JP2017084494A - Illumination control device and program for illumination control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an illumination control device that enables reservation setting of illumination control to be performed in a flexible, easy and intuitive manner.SOLUTION: An illumination control device (1) includes a reservation guidance unit (41) for outputting a reservation icon (201) associated with selectable illumination control to a home screen (20) on a display screen, and opening a reservation setting screen (21) for guiding reservation of the illumination control corresponding to the reservation icon selected by a user input, a reservation time setting unit (43) for determining a reservation time to be taken until the illumination control is executed based on the user input on the reservation setting screen, a time counting unit (45) having a timer, a reservation determining unit (44) for determining execution of reservation of the illumination control based on the user input on the reservation setting screen, and starting time counting by the timer, and a time display output unit (46) for outputting, to the home screen, a time icon (203) for enabling a remaining time to be taken until the execution of the illumination control to be visually checked based on the reservation time and the time counting by the timer.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a lighting control device and a program for the lighting control device.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a monitoring control system that sets a lighting on / off schedule for each lighting block by a schedule setting unit on a schedule setting screen displayed on a display device. In this system, the lighting on / off status of the temporary lighting for each temporary lighting location in each construction area of the construction site is collectively monitored on the screen of the display device, and manual setting of the lighting on / off of each temporary lighting is provided. Setting / changing of the daily lighting schedule and operation mode setting are performed from the monitoring center.

  Patent Document 2 discloses an illumination control device that sets a schedule that is repeatedly executed on a specific day in a store or the like. The lighting control device includes a specific information setting unit that sets a specific date and a specific schedule to be executed on the specific date for the lighting device to be controlled, and a specific information on which the acquired current date information is to execute the specific schedule Lighting control that determines whether or not a day falls and turns on the lighting device according to a specific schedule if it falls on a specific day, and turns on the lighting device according to a preset basic schedule if it does not fall on a specific day A part.

JP-A-11-111470 JP 2013-246890 A

  However, as represented by the construction site of Patent Document 1 or the store of Patent Document 2, the configuration for an environment in which the lighting control time is relatively easy to determine on the manager side, the progress of the game like a sports stadium. When applied to an environment configuration in which the lighting control time varies depending on the situation, inconvenience may occur. Specifically, at construction sites, stores, etc., daily lighting schedules are established, and as a rule, lighting control is performed based on the schedule, and even if there is a schedule change, the necessity and change time are foreseeable. Easy. On the other hand, at the stadium, the end of the game greatly varies depending on the progress of the game and the presence or absence of an extra game. Therefore, in the lighting of the stadium, even if a daily lighting schedule is set, there are many cases where lighting control cannot be performed as scheduled, and the necessity and time of the change are not known until the end of the game. There is a premise.

  For example, in the situation at the end of the game in the stadium, it is necessary to turn off the lights after a certain period of time when the audience leaves after the game ends and maintenance work such as cleaning is completed. In order to perform lighting control (for example, turn off) at a desired time, it is necessary for the lighting manager to be present until the turn-off time and turn off manually, or for the lighting manager to change the daily schedule at the end of the game. is there. In the former case, the lighting manager's binding time becomes unnecessarily long, which is not preferable from the viewpoint of labor management or labor costs. In the latter case, it is necessary to change the schedule setting already set substantially every day. That is, every time it is necessary to change the turn-off time, the lighting manager has to perform a change operation of the setting contents through a complicated operation on the screen displaying the schedule setting for each day, and the work load is large. . In addition, a function and its operation are required so that a single change in the setting contents does not affect the setting contents after the next day, which complicates the control configuration of the apparatus and the operation of the lighting manager.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a lighting control device that makes it possible to make a reservation setting for lighting control in a flexible, easy and intuitive manner in an environment where the lighting control time cannot be determined by the lighting manager. And

  The lighting control apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention outputs a reservation icon associated with selectable lighting control to the home screen on the display screen, and reserves lighting control corresponding to the reservation icon selected by the user input. A reservation guide for opening a reservation setting screen for guiding, a reservation time setting unit for determining a reservation time until lighting control is executed based on a user input on the reservation setting screen, a time measuring unit having a timer, The reservation setting screen determines the reservation execution of the lighting control based on the user input, and starts the time measurement by the timer, and the remaining time until the lighting control is executed based on the reservation time and the time measurement by the timer. A time display output unit for outputting a visually recognizable time icon to the home screen.

  The lighting control device according to the second aspect of the present invention outputs a reservation icon associated with selectable lighting control to the home screen on the display screen, and reserves lighting control corresponding to the reservation icon selected by the user input. Based on a user input on the reservation setting screen, a reservation time setting unit for determining a reservation time for lighting control to be executed based on user input on the reservation setting screen, A reservation determination unit that determines reservation execution of lighting control, a time measuring unit that outputs the current time, and a time icon that can visually recognize the remaining time until the lighting control is executed based on the reservation time and the current time. A time display output unit for outputting to a screen.

