CN116367383A

CN116367383A - Lighting power supply, system and method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN116367383A
Application number: CN202310323520.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 程小科
Original assignee: Wuhan Linptech Co Ltd
Current assignee: Wuhan Linptech Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-03-29
Filing date: 2023-03-29
Publication date: 2023-06-30

Abstract

The invention provides a lighting power supply, a system and a method thereof, wherein the lighting power supply comprises: a delivery terminal including an input terminal for electrically connecting the external power source and an output terminal for electrically connecting the lighting fixture to electrically connect the lighting power source between the external power source and the lighting fixture; a power supply section electrically connected between the input terminal and the output terminal and configured to be supplied with electric power from the external power supply to generate an operating power supply; a processing unit electrically connected to the power supply unit to be supplied with the operation power from the power supply unit for operation; and the processing portion is operatively connected to the lighting fixture and configured to: a direct control path and a network control path with a controller can be established through the power supply part so that the illumination power supply can be operated through both control paths of a controller.

Description

Lighting power supply, system and method thereof

Technical Field

The present invention relates to the field of lighting technologies, and in particular, to a lighting power supply, a system, and a method thereof.

Background

With the improvement of living standard of people, intelligent illumination is more and more important for creating quality life.

In the prior art, the control mode of the illumination power supply in intelligent illumination is single, and the requirements of increasingly complex control scenes cannot be met.

Disclosure of Invention

An objective of the present invention is to provide a lighting power supply, a system and a method thereof, wherein the lighting power supply can be operated through two control paths of direct control and network control, so as to form multiple control modes of a controller, so that the lighting power supply can be directly controlled locally based on the controller, and can also be controlled in a network manner, so as to meet the requirements of multiple control scenes.

An object of the present invention is to provide a lighting power supply, a system and a method thereof, wherein the lighting power supply is powered through a controller, and when the lighting power supply needs to be powered off, the lighting power supply can be powered on/off physically only through the controller, and the lighting power supply does not need to be opened by operation, thereby facilitating the operation and improving the power safety.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a lighting power supply, a system and a method thereof, wherein the lighting power supply can be regulated in a switched manner by a controller.

An objective of the present invention is to provide a lighting power supply, a system and a method thereof, wherein the lighting power supply can locally predefine a plurality of preset states (such as reading, viewing, lighting and the like), the predefined preset states can be triggered respectively based on a control instruction of a controller, and the preset states can be predefined through electronic devices such as a mobile phone, so as to realize diversified control and definition approaches of a control mode of the lighting power supply.

An object of the present invention is to provide a lighting power supply, a system and a method thereof, wherein the lighting power supply is configured to be capable of receiving dimming commands transmitted at intervals multiple times during the manipulation of the controller, and sequentially adjusting a lighting fixture to a corresponding optical parameter in a gradual manner according to each dimming command. The controller transmits the continuously transmitted dimming command at intervals for a plurality of times, and the lighting power supply supplements the data in the interval period in a gradual change mode, so that the pressure caused by processing too much data can be reduced, and the smooth visual change effect is not influenced.

An object of the present invention is to provide a lighting power supply, a system and a method thereof, wherein when a controller uses a knob member to perform dimming operation, a transmitted dimming command does not need to pass through a cloud, so that point-to-point control with the lighting power supply can be realized, the transmission efficiency of the dimming command is greatly increased, and the control delay of the lighting power supply is reduced.

An object of the present invention is to provide a lighting power supply, a system and a method thereof, wherein an access protection unit is provided in the lighting power supply, and in a high impedance isolation process of an impedance regulator of the access protection unit, a power supply signal can be passed through almost in a lossless manner to ensure normal power supply, and a command signal can be protected from being attenuated by a filtering element at the rear end, so that the integrity and the authenticity of the command signal are protected to the greatest extent, and further, a processing part can propose a cleaner command signal from a power line through the access protection unit, thereby improving the problem of unstable transmission of a power carrier signal in the power line.

An object of the present invention is to provide a lighting power supply, a system and a method thereof, wherein the processing portion can be connected to the command signal in isolation on the secondary side of the transformer, so as to prevent the high-voltage power supply signal from directly contacting the processing portion to cause the risk of burning the processing portion.

To achieve at least one of the above objects, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lighting power supply adapted to be coupled between an external power source and at least one lighting fixture; the illumination power supply includes:

a delivery terminal including an input terminal for electrically connecting the external power source and an output terminal for electrically connecting the lighting fixture to electrically connect the lighting power source between the external power source and the lighting fixture;

a power supply section electrically connected between the input terminal and the output terminal and configured to be supplied with electric power from the external power supply to generate an operating power supply;

a processing unit electrically connected to the power supply unit to be supplied with the operation power from the power supply unit for operation; and the processing portion is operatively connected to the lighting fixture and configured to: a direct control path and a network control path with a controller can be established through the power supply part so that the illumination power supply can be operated through both control paths of a controller.

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

a controller for accepting a manipulation input;

a lighting power supply adapted to be coupled between an external power source and at least one lighting fixture and to operate when supplied with power from the external power source, and the lighting power supply being capable of establishing at least one of a direct control path and a network control path with the controller;

the controller is configured to a first mode to operate the lighting power supply based on the direct control path and to a second mode to operate the lighting power supply based on the network control path.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lighting method for use in a controller, the method comprising:

establishing at least one of a direct control path and a network control path with a lighting power supply;

operating in a first mode to operate the illumination power source based on the direct control path; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

operating in a second mode to operate the lighting power supply based on the network control path.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention as claimed.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the application and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the application, are briefly described below. It is evident that the figures in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, from which other figures can be obtained without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an electrical apparatus of an illumination power supply according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an electrical apparatus of a lighting power supply according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an electrical apparatus composed of an illumination power source and a key switch according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an electrical apparatus composed of an illumination power source and a knob switch according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an electrical apparatus with a lighting power supply after a second controller is introduced according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of two control paths of an illumination power supply according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a lighting power supply powered by a first controller according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a network structure of a lighting power supply according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a lighting system according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a lighting system employing a rotary switch in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a lighting system incorporating a second controller in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of an embodiment of an illumination system according to the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of two control paths of the illumination power supply and the second controller according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of two control paths in an illumination system according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIGS. 15-20 are schematic diagrams of illumination methods according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 21 is a schematic view of an electrical structure of a lighting power supply according to another embodiment of the present invention

FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram of the lighting power supply for powering through the controller according to another embodiment of the invention

Fig. 23 is a schematic circuit diagram of an access protection unit according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 24 is a schematic diagram of an access protection unit employing a first inductor in another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 25 is a schematic diagram of an access protection unit employing a first inductor and a second inductor in another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 26 is a schematic circuit diagram of a transceiver unit according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 27 is a schematic view of an illumination system according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 28 is a schematic view of a controller implemented as a wall switch in a lighting system according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 29 is a schematic diagram of a circuit configuration of a lighting power supply in a lighting system according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 30 is a schematic diagram of a controller implemented as a rotary switch in a lighting system according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 31 is a schematic view of an illumination method in another embodiment of the invention;

fig. 32 and 33 are schematic views of an illumination method in another embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements throughout the different drawings, unless indicated otherwise. It will be apparent that the described embodiments are only some, but not all, embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.

It should be understood that in the description of all embodiments of the present invention, the terms "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like indicate an orientation or a positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of description and simplification of the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or element in question must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. The terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. The terms "coupled," "connected," and the like are to be construed broadly and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; may be mechanically connected, may be electrically connected or may communicate with each other; the two elements can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium to form a linkage relationship, and the linkage relationship can be the communication between the two elements or the interaction relationship between the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

Referring to fig. 1, an illumination power supply 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is specifically illustrated; wherein the illumination power supply 100 is adapted to be coupled between an external power source and at least one illumination fixture 300 to receive control instructions based on the power supply of the external power source and to perform dimming operation of the illumination fixture 300.

As shown in fig. 1, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the illumination power supply 100 includes at least: a transfer terminal 101, a power supply unit 102, and a processing unit 103; wherein:

the delivery terminal 101 including an input terminal 1011 for electrically connecting the external power source and an output terminal 1012 for electrically connecting the lighting fixture 300 to electrically connect the lighting power source 100 between the lighting fixture 300 and the external power source; it is to be understood that the conveying terminal 101 may be any terminal structure having a detachable electrical connection function, such as a screw-type terminal, a spring-type terminal, etc.; in one example, the input terminal 1011 and the output terminal 1012 are spring terminals to facilitate quick access to or removal from a power line carrying electrical energy. The external power source may be a power frequency ac power of 220V, 380V, etc., or may be a power source based on power frequency ac power conversion (for example, after voltage reduction and stabilization), as long as the power source can provide power supply capability for the illumination power source 100, and the embodiment is not particularly limited.

The power supply section 102 electrically connected between the input terminal 1011 and the output terminal 1012, and configured to be supplied with electric power from the external power supply to generate an operating power supply; it is understood that the power supply 102 should have a voltage reducing and stabilizing capability, and be capable of reducing and stabilizing an external power supply (e.g., 220V ac) with a relatively high voltage, and then outputting an operating power (e.g., 1.8V to 3.6V ac) suitable for the back-end processing unit 103.

The processing unit 103 electrically connected to the power supply unit 102 to be supplied with the operation power from the power supply unit 102 for operation; and the processing portion 103 is operatively connected to the lighting fixture 300 and configured to: a direct control path can be established with at least one first controller 201 to operate continuous dimming of the illumination power supply 100 through the first controller 201. The processing unit 103 may be formed of any IC having data processing capability, such as an MCU or an SOC. The direct control path should be understood as that the control instruction of the first controller 201 is directly used for controlling the lighting power supply 100, and the control path formed by the direct control instruction is short and has high efficiency without being processed by a server or an intelligent terminal; further, there is a certain distance limitation between the first controller 201 and the illumination power source 100, so as to ensure that the control command of the first controller 201 is transmitted to the illumination power source 100 with enough signal strength to be recognized and received by the illumination power source 100.

Based on this, the technical solution provided by the foregoing embodiments enables the lighting power supply 100 to work in the power supply state of the power supply portion 102, and perform data interaction with the first controller 201 through the direct control path, so that dimming data can be timely obtained during continuous dimming, thereby reducing delay of follow-up dimming and improving user experience.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the processing part 103 is further configured to be able to establish a network control path with at least one second controller 202 to operate the illumination power supply 100 through the second controller 202; further, the processing unit 103 can be further configured to have a bi-directional remote control function, so that a preset state of the processing unit 103 can be triggered based on the direct control path and further can be triggered based on the network control path.

Based on this, the lighting power supply 100 provided by the present invention can operate through two control paths, namely direct control and network control, wherein the first controller 201 and the second controller 202 are different controllers 200, so that the lighting power supply 100 can perform local direct control through the first controller 201, and can also perform network multiple control through the second controller 202, so as to meet the requirements of various control scenarios. Exemplary description: as shown in fig. 3, when the first controller 201 is implemented as a local switch (e.g., a wireless battery switch), the lighting power supply 100 can be directly controlled through the local switch, and no network is needed, so that the control is simple and efficient; when the second controller 202 is implemented as a networking enabled device (e.g., a personal mobile electronic device, a networking enabled voice device, etc.), remote control and some scene automation control, such as timed on/off lights, voice on/off lights, remote on/off lights, etc., may be implemented over a network. In addition, intelligent control of the illumination power supply 100 can be achieved through both local and network control paths, while taking into account both users who prefer modern intelligent control (e.g., young people) and users who are accustomed to traditional direct control (e.g., old people).

In addition, the function of bi-directional remote control may trigger the same function of illumination power supply 100 (e.g., adjusting brightness or color temperature to a certain set value) through both local direct control and network control. It should be noted that there may be a plurality of preset states, and thus the plurality of preset states may be remotely controlled in two directions, and each preset state may be pre-stored in the memory of the processing portion 103, or may be defined by the second controller 202 having an interaction function, such as a mobile phone, and then uploaded to the processing portion 103.

Referring to the example of fig. 3, the first controller 201 has a plurality of keys corresponding to respective preset states of the illumination power source 100, the second controller 202 has a user interaction interface, and the user interaction interface of the second controller 202 has a plurality of representations corresponding to respective preset states of the illumination power source 100; furthermore, each preset state of the illumination power supply 100 can be triggered by a corresponding key of the first controller 201, and can be triggered by a corresponding representation in the user interaction interface of the second controller 202. It should be noted that, in this embodiment and hereinafter, the term "representation" refers to a user interactive graphical display interface object, such as an image (e.g., a curve, an icon), a slider, and a text (e.g., a text, a hyperlink), which are optionally displayed on the user interactive interface of the second controller 202 (e.g., a mobile phone), optionally each constitute a corresponding representation.

In a further example, the plurality of representations (e.g., corresponding button controls) of the second controller 202 and the plurality of buttons of the first controller 201 are in one-to-one correspondence; the processing part 103 is configured to adjust the lighting fixture 300 to the same preset state when the received trigger instruction originates from the mutually corresponding representation and key.

In still another example, the illumination power supply 100 has four predefined (e.g., default state when the device leaves the factory) preset states, which are respectively: first state: gradual change from the current state to the white light state within 2 seconds, specifically, brightness of 100% and color temperature of 6500K; second state: gradual change from the current state to the yellow state within 2 seconds, specifically, brightness of 100%, color temperature of 2700K; third state: gradual change from the current state to the neutral light state within 2 seconds, specifically, brightness 100% and color temperature 4600K; fourth state: gradual change from the current state to the small night lamp state, specifically, brightness 1% and color temperature 2700K, is performed within 2 seconds. The first button corresponds to the first control, the second button corresponds to the second control, the third button corresponds to the third control, and the fourth button corresponds to the fourth control. The processing unit 103 stores a matching relationship: the first state matches the first trigger instruction, the second state matches the second trigger instruction, the third state matches the third trigger instruction, and the fourth state is used for matching the fourth trigger instruction. Further, the processing portion 103 executes the first state when receiving a first trigger instruction generated when the first button or the first control is triggered, and similarly, the other three preset states may be triggered by the corresponding button and the corresponding control.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processing portion 103 is further configured to have a dual-path linkage function, so that the processing portion 103 can modify a preset state based on any one of the first controller 201 and the second controller 202, and trigger the modified preset state based on the other one of the first controller 201 and the second controller 202. It should be noted that, the processing portion 103 stores mapping relationship data between the preset state and the trigger instruction, only modifies the mapping relationship when modifying, and triggers the corresponding preset state based on the matched mapping relationship when receiving the trigger instruction sent by the first controller 201 or the second controller 202, so as to achieve the effect of implementing the same function through two paths.

