JP5878334B2 - Lighting control system and lighting control method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a lighting control system and a lighting control method for controlling operations of lamps arranged in areas of different management groups.

  Conventionally, each lamp has been switched on and off by a single switch. However, in recent years, there has been proposed an illumination control device that performs adjustment of the illumination state by the lamp and management of the lamp (see Patent Documents 1 and 2).

JP 2009-191575 A JP 2010-251938 A

  Such a lighting control device is assumed to be used in a building provided with a large amount of lamps. In a building, different areas may be rented to multiple customers. Each customer typically wants to independently manage the lighting conditions and lighting of their rental area. However, in the conventional lighting control device, the customer cannot independently adjust the lighting state of only his / her rental area.

  Therefore, the objective of this invention made | formed in view of this situation is providing the lighting control system which can perform the adjustment of the lighting state of own rental area etc. for every management group, such as a customer.

In order to solve the above-described problems, a lighting control system according to the present invention is:
A mobile device,
A plurality of lamps each capable of setting a lighting pattern;
An access point for position confirmation that is associated with the lamp and transmits its own identifier to the mobile terminal;
A communication access point for data communication with the portable terminal;
A controller for storing a positional relationship between the lamp and the access point for position confirmation, and a lighting control system comprising:
When the portable terminal obtains the identifier of the location confirmation access point, the identifier is transmitted to the controller through the communication access point,
The controller, upon receiving the identifier, with respect to selected the lamp based on the positional relationship, to set the lighting pattern of the user preferences of said mobile terminal,
The signal strengths from the plurality of location confirmation access points are all weaker than the signal strengths from the communication access points .

In addition, the lighting control method that realizes the present invention as a method includes:
The controller and a plurality of lamp connected in the controller and the signal transmission line, and connected equipment network to the controller, the lighting control method in a lighting control system including a plurality of access points connected to said equipment network There,
Associating each lamp with one of a plurality of management groups, associating each access point with one of a plurality of management groups, and
A step of causing the access point to receive a first operation signal to the lamp from the operation terminal ;
Causing the controller to receive a first operation signal from the access point through the equipment network;
The controller includes a step of performing a lighting operation on a lamp associated with the same management group as the access point based on a first operation signal to the access point.

  According to the lighting control system and the lighting control method according to the present invention configured as described above, since the lamp and the access point are associated with any management group, adjustment of the lighting state of the lamp for each management group, etc. It is feasible.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the illumination control system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

  Embodiments of a lighting control apparatus to which the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a lighting control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The lighting control system 100 includes an operation of an equipment network 101, a communication network 102, a signal transmission line 103, a lamp 104, an access point 105, an overall management terminal 106 such as a touch panel, a partial management terminal 107 such as a laptop computer, and a smartphone. A terminal 108, a controller 109, a server 110, and an intranet 111 are included.

  The equipment network 101 is an equipment network for transmitting a signal for driving equipment such as the lamp 104. The equipment network 101 is shared by management groups 112 and 113 described later. The equipment network 101 is connected to a signal transmission line 103 managed by the controller 109. The equipment network 101 is used for operations and settings by the overall management terminal 106 and operations by the operation terminal 108.

  As will be described later, the overall management terminal 106 operates the lamp 104 through the equipment network 101 and the signal transmission line 103. Furthermore, as will be described later, the overall management terminal 106 sets the access correspondence between the lamp 104 and the access point 105 in the controller 109 through the equipment network 101. Further, as will be described later, the overall management terminal 106 changes management settings described later through the equipment network 101. Further, as will be described later, the operation terminal 108 accesses the controller 109 through the access point 105 and the equipment network 101 to operate the lamp 104.

  The communication network 102 is a network represented by the Internet for communicating data. From the viewpoint of security, the management groups 112 and 113 are independent of the communication network 102. In the communication network 102, http is used for communication. The communication network 102 is used for setting of the server 110 by the overall management terminal 106 and operation and setting by the partial management terminal 107.

  As will be described later, the overall management terminal 106 sets access rights to the server 110 of the partial management terminal 107 through the communication network 102. Further, as will be described later, the partial management terminal 107 can access the controller 109 through the communication network 102 to operate the lamp 104 and set the lamp 104 and the access point 105. When accessing the controller 109 from the partial management terminal 107 via the communication network 102, a VPN (Virtual Private Network) is used in particular.

  The plurality of lamps 104 are connected to the controller 109 through the signal transmission line 103. The communication network 102 and the equipment network 101 are controlled by a unique protocol that is different. The plurality of access points 105 and the overall management terminal 106 are connected to the controller 109 through the equipment network 101. The operation terminal 108 communicates with the controller 109 through the access point 105.

