JP2009224220A - Light controller - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily set brightness of a plurality of lighting load arranged in an illumination space by one operation means. <P>SOLUTION: A light controller 1 is constituted of an image point selection part 11 which selects a desired image point from a two-dimensionally expressed and pre-set in advance from image of an illumination space, an image point display part 12 which displays the image point, an optical signal control part 14 which calculates the light load brightness within the pre-set light control level corresponding to the lighting space image based on the selected image point and set the light control signal level, and a light control signal output part 17 which outputs the set light control signal to the light load. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a light controller, and more particularly to a light controller that performs dimming control of the brightness of a plurality of illumination loads disposed in an illumination space.

  Conventionally, to control the brightness of multiple lighting loads placed in the lighting space, control data for performing lighting to create scenes that image themes such as the four seasons and nature is read from the memory and used as control data There has been an example in which an illumination scene suitable for the illumination environment is produced by controlling the brightness of the illumination load based on this (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In indoor lighting spaces such as houses, stores, and offices, it is necessary to be able to easily adjust the brightness of multiple lighting loads. For example, the brightness of multiple lighting loads can be controlled by a light controller that can be operated by the user. It is hoped that it can be set.

  However, in Patent Document 1, the system configuration and operation are complicated.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a general light controller used for appropriately controlling the illumination conditions of the illumination space.

  The light controller 2 controls the brightness of a plurality of lighting loads for each circuit and sets the level of the dimming signal, and the dimming signal level set by the dimming setting unit 21 is set to the scene. It is configured to include a scene operation unit 22 that stores the data as data and selects and reproduces the stored scene data, and adjusts the brightness of the illumination space to the user's preference.

  However, the above-described light controller has a problem that it is necessary to set the brightness of a plurality of illumination loads for each circuit, and the operation is troublesome.

JP 2002-43074 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a light controller capable of easily setting the brightness of a plurality of illumination loads arranged in an illumination space with a single operation means. To do.

  The present invention is a light controller that performs dimming control of the brightness of a plurality of illumination loads arranged in an illumination space, wherein the plurality of illumination loads are connected in two circuits and expressed in two dimensions in advance. Image point selection means for selecting a desired image point from the set image of the illumination space, image point display means for displaying the selected image point, and the 2 corresponding to the image of the space in advance. Dimming for controlling a dimming signal output to the illumination load connected to each of the two circuits within a dimming level range at the selected image point within a dimming level range set for each circuit. Signal control means and dimming signal output means for outputting the controlled dimming signal are provided.

  With this configuration, the user selects a desired image point by the image point selection means from the image of the illumination space that is set and expressed in two dimensions in advance without individually setting the brightness of the plurality of illumination loads. The brightness of a plurality of illumination loads arranged in the illumination space can be easily set.

  In the light controller according to the present invention, the two circuits are mainly connected to a circuit to which an illumination load for illuminating the upper part of the wall surface and the ceiling surface is connected, and mainly to an illumination load for illuminating the floor surface. And a circuit comprising:

  With this configuration, the brightness of the lighting load that is connected mainly to a circuit to which the lighting load that illuminates the upper part of the wall surface and the ceiling surface is connected and a circuit to which the lighting load that illuminates the floor surface is mainly connected. This can be set in a unified manner based on an image point selected from an image of an illumination space that is set in advance by two-dimensional expression.

  Furthermore, the present invention includes a light controller having circuit switching means for switching between the two circuits.

  With this configuration, the brightness of the illumination load connected to one of the two circuits can be easily determined for each circuit based on the image point selected from the image of the illumination space that is set in a two-dimensional representation in advance. Can be set.

  According to the present invention, in the above-described light controller, a scene storage unit that stores a controlled dimming signal to be output to the illumination load as illumination scene data, and the illumination scene stored in the scene storage unit. Scene selection means for selecting one, and the dimming signal control means outputs dimming to be output to the lighting load respectively connected to the two circuits based on the data of the selected lighting scene. Includes those that control signals.

  With this configuration, the brightness of the illumination load in the frequently used image of the illumination space is stored as an illumination scene, and is selected by the scene selection means at the time of reproduction, so that it is arranged in the illumination space with only one operation. The brightness of a plurality of lighting loads can be set easily.

  In the light controller according to the present invention, the image point selection unit includes a direction key operated two-dimensionally by a user, and the image point display unit displays the image point two-dimensionally. Including those composed of possible display devices.

  With this configuration, the user can select a desired image point by operating the direction key from the image of the illumination space that is set in two dimensions in advance without setting the brightness of multiple lighting loads individually. It is possible to easily set the brightness of a plurality of illumination loads arranged in the illumination space.

  The light controller may further include a communication unit for inputting the type of the lighting load and its arrangement information from the outside in the light controller, and the adjustment based on the information input through the communication unit. Includes those that change the range of light levels.

