CN113056049A - Urban light control system and method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a city light control system and a method, relating to the technical field of light control, wherein the system comprises: main control unit, first bridging unit and light control unit have wireless signal receiving and dispatching function, wherein: the main control unit is connected with the first bridging unit and used for sending a light control command to the first bridging unit; the first bridging unit is used for converting the light control command into a wireless light control signal and sending the wireless light control signal to the light control unit; and the light control unit receives the wireless light control signal and controls light illumination. The intelligent control system has the advantages of high intelligent degree, simple structure and remote control.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of light control, in particular to a city light control system and a city light control method.
Background
Compared with the traditional lighting, the intelligent lighting system can realize the management of soft starting, dimming, one-key scene, one-to-one remote control, full opening and full closing of partitioned light and the like of the light, can use various control modes such as remote control, timing, centralization, remote control and the like, and even uses a computer to carry out advanced intelligent control on the light, thereby achieving the functions of energy conservation, environmental protection, comfort and convenience of intelligent lighting.
Intelligent light control has also been a goal pursued by humans. In a room, there are usually a plurality of lighting devices such as headlights, corridor lights, desk lamps, night lights, etc., and in order to conveniently control the lighting devices, people invent a plurality of control tools such as a double-control switch, a voice-operated switch, etc., so that the lights can be turned on and off anywhere on the wall surface of a home. Due to different application requirements, such as reading books, watching television, etc., the requirements for lighting are different from the viewpoint of visual requirements. Sometimes, the lamp is forgotten to be turned off when the lamp leaves a room, so that the lamp can be in a lighting state for a long time, electric energy is wasted, and the service life of the lamp is also shortened. When sleeping, if the lamp is still on, not only is electricity wasted, but also rest of the human body is not favorable. If an intelligent light control system can be designed, the functions of turning on the light, turning off the light, adjusting the brightness, switching lamps and lanterns and the like can be carried out according to the needs of people, so that electricity can be saved, and the life quality of people can be greatly improved.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of this, the present invention provides a city light control system and method, which has the advantages of high intelligent degree, simple structure and remote control.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a city light control system, the system comprising: main control unit, first bridging unit and light control unit have wireless signal receiving and dispatching function, wherein: the main control unit is connected with the first bridging unit and used for sending a light control command to the first bridging unit; the first bridging unit is used for converting the light control command into a wireless light control signal and sending the wireless light control signal to the light control unit; and the light control unit receives the wireless light control signal and controls light illumination.
Further, the light control unit includes: a beam steering subunit directing the light beam at a first surface location, wherein in response to the directed light beam, an illumination area is formed at the first surface location; a sensing unit to identify a gesture of a control spot at a portion of an illumination area, the control spot identified by a colored light different from the illumination area; the processing unit is used for converting the gesture related data into an instruction signal; the control unit is used for guiding the light beam steering subunit and moving the illumination area to the second surface position in order to respond to the instruction signal corresponding to the gesture; a light source subunit outputting a light beam to a light beam steering subunit to direct the light beam to at least one of a first surface position and a second surface position, wherein the light source subunit comprises a control light spot generation unit for generating a control light spot, and wherein the light source subunit further comprises a lens, a light source, the control light spot generation unit comprising a local filtering unit having a filtered area and an unfiltered area, the local filtering unit being located at a focal plane of the lens, wherein the control light spot is formed by the filtered area and the illumination area is formed by the unfiltered area.
Further, the light source comprises at least one light emitting diode, wherein the control unit controls at least one state of the at least one LED, including adjusting at least the brightness of the at least one LED.
Further, the control light spot generating unit includes a three-color Light Emitting Diode (LED) including a light pipe assembly having an outlet and three LEDs having different colors; wherein the light source subunit is provided with a lens, and the light pipe component transmits light from the three LEDs to the light pipe component outlet positioned on the focal plane of the lens; the control light spot generating unit comprises a control light spot LED which comprises a single-color or multi-color LED on a light source focal plane of the light source subunit.
A light control method, the method performing the steps of:
step 1: the main control unit, the first bridging unit and the light control unit form a light control system; the first bridging unit and the light control unit have a wireless signal transceiving function;
step 2: the main control unit is connected with the first bridging unit and sends a light control command to the first bridging unit; the first bridging unit converts the light control command into a wireless light control signal and sends the wireless light control signal to the light control unit; and the light control unit receives the wireless light control signal and controls light illumination.
