JP2017123332A - Lighting control system and floodlight - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lighting control system and a floodlight that enable connection between a management device and a group of floodlights even when a failure occurs due to a disaster or the like.SOLUTION: A master floodlight 20A includes an adding unit for specifying slave floodlights 30D to 30F stored in a storage unit out of slave floodlights 30D to 30F under the control of another broken master floodlight 20B when receiving information for identifying the other master floodlight 20B from a management device 10, and adding the specified slave floodlights 30D to 30F to slave floodlights under the dominion thereof. Further, the master floodlight 20A includes a lighting controller for performing illumination control on the slave floodlights 30A to 30F based on an instruction regarding the illumination control received from the management device 10.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an illumination control system and an illumination lamp.

  For the purpose of remote control and monitoring of a large number of lighting lamps installed in a traffic network, there is a method of connecting a management device and a lighting lamp group with a wired communication line.

  Here, since the method described above has only one communication line connecting the management device and each illumination light, when the communication line is disconnected due to a failure due to a disaster or the like, the management device and the illumination light are connected. There is a problem that the group cannot be connected.

JP 2011-228908 A

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an illumination control system and an illumination light that can connect a management device and an illumination light group even when a failure occurs due to a disaster or the like. is there.

  The illumination control system according to the embodiment includes a plurality of first illumination lamps that are in communication connection with a management apparatus. In addition, the illumination control system according to the embodiment includes a second illumination lamp that is under the control of the first illumination lamp. In addition, the illumination control system according to the embodiment is provided in the first illumination lamp, and when the other first illumination lamp breaks down, the second illumination lamp under the control of the other first illumination lamp Among these, the memory | storage part which memorize | stores the 2nd illumination lamp added under self control is comprised. In addition, the illumination control system according to the embodiment is provided in the first illumination lamp, and when the information for identifying the other malfunctioned first illumination lamp is received from the management device, the other illumination that has failed Among the second illuminating lamps under the control of the lamp, the second illuminating lamp stored in the storage unit is identified, and the identified second illuminating lamp is designated as the second illuminating lamp under its control. An additional unit to be added to is provided. In addition, the lighting control system according to the embodiment includes a lighting control unit that performs lighting control on the second illuminating lamp under control based on an instruction regarding lighting control received from the management device.

  According to the illumination control system and the illumination lamp according to the embodiment, it can be expected that the management apparatus and the illumination lamp group can be connected even when a failure occurs due to a disaster or the like.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an outline of an example of a first lighting control system. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of illumination control with the master illumination lamp and the slave illumination lamp. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the master illumination lamp. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of master illuminating lamp information stored in the master illuminating lamp information storage unit. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of slave illumination light information stored in the slave illumination light information storage unit. FIG. 6A is a diagram illustrating an example of a connection relationship between a master illumination lamp and a slave. FIG. 6B is a diagram illustrating an example of a connection relationship between the master lamp and the slave when a failure occurs in the master lamp. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of illumination control processing in the master illumination lamp according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an outline of an example of the second lighting control system. FIG. 9A is a diagram illustrating an example of illumination light control and vehicle light control during a traffic jam. FIG. 9B is a diagram illustrating an example of illumination light control and vehicle light control at the time of eliminating traffic congestion. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of illumination control processing in the management device according to the second embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an outline of an example of the third lighting control system. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a process of identifying a failed illuminating lamp from the amount of power when the illuminating lamps are sequentially turned on. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a process of identifying a failed illuminating lamp from the amount of power when the illuminating lamp group is sequentially turned on. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of illumination control processing in the management device according to the third embodiment.

  An illumination control system according to an embodiment described below includes a plurality of first illumination lamps that are in communication connection with a management apparatus. In addition, the illumination control system according to the embodiment includes a second illumination lamp that is under the control of the first illumination lamp. In addition, the illumination control system according to the embodiment is provided in the first illumination lamp, and when the other first illumination lamp breaks down, the second illumination under the control of the other first illumination lamp It has an additional part for adding a light to a second illuminating light under its control. In addition, the lighting control system according to the embodiment includes a lighting control unit that performs lighting control on the second illuminating lamp under control based on an instruction regarding lighting control received from the management device.

  When the additional unit included in the first illumination lamp of the illumination control system according to the embodiment receives information identifying another failed first illumination lamp from the management device, the other first illumination that failed A second illuminating lamp that is under the control of the lamp is identified, and the second illuminating lamp is added to the second illuminating lamp under its control.

  The additional unit included in the first illumination lamp of the illumination control system according to the embodiment indicates that the communication with the other first illumination lamp has been interrupted, or that the failure has occurred from another failed first illumination lamp. When the notification is received, the second lighting lamp that is under the control of the other failed first lighting lamp is identified, and the second lighting lamp is controlled by the second lighting lamp under its control. Add to the light.

  The first illuminating lamp of the illumination control system according to the embodiment further includes a detection unit that detects the degree of ambient brightness, and the lighting control unit corresponds to the degree of ambient brightness detected by the detection unit. Then, lighting control is performed on the second illumination lamp.

  The management device of the lighting control system according to the embodiment includes a traffic jam detection unit that acquires information related to traffic on the road and detects traffic jam on the road near the illumination light based on the information related to traffic on the road. In addition, the management device includes an illuminating lamp control unit that controls the illuminance to be increased with respect to the illuminating lamp installed near the road where the traffic jam is detected by the detecting unit. In addition, the management device includes a vehicle light control unit that performs control so as to reduce the illuminance of the vehicle light of the electric vehicle near the road where the traffic jam is detected by the detection unit.

  The traffic jam detection unit included in the lighting control system management apparatus according to the embodiment detects the elimination of traffic jam on the road near the illumination lamp based on information on traffic on the road. In addition, the illuminating lamp control unit included in the management apparatus controls the illuminating lamp installed near the road where the detection of the congestion is detected by the detecting unit so as to reduce the illuminance to the original illuminance. In addition, the vehicle light control unit included in the management device controls to increase the illuminance of the vehicle light of the electric vehicle near the road where the detection of the congestion is detected by the detection unit and to return to the original illuminance.

