JP3270210B2 - Lighting equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an illuminating device that swings or moves up and down.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 8 to 13 show a conventional example. FIG.
The movable unit 1 having the lighting unit of the lighting device
The horizontal rotation motor 2 and the vertical rotation motor 3 are driven by the remote control operation to swing vertically and horizontally, and to control light. 13 is a remote control signal receiving unit.

FIG. 9 shows operation buttons of the operation unit 6, 41 is an angle button for operating the vertical swing of the movable unit 1, 42 is a rotary button for operating the horizontal swing of the movable unit 1, and 43 is a key. A light up button, 44 is a dimming down button, 45 is a channel select switch for operating a plurality of lighting devices, 46 is a scene display section for relaxation, danran, etc., 47
Is an on / off switching button, 48 is a scene storage button for storing a scene, 49 is an all-off button, and 50 is a scene reproduction button for reproducing the stored scene by a scene number.

Next, the control section will be described with reference to FIG. That is, an operation signal of infrared rays is transmitted from the operation unit 6 and received by the remote control signal reception unit 13. The operation signal is CPU
It is input to the unit 10 and determines which function it indicates, controls the motor drivers 14 and 15, drives the horizontal rotation motor 2 and the vertical rotation motor 3, swings the movable unit 1, and moves the position sensor 4 5, the rotation position is CP
It is input to the U section 10 and stored. When a dimming signal for dimming up or dimming is input from the operation unit 6, the control parameter of the power control unit 12 is changed according to the content thereof to dimming the movable unit 1. For example, a phase control signal synchronized with a power supply synchronization signal for detecting a zero cross of the AC power supply is output to the power control unit 12 to perform light control. Further, when a storage signal is input by the scene storage button 48 of the operation unit 6, the position information of the sensors 4 and 5 and the dimming information for controlling the power control unit 12 are stored in the scene number area of the memory 7, When a reproduction signal is input by the reproduction button 50, the target dimming level and position information are read from the corresponding scene number in accordance with the content thereof, and the state changes from the current dimming level and current position to the target state.

[0005] In the scene reproducing operation, interpretation of a scene code, reading from a memory, horizontal rotation operation by the horizontal rotation motor 2,
The vertical rotation operation by the vertical rotation motor 3 is performed in the order.
In the reproduction of the light control level, as shown in FIG. 10, after the interpretation of the scene code and the process of reading from the memory, the operation of the movable unit and the start of light control are performed simultaneously.

[0006]

However, in this illuminating device, the operating path of the movable part at the time of reproduction starts from horizontal rotation as shown in FIG. 9 and then rotates vertically after the end thereof, and at the time of reproduction of dimming, as shown in FIG. Since the start of the movement and the start of the dimming are simultaneous as shown in FIG. That is,
When moving from the current position of the movable unit 1 to the target position, the target position B is closer to the horizontal position than the current position A as shown in the radar chart of FIG. In this case, the movable unit 1 rotates horizontally and then vertically along the thin arrow. Also, when the current position A is closer to the horizontal position than the target position B as shown in FIG. 12C, the movable unit 1 rotates horizontally and then vertically along the thin line arrow.
Here, the radar chart will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in (a), concentric circles and points on the radiation, for example, positions A and B, indicate the direction of the movable unit 1, ie, the trajectory of the irradiation direction or the position of the center of the front end face of the movable unit 1. A plurality of concentric circles have a vertical origin position at a position where the direction of the movable portion 1 faces the floor directly below, and indicate vertical degrees of 10 °, 20 °, 30 °, and 40 ° sequentially from the inside, and the movable angle increases as this angle increases. The direction of the part 1 becomes nearly horizontal. In addition, the radiation with the right position viewed from the movable unit 1 as viewed from the floor surface is defined as the horizontal origin position 0 °, and the radiation in the right rotation direction is sequentially rotated along the concentric circle at an angle of 45 °, 90 °,. Increases to 360 degrees in one rotation. For example, FIG.
Position A of 2 (b) is vertical 20 degrees, horizontal rotation angle 45 degrees
And position B is vertical 30 ° and horizontal rotation 180 °
The position A in FIG. 3C has a vertical degree of 30 ° and a horizontal rotation angle of 45 °, and the position B has a vertical degree of 20 ° and a horizontal rotation angle of 180 °.

