JPH0448584A - Toning apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To carry out lighting with prescribed light color while altering the light color continuously with single operation by installing an operation setting means to appoint toning data corresponding to a desired light color while reading continuously the toning data sayed in a memory means. CONSTITUTION:By giving address data appointed by an operation of an operation setting part 9 to a data memory part 7 from an address output part 8, toning data corresponding to R, G, B read out of the appointed address is put to duty generating circuits 6a-6c corresponding to a toning signal generating part 6. These duty generating circuits 6a-6c convert and produce toning signals consisting of duty signals having a duty ratio corresponding to the toning data to be put in and based on the toning signals, lighting circuits 5a-5c control the lighting of the light-emitting source 4a-4c to obtain a desired light color.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a lighting color adjuster 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 has red (R), green (G), blue (B)
) the respective light amount corresponding to each color! It is equipped with adjusting heirs 2a to 2c that adjust the color of the light source, and by operating the operating knobs 2a to 2C, the amount of light of each color is changed to obtain a desired light color.

Further, FIG. 7 shows a conventional light color control device operation console 1 in which a light amount adjustment heir 3 for adjusting the overall light amount is added to the example of FIG. 6. In this conventional example, by operating the light amount adjustment heir 3, The total amount of light can be varied.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] By the way, the above 6th [! In the conventional example shown in FIG. 7, the user has to operate the operation knobs 2a to 2c to obtain the desired light color, and the set light color is the desired color. It was not possible to confirm whether this was the case, and the settings could not be generalized.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and its purpose is to provide illumination 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. The goal is to provide a color toning device that can be used.

[How to solve the problem Pi] In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides color toning data for obtaining light colors ranging from low color temperature to high color temperature by lighting light emitting sources of different colors. a storage means for storing the information; and an operation setting means for specifying toning data corresponding to a desired light color while continuously reading out the toning data stored in the storage means with a single operation. It is equipped with the following.

[Function] According to the present invention, by a single operation, the above-mentioned storage means storing color toning data for obtaining light colors ranging from low color temperature to high color temperature by lighting light emitting sources of different colors; Since it is equipped with an operation setting means that specifies the toning data corresponding to a desired light color while continuously reading out the toning data stored in the storage means, it is possible to store the toning data by a single operation of the operation setting means. The toning data of a desired light color can be specified while continuously reading out the toning data stored in the means, and therefore illumination with the desired light color can be easily performed.

[Example] The present invention will be explained below with reference to Examples.

FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration diagram of 81 examples which are the basis of the present invention, in which the lamp 4 is composed of light emitting sources with a plurality of different emitting colors, and each light emitting source is lit by a lighting device 5.
The lighting device 5 lights up each light emitting source of the lamp 4 based on the toning signal from the toning signal generator 6, and combines color components according to the light emitting time of each light source or the ratio of the light emitting level, etc. It is designed to obtain the light color set by.

The toning signal generating section 6 is for converting the toning data read out from the data storage section 7 into a toning signal of a form corresponding to the lighting device 5.

The data storage section 7 constitutes a storage means in which toning data is stored in advance, and reading out of the toning data is performed by specifying an address using address data from the address output section 8. Toning data is stored so that the color temperature changes continuously as the address changes continuously.

The operation setting section 9 constitutes a single operation setting means for specifying an address to be output to the address output section 8, and this operation setting section allows address data corresponding to a specified address to be set as an address. It is output from the output section 8.

FIG. 2 shows a circuit specifically illustrating the configuration shown in FIG. 1, and the run 14 has light emitting sources 4a to 4c whose emission colors are R, G, and H, and the respective emission colors are mixed. It is designed to become a single color of light.

The lighting device 5 lights up times #! corresponding to each of the light emitting sources 4a to 4C. 5a to 5c, and the toning signal generating section 6 includes duty generating circuits 6a to 6c that generate toning signals corresponding to the respective lighting circuits 5a to 5c.

On the other hand, the operation setting M9 is composed of a υP/DO11IN switch 10 which is a changeover switch with a neutral point, and by switching this υP/DOjlN switch 10, the count of the UP/OUT 0111N counter that constitutes the address output section 8 is increased/ It is now possible to bring it down. The UP/DOIII counter used here is a 4-bit tl such as 748C193.
Using two connected P/DOIllN counters, it is possible to up/down from 0 to 255, and the 8 bits of the binary output are input to the address data input terminal of the data storage section 7 which is transferred to the ROM. A. ~A, it is possible to output from the data storage section 7 the toning data stored at the address corresponding to the count value read out from the address output section 8 in response to the operation setting section 90. It can be done. The rM color data is, for example, R
, G, B, the x and y coordinates in the chromaticity diagram of the emitted light colors of the light sources 4a to 4c are (0,5684,0,3435), respectively.
(0,357), 0.5102), (0,15
36,0,1009>, the color temperature is 5000
If K is desired, R:G:B=51:68:8,
If you want a color temperature of 6500K, R:G:B=46
・When a color temperature of 3000K is desired at 69:82, the ratio of color components is set so that R:G:B=83:61:12, and evening is 1-! It is configured,
The toning data configured in this manner corresponds to the count value of 0 to 225 in the address output section 8, for example, from 2500 to 2500.
Changes in color temperature of 100OOK are sequentially stored in addresses of the data storage unit 7 corresponding to currant values 0 to 225 as shown. It is of course possible to use countless patterns of changes in the toning data, such as cases in which the color temperature not only increases but also decreases as the number of addresses increases.