  The detection unit included in the management device of the lighting control system according to the embodiment includes, as information on traffic on the road, information on the route of the vehicle from the car navigation system or information on the position of the vehicle, and traffic on the road from the road sensor. Information or information on the speed of the vehicle traveling on the road, information on the timing of switching the signal from the traffic light, one or more is obtained, and based on the obtained information, traffic jam or traffic jam on the road near the lighting Detect the resolution of.

  The management device of the lighting control system according to the embodiment includes a lighting instruction unit that instructs each lighting light or each lighting light group to light at different timings. The management device includes a failure identification unit that monitors power consumption at the timing when each illumination lamp or each road group instructed by the lighting instruction unit is lit, and identifies a malfunctioning illumination lamp based on the power consumption. To do.

  The illuminating lamp according to the embodiment includes an additional unit that adds an illuminating lamp under the control of another illuminating lamp to the illuminating lamp under its control when the other illuminating lamp fails. Further, the illuminating lamp includes a lighting control unit that performs illuminating control on the illuminating lamp under its control based on the instruction regarding the lighting control received from the management device.

  The additional unit included in the illuminating lamp according to the embodiment specifies the illuminating lamp that is under the control of the other illuminating lamp when the information identifying the other illuminating lamp is received from the management device. The illuminating lamp under the control is added to the illuminating lamp under its control.

  The additional unit included in the illuminating lamp according to the embodiment is configured so that the communication with the other illuminating light is interrupted, or when the failure notification is received from the other illuminating lamp that has failed, An illuminating lamp under the control of the lamp is identified, and the illuminating lamp under the control is added to the illuminating lamp under its control.

  The illuminating lamp according to the embodiment further includes a detection unit that detects the degree of ambient brightness, and the lighting control unit is under its control according to the degree of ambient brightness detected by the detection unit. Lighting control is performed for a certain lamp.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an outline of an example of a lighting control system according to the first embodiment. An example of a lighting control system according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

[Example of Configuration of Lighting Control System 1]
The illumination control system 1 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 includes a management device 10, a plurality of master illumination lamps 20A and 20B, and a plurality of slave illumination lamps 30A to 30F. The management apparatus 10 is connected to the master illumination lamps 20A and 20B via the network 40, and controls operations such as lighting, extinction, blinking, and dimming by communicating with the master illumination lamps 20A and 20B. The network 40 may be an arbitrary network such as the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), and a WAN (Wide Area Network).

  The management device 10 is, for example, a management server that centrally manages and adjusts power consumption by the lighting lamps by controlling operations of a plurality of lighting lamps arranged in a predetermined area. The management device 10 may be a management server provided in a smart city that centrally manages power consumption in a region or city. Moreover, the management apparatus 10 may be an apparatus that manages not only an illumination lamp but also any apparatus that is provided in a public space and operates by receiving power supply.

  The master illumination lamps 20A and 20B and the slave illumination lamps 30A to 30F are installed on the road at an arbitrary interval and illuminate the road. Although FIG. 1 shows two master illumination lights and six slave illumination lights, the present invention is not limited to this, and an arbitrary number of illumination lights are provided on the road.

  In addition, the master illumination lamps 20A and 20B have established wireless communication with the slave lighting lamps 30A to 30F under the control of the master lighting lamps 20A and 20B. Control such as control and dimming control is performed. For example, in the example of FIG. 1, the master illuminating lamp 20A has established wireless communication with the slave illuminating lamps 30A to 30C, and performs control such as ON / OFF control and dimming control. In addition, the master illumination lamp 20B has established wireless communication with the slave illumination lamps 30D to 30F, and performs control such as ON / OFF control and dimming control.

  With reference to FIG. 2, an example of illumination control of the master illumination lamp 20A and the slave illumination lamps 30A to 30C will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of illumination control with the master illumination lamp and the slave illumination lamp. As shown in FIG. 2, when the master illuminating lamp 20 </ b> A receives an instruction regarding lighting control from the management device 10, the master illuminating lamp 20 </ b> A controls turning on / off of its own lighting according to the instruction and controls the slave lighting lamps 30 </ b> A to 30 </ b> A to A control signal that instructs operations such as lighting, extinguishing, blinking, and dimming to 30C is transmitted using wireless communication.

  Moreover, master illumination light 20A, 20B has an illumination intensity sensor etc. as a detection part which detects the degree of the surrounding brightness, for example. When the master illumination lamp 20A is dark due to rain or the like, the master illumination lamp 20A transmits a control signal instructing the lighting operation to the slave illumination lamps 30A to 30C using wireless communication.

[Example of Configuration of Management Device 10]
With reference to FIG. 3, the structure of the master illumination light 20 is demonstrated. The master illumination lamp 20 includes a light emitting unit 21, a detection unit 22, a communication unit 23, a control unit 24, and a storage unit 25. The light emitting unit 21 is configured by an LED (Light Emitting Diode) or a fluorescent lamp, and ON / OFF processing and light control processing are performed under the control of the control unit 24. The detection unit 22 is configured by an illuminance sensor or the like, detects the ambient brightness level, and notifies the control unit 24 of the detected brightness level. The communication unit 23 controls communication with the management device 10 and communication with the slave illumination lamp 30 via the network 40.

  The storage unit 25 stores information used for processing in the master lamp 20, information generated in the master lamp 20, and the like. The storage unit 25 includes a master illumination light information storage unit 25a and a slave illumination light information storage unit 25b.

  The master illumination light information storage unit 25a stores information related to other master illumination lights. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of master illuminating lamp information stored in the master illuminating lamp information storage unit 25a. As shown in FIG. 4, the master lamp information storage unit 25 a is an “master lamp ID” that is an ID for uniquely identifying another master lamp, and an address for communicating with the other master lamp. The “IP address” is stored in association with the “slave lighting under control at the time of failure” which is the ID of the slave lighting 30 added under control when another master fails.

