JP2007005019A - Illumination system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an illumination system which can control not only an illumination device located at a place where a remote controller can be turned upon, but also the illumination device located at a remote place where the remote controller can not be turned upon. <P>SOLUTION: The illumination system is constituted of control signal dispatching devices 11, 12 connecter to a power cable 10 of a commercial alternating current power source and provided with infrared-ray receiving parts 11a, 12a, a remote terminal device 21 provided with an infrared-ray emission part 21a, and single or a plurality of illumination devices 1, 2. On the illumination system, the illumination devices 1, 2 are provided with illumination units 1a, 2a constituted of signal receiving parts 1a1, 2a1, power balance control parts 1a2, 2a2, and illumination parts 1a3, 2a3, and those parts are integrally mounted on the illumination devices 1, 2. The illumination devices 1, 2 are formed by integrally mounting the control signal dispatching devices 11, 12 thereon. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a lighting system used for lighting of a house or the like, and more particularly to a lighting system that controls a lighting device using a signal superimposed on a power line of a commercial AC power supply that supplies power to the lighting device.

  Conventionally, lighting devices used for indoor lighting or the like are generally turned on and off by a switch installed on a wall or the like, but remote control is difficult with this method. Therefore, various lighting systems that can be remotely operated have been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Patent Document 1 relates to a remote control system for equipment such as lighting equipment in a building. In this remote control system, a control target device such as a luminaire provided with a receiver is connected to a power line of a commercial AC power supply, a transmission master is connected to the power line, and a wireless remote controller is used for the transmission master. By transmitting the signal, the signal is superimposed on the power line from the transmission parent device, and the signal is received by the receiver to control the control target device.
Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 3-7320

  By the way, when controlling a control target device such as a lighting device with a remote controller, it is easy for a remote control operator to recognize the control target device to be controlled by pointing the remote control toward the lighting device or the like that is the control target device. Thus, it is possible to prevent a mistake that the remote controller controls a device to be controlled different from the intention of the remote controller operator.

  However, in the system of the conventional example described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, the remote controller is operated with the remote controller directed to a transmission parent device different from the lighting device that is the control target device, and the control target device to be controlled is recognized. There was a problem that was not easy. Further, in the system of the conventional example described in Patent Document 1 described above, only one transmission parent device can be used, and the transmission parent device is located in a place away from a remote control operator such as an adjacent room. In order to cope with the case where it is installed, there is a problem that it is necessary to separately install a repeater connected to the power line.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and the lighting device can be controlled by operating the remote control toward the lighting device, and the place where the remote control operator is located. An object of the present invention is to provide an illumination system that can be remotely operated even for an illumination device that is installed in a different place and cannot be directed to a remote control.

  The lighting system of the present invention is connected to a power line of a commercial AC power supply and has a control information transmission device provided with an infrared light receiving unit, a remote terminal device provided with an infrared light emitting unit, and a single or a plurality of independent installations. The lighting device is a lighting system provided as a system component. Among these, the lighting device includes a signal receiving unit connected to the power line, a power receiving control unit connected to the signal receiving unit and the power line, and a power receiving control unit connected to the power receiving control unit. An illumination unit including an illumination unit that receives power supply from the power line is provided. In this lighting device, a signal receiving unit, a power supply control unit, and a lighting unit used in the lighting unit are integrally incorporated, and a control information transmission device is integrally provided.

  In the above lighting system, the remote terminal device is operated toward the control information transmitting device, and the lighting device to which the control information transmitting device to which the remote terminal device is directed is attached, or the other lighting device has When an infrared signal including address information designating the lighting unit and control information for the lighting unit is transmitted from the infrared light emitting unit of the remote terminal device and received by the infrared light receiving unit of the control information transmitting device, the control information is transmitted. The apparatus generates a broadcast signal including address information and control information and transmits the broadcast signal while being superimposed on the power line.

  The broadcast signal superimposed on the power line is received by the signal receiving unit of the lighting unit in the lighting device, and the power reception control unit of the lighting unit specified by the address information included in the broadcast signal is included in the broadcast signal. The illumination unit connected to the power supply control unit is controlled based on the control information.

  According to the above lighting system, the lighting device is provided with the control information transmission device, and the remote terminal device is operated toward the control information transmission device to prepare for the lighting device to which the remote terminal device is directed. The lighting unit being controlled can be controlled. That is, the address information for designating the illumination unit provided in the illumination device provided with the control information transmission device to which the remote terminal device is directed, and the infrared signal including the control information for the illumination unit are transmitted to the infrared signal of the remote terminal device. The light is transmitted from the light emitting unit and received by the infrared light receiving unit of the control information transmitting device. Then, the control information transmitting device generates a broadcast signal including address information and control information and superimposes it on the power line.

  The broadcast signal is received by the signal receiver of the lighting unit in the lighting device, and the lighting unit designated by the address information included in the broadcast signal, that is, the lighting device to which the remote terminal device is directed is provided. The power reception control unit of the lighting unit controls the lighting unit connected to the power reception control unit based on the control information included in the broadcast signal. Therefore, the lighting device can be controlled by operating the remote terminal device toward the lighting device that is the device to be controlled.

  Moreover, according to said illumination system, the illumination which attached the control information transmitter with which the remote terminal device was pointed by operating a remote terminal device toward the control information transmitter with which the illumination device was attached It is also possible to control a lighting unit of a lighting device other than the device. That is, an address signal designating an illumination unit included in an illumination device other than the illumination device to which the control information transmission device to which the remote terminal device is directed is attached, and an infrared signal including control information for the illumination unit By transmitting from the infrared light emitting unit of the terminal device and receiving it by the infrared light receiving unit of the control information transmitting device, in the same manner as described above, other than the lighting device provided with the control information transmitting device to which the remote terminal device is directed The lighting unit of the lighting device can be controlled.

  In other words, the remote terminal device is installed at a location away from where the operator of the remote terminal device is by sending a signal to instruct the control of the lighting device other than the lighting device that points to the remote terminal device. Thus, it is possible to control a lighting device that cannot direct the remote terminal device. Therefore, a lighting system capable of remote operation can be constructed by using the above lighting system.

  In the above illumination system, instead of at least one of the illumination devices in the above illumination system, a single or a plurality of independently installed illumination devices may be newly provided as system components. . The lighting device includes a plurality of lighting units, and all the signal receiving units, power reception control units, and lighting units used in the lighting units are integrally incorporated in the lighting device. The lighting device is provided with a control information transmitting device.

  Alternatively, in the above lighting system, instead of at least one of the lighting devices in the above lighting system, a single or a plurality of independently installed lighting devices shown below, which are different from the above lighting device, are system components. You may make it newly prepare as. This illuminating device includes a plurality of illuminating units similarly to the above illuminating device. However, this illuminating device differs from the above illuminating device in that all the signal receiving units used in the illuminating unit, the power supply control unit, and the illuminating unit used in some of the illuminating units Are integrated and a control information transmitting device is integrally provided. And the illumination part used for illumination units other than the said some illumination units is an illuminating device installed independently from this illuminating device.

  Since the lighting device includes a plurality of individually controllable lighting units, that is, a plurality of individually controllable lighting units, the lighting system includes various types of lighting devices. be able to.

  In the above lighting system, a control information transmitting device installed independently may be provided as a system component separately from the control information transmitting device attached to the lighting device. This independently installed control information transmitting device includes an infrared light receiving unit and is connected to a power line.

  The control information transmitting device is operated by the remote terminal device toward the control information transmitting device, whereby an infrared signal is transmitted from the remote terminal device and received by the infrared light receiving unit of the control information transmitting device. Then, a broadcast signal is generated and transmitted while being superimposed on the power line.

  In the control information transmitting device, the control information transmitting device is provided with a plug that can be inserted into an outlet provided on an indoor wall or the like, and the plug is inserted into the outlet and connected to the power line. be able to. Accordingly, the control information transmission device can be easily installed.

  Further, instead of operating the remote terminal device toward the control information transmitting device attached to the lighting device, the remote terminal device is operated toward the control information transmitting device installed independently, thereby controlling the lighting device. Therefore, the number of operation options can be increased.

  In the above lighting system, a control information transmission device that is installed independently and different from the control information transmission device may be provided as a system component. The control information transmission device includes a switch and is connected to a power line. When the switch is operated, the control information transmission device generates a broadcast signal including control information for controlling the power reception control unit of the lighting device, and the power line. Superimpose on and send.

