and the final state of standard switch 3 switchings, and, come adjustable light source 5 is carried out the brightness adjustment according to the regulatory process that is stored in the memory 10.
Except above-mentioned memory 10 and microcontroller 11, control device 1 also has one first connecting interface 12 and one second connecting interface 13.Wherein, when power line 2 was connected in first connecting interface 12, standard switch 3 can be used as a circuit switching and uses.By switching standard switch 3 continuously, make the luminosity of adjustable light source 5 increase in proper order or reduce.
That is; When microcontroller 11 judges that standard switch 3 and power line 2 are when being connected in first connecting interface 12; It can be used as controlling the foundation of adjustable light source 5 by reading suitable regulatory process in the memory 10, and definition standard switch 3 is to use as circuit switching at this moment.In one embodiment, the regulatory process here can determine the switching that continues along with standard switch 3, adjusts hop count and brightness value that light source 5 its luminous intensities change in proper order.In preferred embodiment, microcontroller 11 can detect the blanking time of standard switch twice switching in 3 front and back.When this blanking time during,, adjust the luminosity of adjustable light source 5 in regular turn just according to predetermined different brightness values less than a preset value.Otherwise when the blanking time of microcontroller 11 standard switch twice switching in 3 front and back that detect, when having surpassed above-mentioned preset value, then microcontroller 11 can be controlled the luminosity of adjustable light source 5 again according to preset regulatory process.For example; When the variation hop count that sets is three sections; And corresponding luminous intensity values is 60%, 100%, 20% o'clock; The switching standard switch 3 that continues along with the operator, and blanking time that microcontroller 11 is judged twice switching in 3 front and back of standard switch during all less than preset value, the light emission luminance value that just can control adjustable light source 5 follow 60% → 100% → 20% → 60% circulation to continue to change.As for, when microcontroller 11 judges that surpassed preset value the blanking time of standard switch twice switching in 3 front and back, then can control adjustable light source 5 again 60% luminosity is provided according to regulatory process.
As for, when power line 2 was connected in second connecting interface 13,3 on standard switch can be used as a situation switch and uses.At this moment, judge the switching times of standard switch 3 and the state of final switch by microcontroller 11, and according to the regulatory process that is stored in the memory 10, the light emission luminance value of decision adjustable light source 5.
In one embodiment, in order further to promote the application of control device 1, control device 1 more comprises a digital out splice going splice 14, a tandem port joint 15 and a grid line joint 16.Wherein, digital out splice going splice 14 and tandem port joint 15 can be used to link other information household appliances or automation furniture 150.For example, can make control device 1 link a curtain through digital out splice going splice 14, or make control device 1 connect a projector through tandem port joint 15.Thus; When power line 2 is connected in second connecting interface 13; When standard switch 3 is used as the situation switch, can borrow switching standard switch 3, regulate and control adjustable light source 5 on the one hand; Make it luminous, simultaneously also information household appliances or automation furniture 150 runnings of control connection on control device 1 with particular luminance value.For example, when the luminous intensity of control adjustable light source 5, open projector, make it begin to throw image simultaneously via digital out splice going splice 14 control curtain opening or closures, or through tandem port joint 15.
In a preferred embodiment, above-mentioned tandem port joint 15 can be selected RS-232 tandem port or RS-485 tandem port for use.
Above-mentioned grid line joint 16 then can be linked to a computer 161 via a network connectivity 160.Thus, the operator can set or upgrade and be stored in the regulatory process in the memory 10 through computer 161, or the adjustable light source 5, information household appliances or the automation furniture 150 that are serially connected with control device 1 are directly controlled.For example, the operator can change circuit switching its hop count that changes in proper order and brightness value by computer 161.Similarly be the hop count that changes is increased to four sections by original three sections, and the corresponding luminous intensity values of adjustment to be 70%, 100%, 40%, 10%.So, along with the switching standard switch 3 that the operator continues, the light emission luminance value of adjustable light source 5 will be followed 70% → 100% → 40% → 10% → 70% lasting variation of circulation.Perhaps, the operator can change its regulatory process of situation switch by computer 161, and information household appliances or automation furniture 150 that change is controlled synchronously.