  For example, in the example of FIG. 4, an IP address “123.123.1.123” and a failure-dominated slave lamp “002, 004, 007” are stored in association with the master lamp “001”. In addition to this, information regarding a place where another master is installed may be stored in the master illumination light information storage unit 25a. Moreover, the information memorize | stored in the master illumination light information storage part 25a is good also as what the registered user can update arbitrarily.

  The slave illumination light information storage unit 25b stores information related to the slave illumination light 30. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of slave illumination light information stored in the slave illumination light information storage unit 25b. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the slave illumination light information storage unit 25 b includes “slave illumination ID” that is an ID for uniquely identifying the slave illumination light 30 and “IP” that is an address for communicating with the slave illumination light 30. The “address” is stored in association with “controlled information” that is information indicating whether or not the slave lamp is under control. Here, when the “under control information” is “1”, it means that it is currently under the control of its own master lamp 20, and when it is “0”, the current master lamp 20 is currently under control. Means not under the control of.

  For example, in the example of FIG. 5, the IP address “123.123.1.234” and the control information “1” are stored in association with the slave lamp “001”. In addition, the information regarding the place where the slave lamp 30 is installed may be stored in the slave lamp information storage unit 25b. Moreover, the information memorize | stored in the slave illumination light information storage part 25b is good also as what the registered user can update arbitrarily.

  The control unit 24 includes an addition unit 24a and a lighting control unit 24b. When the other master illuminating lamp fails, the adding unit 24a adds the slave illuminating lamp 30 under the control of the other master illuminating lamp to the slave illuminating lamp 30 under its control.

  For example, when the adding unit 24a receives the ID “001” of the other failed master lighting lamp from the management device 10 via the communication unit 23, the adding unit 24a is under the control of the failure corresponding to the received master lighting lamp ID. The slave lamps “002, 004, 007” are acquired from the master lamp information storage unit 25a. Then, the adding unit 24a acquires the IP addresses corresponding to the slave lamp IDs “002”, “004”, and “007” from the slave lamp information storage unit 25b, and the slave lamp IDs “002” and “004”. , “007”, the wireless communication with each slave illumination lamp 30 is established. Then, after establishing the wireless communication, the adding unit 24a updates the “under control information” corresponding to the ID of the slave lighting that has established the wireless communication to “1” in the slave lighting information storage unit 25b.

  In addition, for example, the adding unit 24a periodically communicates with another master lamp, and when the communication is interrupted, or when a notification of information indicating that the device itself has failed is received from another master lamp. Similarly to the above, the slave illumination lamp 30 that is under the control of another master illumination lamp may be added to the slave illumination lamp 30 that is under its control. Further, in the above description, the case where the ID of the other master lamp that has failed is received from the management apparatus, but the ID of the slave lamp 30 that is newly placed under control is received from the management apparatus 10. Also good.

  FIG. 6A is a diagram illustrating an example of a connection relationship between a master illumination lamp and a slave illumination lamp. FIG. 6B is a diagram illustrating an example of a connection relationship between the master lamp and the slave when a failure occurs in the master lamp. As shown in FIG. 6A, the master lamp 20A is under the control of the slave lamps 30A to 30C, the master lamp 20B is under the control of the slave lamps 30D to 30G, and the master lamp 20C is the slave lamp Place the lamps 30H-30K under control.

  In the example of FIG. 6B, it is assumed that the master illuminating lamp 20B has failed due to a disaster and communication between the master illuminating lamp 20B and the slave illuminating lamps 30D to 30G is interrupted. Then, the master illuminating lamp 20A establishes wireless communication with the slave illuminating lamps 30D and 30F among the slave illuminating lamps 30D to 30G that have lost communication with the master illuminating lamp 20B, and newly put them under control. In addition, the master illuminating lamp 20C establishes wireless communication with the slave illuminating lamps 30E and 30G among the slave illuminating lamps 30D to 30G that have lost communication with the master illuminating lamp 20B, and newly put them under control.

  Thus, even if there is a failure in the master lamp 20B, the master lamps 20A and 20C establish wireless communication with the slave lamps 30D to 30G that are under the control of the master lamp 20B. Even if a failure occurs due to a disaster or the like, the management device 10 and the group of illumination lights can be connected.

  The lighting control unit 24 b performs illumination control on the slave lamp 30 based on the instruction related to illumination control received from the management device 10. For example, when the lighting control unit 24b receives a control signal instructing operations such as lighting, extinguishing, blinking, and dimming from the management device 10, the lighting control unit 24b refers to the slave lighting information storage unit 25b and is currently under its control. The slave illumination lamp 30 is specified. Then, the lighting control unit 24b controls the slave illumination lamp 30 under control by transmitting a control signal for instructing operations such as lighting, extinguishing, blinking, and dimming using wireless communication. Illumination control is performed on a certain slave illumination lamp 30.

  In addition, the lighting control unit 24 b performs lighting control on the slave road 30 according to the degree of ambient brightness detected by the detection unit 22. For example, the lighting control unit 24b transmits a control signal for instructing a lighting operation to the slave illumination lamps 30A to 30C using wireless communication when it is dark due to rain or the like.

[Example of lighting control processing flow]
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of the illumination control process in the master illuminating lamp 20 according to the first embodiment. With reference to FIG. 7, an example of the flow of the illumination control process in the illumination control system 1 will be described.

  First, the adding unit 24a of the master illuminating lamp 20 determines whether or not a notification indicating that another master illuminating lamp has failed has been received from the management apparatus 10 (step S101). As a result, if the adding unit 24a of the master illuminating lamp 20 determines that a notification indicating that the other master illuminating lamp has failed has been received from the management device 10 (Yes in step S101), the other master illuminating lamp that has failed. The slave illumination lamp 30 that is under the control of is identified (step S102). For example, when the adding unit 24a receives the ID “001” of the other failed master lighting from the management device 10 via the communication unit 23, the adding unit 24a receives the ID “002” corresponding to the received ID of the master lighting. , “004”, and “007” are acquired, and the IDs “002”, “004”, and “007” of the slave lighting lamp 30 that are under the control of the other master lighting lamp that has failed are specified.

