CN106231754A

CN106231754A - Lighting Control Assembly, illumination control method and device

Info

Publication number: CN106231754A
Application number: CN201610676387.1A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张磊; 许剑明; 胡军; 王伟为; 陈紫杰; 高杰
Original assignee: Shenzhen Northmeter Co Ltd; Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd
Current assignee: Shenzhen Northmeter Co Ltd; Tencent Technology Shenzhen Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-08-16
Filing date: 2016-08-16
Publication date: 2016-12-14
Anticipated expiration: 2036-08-16
Also published as: CN106231754B

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a kind of Lighting Control Assembly, illumination control method and device, belong to electrical lighting technical field.Described system includes: lighting control equipment sends control instruction by illumination gateway to m luminaire；Luminaire performs corresponding lighting operation according to control instruction, the operation information under illumination condition is gathered by electric energy metering module, and by illumination gateway to lighting control equipment back-to-back running information, lighting control equipment performs management according to the operation information that each luminaire feeds back to luminaire and operates；Solve owing to multiple luminaires are unidirectionally controlled by illumination control panel in prior art, by the way of artificial, each luminaire can only be managed, cause the problem that the efficiency of management to luminaire is relatively low；Having reached when a part of luminaire in multiple luminaires breaks down, lighting control equipment can know the luminaire broken down automatically, improves the effect of the efficiency of management to luminaire.

Description

Illumination control system, illumination control method and device

Technical Field

The embodiment of the invention relates to the technical field of electronic lighting, in particular to a lighting control system, a lighting control method and a lighting control device.

Background

A conventional lighting control system includes a lighting control panel and a lighting device. The user controls the lighting equipment to be turned on and off through buttons in the lighting control panel, and the lighting control panel is connected with the lighting equipment through a physical line.

In the prior art, a method for simultaneously controlling a plurality of lighting devices through a lighting control panel includes: a user sends a control instruction to a multi-output driver installed in an illumination distribution box through an illumination control panel installed in an 86 box on site; and the multi-output driver controls the plurality of lighting devices to execute corresponding lighting operations through the power line according to the control command.

In the process of implementing the embodiment of the present invention, the inventor finds that the prior art has at least the following problems:

because the lighting control panel carries out single-way control to a plurality of lighting apparatus through the multiplexed output driver, when some lighting apparatus in a plurality of lighting apparatus broke down, lighting control panel can't learn the lighting apparatus who breaks down, can only adopt artificial mode to manage each lighting apparatus, leads to the management efficiency to lighting apparatus to be lower.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, embodiments of the present invention provide an illumination control system, an illumination control method, and an illumination control device. The technical scheme is as follows:

according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lighting control system, the system comprising: the system comprises illumination control equipment, an illumination gateway and m illumination equipment, wherein the illumination control equipment is connected with the illumination gateway through a network, the illumination gateway is connected with the m illumination equipment through a wireless ad hoc network, the m illumination equipment are respectively provided with an electric energy metering module, and m is a positive integer;

the lighting control device is used for sending control instructions to the m lighting devices through the lighting gateway;

the lighting equipment is used for executing corresponding lighting operation according to the control instruction; collecting operation information under an illumination state through the electric energy metering module; feeding back the operation information to the lighting control device through the lighting gateway;

the lighting control device is further used for executing management operation on the lighting devices according to the running information fed back by each lighting device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lighting control method, the method comprising:

sending a control instruction to m lighting devices through a lighting gateway, wherein m is a positive integer;

receiving operation information fed back by each lighting device through the lighting gateway, wherein the operation information is acquired by the lighting device through an electric energy metering module in a lighting state;

and performing management operation on the lighting equipment according to the operation information fed back by each lighting equipment.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lighting control method, the method comprising:

receiving a control instruction sent by the lighting control equipment through the lighting gateway;

executing corresponding lighting operation according to the control instruction;

collecting operation information in an illumination state through an electric energy metering module;

and feeding back the operation information to the lighting control equipment through the lighting gateway so that the lighting control equipment executes management operation on the lighting equipment according to the operation information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lighting control method, the method comprising:

receiving a control instruction sent by lighting control equipment to m lighting equipment, wherein m is a positive integer;

sending the control instruction to the m lighting devices;

receiving operation information fed back by the lighting equipment, wherein the operation information is acquired by the lighting equipment in a lighting state through an electric energy metering module;

and feeding back the operation information to the lighting control equipment so that the lighting control equipment can perform management operation on the lighting equipment according to the operation information.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lighting control device, the device comprising:

the system comprises a sending module, a receiving module and a processing module, wherein the sending module is used for sending control instructions to m lighting devices through a lighting gateway, and m is a positive integer;

the receiving module is used for receiving the operation information fed back by each lighting device through the lighting gateway, wherein the operation information is the operation information of the lighting device in the lighting state acquired by the electric energy metering module;

and the management module is used for executing management operation on the lighting equipment according to the running information fed back by each lighting equipment.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lighting control device, the device comprising:

the receiving module is used for receiving a control instruction sent by the lighting control equipment through the lighting gateway;

the execution module is used for executing corresponding lighting operation according to the control instruction;

the acquisition module is used for acquiring the operation information in the illumination state through the electric energy metering module;

and the feedback module is used for feeding back the operation information to the lighting control equipment through the lighting gateway so that the lighting control equipment can perform management operation on the lighting equipment according to the operation information.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lighting control device, the device comprising:

the instruction receiving module is used for receiving control instructions sent by the lighting control equipment to m lighting equipment, wherein m is a positive integer;

the instruction sending module is used for sending the control instruction to the m lighting devices;

the information receiving module is used for receiving the operation information fed back by the lighting equipment, wherein the operation information is the operation information of the lighting equipment in the lighting state acquired by the electric energy metering module;

and the information feedback module is used for feeding back the operation information to the lighting control equipment so that the lighting control equipment can execute management operation on the lighting equipment according to the operation information.