  In the control information transmitting device, the control information transmitting device is provided with a plug that can be inserted into an outlet provided on the wall of the room, etc., like the control information transmitting device described above, so that the plug is inserted into the outlet. Can be connected to the power line. Accordingly, the control information transmission device can be easily installed.

  Further, in the above control information transmission device, instead of operating the remote terminal device toward the control information transmission device attached to the lighting device, by operating a switch provided in the control information transmission device. Since the lighting device can be controlled, the number of operation options can be increased.

  In the illumination system described above, a control information transmission device that is connected to a power line and includes both the infrared light receiving unit and the switch described above may be provided as a system component. Since this control information transmitting device includes both the infrared light receiving unit and the switch, the control information transmitting device is used when the control information transmitting device including the infrared light receiving unit in the above description is used. It has both actions and effects in the case of using the control information transmission device including the action, the effect, and the switch.

  In the above illumination system, the following is preferable. That is, the lighting unit address for identifying the lighting unit is given to the lighting unit of the lighting device, and the address information described above represents the lighting unit address. The broadcast signal described above is composed of the address information described above and data information including the control information described above.

  This broadcast signal is transmitted by being superimposed on the power line by the control information transmitting device, and is received by the signal receiving unit of the lighting unit in all the lighting devices. Only the power reception control unit of the lighting unit to which the lighting unit address represented by the address information of the broadcast signal is assigned is connected to the power reception control unit based on the control information included in the data information of the broadcast signal. The control of the unit is performed.

  By doing so, it is not necessary to limit the transmission source and the reception destination when transmitting and receiving signals, so that transmission and reception of signals can be performed with a simple mechanism. That is, a broadcast signal composed of address information indicating the lighting unit address assigned to the lighting unit to be received and data information including control information for the lighting unit is transmitted by superimposing the power line on the power line by the control information transmitting device. It is possible to transmit and receive a simple mechanism in which the broadcast signal is received by the signal receivers of the lighting units in all the lighting devices. Therefore, the control information transmitting device and the signal receiving unit of the lighting unit in the lighting device can be simply configured.

  In the above illumination system, an illumination monitor device may be provided as a system component. The illumination monitor device in this illumination system includes a display unit and a signal receiving unit, and the signal receiving unit is connected to a power line. In addition, the lighting unit of the lighting device in this lighting system is provided with a state information transmission unit connected to the power line and the power reception control unit.

  In this lighting system, when the broadcast signal is received by the signal receiving unit of the lighting unit to which the lighting unit address represented by the address information of the broadcast signal is given, the following processing is performed by the state information transmitting unit of the lighting unit. Done. That is, the data information including the status information of the lighting unit after the power reception control unit of the lighting unit is controlled by the control information included in the data information of the broadcast signal, and the address information indicating the lighting unit address of the lighting unit A broadcast signal composed of and is generated and superimposed on the power line and transmitted.

  Also, in this lighting system, the broadcast signal is received by the signal receiving unit of the lighting monitor device, and the address information of the broadcast signal and the state information included in the data information are received by the display unit of the lighting monitor device. , Displayed in correspondence with each other.

  By doing in this way, the control condition of the lighting unit in each illuminating device which comprises a lighting system can be displayed, Therefore, these control conditions can be grasped | ascertained easily.

  Moreover, in an illumination system including the above-described illumination monitor device as a system component, the illumination monitor control device may be provided as a system component instead of the illumination monitor device or together with the illumination monitor device. The illumination monitoring control device in this illumination system is composed of the illumination monitor device and the control information transmitting device, and the control information transmitting device includes a switch corresponding to the illumination unit address and is connected to the power line. ing.

  In this lighting system, when a switch provided in the control information transmission device constituting the lighting monitoring control device is operated, the lighting unit to which the lighting unit address corresponding to the operated switch is given by the control information transmission device A broadcast signal including control information for the power reception control unit is generated and transmitted while being superimposed on the power line. Based on this broadcast signal, the lighting unit of the lighting device is controlled.

  In addition, the display unit of the lighting monitor device that constitutes the lighting monitoring control device, in the same manner as the lighting monitoring device described above, converts the lighting unit address and data information included in the address information of the broadcast signal transmitted by the lighting unit of the lighting device. The included state information is displayed in correspondence with each other. Therefore, it is possible to control the lighting device and monitor its state in this lighting system by operating and monitoring the lighting monitoring control device.

  According to the lighting system of the present invention, a control information transmission device is attached to the lighting device, and control information transmission to which the remote terminal device is directed by operating the remote terminal device toward the control information transmission device. The lighting unit of the lighting device to which the device is attached can be controlled. That is, by transmitting a signal from the remote terminal device so as to instruct the control of the lighting unit of the lighting device to which the remote terminal device is directed, the lighting device to which the remote terminal device is directed can be controlled.

  Similarly, it is possible to control a lighting unit of a lighting device different from the lighting device provided with the control information transmission device to which the remote terminal device is directed. That is, by transmitting a signal from the remote terminal device so as to instruct the control of the lighting unit in the lighting device other than the lighting device to which the remote terminal device is directed, the remote terminal device is remote from the place where the operator is located. It is also possible to control a lighting device that is installed and cannot direct the remote terminal device. Therefore, a lighting system capable of remote operation can be constructed.

  Hereinafter, the illumination system in the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

<Embodiment 1>
The lighting system according to Embodiment 1 includes a remote terminal device, a control information transmission device, a lighting device, and a lighting monitor device. Among these, the control information transmitting device, the lighting device, and the lighting monitoring device are connected to the power line of the commercial AC power supply, and the control information transmitting device is integrally attached to the lighting device. In Embodiment 1, two lighting devices are specifically used. However, one lighting device or three or more lighting devices may be used.

  In this lighting system, a lighting unit address is assigned to a lighting unit included in each lighting device, and the lighting unit address and control content of the lighting unit to be controlled are transmitted from the remote terminal device to the control information transmission device. Then, the control information transmitting device generates a broadcast signal composed of address information indicating the lighting unit address and data information including the control information, and transmits the broadcast signal superimposed on the power line. When the lighting unit of the lighting device receives this broadcast signal, the lighting device is controlled.

  Also, the lighting unit of the controlled lighting device generates a broadcast signal composed of data information including the status information of the lighting unit after the control and address information indicating the lighting unit address of the lighting unit. , Superimpose on the power line and send. When the illumination monitor device receives the broadcast signal, the state of the illumination device is displayed on the illumination monitor device.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the broadcast signal used in the lighting system according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 1, the broadcast signal is composed of a total of 8 bits including upper 4 bits (B7 to B4) representing address information and lower 4 bits (B3 to B0) representing data information.

  FIG. 2 is a table showing the configuration of address information represented by the upper 4 bits (B7 to B4). As the address information, 0H addresses where B7 to B4 are all 0 (H represents that they are hexadecimal numbers) are not used, so in the first embodiment, 15 addresses AD1 (1H) to AD15 (FH) are used. Is possible. The address information of these lighting unit addresses AD1 to AD15 is configured as shown in the table of FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a table showing a configuration of data information represented by lower 4 bits (B3 to B0). As the data information, control information indicating the content of control for the lighting unit of the lighting device and state information indicating the state of the lighting unit of the lighting device are prepared. As the control information, an ON command to turn on the lighting unit and an OFF command to turn off the lighting unit are used. As the status information, an ON state indicating that the lighting unit is ON, and the lighting unit An OFF state indicating that it is OFF is used. Note that the above description regarding the broadcast signal is commonly applied to the illumination systems in all embodiments described later.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the illumination system in the first embodiment. In FIG. 4, the lighting system in Embodiment 1 includes # 1 lighting device 1, # 1 control information transmission device 11, # 2 lighting device 2, # 2 control information transmission device 12 connected to power line 10, and The illumination monitor device 31 and the remote terminal device 21 are configured. Among these, the # 1 lighting device 1 is composed of a # 1A lighting unit 1a which is one lighting unit, and the lighting unit address AD1 is given to the # 1A lighting unit 1a. The # 2 lighting device 2 is composed of a # 2A lighting unit 2a which is also one lighting unit, and the lighting unit address AD2 is assigned to the # 2A lighting unit 2a. The configuration and operation of each of the above devices will be described below.

  First, the remote terminal device 21 will be described. FIG. 5 is an external view showing the external appearance of the remote terminal device 21. The remote terminal device 21 includes a rectangular parallelepiped case, and an infrared light emitting unit 21a is provided on the upper surface of the case. Further, a numeric keypad 21b, an address key 21c, an ON key 21d, and an OFF key 21e are provided on the surface of the case. In addition, a microcomputer is built in the remote terminal device 21, and necessary control is performed in the remote terminal device 21 by this microcomputer. The operation using the remote terminal device 21 is performed with the remote terminal device 21 directed to the control information transmitting device when control is to be performed. Here, the explanation below is based on the case where the remote terminal device 21 is operated toward the # 1 control information transmission device 11 of the # 1 lighting device 1.

