JP2018055839A - Operation device and lighting control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently perform both of group operation and individual operation of a lighting device.SOLUTION: An operation device according to one embodiment comprises a display part, a switching part, and an operation part. The display part displays: an individual icon display screen which is divided into a plurality of groups and displays icons indicating individual lighting devices set with unique addresses; and a group icon display screen which displays icons indicating individual ones of the plurality of groups. The switching part switches between the individual icon display screen and the group icon display screen in accordance with user's operation. The operation part specifies a lighting device corresponding to a selected icon and performs predetermined operation to the lighting device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an operating device and a lighting control system.

  Conventionally, in facilities where many lighting devices are installed, an illumination control system may be introduced in order to improve workability, convenience, and power saving. The lighting control system has a function of simultaneously operating a plurality of lighting devices (group operation) and a function of turning on or off the lighting devices in accordance with a daily schedule (schedule operation).

  When performing group operations and schedule operations by the lighting control system, it is necessary to collect unique addresses of lighting devices and perform initial settings such as group settings and schedule settings before introducing the lighting control system. For example, as a method for initial setting of a lighting control system, a method is known in which addresses of collected lighting devices are allocated in advance in units of groups.

2013-201087 publication 2015-26615 gazette

  However, the conventional technique has a problem that both the group operation and the individual operation of the lighting device may not be performed efficiently. For example, when a screen for group operation is displayed on an operation device of a conventional lighting control system, even if it is desired to individually operate a lighting device assigned to a certain group, the displayed screen Since there is no function for individual operations, there are cases where individual operations cannot be performed efficiently.

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an operation device and an illumination control system capable of efficiently performing both group operations and individual operations of illumination devices.

  The operation device according to the embodiment includes an individual icon display screen that displays icons representing each of the lighting devices that are divided into a plurality of groups and set with unique addresses in a predetermined arrangement based on the installation position of the lighting device. , A group icon display screen that displays an icon representing each of the plurality of groups in correspondence with the arrangement on the individual icon display screen, and a display unit that displays at least one of the icons, in accordance with a user operation, When the user selects an icon displayed on the individual icon display screen and a switching unit that switches the screen displayed by the display unit between the individual icon display screen and the group icon display screen. Is identified based on the unique address, and the identified illumination device When a predetermined operation is performed on the icon and the icon displayed on the group icon display screen is selected by the user, the lighting device included in the group corresponding to the icon is identified, and the identified lighting device An operation unit for performing a predetermined operation.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a lighting control system according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reading method by the reading apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the operating device according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an area setting screen according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an area setting screen according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an area operation screen according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of an area operation screen according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the controller device according to the embodiment.

  The operation device 10 according to the embodiment described below includes a display unit 11, a switching unit 123, and an operation unit 124. The display unit 11 is divided into a plurality of groups, and displays an icon representing each of the lighting devices 30 set with unique addresses in a predetermined arrangement based on the installation position of the lighting device 30, and a plurality of icon display screens. At least one of a group icon display screen for displaying an icon representing each of the groups corresponding to the arrangement on the individual icon display screen is displayed. The switching unit 123 switches the screen displayed by the display unit 11 between the individual icon display screen and the group icon display screen in accordance with a user operation. When the icon displayed on the individual icon display screen is selected by the user, the operation unit 124 specifies the lighting device 30 corresponding to the icon based on a unique address, and the specified lighting device 30 is identified. When a predetermined operation is performed and an icon displayed on the group icon display screen is selected by the user, the lighting device 30 included in the group corresponding to the icon is specified, and the predetermined lighting device 30 is specified. Perform the operation.

  In the operating device 10 according to the embodiment described below, the display unit 11 may further display a setting screen for displaying a list of groups and a list of lighting devices 30. In addition, in the operation device 10 according to the embodiment described below, the lighting device 30 selected by the user in the list of lighting devices 30 displayed on the setting screen is selected by the user in the list of groups. You may further comprise the setting part 122 included in a group.

