JP2014022197A - Remote lighting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve a remote lighting device capable of being used for an existing illuminating fixture without wiring construction, and operating detection means with certainty to perform lighting control of the illuminating fixture depending on existence of a person.SOLUTION: If a detection part 11 of a remote lighting device 1 different from a remote controller attached to an illuminating device detects existence of a person, a communication part 13 reads out an ON signal of the illuminating device from a storage part 12, and transmits the readout ON signal to the illuminating device. If the detection part 11 detects absence of a person, the communication part 13 reads out an OFF signal of the illuminating device from the storage part 12, and transmits the readout OFF signal to the illuminating device.

Description

  The present invention relates to a remote lighting device used for a lighting fixture.

  Lighting fixtures that are lit by human sensors that detect that a person is approaching are used. Such lighting fixtures using human sensors include those equipped with human sensors in the main body of the lighting fixture, those equipped with human sensors on wall switches, and those equipped with human sensors in the remote control transmitter. There is.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a wireless transmission device that uses a battery as a power source and transmits a signal corresponding to the brightness detected by a brightness sensor to a lighting device when the presence of a person is detected by a human body sensor. Has been.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a wireless transmitter that can prevent non-operation of the luminaire by determining that the surrounding is brighter than a predetermined illuminance by the luminaire that the wireless transmitter itself is turned on.

  In Patent Document 3, when a person is detected during a period when the brightness is below a predetermined threshold, the illumination load is turned on, and when a person is detected during the standby period, the brightness detected by the brightness sensor. However, a human body detection device that turns on an illumination load is disclosed.

  Patent Document 4 discloses an automatic light control device that is lit at a low level when ambient illuminance is lower than a predetermined threshold level and that is lit at a high level for a predetermined time when a human body is detected. Yes.

  Patent Document 5 includes a first illuminance sensor, a second illuminance sensor that detects illuminance outside the illuminance detection area of the first illuminance sensor, and a human sensor, and includes the first illuminance sensor and the second illuminance. An illuminating device that controls an illuminating lamp based on the illuminance level detected by the sensor and the presence or absence of a person in the illuminance detection area is disclosed.

JP 2011-204631 A JP 2008-234940 A JP 2006-040903 A Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 03-076393 JP 2000-164366 A

  However, a lighting fixture with a human sensor mounted on the lighting fixture body requires a dedicated circuit board with a human sensor circuit, and the lighting fixture body has a special structure so that the human sensor can operate. There is a need. In a lighting fixture in which a human sensor is mounted on a wall switch, wiring is required for mounting the wall switch. In the case of these luminaires, existing luminaires cannot be used and must be replaced.

  In a lighting fixture having a human sensor mounted on a remote control transmitter, a dedicated remote control transmission circuit having a human sensor is required. Further, since the remote control is not in a fixed position, the human sensor may not operate depending on the place where the remote control is placed.

  In the techniques described in Patent Literatures 1 to 5, since the lighting device is controlled based on the combination of the outputs of the human sensor and the brightness sensor, the brightness threshold value is stored, and whether or not the threshold value is exceeded. It is necessary to make a judgment. This complicates the processing and increases the cost.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and can be used for existing lighting fixtures without wiring work, and the detection means can be operated reliably, depending on the presence or absence of a person. An object of the present invention is to provide a remote lighting device that can control lighting of a lamp.

The remote lighting device according to the present invention is
A remote lighting device that transmits a lighting signal to a lighting device,
Detection means for detecting the presence of a person;
Storage means for storing the same signal as the lighting instruction signal of the remote controller attached to the lighting device;
When the detection means detects the presence of a person, a communication means for transmitting the same signal as the lighting instruction signal to the lighting device;
It is characterized by providing.

  According to the present invention, remote lighting that can be used for existing lighting fixtures without wiring work, and that can reliably turn on the lighting fixture depending on the presence or absence of a person by operating the detection means reliably. A device is feasible.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the illumination control system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of the remote lighting device which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the remote lighting device which concerns on embodiment.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a lighting control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The illumination control system according to the embodiment includes an illumination device 2, a remote controller 2R (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller 2R) attached to the illumination device 2, and a remote lighting device 1 that can control ON-OFF of the illumination device 2. Composed. The remote lighting device 1 is provided separately from the remote controller 2R, and the illumination device 2 and the remote controller 2R can use existing ones.