The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

the lighting control equipment sends control instructions to the m lighting equipment through the lighting gateway; after the lighting equipment executes corresponding lighting operation according to the control instruction, the lighting equipment collects running information in a lighting state through the electric energy metering module and feeds back the running information to the lighting control equipment through the lighting gateway, and the lighting control equipment executes management operation on the lighting equipment according to the running information fed back by each lighting equipment; the problem that in the prior art, the lighting control panel performs one-way control on a plurality of lighting devices, and each lighting device can only be managed in a manual mode, so that the management efficiency of the lighting devices is low is solved; when some lighting devices in a plurality of lighting devices are in fault, the lighting control device can automatically know the lighting devices in fault, and the management efficiency of the lighting devices is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a lighting control system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another lighting control system provided in the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of a lighting control method provided by an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart of a lighting control method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5A is a flowchart of a lighting control method provided by another exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5B is a flowchart of a lighting control method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6A is a flowchart of a lighting control method according to still another exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6B is a flowchart of a lighting control method according to still another exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a block diagram showing the structure of a lighting control device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a block diagram showing the structure of a lighting control device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a block diagram of a lighting control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1, a schematic structural diagram of an illumination control system according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The lighting control system includes: lighting control device 120, lighting gateway 140, and m lighting devices 160, m being a positive integer, wherein:

the lighting control device 120 has a capability of data transmission, and the lighting control device 120 includes: at least one of a lighting control server, a lighting control terminal, and a lighting control panel.

The lighting control device 120 is connected to the lighting gateway 140 through a network; optionally, when the lighting control device 120 is a lighting control server and/or a lighting control terminal, the lighting control device 120 is connected to the lighting gateway 140 through a wireless network or a wired network; when the lighting control device 120 is a lighting control panel, the lighting control device 120 is connected to the lighting gateway 140 through a wireless ad hoc network. Optionally, the wireless ad hoc network includes: zigbee protocol, and/or BLE (Bluetooth low energy).

Optionally, when there are multiple lighting gateways 140 in the lighting control system, each lighting gateway 140 is connected to one lighting control panel through a wireless ad hoc network.

The lighting device control apparatus 120 sends a control instruction to the m lighting devices through the lighting gateway 140, and controls the lighting devices to perform corresponding lighting operations.

The lighting gateway 140 has data transmission capability, and optionally, the lighting gateway 140 may also have data processing capability. When the lighting gateway 140 receives the scene instruction transmitted by the lighting control device 120, the received scene instruction is converted into a control instruction for controlling the lighting device to perform a lighting operation. The lighting gateway 140 stores therein a mapping relationship between the scene command and the control command.

Optionally, a plurality of lighting gateways 140 are included in the lighting control system; each lighting gateway 140 is connected to m lighting devices 160 through a wireless ad hoc network.

The lighting devices 160 have lighting capability, and each lighting device 160 is provided with a power metering module, wherein the power metering module can collect operation information of the lighting device 160 in a lighting state. Optionally, the lighting device 160 comprises: the device comprises a device with lighting capability and a base with an electric energy metering module, or a smart device with lighting capability and an electric energy metering module.

Optionally, the lighting device 160 is further provided with a timer, and the timer is used for controlling the time when the power metering module collects the operation information of the lighting device 160 in the lighting state.

Referring to fig. 2, based on the lighting control system shown in fig. 1, the lighting control device 120 includes a lighting control server 121 and a lighting control panel 122; wherein, the lighting control server 121 is connected to the lighting gateway 140 through a wireless network or a wired network; the lighting control panel 122 is connected to the lighting gateway 140 through a wireless ad hoc network.

Optionally, when the lighting gateway 140 is connected to a wireless network or a wired network, the lighting control server 121 sends a control instruction to the m lighting devices through the lighting gateway 140; each lighting device feeds back the operation information collected by the power metering module to the lighting control server 121, so that the lighting control server 121 performs a management operation on the lighting device.

Alternatively, when the network connection between the lighting gateway 140 and the lighting control server 121 is disconnected, the lighting control panel 122 sends a control instruction to the m lighting devices through the lighting gateway 140; each lighting device feeds back the operation information collected by the electric energy metering module to the lighting control panel 122; so that the lighting control panel 122 performs management operations on the lighting devices, controlling the m lighting devices through the lighting control panel realizes that the m lighting devices are controlled through the local lighting control panel 122 when the lighting gateway 140 has no network connection, so that the m lighting devices can be controlled through network connection or local connection, and the control modes of the m lighting devices are diversified.

Referring to fig. 3, a flowchart of a lighting control method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown. The present embodiment is exemplified by applying the lighting control method to the lighting control system shown in fig. 1 or fig. 2. The lighting control method comprises the following steps:

step 301, the lighting control device sends a control command to m lighting devices through the lighting gateway, where m is a positive integer.

Step 302, the lighting gateway receives a control instruction sent by the lighting control device to the m lighting devices.

Step 303, the lighting gateway sends a control instruction to the m lighting devices.

And step 304, the lighting device receives a control instruction sent by the lighting control device through the lighting gateway.

And 305, each lighting device executes corresponding lighting operation according to the received control instruction.

And step 306, each lighting device collects the operation information in the lighting state through the electric energy metering module.

Optionally, the operation information collected by the electric energy metering module includes: at least one of a brightness percentage, an illumination color, a luminous flux, a light effect, a power consumption, a power factor, a voltage, and a current.

Step 307, each lighting device feeds back the operation information to the lighting control device through the lighting gateway.