  Moreover, in the operating device 10 according to the embodiment described below, icons representing a plurality of groups may be changed according to a lighting device set to the group.

  In addition, the illumination control system 1 according to the embodiment described below is divided into a plurality of groups, the illumination device 30 in which a unique address is set, the reading device 40 that reads the unique address, and the operation of the illumination device 30 And an operating device 10 for performing the above. The lighting device 30 includes an address display unit 31 that displays a unique address. The reading device 40 includes a reading unit 41 that reads a unique address displayed on the address display unit 31 of the illumination device 30.

  Moreover, the operating device 10 in the illumination control system 1 according to the embodiment described below includes an arrangement unit 121, a display unit 11, a switching unit 123, and an operation unit 124. The placement unit 121 receives an input of the installation position of the lighting device 30 whose unique address has been read by the reading unit 41 of the reading device 40, and determines the placement of the lighting device 30 based on the installation position. The display unit 11 corresponds to the individual icon display screen that displays the icons representing each of the lighting devices 30 in the layout determined by the layout unit 121, and the icon that represents each of the plurality of groups to the layout on the individual icon display screen. And at least one of the group icon display screens to be displayed. The switching unit 123 switches the screen displayed by the display unit 11 between the individual icon display screen and the group icon display screen in accordance with a user operation. When the icon displayed on the individual icon display screen is selected by the user, the operation unit 124 specifies the lighting device 30 corresponding to the icon based on a unique address, and the specified lighting device 30 is identified. When a predetermined operation is performed and an icon displayed on the group icon display screen is selected by the user, the lighting device 30 included in the group corresponding to the icon is specified, and the predetermined lighting device 30 is specified. Perform the operation.

  Hereinafter, an illumination control system 1 according to an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

(Embodiment)
The control system according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

[Configuration of lighting control system]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a lighting control system according to the embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the lighting control system 1 includes an operation device 10, a control device 20, and a lighting device 30. The lighting device 30 includes lighting devices 30a, 30b, 30c, and 30d. Moreover, the number of the illuminating devices 30 of FIG. 1 is an example, and can be suitably changed according to the structure of the illumination control system 1.

  Further, the operation device 10 and the control device 20 and the control device 20 and the lighting device 30 are connected to be able to communicate directly or indirectly by wireless or wired communication. Further, the operating device 10 and the lighting device 30 may be directly connected without the control device 20 being interposed. The lighting device 30 is, for example, an LED lighting device. The operation device 10 is, for example, a tablet terminal, a PC (Personal Computer), a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Data Assistance), or the like. Moreover, the control apparatus 20 is a server apparatus, for example.

  The operating device 10 operates the lighting device 30. The operating device 10 turns on and off the lighting device 30, for example. Moreover, the operating device 10 adjusts the illuminance of the lighting device 30, for example. Further, the operation device 10 may operate the lighting device 30 via the control device 20 or may directly operate the lighting device 30.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a reading method by the reading apparatus according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the illumination control system 1 further includes a reading device 40. The reading device 40 includes a reading unit 41. Further, the reading device 40 is connected to the operation device 10 so as to be able to communicate with each other by wire or wirelessly. In addition, the address display unit 31 of the lighting device 30 displays a unique address assigned to each of the lighting devices 30. The unique address is, for example, a MAC address. The reading device 40 transmits the read address to the operation device 10.

  Moreover, the address display part 31 displays an address with a barcode, for example. The reading device 40 is, for example, a bar code reader. Further, the address display unit 31 may display by a method other than a barcode that can be read from the outside, such as a QR code (registered trademark). Further, the operation device 10 may be provided with a camera or the like so as to function as the reading device 40.

  For example, the display unit 31a of the lighting device 30a displays the unique MAC address of the lighting device 30a with a barcode. At this time, the reading unit 41 of the reading device 40 reads the barcode displayed by the display unit 31a. Further, for example, the display unit 31b of the lighting device 30b displays the unique MAC address of the lighting device 30b with a barcode.