In one example, a certain preset state may be modified by the second controller 202 based on the network control path, and the modified preset state may be triggered by the first controller 201. It will be appreciated that a certain preset state of the lighting power supply 100 may be modified and defined depending on the network, but that a local direct triggering may be achieved without depending on the network upon triggering. For example, an app implemented as the second controller 202 of the handset has a modification control thereon, which when triggered, allows all four preset states to be edited and modified, and when not triggered, allows none of the four preset states to be edited and modified.

In another example, a certain preset state may be modified by the first controller 201, and the modified preset state may be triggered by the second controller 202. It can be understood that a certain preset state of the illumination power supply 100 can be directly modified locally, so as to realize diversified linkage control through a network, and the user can more intuitively see the actual effect of the preset state by directly modifying a certain preset state locally. For example, as shown in fig. 4, the first controller 201 has a knob 2011 and a plurality of keys 2012, where the knob 2011 is used for dimming, and the plurality of keys 2012 correspond to preset states of the plurality of illumination sources 100; when a certain preset state is modified by the first controller 201, it may specifically be: the lighting power supply 100 is adjusted by the knob 2011 to make the lighting apparatus 300 in a target state (e.g. a small night lamp state), and then the corresponding key 2012 is pressed for a long time (e.g. the first key from left to right), then the first controller 201 sends a corresponding modification instruction to the processing portion 103, and after receiving the modification instruction, the processing portion 103 updates the preset state mapped by the trigger instruction corresponding to the key 2012 into the target state and stores the modified mapping relationship. Further, when the corresponding control of the second controller 202 is triggered to send a trigger instruction to the processing part 103, the processing part 103 will trigger the target state based on the modified mapping relationship, so as to implement local visualization modification and network multiple control. Secondly, the visual preset state modification and definition through the local direct control path enables the preset state to be actually presented to the user, and the setting is simpler: the illumination power supply 100 is adjusted to a desired state, and then a corresponding preset state is set by long pressing the corresponding key 2012. For example, when a room in a home has five lamps and a preset state is set, the five lamps are respectively adjusted to corresponding target states, and then the corresponding keys are respectively pressed for a long time, at this time, the illumination power supply 100 modifies and stores the corresponding mapping relationship so as to complete modification of the preset state.

Furthermore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, the processing section 103 is further configured to: a direct control path can be established with the second controller 202; and the direct control path and the network control path with the second controller 202 can be switched. It should be noted that the direct control path between the processing unit 103 and the second controller 202 should be understood as a control path independent of a network, such as direct control based on a wireless signal or pure physical line control. Further, the processing unit 103 and the second controller 202 may have two control paths, i.e., a direct control path and a network control path, and may be adaptively switched based on control requirements. Note that, the switching action may be initiated by the processing unit 103 or may be initiated by the second controller 202; when initiated by the processing unit 103, the switching may be automatic; the switching may be performed by a user operation when initiated by the second controller 202.

Further according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6, the processing unit 103 is further configured to establish a direct control path with the second controller 202 by means of a direct connection, establish a network control path with the second controller 202 by means of a gateway 400, and be able to switch a control path with the second controller 202 to a direct control path when the network control path is not reachable. Furthermore, the direct control path may be direct control based on standard protocols such as bluetooth direct connection or WIFI direct connection, or may be other direct control paths based on 433M, NFC; the network control path may be a control path based on a bluetooth MESH network formed by a bluetooth gateway, or a control formed by a WIFI MESH network, a ZIGBEE MESH network, or a network control path formed by a cloud end connected to the cloud end based on a router. In general, a control path formed when a control signal is directly used for control between the second controller 202 and the lighting power supply 100 may be understood as the direct control path, and a control path that can be formed only by forwarding after being processed by a router or a cloud device may be understood as the network control path. Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, the control path between the processing unit 103 and the illumination power supply 100 may be switched to a direct control path when the network control path is not reachable (for example, network is interrupted), and the switching operation may be performed actively by the processing unit 103 of the illumination power supply 100 or by the second controller 202 connected thereto; and the switching operation may be the switching performed by the illumination power source 100 or the second controller 202 actively, or may be the switching performed based on the switching operation of the user.

In addition, the binding operation of the existing intelligent lighting power supply generally performs a specific physical manipulation (for example, long pressing of a certain key) on the body of the lighting power supply to make the body enter a binding mode, while the lighting power supply 100 is generally difficult to touch along with the lighting fixture 300 being arranged in a lighting station (for example, in a suspended ceiling, in a wire slot of a lamp strip), so that the triggering mode of the existing binding mode is not suitable for intelligent devices of the lighting power supply 100. Based on this, the present embodiment presents a new binding manner to be applied to the illumination power supply 100 of the present embodiment. Specifically, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the processing unit 103 is further configured to enter the binding mode via a trigger instruction, and is capable of receiving and holding the intrinsic identification information originated from the first controller 201 in the binding mode, so as to establish correspondence with the first controller 201, thereby completing establishment of a direct control path with the first controller 201. After the binding is completed, the illumination power supply 100 will decide whether to respond to the control instruction according to whether or not the inherent identification information contained in the received control instruction matches at least one of the plurality of inherent identification information stored locally; if the control command is matched, the control command is legal, and the control command is responded; otherwise, do not respond. The control instructions may be used to trigger the illumination power supply 100 to perform switching, color temperature adjustment, brightness adjustment actions. It should be noted that the trigger instruction may be a trigger instruction formed by physical control, or may be a trigger instruction generated by a wireless control signal. Further, in this embodiment, the processing portion 103 enters a signal receiving state after being triggered by a trigger instruction to enter a binding mode, and then controls the first controller 201 to transmit a binding instruction (may be a network configuration message) carrying intrinsic identification information (for example, a MAC address, a product ID, etc. that is self-contained and unique information) capable of representing identity information of the first controller 201, so that the processing portion 103 stores the corresponding intrinsic identification information into a local memory after receiving the binding instruction, thereby completing establishment of a corresponding relationship with the first controller 201 and forming a direct control path with the first controller 201.

In order to solve the problem that the part of the illumination power supply 100 may not be touched easily after being installed, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the processing unit 103 is configured to have a dual-mode binding function, so that the processing unit 103 can enter the binding mode based on a wired trigger command, and further can enter the binding mode based on a wireless trigger command. And further, the processing portion 103 can be controlled to enter a binding mode by a wired trigger instruction and a wireless trigger instruction, so that a user can select the most convenient trigger mode based on the specific use form of the illumination power supply 100.

In an example, the wired trigger instruction is formed by powering on and off the processing portion 103, and specifically, the wired trigger instruction may be formed according to the number of times and/or the duration of powering on and off the processing portion 103. For example, when the lighting power supply 100 is not bound, the binding mode is entered within 5 seconds after the lighting power supply 100 is powered on, and all keys of the first controller 201 are quickly pressed 3 times within 5 seconds to enable the keys to emit corresponding binding instructions, and after receiving the binding instructions, the lighting power supply 100 stores corresponding inherent identification information to complete binding, so that a direct control path with the first controller 201 is formed. In addition, after binding is completed, illumination power source 100 may control light fixture 300 to emit a corresponding light signal (e.g., flashing three times) to alert the user that the binding was successful. Correspondingly, when the binding needs to be cleared, the illumination power supply 100 may be powered off first, and then the key of the first controller 201 is pressed for a long time (for example, 2 seconds is pressed for a long time) to trigger the first controller 201 to emit a corresponding binding clearing instruction, and meanwhile, the illumination power supply 100 is powered on again, and after the power is on, the illumination power supply 100 receives the binding clearing instruction and clearly obtains corresponding inherent identification information, so as to complete binding clearing operation. Similarly, after the binding is cleared successfully, the lighting power supply 100 may control the lighting fixture 300 to emit a corresponding light signal (e.g., the lighting fixture 300 is turned off and then blinks three times) to alert the user of the successful clearing.

In another example, the wireless trigger command is formed according to a designated manipulation of an electronic device that has a correspondence with the processing unit 103; the wireless trigger instruction originates from an application. For example, the app user interface of the electronic device has a control interface corresponding to the lighting power supply 100, and a wireless trigger instruction can be sent to the lighting power supply 100 by clicking a control icon of "add remote controller" displayed on the control interface to make the lighting power supply 100 enter a binding mode, at this time, all keys of the first controller 201 are quickly pressed 3 times to make them emit corresponding binding instructions, and after receiving the binding instructions, the lighting power supply 100 stores corresponding inherent identification information to complete binding, so as to form a direct control path with the first controller 201. And the successfully bound first controller 201 will be displayed as a "remote control" on the control interface. When the user wants to clear the first controller 201, the corresponding "remote controller" may be deleted through the control interface to trigger the illumination power supply 100 to delete the corresponding binding relationship.

Furthermore, according to the embodiment of the present invention, only the lighting power supply 100 and the second controller 202 need to form network control, and the first controller 201 may implement network access through the second controller 202, so that some first controllers 201 that cannot access the network can access the network in an indirect manner.

Further according to the embodiment of the present invention, when the processing part 103 enters the binding mode based on the wireless trigger instruction, the wireless trigger instruction is originated from the second controller 202, and thus the processing part 103 can establish a direct control path with the first controller 201 through the second controller 202. It will be appreciated that when the processing unit 103 is able to establish a direct control path with the first controller 201 via the second controller 202, it is necessary that the processing unit 103 first establish a network control path with the second controller 202. For example, when the second controller 202 is implemented as an electronic device with an interaction function, such as a mobile phone, a network control path may be established between the mobile phone and the lighting power supply 100, and then the lighting power supply 100 is triggered to enter a binding mode by sending a corresponding wireless trigger instruction through the mobile phone.

Furthermore, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the processing section 103 is further configured to: receiving a dimming command originating from the first controller 201 through the direct control path; the dimming instruction is for instructing the processing portion 103 to continuously adjust an optical parameter of the lighting fixture 300; the optical parameters include color temperature and/or brightness. At least two dimming commands are provided, and a space is reserved between every two dimming commands. In other words, the dimming command is not continuously transmitted to the processing unit 103, and the data amount of the dimming command can be reduced, so that the discontinuous dimming command can control continuous dimming. Further, for example, the intermittent time between two adjacent dimming commands is at least 20ms to reduce the data processing pressure of the processing portion 103.

As shown in the example of fig. 4, the first controller 201 is implemented as a switching device having a knob, and the optical parameters of the illumination power supply 100 can be adjusted in a follow-up manner by rotating the knob. Since the knob needs to control the illumination power supply 100 in real time to perform a follow-up response (e.g., gradually increase or decrease brightness according to the knob rotation) during the rotation process, the existing knob continuously transmits a corresponding dimming command during the rotation process to ensure a rapid follow-up response of the illumination power supply 100. This results in a large number of dimming commands, and if the processing capability of the processing unit 103 of the lighting power supply 100 is insufficient, such a large amount of data cannot be processed, and thus the data packet is lost, which seriously results in a dead halt. Based on this, according to the embodiment of the present invention, by reducing the data amount by setting the interval, the balance of the following effect and the data amount is achieved, specifically, in the present embodiment, there is a first interval between two adjacent dimming instructions, so that the processing section 103 can be further configured to: the light fixture 300 is incrementally adjusted from the optical parameter indicated by one dimming command to the optical parameter indicated by the next dimming command to form a continuously adjusted state of the light fixture 300. In other words, in the present embodiment, the lighting power supply 100 is configured to be able to receive the dimming commands sent at intervals during the manipulation of the first controller 201, and sequentially adjust the lighting fixture 300 to the corresponding optical parameters in a gradual manner according to each dimming command. The first controller 201 transmits the continuously transmitted dimming command at intervals, and the lighting power supply 100 supplements the data during the intervals in a gradual manner, so that the pressure caused by processing too much data can be reduced, and the smooth visual change effect is not affected.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the illumination power supply 100 is controlled by the knob to perform the follow-up dimming, the illumination power supply 100 is limited to a boundary brightness value when the counterclockwise or instantaneous pin of the knob is rotated to a maximum value. For example, when the knob is rotated counterclockwise for turning down the brightness of the illumination power supply 100, the illumination power supply 100 controls the brightness of the illumination fixture 300 to be 5% without being adjusted to 0% (i.e., turning off the lamp) when the knob is rotated counterclockwise to the maximum value. When the knob is clicked, the illumination power supply 100 is adjusted to a specified brightness (for example, 50% brightness of the setting).

Further according to the embodiment of the present invention, the processing unit 103 establishes a direct control path with the first controller 201 through a direct connection manner (such as bluetooth direct connection or WIFI direct connection). Because the direct control path between the illumination power supply 100 and the first controller 201 is established in the direct connection manner, when the first controller 201 uses the knob type member to perform dimming operation, the transmitted dimming command does not need to pass through the cloud end, so that point-to-point control with the illumination power supply 100 can be realized, the transmission efficiency of the dimming command is greatly increased, the control delay of the illumination power supply 100 is reduced, and the increase of the transmission efficiency enables the first interval to be set between 20ms and 500ms, so that the better follow-up control effect of the illumination power supply 100 can be achieved. In a specific example, the first interval is set to 100ms to 200ms, for example, 100ms, 200ms or 150ms.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the dimming instruction is sent out in a broadcast manner; the processing section 103 is further configured to determine whether or not the identification information contained in the received dimming instruction is at least one of the plurality of pieces of identification information held; if yes, responding to the dimming instruction, otherwise, not responding. It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, the data of the binding relationship between the first controller 201 and the lighting power supply 100 is stored in the lighting power supply 100, and therefore, the first controller 201 only needs to send the dimming command outwards in a broadcast manner, and the lighting power supply 100 receives the dimming command and makes a response or not based on the stored binding relationship, which greatly simplifies the function of the first controller 201, reduces the power consumption thereof, and is more suitable for the first controller 201 powered by a battery.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processing unit 103 establishes a network control path with at least one second controller 202, and is specifically configured to: is suitable for responding to a distribution network operation to directly enter a to-be-distributed network state or entering the to-be-distributed network state again by being reset by a reset operation; in other words, the processing portion 103 is adapted to enter a network to be configured state in response to a network configuration manipulation when no network configuration is performed; when the processing part 103 has been configured with a network, the processing part is adapted to reenter the network to be configured in response to a reset operation to clear the network configuration information; wherein, the distribution network control and the reset control can be the same or different; in the to-be-provisioned state, the processing portion 103 sends out the specified request-to-be-provisioned information, so that the electronic device that receives the request-to-be-provisioned information instructs the processing portion 103 to join in a target network, and further establishes a network control path with a second controller 202 in the target network. The target network may be a local area network established based on a gateway device, and the processing unit 103 may access the target network through a gateway and/or a router based on one or more of multiple wireless modes such as zigbee, wifi, and ble mesh, or may access the target network through a wired mode such as PLC (Power line communication). In an example, the processing unit 103 is connected to a local area network constructed by a bluetooth gateway through a ble mesh protocol, all second controllers accessing the local area network are stored in a device list of the bluetooth gateway, and the processing unit 103 can implement a communication interaction relationship with any second controller connected to the local area network through the bluetooth gateway to form a network control path. The second controller may be, for example, a smart device with a display interface and a man-machine interaction function, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a smart watch, and smart glasses. In a specific example using a mobile phone as the second controller, an app application program corresponding to the lighting power supply 100 is run on the mobile phone, and the mobile phone binds the lighting power supply under an account of the app application program through bluetooth or wifi, so that the lighting power supply can be operated based on the app.