In step 308, the lighting gateway receives the operation information fed back by each lighting device.

In step 309, the lighting gateway feeds back the operation information of each lighting device to the lighting control device.

In step 310, the lighting control device receives the operation information of each lighting device fed back by the lighting gateway.

In step 311, the lighting device controlling apparatus performs a management operation on the lighting devices according to the operation information fed back by each lighting device.

In summary, in the lighting control method provided in this embodiment, the electric energy metering module collects the operation information in the lighting state, and feeds back the operation information to the lighting control device through the lighting gateway, and the lighting control device executes the management operation on the lighting device according to the operation information fed back by each lighting device; the problem that in the prior art, the lighting control panel performs one-way control on a plurality of lighting devices, and each lighting device can only be managed in a manual mode, so that the management efficiency of the lighting devices is low is solved; when some lighting devices in a plurality of lighting devices are in fault, the lighting control device can automatically know the lighting devices in fault, and the management efficiency of the lighting devices is improved.

It should be added that, in the embodiment shown in fig. 3, step 301 and step 310 to step 311 may be implemented separately as the lighting control method on the side of the lighting control device; steps 302 to 303 and steps 308 to 309 may be implemented separately as a lighting control method on the lighting gateway side; steps 304 to 307 may be implemented separately as a lighting control method on the lighting apparatus side.

Referring to fig. 4, a flowchart of a lighting control method according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention is shown. The present embodiment is exemplified by applying the lighting control method to the lighting control system shown in fig. 1 or fig. 2. The lighting control method comprises the following steps:

step 401, the lighting control device sends a control instruction to m lighting devices through the lighting gateway, where m is a positive integer.

When a user needs to turn on, turn off or adjust the lighting state of a part or all of the m lighting devices, the user sends an instruction to the lighting gateway through the lighting control device, so that the lighting gateway sends a control instruction to the m lighting devices according to the received instruction, and the lighting state of the part or all of the m lighting devices is controlled.

Optionally, the lighting control device comprises: at least one of a lighting control server, a lighting control terminal, and a lighting control panel.

In step 402, the lighting gateway receives a control instruction sent by the lighting control device to the m lighting devices.

In step 403, the lighting gateway sends control commands to the m lighting devices.

And after receiving the control instruction sent to the m lighting devices by the lighting control device, the lighting gateway broadcasts and sends the control instruction to the m lighting devices.

Optionally, the control instruction includes: n groups of first control fields, wherein each group of first control fields comprises a first identifier and a control parameter corresponding to the first identifier. Such as: the control instructions include: (001+ luminance 80; 003+ luminance 60; 005+ luminance 100, …, 099+ luminance 50).

Wherein each first identification is for identifying at least one lighting device, the control parameters comprising: at least one of on, off, brightness percentage, illumination color, luminous flux, light effect, power consumption, power factor, voltage and current, and n is a positive integer.

Such as: when the first identifier 001 corresponds to 5 lighting devices, when the control instruction sent by the lighting control device to the lighting gateway includes the first identifier 001, the lighting gateway may control lighting states of the 5 lighting devices corresponding to the first identifier.

Optionally, the control instruction sent by the lighting control device to the m lighting devices through the lighting gateway includes n first identifiers and a control parameter, such as: the control parameters include (001+002+ … +099+ luminance 80).

In step 404, the lighting device receives a control command sent by the lighting control device through the lighting gateway.

In step 405, the lighting device detects whether it belongs to the control object in the control instruction.

After receiving a control instruction sent by a lighting gateway broadcast, the lighting device can automatically identify the first identifications and the corresponding control parameters in n groups of first control fields carried in the control instruction, and after identifying the n groups of first identifications carried in the control instruction, the lighting device detects whether the corresponding first identifications exist in the n groups of first identifications carried in the control instruction.

There are two kinds of detection results in the detection process of step 405, and if the detection result belongs to step 406 to step 413 are executed; and when the detection result is that the wireless terminal does not belong to the wireless terminal, the lighting device does not execute lighting operation.

Such as: the control instructions received by the lighting device include: (001+ luminance 80; 003+ luminance 60; 005+ luminance 100, …, 099+ luminance 50). And the first identification of the lighting apparatus is 002, the lighting apparatus does not belong to the control object of the control instruction.

And step 406, if yes, the lighting device executes the corresponding lighting operation according to the control instruction.

And when the lighting equipment belongs to the control object of the control instruction, the lighting equipment executes lighting operation corresponding to the control parameter according to the received control instruction.

Such as: the control instructions received by the lighting device include: (001+ luminance 80; 003+ luminance 60; 005+ luminance 100, …, 099+ luminance 50). If the first identifier of the lighting device is 001, the lighting device corresponding to the first identifier 001 adjusts the lighting brightness of the lighting device to 80 percent of the normal brightness according to the control parameter brightness 80.

Step 407, the lighting device collects first operation information in a lighting state through the electric energy metering module.

And after the lighting equipment executes corresponding lighting operation according to the control instruction, the running information of the lighting equipment in the lighting state is acquired through the arranged electric energy metering module.

Optionally, the first operation information includes: at least one of a brightness percentage, an illumination color, a luminous flux, a light effect, a power consumption, a power factor, a voltage, and a current. The first operation information may further include: open or close.

Step 408, the lighting device sends the first operation information collected by the electric energy metering module to the lighting gateway.

After the lighting equipment collects the first operation information in the lighting state through the electric energy metering module, the collected first operation information is sent to the lighting gateway, so that the lighting gateway feeds the first operation information fed back by the lighting equipment back to the lighting control equipment.

In step 409, the lighting gateway receives the first operation information sent by the lighting device.

