JP2603746B2 - Toner - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lighting toning device used in living spaces such as houses and offices.

[Prior Art] FIG. 6 shows an example of a console 1 of a conventional light color control device. In this conventional example, the console 1 corresponds to each color of red (R), green (G), and blue (B). Adjustment knob to adjust each light amount
2a to 2c are provided, and by operating the operation knobs 2a to 2c, a desired light color is obtained by changing the light amount of each color.

FIG. 7 shows a console 1 of a conventional light color control apparatus in which a light amount adjusting knob 3 for adjusting the entire light amount is added to the example of FIG. 6, and the light amount adjusting knob 3 is operated in this conventional example. This makes it possible to vary the overall light quantity.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, in the conventional examples of FIGS. 6 and 7, in order to obtain a desired light color, the user must operate the operation knobs 2a to 2c, respectively. It was not possible to confirm whether the set color development was the desired color, and only one setting was possible.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to illuminate with a predetermined light color while continuously changing the light color from a low color temperature to a high color temperature by a single operation. To provide a toning device that can be used.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention reads out color tone data for obtaining a light color ranging from a low color temperature to a high color temperature by turning on a light emitting source of a different color by reading an address. By continuously specifying the storage means stored in advance and the readout address by a single operation so that the color temperature changes continuously with the continuous change of Operation setting means for continuously designating the toning data.

[Operation] According to the present invention, a storage means for storing toning data for obtaining a light color ranging from a low color temperature to a high color temperature by turning on a light emitting source of a different color; A storage unit that stores in advance such that the color temperature changes continuously with a continuous change of the read address;
An operation setting means for continuously designating the toning data corresponding to a desired color by continuously specifying the read address by a single operation; While continuously reading the toning data stored in the storage means, the toning data of a desired light color can be designated, so that illumination with the desired light color can be easily performed.

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described below with reference to examples.

FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration diagram of an embodiment which is a basis of the present invention, in which a lamp 4 includes light emitting sources having a plurality of different emission colors, and each lighting source is turned on by a lighting device 5,
The lighting device 5 illuminates each light source of the lamp 4 based on the toning signal from the toning signal generator 6 and combines the color components according to the ratio of the light emission time or the light emission level of each light source. To obtain the light color set by the user.

The toning signal generator 6 is for converting the toning data read from the data storage 7 into a toning signal in a form corresponding to the lighting device 5.

The data storage unit 7 constitutes a storage unit that stores the toning data in advance, and the reading of the toning data is performed by specifying the address by the address data from the address output unit 8. The toning data is stored so that the color temperature changes continuously with the continuous change of the address.

The operation setting section 9 constitutes a single operation setting means for designating an address to be output to the address output section 8, and the address data corresponding to the address specified by the operation setting section 9 is an address. Output from the output unit 8.

FIG. 2 shows a circuit specifically showing the configuration of FIG. 1. The lamp 4 has light-emitting sources 4a to 4c of R, G, and B, and each light-emitting color is mixed. It becomes one light color.

The lighting device 5 is a lighting circuit corresponding to each of the light emitting sources 4a to 4c.
5a to 5c, and each of the lighting circuits 5a
Degree generating circuit 6a that generates a toning signal corresponding to ~ 5c
~ 6c.

On the other hand, the operation setting section 9 is composed of an UP / DOWN switch 10 composed of a switch with a neutral point.
By switching the DOWN switch 10, the count of the UP / DOWN counter constituting the address output unit 8 can be increased / decreased. UP used here
/ DOWN counter is 4-bit UP / D like 74HC193
By using two OWN counters connected, up / down from 0 to 255 can be performed, and the 8 bits of the binary output are used as address data input terminals A ₀ to A _{0 of the} data storage unit 7 composed of ROM. by connecting to a _7, can output are toning data stored in the addresses corresponding to the count value read out from the address output unit 8 in response to operation of the operation setting unit 9 from the data storage unit 7 It is. The toning data includes, for example, R, G, and B light-emitting sources 4a to 4c.
The x and y coordinates in the chromaticity diagram of the emission color of (0.5684, 0.34
35), (0.3577,0.5102), (0.1536,0.1009), if a color temperature of 5000K is desired, R: G: B = 51: 68:
8, if a color temperature of 6500K is desired, R: G: B = 46: 69: 82
In addition, when a color temperature of 3000 K is desired, it is composed of ratio data of color components set so that R: G: B = 83: 61: 12. Is, for example, 250 corresponding to the count value of 0 to 225 of the address output unit 8.
Count value 0 to draw color temperature change from 0K to 10000K
The addresses are sequentially stored at addresses of the data storage unit 7 corresponding to 255. In addition, as for the pattern of the change of the toning data, it goes without saying that an infinite number of patterns such as a case where the color temperature not only increases but also decreases as the address increases may be used. In this case, for example, full lighting at a color temperature of 8000K, 50% dimming at 3000K, etc.
Patterns such as interlocking of a change in color temperature with light control can be considered.