  The numeric keypad 21b is used to input the lighting unit addresses AD1 to AD15 of the lighting unit in the lighting device to be controlled. This address is represented by a number from 1 to 15, and this number is input by the numeric keypad 21b. For example, when the # 1A lighting unit 1a of the # 1 lighting device 1 is to be controlled, “1” is input from the numeric keypad 21b, and when the # 2 lighting device 2 is to be controlled, “2” is input from the numeric keypad 21b. Enter. The address key 21c is a key used to determine the address number input with the numeric keypad 21b. When the numeric key 21b is pressed after inputting a number, the number input with the numeric keypad 21b is determined as a number indicating an address. Is done.

  The ON key 21d is a key that is pressed when it is desired to turn on the lighting device, and the OFF key 21e is a key that is pressed when it is desired to turn off the lighting device, both of which are operated by pressing after pressing the address key 21c. Is done. When either the ON key 21d or the OFF key 21e is pressed, the remote terminal device 21 incorporates a signal including numeric data indicating the lighting unit address input so far and ON or OFF control instruction data. The infrared light generated by the microcomputer and superimposed with this signal is emitted from the infrared light emitting unit 21a. The infrared light is received by the control information transmission device to which the remote terminal device 21 is directed.

  In the remote terminal device 21 described above, the address key 21c of the remote terminal device 21 may not be provided, and the ON key 21d or the OFF key 21e may be immediately pressed after inputting the address number with the numeric keypad 21b.

  Next, the # 1 control information transmission device 11 will be described. In FIG. 4, the # 1 control information transmitter 11 is integrally attached to the # 1 lighting device 1 as described above. The # 1 control information transmission device 11 is connected to the power line 10 and includes an infrared light receiving unit 11 a that receives infrared light emitted from the remote terminal device 21. In addition, a microcomputer is built in the # 1 control information transmission device 11, and necessary control is performed by the # 1 control information transmission device 11 by this microcomputer.

  When the infrared light emitted from the remote terminal device 21 is received by the infrared light receiving unit 11a of the # 1 control information transmission device 11, the microcomputer of the # 1 control information transmission device 11 separates the signal superimposed on the infrared light. At the same time, based on this separated signal, a broadcast signal composed of address information indicating the lighting unit address and data information including control information is generated and transmitted superimposed on the power line 10.

  For example, when the # 1A lighting unit 1a of the # 1 lighting device 1 is turned on, a broadcast signal is generated in which the upper 4 bits (B7 to B4) are 1H and the lower 4 bits (B3 to B0) are 1H, and the # 1A lighting When the unit 1a is turned off, a broadcast signal is generated in which the upper 4 bits (B7 to B4) are 1H and the lower 4 bits (B3 to B0) are 2H. Also, when the # 2A lighting unit 2a of the # 2 lighting device 2 is turned on, a broadcast signal is generated in which the upper 4 bits (B7 to B4) are 2H and the lower 4 bits (B3 to B0) are 1H. When the unit 2a is turned off, a broadcast signal is generated in which the upper 4 bits (B7 to B4) are 2H and the lower 4 bits (B3 to B0) are 2H.

  This broadcast signal is received by all the devices connected to the power line 10, but the broadcast unit is used for control because the lighting unit address indicated by the address information included in this broadcast signal is given. Only the lighting unit.

  Next, the # 1 lighting device 1 will be described. In FIG. 4, as described above, the # 1 lighting device 1 is composed of the # 1A lighting unit 1a which is one lighting unit. The # 1A lighting unit 1a includes a # 1A signal receiving unit 1a1, a # 1A power supply control unit 1a2, a # 1A lighting unit 1a3, and a # 1A state information transmitting unit 1a4. These are # 1 lighting. It is integrated in the device 1. Among these, the # 1A signal receiving unit 1a1 is connected to the power line 10, and the # 1A power receiving control unit 1a2 is connected to the # 1A signal receiving unit 1a1 and the power line 10. The # 1A illumination unit 1a3 is connected to the # 1A power reception control unit 1a2, and receives power supply from the power line 10 via the # 1A power reception control unit 1a2. The # 1A state information transmission unit 1a4 is connected to the power line 10 and is also connected to the # 1A power reception control unit 1a2. Further, as described above, the # 1 lighting device 1 is integrally provided with the # 1 control information transmission device 11.

  That is, # 1A signal receiver 1a1, # 1A power reception control unit 1a2, # 1A illumination unit 1a3, and # 1A status information transmission are configured in the casing of # 1 lighting device 1 to constitute # 1A lighting unit 1a. The unit 1a4 and the # 1 control information transmission device 11 are attached, and these are integrated. The # 1A illumination unit 1a3 includes an incandescent lamp, a fluorescent lamp, a light emitting diode, and the like. The illumination function of the # 1A illumination unit 1a in the # 1 illumination device 1, that is, the illumination function of the # 1 illumination device 1 It is the part that plays the role of

  As described above, the # 1A signal receiving unit 1a1 of the # 1A lighting unit 1a in the # 1 lighting device 1 is connected to the power line 10 and incorporates a microcomputer. The # 1A signal receiver 1a1 provided with this microcomputer receives all broadcast signals transmitted superimposed on the power line 10. Then, it is checked whether or not the lighting unit address indicated by the address information included in the received broadcast signal matches the address 1H assigned to the # 1A lighting unit 1a provided in the microcomputer in advance. . If they do not match, it is determined that the data information included in the broadcast signal is not addressed to itself, and the data information included in the broadcast signal is ignored. If they match, it is determined that the data information included in the broadcast signal is addressed to itself, and the data information included in the broadcast signal is extracted and provided to the # 1A power reception control unit 1a2.

  The # 1A power reception control unit 1a2 of the # 1A lighting unit 1a in the # 1 lighting device 1 has a built-in microcomputer and a relay. The contact of this relay is connected so as to be inserted between the power line 10 and the # 1A illumination unit 1a3, and ON / OFF control of the # 1A illumination unit 1a3 is performed by the ON / OFF operation of this relay. . That is, the # 1A power reception control unit 1a2 provided with the microcomputer turns on and off the relay according to the control information included in the data information provided from the # 1A signal reception unit 1a1.

  For example, if the control information included in the data information is 1H, it is an illumination device ON command, so the relay is turned on to turn on the # 1A illumination unit 1a3. If the relay is already in the ON state, that state is continued as it is. If the control information included in the data information is 2H, it is an illumination device OFF command, so the relay is turned off to turn off the # 1A illumination unit 1a3. If the relay is already in the OFF state, the state is continued as it is. As will be described later, the data information may be not the control information but the above-described state information. In this case, the state information is ignored by the microcomputer of the # 1A power reception control unit 1a2. Yes.

  When the control for the relay is completed in this way, the # 1A power reception control unit 1a2 sends the above relay ON / OFF to the # 1A state information transmission unit 1a4 connected to the # 1A power reception control unit 1a2. Provides status information.

  As described above, the # 1A state information transmission unit 1a4 of the # 1A lighting unit 1a in the # 1 lighting device 1 is connected to the power line 10 and the # 1A power reception control unit 1a2, and incorporates a microcomputer. . When the # 1A power information transmission unit 1a4 equipped with the microcomputer receives information on the ON / OFF state of the relay of the # 1A power reception control unit 1a2 from the # 1A power reception control unit 1a2, On the basis of the ON / OFF state, the state information of the # 1A lighting unit 1a in the # 1 lighting device 1 is formed, a broadcast signal is generated together with address information indicating the lighting unit address of the # 1 lighting device 1, and the power line 10 is transmitted in a superimposed manner.

  That is, since the lighting unit address assigned to the # 1A lighting unit 1a of the # 1 lighting device 1 is 1H, for example, provided from the # 1A power reception control unit 1a2 of the # 1A lighting unit 1a in the # 1 lighting device 1 If the relay status is ON, a broadcast signal with status information 9H and address information 1H is generated and superimposed on the power line 10 for transmission. If the state of the relay provided from the # 1A power reception control unit 1a2 is OFF, a broadcast signal having state information AH and address information 1H is generated and transmitted superimposed on the power line 10. This broadcast signal is received by all devices connected to the power line 10 in the same manner as the broadcast signal transmitted by the # 1 control information transmitting device 11 superimposed on the power line 10 described above. However, in the above case, since the data information of the broadcast signal is state information, the broadcast signal is ignored in the # 1A lighting unit 1a in the # 1 lighting device 1 as described above. In this case, this broadcast signal is effectively used only in the illumination monitor device 31 described later.

