CN1163692A - Lamp socket, lamp and method of controlling lighting - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention solves the problem to control illumination according to various needs in a simple way without making any expensive and unflexible fixed installation. Normal light fittings by means of the invention can be used for lighting that will be automatically controllable depending on surrounding light or depending on time. It may also be controlled to be turned on, turned off or varied by means of remote control. By building in electronics for various functions in direct connection to the lamp socket of a low energy lamp or an adapter provided with a lamp socket for a lamp of low energy type and only use one or several sensors which are sensitive to light or other electromagnetic radiation, various functions may be controlled and various embodiments realized without the socket or adapter needs to be provided with mechanical or electromechanical keys or other setting devices.

Description

The method of lamp socket, lamp and control illumination

The present invention relates to a kind of lamp socket with new 26S Proteasome Structure and Function.Relate in particular to a kind of like this lamp socket, this lamp socket constitutes a part of so-called low-energy lamp, comprises in this low-energy lamp to be used for relevant discharge lamp and to be used for screwing in common public socket interior build-up of luminance and drive circuit.

Problem solved by the invention is according to different needs, to control illumination in simple mode, and needn't carry out costliness and inflexible fixed installation.By the present invention, can with common lighting device as decide on surround lighting or apparent time between the illumination that can control automatically calmly.The control that can also turn on light, turn off the light or change by the far-end remote control device.According to the present invention, this problem is to couple together in order to realize that the required function of control solves by light sensor or electronic device being constructed in the lamp socket or with lamp socket.

Construct electronic circuit by directly linking to each other or linking to each other with adapter that the lamp socket of low energy type lamp provides with the lamp socket of low-energy lamp, to realize various functions, and only adopt one or several to photaesthesia or to the transducer of other electromagnetic radiation sensitivities, can control various functions, and realize various embodiment, and need not to provide socket or adapter with machinery or motor button or other setting devices.Can adopt the signal that can make light or other wavelength by and shine capsul on the transducer, simultaneously can be thereby make socket or adapter can satisfy Electrical Safety in the requirement of outdoor application.

Various functions can be controlled by transducer.In one embodiment, the transducer of arrangement is used for ambient light, and when being lower than a certain level, provides voltage to lamp.This function can be combined with a timing circuit, and this circuit makes power supply disconnect a preset time when light is lower than a certain level first.In a kind of preferred embodiment, this device also disposes one and constructs at 24 hours interior timer, this timer after device couples together according to being provided with automatically at daytime and night.Like this, transducer is used for detecting dusk and dawn or sunset and sunrise, and timer is used for adjusting 24 hours timers after detecting at least one sunset or a sunrise, to revise between the solar time.Adopt this embodiment,, for example can be used in turn on lights at sunset according to lamp socket of the present invention, and turn off the light sometime days and nights by the control of the sun timer adjusted.Adopt other program setting can also realize other switching function.In according to a kind of embodiment of the present invention, the transducer in lamp socket or the adapter is used for sensing and receive from the signal of remote controller and offer the power supply of lamp in addition, or by other functions of signal controlling.One object of the present invention is the switching device of packing into compactly in lamp socket and adapter.Another purpose is to control these switching devices delicately by light sensor or other electromagnetic radiation sensors, thereby does not need to obtain needed function with mechanical device or other setting devices.The electric function of programming can make compact conformation.The purpose of these and other by provide according to device of the present invention and according in the claim later in greater detail function satisfy.

The lamp of constructing transducer in its that provides by GB A 2213983 was known in the past.Yet this just is used for the state of sensitive context, and such as surround lighting or move and detect, rather than sensing is from the active control signal of a certain reflector (transmitter).

The present invention is described with reference to the accompanying drawings in more detail.

Fig. 1 is the external structure of an example according to device of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is that the block diagram according to device of the present invention is described in signal.

Fig. 3 is can be as a routine algorithmic rule of calculation procedure when dusk and dawn occurring.

According to the lamp socket or the adapter 1 of the embodiment of the invention, the design of its outward appearance is similar with the common socket that is used for replacing the bulb in the common bulb socket in low-energy lamp.Therefore, lamp socket 1 constitutes the amplifier section of common bulb socket 2, so that hold permanent or replaceable be installed in striking circuit and drive circuit required in the time of also can working with the discharge tube 4 that containment vessel 3 covers in the socket 1.Socket 1 can contain a window 5, and a transducer as visible light or other electromagnetic radiation is arranged in this window, but socket 1 can also be made by a kind of like this material, and this material can be enough to see through the light of transducer with the frequency that detects.Socket 1 can also contain the required additional electronic circuit of operating voltage that is used for controlling fluorescent tube 4 according to of the present invention.

What Fig. 2 described is the schematic construction of switching device in the socket 1.Between light bulb holder 2 and the common build-up of luminance and drive circuit 6 that is used for bulb or discharge tube, a switch 10 is arranged, thereby can control the supply power voltage that offers lamp 4 and build-up of luminance and drive circuit.Control device 9 is according to predetermined condition control switching state.Control device can constitute with common microelectronic circuit, and has function described in detail below.Except these circuit, also provide one as the transducer 8 of light or other electromagnetic radiation and the direct current supply that is used as the supply circuit electric current.

Control device 9 preferably is made of a microprocessor, and the program setting of microprocessor can be carried out according to the desired function of various forms of the present invention.For the control of switching device, need not moving-member or setting device, but can control by saved software in the control device with from the signal of transducer 8.