[Configuration of operation device]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the operating device according to the embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the controller device 10 includes a display unit 11, a control unit 12, and a storage unit 13.

  The display unit 11 is a liquid crystal display or a touch panel display. Hereinafter, in the present embodiment, the operation device 10 is a tablet terminal, and the display unit 11 is a touch panel display. For this reason, an operation of pressing a button or the like displayed on the display unit 11 is referred to as “tap”.

  The control unit 12 is realized by an integrated circuit such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field programmable gate array (FPGA). The control unit 12 is realized, for example, by executing a program stored in a storage device inside the operation device 10 by using a RAM as a work area by a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), or the like. Is done. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the control unit 12 includes an arrangement unit 121, a setting unit 122, a switching unit 123, and an operation unit 124. The storage unit 13 is realized by a storage device such as a semiconductor memory element such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) and a flash memory (Flash Memory).

  Each screen displayed on the display unit 11 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7 and processing of each unit of the control unit 12 will be described. 4 and 5 are diagrams illustrating an example of the area setting screen according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the display unit 11 displays tabs 210, 220, and 230. When any tab is tapped by the user, the display unit 11 displays a screen corresponding to the tapped tab. For example, the tab 210 corresponds to an area list screen. The tab 220 corresponds to the area setting screen. The tab 230 corresponds to the area operation screen.

  The area list screen is a screen that displays a list of preset areas. In the present embodiment, an area represents a floor or a room of a building where the lighting device 30 is installed, such as “6F office”, “6F toilet”, “1F entrance”, and the like.

  The area setting screen is a screen for performing various settings for each area. As shown in FIG. 4, an area selection screen 221, an area map 222, a scan mode start button 223, an instrument confirmation panel 224, and a group setting button 225 are displayed on the area setting screen.

  The area selection list 221 is a drop-down list in which an arbitrary area can be selected from the area list. When the user operates the area selection list 221 to select an area, the area map 222 displays a map of the selected area.

  Here, the process of the arrangement unit 121 will be described. First, when the operation device 10 receives the address of the illumination device 30 read from the reading device 40, the operation device 10 displays an icon 222 a on the area map 222. At this time, the controller device 10 switches the mode to the arrangement mode. In the arrangement mode, reception of an address from the reading device 40 is disabled.

  The user drags the icon 222a to an arbitrary position and moves it. Then, the arrangement unit 121 stores the address received from the reading device 40 and the position of the icon 222a moved by the user in the storage unit 13 in association with each other. At this time, the user can store the address of the lighting device 30 and the installation position in the storage unit 13 in association with each other by moving the icon 222 a to a position on the area map 222 corresponding to the installation position of the lighting device 30. .

  When the scan mode start button 223 is tapped, the controller device 10 switches the mode to the scan mode. In the scan mode, reception of an address from the reading device 40 is enabled.

  The appliance confirmation panel 224 can confirm the operation of the lighting device 30 selected on the area map 222. For example, when the OFF button 2241 is tapped, the selected lighting device 30 is turned off. When the ON button 2242 is tapped, the selected lighting device 30 is turned on. In addition, when the blink button 2243 is tapped, the selected lighting device 30 blinks. Accordingly, it is possible to easily check whether there is an abnormality in the lighting device 30 depending on whether or not the operation selected by the user has been performed by the lighting device 30.

When the group setting button 225 is tapped, the display unit 11 displays the group setting panel 226 in the area where the instrument confirmation panel 224 is displayed. As shown in FIG. 5, the group setting panel 226 displays a list of groups. Group selection list 2261
Is a drop-down list in which an arbitrary group can be selected from the group list.

  When a group in the group selection list 2261 is selected while the icon indicating the lighting device 30 on the area map 222 is selected, and the setting button 2262 is tapped, the setting unit 122 selects the selected lighting device 30. The groups are associated and stored in the storage unit 13. When the cancel button 227 is tapped, the display unit 11 displays the appliance confirmation panel 224 in the area where the group setting panel 226 is displayed.