  Next, the # 2 illumination device 2 will be described. Similar to the # 1 lighting device 1, the # 2 lighting device 2 is also composed of the # 2A lighting unit 2a which is one lighting unit as described above. The # 2A lighting unit 2a is composed of a # 2A signal receiving unit 2a1, a # 2A power reception control unit 2a2, a # 2A lighting unit 2a3, and a # 2A state information transmitting unit 2a4, and these are # 2 lighting. It is integrated in the device 2. Similarly to the # 1 lighting device 1, the # 2 lighting device 2 is also integrally provided with a # 2 control information transmitting device 12. That is, in the housing of the # 2 lighting device 2, the # 2A signal receiving unit 2a1, the # 2A power reception control unit 2a2, the # 2A lighting unit 2a3, and the # 2A state information transmitting unit constituting the # 2A lighting unit 2a 2a4 and # 2 control information transmitter 12 are attached, and these are integrated. These # 2A signal receiver 2a1, # 2A power reception controller 2a2, # 2A illumination unit 2a3, # 2A status information transmitter 2a4, and # 2 control information transmitter 12 are the same as the above-mentioned parts and devices. It has the same function.

  That is, when the remote terminal device 21 is operated toward the # 2 control information transmission device 12 of the # 2 lighting device 2, the # 2 control information transmission device 12 performs the same process as the # 1 control information transmission device 11. Do. In addition, the # 2A signal receiving unit 2a1 of the # 2A lighting unit 2a in the # 2 lighting device 2 receives the broadcast signal superimposed on the power line 10. Since the # 2A signal receiving unit 2a1 has an illumination unit address assigned to the # 2A illumination unit 2a of 2H, if the illumination unit address indicated by the address information included in the received broadcast signal is 2H, It is determined that the control information included in the data information of the broadcast signal is addressed to itself. In this case, the # 2A power reception control unit 2a2 of the # 2A lighting unit 2a performs processing in the same manner as the # 1 lighting device 1 based on the control information included in the data information of the broadcast signal. Also, the # 2A state information transmission unit 2a4 of the # 2A lighting unit 2a performs the same processing as the # 1 lighting device 1.

  As can be seen from the above description, the # 1A lighting unit 1a of the # 1 lighting device 1 and the # 2A lighting unit 2a of the # 2 lighting device 2 have the # 1 control in which the remote terminal device 21 is attached to the # 1 lighting device 1. The address information included in the received broadcast signal is self-regardless of whether it is operated toward the information transmitting device 11 or the # 2 control information transmitting device 12 attached to the # 2 lighting device 2. Only when the lighting unit address assigned to is indicated, it is controlled by the broadcast signal.

  That is, by operating the remote terminal device 21 toward the # 1 control information transmission device 11 attached to the # 1 lighting device 1, the # 1A lighting unit of the # 1 lighting device 1 to which the remote terminal device 21 is directed Control can be performed for both the 1a and the # 2A illumination unit 2a of the # 2 illumination device 2 to which the remote terminal device 21 is not directed. Similarly, by operating the remote terminal device 21 toward the # 2 control information transmitting device 12 attached to the # 2 lighting device 2, the # 2A illumination of the # 2 lighting device 2 to which the remote terminal device 21 is directed It is possible to control both the unit 2a and the # 1A lighting unit 1a of the # 1 lighting device 1 to which the remote terminal device 21 is not directed.

  Therefore, for example, when the operator of the remote terminal device 21 is in a room where the # 1 lighting device 1 is installed, the # 2 lighting device 2 is installed in an adjacent room where the remote terminal device 21 cannot be directed. Even in this case, the # 2A illumination unit 2a of the # 2 illumination device 2 can be controlled. That is, the operator of the remote terminal device 21 gives the remote terminal device 21 to the # 2A lighting unit 2a of the # 2 lighting device 2 toward the # 1 control information transmitting device 11 attached to the # 1 lighting device 1. It is possible to control the # 2A lighting unit 2a of the # 2 lighting device 2 by performing an operation so as to designate the lighting unit address.

  Next, the illumination monitor device 31 will be described. FIG. 6 is an external view showing the external appearance of the illumination monitor device 31. The illumination monitoring device 31 includes a monitor signal receiving unit 31a and a display unit 31b. The monitor signal receiving unit 31a is connected to the power line 10, and the display unit 31b is connected to the monitor signal receiving unit 31a. In addition, in order to be able to easily connect to the power line 10 to the illumination monitor device 31, a cable 31e and a plug 31d for plugging in and connecting to an outlet provided on an indoor wall connected to the power line 10 or the like. Is provided.

  The illumination monitor device 31 includes a rectangular parallelepiped case, and a monitor signal receiving unit 31a and a display unit 31b are built in the case, and a light emission for display is provided on the surface of the case of the illumination monitor device 31. A diode 31c is provided. On the surface of the case of the illumination monitor device 31, as shown in FIG. 6, the illumination unit addresses of the illumination devices displayed by the respective display light emitting diodes 31c are displayed in correspondence with the display light emitting diodes 31c. Yes.

  The monitor signal receiving unit 31a of the illumination monitor device 31 includes a microcomputer, and the monitor signal receiving unit 31a including the microcomputer receives all broadcast signals transmitted while being superimposed on the power line 10. Then, it is checked beforehand whether the data information included in the received broadcast signal matches any of the state information shown in FIG. 3 provided in the microcomputer. If this check does not match, this broadcast signal is ignored. And only when it corresponds, the address information and status information contained in this broadcast signal are provided to the display unit 31b of the illumination monitor device 31. That is, it is used effectively only when the data information included in this broadcast signal is state information.

  The display unit 31b of the illumination monitor device 31 includes a microcomputer. When the address information and the status information included in the broadcast signal are provided from the monitor signal reception unit 31a, the display unit 31b emits light for displaying the illumination unit address indicated by the address information. The diode 31c is instructed to be turned on or off based on the state information. For example, if the lighting unit address is 1H and the state information is 9H, it indicates that the # 1A lighting unit 1a is in a lighting state, and therefore the display light emitting diode 31c corresponding to AD1 in FIG. 6 is turned on. If the display light emitting diode 31c of AD1 is already in a lighting state, the state is continued. If the illumination unit address is 1H and the status information is AH, it indicates that the # 1A illumination unit 1a is in the extinguished state, and therefore the display light emitting diode 31c of AD1 in FIG. 6 is extinguished. If the display light emitting diode 31c of AD1 has already been turned off, that state is continued. Similarly, when the illumination unit address is 2H, since it relates to the # 2A illumination unit 2a, the same processing as described above is performed on the display light emitting diode 31c corresponding to AD2 in FIG.

  According to the illumination system in the first embodiment, the control information transmitting devices 11 and 12 are attached to the lighting devices 1 and 2, and the remote terminal device 21 is operated toward the control information transmitting device 11 or 12. By doing so, it is possible to control the illumination unit 1a or 2a of the illumination device 1 or 2 to which the control information transmission device 11 or 12 to which the remote terminal device 21 is directed is attached. That is, by transmitting a signal from the remote terminal device 21 so as to instruct the control of the lighting unit 1a or 2a of the lighting device 1 or 2 to which the remote terminal device 21 is directed, the lighting device 1 directed to the remote terminal device 21. Or 2 can be controlled.

  Similarly, with respect to the illumination unit 2a or 1a of the illumination device 2 or 1 different from the illumination device 1 or 2 to which the control information transmission device 11 or 12 to which the remote terminal device 21 is directed is attached, Can be controlled. That is, by transmitting a signal from the remote terminal device 21 so as to instruct the control of the lighting unit 2a or 1a in the lighting device 2 or 1 other than the lighting device 1 or 2 to which the remote terminal device 21 is directed, the remote terminal device It is possible to control the lighting device 2 or 1 that is installed in a place away from the place where the operator 21 is present and the remote terminal device 21 cannot be directed directly. Therefore, a lighting system capable of remote operation can be constructed.