In an example, in the network to be configured state, the processing unit 103 sends out a network configuration message, after an electronic device connected to a target network, such as a gateway or a mobile phone, acquires the network configuration message, instructs the processing unit 103 to join in the target network, and the lighting power supply 100 after completing the network configuration can communicate with a network device in the target network through the target network, where the network device may be the second controller 202 or other devices with networking functions.

Further, the processing unit 103 is configured to control the lighting fixture 300 to emit the first light prompting signal before emitting the distribution network information (distribution network message). And controls the lighting fixture 300 to emit a second light prompting signal during the network allocation period; at least one of the following of the first light cue signal and the second light cue signal is different: flicker frequency, color.

Further, the processing unit 103 is further configured to: sending a reminding message once every a designated interval time length, so that: after the electronic device obtains the reminding message, it can determine that the illumination power supply 100 is still on line currently according to the reminding message.

In addition, the existing network configuration operation generally performs a specific physical manipulation (such as pressing a key for a long time) on the body of the device to enter the network to be configured, and the lighting power supply 100 is generally difficult to touch along with the lighting fixture 300 being disposed in a lighting station (such as a suspended ceiling, a wire slot of a light band), so that the triggering manner of the existing network to be configured mode is not suitable for such intelligent devices. Based on this, as shown in fig. 7, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the power supply section 102 is powered by the first controller 201 so that the processing section 103 can be powered off and on based on the opening and closing of the first controller 201; the distribution network manipulation and/or the reset manipulation comprises powering on and/or powering off; the processing unit 103 is further configured to count the number of on/off switching times and/or to time the duration between on/off and enter a standby network state when a specified requirement is reached. Furthermore, according to the solution provided in this embodiment, the lighting power supply 100 may be conveniently triggered to enter the to-be-matched network state by the first controller 201, and the first controller 201 is generally disposed at a position that is easier to touch, so that the difficulty of triggering the lighting power supply 100 to enter the to-be-matched network state is indirectly reduced.

Furthermore, it should be noted that there may be a plurality of illumination power sources 100, each illumination power source 100 correspondingly controls one illumination apparatus 300, and the plurality of illumination power sources 100 may be powered by the first controller 201, so that the on/off operation of the first controller 201 may implement the on/off operation of the plurality of illumination power sources 100, so as to trigger the plurality of illumination power sources 100 to enter the standby network state at the same time. In one example, the first controller 201 has a button and a relay, and the button and the relay are linked (for example, the button is pressed to open the relay and the relay is pressed again to close), so that the on/off of the first controller 201 can be achieved by manipulating the button. The button is hidden (not exposed to the surface in daily use), and when the user needs to trigger the illumination power supply 100 to perform the network distribution, the hidden button can be operated after a cover plate is uncovered. The relay may be switched by operating the hidden button. In implementation, the first controller 201 may be a wall switch suitable for 86×86 bottom boxes. Furthermore, in this way, the relay is in a normally closed state to ensure the power supply of the illumination power supply 100 during normal operation of the first controller 201 in this embodiment, the hidden button control relay is set so as to reset at least one illumination power supply 100 that is powered by the relay, and the hidden button is not visible and is not easy to touch, so as to prevent false triggering.

In addition, it should be noted that, by providing the first controller 201 to supply power to the illumination power source 100, the problem that the intelligent illumination power source 100 must be turned on (air switch) when the intelligent illumination power source 100 fails in the prior art is solved, and the existing manner of turning on/off when the intelligent illumination power source 100 is turned off when the intelligent illumination power source is turned on or off will cause other electrical devices connected to the intelligent illumination power source 100 to be turned off, which is undesirable. In this embodiment, when the illumination power supply 100 needs to be powered off (e.g. dead halt), the first controller 201 is only required to perform physical power on/off, and the operation is not required to be idle, so that the operation is convenient, and the power consumption safety is improved. In other embodiments, the relay may be replaced by a device having an on/off function, such as a physical paddle.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second controller 202 may be an electronic device instructing the processing unit 103 to perform network configuration, or may be another network device connected to a target network (for example, with a wall switch), and further, when the second controller 202 is implemented as another network device connected to the target network, the processing unit 103 establishes a network control path with the second controller 202 through the target network in a configured network state, as shown in fig. 8, specifically, may be implemented by storing a control rule definition in the cloud server 500, or may be implemented by issuing a control rule definition from the cloud server 500 to the lighting power supply 100. Specifically, in an embodiment, the processing section 103 is configured to: receiving and executing a control result pointed by a control instruction under the configured network state to form the network control path; the control instruction is generated by a server connected to the target network according to the control action currently generated by the second controller 202 and a target control rule matched with the control action and issued by the target network; it should be noted that, at this time, the control rule is stored in the cloud server 500, the cloud server matches the corresponding target control rule according to the control action uploaded by the second controller 202, and generates a control instruction according to the executable function defined by the target control rule, and then issues the control instruction to the illumination power source 100, and the processing portion 103 of the illumination power source 100 only needs to receive and execute the control instruction.

In another embodiment, the processing section 103 is configured to: receiving and storing at least one control rule issued by a server connected to the target network in a configured network state, further receiving a control instruction, determining a matched target control rule in all control rules according to control action information carried in the control instruction, and controlling an executable function defined by the target control rule to be executed so as to form the network control path; it should be noted that, at this time, the control rules are stored in the lighting power supply 100, the cloud server receives the control action uploaded by the second controller 202, converts the control action into a control instruction, and sends the control instruction to the lighting power supply 100, and the lighting power supply 100 matches a target control rule among the multiple control rules based on the control action information in the control instruction, and executes a response operation based on the executable function pointed by the target control rule.

In another embodiment, the control rule may also exist in the cloud server and the local memory of the lighting power supply 100 at the same time, after the user modifies the control rule, the control rule is uploaded to the cloud, and the cloud periodically issues the updated control rule to the lighting power supply 100, so that the control rule synchronization of the two can be realized; the control rules define a triggering relationship between at least one control action of the second controller 202 and at least one executable function of the lighting power supply 100, which is freely determined by a user through a terminal device. The control action may be, for example, a key press action or a rebound action of the second controller 202, and the executable function may be, for example, an intrinsic function (for example, turning on and off a light) of the illumination power supply 100, or a function (for example, a certain preset state) defined later.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a control instruction sent by the second controller 202 is received; the control instruction is for instructing the processing section 103 to switchably adjust the optical parameter of the lighting fixture 300; the optical parameters include brightness and/or color temperature. Further, based on this embodiment, the illumination power supply 100 may be adjusted by the second controller 202 in a switching manner, for example, directly to a certain preset state, directly to 80% brightness, or directly to turn off, turn on, etc.

The lighting power supply 100 has a memory function when the first controller 201 or the second controller 202 controls to turn on/off the lamp. In other words, the processing section 103 of the present embodiment may present the following flow:

when illumination power supply 100 is initially powered on: when the lighting fixture 300 is in the off state, the on/off button of the first controller 201 or the second controller 202 is clicked (for example, a button of the first controller 201 or an interface on control of the second controller 202), the lighting power supply 100 is triggered to load the brightness value and the color temperature value set before the factory, at which time the user can adjust the brightness and the color temperature (for example, by adjusting the button of the first controller 201 or by adjusting the interface of the second controller 202), after the adjustment, the processing part 103 stores the current brightness value and the color temperature value in the memory, and when the user further manipulates the on/off button of the first controller 201, the first controller 201 sends a turn-on, turn-off or turn-over command (i.e., turns over from one state to the other state opposite to the one, for example, turns over from the lamp to the lamp on), and if the lighting fixture 300 is off at this time, the stored brightness value and color temperature value are read again to turn on the last state when the turn-on or turn-over command is received.

When illumination power supply 100 is not initially powered up: when receiving the lamp-on instruction, the processing unit 103 turns on the lighting fixture 300 to a state at the time of last turn-off (a brightness value and a color temperature value at the time of last turn-off), and data corresponding to the state is stored in a local memory of the lighting power supply 100.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the power supply part 102 and the processing part 103 are integrally provided to reduce the connection complexity of the illumination power supply 100, thereby facilitating installation and use.

According to the illumination power supply 100 provided in the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 9, the present invention further provides an illumination system, including: a first controller 201 and a lighting power supply 100, wherein an operable connection relationship is established between the first controller 201 and the lighting power supply 100; specifically:

the first controller 201 is configured to accept a manipulation input; the control input can be applied by a user or applied by other operation bodies such as an intelligent robot; such as a pressing manipulation, a releasing pressing manipulation, a rotating manipulation, a pressing and rotating manipulation, and the like;

the illumination power supply 100 is adapted to be coupled between an external power source and at least one illumination appliance 300 and to operate when supplied with power from the external power source, and the illumination power supply 100 is capable of establishing a direct control path with the first controller 201 to operate continuous dimming of the illumination power supply 100 by the first controller 201. In addition, the lighting power supply 100 and the first controller 201 perform data interaction through a direct control path, so that dimming data can be timely obtained during continuous dimming, delay is reduced, and better following dimming effect is achieved.

In this embodiment, the first controller 201 is normally powered, and has a real-time standby capability, and the first controller 201 controls continuous dimming of the lighting power supply 100 through a dimming command; at least two dimming commands are provided, and a space is reserved between every two dimming commands. In other words, the dimming command is not continuously transmitted to the illumination power source 100, but intermittently transmitted, so that the data amount of the dimming command can be reduced, and the purpose of controlling continuous dimming by the discontinuous dimming command can be achieved. Further by way of example, the intermittent time between adjacent dimming commands is at least 20ms to reduce the data processing pressure of the illumination power supply 100.

As shown in fig. 10, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the first controller 201 employs a knob switch, and further, the first controller 201 has a knob 2011; the first controller 201 can control the continuous dimming operation of the illumination power supply 100 through a direct control path based on the rotation of the knob. The first controller 201 is powered by strong electricity, specifically, may be powered by 220V power frequency ac.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7, the first controller 201 has a switching function. The switching function may be implemented by a relay, in particular: according to an embodiment of the present invention, the relay is controlled by the hidden key of the first controller 201, and the relay is used to form a control output to the external electrical appliance, and the output is powered externally when the relay is closed, and is cut off when the relay is opened.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the illumination power supply 100 is configured to be powered by the first controller 201 such that the illumination power supply 100 can be powered off and on based on the opening and closing of the first controller 201; the distribution network manipulation and/or the reset manipulation comprises powering on and/or powering off;

the illumination power supply 100 is further configured to count the number of on/off switching times and/or to time the duration between on/off and enter a standby network state when a specified requirement is reached. Furthermore, according to the solution provided in this embodiment, the lighting power supply 100 may be conveniently triggered to enter the to-be-matched network state by the first controller 201, and the first controller 201 is generally disposed at a position that is easier to touch, so that the difficulty of triggering the lighting power supply 100 to enter the to-be-matched network state is indirectly reduced.

Furthermore, it should be noted that there may be a plurality of illumination power sources 100, each illumination power source 100 correspondingly controls one illumination apparatus 300, and the plurality of illumination power sources 100 may be powered by the first controller 201, so that the on/off operation of the first controller 201 may implement the on/off operation of the plurality of illumination power sources 100, so as to trigger the plurality of illumination power sources 100 to enter the standby network state at the same time. In one example, the first controller 201 has a hidden key and a relay, and the hidden key and the relay are linked (for example, the hidden key is pressed to open the relay, and the relay is pressed again to close), so that the on/off of the first controller 201 can be achieved by manipulating the hidden key. The hidden key is hidden (not exposed on the surface in daily use), and when the user needs to trigger the illumination power supply 100 to perform network distribution, the hidden key can be operated after a cover plate is required to be uncovered. The relay can be switched by operating the hidden key. In implementation, the first controller 201 may be a wall switch suitable for 86×86 bottom boxes. Furthermore, in this way, the relay is in a normally closed state to ensure the power supply of the illumination power supply 100 during normal operation of the first controller 201 in this embodiment, the hidden key control relay is set so as to reset at least one illumination power supply 100 that is powered by the relay, and the hidden key is not visible and is not easy to touch, so as to prevent false triggering.

Further, the first operation of the hidden key of the first controller 201 may trigger the relay inside the first controller to automatically open and/or close according to a preset rule, so as to form a distribution network operation and/or a reset operation of the lighting power supply powered by the relay. The first operation may be a simple operation such as long press, double click, etc., and further the relay thereof may be automatically triggered to form a complex operation by the simple first operation of the key of the first controller 201, so as to trigger the corresponding illumination power source to enter the to-be-matched network state.

In some embodiments, the first controller 201 is provided with a networking function, and the first controller 201 is triggered to enter a network distribution mode through the operation of the hidden key, and the operation is defined as a second operation; the second manipulation needs to be different from the first manipulation in order to distinguish between the internal processing devices of the first controller 201. Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the first controller 201 has a hidden key, and is configured to be capable of entering a self-distribution network state (i.e., the first controller 201 itself enters a to-be-distributed network state, so that a corresponding electronic device discovers a request distribution network message sent by the first controller 201 and instructs the first controller 201 to join a corresponding network), or to trigger a relay inside the hidden key to automatically open and/or close according to a preset rule in response to the first manipulation of the hidden key, so as to form distribution network manipulation and/or reset manipulation of a lighting power supply powered by the relay.