  According to the lighting control devices of the first and second embodiments, the user can make a reservation by simply selecting a reservation icon, inputting a reservation time or reservation time, and determining a reservation execution when setting the reservation for lighting control. Setting can be completed, and reservation setting can be performed flexibly and easily at an appropriate timing. When the reservation setting is completed, the user can see the time icon related to the remaining time related to the reserved lighting control on the home screen, and can easily and intuitively understand the completion of the reservation setting. Therefore, a lighting control device is realized that makes it possible to make reservation settings for lighting control in a flexible, easy and intuitive manner in an environment where the lighting control time cannot be determined by the lighting manager.

  Here, the time icon is preferably a countdown display of the remaining time until the lighting control is executed. Thereby, the user can intuitively recognize that the reservation setting is successful.

  Further, the countdown display is preferably counted down in seconds. Thereby, the user can know the success of the reservation setting more intuitively immediately after the reservation setting is completed.

  In addition, a control information output unit that outputs lighting control information as a control name may be further provided on the home screen. Thereby, the discriminability of the lighting control related to the reservation setting is enhanced.

  Further, when a plurality of lighting controls are executed, the control information output unit and the time display output unit are configured to output a set of control names and time icons corresponding to the plurality of lighting controls to the home screen. It may be. This improves the listability of the reservation status of lighting control.

  In addition, the reservation determination unit outputs a predetermined button for determining reservation execution to the reservation setting screen, outputs a confirmation screen when the predetermined button is selected by a user input, and affirmative selection is performed by a user input on the confirmation screen. Preferably, the reservation execution is determined in response to the notification. In this way, after setting the reservation time or the reservation time, the reservation setting is completed only by selecting a predetermined button and making an affirmative selection on the confirmation screen, so that an easy and quick reservation setting is possible.

  Furthermore, it is preferable that the predetermined button is in a selectable state before the reservation time or the reservation time is determined. Thereby, after the reservation setting screen is displayed, the user can grasp that the reservation time or the reservation time should be set first, and the intuitiveness of the operation is enhanced.

  In addition, the present invention includes a program for an illumination control device that causes a computer to function as each unit included in the illumination control device. Furthermore, the present invention includes a computer-readable storage medium in which a program for the lighting control device is stored.

It is a block diagram which shows the illumination control apparatus by each embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the home screen in each embodiment. It is a figure which shows the reservation setting screen in each embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the preset list in each embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the confirmation screen in each embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in a 1st embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in a 1st embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in a 1st embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in a 1st embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the confirmation screen in each embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in 2nd Embodiment.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a lighting control apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The lighting control device 1 includes a display unit 2, an input unit 3, a processing unit 4, a storage unit 5, and a communication unit 6, and is interconnected in a manner that enables mutual exchange of data and signals. The illumination control device 1 constitutes an illumination control system together with the illumination lamps 8-1 to 8-n. In the following description, the illuminating lamps 8-1 to 8-n are collectively referred to as the illuminating lamp 8 as a representative or a part thereof. The illuminating lamp 8 is an illuminating lamp for a stadium (stadium, exercise facility, etc.), a gymnasium, or the like.

  It is assumed that the illumination control device 1 and the illuminating lamp 8 are appropriately supplied with power from an appropriate power source such as a commercial power source via a wiring (not shown). The communication unit 6 and the illumination lamp 8 of the illumination control device 1 are connected to each other by a line L. The line L may be a wired connection line or a wireless connection line. When the line L is a wired communication line, for example, TCP / IP, RS485, or the like can be used as a communication protocol. When the line L is a wireless communication line, for example, WiFi, ZigBee, or the like can be used as a communication protocol. However, the communication protocol is not limited to these.

  In the present embodiment, the display unit 2 is a display screen including a touch panel, and also serves as the input unit 3 that receives user input. However, the display unit 2 may be a monitor screen of a computer (for example, a personal computer). In this case, the input unit 3 is an input means such as a mouse or a keyboard. In addition, in this specification, a user means the operator (lighting manager) of the lighting control apparatus 1.

  The processing unit 4 includes a setting management unit 40, a control information output unit 42, a reservation guide unit 41, a reservation time setting unit 43, a reservation determination unit 44, a time measuring unit 45, a time display output unit 46, and an illumination control execution unit 47. For example, a CPU is configured. The above-described units of the processing unit 4 are interconnected by a bus B in such a manner that data and signals can be exchanged with each other. Further, the processing unit 4 appropriately executes functions provided in a normal CPU by a processing unit (not shown). The storage unit 5 is a memory configured to store various programs and data.

  2 and 3 respectively show a home screen 20 and a reservation setting screen 21 displayed on the display screen of the display unit 2 (also serving as the input unit 3). Hereinafter, the configuration of each unit of the processing unit 4 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  The setting management unit 40 is configured to output the positional relationship between the field to be illuminated and the illumination lamps 8-1 to 8-n to the home screen 20 as an illumination arrangement image 200 as illustrated in FIG. In this example, as shown in the illumination arrangement image 200, the illumination target is a baseball field and a spectator seat in a stadium, and the number of illumination lamps is n = 6. Each illumination lamp 8 includes a plurality of lamps.