  With this configuration, when the image of the preset illumination space is different, the brightness of multiple illumination loads arranged in the illumination space can be easily adjusted to the user's preference by changing the range of the dimming level Can be set.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the light controller which can set easily the brightness of the some illumination load arrange | positioned in illumination space with one operation means can be provided.

  Hereinafter, a light controller according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing an appearance of a light controller according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the light controller, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an image of an illumination space expressed two-dimensionally.

  The light controller of the present embodiment performs dimming operation on the brightness of a plurality of illumination loads arranged in the illumination space, mainly a circuit to which illumination loads that illuminate the upper surface of the wall surface and the ceiling surface are connected, It mainly outputs a dimming signal for dimming control of the connected lighting load divided into two circuits comprising a circuit to which the lighting load for illuminating the floor is connected.

  In FIG. 1, a light controller 1 according to the present embodiment includes an image point selection unit 11 that selects a desired image point from an image in an illumination space as shown in FIG. 3, and an image point display unit 12 that displays the selected image point. And a scene operation unit 13 for performing an operation of storing and reproducing the illumination scene on the panel. The image point selection unit 11 includes a determination button 111 that determines an image having the set brightness.

  In FIG. 2, the light controller 1 performs illumination as shown in FIG. 3 based on the image points set in the image point selection unit 11, the image point display unit 12, the scene operation unit 13, and the image point selection unit 11. A dimming signal control unit 14 for setting a dimming signal level for controlling the brightness of the lighting load by calculating within a range of dimming levels predetermined for each quadrant of the image of the space; The scene data storage unit 15 that stores the level of the dimming signal for each lighting load set by the light signal control unit 14 as lighting scene data, and the settings of the two circuits connected to the lighting load are mainly the upper part of the wall surface. The level is set by the circuit switching unit 16 that switches to a circuit that illuminates the ceiling surface, a circuit that mainly illuminates the floor surface, and the dimming signal control unit 14. A dimming signal output unit 17 that outputs the dimming signal to the lighting load, and a communication unit 18 that inputs the type and arrangement information of the lighting load transmitted from the data transmission device 100 such as a personal computer or a wireless transmitter. It is.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, the image of the lighting space is, for example, an open lighting space (zone 1), a calm lighting space (zone 2), a bustling lighting space (zone 3), and moist lighting. As a space (zone 4), it is set as an expression classified into four quadrants. In each zone, the range of the dimming level for each circuit is set as shown in the figure. FIG. 3B shows the range of the dimming level for each circuit set in the zone 2.

  The image point selection unit 11 is composed of direction keys that close or open the contacts according to the pressing direction of front, rear, left, and right, and inputs the brightness of the illumination load that the user wants to set as point information of XY coordinates in the image of the illumination space To do.

  The image point display unit 12 includes a liquid crystal display or a number of LED lamps arranged in a dot matrix, and displays an image of the illumination space set by the image point selection unit 11 as XY coordinate point information.

  The scene operation unit 13 includes a push button switch, a touch panel, and the like, and is operated by a user when storing and reproducing scene data.

  The dimming signal control unit 14 includes a CPU, a microcomputer system including a RAM, a ROM, and the like, operates according to a program stored in the ROM, and is based on the image point information of the illumination space set in the image point selection unit 11. A calculation is performed within a predetermined dimming level range to set the dimming signal level for controlling the brightness of the illumination load, and the overall control of each part of the light controller 1 is performed.

  The scene data storage unit 15 is composed of a semiconductor memory such as a RAM, a ROM, an EEPROM, and a flash memory. Read the data.

  The circuit switching unit 16 is composed of a dip switch, a slide switch, and the like, and the setting of the circuit to be connected to the lighting load mainly includes a circuit that illuminates the upper part of the wall surface and the ceiling surface, and a circuit that mainly illuminates the floor surface. Switch to one. The circuit switching unit 16 is operated by a user.

  The dimming signal output unit 17 includes, for example, a semiconductor element such as a triac used for phase control, a DMX512 signal output, a serial communication IC used for gate signal output, and the like. The level is set by the dimming signal control unit 14 The modulated light control signal is converted into a predetermined signal form and output to the illumination load.

  The communication unit 18 includes an IC for serial communication or Ethernet communication, a photocoupler for inputting contact information, a wireless module, and the like. The data transmission device 100 such as a personal computer or a wireless transmitter is connected by wire, wireless, light, or the like. The transmitted type of lighting load and its arrangement information are received.

  Next, the operation of the light controller 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS.

(Operation example 1)
First, an operation of selecting a desired image point from an image in the illumination space and performing dimming control on the brightness of the illumination load at the image point will be described.

  In FIG. 1, the user operates a direction key of the image point selection unit 11 while viewing an image point displayed on the image point display unit 12, and selects a point of the illumination space image for which the brightness of the illumination load is to be set. Then, the enter key 111 is pressed. The information on the points of the input brightness image is fixedly displayed on the image point display unit 12 and sent to the dimming signal control unit 14.