  The remote lighting device 1 has a function of detecting the presence / absence of a person. When the presence of a person is detected, the remote lighting device 1 transmits an ON signal instructing lighting to the lighting device 2, and when detecting the absence of a person, the remote lighting device 1 illuminates an OFF signal instructing turning off. Transmit to device 2. The ON signal and OFF signal are the same signals as the ON signal and OFF signal of the remote controller 2R. The lighting device 2 is turned on when an ON signal is received from the remote lighting device 1, and is turned off when an OFF signal is received.

  In the lighting control system of the present embodiment, the remote lighting device 1 is installed at a position where the presence or absence of a person can be reliably detected in a space where the lighting device 2 is located. Thereby, when a person enters the room, the lighting device 2 is reliably turned on. The remote lighting device 1 may be installed at an arbitrary position by the user.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the remote lighting device according to the embodiment. The remote lighting device 1 includes a detection unit 11 that detects the presence or absence of a person, a storage unit 12 that stores an ON-OFF signal of the lighting device 2, and a communication unit 13 that transmits an ON-OFF signal of the lighting device 2. Composed.

  The detection part 11 is comprised with an infrared human sensor, for example, and detects the presence or absence of the person of a detection range. In the present embodiment, the presence or absence of a person in a room where the lighting device 2 is located is detected. When detecting the presence of a person, the detection unit 11 sends a signal indicating that the presence of a person has been detected to the communication unit 13. When detecting the absence of a person, the detection unit 11 sends a signal indicating that the absence of a person has been detected to the communication unit 13.

  Detecting the presence of a person means detecting that a person has been changed from a state where there is no person, and detecting the absence of a person means that a person has been changed from a state where there is no person. It is to detect.

  The storage unit 12 is configured by, for example, a non-volatile memory, and stores the same ON-OFF signal of the illumination device 2 as that of the remote controller 2R. This ON-OFF signal may be acquired by the communication unit 13 receiving it from the remote control 2R, for example.

  The communication unit 13 includes a wireless communication device such as infrared rays and radio waves and a dedicated circuit. When the communication unit 13 receives a signal indicating that the presence of a person is detected from the detection unit 11, the communication unit 13 reads the ON signal from the storage unit 12 and 2 to send. In addition, when the communication unit 13 receives a signal indicating that the absence of a person has been detected from the detection unit 11, the communication unit 13 reads an OFF signal from the storage unit 12 and transmits it to the lighting device 2.

  In the configuration in which the communication unit 13 receives the ON / OFF signal of the lighting device 2 from the remote controller 2R, the communication unit 13 stores the received ON / OFF signal of the lighting device 2 in the storage unit 12.

  The remote lighting device 1 may include a CPU, and the CPU may control hardware such as an infrared human sensor or a nonvolatile memory to execute each process.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation of the remote lighting device according to the embodiment. The process of FIG. 3 starts when the power of the remote lighting device 1 is turned on.

  When the detection unit 11 of the remote lighting device 1 detects the presence of a person (step S11; YES), the communication unit 13 reads the ON signal of the lighting device 2 from the storage unit 12 and transmits it to the lighting device 2 (step S12). . The lighting device 2 is lit when receiving an ON signal from the remote lighting device 1.

  When the detection unit 11 detects the absence of a person (step S11; NO, step S13; YES), the communication unit 13 reads the OFF signal of the illumination device 2 from the storage unit 12 and transmits it to the illumination device 2 (step S14). . The lighting device 2 is turned off when receiving the OFF signal from the remote lighting device 1.

  When the absence of a person is not detected (step S13; NO), if the remote lighting device 1 is not turned off (step S15; NO), the process returns to step S11, and steps S11 to S15 are repeated. When the remote lighting device 1 is powered off (step S15; YES), the process is terminated.

  According to the remote lighting device 1 of the present embodiment, the lighting device can be used for an existing lighting device without performing wiring work, and the human sensor is reliably operated, and depending on the presence or absence of a person, ON-OFF can be controlled.