  6 and 7 are diagrams illustrating an example of the area operation screen according to the embodiment. The area operation screen is a screen for operating the lighting device 30 for each area. As shown in FIG. 6, an area selection list 231, an area map 232, and an individual display button 233 are displayed on the area operation screen.

  The area selection list 231 is a drop-down list in which an arbitrary area can be selected from the area list. When the user operates the area selection list 231 to select an area, the area map 232 displays a map of the selected area. At this time, as an initial display, an icon for each group is displayed in the area map 232. At this time, the area operation screen functions as a group icon display screen. Here, the icon representing the group is changed according to the lighting device 30 set for each group. For example, an icon representing a group is set so as to surround only the lighting devices 30 set to the same group. This makes it easy to determine the area of each group on the layout diagram.

  When the icon displayed on the area map 232 is tapped, the lighting devices 30 included in the group corresponding to the tapped icon are turned off or turned on. For example, a solid icon such as the icon 2321 indicates that the lighting device 30 included in the corresponding group is lit. At this time, when the icon 2321 is tapped, the icon 2321 is not filled. An unfilled icon such as the icon 2322 indicates that the lighting device 30 included in the corresponding group is turned off.

  When the individual display button 233 is tapped, the switching unit 123 switches the individual display button 233 to the group display button 234 and switches the display of the area map 232 to individual display. At this time, the area operation screen functions as an individual icon display screen. As shown in FIG. 7, on the individual icon display screen, icons corresponding to the individual lighting devices 30 are displayed. For example, the icon group 2323 on the individual icon display screen corresponds to the icon 2321 on the group icon display screen. The icon group 2324 on the individual icon display screen corresponds to the icon 2322 on the group icon display screen.

  Similar to the group icon display screen, when an icon displayed on the area map 232 is tapped on the individual icon display screen, the lighting device 30 corresponding to the tapped icon is turned off or turned on. Moreover, the filled icon has shown that the corresponding illuminating device 30 is lighting. An unfilled icon indicates that the corresponding lighting device 30 is turned off.

  When the group display button 234 is tapped, the switching unit 123 switches the group display button 234 to the individual display button 233 and switches the display of the area map 232 to group display. As an initial display, individual icons of the lighting device 30 may be displayed on the area map 232. As described above, by using the operation device 10 of the present embodiment, the operation for each group of the lighting devices 30 and the individual operation can be easily switched.

[Procedure for processing by operating device]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the controller device according to the embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 8, the placement unit 121 of the controller device 10 determines the placement of the illumination device 30 in accordance with a user operation (step S <b> 101). Next, the setting part 122 sets the group of the illuminating device 30 according to a user's operation (step S102).

  Then, the display unit 11 displays a group icon display screen as an initial display (step S103). The display unit 11 displays the group icon display screen until the individual display operation is performed (step S104; No). Here, when an individual display operation is performed by tapping the individual display button 233 or the like (step S104; Yes), the display unit 11 displays an individual icon display screen (step S105).

  And the display part 11 displays an individual icon display screen until group display operation is performed (step S106; No). When a group display operation is performed by tapping the group display button 234 or the like (step S106; Yes), the display unit 11 displays a group icon display screen (step S103).

  The display unit 11 may display an individual icon display screen as an initial display. In that case, in the flowchart of FIG. 8, the positions of step S103 and step S105 are interchanged, and the positions of step S104 and step S106 are interchanged.

[Effect of the embodiment]
As described above, the switching unit 123 of the controller device 10 according to the embodiment can switch the screen displayed on the display unit 11 between the individual icon display screen and the group icon display screen. The operation for each group of the lighting device 30 and the individual operation can be easily switched.

  In addition, the setting unit 122 of the operating device 10 according to the embodiment can perform group setting of the lighting device 30 in accordance with a user operation. The display unit 11 can automatically generate and display an icon corresponding to the group on the group display screen by referring to the setting by the setting unit 122.