  Then, the adding unit 24a establishes wireless communication with the identified slave illumination lamp (step S103), and adds the slave illumination lamp 30 with which wireless communication has been established as an illumination lamp under its control (step S104). For example, the adding unit 24a establishes wireless communication with each of the slave illumination lamps 30 with the slave illumination IDs “002”, “004”, and “007”, establishes wireless communication, and then in the slave illumination light information storage unit 25b. Then, the “under control information” corresponding to the ID of the slave lamp that has established the wireless communication is updated to “1”. This completes the illumination control process.

[Effect of the first embodiment]
Thus, in the illumination control system 1 according to the first embodiment, when the master illuminating lamp 20 fails, the slave illuminating lamp 30 that is under the control of the other master illuminating lamp is used. Add to the slave lights that are under their control. In addition, the master illumination lamp 20 performs illumination control on the slave illumination lamp 30 based on the instruction related to illumination control received from the management device 10. For this reason, even if the master illuminant fails due to a disaster, etc., the master illuminant that is operating normally does not control the slave illuminator that was under the control of the failed master illuminator. It is possible to connect the management device and the group of illumination lamps by adding as a slave illumination lamp.

  Further, in the lighting control system 1 according to the first embodiment, when the master illuminating lamp 20 receives information identifying another failed master illuminating lamp from the management device 10, The slave lamp 30 under control is specified, and the slave lamp 30 is added to the slave lamp 30 under its control. For this reason, the master illuminating lamp 20 can appropriately recognize the other master illuminating lamp that has failed by receiving the ID of the other master illuminating lamp that has failed from the management device 10.

  Moreover, in the lighting control system 1 according to the first embodiment, the master illuminating lamp 20 is notified that the communication with the other master illuminating light is interrupted or that the other master illuminating lamp has failed. When received, the slave illuminating lamp 30 that is under the control of another failed master illuminating lamp is identified, and the slave illuminating lamp 30 is added to the slave illuminating lamp 30 under its control. For this reason, by performing communication between the master illumination lamps, it is possible to appropriately grasp the other master illumination lamp that has failed. Note that the notification that the failure has occurred is notified when the communication function is alive and the lighting control unit or the light source part cannot be turned on.

  In the illumination control system 1 according to the embodiment, the master illuminating lamp 20 includes a detection unit 22 that detects the degree of ambient brightness, and slave illumination according to the degree of ambient brightness detected by the detection unit 22. Lighting control is performed on the lamp 30. For this reason, for example, a high-performance illuminance sensor or the like is installed only in the master illumination lamp 20 and not installed in the slave illumination lamp 30, and the master illumination lamp 20 controls the lighting of the slave illumination lamp 30. Since it is not necessary to install an expensive sensor in the illumination lamp, the installation cost of the illumination lamp can be reduced.

[Second Embodiment]
In the above-described first embodiment, the case where the management device performs illumination control of the illumination lamp has been described. Next, as a second embodiment, an example in which the management device performs illumination control of a car light together with an illumination light will be described.

  In an electric vehicle, if the light is kept on at a normal illuminance while the vehicle is stopped, the amount of stored electricity is reduced and the risk of electric shortage increases. For this reason, the management device according to the second embodiment, instead of increasing the illuminance of the illuminating lamp when the electric vehicle often stops due to traffic congestion on the road near the illuminating lamp, Instruct the electric vehicle to reduce the illuminance.

[Example of configuration of lighting control system 2]
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the illumination control system 2 according to the second embodiment. Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 8, it demonstrates per structure of the illumination control system 2 which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. In addition, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted about the structure and function similar to 1st Embodiment among the structures of the illumination control system 2 which concerns on 2nd Embodiment, and attaches | subjects the same referential mark in a figure.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the illumination control system 2 according to the second embodiment includes a management device 10A, an illumination lamp 50, a vehicle lamp 60, a car navigation system 70, a road sensor 80, a traffic light 90, Is provided. The management device 10A, the illuminating lamp 50, the vehicle lamp 60, the car navigation system 70, the road sensor 80, and the traffic signal 90 are communicably connected via the network 40A. In addition, the number of the illumination light 50, the vehicle light 60, the car navigation system 70, the road sensor 80, and the traffic signal 90 shown in FIG. 8 is merely an example, and an arbitrary number of devices are connected to the management apparatus 10A via the network. be able to.

  The management device 10 </ b> A receives vehicle route information and position information from the car navigation system 70, receives traffic volume and vehicle speed information from the road sensor 80, and receives signal switching information from the traffic light 90. Then, the management device 10A predicts traffic jams near the vehicle on which the car navigation system 70 is mounted based on the vehicle route information and position information received from the car navigation system 70, and the traffic volume received from the road sensor 80 The traffic jam ahead of the road sensor 80 is predicted based on the vehicle speed information, and the traffic jam ahead of the traffic light 90 is predicted based on the signal switching information received from the traffic light 90.

  As a result of predicting the traffic jam, the management device 10A controls the illumination lamp 50 installed near the road where the traffic jam is detected to increase the illuminance when the traffic jam in front of the lamp 50 is detected. Control is performed to reduce the illuminance of the vehicle light 60 of the electric vehicle near the road.

  In addition, when the management device 10A detects the cancellation of the traffic jam, the management device 10A controls the illumination lamp 50 installed near the road where the traffic jam is detected to reduce the illuminance and return the illuminance to the vicinity of the road. Control is performed so that the illuminance of the vehicle light 60 of the electric vehicle is increased and the illuminance is returned.

  The configuration of the management apparatus 10A will be described with reference to FIG. The management device 10 </ b> A includes a traffic jam detection unit 11, an illumination light control unit 12, and a vehicle light control unit 13.

  The traffic jam detection unit 11 acquires information related to traffic on the road, and detects traffic jam on the road near the illumination lamp 50 based on the information related to traffic on the road. Further, the traffic jam detection unit 11 detects the elimination of traffic jam on the road near the illuminating lights based on the information on the traffic on the road.