In one embodiment; Said control device 1 more comprises a relay 17, and when control device 1 started failure, operation failure or power breakdown, relay 17 can automatically switch; Make power line 2 and power line 4 direct conductings, even also power line 2 is connected directly to adjustable light source 5.At this moment, though can't be through the luminosity of control device 1 adjustment adjustable light source 5, the operator still can be by the switching to standard switch 3, and directly opens or close adjustable light source 5.In other words, the standard switch 3 of this moment will recover its switching function originally, by the switching of standard switch 3, directly open or close adjustable light source 5.More particularly; When control device 1 can't be opened the formula in the memory 10 smoothly in initialization procedure, or take place when machine in the process of implementation suddenly and can't restart, or owing to have a power failure or the parts damage causes control device 1 can't normal operation the time; Relay 17 just can switch automatically; Make adjustable light source 5 be connected directly to standard switch 3, and make traditional three road or four-way switch get back to its mode of operation originally, directly open or close adjustable light source 5.
Said control device 1 also has a light source connecting interface 18, in order to link adjustable light source 5.As aforementioned, this light source connecting interface 18 can be linked to adjustable light source 5 via an existing power line 4, that is is linked to adjustable light source 5 through the indoor existing forceful electric power line that sets up.Certainly, along with the different demands of adjustable light source 5 its specifications, light source connecting interface 18 also can link with adjustable light source 5 through the power line 4 of other specific standard.For example, when being voltage between the electric power of 0-10 volt, then said power line 4 is to be made up of the light current line when needed.
Control device provided by the present invention; Since can be directly with indoor original power circuit and traditional three the road or four-way switch be used in combination; Therefore; Do not need again through extra construction, the conventional set switch is replaced with the guidance panel of the specific standard that manufacturer produces, do not need to be embedded in the electric wire that conventional electric power circuit existing in the wall is replaced with specific standard that manufacturer produces yet.In other words; As far as the consumer, in case when its decision is used the lighting in the family instead adjustable light source, as long as through control device provided by the invention; Can combine existing standard switch and power circuit in the family, and the luminous intensity of adjustable light source is controlled.
Though the present invention illustrates as above with preferred embodiments, so it is not only to terminate in the foregoing description that in order to limit spirit of the present invention with the invention entity.Be with, the modification of in not breaking away from spirit of the present invention and scope, being done all should be included in the claim.

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1. control device that is used to regulate and control light source; It is characterized in that; One end of said control device is connected in an existing standard switch via the power line of an indoor existing laying; The other end then is connected in an adjustable light source, and allows through the switching of said standard switch said adjustable light source to be regulated and control, and said control device comprises:
One memory stores at least one group of preset regulatory process; And
One microcontroller is judged number of times and final state that said standard switch switches, and according to said regulatory process, said adjustable light source is carried out the brightness adjustment.
2. control device as claimed in claim 1; It is characterized in that; Described control device more comprises one first connecting interface, and when said power line was connected in said first connecting interface, said standard switch used as a circuit switching; By switching said standard switch continuously, make the luminosity of said adjustable light source increase in proper order or reduce.
3. control device as claimed in claim 1; It is characterized in that, described control device more comprise one second connecting interface, a digital out splice going splice, with a tandem port joint, wherein said digital out splice going splice and said tandem port joint can be linked to information household appliances and automation furniture; Said second connecting interface then can be linked to said power line; When said power line was connected in said second connecting interface, said standard switch used as a situation switch, by switching said standard switch; Can make said adjustable light source luminous, control the running of said information household appliances and said automation furniture simultaneously with certain luminance.
4. control device as claimed in claim 1; It is characterized in that; Described control device more comprises a grid line joint; Can be linked to a computer via a network connectivity, the operator can be stored in the said regulatory process in the said memory through said computer settings or renewal, perhaps the said adjustable light source that is serially connected with said control device, said information household appliances and said automation furniture is directly controlled.
5. control device as claimed in claim 1; It is characterized in that; Described control device more comprises a relay, and when said control device started failure or power breakdown, said relay can automatically switch; Make said power line be connected directly to said adjustable light source, and can directly open or close said adjustable light source through said standard switch.
6. control device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, said standard switch can be traditional three-way switch or four-way switch.
7. control device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the said power line that is connected in said control device and said standard switch room is a forceful electric power line.
8. control device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described control device more comprises a light source connecting interface, is connected to said adjustable light source via another power line, and wherein said another power line can be a forceful electric power line or a light current line.
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