  The controller 109 is connected to the server 110 through a communication network 102 such as the Internet. The partial management terminal 107 is connected to the communication network 102 through the intranet 111.

  The lamp 104 has an illumination light source such as an LED light source, and can be switched between light emission and extinguishing. It is also possible to adjust the amount of illumination light and the color of the emitted color. Each lamp 104 is fixed at a specific position in the room.

  The access point 105 is, for example, a wireless LAN access point, and can communicate with the operation terminal 108. As will be described later, the access point 105 receives an operation signal (first operation signal) transmitted from the operation terminal 108 for executing the lighting operation of the lamp 104. The access point 105 transmits a first operation signal to the controller 109 through the equipment network 101. Each access point 105 is fixed at a specific position in the room. That is, the physical positional relationship between each access point 105 and each lamp 104 does not change.

  The overall management terminal 106 has an application that can detect an operation (third operation) related to the association between the lamp 104 and the access point 105. The application of the overall management terminal 106 can also detect an operation for associating one of the management groups with the lamp 104 and the access point 105. Furthermore, the application of the overall management terminal 106 can also detect an operation for registering a new management group in the server 110.

  Further, the application of the overall management terminal 106 can detect an operation (first operation) for executing the lighting operation of the lamp 104 and an operation (second operation) for executing management settings regarding the lamp 104 and the access point 105. is there. When the application of the general management terminal 106 detects the first operation, the second operation, or the third operation in a state where the application is logged in to the controller 109, all the lamps constituting the illumination control system 100 are detected. The first operation signal based on the first operation, the second operation signal based on the second operation, or the third operation signal based on the third operation signal is generated so as to instruct the 104 and all the access points 105 And sent to the controller 109.

  Here, the illumination operation includes at least one of switching between light emission and extinction of the lamp 104, light amount adjustment of illumination light, or color adjustment of light emission color (that is, light control). Management settings include, for example, switching of association between the lamp 104 and the access point 105, illumination settings such as dimming, execution of a special operation mode such as an automatic dimming mode, and execution of a special operation mode. This is a setting for managing at least one of the lamp 104 and the access point 105, such as group registration of the lamp 104 and transmission of log data of a lighting operation history or management setting history in the controller 109.

  The partial management terminal 107 has an application capable of detecting a second operation for executing management settings relating to the lamp 104 and the access point 105 and a first operation for executing an illumination operation of the lamp 104. When the application of the partial management terminal 107 detects the first operation or the second operation, it generates a first operation signal based on the first operation or a second operation signal based on the second operation, Is transmitted to the server 110 via the company intranet 111 and the communication network 102 so as to instruct all the lamps 104 and all the access points 105 belonging to the management group. Then, the server 110 sends the first operation signal or the second operation signal to the controller 109 via the VPN, and commands from the controller 109 to all the lamps 104 and all the access points 105 belonging to the corresponding management group. Will be done.

  The operation terminal 108 has an application capable of detecting a first operation for causing the lighting operation of the lamp 104 to be performed. When the application of the operation terminal 108 detects the first operation, it generates a first operation signal based on the detected first operation and transmits it to the nearest access point 105 by radio. Then, this first operation signal is sent to the controller 109, and the controller 109 controls the lamp 104 corresponding to the physical position of the operation terminal 108 on which the first operation has been performed based on the first operation signal. Will be performed.

  The controller 109 can execute the lighting operation of the lamp 104 and the management setting of the lamp 104 and the access point 105. Further, the controller 109 can execute login approval of the overall management terminal 106.

  The server 110 can execute login approval to the controller 109 of the overall management terminal 106, new registration of a management group, and login approval to the server 110 of the partial management terminal 107.

  The general management terminal 106 is configured so that an operation signal based on each of the first operation, the second operation, and the third operation can be transmitted only when the general management terminal 106 logs in the controller 109. Control on the application side. Alternatively, even if an operation signal is received on the controller 109 side, control is performed so that a signal from a terminal without access right is discarded. By the way, the server 110 stores in advance a combination of an account and a password for specifying a terminal that can be accepted as the overall management terminal 106. Then, when the combination of the account and password assigned to the general management terminal 106 itself is transmitted from the general management terminal 106 to the server 110, the server 110 matches the combination stored in the memory 114 in advance. Only when this is done, an access right is granted to the general management terminal 106.

  When the general management terminal 106 obtains the access right, it becomes possible to log in to the controller 109. When the first operation, the second operation, or the third operation is detected while logged in to the controller 109, the application of the overall management terminal 106 generates an operation signal corresponding to the operation, and the controller 109 Receive.