In one example, the first operation is set to be a double-click operation, the second operation is set to be a long-press operation greater than or equal to 5s, and the distribution network operation of the lighting power supply is set to be power-off and power-on switching 8 times. Further, when the first controller 201 detects that the hidden key is double-clicked, the relay in the first controller is controlled to automatically switch the open/close state 8 times, so as to form distribution network control of the illumination power supply, and further trigger the illumination power supply to enter a to-be-distributed network state; when the first controller 201 detects that the hidden key is pressed for more than 5S, the relay inside the first controller 201 will not be operated, and a network to be configured state is entered, in this state, the first controller 201 transmits a network configuration request message (the message carries inherent information of the first controller 201, such as a product ID, a MAC address, a product type, etc.), so that an electronic device or a gateway and other devices discover the first controller 201 based on the network configuration request message, and connect the first controller to a target network, so as to complete the self-configuration network of the first controller 201. It should be noted that, by triggering the relay of the first controller 201 to automatically perform the complex distribution network operation through the simple operation and the second operation, the lighting power supply 100 can be triggered to enter the to-be-distributed network state more conveniently when the power is taken through the relay of the first controller 201, and the complex on/off operation is not performed manually.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the lighting power supply 100 establishes a network control path with the second controller 202 through the target network in the configured network state.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the illumination power supply 100 is specifically configured to: receiving and executing a control result pointed by a control instruction under the configured network state to form the network control path; the control instruction is generated by a server connected to the target network according to the control action currently generated by the second controller 202 and a target control rule matched with the control action and issued by the target network; it should be noted that, at this time, the control rule is stored in the cloud server, the cloud server matches the corresponding target control rule according to the control action uploaded by the second controller 202, and generates a control instruction according to the executable function defined by the target control rule, and then issues the control instruction to the illumination power supply 100, and the processing portion 103 of the illumination power supply 100 only needs to receive and execute the control instruction;

according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 8, the illumination power supply 100 is specifically configured to: receiving and storing at least one control rule issued by a server connected to the target network in a configured network state, further receiving a control instruction, determining a matched target control rule in all control rules according to control action information carried in the control instruction, and controlling an executable function defined by the target control rule to be executed so as to form the network control path; it should be noted that, at this time, the control rules are stored in the lighting power supply 100, the cloud server receives the control action uploaded by the second controller 202, converts the control action into a control instruction, and sends the control instruction to the lighting power supply 100, and the lighting power supply 100 matches a target control rule among the multiple control rules based on the control action information in the control instruction, and executes a response operation based on the executable function pointed by the target control rule.

In some embodiments, the control rule may also exist in the cloud server and the local memory of the lighting power supply 100 at the same time, after the user modifies the control rule, the control rule is uploaded to the cloud, and the cloud periodically issues the updated control rule to the lighting power supply 100, so that the control rule synchronization of the two can be realized; the control rules define a triggering relationship between at least one control action of the second controller 202 and at least one executable function of the lighting power supply 100, which is freely determined by a user through a terminal device. The control action may be, for example, a key press action or a rebound action of the second controller 202, and the executable function may be, for example, an intrinsic function of the illumination power supply 100 (for example, turning on and off a light), or a user-defined function (for example, a certain preset state: a night light mode, a sleep-aiding mode, a wake-up mode, etc.).

According to an embodiment of the invention, as shown in fig. 11, the lighting system further comprises a second controller 202 for accepting a manipulation input; the lighting power supply 100 is capable of establishing a network control path with the second controller 202, the lighting power supply 100 having been operated by the second controller 202; further, the lighting power supply 100 is configured with bi-directional remote control capability, such that a preset state of the lighting power supply 100 can be triggered based on the direct control path and further based on the network control path. For example, the second controller 202 employs a personal electronic device having a user interaction interface; the same function of the illumination power supply 100 can be realized both by the user interaction interface network-based path and by the first controller 201 based on a local direct path. Furthermore, the lighting power supply 100 provided by the present invention can be operated through two control paths, namely direct control and network control, so as to form multiple control modes, wherein the first controller 201 and the second controller 202 are different controllers 200, so that the lighting power supply 100 can perform local direct control through the first controller 201, and can also perform network multiple control through the second controller 202, so as to meet the requirements of multiple control scenarios. Exemplary description: as shown in fig. 12, when the first controller 201 is implemented as a local switch (e.g., a wireless battery switch), the lighting power supply 100 can be directly controlled through the local switch, and no network is needed, so that the control is simple and efficient; when the second controller 202 is implemented as a networking enabled device (e.g., a personal mobile electronic device, a networking enabled voice device, etc.), remote control and some scene automation control, such as timed on/off lights, voice on/off lights, remote on/off lights, etc., may be implemented over a network. In addition, intelligent control of the illumination power supply 100 can be achieved through both local and network control paths, while taking into account both users who prefer modern intelligent control (e.g., young people) and users who are accustomed to traditional direct control (e.g., old people).

In addition, the function of bi-directional remote control may trigger the same function of illumination power supply 100 (e.g., adjusting the brightness or color temperature to a certain set value) through both local and network approaches. It should be noted that there may be a plurality of preset states, and thus the plurality of preset states may be remotely controlled in two directions, and each preset state may be pre-stored in the memory of the processing portion 103, or may be defined by the second controller 202 having an interaction function, such as a mobile phone, and then uploaded to the processing portion 103.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the illumination power supply 100 is further configured to have a dual-path linkage function, so that the illumination power supply 100 can modify a preset state based on either one of the first controller 201 and the second controller 202, and trigger the modified preset state based on the other one of the first controller 201 and the second controller 202. Furthermore, each preset state of the illumination power supply 100 can be triggered by a corresponding key of the first controller 201, and can be triggered by a corresponding representation in the user interaction interface of the second controller 202.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 13, the second controller 202 is further configured to: a direct control path can be established with the illumination power supply 100; and a direct control path and a network control path with the illumination power supply 100 can be switched. It should be noted that the direct control path between the processing unit 103 and the second controller 202 should be understood as a control path independent of a network, such as direct control based on a wireless signal or pure physical line control. Further, the processing unit 103 and the second controller 202 may have two control paths, i.e., a direct control path and a network control path, and may be adaptively switched based on control requirements. Note that, the switching may be initiated by the processing unit 103 or may be initiated by the second controller 202; when initiated by the processing unit 103, the switching may be automatic; the switching may be performed by a user operation when initiated by the second controller 202.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 14, the second controller 202 is further configured to establish a direct control path with the illumination power supply 100 by means of a direct connection, establish a network control path with the illumination power supply 100 by means of a gateway, and be able to switch a control path with the illumination power supply 100 to a direct control path when the network control path is not reachable. Furthermore, the direct control path can be direct connection control based on standard protocols such as Bluetooth direct connection or WIFI direct connection, or can be a direct control path established based on 433M and other radio frequency communication; the network control path may be a control path based on a bluetooth MESH network formed by a bluetooth gateway, or a control formed by a WIFI MESH network, a ZIGBEE MESH network, or a network control path formed by a cloud end connected to the cloud end based on a router. In general, when the control signal is directly used for controlling between the second controller 202 and the lighting power supply 100, the formed control path may be understood as the direct control path, and the formed control path may be understood as the network control path, which may be used for controlling the lighting power supply after being processed by a router or a cloud device. Further, according to the present embodiment, the control path between the processing section 103 and the illumination power supply 100 may be switched to a direct control path when the network control path is not reachable, and the switching operation may be initiated actively by the processing section 103 of the illumination power supply 100 or may be initiated by the second controller 202 connected thereto; and the switching operation may be the switching performed by the illumination power source 100 or the second controller 202 actively, or may be the switching performed based on the switching operation of the user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the lighting power supply 100 is configured to enter a binding mode via a trigger instruction, and to receive and hold intrinsic identification information originated from the first controller 201 in the binding mode to establish correspondence with the first controller 201. Thereby completing the establishment of a direct control path with the first controller 201. After the binding is completed, the illumination power supply 100 will decide whether to respond to the control instruction according to whether or not the inherent identification information contained in the received control instruction matches at least one of the plurality of inherent identification information stored locally; if the control command is matched, the control command is legal, and the control command is responded; otherwise, do not respond. It should be noted that the trigger instruction may be a trigger instruction formed by physical control, or may be a trigger instruction generated by a wireless control signal. Further, in this embodiment, the processing portion 103 enters a signal receiving state after being triggered by a trigger instruction to enter a binding mode, and then controls the first controller 201 to transmit a binding instruction (may be a network configuration message) carrying intrinsic identification information (for example, a MAC address, a product ID, etc. that is self-contained and unique information) capable of representing identity information of the first controller 201, so that the processing portion 103 stores the corresponding intrinsic identification information into a local memory after receiving the binding instruction, thereby completing establishment of a corresponding relationship with the first controller 201 and forming a direct control path with the first controller 201.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the lighting power supply 100 is configured to have a dual-mode binding function, so that the lighting power supply 100 can enter a binding mode based on a wired trigger instruction, and further can enter a binding mode based on a wireless trigger instruction. And further, the processing portion 103 can be controlled to enter a binding mode by a wired trigger instruction and a wireless trigger instruction, so that a user can select the most convenient trigger mode based on the specific use form of the illumination power supply 100.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the lighting power supply 100 enters the binding mode based on a wireless trigger instruction, the wireless trigger instruction is originated from the second controller 202, so that the lighting power supply 100 can establish a direct control path with the first controller 201 through the second controller 202. It will be appreciated that when the processing unit 103 is able to establish a direct control path with the first controller 201 via the second controller 202, it is necessary that the processing unit 103 first establish a network control path with the second controller 202. For example, when the second controller 202 is implemented as an electronic device with an interaction function, such as a mobile phone, a network control path may be established between the mobile phone and the lighting power supply 100, and then the lighting power supply 100 is triggered to enter a binding mode by sending a corresponding wireless trigger instruction through the mobile phone.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the first controller 201 is further configured to: dimming instructions capable of being manipulated to be sent through the direct control path; the dimming instructions are for instructing the lighting power supply 100 to continuously adjust the optical parameters of the lighting fixture 300; the optical parameters include color temperature and/or brightness. At least two dimming commands are provided, and a space is reserved between every two dimming commands. In other words, the dimming command is not continuously transmitted to the processing unit 103, and the data amount of the dimming command can be reduced, so that the discontinuous dimming command can control continuous dimming. Further, for example, the intermittent time between two adjacent dimming commands is at least 20ms to reduce the data processing pressure of the processing portion 103.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first controller 201 is further configured to transmit the dimming command at intervals in response to a rotation action of the knob;

the illumination power supply 100 is configured to: the light fixture 300 is incrementally adjusted from the optical parameter indicated by one dimming command to the optical parameter indicated by the next dimming command to form a continuously adjusted state of the light fixture 300. In other words, in the present embodiment, the lighting power supply 100 is configured to be able to receive the dimming commands sent at intervals during the manipulation of the first controller 201, and sequentially adjust the lighting fixture 300 to the corresponding optical parameters in a gradual manner according to each dimming command. The first controller 201 transmits the continuously transmitted dimming command at intervals, and the lighting power supply 100 supplements the data during the intervals in a gradual manner, so that the pressure caused by processing too much data can be reduced, and the smooth visual change effect is not affected.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first controller 201 establishes a direct control path with the lighting power supply 100 in a direct connection manner, so that the transmission efficiency of the dimming command is greatly increased, the control delay of the lighting power supply 100 is reduced, and the first interval between two adjacent dimming commands is configured to be 20ms to 500ms, preferably 100ms to 200ms, for example 100ms, 200ms or 150ms.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first controller 201 is configured to: the dimming instruction is sent outwards in a broadcasting mode;

the illumination power supply 100 is further configured to determine whether the identification information contained in the received dimming instruction is at least one of the plurality of pieces of identification information that are held; if yes, responding to the dimming instruction, otherwise, not responding. It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, the data of the binding relationship between the first controller 201 and the lighting power supply 100 is stored in the lighting power supply 100, and therefore, the first controller 201 only needs to send the dimming command outwards in a broadcast manner, and the lighting power supply 100 receives the dimming command and makes a response or not based on the stored binding relationship, which greatly simplifies the function of the first controller 201, reduces the power consumption thereof, and is more suitable for the first controller 201 powered by a battery.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the lighting power supply 100 is adapted to enter the standby mode directly in response to a network operation or to enter the standby mode again by being reset by a reset operation; in other words, the processing portion 103 is adapted to enter a network to be configured state in response to a network configuration manipulation when no network configuration is performed; when the processing part 103 has been configured with a network, the processing part is adapted to reenter the network to be configured in response to a reset operation to clear the network configuration information; wherein, the distribution network control and the reset control can be the same or different;

in the standby network state, the designated request network allocation information is sent to the outside, so that the electronic device that receives the request network allocation information instructs the lighting power supply 100 to join in a target network, and further establishes a network control path with a second controller 202 in the target network. In an example, in the network to be configured state, the lighting power supply 100 sends out a network configuration message, after an electronic device connected to a target network, such as a gateway or a mobile phone, acquires the network configuration message, the lighting power supply 100 is instructed to join in the target network, and the lighting power supply 100 after completing the network configuration can communicate with a network device in the target network through the target network, where the network device may be the second controller 202 or other devices with networking functions.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the illumination power supply 100 is further configured to: receiving a control instruction sent by the second controller 202; the control instructions are for instructing the illumination power supply 100 to switchably adjust an optical parameter of the lighting fixture 300; the optical parameters include brightness and/or color temperature. Further, based on this embodiment, the illumination power supply 100 may be adjusted by the second controller 202 in a switching manner, for example, directly to a certain preset state, directly to 80% brightness, or directly to turn off, turn on, etc.