  For example, the traffic jam detection unit 11 travels on the road as information on traffic on the road from the car navigation system 70, information on the route of the vehicle or information on the position of the vehicle, information on the traffic volume on the road from the road sensor 80, or on the road. One or more of the information regarding the speed of the vehicle and the information regarding the timing of switching the signal from the traffic light 90 are acquired. Then, the traffic jam detection unit 11 detects the traffic jam or the elimination of the traffic jam on the road near the illuminating lamp 50 based on the acquired information.

  The illuminating lamp control unit 12 controls the illuminating lamp 50 installed near the road where the traffic jam is detected to increase the illuminance. For example, the illuminating lamp control unit 12 controls the illuminance to be increased by transmitting an instruction to increase the illuminance via the network 40A to the illuminating lamp 50 in the vicinity of the road where the traffic jam occurs. To do.

  Moreover, the illuminating lamp control unit 12 controls the illuminating lamp 50 installed near the road where the cancellation of the traffic jam is detected so as to reduce the illuminance and return it to the original illuminance. For example, when the traffic light is resolved, the illuminating lamp control unit 12 transmits an instruction to the illuminating lamp 50 to reduce the illuminance and return to the normal illuminance via the network 40A. Control to reduce to the original illuminance.

  The vehicle light control unit 13 performs control so as to reduce the illuminance of the vehicle light 60 of the electric vehicle near the road where the traffic jam is detected by the detection unit. For example, the vehicle light control unit 13 increases the illuminance by transmitting an instruction to increase the illuminance via the network 40A to the vehicle light 60 of the electric vehicle near the road where the traffic jam occurs. To control.

  In addition, the vehicle light control unit 13 performs control to increase the illuminance of the vehicle light 60 of the electric vehicle near the road where the detection of the congestion is detected by the detection unit to return to the original illuminance. When the traffic light is resolved, the vehicle light control unit 13 transmits an instruction to increase the illuminance to the normal illuminance via the network 40A to the vehicle light 60 of the electric vehicle. Control to increase the illuminance and return to the original illuminance.

  FIG. 9A is a diagram illustrating an example of illumination light control and vehicle light control during a traffic jam. FIG. 9B is a diagram illustrating an example of illumination light control and vehicle light control at the time of eliminating traffic congestion. As shown in FIG. 9A, the illuminating lamp control unit 12 transmits an instruction to increase the illuminance to the illuminating lamps 50A and 50B near the road where the traffic congestion has occurred via the network 40A. Control to increase the illuminance. In addition, the vehicle light control unit 13 increases the illuminance by transmitting an instruction to increase the illuminance via the network 40A to the vehicle light 60 of the electric vehicle near the road where the traffic jam occurs. To control.

  In other words, when a traffic jam occurs, the speed of each car on the road is slow and often stops. And if an electric vehicle keeps lighting a vehicle light with normal illumination intensity during a stop, the amount of electrical storage will decrease and the risk of becoming a shortage of electricity will increase. For this reason, at the time of traffic jam, by increasing the illuminance of the illumination lamp 50 and lowering the vehicle lamp 60 of the electric vehicle, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the amount of electricity stored in the electric vehicle and reduce the risk of running out of electricity.

  As shown in FIG. 9B, when the traffic light is resolved, the illuminating lamp control unit 12 instructs the illuminating lamps 50A and 50B to reduce the illuminance to the normal illuminance via the network 40A. Is transmitted to control to lower the illuminance and return to the original illuminance. In addition, when the traffic jam is resolved, the vehicle light control unit 13 transmits an instruction to increase the illuminance and return to the normal illuminance to the vehicle light 60 of the electric vehicle via the network 40A. Then, control is performed to increase the illuminance and return to the original illuminance.

  That is, when the traffic jam is resolved, the electric vehicle can travel as usual, so that the risk of lack of electric power is reduced. Therefore, the illuminance of the vehicle light 60 of the electric vehicle is raised and returned to the normal illuminance. Further, if the illuminance remains high, the power consumption of the illumination lamps 50A and 50B increases. Therefore, the power consumption can be suppressed by reducing the illuminance of the illumination lamps 50A and 50B to the normal illuminance.

[Example of lighting control processing flow]
FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of lighting control processing in the management apparatus 10A according to the second embodiment. With reference to FIG. 10, an example of the flow of the illumination control process of the management apparatus 10A in the illumination control system 2 will be described.

  The traffic jam detection unit 11 of the management device 10A acquires information related to traffic on the road (step S201). For example, the traffic jam detection unit 11 travels on the road as information on traffic on the road from the car navigation system 70, information on the route of the vehicle or information on the position of the vehicle, information on the traffic volume on the road from the road sensor 80, or on the road. One or more of the information regarding the speed of the vehicle and the information regarding the timing of switching the signal from the traffic light 90 are acquired.

  Then, the traffic jam detection unit 11 of the management device 10A determines whether traffic jam on the road near the illuminating lamp 50 has been detected based on information on traffic on the road (step S202). As a result, when the traffic jam detection unit 11 detects traffic jam on the road near the illuminating lamp 50 (Yes in step S202), the illuminating lamp control unit 12 of the management apparatus 10A is installed near the road where the traffic jam is detected. Control is performed to increase the illuminance with respect to the illumination lamp 50 (step S203). Then, the vehicle light control unit 13 of the management device 10A performs control so as to reduce the illuminance of the vehicle light 60 of the electric vehicle near the road where the traffic jam is detected (step S204).

  Subsequently, the traffic jam detection unit 11 determines whether or not the traffic jam on the road near the illuminating lamp 50 has been resolved based on information on traffic on the road (step S205). As a result, when the traffic jam detection unit 11 eliminates the traffic jam on the road near the illuminating lamp 50 (step S205), the illuminating lamp control unit 12 detects the illuminating lamp installed near the road where the traffic jam is detected. Control is performed so that the illuminance is reduced to 50 and returned to the original illuminance (step S206). Then, the vehicle light control unit 13 performs control to increase the illuminance of the vehicle light 60 of the electric vehicle near the road where the elimination of the traffic jam is detected and to restore the original illuminance (step S207). This completes the illumination control process.