  The reservation guiding unit 41 is configured to output reservation icons 201 a to 201 d for guiding the transition to the reservation setting screen 21 of selectable lighting control to the home screen 20. Hereinafter, the reservation icons 201a to 201d will be collectively referred to as a reservation icon 201, or a part thereof may be represented. The reservation icon 201 is an abbreviation display of an abbreviation of a control name and an image, which will be described later. In this example, four reservation icons 201 are displayed, but the number of reservation icons 201 may be 1 to 3 or 5 or more, and can be set as appropriate by the user. When the user selection (touch operation) is performed in the area of the reservation icon 201, the reservation guide unit 41 pops up the reservation setting screen 21 corresponding to the selected reservation icon 201.

  The control information output unit 42 refers to the preset list stored in the storage unit 5 according to the selection of the reservation icon 201, and controls the control names 202a to 202d of the home screen 20 and the reservation number area 210 of the reservation setting screen 21. The display of the control name area 211 and the control content area 212 is configured to be output. The control names 202a to 202d are generically named or a part of them is referred to as the control name 202. With this control name 202, the identifiability of lighting control related to the reservation setting is enhanced. FIG. 4 shows an example of the preset list. The preset list 50 is preset by a user on a separate preset screen, and includes a reservation number (reservation number area 210), an icon (reservation icon 201), an abbreviation (control name 202) as lighting control information, and a control name (control name). Area 211) and control contents (control contents area 212) are associated with each other.

  The control information output unit 42 outputs the name of the lighting control corresponding to the selected reservation icon 201 to the control name area 211 on the reservation setting screen 21. In this example, in the control name area 211, “baseball all lamp turn-off reservation” indicating that all lamp turn-off reservation control is performed for the baseball field and the spectator seat is displayed.

  Further, the control information output unit 42 indicates in the control content area 212 of the reservation setting screen 21 whether the selected lighting control corresponds to pattern control, group control, or individual control. With pattern control, control content “ON / OFF / dimming rate” is added to circuit information such as lighting all lamps, all lamp dimming, partial dimming, all lamp extinguishing or partial extinction. Control to do. For example, for the lighting lamps 8-1 to 8-6, all lamps 100% dimming (all lights) → all lamps 75% dimming → all lamps 50% dimming → all lamps off, all lamps on → two lamps off ( (Continued to turn on 4 lights) → Refers to each control when turning off all lights. Group control refers to control for turning on, dimming, or extinguishing a set of a plurality of illumination lamps 8. Individual control refers to control for turning on, dimming, or turning off one of the lamps 8.

  Further, the control information output unit 42 outputs a control name 202 on the home screen 20. The contents of the control name 202 may be the same as the contents of the control name area 211 or may be abbreviated notation thereof. For example, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, “baseball all lighting reservation” which is a shortened display of “baseball night game all lighting reservation” in the control name area 211 is displayed in the control name 202a.

  The reservation time setting unit 43 outputs a reservation time area 213 and a time setting button 214 to the reservation setting screen 21, and displays the time until the selected lighting control is executed (hereinafter referred to as “reservation time”). It is configured to make a decision based on the input. When the time setting button 214 is selected by the user, the reserved time setting unit 43 pops up a time input numeric keypad screen (not shown). When the user inputs a reservation time on the time input numeric keypad screen, the reservation time setting unit 43 closes the time input numeric keypad screen and outputs the input reservation time to the reservation time area 213. Before the reservation time is input, the reservation time area 213 displays zero “00:00:00”, blank “-:-:-”, and the like.

  Instead of providing the time setting button 214 and the time input numeric keypad screen, a pull-down button for inputting “hour” and “minute” (and “second” as necessary) in the reserved time area 213 is provided. In this case, when the pull-down button is selected (tapped), an enumeration of numerical values is displayed in a pull-down manner, and the numerical values can be selected. Alternatively, in the reserved time area 213, the “hour” and “minute” (and “second” if necessary) columns themselves may be configured as selection buttons, and in this case, the upper and lower sides of the selected (tapped) column. Numerical values are enumerated in the direction, and the numerical values are scrolled by the user's flick operation, and the numerical values can be selected. Alternatively, when the margin of the reservation setting screen 21 is relatively wide, a time input numeric keypad screen may be displayed in the margin of the reservation setting screen 21. In consideration of the case where the reservation time is desired to be fixed, a reservation time storage check box or the like may be provided, and when the check box or the like is checked, the previous reservation time may be set in advance.

  The reservation determination unit 44 has a function of outputting an execution button 215, an OFF button 216, a dimming button 217, a reservation cancel button 218, and a home shift button 219 to the reservation setting screen 21 to determine the user's reservation setting. In the present embodiment, the timer unit 45 is a timer unit having a timer (countdown timer). The reservation determination unit 44 determines (determines) execution of reservation for lighting control based on the user input, and starts time measurement by the timer of the time measurement unit 45. In addition, the reservation time setting unit 43 or the reservation determination unit 44 switches between a selectable state and a non-selectable state (grayed out, non-display, etc.) of the buttons 215 to 219 as necessary.