In this case, for example, patterns such as full lighting at a color temperature of 8,000 and 50% dimming at a color temperature of 3,000, etc., can be considered in which changes in color temperature and dimming are linked.

Then, the address data specified by the operation of the operation setting section 9 is given to the data storage section 7 from the address output section 8, so that the toning data corresponding to R, G, and B read from the address is The signal is inputted to the corresponding duty generation circuits 6a to 6C of the toning signal generation section 6. These duty generation diagrams n6a to 6C convert and create a toning signal consisting of a duty signal having a duty ratio according to the input toning data, and the lighting circuits 5a to 5c use the toning signal to control the light emitting source 4a of the lamp 4. The desired light color is obtained by controlling the lighting of the lights 4c to 4c.

FIG. 3 shows a circuit configuration of another embodiment of the present invention,
This embodiment uses a wireless transmission system that uses wireless signals such as infrared rays and radio waves for the transmission line that sends address data from the address output section 8 to the data storage section 7.
Remote control operation #11 includes operation setting section 9 and address output section 8
and a remote control transmitting section 12 are provided, and the address data transmitted by a wireless signal from the remote control transmitting section 12 is received and demodulated by the remote control receiving section 13 and provided to the data storage section 7.

In this embodiment, the user can perform color toning setting operations at his/her hand using the remote control operation section 11, thereby improving operability.

The specific configuration of the circuit excluding the wireless transmission system may be similar to the circuit shown in FIG.
The operation signal may be transmitted as a wireless signal, or the remote control operation section 11 may be provided with up to the data storage section 7, and the toning data may be transmitted as a wireless signal.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention, and this embodiment is a data storage device consisting of an external storage device that can be freely connected between the address output section 8 and the toning signal generation section 6 through a connector 14. Part 7 was used. External storage devices used in the data storage section 7 include IC cards, flexible disks, compact disks, etc., and any of them may be used.

The configuration other than the data storage section 7 is similar to the specific configuration shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of another embodiment of the present invention,
In this embodiment, the operation setting section 9 is composed of a fader 15 made of a variable resistor and an A/D converter 9 that converts the output signal of the fader 15 into digital, and the up/down operation is controlled by dimming. This allows you to change the color temperature with a natural operation like using a fader.

The operation setting section is the UP/
Of course, operating means other than the DOWN switch 10 and the fader 15 may be used.

Further, the color toning signal generating section 6 of each embodiment is the lighting device 5 to be used.
Needless to say, a circuit is used to create a toning signal consisting of not only a duty signal but also a phase signal, analog signals such as voltage, etc. in accordance with the lamp 4, and furthermore, a toning signal generating section 6 from the data storage section 7 is used. For each signal transmission from the color toning signal generator 6 to the lighting device 5, an appropriate transmission method can be adopted, such as parallel transmission using multiple signal lines or serial transmission using time division transmission. Of course. Furthermore, any light emitting source may be used for the lamp 4, such as a color fluorescent lamp, a fluorescent lamp with a color filter attached, a color incandescent lamp, or a combination of an incandescent lamp and a color filter. The lighting device 5 can also be omitted.

[Effects of the Invention] The present invention includes a storage means storing color toning data for obtaining light colors ranging from low color temperature to high color temperature by lighting light emitting sources of different colors, and the above-mentioned method with a single operation. Since the storage means is equipped with an operation setting means that specifies the toning data corresponding to a desired light color while continuously reading out the toning data stored in the storage means, a single operation of the operation setting means The toning data from low color temperature to high color temperature stored in the storage device can be read out 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 read out from the storage means. It can be obtained continuously with a simple operation, and as a result, there is an effect that illumination with a light color of a desired color temperature can be easily performed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a specific block diagram of the same as above, FIG. 3 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the present invention, and 4th rI! I is a block diagram of 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 operation console. 4 is a lamp, 5 is a lighting device, 6 is a color adjustment signal generating section, 7 is a data storage section, 8 is an address output section, and 9 is an operation setting section. Agent Patent Attorney Ishi 1) Choshichi

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A storage means that stores color toning data for obtaining light colors ranging from low color temperature to high color temperature by lighting light emitting sources of different colors; 1. An operation setting means for specifying toning data corresponding to a desired light color while continuously reading out toning data.