Generally, when the movable part 1 rotates horizontally, the larger the vertical angle, that is, the more the movable part 1 is oriented horizontally, the more noticeable the movable part 1 is, and conversely, the smaller the vertical angle, that is, the more the movable part 1 is oriented vertically downward, The movable part 1 is inferior.
Therefore, in the case of FIG. 12C, it is more conspicuous that the movable part 1 takes the stroke of the thin-line arrow than in the case of taking the stroke of the broken-line arrow, but in the case of FIG. Is less inferior than, for example, when taking the stroke indicated by the dashed arrow.

When the current dimming level is 0 and the target dimming level is 100, as shown in FIG. Since the dimming level reaches 100 on the way, the movable part 1 rotates in a bright state, and is easily noticeable. On the other hand, when the current dimming level is 100 and the target dimming level is 0 as shown in FIG. Since the dimming level becomes 0 on the way, the movable unit 1 rotates in a dark state from the way, and the appearance is poor.

[0009] Regarding dimming, even in the up-down type lighting device, since the dimming operation and the up-down operation are performed simultaneously as shown in FIG. 14, the fade time is about 2 to 3 seconds, and the up-down operation is more effective. Since it takes a long time, there is a problem similar to that of the operation in FIG. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a lighting device that makes the operation of a movable unit more noticeable when changing from a current state to a target state during scene reproduction.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lighting device comprising:
A movable part having an illumination part, a vertical rotation motor for vertically swinging the movable part, a horizontal rotation motor for horizontally swinging the movable part, a sensor for detecting a position of the movable part, and the movable part An operation unit for outputting a swing operation signal and a storage signal for storing the position of the movable unit, and a reproduction signal for reproducing the storage position of the movable unit; a memory for storing the position of the movable unit; In response to the operation signal of the operation unit, the horizontal rotation motor and the vertical rotation motor are driven, the storage signal of the operation unit is received, and the current position of the movable unit by the sensor is written in the memory. A CPU for reading the stored content from the memory in response to the reproduction signal and driving the horizontal rotation motor and the vertical rotation motor; and receiving the reproduction signal from the operation unit. In this case, the current position of the movable unit is compared with a target position to be read out and moved to the memory, and when the current position is closer to the horizontal with respect to the vertical swing direction of the movable unit, the horizontal The rotating motor is driven before the vertical rotating motor, and when the target position is closer to horizontal, the vertical rotating motor is driven before the horizontal rotating motor.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lighting device, comprising: a movable portion having an illumination portion; driving means for driving the movable portion; a sensor for detecting the position of the movable portion; and power control for dimming the illumination portion. An operation unit that outputs a movable operation signal of the movable unit, a dimming operation signal, a storage signal for storing a position of the movable unit and a state of dimming, and a reproduction signal for reproducing the state of the movable unit; A memory for storing a position and a dimming state of the movable unit; and a power control unit configured to drive the driving unit in response to the movable operation signal of the operation unit and to drive the driving unit in response to the dimming operation signal of the operation unit. Receiving the stored signal of the operation unit, writing the current state of the movable unit by the sensor to the memory, reading the stored content from the memory in response to the reproduction signal of the operation unit, And a CPU unit for controlling the moving unit,
When receiving the reproduction signal of the operation unit, the current dimming level of the movable unit is compared with a target dimming level to be read and set from the memory, and the current dimming level is calculated. When the value is higher than the target dimming level, the power control unit is controlled after the operation of the driving unit of the movable unit is completed.

[0012]

According to the illumination device of the first aspect, when the swing operation is performed by the operation section, the movable section is rotated horizontally and vertically to swing the movable section. When the storage operation of the operation unit is performed, the current state of the position of the movable unit is stored in the memory. When the operation section is reproduced, the contents are read from the memory, and the horizontal rotation motor and the vertical rotation motor are driven from the current state to the target state to be reproduced, and the movable section changes.

When the operation unit is operated for reproduction, when the current position of the vertical swing of the movable unit is closer to the horizontal than the target position to be read and moved from the memory, the horizontal rotation motor is activated. Since the movable portion is first swung horizontally first after the vertical rotation motor is driven, the movable portion is vertically swung, so that the operation of the movable portion is easily noticeable. Conversely, when the target position is closer to horizontal, the vertical rotation motor is driven earlier than the horizontal rotation motor, so that the movable part is swung vertically first and then horizontally, so that the movable part is conspicuous. .