  The execution button 215 is a button for designating that the selected lighting control is executed when the scheduled time expires. In this example, “execution” is described as the execution button 215, but “ON” may be described. When the execution button 215 is selected, the reservation determination unit 44, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, “executes control at the reservation time. Are you sure?”, “Yes” (affirmation) and “No” (deny) ) Is displayed in a pop-up. The question text on the confirmation screen 22 is more specifically “control is executed after XX hours. Are you sure?”, “Turns off at the reserved time? Are you sure?”, “Turns off after XX hours” "Are you sure?" In addition, when the reservation time is input by time as in the second embodiment described later, the above question sentence is “Are you executing control at XX hours? △?”, “Yes? It may turn off at △△ minutes. Are you sure? "

  If the user selects affirmative on the confirmation screen 22, that is, selects “Yes”, the reservation determination unit 44 confirms the reservation setting, starts the time measurement by the timer of the time measuring unit 45, and closes the confirmation screen 22 and the reservation setting screen 21. . In this way, after setting the reservation time, the reservation setting is completed only by selecting the execution button 215 and making an affirmative selection on the confirmation screen 22, so that an easy and quick reservation setting is possible. If the user selects “No”, that is, “No” on the confirmation screen 22, the reservation determination unit 44 closes the confirmation screen 22 without enabling the operation related to the execution button 215.

  The OFF button 216 is a button for designating that the selected illumination control is OFF-controlled when the scheduled time expires. Similarly to the execution button 215, even after the OFF button 216 is selected, a confirmation screen is displayed, and the reservation setting is completed by affirmative selection with respect to the confirmation screen.

  The dimming button 217 is a button for shifting to a dimming rate setting screen for allowing the user to determine the dimming rate when dimming is selected as illumination control. The dimming button 217 will be described in a second embodiment described later.

  The reservation cancel button 218 is a button for canceling the reservation setting for lighting control. When the reservation cancel button 218 is selected, the reservation determination unit 44 pops up a confirmation screen in which, for example, “Cancel reservation. Are you sure?”, “Yes” (affirmation) and “No” (deny) are displayed. Let When “Yes” is selected, the reservation determination unit 44 closes the reservation setting screen 21. Further, the time icon 203 becomes “00:00:00”, “-:-:-”, etc., and the control reservation is canceled. On the other hand, if “No” is selected on the confirmation screen, the reservation determination unit 44 closes the confirmation screen without enabling the operation of the reservation cancel button 218.

  The home shift button 219 is a button for returning from the reservation setting screen 21 to the home screen 20. When the home shift button 219 is selected, the reservation determination unit 44 invalidates all the operations on the reservation setting screen 21 without enabling the operations on the reservation setting screen 21 that have not been confirmed so far. Then, the reservation setting screen 21 is closed.

  When the reservation time area 213 is not set (when “00:00:00”, “-:-:-”, etc. are displayed), the execution button 215, the OFF button 216, and the dimming button The reservation cancel button 218 and the reservation cancel button 218 may be disabled. However, this is not the case when the reservation time storage check box is checked, because the previous set time is displayed. Thus, after the reservation setting screen 21 is displayed in a pop-up, the user can grasp that the reservation time should be set by first selecting the time setting button 214, or use of a reservation time storage check box This shortens the operation and increases the intuitiveness of the operation.

  The time display output unit 46 outputs time icons 203 a to 203 d on the home screen 20. As illustrated, reservation icons 201a to 201d, control names 202a to 202d, and time icons 203a to 203d correspond to each other. The time icons 203a to 203d are collectively referred to as a time icon 203 as a representative or a part thereof. In the time icon 203, the time set on the reservation setting screen 21 is displayed in a countdown manner. This countdown is executed from the time when the reservation setting is confirmed by the reservation determination unit 44 and the timer of the timer 45 starts counting.

  Thus, the countdown display of the time icon 203 allows the user to intuitively recognize that the reservation setting has succeeded without having to foresee that the countdown actually becomes zero. In addition, the lighting control itself is not required to be strictly performed in units of seconds, but the countdown display is performed in units of seconds, so that the user can set the reservation immediately after the reservation setting is completed (within several seconds from the completion of the reservation setting). Can be more intuitively understood.

  The illumination control execution unit 47 generates a control signal corresponding to the reserved illumination control when the reservation time expires, and transmits the control signal from the communication unit 6 to each illumination lamp 8 to perform the reserved illumination control. The lamp 8 and the terminal are executed.

  When execution of the reserved lighting control is finished, the time icon 203 may be deleted, or the time icon 203 indicating the end of the countdown may be held. The display of the time icon 203 indicating the end of the countdown may be zero “00:00:00”, blank “-:-:-”, message “reservation execution end”, or the like. As described above, when the time icon 203 indicating the end of the countdown is held, the user can confirm the completion of the execution of the lighting control later (at a later date or the like).

  Even if the countdown after the reservation setting is completed, if any of the reservation icons 201 is selected again, the reservation setting operation as described above is accepted. That is, a plurality of lighting controls can be reserved, and in this case, the same number of time icons 203 as the number of reservations are displayed on the home screen 20 in a countdown manner at each reservation time. This improves the listability of the reservation status of lighting control.

  Further, when resetting is performed for the same lighting control during the countdown, the reset content is overwritten on the previously set content, and the reset content becomes valid. As a result, it is not necessary to cancel or delete the preset reservation contents, and the reservation change operation is facilitated.

Here, a specific reservation setting procedure will be described with reference to FIGS. 6A to 6D.
In a baseball game (night game) in a stadium, a reservation setting is assumed in which all the lighting lamps 8 are turned off after the lapse of 2 hours at the end of the game. This corresponds to completion of maintenance work such as cleaning by two hours after the end of the match. During the game, all the lights 8 are turned on, and the user (operator) stands by until the game ends.