  The dimming signal control unit 14 determines which zone shown in FIG. 3 the selected image point belongs to, and mainly illuminates the upper part of the wall surface and the ceiling surface within the range of the dimming level in the zone. For each circuit that mainly illuminates the floor surface, the level of the dimming signal for controlling the brightness of each lighting load is calculated, and the level of the dimming signal for controlling the brightness of the lighting load is calculated. Set.

  The set dimming signal level is phase-modulated or PWM-modulated in the dimming signal output unit 17 and output to the illumination load.

  Next, the user performs a push button operation on the scene operation unit 13 in order to store information on the level of the light control signal set at this time as data of the illumination scene. As a result, the data of the illumination scene is stored in the scene data storage unit 15.

  According to this operation example, the user can easily set the brightness of a plurality of illumination loads arranged in the illumination space simply by operating the direction key of the image point selection unit 11 using the light controller 1. it can.

(Operation example 2)
Here, the operation for switching the circuit of the illumination load to be set with priority will be described.

  The user operates the switch of the circuit switching unit 16 to set each circuit of the lighting load to “a circuit that mainly illuminates the upper surface of the wall surface and the ceiling surface” and “a circuit that mainly illuminates the floor surface”. To do. The set information is detected by the dimming signal control unit 14.

  Thereafter, a dimming signal for controlling the brightness in the same procedure as in the operation example 1 is sent to the illumination load.

  According to this operation example, the user can easily adjust the brightness of a plurality of illumination loads arranged in the illumination space for each circuit by simply operating the direction key of the image point selection unit 11 using the light controller 1. Can be set.

(Operation example 3)
In this operation example, the range of the light control level set for each zone in the image of the illumination space is changed.

  When the type of illumination load and its arrangement information are transmitted from the data transmission device 100 such as a personal computer or a wireless transmitter, the communication unit 18 receives the information.

  The dimming signal control unit 14 changes the dimming level range of each circuit for each zone in the image of the illumination space shown in FIG. 3 based on the type of illumination load transmitted from the data transmission device 100 and its arrangement information. To do.

  Thereafter, a dimming signal for controlling the brightness in the same procedure as in the operation example 1 is sent to the illumination load.

  According to this operation example, the brightness of a plurality of illumination loads arranged in the illumination space can be easily set according to the user's preference.

  As described above, according to such a light controller according to the embodiment of the present invention, the brightness of a plurality of illumination loads arranged in the illumination space can be easily set by one operation means such as a direction key. be able to.

  The light controller of the present invention has an effect that the brightness of a plurality of illumination loads arranged in the illumination space can be easily set by one operation means, and is useful for an illumination system in a house or a store.

The front view which shows the external appearance of the light controller in embodiment of this invention The block diagram which shows the internal structure of the light controller in embodiment of this invention (A) The figure which represents the image of the illumination space expressed two-dimensionally in embodiment of this invention (b) The figure which shows the example of the range of a light control level in the zone of the image of an illumination space Front view showing the appearance of a regular light controller

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Light controller 11 Image point selection part 12 Image point display part 13 Scene operation part 14 Dimming signal control part 15 Scene data memory | storage part 16 Circuit switching part 17 Dimming signal output part 18 Communication part 100 Data transmission apparatus

Claims (6)

A light controller for dimming and controlling the brightness of a plurality of lighting loads arranged in an illumination space,
The plurality of lighting loads are divided into two circuits and connected,
Image point selection means for selecting a desired image point from the image of the illumination space set in a two-dimensional representation in advance;
Image point display means for displaying the selected image point;
The illumination load connected to each of the two circuits within a range of dimming levels at the selected image point within a range of dimming levels set for each of the two circuits corresponding to the image of the space in advance. A dimming signal control means for controlling the dimming signal to be output to
A dimming signal output means for outputting the controlled dimming signal;
Light controller equipped with. The light controller according to claim 1,
The two circuits are:
Mainly, the circuit to which the lighting load that illuminates the upper part of the wall surface and the ceiling surface is connected,
Mainly, the circuit to which the lighting load that illuminates the floor is connected,
Light controller equipped with. The light controller according to claim 2,
A light controller comprising circuit switching means for switching between the two circuits. The light controller according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A scene storage means for storing a controlled dimming signal to be output to the illumination load as illumination scene data;
Scene selection means for selecting one of the illumination scenes stored in the scene storage means;
With
The dimming signal control means includes
A light controller that controls a dimming signal output to the lighting load connected to each of the two circuits based on the selected data of the lighting scene. The light controller according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The image point selection means includes
It consists of direction keys that are operated two-dimensionally by the user,
The image point display means includes
A light controller comprising a display device capable of two-dimensionally displaying the image point. The light controller according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
A communication means for inputting the type of the lighting load from the outside, and its arrangement information,
Based on the information input via the communication means,
A light controller that changes a range of the dimming level.

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