  For example, when a human sensor is mounted on the remote controller attached to the lighting device, the location of the remote controller 2R is not fixed, and the user may place it in a place where the human sensor does not operate. Moreover, when a human sensor is mounted on the wall switch of the lighting device, wiring between the wall switch and the lighting fixture is necessary. However, the remote lighting device 1 can be disposed at a position where the human sensor is surely operated, and wiring is not necessary. Moreover, since it is different from the remote control attached to the lighting device, the convenience of remote control operation is not impaired. Furthermore, since it consists only of the human sensor, the memory, and the wireless communication device, it can be realized at a low cost.

  In addition, the remote lighting device 1 is good to use a battery as a power supply. Thereby, it can be easily installed anywhere in the user's favorite place. In this case, in order to reduce battery consumption, the detection unit 11 may be intermittently driven at intervals of, for example, once per second. In addition, the remote lighting device 1 may include a display unit and display the remaining battery level. Further, a warning unit that outputs a warning such as lighting of a lamp, output of a warning sound, display of a warning message, etc. may be provided when the remaining battery level is equal to or less than a threshold value. The remote lighting device 1 may include a storage battery and a solar panel, and may generate power with the solar panel to charge the storage battery.

  When there is an outlet at the place where the remote lighting device 1 is installed, power may be received from the outlet.

  In the embodiment, when the communication unit 13 receives a signal indicating that the presence of a person has been detected from the detection unit 11, the communication unit 13 reads the ON signal from the storage unit 12 and transmits it to the lighting device 2 to detect the absence of a person. When the signal indicating this is received, the OFF signal is read from the storage unit 12 and transmitted to the illumination device 2. However, not limited to this, the detection unit 11 detects only the presence of a person, and the communication unit 13 receives an ON signal from the storage unit 12 when receiving a signal indicating that the presence of a person has been detected from the detection unit 11. It may be just read out and transmitted to the illumination device 2.

  A part or all of the above-described embodiment can be described as in the following supplementary notes, but is not limited thereto.

(Appendix 1)
A remote lighting device that transmits a lighting signal to a lighting device,
Detection means for detecting the presence of a person;
Storage means for storing the same signal as the lighting instruction signal of the remote controller attached to the lighting device;
When the detection means detects the presence of a person, a communication means for transmitting the same signal as the lighting instruction signal to the lighting device;
A remote lighting device comprising:

(Appendix 2)
The detection means detects the presence or absence of a person,
The storage means stores the same signal as a turn-off instruction signal of a remote controller attached to the lighting device,
The remote lighting device according to appendix 1, wherein the communication unit transmits the same signal as the turn-off instruction signal to the lighting device when the detection unit detects the absence of a person.

(Appendix 3)
The remote lighting device according to appendix 1 or 2, wherein the detection means is intermittent drive.

(Appendix 4)
The remote lighting device according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, wherein the driving power source is a battery.

(Appendix 5)
The remote lighting device according to appendix 4, further comprising display means for displaying the remaining amount of the battery.

(Appendix 6)
The remote lighting device according to appendix 4 or 5, further comprising warning means for outputting a warning when the remaining amount of the battery falls below a predetermined value.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Remote lighting device 2 Illuminating device 2R Remote controller 11 Detection part 12 Storage part 13 Communication part

Claims (6)

A remote lighting device that transmits a lighting signal to a lighting device,
Detection means for detecting the presence of a person;
Storage means for storing the same signal as the lighting instruction signal of the remote controller attached to the lighting device;
When the detection means detects the presence of a person, a communication means for transmitting the same signal as the lighting instruction signal to the lighting device;
A remote lighting device comprising: The detection means detects the presence or absence of a person,
The storage means stores the same signal as a turn-off instruction signal of a remote controller attached to the lighting device,
The remote lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit transmits the same signal as the turn-off instruction signal to the lighting device when the detection unit detects the absence of a person.   The remote lighting device according to claim 1, wherein the detection unit is intermittently driven.   The remote lighting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the driving power source is a battery.   The remote lighting device according to claim 4, further comprising display means for displaying the remaining amount of the battery.   The remote lighting device according to claim 4, further comprising a warning unit that outputs a warning when the remaining amount of the battery becomes a predetermined value or less.

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