  In the above lighting system, the lighting units 1a and 2a of the lighting devices 1 and 2 are given lighting unit addresses for identifying the lighting units 1a and 2a, and the broadcast signal described above is used for the lighting units 1a and 2a. It consists of address information representing unit addresses and data information including control information for these lighting units 1a and 2a. The broadcast signal transmitted by being superimposed on the power line 10 by the control information transmitters 11 and 12 is received by the signal receivers 1a and 2a of all the lighting units 1a and 2a. Only the power reception control units 1b and 2b of the lighting units 1a and 2a to which the lighting unit addresses represented by the address information of the broadcast signal are assigned are controlled by the control information included in the data information of the broadcast signal. ing.

  Therefore, when transmitting and receiving signals, there is no need to limit the transmission source and the receiving destination, so that transmission and reception of signals can be performed with a simple mechanism. That is, the control information transmitting device 11 generates a broadcast signal composed of address information indicating the lighting unit address assigned to the lighting units 1a and 2a to be received and data information including control information for the lighting units 1a and 2a. Alternatively, transmission and reception with a simple mechanism is possible in which the broadcast signal is received by the signal receiving units 1a and 2a of all the lighting units 1a and 2a only by being superimposed on the power line 10 from 12 and transmitted. Therefore, the control information transmitters 11 and 12 and the signal receivers 1a1 and 2a1 of the lighting units 1a and 2a can be simply configured.

  In the above lighting system, the broadcast signal is received by the signal receiving unit 31a of the lighting monitor device 31, and the broadcast signal is included in the address information and data information of the broadcast signal by the display unit 31b of the lighting monitor device 31. Information is displayed in correspondence with each other. Therefore, the control status of the lighting units 1a and 2a in the lighting devices 1 and 2 constituting the lighting system can be individually displayed, and the lighting units 1a and 2a in the lighting devices 1 and 2 constituting the lighting system are controlled. The situation can be easily grasped.

<Embodiment 2>
The illumination system in the second embodiment is the above-described # 1 illumination device 1, # 1 control information transmission device 11, # 2 illumination device 2, # 2 shown in FIG. 4 constituting the illumination system in the first embodiment. The control information transmission device 12, the illumination monitor device 31, and the remote terminal device 21, and the newly added # 3 illumination device 3 and # 3 control information transmission device 13 shown in FIG. . Therefore, in the illumination system according to the second embodiment, first, the portion of the illumination system according to the first embodiment has the same operations and effects as the illumination system according to the first embodiment described above.

  In the illumination system according to the second embodiment, the # 3 illumination device 3 includes three illumination units, that is, a # 3A illumination unit 3a, a # 3B illumination unit 3b, and a # 3C illumination unit 3c. . The # 3 lighting device 3 is provided with a # 3 control information transmission device 13. The # 3A lighting unit 3a is given a lighting unit address AD3, the # 3B lighting unit 3b is given a lighting unit address AD4, and the # 3C lighting unit 3c is given a lighting unit address AD5. Yes. The power line 10 in FIG. 4 and the power line 10 in FIG. 7 are connected to each other. 7 shows the remote terminal device 21 for the sake of convenience. The remote terminal device 21 is the remote terminal device 21 itself shown in FIG.

  The # 3A lighting unit 3a, # 3B lighting unit 3b, and # 3C lighting unit 3c of the # 3 lighting device 3 described in FIG. 7 are the # 1A lighting unit 1a and # 2 lighting of the # 1 lighting device 1, respectively. Like the # 2A lighting unit 2a of the device 2, each has a signal receiving unit, a power reception control unit, a lighting unit, and a state information transmitting unit, which are integrated with the housing of the # 3 lighting device 3. It is built in. Further, as described above, the # 3 lighting device 3 is provided with the # 3 control information transmission device 13.

  That is, in the case of the # 3 lighting device 3 #, the # 3A signal receiving unit 3a1, the # 3A power reception control unit 3a2, the # 3A lighting unit 3a3, and # 3A state information constituting the # 3A lighting unit 3a Transmitter 3a4, # 3B signal receiver 3b1, # 3B power reception controller 3b2, # 3B illuminator 3b3, # 3B state information transmitter 3b4, and # 3C illumination unit constituting # 3B illumination unit 3b A # 3C signal receiver 3c1, a # 3C power reception controller 3c2, a # 3C illumination unit 3c3, a # 3C state information transmitter 3c4, and a # 3 control information transmitter 13 are installed. These are united.

  The functions of each signal receiving unit, power supply control unit, lighting unit, and state information transmitting unit are the same as those in the lighting system in the first embodiment, and constitute the lighting system in the first embodiment. It has the same functions as the above-mentioned parts and devices of the same name. Therefore, the # 3A lighting unit 3a, the # 3B lighting unit 3b, and the # 3C lighting unit 3c attached to the # 3 lighting device 3 are the # 1A lighting unit 1a of the # 1 lighting device 1 in the first embodiment, And the # 3 control information transmission device 13 which has the same operation and effect as the # 2A illumination unit 2a of the # 2 illumination device 2 and is attached to the # 3 illumination device 3 is the # in the first embodiment. It has the same operations and effects as the 1 control information transmission device 11 and the # 2 control information transmission device 12.

  Therefore, in the above lighting system, as described in the first embodiment, the remote terminal device 21 is attached to the # 1 control information transmission device 11 attached to the # 1 lighting device 1 or the # 2 lighting device 2. Further, the operation may be performed toward any of the # 2 control information transmission devices 12 or may be performed toward the # 3 control information transmission device 13 attached to the # 3 illumination device 3. In this operation, the operation is performed so as to designate the illumination unit address assigned to each of the # 3A illumination unit 3a, # 3B illumination unit 3b, or # 3C illumination unit 3c of the # 3 illumination device 3. Thus, the # 3AB illumination unit 3a, # 3B illumination unit 3b, or # 3C illumination unit 3c of the # 3 illumination device 3 can be controlled. Naturally, the remote terminal device 21 is operated toward the # 3 control information transmitting device 13 attached to the # 3 lighting device 3, so that the # 1A lighting unit 1 a and # 2 of the # 1 lighting device 1 are operated. The # 2A illumination unit 2a of the illumination device 2 can also be controlled.

  According to the above lighting system, the lighting device includes a plurality of individually controllable lighting units, that is, a lighting device including a plurality of individually controllable lighting units. An illumination system including the illumination device as a component can be formed.

  In the above lighting system, the # 3 lighting device 3 includes three lighting units, but may be two, or may be four or more. In the above lighting system, the # 1 lighting device 1, the # 2 lighting device 2, and the # 3 lighting device 3 are used as system components including the lighting unit. However, only the # 3 lighting device 3 is used. You may make it use. In addition, the lighting device having a plurality of lighting units is only one of the # 3 lighting device 3, but a plurality of lighting devices having the same configuration as the # 3 lighting device 3 may be used. .

<Embodiment 3>
The illumination system in the third embodiment is the above-described # 1 illumination device 1, # 1 control information transmitting device 11, # 2 illumination device 2, # 2 shown in FIG. 4 constituting the illumination system in the second embodiment. The control information transmission device 12, the illumination monitor device 31, and the remote terminal device 21, the # 3 illumination device 3 and the # 3 control information transmission device 13 described above shown in FIG. 7, and a newly added FIG. The # 4 illumination device 4 and the # 4 control information transmission device 14 shown in FIG. Therefore, in the lighting system in the third embodiment, first, the portion of the lighting system in the second embodiment has the same operations and effects as the lighting system in the second embodiment described above.

  In the illumination system in the third embodiment, the # 4 illumination device 4 includes three illumination units, that is, the # 4A illumination unit 4a and the # 4B illumination unit 4b, as in the # 3 illumination device 3 in the second embodiment. And # 4C illumination unit 4c. The # 4 lighting device 4 is provided with a # 4 control information transmission device 14. The # 4A lighting unit 4a is given a lighting unit address AD6, the # 4B lighting unit 4b is given a lighting unit address AD7, and the # 4C lighting unit 4c is given a lighting unit address AD8. Yes. The power line 10 in FIG. 7 and the power line 10 in FIG. 8 are connected to each other. 8 shows the remote terminal device 21 for the sake of convenience, the remote terminal device 21 is the remote terminal device 21 itself shown in FIG.

  The # 4A illumination unit 4a, # 4B illumination unit 4b, and # 4C illumination unit 4c of the # 4 illumination device 4 described in FIG. 8 are the # 3A illumination unit of the # 3 illumination device 3 in the second embodiment. Similar to the 3a, # 3B lighting unit 3b, and # 3C lighting unit 3c, each has a signal receiving unit, a power reception control unit, an illuminating unit, and a state information transmitting unit. However, in the # 3 lighting device 3 according to the second embodiment, these are all integrated into the housing of the # 3 lighting device 3, whereas in the # 4 lighting device 4, all are # 4. It is not incorporated in the housing of the lighting device 4. That is, the signal receiver and the power supply control unit in the # 4A lighting unit 4a, the # 4B lighting unit 4b, and the # 4C lighting unit 4c are integrally incorporated in the housing of the # 4 lighting device 4. , And only the status information transmission unit and the illumination unit in the # 4A illumination unit 4a, and the illumination units of the # 4B illumination unit 4b and the # 4C illumination unit 4c are incorporated in the housing of the # 4 illumination device 4. It is not installed and is installed independently.