[Effects of Second Embodiment]
As described above, in the lighting control system 2 according to the second embodiment, the management device 10A acquires information on traffic on the road, and based on the information on traffic on the road, the traffic congestion on the road near the lighting lamps. Is detected. In addition, the management device 10A performs control so as to increase the illuminance with respect to the illumination lamp installed near the road where the traffic jam is detected. In addition, the management apparatus 10A performs control so as to reduce the illuminance of the vehicle light of the electric vehicle near the road where the traffic jam is detected. For this reason, it is possible to suppress a reduction in the amount of electricity stored in the electric vehicle and to reduce the risk of running out of electricity.

  In the lighting control system 2 according to the second embodiment, the management device 10A detects the elimination of the traffic jam on the road near the illuminating lamp 50 based on the information related to traffic on the road. In addition, the management apparatus 10A controls the illumination lamp 50 installed near the road where the cancellation of the traffic jam is detected so as to reduce the illuminance and return it to the original illuminance. In addition, the management apparatus 10A performs control so that the illuminance of the vehicle lamp 60 of the electric vehicle near the road where the cancellation of the traffic jam is detected is increased to the original illuminance. For this reason, when the traffic jam is resolved, the power consumption can be suppressed by reducing the illuminance of the illuminating lamp 50 to the normal illuminance.

  Further, in the lighting control system 2 according to the second embodiment, the management device 10A, as information on traffic on the road, from the car navigation system 70 to information on the route of the vehicle or information on the position of the vehicle, from the road sensor 80 to the road One or more of the information on the traffic volume on the road, the information on the speed of the vehicle traveling on the road, and the information on the timing of switching the signal from the traffic light 90 are acquired, and the illumination lamp 50 is obtained based on the acquired information. Detects congestion on a nearby road or resolution of congestion. As described above, since the congestion or the elimination of the congestion is detected based on various information acquired from the car navigation system 70, the road sensor 80, and the traffic signal 90, it is possible to appropriately detect the congestion or the elimination of the congestion.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, as a third embodiment, the management apparatus instructs each lighting lamp or each lighting lamp group to turn on at different timings in order to identify a faulty lighting lamp. An example will be described in which the power consumption at the timing when each illuminating lamp or each road group is lit is monitored, and based on the consumed power, lighting control is performed to identify a malfunctioning illuminating lamp.

  The illuminating lamp needs to be turned on at night to maintain the illuminance of the illuminating lamp, but the illuminance may not be maintained due to a failure or the like, and has been regularly inspected and confirmed. However, it was not clear that the failure state would not be lit, and it took time and effort to check the failure state, such as running an inspection vehicle that checked the lighting state at night.

  For this reason, the management device according to the third embodiment instructs the lighting lamps or the respective lighting lamp groups to be turned on at different timings as the maintenance of the lighting lamps, and instructs each of the instructed lighting lights or each The power consumption at the timing when the illumination lamp group is turned on is monitored, and the malfunctioning illumination lamp is specified based on the power consumption.

[Example of configuration of lighting control system 3]
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the illumination control system 3 according to the third embodiment. Hereinafter, the configuration of the illumination control system 3 according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Note that, in the configuration of the illumination control system 3 according to the third embodiment, detailed description of the same configurations and functions as those of the first embodiment or the second embodiment is omitted, and the same reference is made in the drawing. A sign is attached.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the illumination control system 3 according to the third embodiment includes a management device 10B and a plurality of illumination lights 50A to 50F. The management apparatus 10B and the plurality of illumination lights 50A to 50F are connected to be communicable via the network 40B. Although there are six illumination lights 50A to 50F shown in FIG. 8, the number is merely an example, and an arbitrary number of illumination lights can be connected to the management apparatus 10B via a network.

  The management apparatus 10B instructs each of the lighting lamps 50A to 50F to turn on at different timings as maintenance of the lighting lamp. Then, the management device 10B monitors the power consumption at the timing when each of the instructed lighting lamps 50A to 50F is turned on, and identifies the malfunctioning lighting lamp based on the power consumption. For example, the management device 10B notifies the lighting start times to the lighting lamps 50A to 50E so that the lighting lamp 50A, the lighting lamp 50B, the lighting lamp 50C, the lighting lamp 50D, the lighting lamp 50E, and the lighting lamp 50F are turned on in this order. .

  The configuration of the management device 10B will be described with reference to FIG. The management device 10 </ b> B includes a lighting instruction unit 14 and a failure identification unit 15.

  The lighting instruction unit 14 instructs each illumination light or each illumination light group to light at different timings. For example, the lighting instruction unit 14 notifies each of the lighting lamps 50A to 50F of the lighting start time so that the lighting lamp 50A, the lighting lamp 50B, the lighting lamp 50C, the lighting lamp 50D, the lighting lamp 50E, and the lighting lamp 50F are turned on in this order. To do.

  The failure identifying unit 15 monitors the power consumption at the timing when each instructed illumination lamp is turned on, and identifies the malfunctioning illumination lamp based on the power consumption. For example, when the failure specifying unit 15 instructs to turn on the lighting lamp 50A, the lighting lamp 50B, the lighting lamp 50C, the lighting lamp 50D, the lighting lamp 50E, and the lighting lamp 50F in this order, for each timing when the lighting lamp is turned on. Then, it is monitored whether or not the power consumption has increased by a predetermined value or more, and the illuminating lamp whose power consumption has not increased by the predetermined value or more is identified as a defective illuminating lamp.

