EP2936937B1 - System for selecting participants of a lighting system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a system and a method for selecting and identifying participants in a lighting system, in particular an operating device and / or a lamp of the lighting system. The system and method of the present invention are based in particular on the use of a direction-coupled sensor.

Different approaches are known from the prior art for selecting participants in a lighting system. The participants in a lighting system are, for example, operating devices or illuminants. Such participants may have to be selected and controlled individually for installation, maintenance or configuration.

Illuminants from FL lamps are typically removed. In addition, lamps are also known from the prior art which, by modulating their lighting spectrum, generate and reproduce an identification code which, for example, can be read out by an optical sensor in order to identify a lamp.

However, these previously known approaches are too complicated and time-consuming, especially if they have to be used for a large number of participants in a lighting system, for example in an office building. In addition, most of the time, at least some of the participants in a lighting system are on high ceilings or located in otherwise difficult-to-reach locations, so it can be difficult to directly access certain participants to configure them.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned reproduction of an identification code due to the modulation of the lighting spectrum of, for example, the lamps of a lighting system is complex in terms of control technology as soon as a large number of lamps are present. In addition, a special control system must be used. The approach is also not easy to implement for conventional lamps.

The publication EP 2 533 615 A2 relates to a method for assigning a light source to a network. For this purpose, the light source is provided with its own identifier, for example an RFID chip or a barcode.

The publication WO 2007/033053 A2 relates to a system for managing luminaires, in the system status information on each luminaire being monitored by a luminaire manager and transmitted to a computer via a server.

The publication US 2012/075168 A1 relates to glasses with an integrated display device which can project an image into the field of vision of the wearer. The glasses include a camera in the direction of view of the wearer and can represent virtual input devices.

The present invention proposes a system and a method which has the object of eliminating the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art or at least to mitigate. In particular, the object of the present invention is to enable a simplified selection and identification of participants in a lighting system and to simplify the manipulation and / or configuration of a large number of participants.

The present invention achieves the stated objects by means of a system and a method according to the attached independent claim 1. The dependent claims advantageously further develop the core idea of the invention.

In particular, the present invention relates to a system for selecting participants in a lighting system, which has a lighting system which contains at least one participant, for example an operating device and / or a lamp, the at least one participant being provided with a 1D or 2D barcode, a line-of-sight sensor for detecting a subscriber, the line-of-sight sensor being a camera which is coupled to the direction of view of a user and which is always aligned according to the line of sight of the user, the line-of-sight sensor being designed to use the 1D or 2D barcode as visual identification read out of the subscriber, the system further comprising an input device for displaying operating parameters of the identified subscriber and for entering commands for manipulating and / or configuring the identified subscriber with the sensor coupled to the direction of view is integrated and connected in a pair of glasses, the glasses being added is designed to virtually represent the input device to a user as augmented reality,
the input device being set up to evaluate a gesture control of the user for entering commands for manipulating and / or configuring the identified subscriber,
the system further comprising a control device for receiving the commands for manipulating and / or configuring the identified subscriber from the input device and for controlling the detected subscriber based on the received commands, the control device being connected to the lighting system via a DALI bus in a wireless or wired manner is.

The sensor coupled to the direction of view comprises, for example, a visual sensor, IR sensor or another suitable sensor with directional action, the sensor being coupled or being able to be coupled to the direction of view of a user. For this purpose, the sensor can, for example, be installed in a suitable device, such as glasses or a helmet, so that it is always oriented in the direction the user is looking at. The user of the system can now only grasp this participant by looking at a participant in the lighting system and thus select and identify at the same time. This quick and easy selection and identification process makes it possible to select a large number of participants one after the other in a short time and to configure them, for example. This considerably simplifies the installation or maintenance of lighting systems in buildings, for example, since even difficult-to-access participants can be easily selected.

By wirelessly reading out the identification, the user receives the information required for configuring and / or manipulating the detected subscriber in a simple manner. The identification can either be read out directly by the registered subscriber, for example via RFID, or from a marker, for example a number, character or bar code, on the subscriber, which is in the viewpoint of the user or the direction-coupled sensor. Alternatively, the identification based on the visual or other features of the detected subscriber (in particular its position / coordinates in space, its arrangement in the lighting system, its shape, size or other characteristic features) can be read via a wireless network, for example by a server. For this purpose, a plan of all participants in the lighting system can be stored on a server.

A large amount of information and parameters can be encoded in the bar code, which is available to the user quickly and easily (only by looking at a participant). For example, an identification of the subscriber, a control number and / or configuration parameters can be encoded.

For example, the sensor coupled to the direction of view is a visual sensor or an IR sensor.

For example, the system also has an input device for displaying information and for entering commands for manipulating and / or configuring the identified subscriber.

The user of the system can have the identification of the subscriber automatically displayed on the input device and can transmit the commands to the detected subscriber wirelessly or by wire.