  Moreover, the illuminating device 30 which concerns on embodiment displays an individual address. In addition, the operation device 10 acquires the individual address of the illumination device 30 read by the reading device 40. Further, the user can perform an initial setting of the installation location of the illumination device 30 using the operation device 10 based on the individual address read by the reading device 40. Thereby, for example, it is not necessary to perform the operation of confirming the installation position of the illumination device 30 by repeatedly turning it on and off and associating it with the unique address, and the time and man-hours required for the initial setting can be reduced.

(Other embodiments)
The lighting control system 1 described above may be implemented in various different forms other than the above-described embodiment. For example, the control device 20 may include a processing unit similar to the control unit 12 and the storage unit 13 of the controller device 10. In this case, the controller device 10 functions as a terminal that displays a screen and accepts an operation from a user.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described, this embodiment is presented as an example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. This embodiment can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. This embodiment is included in the invention described in the scope of claims and its equivalent scope as well as included in the scope and spirit of the invention. In addition, this embodiment can be appropriately combined within a range in which processing contents do not contradict each other.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Illumination control system 10 Operation apparatus 20 Control apparatus 30 Illumination apparatus 40 Reading apparatus 11 Display part 12 Control part 13 Storage part 121 Arrangement part 122 Setting part 123 Switching part 124 Operation part 210,220,230 Tab 221 Area selection list 222,232 Area map 223 Scan mode start button 224 Instrument confirmation panel 225 Group setting button 226 Group setting panel 227 Cancel button 2241 OFF button 2242 ON button 2243 Blinking button 2261 Group selection list 2262 Setting button 2321, 2322 Icon 2323, 2324 Icon group

Claims (4)

An individual icon display screen for displaying icons representing each of the lighting devices divided into a plurality of groups and having unique addresses set in a predetermined arrangement based on an installation position of the lighting device; and each of the plurality of groups A display unit for displaying at least one of a group icon display screen for displaying an icon to be displayed in correspondence with the arrangement on the individual icon display screen;
A switching unit that switches a screen displayed by the display unit between the individual icon display screen and the group icon display screen in accordance with a user operation;
When an icon displayed on the individual icon display screen is selected by the user, a lighting device corresponding to the icon is specified based on the unique address, and a predetermined operation is performed on the specified lighting device. When an icon displayed on the group icon display screen is selected by the user, an operation unit that identifies a lighting device included in the group corresponding to the icon and performs a predetermined operation on the identified lighting device When;
An operating device comprising: The display unit
Further displaying a setting screen for displaying a list of the groups and a list of the lighting devices;
A setting unit that includes the lighting device selected by the user in the list of lighting devices displayed on the setting screen in the group selected by the user in the list of groups;
The operating device according to claim 1, further comprising:   The operation device according to claim 1, wherein the icons representing the plurality of groups are changed according to a lighting device set for the group. An illumination control system having a lighting device divided into a plurality of groups and having a unique address, a reading device that reads the unique address, and an operation device that operates the lighting device,
The lighting device includes:
An address display unit for displaying the unique address;
Comprising
The reader is
A reading unit that reads the unique address displayed on the address display unit of the lighting device;
Comprising
The operating device is:
An arrangement unit that accepts an input of an installation position of the lighting device from which the unique address is read by the reading unit of the reading device, and determines an arrangement of the illumination device based on the installation position;
An icon representing each of the lighting devices is displayed in an arrangement determined by the arrangement unit, and an icon representing each of the plurality of groups is displayed in association with the arrangement on the individual icon display screen. A group icon display screen, and a display unit for displaying at least one of the group icon display screen;
A switching unit that switches a screen displayed by the display unit between the individual icon display screen and the group icon display screen in accordance with a user operation;
When an icon displayed on the individual icon display screen is selected by the user, a lighting device corresponding to the icon is specified based on the unique address, and a predetermined operation is performed on the specified lighting device. When an icon displayed on the group icon display screen is selected by the user, an operation unit that identifies a lighting device included in the group corresponding to the icon and performs a predetermined operation on the identified lighting device When;
An illumination control system comprising:

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