Further, the sensing unit detects whether a hand making a gesture exists in the control light spot, and the light beam direction adjusting subunit moves the illumination area to the second surface position after responding to the gesture; the light source includes: a plurality of LEDs for generating light beams; and a narrow beam optical unit generating a narrow beam from the LED, thereby maximizing light output throughput through the lens.
Further, the light control unit includes: a beam steering subunit directing the light beam at a first surface location, wherein in response to the directed light beam, an illumination area is formed at the first surface location; a sensing unit to identify a gesture of a control spot at a portion of an illumination area, the control spot identified by a colored light different from the illumination area; the processing unit is used for converting the gesture related data into an instruction signal; the control unit is used for guiding the light beam steering subunit and moving the illumination area to the second surface position in order to respond to the instruction signal corresponding to the gesture; a light source subunit outputting a light beam to a light beam steering subunit to direct the light beam to at least one of a first surface position and a second surface position, wherein the light source subunit comprises a control light spot generation unit for generating a control light spot, and wherein the light source subunit further comprises a lens, a light source, the control light spot generation unit comprising a local filtering unit having a filtered area and an unfiltered area, the local filtering unit being located at a focal plane of the lens, wherein the control light spot is formed by the filtered area and the illumination area is formed by the unfiltered area.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects: the invention realizes remote control of light operation through the main control unit and has the function of remote control; meanwhile, the illumination area is identified through the sensor, the illumination area is controlled, and the intelligent degree is high.
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fig. 1 is a schematic system structure diagram of a city light control system disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic method flow diagram of a city light control method disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present invention is provided for illustrative purposes, and other advantages and effects of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the present disclosure.
Please refer to fig. 1. It should be understood that the structures, ratios, sizes, and the like shown in the drawings and described in the specification are only used for matching with the disclosure of the specification, so as to be understood and read by those skilled in the art, and are not used to limit the conditions of the present invention, so that the present invention has no technical significance. In addition, the terms such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "middle" and "one" used in the present specification are for clarity of description, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and changes or modifications in the relative relationship may be made without substantial technical changes and modifications.
Example 1
A city light control system, the system comprising: main control unit, first bridging unit and light control unit have wireless signal receiving and dispatching function, wherein: the main control unit is connected with the first bridging unit and used for sending a light control command to the first bridging unit; the first bridging unit is used for converting the light control command into a wireless light control signal and sending the wireless light control signal to the light control unit; and the light control unit receives the wireless light control signal and controls light illumination.
Specifically, the control information of each device in the intelligent light control is independently stored, and the damage of any device does not influence the normal work of other devices in the system, and the system paralysis is not caused. The stored information has the function of not losing data after power failure, and when power supply is recovered, the system can automatically recover to the working state before power failure. The system equipment is equipped with a "soft start" function to prevent permanent lamp damage caused by high start current or thermal shock.
The intelligent light control function is set through software and can be realized through the software: switching, dimming, local control, multipoint control, remote control, area control, and the like. When the method is used, scenes can be switched simply through touch operation.
The intelligent light control can conveniently realize the expansion and connection with the platforms of other related control and management systems (such as a large-scale studio stage lighting control system, a multimedia internal communication system, a security system, a BA system, a fire fighting system and the like) in theaters and television station studios, and realize a management mode of 'multi-network integration and resource sharing'.
Example 2
On the basis of the above embodiment, the light control unit includes: a beam steering subunit directing the light beam at a first surface location, wherein in response to the directed light beam, an illumination area is formed at the first surface location; a sensing unit to identify a gesture of a control spot at a portion of an illumination area, the control spot identified by a colored light different from the illumination area; the processing unit is used for converting the gesture related data into an instruction signal; the control unit is used for guiding the light beam steering subunit and moving the illumination area to the second surface position in order to respond to the instruction signal corresponding to the gesture; a light source subunit outputting a light beam to a light beam steering subunit to direct the light beam to at least one of a first surface position and a second surface position, wherein the light source subunit comprises a control light spot generation unit for generating a control light spot, and wherein the light source subunit further comprises a lens, a light source, the control light spot generation unit comprising a local filtering unit having a filtered area and an unfiltered area, the local filtering unit being located at a focal plane of the lens, wherein the control light spot is formed by the filtered area and the illumination area is formed by the unfiltered area.
Example 3
On the basis of the above embodiment, the light source comprises at least one light emitting diode, wherein the control unit controls at least the state of the at least one LED, including adjusting at least the brightness of the at least one LED.
Specifically, the control and adjustment are mainly embodied in two aspects: the first is the control of brightness, i.e. light intensity, and the second is the control of color.