  FIG. 6A shows the home screen 20 during the match. On the home screen 20, the setting management unit 40 outputs a baseball lighting arrangement image 200, and the reservation guiding unit 41 sets reservation icons 201 a (all baseball lights), 201 b (baseball batch dimming), 201 c (cleaning pattern), and 201 d. (Baseball all off) is output, and the control information output unit 42 outputs control names 202a to 202d. However, since the reservation setting is not performed, the time icons 203a to 203d are displayed as "-:-:-".

Suppose that the match is over and cleaning starts at 21:15.
When the user selects the reservation icon 201d (baseball all-off reservation), the reservation guiding unit 41 pops up the reservation setting screen 21 shown in FIG. 6B. In the reservation setting screen 21, the control information output unit 42 refers to the preset list 50 (FIG. 4), outputs “Reservation No. 4” to the reservation number area 210, and “All baseball goes off in the control name area 211. “Reservation” is output, and “Pattern control” is output to the control content area 212. In FIG. 6B, the execution button 215, the OFF button 216, the dimming button 217, and the reservation cancel button 218 are grayed out.

  When the user selects the time setting button 214, the reserved time setting unit 43 pops up a time setting numeric keypad screen (not shown). On the numeric keypad screen, the user inputs the reservation time “02:00:00”. In response to the user input, the reservation time setting unit 43 outputs “02:00:00” to the reservation time area 213 as shown in FIG. 6C. In addition, the execution button 215 is selected.

  When the user selects the execute button 215, the reservation determination unit 44 pops up the confirmation screen 22 (FIG. 5). If the user makes an affirmation with respect to the confirmation screen 22, that is, selects “Yes”, the reservation determination unit 44 confirms the reservation setting, starts the countdown timer of the time measuring unit 45, and closes the confirmation screen 22 and the reservation setting screen 21. Thereby, the home screen 20 shown in FIG. 6D is obtained.

  As shown in FIG. 6D, on the home screen 20, the time display output unit 46 outputs a countdown display as the time icon 203d.

  When the countdown timer reaches zero after 23:15, two hours after 21:15 (the time taken for the reservation setting operation), the illumination control execution unit 47 turns off all the lamps 8. At this time, as described above, the time icon 203d may hold the state at the end of the countdown, such as the display of “00:00:00” and “-:-:-”.

  As described above, in the lighting control device 1 of the present embodiment, the reservation guiding unit 41 outputs the reservation icon 201 associated with the selectable lighting control to the home screen 20 and the reservation selected by the user input. The reservation setting screen 21 for guiding the lighting control corresponding to the icon 201 is opened. The reservation time setting unit 43 determines the reservation time on the reservation setting screen 21 based on the user input. The reservation determination unit 44 determines reservation execution of lighting control based on a user input on the reservation setting screen 21 and starts a countdown timer (timer unit 45). The time display output unit 46 outputs a time icon 203 for countdown display to the home screen 20 based on the reserved time and the countdown timer. Then, the illumination control execution unit 47 causes the illumination lamp 8 to execute illumination control when the reservation time expires.

  Thus, when setting a reservation for lighting control, the user can complete the reservation setting simply by selecting the reservation icon 201, inputting the reservation time, and determining the reservation execution. Reservation can be easily set. When the reservation setting is completed, the user can see the time icon 203 of the countdown display related to the reserved lighting control on the home screen 20, and can easily and intuitively understand the completion of the reservation setting. Therefore, the lighting control apparatus 1 is realized that enables the lighting control reservation setting to be performed in a flexible, easy, and intuitive manner in an environment where the lighting control time cannot be determined by the lighting manager.

<Second Embodiment>
In the first embodiment, the configuration in which the time until the illumination control is executed is set. However, in the present embodiment, the configuration in which the time at which the illumination control is to be executed is set. The block diagram of the illumination control device 1 of the present embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 1 shown for the first embodiment. The operation of the reservation time setting unit 43 is different between the present embodiment and the first embodiment, and accordingly, part of the operations of the reservation determination unit 44, the time measuring unit 45, the time display output unit 46, and the illumination control execution unit 47 are performed. Different. Since other configurations are substantially the same between the two embodiments, the overlapping description is omitted.

  The reservation time setting unit 43 outputs a reservation time area 213 and a time setting button 214 to the reservation setting screen 21 as in the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the reservation time area 213 is selected. The time at which the lighting control is to be executed (hereinafter referred to as “reservation time” or “reservation time”) is displayed. Therefore, when the reservation time is input by the user on the time input numeric keypad screen, the reservation time setting unit 43 closes the time input numeric keypad screen and outputs the input reservation time to the reservation time area 213.

  Similarly to the first embodiment, instead of providing the time setting button 214 and the time input numeric keypad screen, the above-described numeric pull-down configuration or numeric scroll configuration may be provided. A time input numeric keypad screen may be displayed in the margin. In any case, the current time or a blank (such as “-:-:-”) is displayed in the reservation time area 213 in a state before the reservation time is set.