  In other words, the # 4B illumination unit 4b # has a # 4A signal reception unit 4a1, a # 4A power reception control unit 4a2, a # 4A illumination unit 4a3, and # 4A state information that constitute the # 4A illumination unit 4a. # 4B signal receiver 4b1, # 4B power reception control unit 4b2 and # 4B state information transmitter 4b4, and # 4C illumination unit 4c, which constitute the transmitter 4a4 and # 4B illumination unit 4b, # 4C A 4C signal receiver 4c1, a # 4C power reception controller 4c2, a # 4C state information transmitter 4c4, and a # 4 control information transmitter 14 are attached, and these are integrated. The # 4B illumination unit 4b3 of the # 4B illumination unit 4b and the # 4C illumination unit 4c3 of the # 4C illumination unit 4c are installed independently as described above.

  However, the functions of each signal receiving unit, power reception control unit, lighting unit, and status information transmitting unit are the same as those of the lighting system in the second embodiment, and constitute the lighting system in the second embodiment. It has the same functions as the above-mentioned parts and devices of the same name. Therefore, the # 4A illumination unit 4a, the # 4B illumination unit 4b, and the # 4C illumination unit 4c attached to the # 4 illumination device 4 are the # 3A illumination unit 3a of the # 3 illumination device 3 in the second embodiment, The # 4 control information transmission device 14 that has the same operation and effect as the # 3B lighting unit 3b and the # 3C lighting unit 3c and is attached to the # 4 lighting device 4 is the # 4 in the second embodiment. It has the same operation and effect as the # 3 control information transmission device 13 of the 3 lighting device 3.

  According to the above lighting system, as the lighting device, a lighting device including a plurality of individually controllable lighting units, that is, a lighting device including a plurality of individually controllable lighting units is used. The illumination unit is installed independently without being incorporated in the illumination device, and an illumination system including various types of illumination devices as components can be formed.

  In the above illumination system, the # 4 illumination device 4 includes three illumination units, but may be two, or may be four or more. Moreover, in said illumination system, # 1 illumination device 1, # 2 illumination device 2, # 3 illumination device 3, and # 4 illumination device 4 are used as a system component provided with the illumination unit. Only the 3 lighting device 3 and the # 4 lighting device 4 or the # 1 lighting device 1 and the # 2 lighting device 2 and the # 4 lighting device 4 alone or the # 4 lighting device 4 alone may be used. Moreover, although only one unit of the # 4 illuminating device 4 is provided as an illuminating device that is not installed in the illuminating device and is installed independently, the same configuration as the # 4 illuminating device 4 A plurality of lighting devices may be used.

<Embodiment 4>
The illumination system in the fourth embodiment is the above-described # 1 illumination device 1, # 1 control information transmission device 11, # 2 illumination device 2, # 2 shown in FIG. 4 constituting the illumination system in the third embodiment. The control information transmitter 12, the illumination monitor device 31, and the remote terminal device 21, the # 3 illumination device 3 and the # 3 control information transmitter 13 described above shown in FIG. 7, and the above described FIG. The # 4 illumination device 4 and the # 4 control information transmission device 14 and the newly added # 6 control information transmission device 16 shown in FIG. 9 are configured. Therefore, in the illumination system according to the fourth embodiment, first, the portion of the illumination system according to the third embodiment has the same operations and effects as the illumination system according to the third embodiment described above. The power line 10 in FIG. 9 is connected to the power line 10 in FIG. 9 shows the remote terminal device 21 for the sake of convenience, this remote terminal device 21 is the remote terminal device 21 itself shown in FIG.

  The # 6 control information transmitting device 16 of the lighting system in the fourth embodiment includes a rectangular parallelepiped case. 10A and 10B are views showing the appearance of the # 6 control information transmitting device 16, FIG. 10A is a plan view, FIG. 10B is a side view, and FIG. 10C is a bottom view. is there. The functions of the # 6 control information transmitting device 16 are the # 1 control information transmitting device 11 and the # 2 control information transmitting device 12 described in the first embodiment, the # 3 control information transmitting device 13 described in the second embodiment, and The function is the same as that of the # 4 control information transmission device 14 described in the third embodiment, and a broadcast signal for controlling the illumination device is generated by receiving infrared light emitted from the remote terminal device 21. At the same time, it is superimposed on the power line 10 and transmitted. Accordingly, the # 6 control information transmitting device 16 is provided with the infrared light receiving unit 16a on the surface of the case, similarly to the # 1 control information transmitting device 11 and the like, and is connected to the power line 10, and the inside of the case has a control. A microcomputer is provided.

  The difference between the # 6 control information transmission device 16 and the # 1 control information transmission device 11, # 2 control information transmission device 12, and # 3 control information transmission device 13 is not attached to the lighting device but independently. It is a point to be installed. For this reason, in the # 6 control information transmitting device 16, a plug 16f is provided on the back surface of the case so that it can be easily installed by being plugged into an outlet provided on an indoor wall or the like connected to the power line 10. .

  According to the above lighting system, by operating the remote terminal device 21 toward the # 6 control information transmitting device 16, the remote terminal device 21 is attached to the # 1 lighting device 1 # 1 control information transmitting device. 11 or # 2 control information transmission device 12 attached to # 2 lighting device 2, # 3 control information transmission device 13 attached to # 3 lighting device 3, or # 4 control attached to # 4 lighting device 4 The lighting devices connected to the power line 10 can be controlled in the same manner as operating toward the information transmission device 14.

  Therefore, instead of operating the remote terminal device 21 toward the control information transmission device attached to the lighting device, the remote terminal device 21 is directed toward the # 6 control information transmission device 16 installed independently. Even if it operates, since each illuminating device connected to the power line 10 can be controlled, the choice of operation can be increased.

<Embodiment 5>
The illumination system in the fifth embodiment uses a # 7 control information transmitting device 17 in place of the # 6 control information transmitting device 16 in the illumination system in the fourth embodiment. The # 7 control information transmitting device 17 includes a rectangular parallelepiped case. FIG. 11 is a view showing the appearance of the # 7 control information transmitting device 17, FIG. 11 (a) is a plan view, FIG. 11 (b) is a side view, and FIG. 11 (c) is a bottom view. is there. As with the # 6 control information transmitter 16, the # 7 control information transmitter 17 is plugged on the back of the case so that it can be installed easily by plugging it into an outlet provided on the wall of the room connected to the power line 10. 17f is provided.

  The # 7 control information transmitting device 17 in the fifth embodiment is configured such that the # 6 control information transmitting device 16 and the remote terminal device 21 are integrated. That is, the # 7 control information transmitter 17 is connected to the power line 10 and has a microcomputer built in the case. Further, as with the remote terminal device 21, a numeric keypad 17b, an address key 17c, an ON key 17d, and an OFF key 17e are provided on the surface of the case.

  Similar to the # 6 control information transmitting device 16, the # 7 control information transmitting device 17 generates a broadcast signal for controlling the lighting device and transmits the broadcast signal superimposed on the power line 10. However, the difference between the # 7 control information transmitting device 17 and the # 6 control information transmitting device 16 is that the infrared light emitted from the remote terminal device 21 is not received like the # 6 control information transmitting device 16, When the operator of the remote terminal device 21 operates various keys provided on the surface of the case, a broadcast signal for controlling the lighting device is generated and transmitted while being superimposed on the power line 10.

  That is, the ten key 17b and the address key 17c are operated to specify the lighting unit address, and the ON key 17d or the OFF key 17e is operated to specify the lighting device ON or OFF. Therefore, the operation method of the # 7 control information transmitting device 17 is exactly the same as the operation method of the remote terminal device 21 described above. In the # 7 control information transmission device 17 as well as the remote terminal device 21, the address key 17c is not provided, and the ON key 17d or the OFF key 17e is pressed immediately after the address number is input by the ten key 17c. Good.

  According to the above lighting system, instead of operating the remote terminal device 21 toward the control information transmission device attached to the lighting device, the # 7 control information transmission device 17 provided independently is provided. Since the lighting device connected to the power line 10 can be controlled by operating the provided switch, the number of operation options can be increased.