According to the illumination device of the second aspect, the movable portion is movable when the operation portion is movably operated, the illumination portion of the movable portion is dimmed when the dimming operation is performed, is stored in the memory when the storage operation is performed, and is performed when the reproduction operation is performed. The contents of the memory are played. When the operation unit is operated for reproduction, the current dimming level of the movable unit is compared with the target dimming level to be read from the memory and set, and the current dimming level is set to the target dimming level. When the level is larger than the level, the power control unit is controlled after the operation of the driving unit of the movable unit is completed, so that the movable unit operates before the dimming level decreases, so that the movable unit operates after the dimming level decreases. It is more noticeable compared to.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. That is, the illuminating device has a movable unit 1 having an illuminating unit and capable of swinging in the horizontal and vertical directions. A vertical rotating motor 3 for swinging the movable unit 1 vertically and a movable unit 1 A horizontal rotating motor 2 to be swung, a sensor 4 for detecting the position of the movable unit 1 based on the position of the horizontal rotating motor 2 and a sensor 5 for detecting the position of the vertical rotating motor 3;
An operation unit 6 for transmitting a radio signal such as an infrared signal for outputting a dimming operation signal and a storage signal for storing the position of the movable unit 1 and a reproduction signal for reproducing the storage position of the movable unit 1; It has a memory 7 for storing and a CPU unit 10 using a microcomputer or the like. 11 is a control power supply, 12 is a power control unit that controls the dimming level of the illumination unit of the movable unit 1, 13 is a receiving unit that receives a remote control signal, and 14 and 15 are the motors of the horizontal rotation motor 8 and the vertical rotation motor 9. Driver.

The CPU section 10 drives the horizontal rotation motor 8 and the vertical rotation motor 9 by controlling the motor drivers 14 and 15 in response to a movable swing operation signal of the operation section 6. The power control unit 12 is controlled in response to a light control operation signal of the operation unit 6 to control the light of the illumination unit of the movable unit 1. Further, in response to the stored signal of the operation unit 6, the current position of the movable unit 1 by the sensors 4 and 5 is written into the memory 7, and the operation unit 6
Receiving the reproduced signal, the stored contents are read out from the memory 7 and the horizontal rotation motor 8 and the vertical rotation motor 9 are driven.

When the reproduction signal of the operation unit 6 is received, the current position of the movable unit 1 is compared with the target position to be read out and moved to the memory 7 to determine the vertical swing of the movable unit 1. When the current position is closer to horizontal in the direction, the horizontal rotation motor 8 is driven before the vertical rotation motor 9,
Conversely, when the target position is closer to the horizontal,
Is driven prior to the horizontal rotation motor 8.

The illuminating device has a movable section 1
When a swing operation is performed, a remote control signal such as an infrared signal of the operation signal is input to a remote control signal receiving unit 13, a control signal is output to motor drivers 14 and 15 by a CPU unit 10, and a horizontal rotation motor 2 and a vertical rotation motor are output. 3 rotates, and the movable unit 1 rotates horizontally and vertically to swing. The position of the movable part 1 is detected by the position sensors 4 and 5, and
It is input to the U section 10. When the operation section 6 is adjusted, the remote control signal is input to the remote control signal
The light is input to the U section 10 and the power control section 12 performs phase control and the like to dimming the illumination section of the movable section 1. Dimming level data is CPU
It is obtained by a control signal output from the unit 10 to the power control unit 12. When the operation unit 6 is stored, the current position of the movable unit 1 and the state of the dimming level detected by the sensors 4 and 5 are stored in the memory. When the reproducing operation is performed on the operation unit 6, the contents are read from the memory, and the horizontal rotation motor 2, the vertical rotation motor 3, and the power control unit 12 are driven from the current state to the target state to be reproduced, and the position of the movable unit 1 is moved. And the dimming level changes.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the CPU 10 when a remote control signal receiving section 13 receives a scene reproduction signal from the operation section 6. When a reproduction signal is input from the operation unit 13, the content of the scene code is interpreted in step 20. The content of the corresponding scene number is read from the memory 7 in step 21. The absolute value of the current value in the vertical direction is read in step 22. When the absolute value of the target value read from the memory is compared with the absolute value of the target value and the direction of the movable unit 1 is close to horizontal, that is, when the result is YES, the process proceeds to step 23 to perform the vertical rotation operation. It is determined whether or not the operation has been completed. If NO, step 23 is repeated, and YE
In the case of S, the horizontal rotation operation of step 25 is performed, and it is determined in step 26 whether the horizontal rotation operation is completed and NO
Step 26 is repeated at the time of, and it ends at YES.