For example, the input device has at least one touch-sensitive screen.

In this case, the user can detect and select a participant by looking at the lighting system. This can be implemented, for example, by glasses or a helmet or a helmet camera of the user. The touch-sensitive screen, for example a tablet computer, shows the identification of the registered participant and possible commands and control options. The user can easily enter commands with both hands.

For example, the input device is connected wirelessly to the sensor coupled to the direction of view.

Furthermore, the input device can be integrated and connected to the viewing direction-coupled sensor in one device.

For example, the viewing direction-coupled sensor is integrated in glasses, the glasses are designed to present the input device to a user as augmented reality, and the input device can be operated by a gesture control of the user.

This exemplary embodiment enables the user to select and configure or operate participants in a lighting system in a particularly simple and quick manner.

The control device is advantageously connected to the input device wirelessly via a WLAN network or via Bluetooth.

Advantageously, the commands for manipulating and / or configuring include: commands for assigning a logical address, for example a manufacturer's address, to the identified subscriber or commands for performing maintenance operations on the identified subscriber.

Advantageously, operating parameters are automatically received and displayed by the input device for an identified subscriber.

The user can thus react quickly to possible deviations in the operating parameters.

The operating parameters advantageously include the operating time of a lamp and / or temperatures of an operating device.

A method for selecting participants in a lighting system can have the steps of: detecting at least one

Participants in a lighting system, for example an operating device and / or a lamp, by means of a sensor coupled to the direction of view, and wirelessly reading out an identification of the detected participant by the sensor coupled to the direction of view.

The method can be carried out by the system according to the invention. The method offers the same advantages as described for the system.

• Fig. 1 zeigt in einer Übersicht die grundlegende Idee der vorliegenden Erfindung.
• Fig. 2 zeigt eine schematische Ansicht eines Systems der vorliegenden Erfindung.
• Fig. 3 zeigt eine schematische Ansicht eines Systems der vorliegenden Erfindung.
• Fig. 4-7 zeigen Anwendungsbeispiele der vorliegenden Erfindung.

The present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the attached figures.

• Fig. 1 shows an overview of the basic idea of the present invention.
• Fig. 2 Figure 3 shows a schematic view of a system of the present invention.
• Fig. 3 Figure 3 shows a schematic view of a system of the present invention.
• Fig. 4-7 show application examples of the present invention.

Fig. 1 clearly shows the basic idea of the present invention. The idea is based on a system provided and a correspondingly executed procedure.

The system of the present invention comprises a sensor 1 coupled with the direction of view, with which at least one subscriber 3, 4 of an illumination system 2 can be detected and thus selected. The sensor 1, which is coupled in the direction of view, is, for example, a camera, a visual sensor, an IR sensor, or another sensor with directivity. The sensor 1 is designed in such a way that it is connected or can be coupled with the viewing direction of a user. The sensor 1 can, for example, be coupled with the direction of view of a human user by putting it in glasses (such as in FIG Fig. 1 shown, for example, glasses similar to the "Google Glass" project), a helmet camera or a similar device is integrated, which the user preferably wears on the head.

The direction-of-view coupled sensor 1 is suitable for detecting a subscriber 3, 4 of the lighting system 2. In addition, the sensor 1, which is coupled in the direction of view, is designed to wirelessly obtain identification of the detected subscriber. For example, the sensor 1, which is coupled in the direction of view, can read out a 1D or 2D barcode 5, which is assigned to a detected subscriber 3, 4 of the lighting system 2. The direction-coupled sensor 1 can, however, also detect and identify a detected subscriber 3, 4 of an illumination system 2 on the basis of its shape, size, position in space or arrangement in the illumination system. For this purpose, the sensor 1, which is coupled in the direction of view, can, for example, wirelessly via a network 9, the information necessary for identification, for example its current location, the immediate vicinity and / or all installed subscribers 3, 4 of a lighting system 2 or all subscribers 3, 4 in the vicinity of the Sensor 1 received.

The lighting system 2 can be controlled, manipulated and / or configured via a control device 7. The commands for controlling the lighting system 2, in particular for manipulating and / or configuring the detected subscriber 3, 4, can be entered by the user via an input device 6. The input device 6 is advantageously wirelessly connected to the sensor 1, which is coupled in the direction of view, but can also be permanently connected to the sensor 1 or even integrated into a device.

For example, the input device can be virtual as an augmented reality, as in Fig. 1 indicated, are shown on the spectacle glasses of a pair of glasses which contains the direction-coupled sensor 1. This virtual input device can be superimposed on the reality that the user perceives through the spectacle lenses. Commands for manipulating and / or configuring the detected subscriber 3, 4 can, for example, be defined by a gesture control of the user and transmitted wirelessly to the control device 7 via a network 9 in order to control the identified subscriber 3, 4.