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a process of identifying a failed illuminating lamp from the amount of power when the illuminating lamps are sequentially turned on. In the example of FIG. 12, it is assumed that there are six illuminating lamps. 1-No. It is assumed that the number 6 is attached to the identification number. In addition, the horizontal axis of the graph illustrated in FIG. 12 indicates the passage of “time”, and the vertical axis indicates the “power amount” consumed by lighting the illumination lamp. As shown in FIG. No. 1 is turned on, and then No. 1 is turned on. No. 2 illumination light, No. 2 Lights in the order of the 3 illumination lamps. In any case, it is assumed that the amount of power has increased by a predetermined value or more. And No. When the illumination lamp No. 4 was turned on, when it was originally turned on, the amount of power indicated by the dotted line should be consumed, but in reality, only the amount of power indicated by the solid line was consumed. For this reason, no. Since the power consumption of the illumination lamp No. 4 did not increase by a predetermined value or more, the management device 10B identifies it as a malfunctioning illumination lamp. Then, no. No. 5 illumination light, No. 5 The lighting lamps are lit in the order of 6 lighting lamps, but both are normal because the amount of power increases at a predetermined value or more when lit.

  Here, depending on whether or not there is a change in the amount of power consumption, it may be specified whether the luminaire is broken or the communication device is broken for the illuminating lamp identified as a failure. For example, the above-mentioned No. As for the illumination lamp 4, as shown in FIG. 12, since the power consumption is slightly increased, it is specified that the lighting fixture is broken. That is, since it is going to be lit, power consumption increases, but since some of the lighting fixtures are broken, the original amount of power is not consumed. If the power consumption does not change, the communication device is identified as broken. That is, since the communication device is broken in the first place, it is not possible to receive the lighting instruction of the management apparatus 10B, and the amount of power does not change at all.

  Moreover, although the management apparatus 10B demonstrated the case where it instruct | indicates that the lighting timing changes with every illumination light, it is not restricted to this, It is made to instruct | indicate so that the lighting timing differs for every illumination light group. May be.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a process of identifying a failed illuminating lamp from the amount of power when the illuminating lamp group is sequentially turned on. In the example of FIG. 13, it is assumed that there are six illuminating lamps. 1-No. It is assumed that the number 13 is attached to the identification number. In the graph illustrated in FIG. 13, as in FIG. 12, the horizontal axis indicates the passage of “time”, and the vertical axis indicates the “power amount” consumed by lighting the illumination lamp. Is. As shown in FIG. 1-No. No. 10 lights are turned on, and then No. 1 is turned off and no. No. 11 illuminating lamp is turned on. 2 is turned off. Turn on the 12 illumination lights. As described above, first, the group of ten illumination lamps is turned on collectively, and at the next timing, the process of turning off one illumination lamp and newly turning on one illumination lamp is repeated. The management device 10B monitors the power consumption due to the lighting of the 10 illumination lamp groups.

  In the example of FIG. 1-No. No. 10 power consumption when the group of illuminating lights is lit, 2-No. No change was made in the power consumption when the illumination lamp group No. 11 was turned on. 2 is turned off and No. 2 is turned off. No. 12 lighting is turned on and no. 3-No. When twelve lighting lamp groups were turned on, the power consumption increased. For this reason, no. The management apparatus 10B is assumed that the normal power is not consumed because of the failure of the illumination light of No. 2, and the management apparatus 10B 2 is identified as the illuminating lamp.

[Example of lighting control processing flow]
FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the flow of illumination control processing in the management apparatus 10B according to the third embodiment. With reference to FIG. 14, an example of the flow of the illumination control process of the management apparatus 10B in the illumination control system 3 will be described.

  As illustrated in FIG. 14, the lighting instruction unit 14 of the management device 10B instructs each lighting lamp or each lighting lamp group to turn on at different timings (step S301). For example, the lighting instruction unit 14 notifies each of the lighting lamps 50A to 50F of the lighting start time so that the lighting lamp 50A, the lighting lamp 50B, the lighting lamp 50C, the lighting lamp 50D, the lighting lamp 50E, and the lighting lamp 50F are turned on in this order. To do.

  The failure identification unit 15 of the management device 10B monitors the power consumption at the timing when each instructed illumination lamp is turned on (step S302). Then, the failure identifying unit 15 of the management device 10B monitors whether or not the power consumption has increased by a predetermined value or more, and identifies the illuminating lamp whose power consumption has not increased by the predetermined value or more as a malfunctioning illuminating lamp. (Step S303). This completes the illumination control process.

[Effect of the third embodiment]
Thus, in the illumination control system 3 according to the third embodiment, the management device 10B instructs each illumination light or each illumination light group 50A to 50F to light up at different timings. Moreover, the management apparatus 10B monitors the power consumption at the timing when each of the instructed lighting lamps 50A to 50F or each road group is turned on, and identifies the malfunctioning lighting lamp based on the power consumption. For this reason, the illuminating lamp can be easily identified, and the illuminance of the road can be appropriately maintained by performing quick maintenance.

[Fourth Embodiment]
Next, as a fourth embodiment, while moving at a constant speed, short-distance communication with the illuminating lamp is performed, the ID of the illuminating lamp is acquired, the ID of the illuminating lamp is mapped to the installation location, and the ID is acquired. An example of mapping failure positions will be described.

  For the illuminating lamp, as an initial setting, an illuminating lamp arrangement map is automatically created by associating the illuminating lamp ID with the illuminating lamp installation position. Conventionally, as a method of mapping the illumination lamp, the GPS acquired by the mobile terminal and the ID of the illumination lamp registered by the registrant visiting the location of each illumination lamp and registering manually are linked. There was a way to create a layout map automatically. However, since the registrants individually visit the source of the lamp, it may be difficult to know which lamp is unchecked.

  For this reason, the mobile communication device according to the fourth embodiment performs near field communication with the illumination lamp while moving at a constant speed, acquires the ID of the illumination lamp, and stores the acquisition time and position in association with the ID. . And the location of the illuminating lamp with an acquisition time gap is determined. And while mapping ID of an illuminating lamp and an installation place, mapping of an ID acquisition failure position is also performed. Thereby, in the street lamp ID acquisition operation, the position of the street lamp that has failed to be acquired can be quickly identified.