On the other hand, when the absolute value of the current value is larger than the absolute value of the target value in step 22 and the direction of the movable unit 1 is close to horizontal, that is, when the answer is NO, the horizontal rotation operation is performed in step 27 and the completion in step 28 Step 27 is repeated if NO, and Step 2 is repeated if YES.
In step 9, a vertical rotation operation is performed. In step 30, it is determined whether the vertical rotation operation has been completed. If NO, the vertical rotation operation is repeated, and if YES, the process ends.

According to this embodiment, when the reproduction signal of the operation unit 6 is received, the current position is read from the memory 7 with respect to the vertical swing direction of the movable unit 1 and the target position to be moved. When the horizontal rotating motor 2 is driven closer to the horizontal than the vertical rotating motor 3, the movable part 1 is first swung horizontally and then the movable part 1 is vertically swung. Operation is conspicuous. Conversely, when the target position is closer to horizontal, the vertical rotating motor 3 is driven before the horizontal rotating motor 2, so that the movable part 1 is first swung vertically and then horizontally, so that the movable part 1 is conspicuous. Cheap.

That is, it is possible to clearly show the movable effect of the movable portion 1, that is, the effect of creating an atmosphere and attracting attention without increasing the cost. A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. That is, in the first embodiment, when the reproduction signal of the operation unit 6 is received in the first embodiment, the current dimming level of the movable unit 1 and the target dimming level to be read and set from the memory are set. In comparison, when the current dimming level is higher than the target dimming level, the horizontal rotating motor
And the power control unit 1 after the operation of the vertical rotation motor 3 is completed.
2 is controlled.

Referring to the flowchart of FIG. 3, before the operation of the movable unit 1 by the horizontal rotation motor 2 and the vertical rotation motor 3 in step 35, step 33 is provided to set a target light control level and a current light control level. When the target value is larger than the current value, ie, when the answer is YES, the dimming start in step 34 and the operation 35 of the movable portion shown in the first embodiment are performed simultaneously. In step 34, after the start of dimming, a dimming fade operation is performed in step 36, and in step 37
It is determined whether or not the operation is completed. If NO, step 36 is repeated, and if YES, the operation is completed.

On the other hand, when the target value is smaller than the present value in step 33, that is, when NO, the first
After the operation of the movable unit 1 of the embodiment is completed, the dimming is started in step 38 after the completion, the dimming fade operation is performed in step 39, and it is determined in step 40 whether the operation is completed. Step 39 is repeated when YES
The operation is completed when.

According to this embodiment, when the operation section 6 is movably operated, the movable section 1 is moved. When the light control operation is performed, the illumination section of the movable section 1 is dim. Then, the contents of the memory 7 are reproduced. When the operation unit 6 is operated for reproduction, the current dimming level of the movable unit 1 is compared with the target dimming level read out from the memory 7 and set, and the current dimming level is set to the target dimming level. When the dimming level is higher than the dimming level, the power control unit 12 is controlled after the operation of the horizontal rotation motor 2 and the vertical rotation motor 3 as the driving means of the movable unit 1 is completed. Operates, so that it is more conspicuous than when the movable unit operates after the dimming level has been lowered.

FIGS. 4 to 7 show a third embodiment of the present invention.
Shown in That is, this lighting device is a case where the movable unit 1 is of a lifting type. FIG. 4 shows an attached state, in which the instrument body 56 is attached to the ceiling 55, and the movable unit 1 is suspended from the instrument body 56 via the wire 61. 57 is a lighting unit, 58 is a power supply line. FIG. 5 shows a suspension structure of the movable unit 1, in which a drum 60 is connected to a lifting / lowering motor 59 provided on an instrument body 56, a pair of wires 61 are wound around the drum 60, and a pulley 62 is The movable part 1 is not attached to the distal end of the wire 61 via the wire. Lifting motor 5
When the drum 9 rotates, the drum 60 rotates, and the wire 61 is wound or rewound depending on the rotation direction, whereby the movable section 1 moves up and down.

As a control unit, a vertical motor 5 is used instead of the horizontal rotation motor and the vertical rotation motor of the first embodiment.
9, a motor driver 63 and a position sensor 64 of an elevating motor 59 for detecting the position of the movable part 1; the contents stored in the memory 7 are elevating position information and a dimming level value. The adjustment of the dimming level follows the flowchart of FIG. 7, but is the same as the flowchart of FIG. 3 except that the movable unit 1 is raised and lowered in steps 35 and 35 '.