Can be shown among Fig. 3 as the routine algorithmic rule in the calculation procedure when dusk or dawn occurring.This can be used in as model is that it can constitute the main element of control device 9 in the single-chip computer of 68HC05.From flow chart as can be seen, be judged to be dark or bright before, counter is counted, and goes up to 255 or falls back on 0 by the step counting in 6 seconds of several times, thereby screen out error detection occurs.This algorithmic rule is combined in the control device of control switch 10 as the part of program.

In simple embodiment, switching device can be designed so that the pre-determined constant of lamp before or after having connected switching device remains attached to operating state in the time, and should the time interval in 24 hours, be repetition.

Detect when the transducer that offers control device is suitable for use as daylight, and switching device is arranged to when daylight stops to carry out sensing and returns, can obtains a good especially embodiment of the present invention.Transducer can the photosensitive detector on the circuit board constitutes in the socket 1 by being placed on, and makes thereby socket can have the plastic material of light transmission with the daylight to suitable frequency, also transducer can be placed on window 5 places.The another kind of selection, can be from the transducer to the socket 1 outside one or several photoconduction is provided.Most of plastic materials can make is enough to be used in the light transmission that daylight detects.Transducer links to each other with threshold dector in being combined in control device 9 in a kind of mode of knowing.For variation and the variation of other light with daylight make a distinction, program in threshold circuit or other circuit or the control device is provided with to such an extent that only move when the slow variation that daylight presents, and screen out process faster, this can be by carrying out according to algorithmic rule shown in Figure 3.

In a kind of embodiment of switching device, when daylight stopped, control device 9 was used for switch 10 is placed on the logical position, and when switching device is connected, by day cut-off switch 10 again in the time.This function can realize by the appropriate programming that 24 hours included timers in the control device that starts when connecting switching device carry out.

In another embodiment of switching device, according to 24 hours timer circuits in the daylight adjustment control device, thereby no matter when connect switching device wherein or when connect switching device in one day or 1 year, the time synchronized on 24 hours timers main and daytimes.Timer circuit in the control device automatic setting during by the midnight between the time that stops at daylight and return, thereby it and the sun time synchronized that makes use.Control device 9 is provided in daylight starting switch 10 when stopping, and when time on daytime of representing through the timer circuit of adjusting to be scheduled to, start once more.Before adjusting timer circuit,, in first day of jockey and first night, disconnection can appear after the fixing programming time that is.By this embodiment, can be by day with any time at night in be connected this device, and need not to be provided with manufal operation time, and obtain the correct adjustment of internal clocking at setting-up time after at interval.It is particularly useful when connecting switching device especially that this automatic time is adjusted function, thus the supply of electric current can interrupt easily, for example by the operation of switch, need not to construct manual adjustment subsequently at interior timer.

In preferred embodiment of the present invention, the transducer of design and control device make the function of device to be controlled by far-end control device.Thereby the switching function of switch also is that light intensity can be controlled by remote controller simultaneously.This function can make up with one or several above-mentioned functions, thereby the transducer of one or several different function can link to each other with control device.In a kind of good especially design, control device is subjected to program control, can readjust according to dissimilar remote controllers, thereby it carries out " identification ", and is started by a certain signal from the remote controller of appointment after being activated for the first time.

In another embodiment according to switching device of the present invention, the device that also provides a kind of circuit that is connected with lamp to connect at random and disconnect.This design can with get up according to all the other above-mentioned function combinations, thereby connect at random and disconnect and occurring over just when should connecting circuit under other situations the time.

Claims (10)

1. one kind places in the light socket and the lamp socket of supporting lamp when needing, and it comprises the build-up of luminance that is used for lamp and the driving electronics of operation; Thereby the control that is used under the operating voltage of lamp, making the switch work switch that is subjected to electric control by can by at least one be used for that the transducer of electromagnetic radiation or at least one acoustic sensor start be subjected to programme controlled control device carry out need not any can be by mechanically activated device, it is characterized in that it comprises by from device external emitters and influenced the program process of control device by any transducer sensed signal that is used for far-end control.

2. lamp socket as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the described switch that is subjected to electric control is combined in the timer arrangement in the control device and time of starting is controlled.

3. lamp socket as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that, the described switch that is subjected to electric control is subjected to the variation of daylight and starts, and described daylight comes sensing by the transducer that is used for electromagnetic radiation.

4. lamp socket as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described timer arrangement started described switch in 24 hours, and described timer arrangement passes through the daylight of sensing according to adjusting timer arrangement between the solar time automatically.

5. lamp socket as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, described timer arrangement is adjusted to midnight at the place of a certain moment by dusk of transducer sensing and the main intermediate point between dawn.

6. as claim 3-5 lamp socket, it is characterized in that described control device starts described switch when daylight stops, and when the time on daytime that described timer arrangement is represented to be scheduled to, start described switch once more.

7. as the described lamp socket of above-mentioned any one claim, it is characterized in that except voltage is made in full operating voltage or odd-job, can also start described switch, emission is used for the operating voltage of intermediate light.

8. as lamp socket as described in any one claim among the claim 1-7, it is characterized in that it also provides a kind of with respect to the time and the device of random start switch.

9. lamp or lamp socket is characterized in that it also comprises according to the lamp socket described in any aforesaid right requirement.

10. method of controlling illumination, it is characterized in that, with the lamp socket of low-energy lamp or with direct connection of adapter the time with the lamp socket that is used for low energy type or other types, construct one or several transducer of pair light or other electromagnetic radiation sensitivities, thereby can pass through the various functions of the active control of remote controller, and the socket or the adapter that need not to have machinery or motor button or other adjusting devices.

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