<Embodiment 6>
The illumination system in the sixth embodiment uses a # 8 control information transmission device 18 shown in FIG. 12 in place of the # 6 control information transmission device 16 in the illumination system in the fourth embodiment. The power line 10 in FIG. 12 is connected to the power line 10 in FIG. 12 shows the remote terminal device 21 for the sake of convenience, but this remote terminal device 21 is the remote terminal device 21 itself shown in FIG.

  The # 8 control information transmitting device 18 in the sixth embodiment includes a rectangular parallelepiped case. FIGS. 13A and 13B are views showing the appearance of the # 8 control information transmitting device 18, FIG. 13A is a plan view, FIG. 13B is a side view, and FIG. 13C is a bottom view. is there. As with the # 6 control information transmitter 16, the # 8 control information transmitter 18 is plugged on the back of the case so that it can be easily installed by plugging it into an outlet provided on the wall of the room connected to the power line 10. 18f is provided.

  The # 8 control information transmitting device 18 is configured such that the function of the # 6 control information transmitting device 16 and the function of the # 7 control information transmitting device 17 are combined. That is, the # 8 control information transmitter 18 is connected to the power line 10 and has a microcomputer built in the case. Also, the surface of the case is provided with an infrared light receiving portion 18a as in the case of the # 6 control information transmitting device 16 and the like, and in the same manner as in the # 7 control information transmitting device 17 and the like, the numeric keypad 18b, address key 18c, ON key 18d and an OFF key 18e are provided.

  Similar to the # 6 control information transmitting device 16, the # 8 control information transmitting device 18 also generates a broadcast signal for controlling the lighting device and transmits the broadcast signal superimposed on the power line 10. However, the # 8 control information transmitting device 18 is different from the # 6 control information transmitting device 16 in that the # 6 control information transmitting device 16 receives the infrared rays emitted from the remote terminal device 21 to perform the above operation. In contrast, the # 8 control information transmission device 18 receives not only the above-described operation by receiving the infrared light emitted from the remote terminal device 21, but also various keys provided on the surface of the case. The above operation is also performed by operating.

  According to the above lighting system, instead of operating the remote terminal device 21 toward the control information transmitting device attached to the lighting device, the remote terminal device 21 is provided with the # 6 control information installed independently. Since the lighting device connected to the power line 10 can be controlled by operating toward the transmitting device 16 or by operating various keys provided in the # 8 control information transmitting device 18. The number of operation options can be increased.

<Embodiment 7>
The illumination system in the seventh embodiment uses the illumination monitoring control device 41 shown in FIG. 14 instead of the illumination monitor device 31 in the illumination systems in the first to sixth embodiments described above. The illumination monitoring control device 41 is obtained by adding the function of the # 7 control information transmission device 17 in the fifth embodiment to the function of the illumination monitoring device 31 described above. However, unlike the # 7 control information transmission device 17, the illumination monitoring and control device 41 does not input the illumination unit address with the numeric keypad, but operates the key corresponding to the illumination unit address to control the illumination to be controlled. The device is specified.

  In FIG. 14, the illumination monitoring control device 41 according to the seventh embodiment includes a control information transmission unit 42 and a monitor unit 43, and the monitor unit 43 includes a monitor signal reception unit 43 a and the illumination monitor device 31. It is comprised with the display part 43b. Both the control information transmitter 42 and the monitor signal receiver 43a of the monitor 43 are connected to the power line 10, and the display 43b is connected to the monitor signal receiver 43a. The power line 10 in FIG. 14 is connected to the power line 10 in FIGS. 4, 7, and 8, and is also connected to the power line 10 in FIGS. 9 and 12.

  The illumination monitoring control device 41 includes a rectangular parallelepiped case. FIGS. 15A and 15B are views showing the appearance of the illumination monitoring control device 41. FIG. 15A is a plan view, FIG. 15B is a side view, and FIG. 15C is a bottom view. In order to connect the lighting monitoring control device 41 to the power line 10, the lighting monitoring control device 41 includes a cable 41b and a plug 41a for plugging in and connecting to an outlet provided on an indoor wall or the like connected to the power line 10. Is provided. Further, on the surface of the case of the illumination monitoring control device 41, a display light emitting diode 43c for displaying the operation state of the illumination device corresponding to the addresses AD1 to AD8 of the illumination device, and an ON key for controlling the illumination device. 42a and an OFF key 42b are provided. Among these, the ON key 42 a and the OFF key 42 b are connected to the control information transmitting unit 42, and the display light emitting diode 43 c constitutes the display unit 43 b of the monitor unit 43.

  The control information transmission unit 42 of the illumination monitoring control device 41 includes a microcomputer, and, like the # 7 control information transmission device 17, generates a broadcast signal for controlling the illumination device and superimposes it on the power line 10. send. In this case, the control information transmission unit 42 generates a broadcast signal by operating the ON key 42a or the OFF key 42b corresponding to the lighting unit address as described above. Since the monitor unit 43 of the illumination monitoring control device 41 is the same as the configuration of the illumination monitor device 31 in the first embodiment, the operation and effect are the same as those of the illumination monitor device 31 in the first embodiment. Therefore, by installing one illumination monitoring control device 41, it is possible to perform state monitoring and control of all the illumination devices in the illumination systems of Embodiments 1 to 6 described above.

  Although the illumination system in Embodiment 4-6 mentioned above is a system which uses # 6 control information transmission device 16, # 7 control information transmission device 17, or # 8 control information transmission device 18 separately, respectively. These control information transmitters may be used in combination. In the lighting system according to the seventh embodiment, as a device having a function of displaying the state of the lighting device, the lighting monitoring control device 41 is used in place of the lighting monitoring device 31, and this lighting monitoring control device 41 is used. And the illumination monitor device 31 may be used in combination.

  Moreover, in the illumination system in each embodiment described above, the control content for the illumination unit of the illumination device includes only an ON command for turning on the illumination device and an OFF command for turning off the illumination device. In addition, It is also possible to perform dimming control of the lighting device. In this case, for example, as the dimming control, the brightness is set to four levels, the dimming UP command and the dimming DOWN command are provided as the control information, and the dimming steps 1 to 4 are provided as the state information. . When the lighting device receives the dimming UP command, the lighting device increases the dimming level by one, and when receiving the dimming DOWN command, the lighting device performs control to decrease the dimming level by one, and performs the dimming UP command or the dimming DOWN. The dimming stage of the lighting device after being changed in response to the command is used as the state information. FIG. 16 is a table showing the structure of the data information of the broadcast signal in such a case.

  In the above example, the brightness of the lighting device is set to four levels. However, the number of levels of the brightness can be set to five levels or more. In this case, depending on the number of brightness levels, it is necessary to increase the number of bits constituting the data information. In this case, it is necessary to increase the number of bits constituting the broadcast signal.

  Moreover, in the illumination system in each embodiment described above, different illumination unit addresses are assigned to each illumination unit, but the same illumination unit address may be assigned to a plurality of illumination units. In this case, all the lighting units to which this lighting unit address is assigned can be controlled simultaneously by one broadcast signal using this lighting unit address as address information.

  In the lighting system in each of the above-described embodiments, the address information is composed of 4 bits. By increasing the number of bits, the maximum number of controllable lighting units can be increased.

  Moreover, in the illumination system in each embodiment described above, there is a possibility that a plurality of broadcast signals are transmitted in an overlapping manner. For this reason, the lighting system described above uses a mechanism such as the CSMA / CD method used in the LAN. That is, the control information transmission device that transmits a broadcast signal and the status information transmission unit of each lighting unit monitor whether or not a broadcast signal has already been transmitted from other sources and detect that the broadcast signal has been transmitted. Then, as a mechanism for transmitting after waiting for the completion using a timer or the like in which a time-up time is set by a random number, it is avoided that a plurality of broadcast signals are transmitted overlapping each other.