  When the controller 109 receives the third operation, the controller 109 updates the correspondence table (see Table 1) stored in the memory 115 provided in the controller 109. The correspondence table represents the physical positional relationship between the lamp 104 and the access point 105 for performing management settings, and the correspondence relationship between the lamp 104 and the management group assigned to the access point 105.

  In order to define the correspondence relationship, different addresses are assigned to the respective lamps 104, and different addresses are assigned to the respective access points 105. With these addresses, the controller 109 can grasp each lamp 104 and each access point 105 in the protocol used in the signal transmission line 103.

  The addresses in this embodiment are represented by serial numbers starting from 1. However, the address may be expressed by other methods such as two-dimensional coordinates for each floor number or room number in the building. The numbers given to each lamp 104 and each access point 105 in FIG. 1 are the addresses of each lamp 104 and each access point 105, respectively.

  When the controller 109 receives the first operation signal and the second operation signal from the operation terminal 108, the access point 105 used for transmitting each signal is identified, and the lamp corresponding to the identified access point 105 104 is specified, the address of the specified lamp 104 is specified, and then the controller 109 executes the lighting operation and management setting according to the operation signal.

  In the overall management terminal 106, the lamps 104 that execute the lighting operation can be selected from all the lamps 104. Further, the overall management terminal 106 can select the lamp 104 and the access point 105 for executing the management setting from the all lamp 104 and the all access point 105, respectively. That is, based on the correspondence table stored in the memory 115 provided in the controller 109, the address of the lamp 104 or the access point 105 to be controlled by the operation signal to be transmitted among all the lamps 104 and all the access points 105 is totally managed. After the terminal 106 specifies, an operation signal is transmitted to the controller 109. The controller 109 executes a lighting operation or management setting based on the operation signal received for the addressed lamp 104 and the access point 105.

  When the overall management terminal 106 detects an operation for registering a new management group, the overall management terminal 106 transmits the new management group to the server 110. The server 110 receives the management group type, account, and password as a new management group registration operation, and stores them in the memory 114.

  The application side of the partial management terminal 107 controls the operation signal based on each of the first operation and the second operation to the partial management terminal 107 so that the partial management terminal 107 can send the operation signal only during the login to the server 110. . Alternatively, control is performed so that a signal from a terminal that is not logged in even when an operation signal is received on the server 110 side is discarded. By the way, the server 110 is a management group and account for specifying a terminal that can be accepted as the partial management terminal 107 in advance. And remembers password combinations. When a combination of a management group, an account, and a password given to the partial management terminal 107 is transmitted from the partial management terminal 107 to the server 110, the server 110 matches the combination stored in the memory 114. Only the login of the partial management terminal 107 is approved.

  When the partial management terminal 107 detects the first operation or the second operation while logging in to the server 110, the application of the partial management terminal 107 generates an operation signal corresponding to the operation content, and this is transmitted via the server 110. It will be transmitted to the controller 109. When the controller 109 receives the first operation signal and the second operation signal, the controller 109 executes the lighting operation and the management setting according to the operation signal.

  In the partial management terminal 107, the lamps 104 that execute the lighting operation can be selected from all the lamps 104 belonging to the same management group as the partial management terminal 107. Further, the partial management terminal 107 can select the lamp 104 and the access point 105 for executing the management setting from all the lamps 104 and all the access points 105 belonging to the same management group as the partial management terminal 107, respectively. That is, based on the correspondence table stored in the memory 115 provided in the controller 109, the addresses of the lamp 104 and the access point 105 to be executed are specified, and then an operation signal is transmitted to the controller 109. . The controller 109 executes a lighting operation or management setting based on the operation signal received for the addressed lamp 104 and the access point 105.

  The first operation on the operation terminal 108 can be detected at any time as long as an operation detection application is running, and a first operation signal is generated based on the detected operation. The first operation signal is transmitted to the controller 109 via the nearest access point 105 of the operation terminal 108. The controller 109 detects the access point 105 that has received the first operation signal. The controller 109 identifies the lamp 104 associated with the detected access point 105 based on the correspondence table, and performs an illumination operation on the identified lamp 104 by designating an address to be controlled.

  The lighting control system 100 is used, for example, for operation or management of all lamps 104 in one building. Here, it is assumed that separate areas of the building are leased to the A company and the B company. A plurality of lamps 104 and a plurality of access points 105 are arranged in the rental area of Company A. A plurality of lamps 104 and a plurality of access points 105 are also arranged in the leased area of company B.

  The building manager can execute various lighting operations of all the lamps 104 included in the lighting control system 100 by the first operation on the overall management terminal 106. Further, the management setting of all the lamps 104 and all the access points 105 can be executed by the second operation on the overall management terminal 106.