There are two main methods for controlling brightness: one is mechanical addition and subtraction, that is, the total intensity of light emission is increased or decreased by controlling the number of lighting lamps. For a single lamp, a light shading plate or an iris diaphragm can be adopted to change the light transmission amount of the lamp; the other method is an electrical control method, namely, various dimmers are used to change the working voltage or current of the lamp so as to adjust the luminous intensity of the lamp, the two methods have the characteristics respectively, and the first method has the advantages that the color temperature is not influenced, but the adjustment is not convenient enough. The second method is simple to operate, can realize automatic and program-controlled operation, and has the defect that the color temperature and the color rendering property are greatly changed while the luminous intensity is changed.
The principle of electrical control of light can be generalized to on-off control and luminous intensity control, and there are two methods of on-off control and dimming control.
Example 4
On the basis of the above embodiment, the control spot generating unit includes a three-color Light Emitting Diode (LED) including a light pipe assembly having an outlet and three LEDs different in color; wherein the light source subunit is provided with a lens, and the light pipe component transmits light from the three LEDs to the light pipe component outlet positioned on the focal plane of the lens; the control light spot generating unit comprises a control light spot LED which comprises a single-color or multi-color LED on a light source focal plane of the light source subunit.
Example 5
As shown in fig. 2, a light control method performs the following steps:
step 1: the main control unit, the first bridging unit and the light control unit form a light control system; the first bridging unit and the light control unit have a wireless signal transceiving function;
step 2: the main control unit is connected with the first bridging unit and sends a light control command to the first bridging unit; the first bridging unit converts the light control command into a wireless light control signal and sends the wireless light control signal to the light control unit; and the light control unit receives the wireless light control signal and controls light illumination.
Specifically, the dimming control usually changes the current or voltage passing through the lamp to adjust the brightness of the lamp. The dimming method includes: varistor dimming, autotransformer regulator dimming, saturation choke dimming, magnetic amplifier dimming, thyristor dimming, and the like. The first four kinds of dimming devices have the disadvantages of large size, heavy weight and the like. Currently, thyristor dimmers are widely used. For this reason, we will describe in detail later.
The brightness control of the light is described above, and the color control of the light is mainly realized by the computer lamp in the dance hall, that is, ten or more or even dozens of color changes are generated by controlling the color chips and the polygon mirror in the computer lamp. The spotlight or the rain light can be grouped in batches, transparent color paper with different colors can be respectively arranged, and the color change can be respectively controlled through the switch.
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On the basis of the previous embodiment, the sensing unit detects whether a hand making a gesture exists in the control light spot, and the light beam direction adjusting subunit moves the illumination area to the second surface position after responding to the gesture; the light source includes: a plurality of LEDs for generating light beams; and a narrow beam optical unit generating a narrow beam from the LED, thereby maximizing light output throughput through the lens.
Example 7
On the basis of the above embodiment, the light control unit includes: a beam steering subunit directing the light beam at a first surface location, wherein in response to the directed light beam, an illumination area is formed at the first surface location; a sensing unit to identify a gesture of a control spot at a portion of an illumination area, the control spot identified by a colored light different from the illumination area; the processing unit is used for converting the gesture related data into an instruction signal; the control unit is used for guiding the light beam steering subunit and moving the illumination area to the second surface position in order to respond to the instruction signal corresponding to the gesture; a light source subunit outputting a light beam to a light beam steering subunit to direct the light beam to at least one of a first surface position and a second surface position, wherein the light source subunit comprises a control light spot generation unit for generating a control light spot, and wherein the light source subunit further comprises a lens, a light source, the control light spot generation unit comprising a local filtering unit having a filtered area and an unfiltered area, the local filtering unit being located at a focal plane of the lens, wherein the control light spot is formed by the filtered area and the illumination area is formed by the unfiltered area.
It should be noted that, the system provided in the foregoing embodiment is only illustrated by dividing the functional units, and in practical applications, the functions may be distributed by different functional units according to needs, that is, the units or steps in the embodiments of the present invention are further decomposed or combined, for example, the units in the foregoing embodiment may be combined into one unit, or may be further decomposed into multiple sub-units, so as to complete all or part of the functions described above. The names of the units and steps involved in the embodiments of the present invention are only for distinguishing the units or steps, and are not to be construed as unduly limiting the present invention.
It can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working processes and related descriptions of the storage device and the processing device described above may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.