And step 410, the lighting gateway compares the first operation information with the normal operation information to obtain second operation information.

After receiving the first operation information sent by each lighting device, the lighting gateway compares each received first operation information with the pre-stored normal operation information, detects whether each received first operation information is matched with the normal operation information, and obtains second operation information according to the comparison result.

Optionally, the second operation information includes: the first operation information is matched with the normal operation information, or the first operation information is not matched with the normal operation information.

In step 411, the lighting gateway feeds back the second operation information to the lighting control device.

And the lighting gateway feeds back second operation information obtained by comparing the first operation information with the normal operation information to the lighting control equipment.

Optionally, the second operation information fed back to the lighting control device by the lighting gateway includes a comparison result between the first operation information fed back by each lighting device and the normal operation information.

In step 412, the lighting control device receives the second operation information fed back by the lighting gateway.

In step 413, the lighting control device performs a management operation on the lighting device according to the second operation information fed back by the lighting gateway.

And after the lighting control equipment receives the second operation information, the lighting equipment with the first operation information not matched with the normal working information is determined according to the second operation information, and management operation is carried out on the lighting equipment.

Optionally, the lighting control device performing the management operation on the lighting device may include: sending the control command to the unmatched lighting device again through the lighting gateway, and executing the steps 401 to 412 again; or popping up the fault prompt carrying the first identifier, carrying the first identifier of the unmatched lighting equipment in the fault prompt, displaying the first identifier in the lighting control equipment, and facilitating the manager to know the lighting equipment with the fault and manage the lighting equipment with the fault.

Optionally, when the lighting control device performs a management operation on the unmatched lighting devices, the management operation may be performed on the unmatched lighting devices respectively, or a unified management operation may be performed on the unmatched lighting devices; this is not particularly limited in this embodiment.

The above steps 408 to 413 are procedures in which the lighting device feeds back the first operation information to the lighting control device through the lighting gateway. Optionally, the process may also be implemented by two implementation manners as follows:

in a first possible implementation manner, steps 408 to 413 may be alternatively implemented as steps 501a to 506a as shown in fig. 5A:

step 501a, the lighting device sends first operation information collected by the electric energy metering module to the lighting gateway.

In step 502a, the lighting gateway receives first operation information sent by the lighting device.

In step 503a, the lighting gateway forwards the received first operation information to the lighting control device.

In step 504a, the lighting control device receives the first operation information forwarded by the lighting gateway.

In step 505a, the lighting control device compares the first operation information with the normal operation information to obtain second operation information.

After receiving the first operation information of each lighting device forwarded by the lighting gateway, the lighting control device compares each received first operation information with the pre-stored normal operation information, detects whether each received first operation information is matched with the normal operation information, and obtains second operation information according to the comparison result.

In step 506a, the lighting control device performs a management operation on the lighting device according to the second operation information.

And after the lighting control equipment obtains the second operation information through comparison, the lighting equipment with the first operation information not matched with the normal working information is determined, and management operation is carried out on the lighting equipment.

Optionally, the lighting control device performing the management operation on the lighting device may include: sending the control instruction again to the unmatched lighting device through the lighting gateway, and executing the steps 401 to 505a again; or popping up the fault prompt carrying the first identifier, carrying the first identifier of the unmatched lighting equipment in the fault prompt, displaying the first identifier in the lighting control equipment, and facilitating the manager to know the lighting equipment with the fault and manage the lighting equipment with the fault.

In a second possible implementation, steps 408 to 413 may be alternatively implemented as steps 501B to 505B as shown in fig. 5B:

step 501b, the lighting device compares the first operation information collected by the electric energy metering module with the normal operation information to obtain second operation information.

The lighting equipment acquires first operation information in a lighting state through the electric energy metering module, compares the acquired first operation information with pre-stored normal work information, detects whether the first operation information is matched with the normal work information, and obtains second operation information according to a comparison result.

Optionally, the first operation information includes: at least one of a brightness percentage, an illumination color, a luminous flux, a light effect, a power consumption, a power factor, a voltage, and a current. The first operation information may further include: open or close. The second operation information includes: the first operation information is matched with the normal operation information, or the first operation information is not matched with the normal operation information.

Step 502b, the lighting device sends the second operation information to the lighting gateway.

And after the lighting equipment obtains the second operation information through comparison, the lighting equipment sends the second operation information to the lighting gateway.

In step 503b, the lighting gateway receives the second operation information sent by the lighting device.

In step 504b, the lighting gateway forwards each received second operation information to the lighting control device.

And after receiving the second operation information sent by the lighting equipment, the lighting gateway forwards the received second operation information to the lighting control equipment.

In step 505b, the lighting control device receives the second operation information forwarded by the lighting gateway.

The lighting control device receives the second operation information transmitted by each lighting device forwarded by the lighting gateway.

In step 506b, the lighting control device performs a management operation on the lighting device according to the second operation information.

And after receiving the second operation information, the lighting control equipment determines the lighting equipment of which the first operation information is not matched with the normal working information according to the second operation information, and executes management operation on the lighting equipment.

Optionally, the lighting control device performing the management operation on the lighting device may include: sending the control instruction again to the unmatched lighting device through the lighting gateway, and executing the steps 401 to 505b again; or popping up the fault prompt carrying the first identifier, carrying the first identifier of the unmatched lighting equipment in the fault prompt, displaying the first identifier in the lighting control equipment, and facilitating the manager to know the lighting equipment with the fault and manage the lighting equipment with the fault.