  In the present embodiment, the timer 45 has a clock function for outputting the current time. The time display output unit 46 outputs a time icon 203 to the home screen 20, and the remaining time obtained by subtracting the current time output by the time measuring unit 45 from the reservation time set on the reservation setting screen 21 to the time icon 203. Display countdown.

  When the dimming button 217 is selected after setting the reservation time, the reservation determination unit 44 pops up a dimming rate setting screen (not shown). The dimming rate setting screen may be a numeric keypad screen or a list of applicable dimming rate buttons. The list of applicable dimming rates may be, for example, “75%”, “50%”, “25%”, “4/6 light”, “2/6 light”, or the like. The reservation determination unit 44 preferably outputs the dimming rate input by the user to any location on the home screen 20 or the reservation setting screen 21. For example, the set dimming rate may be added to the control name area 211 or the control content area 212, or may be added to the control name 202.

  When the dimming rate is input on the dimming rate setting screen, the reservation deciding unit 44, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, “does dimming at the reservation time? Are you sure?”, “Yes” (Yes) and A confirmation screen 23 in which “No” (No) is displayed is popped up (“Scheduled time” may be “Scheduled time”). The question texts on the confirmation screen 23 are: “Do you want to dim at XX hours at △. Are you sure?”, “Do you want to dim at XX% at the reservation time?”, “At △ at △△ XX% dimming per minute. Are you sure? " Further, in the first embodiment, the above-mentioned questions are, for example, “Dimming after Hours. Are you sure?”, XX% Dimming after Hours. Are you sure? May be.

  When the user selects affirmative on the confirmation screen 23, that is, selects “Yes”, the reservation determination unit 44 determines (confirms) the reservation setting, and closes the confirmation screen 23 and the reservation setting screen 21 (that is, reservation for dimming control). Setting is complete). As described above, also in the case of the dimming setting, since the reservation setting is completed only by selecting the dimming button 217 and making an affirmative selection on the confirmation screen 23 after setting the reservation time, an easy and quick reservation setting is possible. If the user selects “No” on the confirmation screen 23, that is, “No”, the reservation determining unit 44 closes the confirmation screen 23 without enabling the operation related to the dimming button 217.

  Alternatively, when the user determines the dimming rate on the dimming rate setting screen, the reservation determination unit 44 closes the confirmation screen 23 without confirming the reservation setting, makes the execution button 215 selectable, and the user makes the execution button 215 You may make it wait for selection. In this case, unless the execution button 215 is finally selected, the reservation setting is not confirmed and executed.

  Similarly to the first embodiment, when the reserved time area 213 is not set (for example, when the current time is displayed or blank), the time setting button 214 is made selectable and the execution button 215, OFF The button 216, the dimming button 217, and the reservation cancel button 218 may be set in a non-selectable state. Further, when the lighting control is dimming and the dimming rate is not set, the dimming button 217 is made selectable, and the execution button 215, the OFF button 216, and the reservation cancel button 218 are made unselectable. You may make it do. Thereby, after the reservation setting screen 21 is pop-up displayed, the user selects the time setting button 214 to set the reservation time, and then selects the dimming button 217 to set the dimming rate. This makes it easier to understand the operation.

  The illumination control execution unit 47 generates a control signal corresponding to the reserved illumination control when the scheduled time arrives, and transmits the control signal from the communication unit 6 to each illumination lamp 8 to perform the reserved illumination control. The illumination lamp 8 is made to execute.

Here, a specific reservation setting procedure will be described with reference to FIGS. 8A to 8G.
In a game at a stadium, a setting is assumed in which all lighting lamps 8 are dimmed by 50% after about 30 minutes from the end of the game, and all lighting lamps 8 are turned off after about 1 hour and 30 minutes from the end of the game. This corresponds to the fact that the players and the spectators are almost completed about 30 minutes after the game ends, and that the maintenance work such as cleaning is completed by 1 hour 30 minutes after the game ends. During the match, all the lights 8 are turned on, and the user (operator) waits until the end of the match.

  FIG. 8A shows the home screen 20 during the match. On the home screen 20, the setting management unit 40 outputs the lighting arrangement image 200, and the reservation guiding unit 41 sets the reservation icons 201 a (all baseball lights), 201 b (baseball batch dimming), 201 c (cleaning pattern) and 201 d (all baseballs). The control information output unit 42 outputs the control names 202a to 202d. Since the reservation setting is not performed, the time icons 203a to 203d are displayed as “-:-:-”.

Assume that the game is over at about 21:30.
Either the 50% dimming reservation or the extinguishing reservation may be reserved first, but the user first sets from the 50% dimming reservation. When the user selects the reservation icon 201b (baseball batch dimming), the reservation guiding unit 41 pops up the reservation setting screen 21 shown in FIG. 8B. In the reservation setting screen 21, the control information output unit 42 refers to the preset list 50 (FIG. 4), outputs “reservation No. 2” to the reservation number area 210, and “baseball batch adjustment” to the control name area 211. “Light reservation” is output, and “Group control” is output to the control content area 212. In FIG. 8B, the execution button 215, the OFF button 216, the dimming button 217, and the reservation cancel button 218 are grayed out.