  The lighting manager of the A company can execute various lighting operations of all the lamps 104 associated with the management group 112 of the A company by operating the partial management terminal 107. Further, by operating the partial management terminal 107, the management setting of all the lamps 104 and the access point 105 associated with the management group 112 of the A company can be executed.

  Similarly, in the B company, various lighting operations of all the lamps 104 associated with the management group 113 of the B company can be executed by operating the partial management terminal 107. Further, by operating the partial management terminal 107, it is possible to execute management settings for all the lamps 104 and access points 105 associated with the management group 113 of the B company.

  Further, when a resident in the leased area of the company A inputs the first operation to the operation terminal 108, the lighting operation of the lamp 104 associated with the nearest access point 105 is executed. Further, when a resident in the rental area of Company B inputs the first operation to the operation terminal 108, the lighting operation of the lamp 104 associated with the nearest access point 105 is executed.

  In the lighting control system of the present embodiment configured as described above, the lamp 104 and the access point 105 can be associated with a management group. Furthermore, based on the first operation signal received at the access point 105, the controller 109 can execute the lighting operation of the lamp 104 associated with the same management group. Therefore, by associating the lamp 104 and the access point 105 in a specific area with the same management group, the lighting state of the specific area can be adjusted for each management group.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the partial operation terminal 107 can detect the second operation for executing the management setting of the lamp 104 and the access point 105 corresponding only to its own management group. Therefore, a lighting manager of an arbitrary management group can manage the lamp 104 and the access point 105 of only his / her management group.

  Since the partial management terminal 107 is connected to the equipment network 101 through the communication network 102 using the intranet independent of the management group and the VPN, the intranet 111 of different management groups may be connected to the equipment network 101. Absent. Therefore, the operation by the partial management terminal 107 is possible while ensuring security between different intranets 111.

  In a configuration in which all functions provided in the lighting control system 100 are operated only by the partial management terminal 107, the system is insufficient in responsiveness and availability. In the present embodiment, a function that can be input by a simple operation, or a function that has high responsiveness and high use frequency is configured not to go through the communication network 102 and the server 110, and thus the operation terminal 108. It can be executed immediately by the operation. As a function that can be input by a simple operation or a function that has high responsiveness and high use frequency, for example, switching of illumination light emission / extinction and dimming function of illumination light can be given. Accordingly, it is possible to provide appropriate responsiveness or availability depending on the function.

  Although the present invention has been described based on the drawings and examples, it should be noted that those skilled in the art can easily make various changes or modifications based on the present disclosure. Therefore, it should be noted that these variations or modifications are included in the scope of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Lighting control system 101 Equipment network 102 Communication network 103 Signal transmission line 104 Lamp 105 Access point 106 Overall management terminal 107 Partial management terminal 108 Operation terminal 109 Controller 110 Server 111 Intranet 112 A company management group 113 B company management group 114 Memory 115 memory

Claims (5)

A controller,
A plurality of lamps connected to the controller by signal transmission lines;
An equipment network connected to the controller;
A plurality of access points connected to the equipment network and capable of receiving a first operation signal to the lamp from an operation terminal;
Connected to the controller through the equipment network, the lamp is associated with each of a plurality of management groups, and the overall management terminal that associates the access point with each of the plurality of management groups,
The controller receives the first operation signal from the access point through the equipment network, and executes the lighting operation of the lamp.
The controller performs the lighting operation on the lamp associated with the same management group as the access point based on the first operation signal to the access point. system. The lighting control system according to claim 1,
A server connected to the controller through a communication network;
A second operation signal that is associated with any one of the plurality of management groups and is associated with the same management group and that is a management setting operation relating to the lamp and the access point is detected, and the second operation signal is detected through the communication network. A partial management terminal that transmits the operation signal of 2 to the server;
The controller receives the second operation signal from the server through the communication network, and transmits the second operation signal to the lamp and the access point associated with the same management group as the partial management terminal. A lighting control system, wherein the management setting is executed for the lighting control system. The illumination control system according to claim 2,
The partial control terminal is connected to the controller via the communication network and the equipment network. The illumination control system according to claim 2 or 3,
The plurality of management groups have different intranets. An illumination control system, wherein: A lighting control method in a lighting control system, comprising: a controller; a plurality of lamps connected to the controller through signal transmission lines; an equipment network connected to the controller; and a plurality of access points connected to the equipment network. There,
Associating the lamp with one of a plurality of management groups, and associating the access point with any of the plurality of management groups,
Causing the access point to receive a first operation signal to the lamp from an operation terminal;
Causing the controller to receive the first operation signal from the access point through the equipment network;
Characterized in that said controller, and a step of executing based on said first operation signal, lighting operation to said lamp associated with the same the administrative group and the access point to the access point Lighting control method.

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