In addition, the lighting device sends second operation information obtained by comparing the first operation information with the normal operation information to the lighting control device through the lighting gateway, or the lighting gateway sends the received second operation information obtained by comparing the first operation information with the normal operation information to the lighting control device, or the lighting control device compares the first operation information of the lighting device forwarded by the lighting gateway with the normal operation information to obtain the second operation information, and the lighting control device executes management operation on the lighting device according to the second operation information, so that the lighting device with the fault can be known clearly, the lighting device with the fault can be managed, and the management efficiency is improved.

It should be added that, in the embodiment shown in fig. 4, step 401 and steps 412 to 413 may be implemented separately as the lighting control method on the lighting control device side; steps 402 to 403 and steps 410 to 411 may be separately implemented to become a lighting control method on the lighting gateway side; steps 404 to 408 may be implemented separately as a lighting control method on the lighting apparatus side.

Based on the embodiment shown in fig. 4, steps 401 to 404 are processes in which the lighting control device sends a control instruction to m lighting devices through the lighting gateway. Optionally, the process may also be implemented by two implementation manners as follows:

in a first possible implementation manner, steps 401 to 404 may be alternatively implemented as the following steps 601a to 604a, as shown in fig. 6A:

step 601a, the lighting control device sends a control instruction to the lighting gateway.

Optionally, the control instruction includes: n groups of first control fields, wherein each group of first control fields comprises a first identifier and a control parameter corresponding to the first identifier.

When the lighting control device needs to control the lighting states of the multiple lighting devices, the control instruction sent by the lighting control device to the lighting gateway includes multiple groups of first control fields, and each group of first control fields controls at least one lighting device corresponding to the first identifier.

In step 602a, the lighting gateway receives a control command sent by the lighting control device.

Step 603a, the lighting gateway broadcasts and sends a control instruction to the m lighting devices.

And after receiving the control instruction sent by the lighting control equipment, the lighting gateway analyzes the control instruction to obtain the range of the lighting equipment corresponding to the first identifier in the control instruction. And according to the analyzed range of the lighting equipment, broadcasting and sending a control command to m lighting equipment connected with the lighting gateway.

In step 604a, the lighting device receives the control command broadcast by the lighting gateway.

The lighting device receives the control instruction sent by the lighting gateway in a broadcast mode, can automatically recognize the control instruction sent by the broadcast mode, and recognizes the first identification and the control parameter included in the control instruction.

In a specific example, after receiving a control instruction sent by an illumination control device, the illumination gateway parses the received control instruction, and sends the parsed control instruction to m illumination devices in a broadcast manner, where the control instruction sent to the m illumination devices in the broadcast manner includes: (001+ luminance 80; 003+ luminance 60; 005+ luminance 100, …, 099+ luminance 50).

In a second possible implementation manner, steps 401 to 404 may be alternatively implemented as the following steps 601B to 605B, as shown in fig. 6B:

step 601b, the lighting control device sends a scene instruction to the lighting gateway.

Optionally, the scene instruction includes: p groups of second control fields, each group of second control fields comprising a second identification and a third identification.

Wherein each second identifier is used for identifying at least one lighting gateway, the third identifier is used for identifying at least one control instruction stored in the lighting gateway, and p is a positive integer.

When the mapping relation between the scene command and the control command is stored in the lighting gateway, the lighting control device directly sends the scene command to the lighting gateway when sending the control command to the m lighting devices through the lighting gateway.

When the lighting control device is connected with a plurality of lighting gateways, the scene instruction sent by the lighting control device to the lighting gateways comprises a plurality of groups of second control fields. A second identification contained in the second control field is used to indicate at least one lighting gateway that sends control instructions to the m lighting devices; the third identification is for indicating at least one control instruction stored in the lighting gateway.

In step 602b, the lighting gateway receives the scene command sent by the lighting control device.

Step 603b, the lighting gateway queries a control instruction corresponding to the scene instruction.

The lighting gateway stores a mapping relation between the scene command and the control command in advance, and after receiving the scene command sent by the lighting control equipment, the lighting gateway inquires the control command corresponding to the received scene command according to the received scene command and the mapping relation.

Step 604b, the lighting gateway broadcasts and sends a control command to the m lighting devices.

And after inquiring the control instruction corresponding to the scene instruction, the lighting gateway broadcasts and sends the control instruction to the m lighting devices connected with the lighting gateway.

In step 605b, the lighting device receives the control command broadcast by the lighting gateway.

In a specific example, after receiving a scene instruction sent by the lighting control device, the lighting gateway queries a control instruction corresponding to the received scene instruction, and broadcasts the queried control instruction to the m lighting devices. Such as: the scene instructions received by the lighting gateway include: (001+ a 1; 003+ a 3; 005+ a5) after the lighting gateway 001 receives the scene command, querying a corresponding control command according to a third identifier a1 in the scene command, and broadcasting the queried control command to m lighting devices; the control instructions sent by broadcasting comprise: (001+ luminance 80; 003+ luminance 60; 005+ luminance 100, …, 099+ luminance 50).

It should be added that when the lighting device does not receive the control instruction sent by the lighting control device through the lighting gateway, the lighting device controls the electric energy metering module through the timer, collects the operation information of the lighting device in the lighting state at each predetermined time, and feeds back the collected operation information to the lighting control device through the lighting gateway, and for a specific feedback process, reference is made to steps 408 to 413 in the embodiment of fig. 4, which is not described herein again.