  When the user selects the time setting button 214, the reserved time setting unit 43 pops up a time setting numeric keypad screen (not shown). On the numeric keypad screen, the user inputs the reservation time “22:00:00”. In response to the user input, the reservation time setting unit 43 outputs “22:00:00” to the reservation time area 213 as shown in FIG. 8C. At the time of FIG. 8C, the dimming button 217 is in a selectable state.

  When the user selects the dimming button 217, the reservation determining unit 44 pops up a dimming rate setting screen (not shown). When the user selects or inputs “50%” on the dimming rate setting screen, the reservation determination unit 44 pops up the confirmation screen 23 (FIG. 7). When the user selects “Yes” on the confirmation screen 23, the reservation determination unit 44 determines execution of the reservation and closes the confirmation screen 23 and the reservation setting screen 21. Thereby, the home screen 20 shown in FIG. 8D is obtained.

  Alternatively, when the user determines the dimming rate on the dimming rate setting screen, the reservation determining unit 44 closes the confirmation screen 23 without confirming reservation execution, and sets the control content area 212 to “50% dimming control” or the like. The rewrite / execution button 215 may be selected, and the user may wait for selection of the execution button 215 on the reservation setting screen 21. Then, in response to the user selecting the execute button 215, the reservation determination unit 44 pops up the confirmation screen 22 (see FIG. 5), confirms reservation execution in response to an affirmative selection on the confirmation screen 22, and confirms. The screen 22 and the reservation setting screen 21 may be closed so that the transition to the home screen 20 shown in FIG. 8D is performed. In any case, the obtained home screen 20 is the same.

  As shown in FIG. 8D, on the home screen 20, the control information output unit 42 outputs “baseball lump 50% dimming reservation” as the control name 202b, and the time display output unit 46 outputs a countdown display as the time icon 203b. . In this countdown display, the remaining time (00:28:44) obtained by subtracting the current time (for example, 21:31:16) from the scheduled time (22:00:00) is displayed. The control name 202b may not be changed as described above. In this case, the reserved control content (dimming rate) is displayed in any part of the reservation setting screen 21, and the control content can be confirmed on the reservation setting screen 21 by selecting the reservation icon 201b. You may do it.

  Next, the user sets a turn-off reservation. When the user selects the reservation icon 201d (all baseball extinguished), the reservation guiding unit 41 pops up the reservation setting screen 21 shown in FIG. 8E. In the reservation setting screen 21, the control information output unit 42 refers to the preset list 50 (FIG. 4), outputs “Reservation No. 4” to the reservation number area 210, and “All baseball goes off in the control name area 211. “Reservation” is output, and “Pattern control” is output to the control content area 212. In FIG. 8E, the execution button 215, the OFF button 216, the dimming button 217, and the reservation cancel button 218 are grayed out.

  When the user selects the time setting button 214, the reserved time setting unit 43 pops up a time setting numeric keypad screen. On the numeric keypad screen, the user inputs time “23:00:00”. In response to the user input, the reservation time setting unit 43 displays “23: 00: 00: 00” in the reservation time area 213 as shown in FIG. 8F. Then, the execution button 215 is made selectable.

  When the user selects the execute button 215, the reservation determination unit 44 pops up the confirmation screen 22 (FIG. 5). When the user selects “Yes” on the confirmation screen 22, the reservation determination unit 44 confirms the reservation setting and closes the confirmation screen 22 and the reservation setting screen 21. Thereby, the home screen 20 shown in FIG. 8G is obtained.

  As shown in FIG. 8G, on the home screen 20, the control information output unit 42 outputs “baseball all-off reservation” as the control name 202d, and the time display output unit 46 outputs a countdown display as the time icon 203d. In the countdown display of the time icons 203b and 203d, the remaining time (00:28:36, subtracting the current time (for example, 21:31:24) from the reserved time (22: 00: 03: 00, 23: 00: 00: 00), 01:28:36) are displayed respectively.

  When the time is 22:00 and the countdown of the time icon 203b becomes zero, the illumination control execution unit 47 turns on all the illumination lamps 8 with 50% light control. At this time, the dimming rate display of the control name 202b may be restored (that is, the “50%” portion may be deleted). The time icon 203b holds the state at the end of the countdown. When the time becomes 23:00 and the countdown of the time icon 203d becomes zero, the illumination control execution unit 47 turns off all the illumination lamps 8. Again, the time icon 203d holds the state at the end of the countdown.

  As described above, in the lighting control device 1 of the present embodiment, the reservation guiding unit 41 outputs the reservation icon 201 associated with the selectable lighting control to the home screen 20 and the reservation selected by the user input. A reservation setting screen 21 for guiding a reservation for lighting control corresponding to the icon 201 is opened. The reservation time setting unit 43 determines the reservation time on the reservation setting screen 21 based on the user input. The reservation determination unit 44 determines execution of reservation for lighting control based on user input on the reservation setting screen 21. The time display output unit 46 outputs a countdown display time icon 203 to the home screen 20 based on the reserved time and the current time (time measuring unit 45). And the illumination control execution part 47 makes the illumination light 8 perform illumination control at the time of reservation time arrival. The effects obtained in this embodiment are substantially the same as those in the first embodiment.