Thus, when the address data specified by the operation of the operation setting unit 9 is provided from the address output unit 8 to the data storage unit 7, the toning data corresponding to R, G, and B read from the address is changed. It is input to the corresponding duty generation circuits 6a to 6c of the toning signal generation unit 6. These duty generating circuits 6a to 6c convert and create a toning signal consisting of a duty signal having a duty ratio according to the input toning data. ~
By controlling the lighting of 4c, a desired light color is obtained.

FIG. 3 shows a circuit configuration of another embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment uses a wireless signal such as an infrared ray or a radio wave for a transmission path for sending address data from an address output section 8 to a data storage section 7. A remote control operation section 11 is provided with an operation setting section 9, an address output section 8, and a remote control transmission section 12, and address data transmitted by a wireless signal from the remote control transmission section 12 is transmitted to a remote control reception section 13. And demodulates the received data to give it to the data storage unit 7.

Thus, in the present embodiment, the user can perform the toning setting operation with the remote control operation unit 11 at hand, and the operability is improved.

The specific configuration of the circuit excluding the wireless transmission system is
A circuit according to the circuit diagram may be used. The remote control operation unit 11 may be provided with an operation setting unit 9 and a remote control transmission unit 12 so that the operation signal of the operation setting unit 9 may be transmitted as a wireless signal, and the data storage unit 7 may be provided in the remote control operation unit 11. The toning data may be transmitted as a wireless signal.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a data storage comprising an external storage device which can be freely connected between an address output section 8 and a toning signal generation section 6 by a connector 14 is shown. This uses the unit 7. The external storage device used for the data storage unit 7 includes an IC card, a flexible disk, a compact disk, and the like, and any of them may be used.

The configuration other than the data storage unit 7 conforms to the specific configuration of FIG.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, an operation setting section 9 is provided with a fader 15 composed of a variable resistor and an A / D converter for converting an output signal of the fader 15 into a digital signal. A D converter 9 is provided so that the color temperature can be changed by a natural operation such as an operation of a light control fader for up / down operation.

The operation setting unit 9 is the UP / D shown in the above embodiment.
Of course, operation means other than the OWN switch 10 and the fader 15 may be used.

Further, the toning signal generating unit 6 of each embodiment uses a circuit that creates a toning signal composed of not only a duty signal but also a phase signal, an analog signal such as a voltage, etc. according to the lighting device 5 and the lamp 4 to be used. Needless to say. Further, each signal transmission from the data storage unit 7 to the toning signal generation unit 6 and from the toning signal generation unit 6 to the lighting device 5 is performed by parallel transmission using a plurality of signal lines, serial transmission by time division transmission, or the like. It goes without saying that an appropriate transmission method can be adopted. Further, any light source such as a color fluorescent lamp, a fluorescent lamp with a color filter attached thereto, a color incandescent lamp, and a combination of an incandescent and a color filter may be used as the lamp 4. Further, depending on the lamp 4, the lighting device 5 may be omitted.

[Effects of the Invention] In the present invention, toning data for obtaining a light color ranging from a low color temperature to a high color temperature by lighting of a light emitting source of a different color is used. By changing the storage address stored in advance and the read address continuously by a single operation,
Since operation setting means for continuously designating the toning data corresponding to a desired light color is provided, the adjustment from the low color temperature to the high color temperature stored in the storage means by a single operation of the operation setting means. Color data can be read continuously from the storage means, and light colors from low color temperature to high color temperature, which could not be easily obtained in the past, can be continuously obtained with a simple operation, and as a result, desired color data can be obtained. There is an effect that illumination with the color temperature can be easily performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a specific block diagram of the embodiment, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 6 and 7 are front views of a conventional console. Reference numeral 4 denotes a lamp, 5 denotes a lighting device, 6 denotes a toning signal generation unit, 7 denotes a data storage unit, 8 denotes an address output unit, and 9 denotes an operation setting unit.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Katsunobu Hamamoto, inventor 1048, Oazadoma, Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Inside Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (56) References JP-A-60-115193 (JP, A) JP-A-57-101391 (JP, A) JP-A-61-163593 (JP, A) JP-A-2-17615 (JP, U)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A color tone data for obtaining a light color from a low color temperature to a high color temperature by lighting of a light emitting source of a different color, so that the color temperature changes continuously with a continuous change of a read address. Storage means, which is stored in advance, and operation setting means for continuously designating the toning data corresponding to a desired light color by continuously designating a read address by a single operation. Toning device characterized by that.