In a specific example, a 15-storey building is provided with a lighting control server, and each storey is provided with a lighting gateway and a lighting control panel. Wherein, the lighting control server is connected with 15 lighting gateways through WiFi (Wireless Fidelity); each lighting gateway is connected with m lighting devices in the corresponding floor through a wireless ad hoc network, and each lighting gateway is connected with a lighting control panel in the corresponding floor through the wireless ad hoc network; each lighting gateway stores a plurality of control instructions, and each control instruction can control a part of or all lighting devices to realize a scene lighting scheme; when a manager needs to control the lighting equipment in the high-rise building, the scene instruction sent to the lighting gateway by the lighting control equipment comprises the following steps: (001+ a 1; 003+ a 3; 005+ a5), the scene command carrying a second identifier of the lighting gateway and a third identifier of a corresponding control command in the lighting gateway; the lighting gateway 001 queries, according to the received scene command and the mapping relationship between the prestored control command and the scene command, that the control command corresponding to the third identifier a1 is (001+ brightness 80; 003+ brightness 60; 005+ brightness 100, …, 099+ brightness 50), and then the lighting gateway broadcasts and sends the control command to the m connected lighting devices, after receiving the control command, the lighting devices with the first identifiers 001, 003, 005, …, and 099 execute the corresponding lighting operation according to the control parameter in the control command, acquire the operation information in the lighting state through the electric energy metering module, and feed back the acquired operation information to the lighting control device through the lighting gateway, and it is assumed that the operation information received by the lighting control device is: (001, 005, 099), the lighting device controlling apparatus transmits the control instruction to the lighting devices of the first identifications 001, 005, and 099 again through the lighting gateway, or, reminds the manager that the lighting devices of the first identifications 001, 005, and 099 are out of order.

Referring to fig. 7, a block diagram of an illumination control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The lighting control apparatus may be implemented by software, hardware, or a combination of both, as all or a part of the lighting control device that can provide the lighting control method described above. The device includes:

a sending module 720, configured to send a control instruction to m lighting devices through a lighting gateway, where m is a positive integer.

The receiving module 740 is configured to receive operation information fed back by each lighting device through the lighting gateway, where the operation information is operation information of the lighting device collected by the power metering module in the lighting state.

And the management module 760 is used for performing management operation on the lighting devices according to the operation information fed back by each lighting device.

In summary, the lighting control apparatus provided in this embodiment collects the operation information in the lighting state through the electric energy metering module, and feeds back the operation information to the lighting control device through the lighting gateway, and the lighting control device executes the management operation on the lighting device according to the operation information fed back by each lighting device; the problem that in the prior art, the lighting control panel performs one-way control on a plurality of lighting devices, and each lighting device can only be managed in a manual mode, so that the management efficiency of the lighting devices is low is solved; when some lighting devices in a plurality of lighting devices are in fault, the lighting control device can automatically know the lighting devices in fault, and the management efficiency of the lighting devices is improved.

Based on the embodiment shown in fig. 7, optionally, the sending module 720 may further include: a first transmission unit or a second transmission unit.

And the first sending unit is used for sending the control instruction to the lighting gateway so that the lighting gateway broadcasts and sends the control instruction to the m lighting devices.

And the second sending unit is used for sending the scene instruction to the lighting gateway so that the lighting gateway inquires the control instruction corresponding to the scene instruction and broadcasts and sends the control instruction to the m lighting devices.

Optionally, the control instruction includes: n groups of first control fields, wherein each group of first control fields comprises a first identifier and a control parameter corresponding to the first identifier;

Optionally, the scene instruction includes: p groups of second control fields, wherein each group of second control fields comprises a second identifier and a third identifier;

Optionally, the receiving module 740 includes: the first receiving unit, or the second receiving unit, or the third receiving unit.

The first receiving unit is used for receiving first operation information which is collected by the electric energy metering module and fed back by each lighting device and forwarded by the lighting gateway.

And the second receiving unit is used for receiving second operation information fed back by the lighting gateway, and the second operation information is obtained by comparing the received first operation information, which is acquired by the electric energy metering module fed back by each lighting device, with the normal working information by the lighting gateway.

And the third receiving unit is used for receiving second operation information fed back by each lighting device forwarded by the lighting gateway, wherein the second operation information is obtained by comparing the first operation information acquired by the electric energy metering module with the normal working information by the lighting device.

Optionally, the management operation includes: when the second operation information is that the first operation information is not matched with the normal working information, sending a control instruction to the unmatched lighting equipment again through the lighting gateway, or popping up a fault prompt carrying a first identifier; the first identifier is used to identify at least one lighting device.

Referring to fig. 8, a block diagram of an illumination control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The lighting control device may be implemented by software, hardware or a combination of both as all or part of the lighting apparatus that can provide the lighting control method. The device includes:

a receiving module 820, configured to receive a control instruction sent by the lighting control apparatus through the lighting gateway.

And the execution module 840 is configured to execute the corresponding lighting operation according to the control instruction.

And the acquisition module 860 is used for acquiring the operation information in the illumination state through the electric energy metering module.

A feedback module 880, configured to feed back the operation information to the lighting control device through the lighting gateway, so that the lighting control device performs a management operation on the lighting device according to the operation information.

Based on the embodiment shown in fig. 8, optionally, the control instruction includes: n groups of first control fields, wherein each group of first control fields comprises a first identifier and a control parameter corresponding to the first identifier;

Optionally, the feedback module 880 includes: the first feedback unit, or the comparison unit and the second feedback unit.

The first feedback unit is used for sending the first operation information acquired by the electric energy metering module to the lighting gateway so that the lighting gateway can feed back the first operation information to the lighting control equipment.

The comparison unit is used for comparing the first operation information with the normal work information to obtain second operation information; the second feedback unit is used for sending the second operation information to the lighting gateway; so that the lighting gateway feeds back the second operation information to the lighting control device.

Referring to fig. 9, a block diagram of an illumination control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The lighting control apparatus may be implemented by software, hardware or a combination of both as all or a part of the lighting gateway that can provide the lighting control method. The device includes:

the instruction receiving module 920 is configured to receive a control instruction sent by the lighting control device to m lighting devices, where m is a positive integer.