  The mobile communication device according to the fourth embodiment is mounted on a vehicle, and acquires the ID of the illuminating lamp by performing short-distance communication with the illuminating lamp through visible light communication. The illumination lamps shall be installed at regular intervals. The mobile communication device mounted on the vehicle performs short-distance communication with the illuminating lamp while moving at a constant speed, acquires the ID of the illuminating lamp, and illuminates the ID acquisition time and the position where the ID is acquired. It is stored in association with the lamp ID. The ID acquisition position may be acquired using GPS, or may be calculated using acquisition time and speed. Further, without obtaining the ID acquisition position, it may be measured as “n-th illumination lamp” by counting the number of short-range communication implementations.

  Then, the mobile communication management device determines whether there is a difference in the difference in acquisition time, that is, whether the difference in acquisition time is uniform. If there is a difference in the acquisition time difference as a result of this determination, it is determined that the ID acquisition has failed, and the ID acquisition failure position is mapped. That is, since the illuminating lamps are installed at regular intervals, if the ID can be acquired normally, the difference in acquisition time is uniform, but if there is a difference in the difference in acquisition time, the ID Since there is a high possibility that the acquisition has failed, it is determined that the ID acquisition has failed. Further, when there is no deviation in the difference in acquisition time, the mapping between the illumination lamp ID and the installation location of the illumination lamp is performed.

[Effect of the fourth embodiment]
As described above, in the illumination control system according to the fourth embodiment, the mobile communication device performs short-distance communication with the illuminating lamp while moving at a constant speed, acquires the ID of the illuminating lamp, and acquires the acquisition time and position. It is stored in association with the ID. And a mobile communication apparatus determines the location of the illuminating lamp with an acquisition time gap. And a mobile communication apparatus maps ID of an illumination lamp, and an installation place, and also maps ID acquisition failure position. Thereby, in the street lamp ID acquisition operation, the position of the street lamp that has failed to be acquired can be quickly identified.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and their modifications are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are also included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

1, 2, 3 Illumination control system 10, 10A, 10B Management device 11 Congestion detection unit 12 Illumination light control unit 13 Vehicle light control unit 20A, 20B Master illumination light 30A-30F Slave illumination light 40, 40A, 40B Network 50A-50F Illumination light 60 Vehicle light 70 Car navigation system 80 Road sensor

Claims (10)

A plurality of first lights in communication connection with the management device;
A second lamp under the control of this first lamp;
Provided in the first illumination lamp, and when the other first illumination lamp fails, the second illumination lamp under the control of the other first illumination lamp is under its control. A storage unit for storing the second illumination lamp to be added;
Provided in the first illuminating lamp, and when the information for identifying the other failed first illuminating lamp is received from the management device, the first illuminating lamp under the control of the other failed first illuminating lamp. An additional unit that identifies the second illuminating lamp stored in the storage unit among the two illuminating lamps and adds the second illuminating lamp to the second illuminating lamp under its control;
A lighting control unit for performing illumination control on the second illumination lamp under control based on an instruction regarding illumination control received from the management device;
An illumination control system comprising:   When the communication with the other first illumination lamp is interrupted or when the notification of failure is received from the other first illumination lamp that has failed, The second illuminating lamp under the control of the illuminating lamp is identified, and the second illuminating lamp is added to the second illuminating lamp under its control. Lighting control system. The first illumination lamp is
A detection unit for detecting the degree of ambient brightness;
3. The illumination according to claim 1, wherein the lighting control unit performs lighting control on the second illumination lamp in accordance with a degree of ambient brightness detected by the detection unit. Control system. The management device is
A traffic jam detection unit for acquiring information on traffic on the road and detecting traffic jam on the road near the illumination lamp based on the information on traffic on the road;
An illuminating lamp control unit for controlling the illuminance to be increased with respect to the illuminating lamp installed near the road where the traffic jam is detected by the detecting unit;
A vehicle light control unit that controls to reduce the illuminance of the vehicle light of the electric vehicle in the vicinity of the road where the traffic jam is detected by the detection unit;
The lighting control system according to claim 1, further comprising: The traffic jam detection unit detects the elimination of the traffic jam on the road near the illuminating lights based on the information on the traffic on the road,
The illuminating light control unit controls the illuminance to be reduced to the original illuminance by reducing the illuminance with respect to the illuminating light installed near the road where the congestion is detected by the detection unit,
The said vehicle light control part controls to raise the illuminance of the vehicle light of the electric vehicle of the road vicinity where the cancellation of congestion was detected by the said detection part, and to return to the original illuminance. Lighting control system.   The detection unit relates to information on traffic on the road from the car navigation system, information on the route of the vehicle or information on the position of the vehicle, information on the traffic volume on the road from the road sensor, or speed of the vehicle traveling on the road. Any one or a plurality of information and information on timing for switching signals from a traffic light is acquired, and based on the acquired information, a traffic jam on a road near an illuminating lamp or a cancellation of a traffic jam is detected. Item 6. The lighting control system according to Item 4 or 5. The management device is
A lighting instruction unit for instructing each lighting light or each lighting light group to light at different timings;
A failure identification unit that monitors the power consumption at the timing when each illumination lamp or each road group instructed by the lighting instruction unit is lit, and identifies a malfunctioning illumination lamp based on the power consumption;
The lighting control system according to claim 1, further comprising: A storage unit for storing the illuminating lamp to be added under its control among the illuminating lamps under the control of the other illuminating lamp when another illuminating lamp breaks down;
When the information identifying the other illuminating lamp is received from the management device, the illuminating lamp stored in the storage unit is specified among the illuminating lamps that are under the control of the other illuminating lamp, An additional part for adding the lamp to the lamp under its control;
A lighting control unit that performs lighting control on the lamp under control based on an instruction related to lighting control received from the management device;
The illuminating lamp characterized by comprising.   The additional unit is under the control of the other illuminating lamp when communication with the other illuminating lamp is interrupted or when a notification that the other illuminating lamp has failed is received. 9. The illuminating lamp according to claim 8, wherein the illuminating lamp is specified, and the illuminating lamp under the control is added to the illuminating lamp under its control. A detection unit for detecting the degree of ambient brightness;
10. The lighting control unit according to claim 8, wherein the lighting control unit performs lighting control on an illumination lamp under its control in accordance with a degree of ambient brightness detected by the detection unit. Lighting.

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