According to the illumination power supply 100 provided in the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 10, the present invention further provides an illumination system, in which, compared to the modified embodiment of the above embodiment, the first controller 201 still adopts the knob controller 200, and further, the first controller 201 has a knob; the first controller 201 can control the continuous dimming operation of the illumination power supply 100 through a direct control path based on the rotation of the knob. In contrast, the first controller 201 is powered by a battery, specifically, a CR2032 button battery may be used, and the first controller 201 has a wireless signal emitting capability, so that the illumination power supply 100 can be controlled by a wireless signal. It should be noted that, the functions, effects, definitions, etc. of the features described in the present embodiment can be understood by referring to the description of the above embodiment, and will not be described in detail in this embodiment.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 11 and 12, a second controller 202 is further included for accepting a manipulation input; the lighting power supply 100 is capable of establishing a network control path with the second controller 202, the lighting power supply 100 having been operated by the second controller 202; further, the lighting power supply 100 is configured with bi-directional remote control capability, such that a preset state of the lighting power supply 100 can be triggered based on the direct control path and further based on the network control path. For example, the second controller 202 employs a personal electronic device having a user interaction interface; the same function of the illumination power supply 100 can be realized both by the user interaction interface network-based path and by the first controller 201 based on a local direct path.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the illumination power supply 100 is further configured to have a dual-path linkage function, so that the illumination power supply 100 can modify a preset state based on either the first controller 201 or the second controller 202, and trigger the modified preset state based on the other of the first controller 201 and the second controller 202.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 13, the second controller 202 is further configured to: a direct control path can be established with the illumination power supply 100; and a direct control path and a network control path with the illumination power supply 100 can be switched.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 14, the second controller 202 is further configured to establish a direct control path with the illumination power supply 100 by means of a direct connection, establish a network control path with the illumination power supply 100 by means of a gateway, and be able to switch a control path with the illumination power supply 100 to a direct control path when the network control path is not reachable.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the lighting power supply 100 is configured to enter a binding mode via a trigger instruction, and to receive and hold intrinsic identification information originated from the first controller 201 in the binding mode to establish correspondence with the first controller 201.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the lighting power supply 100 is configured to have a dual-mode binding function, so that the lighting power supply 100 can enter a binding mode based on a wired trigger instruction, and further can enter a binding mode based on a wireless trigger instruction.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the lighting power supply 100 enters the binding mode based on a wireless trigger instruction, the wireless trigger instruction is originated from the second controller 202, so that the lighting power supply 100 can establish a direct control path with the first controller 201 through the second controller 202.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the first controller 201 is further configured to: dimming instructions capable of being manipulated to be sent through the direct control path; the dimming instructions are for instructing the lighting power supply 100 to continuously adjust the optical parameters of the lighting fixture 300; the optical parameters include color temperature and/or brightness.

the illumination power supply 100 is configured to: the light fixture 300 is incrementally adjusted from the optical parameter indicated by one dimming command to the optical parameter indicated by the next dimming command to form a continuously adjusted state of the light fixture 300.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first controller 201 establishes a direct control path with the illumination power supply 100 in a direct connection manner such that a first interval between two adjacent dimming commands is configured to be 20ms to 500ms, preferably 100ms to 200ms.

the illumination power supply 100 is further configured to determine whether the identification information contained in the received dimming instruction is at least one of the plurality of pieces of identification information that are held; if yes, responding to the dimming instruction, otherwise, not responding.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the lighting power supply 100 is adapted to enter the standby mode directly in response to a network operation or to enter the standby mode again by being reset by a reset operation;

in the standby network state, the designated request network allocation information is sent to the outside, so that the electronic device that receives the request network allocation information instructs the processing portion 103 to join in a target network, and further establishes a network control path with a second controller 202 in the target network.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the lighting power supply 100 establishes a network control path with the second controller 202 through the target network in the configured network state, and is specifically configured to:

receiving and executing a control result pointed by a control instruction under the configured network state to form the network control path; the control instruction is generated by a server connected to the target network according to the control action currently generated by the second controller 202 and a target control rule matched with the control action and issued by the target network; the control rules define a triggering relationship between at least one control action of the second controller 202 and at least one executable function of the illumination power supply 100;

And/or;

receiving and storing at least one control rule issued by a server connected to the target network in a configured network state, further receiving a control instruction, determining a matched target control rule in all control rules according to control action information carried in the control instruction, and controlling an executable function defined by the target control rule to be executed so as to form the network control path; the control rules define a triggering relationship between at least one control action of the second controller 202 and at least one executable function of the illumination power supply 100.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the illumination power supply 100 is further configured to: receiving a control instruction sent by the second controller 202; the control instructions are for instructing the illumination power supply 100 to switchably adjust an optical parameter of the lighting fixture 300; the optical parameters include brightness and/or color temperature.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the illumination power supply is further configured to have a power-off memory function, wherein the state of the illumination power supply powered off again can be set through the power-off memory function, and "default on after power-on", "default off light after power-on", "default light after power-on" can be selected, specifically:

When the default on lamp is selected, the illumination power supply can be turned on by default after each power-on;

when the 'power-on and power-off restoration headlight' is selected, the illumination power supply automatically saves the power-off headlight, and automatically restores the light state before power-off when the lamp is turned on after the next power-on;

when the default light after power-on is selected, the current light of the illumination power supply can be stored as the default light, the light flashes to prompt that the stored light is successful, and the default light can be turned on every time the follow-up illumination power supply is powered on.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the illumination power supply is further configured to have a night light mode, a wake mode, a sleep-aid and an awake mode; wherein the night-up mode is used for controlling the lighting fixture 300 to emit weak light with specified brightness at night, and is used as a night-up; the inching mode is used for adapting a switch or a lamp with the inching function; the sleep-aiding and wake-up modes are used for changing the light according to a preset rule so as to guide the user to enter a sleep state or guide the user to wake up.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the illumination power supply is further configured to be capable of being set with a fade time for switching on, off or light; for example, when the lamp is turned on, the gradual change time is set to 2 seconds by the user through the app interface of the mobile phone, and when the lamp is turned on, the gradual change time of the lamp light switched from the off state to the last on state is 2s.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the illumination power supply comprises an MCU and a radio frequency communication unit (RF), wherein the MCU and the radio frequency communication unit may be integrated (e.g. SOC on chip) or may be separately arranged. In an embodiment, the radio frequency communication unit adopts an on-board PCB antenna, the processing portion 103 is disposed on a PCB board, when the processing portion 103 is disposed on the PCB board, an area directly below the on-board PCB antenna is completely clear, and a 360 ° area around the processing portion is not provided with metal components, so as to prevent the radiation efficiency of the antenna from being affected, which results in the influence of the communication distance. In another embodiment, the radio frequency communication unit adopts an exposed antenna, wherein the exposed antenna is suspended, extends out of the metal cover by more than 3cm, is placed towards the gateway, and has a distance between the antenna and the metal cover of more than or equal to 5mm. In addition, the processing part 103 is disposed at the side of the PCB, and the side of the processing part 103 with the components is disposed outwards (i.e. the side far away from the PCB), while the opposite side is disposed inwards (i.e. the side near the PCB). And the outer open-air line keeps straight state, does not receive any metal, and does not contact any circuit component on the PCB, so as to ensure that the core RF device and the crystal oscillator are not affected by the radiation of the antenna.

Corresponding to the functions of the illumination power supply 100 in the above embodiment, the present invention also provides an illumination method including at least steps S1 to S2 shown in fig. 15.

As shown in fig. 15, the method includes:

s1, establishing a direct control path with at least one first controller 201 to operate the illumination power supply 100 through the first controller 201; the method comprises the steps of,

s2, establishing a network control path with at least one second controller 202 to operate the illumination power supply 100 through the second controller 202.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 16, the method further includes:

s3, configuring the illumination power supply 100 to have a bi-directional remote control function, so that a preset state of the illumination power supply 100 can be triggered based on the direct control path and further can be triggered based on the network control path.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 17, the method further includes:

s4, configuring the illumination power supply 100 to have a dual-path linkage function, so that the illumination power supply 100 can modify a preset state based on any one of the first controller 201 and the second controller 202, and trigger the modified preset state based on the other one of the first controller 201 and the second controller 202.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 18, the method further includes:

s5, establishing a direct control path with the second controller 202;

the direct control path and the network control path with the second controller 202 are switched.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, step S5 further includes:

s51, establishing a direct control path with the second controller 202 in a direct connection mode;

s52, establishing a network control path with the second controller 202 through a gateway;

and further includes S53 switching a control path with the second controller 202 to a direct control path when the network control path is not reachable.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, step S1 further includes:

s11, entering a binding mode through a trigger instruction;

s12, in the binding mode, the intrinsic identification information from the first controller 201 is received and maintained, so as to establish a correspondence with the first controller 201, so as to form a direct control path with the first controller 201.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, step S11 further includes: the lighting power supply 100 is configured to have a dual-mode binding function, so that the lighting power supply 100 can enter a binding mode based on a wired trigger instruction, and further can enter the binding mode based on a wireless trigger instruction.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the processing unit 103 enters the binding mode based on a wireless trigger instruction, the wireless trigger instruction is originated from the second controller 202, so that the processing unit 103 can establish a direct control path with the first controller 201 through the second controller 202.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 19, the method further includes:

s6, receiving a plurality of mutually different dimming commands from the first controller 201 through the direct control path;

s7, continuously adjusting optical parameters of the lighting fixture 300 based on a plurality of dimming instructions; the optical parameters include color temperature and/or brightness.

According to the embodiment of the invention, a first interval is arranged between two adjacent dimming commands; step S7 further comprises:

s71, gradually adjusting the optical parameter indicated by one dimming command to the optical parameter indicated by the next dimming command of the lighting fixture 300, so as to form a continuous adjustment state of the lighting fixture 300.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, step S71 further includes:

a direct control path with the first controller 201 is established by a direct connection such that the first interval is configured to be 20ms to 500ms, preferably 100ms to 200ms.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the dimming command includes at least a start command and an end command; a sequence is arranged between the starting instruction and the ending instruction; step S7 further comprises:

s71, starting to adjust an optical parameter of the lighting fixture 300 in response to the start command, and stopping adjusting in response to the end command, so as to form a continuous adjustment state of the lighting fixture 300.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the dimming instruction is sent out in a broadcast manner; the step S7 is preceded by the following steps:

s61, determining whether the identification information contained in the received dimming command is at least one of the plurality of held identification information; if yes, responding to the dimming instruction; otherwise, do not respond.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, step S52 further includes:

s521, responding to a distribution network operation to directly enter a to-be-distributed network state, or resetting by a resetting operation to enter the to-be-distributed network state again;

and S522, in the network state to be configured, sending out the designated request network configuration information, so that the electronic device receiving the request network configuration information instructs the processing portion 103 to join in a target network, and further establishes a network control path with a second controller 202 in the target network.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the illumination power supply 100 is powered by the first controller 201 so that the illumination power supply 100 can be powered off and on based on the opening and closing of the first controller 201; the distribution network manipulation and/or the reset manipulation comprises powering on and/or powering off;

step S521 further includes:

counting the switching times of on/off, and/or counting the duration between on/off, and entering the network to be allocated when the specified requirement is met.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, step S522 specifically includes S5221 and/or steps S5222 to S5224, specifically:

s5221, receiving and executing a control result pointed by a control instruction under the matched network state to form the network control path; the control instruction is generated by a server connected to the target network according to the control action currently generated by the second controller 202 and a target control rule matched with the control action and issued by the target network; the control rules define a triggering relationship between at least one control action of the second controller 202 and at least one executable function of the illumination power supply 100.

S5222, receiving and storing at least one control rule issued by a server connected to the target network in the configured network state;

S5223, receiving a control instruction, and determining a matched target control rule in all control rules according to control action information carried in the control instruction; the control rules define a triggering relationship between at least one control action of the second controller 202 and at least one executable function of the illumination power supply 100;

s5224, controlling the executable function defined by the target control rule to form the network control path.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 20, the method further includes:

s8, receiving a control instruction sent by the second controller 202; the control instruction is for instructing the processing section 103 to switchably adjust the optical parameter of the lighting fixture 300; the optical parameters include brightness and/or color temperature.

It should be noted that, the order of steps S1 to S8 may be adaptively adjusted based on practical applications, and the order of steps S1 to S8 is only for convenience of description and should not be construed as limiting the execution order of the steps of the method in this embodiment.

Referring to fig. 21, an illumination power supply 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention is specifically illustrated; wherein the illumination power supply 100 is adapted to be coupled between an external power source and at least one illumination fixture 300 to receive control instructions based on the power supply of the external power source and to perform dimming operation of the illumination fixture 300.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 21, the illumination power supply 100 includes at least: a transfer terminal 101, a power supply unit 102, and a processing unit 103;

the delivery terminal 101 including an input terminal 1011 for electrically connecting the external power source and an output terminal 1012 for electrically connecting the lighting fixture 300 to electrically connect the lighting power source 100 between the external power source and the lighting fixture 300; it is to be understood that the conveying terminal 101 may be any terminal having a detachable electrical connection function, such as a screw-type terminal, a spring-type terminal, etc.; in one example, the input terminal 1011 and the output terminal 1012 are spring terminals to facilitate quick access to or removal from a power line carrying electrical energy.

The processing unit 103 electrically connected to the power supply unit 102 to be supplied with the operation power from the power supply unit 102 for operation; and the processing portion 103 is operatively connected to the lighting fixture 300 and configured to: at least one of a direct control path and a network control path with a controller 200 can be established through the power supply part 102 so that the illumination power supply 100 can be operated through both control paths of the controller 200. Wherein the processing unit 103 establishes a direct control path and a network control path with the controller 200 through the power supply unit 102, and the processing unit 103 has the capability of acquiring a data signal from the power supply unit 102; specifically, the processing unit 103 may be formed of an MCU having a power line communication capability, an IC having a data processing capability such as an SOC, or the like. Based on this, the lighting power supply 100 provided by the present invention can operate through two control paths, i.e. direct control and network control, so as to form multiple control modes of the controller 200, so that the lighting power supply 100 can perform local direct control based on the controller 200, and can also perform network diversified control, so as to meet the requirements of multiple control scenarios.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the processing section 103 is further configured to establish the network control path based on the direct control path. Further, when the network control path fails or is not controllable, it can be corrected by the direct control path.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 22, the power supply section 102 is configured to be powered by the controller 200, so that the processing section 103 can be powered off and on based on the opening and closing of the controller 200 to form the direct control path. Specifically, the controller 200 may have a plurality of keys, each key is provided with a switch control device (for example, a relay) corresponding to each key, the corresponding relay may be operated to be turned on or off by operating the key, and the power supply 102 is connected to a power supply through the relay, the power supply 102 is powered when the relay is turned on, and the power supply 102 is powered off when the relay is turned off; it should be noted that, the plurality of keys may correspond to the plurality of lighting power supplies 100 respectively, and then the on/off of the plurality of lighting power supplies 100 are controlled by the plurality of keys respectively; a key may be correspondingly connected to a plurality of illumination sources 100, so that the plurality of illumination sources 100 can be controlled to be simultaneously turned on/off by one key. The direct control path may provide a precondition (e.g. a power supply condition) for the network control path, or trigger the processing unit 103 to enter a standby network state based on the control of the direct control path. In addition, it should be noted that, by providing the controller 200 with power to the illumination power supply 100, the problem that the intelligent illumination power supply 100 must be turned on when a fault occurs in the prior art is solved, and the existing manner of turning on/off when a fault occurs will cause other electrical devices connected to the illumination power supply 100 except for the fault to be turned off, which is undesirable. In this embodiment, when the illumination power supply 100 needs to be powered off (e.g. dead halt), the controller 200 is only required to perform physical power on/off, and the operation is not required to be turned on, so that the operation is convenient, and the power consumption safety is improved. In other embodiments, the relay may be replaced by a device having an on/off function, such as a physical paddle.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processing unit 103 is configured to enter a to-be-provisioned-network state according to a selected provisioning network manipulation; the selected distribution network manipulation may be formed based on the direct control path being switched on and off a specified number of times and/or a specified duration;

in the network configuration state, sending out the designated network configuration request information, so that the electronic device receiving the network configuration request information instructs the processing part 103 to join in the target network to complete the network configuration; a network control path is established with the controller 200 through the target network in the configured network state. In an example, in the network to be configured state, the processing unit 103 sends out a network configuration message, after an electronic device connected to a target network, such as a gateway or a mobile phone, acquires the network configuration message, instructs the processing unit 103 to join in the target network, and the lighting power supply 100 after completing the network configuration can communicate with a network device in the target network through the target network, where the network device may be the controller 200 or another device with a networking function. In addition, it should be noted that there may be a plurality of illumination power supplies 100, each illumination power supply 100 correspondingly controls one illumination apparatus 300, and the plurality of illumination power supplies 100 may be powered by the controller 200, so that the on/off operation of the controller 200 may implement the on/off operation of the plurality of illumination power supplies 100, so as to trigger the plurality of illumination power supplies 100 to enter the to-be-configured network state simultaneously.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the processing section 103 is operated through the network control path, the direct control path is in a normally-on state; the normally-on state is formed by the controller 200 being normally closed based on a selected manipulation, for example, the selected manipulation may be that a certain mode switching control on the mobile APP is triggered by a user, the mobile APP is associated with the local controller 200, and the mode switching control may switch a direct control path and a network control path of the local controller 200. And when the controller 200 is implemented as a wall switch with multiple relays, the relays thereof are in a normally closed state when operated through a network control path, and pressing a key at this time will only send out a corresponding control command, without triggering a state change of the corresponding relay.