And an instruction sending module 940, configured to send a control instruction to the m lighting devices.

The information receiving module 960 is configured to receive the operation information fed back by the lighting device, where the operation information is acquired by the lighting device through the power metering module in the lighting state.

An information feedback module 980, configured to feed back the operation information to the lighting control apparatus, so that the lighting control apparatus performs a management operation on the lighting apparatus according to the operation information.

Based on the embodiment shown in fig. 9, optionally, the instruction sending module 940 includes: the first sending unit, or the first receiving unit and the second sending unit.

And the first sending unit is used for broadcasting and sending the control instruction sent by the illumination control equipment to the m illumination equipment.

The first receiving unit is used for receiving a scene instruction sent by the lighting control equipment; the query unit is used for querying the control instruction corresponding to the scene instruction; and the second sending unit is used for broadcasting and sending the control instruction to the m lighting devices.

Optionally, the information feedback module 980 includes: the first feedback unit, or the comparison unit and the second feedback unit, or the third feedback unit.

And the first feedback unit is used for forwarding the received first operation information acquired by the electric energy metering module to the lighting control equipment.

The comparison unit is used for comparing the received first operation information acquired by the electric energy metering module with the normal operation information to obtain second operation information; and the second feedback unit is used for feeding back the second operation information to the lighting control equipment.

And the third feedback unit is used for forwarding the received second operation information to the lighting control equipment, wherein the second operation information is obtained by comparing the first operation information acquired by the electric energy metering module with the normal operation information by the lighting equipment.

It should be noted that: in the lighting control apparatus provided in the above embodiment, only the division of the above functional modules is illustrated, and in practical applications, the above functions may be distributed by different functional modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the lighting control device, the lighting device or the lighting gateway may be divided into different functional modules to complete all or part of the above described functions. In addition, the lighting control device on the lighting control apparatus side and the lighting control method on the lighting control apparatus side provided in the above embodiment belong to the same concept, the lighting control device on the lighting apparatus side and the lighting control method on the lighting apparatus side provided in the above embodiment belong to the same concept, the lighting control device on the lighting gateway side and the lighting control method on the lighting gateway side provided in the above embodiment belong to the same concept, and specific implementation processes thereof are detailed in the method embodiments and will not be described again.

The above-mentioned serial numbers of the embodiments of the present invention are merely for description and do not represent the merits of the embodiments.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps for implementing the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware, or may be implemented by a program instructing relevant hardware, where the program may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, and the above-mentioned storage medium may be a read-only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk, etc.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and the like that fall within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included therein.

Claims

1. A lighting control system, the system comprising: the system comprises illumination control equipment, an illumination gateway and m illumination equipment, wherein the illumination control equipment is connected with the illumination gateway through a network, the illumination gateway is connected with the m illumination equipment through a wireless ad hoc network, the m illumination equipment are respectively provided with an electric energy metering module, and m is a positive integer;

2. The system of claim 1,

the lighting control equipment is used for sending a control instruction to the lighting gateway; the lighting gateway is used for broadcasting and sending the control instruction to the m lighting devices;

or,

the lighting control device is used for sending a scene instruction to the lighting gateway; and the lighting gateway is used for inquiring the control instruction corresponding to the scene instruction and broadcasting and sending the control instruction to the m lighting devices.

3. The system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the control instructions comprise:

n groups of first control fields, wherein each group of first control fields comprises a first identifier and a control parameter corresponding to the first identifier;

wherein each first identifier is used to identify at least one of the lighting devices, the control parameters comprising: at least one of on, off, brightness percentage, illumination color, luminous flux, light effect, power consumption, power factor, voltage and current, wherein n is a positive integer.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the scene instructions comprise:

p groups of second control fields, wherein each group of second control fields comprises a second identifier and a third identifier;

wherein each second identifier is used to identify at least one lighting gateway, the third identifier is used to identify at least one control instruction stored in the lighting gateway, and p is a positive integer.

5. The system of claim 1,

the lighting equipment is used for sending the first operation information acquired by the electric energy metering module to the lighting gateway; the lighting gateway is further configured to feed back the first operation information to the lighting control device; the lighting control equipment is further used for comparing the first operation information with the normal working information to obtain second operation information; performing management operation on the lighting equipment according to the second operation information;

or,

the lighting equipment is used for sending the first operation information acquired by the electric energy metering module to the lighting gateway; the lighting gateway is used for comparing the first operation information with the normal working information to obtain second operation information, and feeding the second operation information back to the lighting control equipment; the lighting control device is used for executing management operation on the lighting device according to the second running information;

or,

the lighting equipment is used for comparing the first operation information acquired by the electric energy metering module with the normal working information to obtain second operation information, and sending the second operation information to the lighting gateway; the lighting gateway is used for forwarding the second operation information to the lighting control equipment; the lighting control device is used for executing management operation on the lighting device according to the second running information.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the management operation comprises: when the second operation information is that the first operation information is not matched with the normal working information, the control instruction is sent to the unmatched lighting equipment again through the lighting gateway, or a fault prompt carrying a first identifier is popped up; the first identifier is used to identify at least one of the lighting devices.

7. The system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the lighting control apparatus comprises: at least one of a lighting control server, a lighting control terminal, and a lighting control panel;

the lighting control server and the lighting control terminal are connected with the lighting gateway through a wireless network;

and the lighting control panel is connected with the lighting gateway through the wireless ad hoc network.

8. A lighting control method, characterized in that the method comprises:

9. The method of claim 8, wherein sending control instructions to the m lighting devices through the lighting gateway comprises:

sending the control instruction to the lighting gateway so that the lighting gateway broadcasts and sends the control instruction to the m lighting devices;

or,

and sending a scene instruction to the lighting gateway so that the lighting gateway can inquire a control instruction corresponding to the scene instruction and broadcast and send the control instruction to the m lighting devices.