That is, according to this embodiment, the dimming operation is performed simultaneously with the start of the ascent / descent operation to the target position as shown in FIG. 14, but in this embodiment, the stored contents are read from the memory 7. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 7, the current dimming level value is compared with the target dimming level value in step 33, and if the target dimming level value is larger, the elevating operation and the dimming fade operation are performed. Are started at the same time, and conversely, when the target value of the dimming level becomes small, the dimming fade operation is started after the elevating operation is completed. Therefore, this embodiment has the same operation and effect as the second embodiment.

Although a limit switch (not shown) for detecting the movable range is provided for safety of the movable range of the movable portion 1, in order to prevent the motor from continuing to rotate when it is broken during operation. A time set in advance as a time during which the movable unit 1 operates the movable range is set in a timer,
If there is no limit signal within that time, it is determined that an abnormality has occurred and the motor is stopped.

[0030]

According to the illumination device of the first aspect, when the operation section is operated for reproduction, the current position of the vertical swing of the movable section is read from the memory and moved to the target position. Since the horizontal rotation motor was driven earlier than the vertical rotation motor when it was closer to horizontal than the vertical rotation motor, the movable portion was first swung horizontally and then the movable portion was vertically swung. Easy to stand out. Conversely, when the target position is closer to horizontal, the vertical rotation motor is driven earlier than the horizontal rotation motor, so that the movable part is swung vertically first and then horizontally, so that the movable part is conspicuous. This has the effect.

According to the illumination device of the second aspect, when the operation section is operated for reproduction, the current dimming level of the movable section is compared with the target dimming level to be read out from the memory and set. When the current dimming level is higher than the target dimming level, the power control unit is controlled after the operation of the driving unit of the movable unit is completed, so that the movable unit operates before the dimming level decreases. It is more noticeable than when the movable part operates after the light level is lowered.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart when the scene is reproduced.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart when a scene is reproduced according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a third embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the operation principle.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the control unit.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart at the time of scene reproduction.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a movable portion that swings.

FIG. 9 is a front view of an operation unit.

FIG. 10 is an operation flowchart at the time of scene reproduction in a conventional example.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a dimming operation at the time of scene reproduction in a conventional example.

FIG. 12 is a radar chart of the direction of a movable part.

FIG. 13 is a graph of the dimming level with respect to the movement of the movable part.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a dimming operation and a raising / lowering operation during scene reproduction according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Movable part 2 Horizontal rotation motor 3 Vertical rotation motor 4,5 Position sensor 6 Operation part 7 Memory 10 CPU part

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A movable section having an illumination section, a vertical rotating motor for vertically swinging the movable section, a horizontal rotating motor for horizontally swinging the movable section, and a sensor for detecting a position of the movable section. An operation unit for outputting a storage signal for storing an operation signal for swinging the movable unit and a position of the movable unit and a reproduction signal for reproducing a storage position of the movable unit; and for storing a position of the movable unit. Receiving the operation signal of the operation unit, driving the horizontal rotation motor and the vertical rotation motor, receiving the storage signal of the operation unit, and writing the current position of the movable unit by the sensor to the memory. A CPU for reading the stored content from the memory in response to the reproduction signal of the operation unit and driving the horizontal rotation motor and the vertical rotation motor; When receiving the reproduction signal, the current position of the movable unit is compared with the target position to be read out and moved to the memory, and the current position of the movable unit is more horizontal with respect to the vertical swing direction of the movable unit. An illumination device for driving the horizontal rotation motor prior to the vertical rotation motor when it is close, and conversely driving the vertical rotation motor before the horizontal rotation motor when the target position is closer to horizontal; . 2. A movable unit having an illumination unit, a driving unit for driving the movable unit, a sensor for detecting a position of the movable unit, a power control unit for controlling dimming of the illumination unit, and the movable unit. An operation unit for outputting a movable operation signal, a dimming operation signal, a storage signal for storing the position of the movable unit and a dimming state, and a reproduction signal for reproducing the state of the movable unit; A memory for storing a dimming state, the driving unit receiving the movable operation signal of the operation unit, driving the driving unit, receiving the dimming operation signal of the operation unit, controlling the power control unit, and controlling the operation unit CPU that receives the stored signal and writes the current state of the movable unit by the sensor to the memory, and reads the stored content from the memory in response to the reproduction signal of the operation unit to control the movable unit. Unit, when receiving the reproduction signal of the operation unit, compares the current dimming level of the movable unit with the target dimming level to be read from the memory and set. When the dimming level is higher than a target dimming level, the lighting device controls the power control unit after the operation of the driving unit of the movable unit is completed.