The user of a system of the present invention can therefore only detect, ie select, this participant 3, 4 by looking at a participant 3, 4 of the lighting system 2, and wirelessly read out an identification of the participant 3, 4.

Fig. 2 shows a schematic representation of a system of the present invention. The system comprises a lighting system 2, which has at least one subscriber 3, 4 having. A subscriber 2, 4 is, for example, a lamp 3 or an operating device 4. The lighting system 2 can contain a large number of subscribers 3, 4, for example a lamp 3 being assigned to each operating device 4 and being connected to the latter. However, several illuminants 3 can also be operated by one operating device 4. The lighting system 2 is advantageously connected to a control device 7 via an interface. The interface can be wired or wireless. For example, the control device 7 and the operating device 4 are connected via a DALI interface, ie a DALI bus.

The lighting system 2, or each participant 3, 4 of the lighting system 2, is advantageously provided with a readable marking 5, such as a bar code, number code, or most preferably a 1D or 2D barcode 5. The barcode 5 can be read out by the sensor 1, which is coupled in the direction of view. For this purpose, the direction-of-view coupled sensor 1 can contain means for decoding the 1D or 2D barcode 5, such as a microprocessor, in order to independently carry out an identification of the detected subscriber 3, 4 from the barcode 5. The direction-of-view coupled sensor 1 can also be wireless via a network 9 e.g. be connected to a server 8 in order to obtain identification of the subscriber 3, 4 detected by him, based on the bar code 5 read out.

The viewing direction-coupled sensor 1 can, for example, be integrated in a cloud and / or connected to a server 8 via a WLAN network, mobile radio network, UMTS network, LTE network or Bluetooth network. On the server 8, information regarding all Participants 3, 4 of the lighting system 2 are stored. This includes characteristics such as shape, size, luminosity, luminous color, position in the room, orientation, arrangement in the lighting system, connected participants or the like. The server 8 is either wired or wirelessly connected to the control device 7, preferably via a TCP / IP interface.

The viewing direction-coupled sensor 1 is also connected to an input device 6. The connection can be either wired or wireless. The direction-coupled sensor 1 and the input device 6 can also be integrated into a single device.

In one example, the sensor 1, which is coupled in the direction of view, is installed in a helmet camera of the user. The input device can then be, for example, a tablet computer or another device that has at least one touch-sensitive screen. The input device 6 is connected wirelessly to the sensor 1 coupled with the direction of view.

In another example, input device 6 is a virtual input device that is projected onto spectacle lenses of glasses to create an augmented reality for a user. In this example, the sensor 1 coupled to the direction of view is also integrated into the glasses.

A user can use the input device 6 of the system to issue commands for manipulating and / or configuring the lighting system 2, in particular the detected and identified subscriber 3, 4, to the control device 7 transmit, or also transmit directly to the registered participants 3, 4.

The control device 7 can control the lighting system 2, in particular the selected subscriber 3, 4, based on the received commands. However, the selected subscriber 3, 4 can also be controlled directly, as described, for example, in Figure 3 is shown. In Figure 3 each participant 3, 4 and also the control device 7 is provided with a suitable Bluetooth device in order to communicate with the sensor 1 or the input device 6 via a Bluetooth network 10. In Figure 3 the input device is only shown as an example with the sensor 1 integrated in one device.

Instructions for manipulating and / or configuring can include, for example, assigning a logical address, such as a manufacturer address of the operating device. However, simpler commands such as on / off, lighter / darker etc. can also be entered. The system can also provide different rights for different users with regard to the configuration and / or manipulation of the lighting system 2. Then, for example, a user must first log on to the input device 6 and / or the sensor 1, which is coupled in the direction of view, for example by entering a user identification. The corresponding rights can, for example, be read wirelessly from a server 8 in accordance with the user identification, or they can be stored locally. For example, different rights can be assigned to service personnel, installation personnel or normal users. For example, a normal user can only use On / Off and Lighter / Darker commands transmit, whereas further configurations such as commands for performing maintenance operations or for assigning logical addresses of the identified subscriber 3, 4 are available, for example, for service personnel.

Fig. 4 shows an application example of the present invention. The image section of the Fig. 4 represents the viewing direction of a user or the viewing direction-coupled sensor 1. In Fig. 4 It can be seen that an illumination system 2 is provided with a bar code 5, which can be recognized and read out by pointing the sensor 1, which is coupled in the direction of view, to the bar code 5. The input device 6 in the example of FIG Fig. 4 is an augmented reality that is shown to the user, for example, via projection glasses in the field of vision. The barcode 5 contains, for example, information about an identification number of the lighting system 2, a control number, a password and configuration parameters. Operating parameters such as the operating time of the assigned illuminant, temperatures in a detected operating device 4 or other operating parameters can be automatically represented in the input device 6 by the sensor 1 coupled in the direction of view when a participant 3, 4 is detected and identified.