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In addition, each component which implement | achieves the illumination control apparatus 1 (processing part 4) in each embodiment mentioned above is implement | achieved when the program for illumination control apparatuses memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 5 operate | moves.

  The present invention also includes a case where a software program that realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied directly or remotely to the lighting control device 1 (processing unit 4). Therefore, the program code itself installed in the lighting control device 1 for realizing the functional processing of the present invention is also included in the present invention. That is, the present invention includes a computer program for realizing the functional processing of the present invention. The program includes the setting management unit 40, the reservation guiding unit 41, the control information output unit 42, the reservation time setting unit 43, the reservation determination unit 44, the time measuring unit 45, the time display output unit 46, and the illumination control execution unit. 47 can function as all or a part of 47. As described above, according to the present invention, the operational effects as described in the above embodiments can be realized by the introduction of software, so that the ease of introduction of the illumination control device 1 can be improved.

  The program may be downloaded from the Internet. In this case, the computer program or the compressed file including the automatic installation function is downloaded from the home page to the lighting control device 1 connected to the home page on the Internet by the browser function.

  A computer-readable storage medium storing the above program is also included in the present invention. When the program is supplied by a storage medium, the storage medium may be a flexible disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, etc. MO, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, magnetic tape, non-volatile May be a memory card, ROM, DVD (DVD-ROM, DVD-R) or the like.

<Modification>
Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention can be modified into various modes as shown below, for example.

(1) Modifications related to the time icon 203 In each of the above embodiments, the icon 203 made up of a countdown display is exemplified as the time icon that can visually recognize the time until the scheduled lighting control is executed. The display may be in other forms. For example, on the home screen 20, two digital clock displays of the current time and the reservation time (or the scheduled expiration time of the reservation time) may be displayed side by side, for example. Alternatively, two analog clock displays representing the current time and the reserved time (or the scheduled expiration time of the reserved time) may be displayed side by side, for example. Further, when the display screen of the display unit 2 is a screen saver screen, at least a countdown display may be displayed on the screen saver screen.

(2) Modification Regarding Reservation Time Setting Unit 43 In the first and second embodiments, the configuration is shown in which the reservation time and the reservation time are set. However, depending on the user selection, setting of the reservation time or setting of the reservation time It is good also as a structure which can be selected suitably. In this case, the reservation time setting unit 43 outputs a button that allows the user to select either the reservation time setting or the reservation time setting on the reservation setting screen 21.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Lighting control apparatus 8,8-1 to 8-n Lighting lamp 20 Home screen 21 Reservation setting screen 22,23 Confirmation screen 41 Reservation guidance part 42 Control information output part 43 Reservation time setting part 44 Reservation decision part 45 Timekeeping part 46 Time Display output unit 201, 201a-201d Reservation icon 202, 202a-202d Control name 203, 203a-203d Time icon 215 Implementation button (predetermined button)
216 OFF button (predetermined button)
217 Light control button (predetermined button)

Claims (10)

A lighting control device having a display screen,
Reservation guidance that outputs a reservation icon associated with selectable lighting control to the home screen on the display screen and opens a reservation setting screen for guiding reservation of lighting control corresponding to the reservation icon selected by user input And
In the reservation setting screen, a reservation time setting unit that determines a reservation time until the illumination control is executed based on a user input;
A timer unit having a timer;
In the reservation setting screen, a reservation determination unit that determines execution of reservation of the lighting control based on a user input, and starts timing by the timer;
A lighting control device comprising: a time display output unit that outputs a time icon that allows the user to visually recognize the remaining time until the lighting control is executed based on the reserved time and the time measured by the timer. A lighting control device having a display screen,
Reservation guidance that outputs a reservation icon associated with selectable lighting control to the home screen on the display screen and opens a reservation setting screen for guiding reservation of lighting control corresponding to the reservation icon selected by user input And
In the reservation setting screen, a reservation time setting unit that determines a reservation time at which the illumination control is to be executed based on a user input;
In the reservation setting screen, a reservation determination unit that determines reservation execution of the lighting control based on user input;
A timekeeping unit that outputs the current time;
A lighting control device comprising: a time display output unit that outputs a time icon that allows the user to visually recognize the remaining time until the lighting control is executed based on the reserved time and the current time.   The lighting control device according to claim 1, wherein the time icon is a countdown display of a remaining time until the lighting control is executed.   4. The illumination control device according to claim 3, wherein the remaining time is counted down in units of seconds in the countdown display.   5. The illumination control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a control information output unit configured to output illumination control information as a control name on the home screen.   6. The lighting control device according to claim 5, wherein when a plurality of the lighting controls are reserved, the control information output unit and the time display output unit correspond to the control names and the times corresponding to the plurality of lighting controls. A lighting control device configured to output a set of icons to the home screen.   The lighting control device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the reservation determining unit outputs a predetermined button for determining execution of the reservation to the reservation setting screen, and the predetermined button is input by a user input. A lighting control device configured to output a confirmation screen when selected, and to determine execution of the reservation in response to a positive selection made by a user input on the confirmation screen.   The lighting control device according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined button is in a selectable state before the reserved time or the reserved time is determined.   The program for functioning a computer as each part with which the illumination control apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-8 is provided. A computer-readable storage medium in which the program according to claim 9 is stored.

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