10. The method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the control instruction comprises:

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the scene instruction comprises:

12. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the operation information fed back by each lighting device through the lighting gateway comprises:

receiving first operation information which is forwarded by the lighting gateway and is acquired by an electric energy metering module fed back by each lighting device;

or,

receiving second operation information fed back by the lighting gateway, wherein the second operation information is obtained by comparing the received first operation information, which is fed back by each lighting device and collected by the electric energy metering module, with normal working information by the lighting gateway;

or,

and receiving second operation information fed back by each lighting device forwarded by the lighting gateway, wherein the second operation information is obtained by comparing the first operation information acquired by the electric energy metering module with normal working information by the lighting devices.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the managing operation comprises: when the second operation information is that the first operation information is not matched with the normal working information, the control instruction is sent to the unmatched lighting equipment again through the lighting gateway, or a fault prompt carrying a first identifier is popped up; the first identifier is used to identify at least one of the lighting devices.

14. The method according to any one of claims 8 to 13, wherein the lighting control apparatus comprises: at least one of a lighting control server, a lighting control terminal, and a lighting control panel.

15. A lighting control method, characterized in that the method comprises:

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the control instructions comprise:

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the feeding back the operational information to the lighting control device through the lighting gateway comprises:

sending first operation information acquired by the electric energy metering module to the lighting gateway so that the lighting gateway can feed back the first operation information to the lighting control equipment;

or,

comparing the first operation information with normal working information to obtain second operation information; sending the second operation information to the lighting gateway; so that the lighting gateway feeds back the second operation information to the lighting control device.

18. A lighting control method, characterized in that the method comprises:

sending the control instruction to the m lighting devices;

19. The method of claim 18, wherein said sending said control instructions to said m lighting devices comprises:

broadcasting and transmitting the control instruction transmitted by the lighting control device to the m lighting devices;

or,

receiving a scene instruction sent by the lighting control equipment; inquiring a control instruction corresponding to the scene instruction; and broadcasting and sending the control instruction to the m lighting devices.

20. The method of claim 18 or 19, wherein the control instructions comprise:

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the scene instruction comprises:

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the feeding back the operational information to the lighting control device comprises:

forwarding the received first operation information collected by the electric energy metering module to the lighting control equipment;

or,

comparing the received first operation information acquired by the electric energy metering module with the normal operation information to obtain second operation information; feeding back the second operation information to the lighting control device;

or,

and forwarding the received second operation information to the lighting control equipment, wherein the second operation information is obtained by comparing the first operation information acquired by the electric energy metering module with the normal working information by the lighting equipment.

23. A lighting control device, characterized in that the device comprises:

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the sending module comprises:

a first sending unit, configured to send the control instruction to the lighting gateway, so that the lighting gateway broadcasts and sends the control instruction to the m lighting devices;

or,

and the second sending unit is used for sending a scene instruction to the lighting gateway so that the lighting gateway can inquire the control instruction corresponding to the scene instruction and send the control instruction to the m lighting devices in a broadcast manner.

25. The apparatus of claim 23 or 24, wherein the control instructions comprise:

26. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the scene instructions comprise:

27. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the receiving module comprises:

the first receiving unit is used for receiving first operation information which is transmitted by the lighting gateway and collected by the electric energy metering module fed back by each lighting device;

or,

the second receiving unit is used for receiving second operation information fed back by the lighting gateway, wherein the second operation information is obtained by comparing the received first operation information, which is fed back by each lighting device and acquired by the electric energy metering module, with normal working information by the lighting gateway;

or,

and the third receiving unit is used for receiving second operation information fed back by each lighting device forwarded by the lighting gateway, wherein the second operation information is obtained by comparing the first operation information acquired by the electric energy metering module with normal working information by the lighting devices.

28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the management operation comprises: when the second operation information is that the first operation information is not matched with the normal working information, the control instruction is sent to the unmatched lighting equipment again through the lighting gateway, or a fault prompt carrying a first identifier is popped up; the first identifier is used to identify at least one of the lighting devices.

29. The apparatus of any one of claims 23 to 28, wherein the lighting control device comprises: at least one of a lighting control server, a lighting control terminal, and a lighting control panel.

30. A lighting control device, characterized in that the device comprises:

31. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the control instructions comprise:

32. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein the feedback module comprises:

the first feedback unit is used for sending first operation information acquired by the electric energy metering module to the lighting gateway so that the lighting gateway can feed back the first operation information to the lighting control equipment;

or,

the comparison unit is used for comparing the first operation information with the normal working information to obtain second operation information; a second feedback unit, configured to send the second operation information to the lighting gateway; so that the lighting gateway feeds back the second operation information to the lighting control device.

33. A lighting control device, characterized in that the device comprises:

34. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the instruction sending module comprises:

a first sending unit, configured to broadcast and send the control instruction sent by the lighting control device to the m lighting devices;

or,

a first receiving unit, configured to receive a scene instruction sent by the lighting control device; the query unit is used for querying the control instruction corresponding to the scene instruction; and the second sending unit is used for broadcasting and sending the control instruction to the m lighting devices.

35. The apparatus of claim 33 or 34, wherein the control instructions comprise:

36. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the scene instructions comprise:

37. The apparatus of claim 33, wherein the information feedback module comprises:

the first feedback unit is used for forwarding the received first operation information acquired by the electric energy metering module to the lighting control equipment;

or,

the comparison unit is used for comparing the received first operation information acquired by the electric energy metering module with the normal working information to obtain second operation information; a second feedback unit configured to feed back the second operation information to the lighting control apparatus;

or,