The processing section 103 is further configured to receive a control instruction through the network control path; the control instruction is used for triggering the processing part 103 to adjust the optical parameter of the lighting fixture 300; the optical parameters include brightness and/or color temperature. Further, based on this embodiment, the illumination power supply 100 may be adjusted by the controller 200 in a switched manner, for example directly to a certain preset state, directly to 80%, or directly to turn off, turn on, etc.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processing unit 103 establishes a network control path with the controller 200 through the target network in the configured network state, and is specifically configured to: receiving and executing a control result pointed by a control instruction under the configured network state to form the network control path; the control instruction is generated by a server connected to the target network according to the control action currently generated by the controller 200 and a target control rule matched with the control action and issued by the target network; it should be noted that, at this time, the control rule is stored in the cloud server, the cloud server matches the corresponding target control rule according to the control action uploaded by the controller 200, and generates a control instruction according to the executable function defined by the target control rule, and then issues the control instruction to the illumination power source 100, and the processing portion 103 of the illumination power source 100 only needs to receive and execute the control instruction. The control rules define a triggering relationship between at least one control action of the wall switch and at least one executable function of the illumination power supply 100, which is freely determined by a user through a terminal device. The control action may be, for example, a key press action or a rebound action of the wall switch, and the executable function may be, for example, an inherent function (for example, turning on and off a light) of the illumination power supply 100, or a user-defined function (for example, a certain preset state).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processing section 103 is configured to be able to establish a direct control path with the controller 200 based on the network control path. So that when there are multiple direct control paths, the user can choose which direct control path to establish specifically.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processing unit 103 establishes a network control path with the controller 200, and is specifically configured to:

entering a network state to be allocated according to the selected network operation; in the network configuration state, sending out the designated network configuration request information, so that the electronic device receiving the network configuration request information instructs the processing part 103 to join in the target network to complete the network configuration; a network control path is established with the controller 200 through the target network in the configured network state. The specific network allocation process can be understood by referring to the descriptions of the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processing section 103 is further configured to:

receiving a control command sent by a controller 200 through the network control path in the configured network state; the control instruction is for instructing the processing portion 103 to adjust the lighting fixture 300 to a certain preset state. Furthermore, the illumination power supply 100 may locally predefined multiple preset states (such as reading, viewing, lighting, etc.), and these predefined preset states may be triggered separately based on the control instruction of the controller 200, and these preset states may be predefined by an electronic device such as a mobile phone. Thereby realizing diversified control and defining approaches of the control mode of the illumination power supply 100.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the processing section 103 establishes a direct control path with the controller 200 based on the network control path, and is specifically configured to:

in the configured network state, is bound to at least one of the controllers 200; and the binding operation may be initiated by the controller 200 or by the lighting power supply 100. For example, when the binding operation is initiated by the controller 200, the binding operation may be triggered via a user interface of the mobile app that establishes a connection relationship with the controller 200, and thus the bound binding relationship (e.g., the MAC address or unique ID number of the lighting power supply 100) may be stored in the controller 200.

After binding is completed, the local control instruction sent by the controller 200 in a directional manner is received and executed, so as to form a direct control path with the controller 200. In other words, when the controller 200 needs to control a certain lighting power supply 100, the lighting power supply 100 directly sends a control instruction to the lighting power supply 100 through the identification information (such as the MAC address or the ID number) of the lighting power supply 100, and the lighting power supply 100 only needs to execute the control instruction after receiving the control instruction without judging whether the control instruction is legal.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the controller 200 is implemented as a switching device with a knob, by rotation of which the optical parameters of the illumination power supply 100 can be adjusted in a follow-up manner. Since the knob needs to control the illumination power supply 100 in real time to perform a follow-up response (e.g., gradually increase or decrease brightness according to the knob rotation) during the rotation process, the existing knob continuously transmits a corresponding dimming command during the rotation process to ensure a rapid follow-up response of the illumination power supply 100. This results in a large number of dimming commands, and if the processing capability of the processing unit 103 of the lighting power supply 100 is insufficient, such a large amount of data cannot be processed, and thus the data packet is lost, which seriously results in a dead halt. Based on this, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the data amount is reduced by setting the interval. Specifically, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the local control instruction includes a series of dimming instructions that are transmitted at intervals, and the processing section 103 is further configured to: progressively adjusting the light fixture 300 from an optical parameter indicated by one dimming command to an optical parameter indicated by a next dimming command to form a continuously adjusted state of the light fixture 300; the optical parameters include color temperature and/or brightness. In other words, in the present embodiment, the lighting power supply 100 is configured to be able to receive the dimming commands transmitted at intervals multiple times during the period in which the controller 200 is operated, and sequentially adjust the lighting fixture 300 to the corresponding optical parameters in a gradual manner according to each dimming command. The controller 200 transmits the continuously transmitted dimming command at intervals, and the lighting power supply 100 supplements the data during the intervals in a gradual manner, so that the pressure caused by processing too much data can be reduced, and the smooth visual change effect is not affected.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the processing portion 103 is configured to form a communication with a direct control path between the controller 200 based on a power carrier communication manner, and because the present embodiment establishes the direct control path between the lighting power supply 100 and the controller 200 in a direct connection manner, when the controller 200 uses a knob member to perform a dimming operation, a transmitted dimming command does not need to pass through a cloud, so that point-to-point control with the lighting power supply 100 can be achieved, the transmission efficiency of the dimming command is greatly increased, the control delay of the lighting power supply 100 is reduced, and the increase of the transmission efficiency enables the interval to be set to 20ms-500ms, so that a better follow-up control effect of the lighting power supply 100 can be achieved. In a specific example, the interval is set to 100ms to 200ms, for example, 100ms, 200ms, or 150ms.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 23, the power supply 102 and the processing 103 are integrally provided, the processing 103 is separately connected to the command signal transmitted by the power supply 102, the processing 103 drives the lighting fixture 300 to perform dimming and color matching through a driving unit 106, and the driving unit 106 may be an existing constant current dimming chip or constant voltage dimming chip, which is not limited in this embodiment. Further, the processing unit 103 is directly or indirectly electrically connected to the power supply unit 102 through an access protection unit 104, so as to be capable of accessing multiple signals loaded in an external power supply in a state that the input terminal 1011 is accessed to the external power supply, wherein an impedance adjuster 1041 is disposed in the access protection unit so as to form an impedance burst of a command signal in a specific frequency range through the access protection unit 104, and further the access protection unit 104 is configured so as to be capable of passing the command signal in the specific frequency range with high impedance and passing a power supply signal in a non-specific frequency range with low impedance; wherein the frequency of the power supply signal is smaller than the frequency of the instruction signal. In other words, the impedance adjuster 1041 forms a high-impedance isolation protection function for the command signal in the specific frequency range in the access protection unit 104, so that most of the command signal is blocked from passing through due to the impedance adjuster 1041 when the command signal passes through the access protection unit 104, and a power supply signal different from the command signal can pass smoothly with low impedance and is used for power supply. The impedance step-up can be understood as: when the power supply signal enters the access protection unit 104 from the external power grid, the impedance adjuster 1041 presents low impedance to the power supply signal, and the power supply signal is not blocked and can pass through the access protection unit almost without damage; when the command signal carrying the control information enters the access protection unit 104, the impedance adjuster 1041 presents a high impedance to the command signal instantaneously, and a strong blocking effect is generated, so that the signal strength of the command signal passing through the impedance adjuster 1041 is attenuated by more than 60 percent. Specifically, in this embodiment, the specific frequency range is set to 1MHz to 12MHz, and the palace signal is a power frequency ac electric signal of 50Hz or 60 Hz. In one example, the specific frequency interval is set to 2.4MHz to 5.6MHz, 1.95MHz to 12MHz, 0.78MHz to 2.93MHz, or 1.76MHz to 2.93MHz. Those skilled in the art can set the corresponding specific frequency interval based on the actual use requirement, and the limitation is not excessive. The command signal may be a signal used for communication, which may be a message generated based on a certain protocol (for example, IEEE 1901.1) in a specific format, and the content of relevant fields in the message is different according to different purposes, so as to form the command signal with different communication functions.

Based on the above technical solutions, in the embodiment of the present invention, the access protection unit 104 is provided in the illumination power supply 100, and in the high impedance isolation process of the impedance adjuster 1041 of the access protection unit 104, the power supply signal can be almost passed through to ensure normal power supply, and the command signal can be protected from being attenuated by the filtering element at the rear end, so that the integrity and the authenticity of the command signal are protected to the greatest extent, and further the processing unit 103 can propose a cleaner command signal from the power line through the access protection unit 104, so as to improve the problem of instability in the transmission of the power carrier signal in the power line.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 24, the access protection unit connects a first inductor L1 in series on a neutral line or a live line between the transmission unit and the power supply unit to form the impedance adjuster, so as to form an impedance surge of an instruction signal in a specific frequency range through the access protection unit based on a frequency selection characteristic of the first inductor in a state that the first inductor is connected to the power supply signal through the transmission unit;

or, as shown in fig. 25, the access protection unit is provided with a first inductor L1 and a second inductor L2 on a zero line and a live line between the conveying unit and the power supply unit, respectively, so as to form the impedance adjuster; forming an impedance surge of a command signal in a specific frequency range through the access protection unit based on frequency selection characteristics of the first inductor L1 and the second inductor L2 in a state in which the first inductor L1 and the second inductor L2 are connected to the power supply signal through the power line; wherein the inductance value of the first inductor L1 and the second inductor L2 is the same.

Specifically, the inductance value of the first inductor and/or the second inductor is set to 33uH to 1mH. In one example, the first inductor and the second inductor are each set to 1mH. In another example, the first inductor and the second inductor are both set to 330uH, so that the self-resonant frequency of the access protection unit 104 is within the specific frequency range, so that the access protection unit 104 has a higher insertion loss within the specific frequency range, and a better protection effect on the command signal is achieved.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 26, the processing part 103 accesses the command signal in isolation before the impedance adjuster 1041 in the access protection unit via a transformer 1051 and a capacitor 1052. The transformer is connected in series between a primary side of the transformer and one end of an impedance adjuster 1041 of the access protection unit 104 facing the input terminal 1011, and is electrically connected to the processing unit 103 directly or indirectly at a secondary side thereof, so that the capacitor 1052 is electrically connected to the primary side of the transformer 1051 to form a transceiver unit 105 having selectivity for the specific frequency range, so that the processing unit 103 can be connected to the command signal in isolation at the secondary side of the transformer 1051, and the processing unit 103 is prevented from being burnt out due to direct contact of a high-voltage power supply signal with the processing unit 103. Similarly, when the processing unit 103 needs to send the command signal carrying the control information to the outside, the command signal to be sent is injected to the primary side of the transformer 1051 in an isolated manner through the secondary side of the transformer 1052, and then the command signal is coupled to the power line to be sent based on a coupling circuit formed by electrically connecting the primary side of the transformer 1051 and the capacitor 1052.

According to the illumination power supply 100 provided in the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 27, the present invention further provides an illumination system, including:

a controller 200 for accepting a manipulation input;

a lighting power supply 100 adapted to be coupled between an external power source and at least one lighting fixture 300 and to operate when supplied with power from the external power source, and the lighting power supply 100 is capable of establishing at least one of a direct control path and a network control path with the controller 200;

the controller 200 is configured in a first mode to operate the illumination power supply 100 based on the direct control path and in a second mode to operate the illumination power supply 100 based on the network control path.

Furthermore, the lighting power supply 100 provided by the lighting system can be operated through two control paths of direct control and network control, so that a plurality of control modes of the controller 200 are formed, and the lighting power supply 100 can perform local direct control based on the controller 200 and also can perform network diversified control to meet the requirements of a plurality of control scenes.

As shown in fig. 28, the controller 200 is implemented as a wall switch, and the wall switch communicates through wires, specifically, the wall switch loads a communication signal into a power supply signal, and further performs wired data transmission based on a power line, so as to achieve the purpose of having data communication capability in a place of the power line. In the following embodiments, the controller 200 is specifically described as a wall switch having wired communication capability.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the lighting power supply 100 is further configured to establish the network control path based on the direct control path. Further, when the network control path fails or is not controllable, it can be corrected by the direct control path.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 29, the wall switch (i.e., the controller 200) has a switch through which the illumination power supply 100 is configured to be powered such that the illumination power supply 100 can be powered off and on based on the opening and closing of the switch to form a direct control path in the first mode. In particular, the switch may be a relay for forming an output channel for supplying power to the outside, through which the illumination power source 100 takes power; the wall switch also has a key, the pressing and/or releasing of which can control the on/off state of the relay. It should be noted that the wall switch may have a plurality of keys, each key corresponds to a relay (i.e. a switch), and each relay may control on/off of a lighting power supply. Specifically:

according to an embodiment of the present invention, the wall switch (i.e., the controller 200) is configured to disable the first mode when switching to the second mode, so as to be able to keep the switch normally closed in the second mode. Furthermore, when a certain key and a corresponding illumination power supply are directly controlled through a relay, the direct control path is formed, the relay is not directly controlled through the relay, but is formed when the relay is controlled through a network data signal, and when the network control path is formed, the relay corresponding to the illumination power supply needs to be set to be in a normally closed state so as to ensure the power supply of the illumination power supply.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the lighting power supply 100 is configured to enter a to-be-provisioned-network state according to a selected-provisioning-network manipulation; in the network configuration state, sending out the designated network configuration request information, so that the electronic device receiving the network configuration request information instructs the lighting power supply 100 to join in the target network to complete the network configuration; a network control path is established with the wall switch (i.e., controller 200) through the target network in the provisioned network state. The specific network allocation process can be understood by referring to the descriptions of the above embodiments, and will not be repeated here. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the wall switch (i.e., the controller 200) is configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode based on a switching instruction from the electronic device. In one example, the electronic device is a mobile phone, and the user switches the first mode and the second mode of the electronic device based on an app application interface corresponding to the wall switch on the mobile phone.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the illumination power supply 100 is operated through the network control path, the direct control path is in a normally-on state; the lighting power supply 100 is further configured to receive control instructions over the network control path; the control instruction is used for triggering the processing part 103 to adjust the optical parameter of the lighting fixture 300; the optical parameters include brightness and/or color temperature.