Those of skill in the art would appreciate that the various illustrative elements, method steps, and steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or combinations of both, and that the software elements, method steps, and corresponding programs may be located in Random Access Memory (RAM), memory, Read Only Memory (ROM), electrically programmable ROM, electrically erasable programmable ROM, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, a CD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of electronic hardware and software, various illustrative components and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as electronic hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the solution. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.
The terms "first," "second," and the like are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing or implying a particular order or sequence.
The terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other similar term are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
So far, the technical solutions of the present invention have been described in connection with the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, but it is easily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is obviously not limited to these specific embodiments. Equivalent changes or substitutions of related technical features can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the principle of the invention, and the technical scheme after the changes or substitutions can fall into the protection scope of the invention.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
The foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative of the principles and utilities of the present invention and are not intended to limit the invention. Any person skilled in the art can modify or change the above-mentioned embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Accordingly, it is intended that all equivalent modifications or changes which can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and technical spirit of the present invention be covered by the claims of the present invention.
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1. A city light control system, the system comprising: main control unit, first bridging unit and light control unit have wireless signal receiving and dispatching function, wherein: the main control unit is connected with the first bridging unit and used for sending a light control command to the first bridging unit; the first bridging unit is used for converting the light control command into a wireless light control signal and sending the wireless light control signal to the light control unit; and the light control unit receives the wireless light control signal and controls light illumination.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the light control unit comprises: a beam steering subunit directing the light beam at a first surface location, wherein in response to the directed light beam, an illumination area is formed at the first surface location; a sensing unit to identify a gesture of a control spot at a portion of an illumination area, the control spot identified by a colored light different from the illumination area; the processing unit is used for converting the gesture related data into an instruction signal; the control unit is used for guiding the light beam steering subunit and moving the illumination area to the second surface position in order to respond to the instruction signal corresponding to the gesture; a light source subunit outputting a light beam to a light beam steering subunit to direct the light beam to at least one of a first surface position and a second surface position, wherein the light source subunit comprises a control light spot generation unit for generating a control light spot, and wherein the light source subunit further comprises a lens, a light source, the control light spot generation unit comprising a local filtering unit having a filtered area and an unfiltered area, the local filtering unit being located at a focal plane of the lens, wherein the control light spot is formed by the filtered area and the illumination area is formed by the unfiltered area.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the light source comprises at least one light emitting diode, and wherein the control unit controls the state of at least one of the LEDs, including adjusting the brightness of at least one of the LEDs.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the control spot generation unit comprises a tri-color Light Emitting Diode (LED) comprising a light pipe assembly with an outlet and three LEDs of different colors; wherein the light source subunit is provided with a lens, and the light pipe component transmits light from the three LEDs to the light pipe component outlet positioned on the focal plane of the lens; the control light spot generating unit comprises a control light spot LED which comprises a single-color or multi-color LED on a light source focal plane of the light source subunit.
5. A light control method based on the system of any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the method performs the following steps:
step 1: the main control unit, the first bridging unit and the light control unit form a light control system; the first bridging unit and the light control unit have a wireless signal transceiving function;
step 2: the main control unit is connected with the first bridging unit and sends a light control command to the first bridging unit; the first bridging unit converts the light control command into a wireless light control signal and sends the wireless light control signal to the light control unit; and the light control unit receives the wireless light control signal and controls light illumination.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the sensing unit detects whether a hand making a gesture is present at the control spot, and the beam steering subunit moves the illumination area to a second surface location in response to the gesture; the light source includes: a plurality of LEDs for generating light beams; and a narrow beam optical unit generating a narrow beam from the LED, thereby maximizing light output throughput through the lens.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the light control unit comprises: a beam steering subunit directing the light beam at a first surface location, wherein in response to the directed light beam, an illumination area is formed at the first surface location; a sensing unit to identify a gesture of a control spot at a portion of an illumination area, the control spot identified by a colored light different from the illumination area; the processing unit is used for converting the gesture related data into an instruction signal; the control unit is used for guiding the light beam steering subunit and moving the illumination area to the second surface position in order to respond to the instruction signal corresponding to the gesture; a light source subunit outputting a light beam to a light beam steering subunit to direct the light beam to at least one of a first surface position and a second surface position, wherein the light source subunit comprises a control light spot generation unit for generating a control light spot, and wherein the light source subunit further comprises a lens, a light source, the control light spot generation unit comprising a local filtering unit having a filtered area and an unfiltered area, the local filtering unit being located at a focal plane of the lens, wherein the control light spot is formed by the filtered area and the illumination area is formed by the unfiltered area.
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