6 is a configuration diagram of a broadcast signal used in the illumination system in Embodiment 1. FIG. It is the table which showed the structure of the address information of a broadcast signal. It is the table which showed the structure of the data information of a broadcast signal. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a lighting system in Embodiment 1. FIG. 2 is an external view of a remote terminal device according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 1 is an external view of an illumination monitor device according to Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a part of the configuration of a lighting system according to Embodiment 2. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a part of the configuration of a lighting system according to Embodiment 3. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a part of the configuration of a lighting system according to Embodiment 4. It is the figure which showed the external appearance of # 6 control-information transmission apparatus in Embodiment 4, (a) is the top view, (b) is the side view, (c) is the bottom view. It is the figure which showed the external appearance of # 7 control-information transmission apparatus in Embodiment 5, (a) is the top view, (b) is the side view, (c) is the bottom view. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a part of the configuration of a lighting system in a sixth embodiment. It is the figure which showed the external appearance of the # 8 control information transmission apparatus in Embodiment 6, (a) is the top view, (b) is the side view, (c) is the bottom view. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a part of the configuration of a lighting system in a seventh embodiment. It is the figure which showed the external appearance of the illumination monitoring control apparatus in Embodiment 7. FIG. 4 is a table showing an example of a configuration of data information in a broadcast signal when dimming control is introduced into the lighting system according to the first embodiment.

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1 # 1 lighting device 1a # 1A lighting unit 1a1 # 1A signal receiving unit 1a2 # 1A power supply control unit 1a3 # 1A lighting unit 1a4 # 1A state information transmitting unit 2 # 2 lighting device 2a # 2A lighting unit 2a1 # 2A signal receiving Unit 2a2 # 2A power reception control unit 2a3 # 2A illumination unit 2a4 # 2A state information transmission unit 3 # 3 illumination device 3a # 3A illumination unit 3a1 # 3A signal reception unit 3a2 # 3A power reception control unit 3a3 # 3A illumination unit 3a4 # 3A status information transmitter 3b # 3B lighting unit 3b1 # 3B signal receiver 3b2 # 3B power reception control unit 3b3 # 3B lighting unit 3b4 # 3B status information transmitter 3c # 3C lighting unit 3c1 # 3C signal receiver 3c2 # 3C power Receipt control unit 3c3 # 3C illumination unit 3c4 # 3C state information transmission unit 4 # 4 illumination device 4 a # 4A lighting unit 4a1 # 4A signal receiving unit 4a2 # 4A power receiving control unit 4a3 # 4A lighting unit 4a4 # 4A status information transmitting unit 4b # 4B lighting unit 4b1 # 4B signal receiving unit 4b2 # 4B power receiving control unit 4b3 # 4B illumination unit 4b4 # 4B state information transmission unit 4c # 4C illumination unit 4c1 # 4C signal reception unit 4c2 # 4C power reception control unit 4c3 # 4C illumination unit 4c4 # 4C state information transmission unit 10 power line 11 # 1 control information transmission device 11a Infrared light receiver 12 # 2 Control information transmitter 12a Infrared receiver 13 # 3 Control information transmitter 13a Infrared receiver 14 # 4 Control information transmitter 14a Infrared receiver 16 # 6 Control information transmitter 16a Infrared receiver 16f Plug terminal 17 # 7 control information transmitter 17b numeric keypad 17c address Key 17d ON Key 17e OFF Key 17f Plug Terminal 18 # 8 Control Information Transmitter 18a Infrared Light Receiving Unit 18b Tenkey 18c Address Key 18d ON Key 18e OFF Key 18f Plug Terminal 21 Remote Terminal Device 21a Infrared Light Emitting Unit 21b Tenkey 21c Address Key 21d ON Key 21e OFF key 31 Illumination monitor device 31a Monitor signal receiving unit 31b Display unit 31c Display light emitting diode 31d Plug 31e Cable 41 Illumination monitoring control device 41a Plug 41b Cable 42 Control information transmitting unit 42a ON key 42b OFF key 43 Monitor unit 43a Monitor Signal receiving unit 43b Display unit 43c Display light emitting diode

Claims (9)

A control information transmission device connected to a power line of a commercial AC power source and provided with an infrared light receiving unit, a remote terminal device provided with an infrared light emitting unit, and a single or a plurality of independently installed lighting devices are system components. The lighting device includes a signal receiving unit connected to the power line, a power receiving control unit connected to the signal receiving unit and the power line, and a power receiving control unit connected to the power receiving control unit. An illumination system including an illumination unit including an illumination unit that receives power supply from the power line via a receipt control unit,
In the lighting device, a signal receiving unit, a power reception control unit, and a lighting unit used in the lighting unit are integrally incorporated, and the control information transmission device is integrally provided. ,
A lighting device provided with the control information transmission device to which the remote terminal device is operated toward the control information transmission device and directed to the remote terminal device, or a lighting unit included in other lighting devices; When an infrared signal including address information to be specified and control information for the illumination unit is transmitted from the infrared light emitting unit of the remote terminal device and received by the infrared light receiving unit of the control information transmitting device, the control information The transmitting device generates a broadcast signal including the address information and the control information and transmits the broadcast signal superimposed on the power line,
The broadcast signal is received by the signal reception unit of the lighting unit in the lighting device, and the power reception control unit of the lighting unit specified by the address information included in the broadcast signal includes the control included in the broadcast signal. An illumination system that controls an illumination unit connected to the power reception control unit based on information.   A plurality of the lighting units are provided, and all of the signal receiving unit, the power supply control unit, and the lighting unit used in the lighting unit are integrally incorporated, and the control information is transmitted. The single or a plurality of independently installed lighting devices to which the devices are integrally attached are provided as the system components instead of at least one of the lighting devices in the lighting system. The lighting system described.   A plurality of the lighting units, all the signal receiving units used in the lighting units, and the power reception control unit, and the lighting units used in some of the lighting units. A single or a plurality of independently installed lighting devices that are integrated into the control information transmission device and that are integrally attached to the lighting units other than the part of the lighting units. The illumination device in which the illumination unit used is installed independently from the illumination device is provided as the system component instead of at least one of the illumination devices in the illumination system. The illumination system according to 1 or 2. A control information transmitting device that includes an infrared light receiving unit and is connected to the power line and installed independently is provided as the system component,
When the remote terminal device is operated toward the control information transmitting device, the infrared signal is transmitted from the remote terminal device and received by the infrared light receiving unit of the control information transmitting device. The information transmission device according to claim 1, wherein the information transmission device generates the broadcast signal and transmits the broadcast signal while being superimposed on the power line. A control information transmission device provided with a switch and connected to the power line and installed independently is provided as the system component,
The lighting system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein when the switch is operated, the control information transmission device generates the broadcast signal and transmits the broadcast signal while being superimposed on the power line. A control information transmission device that is provided with an infrared light receiving unit and a switch and that is independently connected to the power line is provided as the system component,
When the remote terminal device is operated toward the control information transmission device, the infrared signal is transmitted from the remote terminal device and received by the infrared light receiving unit of the control information transmission device, or The illumination according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein when the switch of the control information transmission device is operated, the control information transmission device generates the broadcast signal and transmits the broadcast signal while being superimposed on the power line. system. The lighting unit of the lighting device is provided with a lighting unit address for identifying the lighting unit, the address information represents the lighting unit address, and the broadcast signal includes the address information, It consists of data information including control information,
The broadcast signal transmitted by being superimposed on the power line by the control information transmitter is received by the signal receivers of the lighting units in all the lighting devices,
Only the power reception control unit of the lighting unit to which the lighting unit address represented by the address information of the broadcast signal is given is connected to the power reception control unit based on the control information included in the data information of the broadcast signal The illumination system according to claim 1, wherein the control of a unit is performed. An illumination monitor device is provided as the system component,
The illumination monitor device includes a signal receiving unit connected to the power line and a display unit.
The lighting unit of the lighting device includes a state information transmission unit connected to the power line and the power reception control unit,
In the lighting device, when the broadcast signal is received by the signal receiving unit of the lighting unit to which the lighting unit address represented by the address information of the broadcast signal is given, the state information transmitting unit of the lighting unit Data information including state information of the lighting unit after the power reception control unit of the lighting unit is controlled by control information included in the signal data information, and address information indicating the lighting unit address of the lighting unit Generating a broadcast signal to be transmitted and superimposing on the power line,
The signal receiving unit of the illumination monitor device receives the broadcast signal, and the display unit of the illumination monitor device displays the address information of the broadcast signal and the state information included in the data information in association with each other. The lighting system according to claim 7. Instead of the illumination monitor device, or together with the illumination monitor device, an illumination monitoring control device is provided as the system component,
The lighting monitoring control device is configured by the lighting monitoring device and a control information transmission device, the control information transmission device includes a switch corresponding to the lighting unit address and is connected to the power line,
When the switch provided in the control information transmitting device is operated, the control information transmitting device includes address information indicating the lighting unit address corresponding to the switch and the lighting unit to which the lighting unit address is assigned. The illumination system according to claim 8, wherein the illumination system includes data information including control information for and generates a broadcast signal and transmits the broadcast signal superimposed on the power line.

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