In an embodiment, when the wall switch has a plurality of keys, the direct control path and the network control path may be formed simultaneously, that is, the direct control path and the network control path may be formed separately, that is, the lighting power supply 100 does not need to establish the network control path based on the direct control path. Specifically:

according to an embodiment of the present invention, the controller 200 has a plurality of keys, where at least a first key is provided with a corresponding switch, and at least a second key is not provided with a corresponding switch; the first key is used for controlling the corresponding illumination power supply through a direct control path or a network control path, and the second key is used for controlling the corresponding illumination power supply through the network control path. Further, the controller 200 may have multiple control modes at the same time, so as to be suitable for more usage scenarios.

It should be noted that, the functions of the first key and the second key of the controller 200 may be set directly by default when leaving the factory, or may be set by the user at a later stage. Wherein the controller 200 has networking capability, a user's personal electronic device (e.g., a cell phone) can be connected via a network, and further the specific control paths of the first key and the second key can be set via an application on the electronic device associated with the controller 200. For example, when the first key is set to the first control mode, it can control the corresponding illumination power supply through a direct control path, that is, control the energization and the de-energization of the illumination power supply by controlling the closing and opening of a relay; when the first key is set to a second control mode, the corresponding illumination power supply can be controlled through a network control path, at this time, the relay corresponding to the first key is set to be in a normally closed state, the corresponding trigger event is uploaded to the cloud server through the network after the first key is triggered, and then the control rule stored by the cloud server is matched with the corresponding executable function, and further a control instruction corresponding to the executable function is issued to the illumination power supply.

In one example, the wall switch has four keys, three of which are provided with corresponding relays and one of which is not provided with a corresponding relay; three keys provided with relays are respectively used for controlling three paths of illumination power supplies, and the three keys can be operated in a first mode to operate on/off of the corresponding illumination power supply through a direct control path and can be operated in a second mode to operate the corresponding illumination power supply through a network control path. And a key without a relay is always in a second mode, namely, the corresponding illumination power supply is operated through a network control path. And the working modes of the four keys can be modified by an app application program on a mobile phone connected with the wall switch.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the lighting power supply 100 establishes a network control path with the wall switch (i.e. the controller 200) through the target network in the configured network state, and may be implemented by defining a control rule and storing the control rule in a cloud server, or may be implemented by issuing the control rule from the cloud to the controller 200. Specifically, in one embodiment, the first and second embodiments,

the lighting power supply 100 is configured to receive and execute a control result pointed by a control instruction in a configured network state to form the network control path; the control instruction is generated by a server connected to the target network according to the control action currently generated by the wall switch (i.e. the controller 200) and the target control rule matched with the control action and issued by the target network;

In another embodiment, the wall switch (i.e., controller 200) is configured to receive and store at least one control rule issued by a server connected to the target network in a configured network state; in response to a control action, matching a target control rule based on the control rule, and sending a control instruction to the illumination power supply 100 according to an executable function pointed by the target control rule, so that the illumination power supply 100 executes the executable function to form the network control path; the control rules define a triggering relationship between at least one control action of the wall switch and at least one executable function of the illumination power supply 100.

Of course, the control rules can also exist in the local memories of the cloud server and the wall switch at the same time, the user can upload the control rules to the cloud after modifying the control rules, and the cloud can periodically issue the updated control rules to the wall switch to realize the control rule synchronization of the cloud server and the wall switch; the control rules define a triggering relationship between at least one control action of the wall switch and at least one executable function of the illumination power supply 100, which is freely determined by a user through a terminal device. The control action may be, for example, a key press action or a rebound action of the wall switch, and the executable function may be, for example, an inherent function (for example, turning on and off a light) of the illumination power supply 100, or a function (for example, a certain preset state) defined later.

According to the illumination power supply 100 provided in the above embodiment, the present invention further provides an illumination system, including: a controller 200 and a lighting power supply 100, wherein an operable connection is established between the controller 200 and the lighting power supply 100; specifically:

the controller 200 is configured to accept a manipulation input;

the illumination power supply 100 adapted to be coupled between an external power source and at least one illumination appliance 300 and to operate when supplied with power from the external power source, and the illumination power supply 100 is capable of establishing at least one of a direct control path and a network control path with the controller 200;

the controller 200 is configured in a first mode to operate the illumination power supply 100 based on the direct control path and in a second mode to operate the illumination power supply 100 based on the network control path. Furthermore, the lighting power supply 100 provided by the lighting system can be operated through two control paths of direct control and network control, so that a plurality of control modes of the controller 200 are formed, and the lighting power supply 100 can perform local direct control based on the controller 200 and also can perform network diversified control to meet the requirements of a plurality of control scenes.

As shown in fig. 30, the controller 200 is implemented as a knob switch, and the knob switch communicates through a wire, specifically, a communication signal is loaded into a power supply signal, so that wired data transmission is performed based on a power line, and the purpose of having data communication capability in a place of the power line is achieved. Because the knob switch establishes the direct control path between the illumination power supply 100 and the knob switch in a direct connection manner, when the knob switch uses the knob to perform dimming operation, the transmitted dimming command does not need to pass through the cloud, so that point-to-point control with the illumination power supply 100 can be realized, the transmission efficiency of the dimming command is greatly increased, the control delay of the illumination power supply 100 is reduced, the dimming command can be transmitted at intervals due to the increase of the transmission efficiency, and the interval event can be set to 20ms-500ms to achieve the better follow-up control effect of the illumination power supply 100. In a specific example, the interval is set to 100ms to 200ms, for example, 100ms, 200ms, or 150ms.

In the following embodiments, the controller 200 is specifically described as a knob switch with wired communication capability.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the illumination power supply 100 establishes a network control path with the knob switch (i.e., the controller 200), and is specifically configured to:

entering a network state to be allocated according to the selected network operation;

in the network configuration state, sending out the designated network configuration request information, so that the electronic device receiving the network configuration request information instructs the lighting power supply 100 to join in the target network to complete the network configuration;

a network control path is established with the knob switch (i.e., controller 200) through the target network in the provisioned network state.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the lighting power supply 100 establishes a network control path with the knob switch (i.e. the controller 200) through the target network in the configured network state, and the network control path may be implemented by defining a control rule and storing the control rule in a cloud server, or may be implemented by issuing the control rule from the cloud to the knob switch. Specifically, in one embodiment, the first and second embodiments,

the lighting power supply 100 is configured to receive and execute a control result pointed by a control instruction in a configured network state to form the network control path; the control instruction is generated by a server connected with the target network according to the control action currently generated by the knob switch and a target control rule matched with the control action and issued through the target network.

In another embodiment, the knob switch is configured to receive and store at least one control rule issued by a server connected to the target network in a provisioned network state; in response to a control action, matching a target control rule based on the control rule, and sending a control instruction to the illumination power supply 100 according to an executable function pointed by the target control rule, so that the illumination power supply 100 executes the executable function to form the network control path; the control rules define a triggering relationship between at least one control action of the rotary switch and at least one executable function of the illumination power supply 100.

Of course, the control rules can also exist in the local memories of the cloud server and the knob switch at the same time, the user can upload the control rules to the cloud after modifying the control rules, and the cloud can periodically issue the updated control rules to the knob switch to realize the control rule synchronization of the cloud server and the knob switch; the control rules define a triggering relationship between at least one control action of the rotary switch and at least one executable function of the illumination power supply 100, which is freely determined by a user through a terminal device. The control action may be, for example, a key press action or a rebound action of the knob switch, and the executable function may be, for example, an inherent function (for example, turning on and off a light) of the illumination power supply 100, or a function (for example, a certain preset state) defined later.

In some embodiments, the knob switch (i.e., controller 200) has a switching function. The switch function can be realized by a relay, the relay is controlled by a hidden key of a knob switch, the relay is used for forming one path of control output for an external electric appliance, when the relay is closed, the output supplies power to the outside, and when the relay is opened, the output is cut off.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the illumination power supply 100 is configured to be energized by the knob switch so that the illumination power supply 100 can be powered off and on based on the opening and closing of the knob switch; the selected distribution network operation comprises switching on/off for a designated number of times and/or continuously designating duration between on/off. Furthermore, according to the solution provided in this embodiment, the lighting power supply 100 may be conveniently triggered to enter the to-be-matched network through the knob switch, and the knob switch is generally disposed at a position that is easier to touch, so that the difficulty of triggering the lighting power supply 100 to enter the to-be-matched network is indirectly reduced.

In addition, it should be noted that there may be a plurality of illumination power sources 100, each illumination power source 100 correspondingly controls one illumination apparatus 300, and the plurality of illumination power sources 100 may be powered through the knob switch, so that the on/off operation of the plurality of illumination power sources 100 may be realized by the on/off of the relay of the knob switch, so as to trigger the plurality of illumination power sources 100 to enter the to-be-matched network state simultaneously. In one example, the knob switch has a hidden key and a relay, the hidden key and the relay are linked (for example, the hidden key is pressed to open the relay, the relay is pressed again to close), and then the on/off of the knob switch can be realized by manipulating the hidden key. The hidden key is hidden (not exposed on the surface in daily use), and when the user needs to trigger the illumination power supply 100 to perform network distribution, the hidden key can be operated after a cover plate is required to be uncovered. The relay can be turned on/off by operating the hidden key. In particular, the knob switch may be a 86×86 wall switch base box. Furthermore, in this way, the knob switch of the present embodiment is in a normally closed state to ensure the power supply of the illumination power supply 100 during normal operation, the hidden key control relay is set to be convenient for resetting at least one illumination power supply 100 powered by the relay, and the hidden key is not visible and is not easy to touch, so as to prevent false triggering.

Further, in some embodiments, the relay inside the rotary switch can be triggered to be automatically opened and/or closed according to a preset rule by the first operation of the hidden key of the rotary switch, so as to form the selected distribution network operation of the lighting power supply powered by the relay. The first control can be simple control such as long-time pressing, double-click and the like, and then the relay can be automatically triggered to form complex control through the simple first control of the button of the knob switch so as to trigger the corresponding illumination power supply to enter a to-be-matched network state.

In some embodiments, the knob switch has a networking function, and the knob switch is triggered to enter a network distribution mode through the operation of the hidden key, and the operation is defined as a second operation; the second manipulation needs to be different from the first manipulation in order to distinguish between the internal processing means of the knob switch. Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the knob switch has a hidden key, and is configured to be capable of entering a self-distribution network state (i.e., the knob switch itself enters a network to be distributed so that a corresponding electronic device discovers a network distribution request message sent by the knob switch and instructs the knob switch to join in a corresponding network) in response to a second manipulation of the hidden key, or automatically opening and/or closing a relay inside the hidden key according to a preset rule in response to a first manipulation of the hidden key, so as to form a selected network distribution manipulation of the lighting power supply powered by the relay.

In one example, the first operation is set to be a double-click operation, the second operation is set to be a long-press operation greater than or equal to 5s, and the distribution network operation of the lighting power supply is set to be power-off and power-on switching 8 times. When the knob switch detects that the hidden key is double-clicked, the relay in the controller is automatically switched to be in an open state and a closed state for 8 times, so that the selected distribution network control of the illumination power supply is formed, and the illumination power supply is triggered to enter a to-be-distributed network state; when the knob switch detects that the hidden key is pressed for more than 5S, the relay in the knob switch will not be operated, and the network to be matched is entered, in this state, the knob switch transmits a request network distribution message (the message carries inherent information of the knob switch, such as a product ID, a MAC address, a product type, etc.), so that an electronic device or a gateway and other devices find the knob switch based on the request network distribution message, and connect the request network distribution message to a target network to complete the self-distribution network of the knob switch. It should be noted that, the relay of the trigger knob switch is operated by the simple operation and the second operation to automatically execute the complex operation of the distribution network, so that the illumination power supply 100 can be triggered into the network state to be distributed more conveniently when the relay of the knob switch is powered, and the complex on/off operation is not performed manually.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the illumination power supply 100 is further configured to:

receiving a control instruction sent by the knob switch (i.e. the controller 200) through the network control path in a matched network state; the control instructions are for instructing the lighting power supply 100 to adjust the lighting fixture 300 to a certain preset state.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the illumination power supply 100 is configured to be able to establish a direct control path with the knob switch (i.e. the controller 200) based on the network control path. Further, the establishment of the direct control path is controlled by the network control path.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the lighting power supply 100 establishes a direct control path with the knob switch (i.e., the controller 200) based on the network control path, and is specifically configured to: is bound to at least one knob switch (i.e., controller 200) in the mated state;

after binding is completed, the local control instruction sent by the knob switch (i.e. the controller 200) in a directional manner is received and executed, so as to form a direct control path with the knob switch (i.e. the controller 200).

It should be noted that, the binding operation may be initiated by the knob switch or may be initiated by the illumination power supply 100. In one example, when the binding operation is initiated by the knob switch, the binding operation may be triggered via a user interface of the mobile app that establishes a connection relationship with the knob switch, and thus the binding relationship (e.g., the MAC address or unique ID number of the lighting power supply 100) after binding may be stored in the knob switch. For example, when a user clicks the "bind luminaire" button on the app user interface of the knob switch, all lighting sources that can be bound (i.e., intelligent lighting sources connected to the same target network) are listed, and the user selects one or more of the lighting sources to complete binding to establish a direct control path between the lighting sources and the knob switch. After binding is completed, the knob switch can directly send a control instruction to the lighting power supply with binding relation with the control instruction in a directional way through a local path (namely, without forwarding through a cloud server). In other words, when the knob switch needs to control a certain lighting power supply 100, the lighting power supply is bound by the mobile phone to obtain the identification information (such as the MAC address or the ID number) of the lighting power supply, and then the control instruction is directly sent to the lighting power supply 100 based on the identification information, and the lighting power supply 100 only needs to execute the control instruction after receiving the control instruction without judging whether the control instruction is legal.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the local control instructions comprise a series of dimming instructions transmitted at intervals, and the illumination power supply 100 is further configured to:

progressively adjusting the light fixture 300 from an optical parameter indicated by one dimming command to an optical parameter indicated by a next dimming command to form a continuously adjusted state of the light fixture 300; the optical parameters include color temperature and/or brightness.