As in Fig. 5 shown, it can be provided that access authorization of the user is first queried for the detected participants 3, 4. For example, for a subscriber 3, 4 only a certain group of users can gain access, for example information such as operating parameters read out and execute configurations. For example, service personnel and / or installation personnel can have access for the maintenance and / or configuration of subscribers 3, 4, while other users can only carry out basic operations such as ON / OFF.

In Fig. 6 It is shown, for example, how basic commands for manipulating and / or configuring the lighting system 2, in particular the detected subscriber 3, 4, can be entered via the input device 6. The commands can trigger, for example, switching on (On), switching off (Off), increasing or decreasing the brightness of the lighting system 2 (1, 2 or 3, or continuously as a control slide). The commands can be entered, for example, by gesture control (in particular if an augmented reality is used as input device 6) or via a touch-sensitive screen.

The entered commands are then transmitted in a wired or wireless manner to the control device 7 of the lighting system 2. The commands can also first be interpreted by a server 8 and passed on to the control device 7, which makes it possible to set the system to different control devices 7. The input device 6 is advantageously provided with an antenna for the wireless transmission of commands and for receiving the detection and identification of the subscribers 3, 4 from the sensor 1 coupled with the direction of view.

Fig. 7 shows an example in which different participants 3, 4 of a lighting system 2 are displayed and operating parameters for a registered subscriber or all subscribers are automatically transmitted and displayed. The operating parameters can include a DALI address, the operating time, other parameters such as a temperature in the operating device 4 or the illuminant, an applied voltage or a flowing current, or the last maintenance date of at least one subscriber 3, 4. Maintenance information that has already taken place can also be displayed. The above parameters can also only be displayed to a certain user group, for example service personnel.

Overall, a user of the system or method according to the invention can easily detect and identify the participants 3, 4 of a lighting system 2 individually by a direction-coupled sensor 1, by merely looking at the respective participant 3, 4. Thereafter, the user is optionally automatically presented with operating parameters and possible input commands for the identified subscriber 3, 4, on the basis of which the user can then wirelessly transmit commands to manipulate and / or configure the identified subscriber 3, 4 to a control device 7 using an input device 6. Various types of networks can be used for the wireless connection. In principle, wired communication between the viewing direction-coupled sensor 1 and a control device 7 for the lighting system 2 is also conceivable. The system according to the invention makes it easy for the user to select the desired subscribers 3, 4 from a large number of subscribers, for example in an office building, even if the subscribers 3, 4 are installed in an unfavorable manner and are therefore difficult to reach. A maintenance or control of the participants 3, 4 of the lighting system is considerably simplified. This achieves a significant improvement over the prior art.

Claims (5)

1. A system for selecting members of a lighting system (2), comprising
   a lighting system (2), which contains at least one member (3, 4), for example, an operating device (4) and/or a lighting means (3), wherein the at least one member (3, 4) is provided with a 1D or 2D barcode (5), characterized in that the system further has:

   a sensor (1) coupled to the line of sight, for detecting the at least one member (3, 4), wherein the sensor (1) coupled to the line of sight is a camera coupled to the line of sight of the user, which is always aligned in accordance with the line of sight of the user,

   wherein the sensor (1) coupled to the line of sight is designed to read out the 1D or 2D barcode (5) as visual identification of the member, wherein the system further has an input device (6) for displaying operating parameters of the identified member and for input of commands for manipulating and/or configuring the identified member (3, 4), which is integrated and connected with the sensor (1) coupled to the line of sight in a pair of glasses, wherein the pair of glasses is designed to display the input device (6) to the user virtually as augmented reality,

   wherein the input device (6) is set up to evaluate a gesture control of the user for the input of commands for manipulating and/or configuring the identified member (3, 4),

   wherein the system furthermore has a control device (7) for receiving commands for manipulating and/or configuring the identified member (3, 4) from the input device (6) and for controlling the detected member (3, 4) based on the commands received, wherein the control device (7) is connected wirelessly or wired to the lighting system (2) via a DALI bus.
2. The system according to Claim 1, wherein
   the control device (7) is connected wirelessly via a WLAN network (9) or via Bluetooth (10) to the input device (6).
3. The system according to any one of Claims 1 to 2, wherein
   the manipulating and/or configuring commands containing: commands for allocating a logical address, for example, a manufacturers address, to the identified member (3, 4) or commands for carrying out maintenance operations of the identified member (3, 4).
4. The system according to any one of Claims 1 to 3,
   wherein operating parameters for an identified member (3, 4) are automatically received and displayed by the input device (6).
5. The system according to Claim 4, wherein if the identified member is a lighting means, the operating parameters comprise the operating period of a lighting means (3) and/or if the identified member is an operating device, the operating parameters comprise the temperatures of an operating device (4).

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