According to the function of the illumination power supply 100 provided in the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 31, the present invention also provides an illumination method including A1 to A3 as shown in fig. 31; specifically, the method comprises the following steps:

a1, establishing a direct control path with a controller 200;

a2, establishing a network control path with the controller 200;

a3, operating the lighting fixture 300 through at least one of two control paths of the same controller 200.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, step A2 further comprises:

a21, establishing the network control path based on the direct control path.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the illumination power supply 100 is configured to be powered by the controller 200; step A1 further comprises:

A11 is powered off and on based on the opening and closing of the controller 200 to form the direct control path.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, step a21 further includes:

a211, entering a network state to be allocated according to the operation of the selected network;

a212, in the network to be allocated state, sending out designated network allocation request information so that the electronic equipment receiving the network allocation request information instructs the lighting power supply 100 to join in a target network to complete network allocation;

a213, establishing a network control path with the controller 200 through the target network in the configured network state.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when the illumination power supply 100 is operated through the network control path, the direct control path is in a normally-on state;

step A3 further comprises:

a31, receiving a control instruction through the network control path; the control instruction is used for triggering the processing part 103 to adjust the optical parameter of the lighting fixture 300; the optical parameters include brightness and/or color temperature.

According to an embodiment of the invention, step a213 specifically includes a2131 and/or a 2132-a 2134. Wherein:

a2131, receiving and executing the control result pointed by a control instruction under the configured network state to form the network control path; the control instruction is generated by a server connected to the target network according to the control action currently generated by the controller 200 and a target control rule matched with the control action and issued by the target network; the control rules define a triggering relationship between at least one control action of the controller 200 and at least one executable function of the illumination power supply 100.

A2132, receiving and storing at least one control rule issued by a server connected to the target network in the configured network state;

a2133, receiving a control instruction, and determining a matched target control rule in all control rules according to control action information carried in the control instruction; the control rules define a triggering relationship between at least one control action of the controller 200 and at least one executable function of the illumination power supply 100

A2134, executable functions defined to control the target control rules are executed to form the network control path.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, step A2 further comprises:

a22, establishing a direct control path with the controller 200 based on the network control path.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the lighting power supply 100 establishes a network control path with the controller 200, and specifically includes:

a221, entering a network state to be allocated according to the operation of the selected network;

a222, sending out specified request network allocation information under the network allocation waiting state, so that the electronic equipment receiving the request network allocation information instructs the lighting power supply 100 to join in a target network to complete network allocation;

A223, establishing a network control path with the controller 200 through the target network in the configured network state.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, step A3 further comprises:

a32, receiving a control instruction sent by the controller 200 through the network control path in the network distribution state; the control instructions are for instructing the lighting power supply 100 to adjust the lighting fixture 300 to a certain preset state.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the lighting power supply 100 establishes a direct control path with the controller 200 based on the network control path, and specifically includes:

a224, in the configured network state, is bound to at least one of the controllers 200;

a225, after binding is completed, receiving and executing the local control instruction sent by the controller 200 in a directional manner so as to form a direct control path with the controller 200.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the local control instructions comprise a series of dimming instructions transmitted at intervals, the method further comprising:

a33, gradually adjusting the optical parameters indicated by the lighting fixture 300 from one dimming command to the next dimming command to form a continuous adjustment state of the lighting fixture 300; the optical parameters include color temperature and/or brightness.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, step A1 further comprises:

a12 forms communication of a direct control path with the controller 200 based on the power carrier communication such that the interval is set to 20ms-500ms, preferably 100 ms-200 ms.

As shown in fig. 32, the present invention further provides an illumination method applied to a controller 200, where the method includes:

b1, establishing at least one of a direct control path and a network control path with a lighting power supply 100;

b2, operating in a first mode to operate the illumination power supply 100 based on the direct control path; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

b3, operating in a second mode to operate the illumination power supply 100 based on the network control path.

Based on the lighting method provided by the invention, the controller 200 can operate the lighting power supply 100 through two control paths of direct control and network control, so as to form a plurality of control modes of the controller 200, so that the lighting power supply 100 can perform local direct control based on the controller 200, and can also perform network diversified control to meet the requirements of a plurality of control scenes.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the controller 200 has a switch configured to be able to control on/off of the illumination power supply 100; the step B2 specifically comprises the following steps: the power supply loop of the illumination power supply 100 is powered off and on based on the opening and closing of the switch to form a direct control path in the first mode.

Specifically, the controller 200 may have a plurality of keys, each key is provided with a relay, the corresponding relay may be controlled to be turned on or turned off by controlling the key, the power supply 102 is connected to a power supply through the relay, the power supply 102 is powered when the relay is turned on, and the power supply 102 is powered off when the relay is turned off; it should be noted that, the plurality of keys may correspond to the plurality of lighting power supplies 100 respectively, and then the on/off of the plurality of lighting power supplies 100 are controlled by the plurality of keys respectively; a key may be correspondingly connected to a plurality of illumination sources 100, so that the plurality of illumination sources 100 can be controlled to be simultaneously turned on/off by one key. The direct control path may provide a precondition (e.g. a power supply condition) for the network control path, or trigger the processing unit 103 to enter a standby network state based on the control of the direct control path. In addition, it should be noted that, by providing the controller 200 with power to the illumination power supply 100, the problem that the intelligent illumination power supply 100 must be turned on when a fault occurs in the prior art is solved, and the existing manner of turning on/off when a fault occurs will cause other electrical devices connected to the illumination power supply 100 except for the fault to be turned off, which is undesirable. In this embodiment, when the illumination power supply 100 needs to be powered off (e.g. dead halt), the controller 200 is only required to perform physical power on/off, and the operation is not required to be turned on, so that the operation is convenient, and the power consumption safety is improved. In other embodiments, the relay may be replaced by a device having an on/off function, such as a physical paddle.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the method comprises:

and establishing a direct control path between the lighting power supply 100 through a power line communication mode, and establishing a network control path between the lighting power supply 100 through a cloud communication mode.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 33, the method further includes:

b4, switching between a first mode and a second mode based on a switching instruction; and disabling the first mode when switching to the second mode to keep the switch normally closed in the second mode. The switching instruction may be from an electronic device, for example, an application program (APP) from a mobile phone, for example, a mode switching control on the mobile phone APP is triggered by a user, and the mobile phone APP is associated with the controller 200, where the mode switching control may switch a direct control path and a network control path of the controller 200. And when the controller 200 is implemented as a wall switch with multiple relays, the relays thereof are in a normally closed state when operated through a network control path, and pressing a key at this time will only send out a corresponding control command, without triggering a state change of the corresponding relay.

It should be noted that, the order of steps A1 to A3 and B1 to B4 may be adaptively adjusted based on practical applications, and the order of steps A1 to A3 or B1 to B4 is only for convenience of description and should not be construed as limiting the execution order of the steps of the method in this embodiment.

In the description of the present specification, reference to the terms "some embodiments," "one particular implementation," "a particular implementation," "one example," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the above may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments or examples.

In addition, it should be noted that the foregoing embodiments may be combined with each other, and the same or similar concept or process may not be repeated in some embodiments, that is, the technical solutions disclosed in the later (described in the text) embodiments should include the technical solutions described in the embodiment and the technical solutions described in all the embodiments before the embodiment.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention, and not for limiting the same; although the invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some or all of the technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit of the invention.

Claims

1. A lighting power supply adapted to be coupled between an external power source and at least one lighting fixture; the lighting power supply is characterized by comprising:

2. The lighting power supply of claim 1, wherein the processing portion is further configured to establish the network control path based on the direct control path.

3. A lighting power supply as recited in claim 2, wherein said power supply portion is configured to be energized by said controller such that said processing portion can be de-energized and energized to form said direct control path based on opening and closing of said controller.

4. A lighting power supply as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the processing portion is configured to enter a to-be-provisioned state in accordance with a selected provisioning network manipulation;

in the network configuration state, sending out the designated network configuration request information so that the electronic equipment receiving the network configuration request information instructs the processing part to join in the target network to complete the network configuration;

and establishing a network control path with the controller through the target network in the matched network state.

5. A lighting power supply as recited in claim 4, wherein said direct control path is in a normally energized state when said processing portion is operated via said network control path;

the processing portion is further configured to receive a control instruction through the network control path; the control instruction is used for triggering the processing part to adjust the optical parameter of the lighting fixture; the optical parameters include brightness and/or color temperature.

6. A lighting power supply as recited in claim 5, wherein said processing portion establishes a network control path with said controller via said target network in a configured network state, and is specifically configured to:

receiving and executing a control result pointed by a control instruction under the configured network state to form the network control path; the control instruction is generated by a server connected with the target network according to the control action currently generated by the controller and a target control rule matched with the control action and issued through the target network;

the control rules define a triggering relationship between at least one control action of the controller and at least one executable function of the lighting power supply.

7. A lighting power supply as recited in claim 1, wherein said processing portion is configured to be capable of establishing a direct control path with said controller based on said network control path.

8. A lighting power supply as recited in claim 7, wherein said processing portion establishes a network control path with said controller, and is specifically configured to:

9. The illumination power supply according to claim 8, wherein the processing section is further configured to:

receiving a control instruction sent by a controller through the network control path under the matched network state; the control instruction is used for instructing the processing part to adjust the lighting fixture to a certain preset state.

10. A lighting power supply as recited in claim 8, wherein said processing portion establishes a direct control path with said controller based on said network control path, and is specifically configured to:

in the configured network state, being bound to at least one of the controllers;

and after the binding is completed, receiving and executing a local control instruction directionally transmitted by the controller so as to form a direct control path with the controller.

11. A lighting power supply as recited in claim 10, wherein said local control instructions comprise a series of intermittently transmitted dimming instructions, said processing portion being further configured to:

Progressively adjusting the light fixture from an optical parameter indicated by one dimming command to an optical parameter indicated by a next dimming command to form a continuously adjusted state of the light fixture; the optical parameters include color temperature and/or brightness.

12. A lighting power supply according to claim 11, characterized in that the processing section is configured to form a communication with the direct control path between the controllers on the basis of a power carrier communication such that the interval is set to 20ms-500ms, preferably 100 ms-200 ms.

13. A lighting power supply according to claim 1, wherein said processing section is electrically connected directly or indirectly to said power supply section through an access protection unit for enabling access to a plurality of signals loaded in an external power supply in a state where said input terminal is connected to said external power supply, wherein an impedance adjuster is provided in said access protection unit for forming an impedance surge of a command signal in a specific frequency section through said access protection unit, and further said access protection unit is configured to enable high impedance passage of a command signal in a specific frequency section and enable low impedance passage of a power supply signal in a non-specific frequency section; wherein the frequency of the power supply signal is smaller than the frequency of the instruction signal.

14. A lighting power supply as recited in claim 13, wherein,

the access protection unit is connected with a first inductor in series on a zero line or a live line between the conveying unit and the power supply unit to form the impedance adjuster;

or alternatively, the process may be performed,

the access protection unit is provided with a first inductor and a second inductor on a zero line and a live line between the conveying unit and the power supply unit respectively so as to form the impedance adjuster; wherein the inductance value of the first inductor and the second inductor is the same.

15. The illumination power supply according to claim 13, wherein the processing section accesses the command signal in isolation via a transformer and a capacitor before the impedance adjuster in the access protection unit.

16. A lighting system, comprising:

a controller for accepting a manipulation input;

17. A lighting system as recited in claim 16, wherein said controller has a switch, said lighting power supply is configured to be energized by said controller switch such that said lighting power supply can be de-energized and energized to form a direct control path in said first mode based on opening and closing of said switch.

18. The lighting system of claim 17, wherein the controller is configured to disable the first mode when switching to the second mode to enable the switch to be kept normally closed in the second mode.

19. The lighting system of claim 17, wherein the lighting power supply is configured to be maneuvered into a to-be-provisioned network in accordance with a selected provisioning network;

in the network configuration state, sending out the designated network configuration request information so that the electronic equipment receiving the network configuration request information instructs the lighting power supply to join in the target network to complete the network configuration;

20. A lighting system as recited in claim 19, wherein said controller is configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode based on a switching instruction that is derived from said electronic device.

21. A lighting system as recited in claim 19, wherein,

the lighting power supply receives and executes a control result pointed by a control instruction under the matched network state so as to form the network control path; the control instruction is generated by a server connected with the target network according to the control action currently generated by the controller and a target control rule matched with the control action and issued through the target network;

and/or;

the controller receives and stores at least one control rule issued by a server connected to the target network in a configured network state; responding to a control action, matching a target control rule based on the control rule, and sending a control instruction to the illumination power supply according to an executable function pointed by the target control rule, so that the illumination power supply executes the executable function to form the network control path; the control rules define a triggering relationship between at least one control action of the controller and at least one executable function of the lighting power supply.

22. The lighting system of claim 19, wherein the controller has a hidden key, the switch comprises a relay, and the hidden key is used for controlling the closing and opening of the relay; the illumination power supply is powered through the relay;

the controller is configured to: the relay in the hidden key can be triggered to be automatically opened and/or closed according to a preset rule in response to the first operation of the hidden key, so that the selected distribution network operation of the lighting power supply powered through the relay is formed; a self-matching network state can be entered in response to a second manipulation of the hidden key; the first manipulation and the second manipulation are different.

23. A method of lighting in a controller, the method comprising:

24. A lighting method as recited in claim 23, wherein said controller has a switch, said switch being configured to control on/off of said lighting power supply; said operating in a first mode to operate said illumination power source based on said direct control path; the method specifically comprises the following steps:

A power supply loop of the illumination power source is powered off and on based on opening and closing of the switch to form a direct control path in the first mode.

25. A method of lighting as recited in claim 23, wherein said method comprises:

and establishing a direct control path between the lighting power supply and the power line communication mode, and establishing a network control path between the lighting power supply and the power line communication mode.

26. A method as recited in claim 24, wherein said method further comprises:

switching between a first mode and a second mode based on a switching instruction;

and disabling the first mode when switching to the second mode to keep the switch normally closed in the second mode.

27. A lighting method as recited in claim 26, wherein said switching instructions are derived from an application program.