JPH0760748B2 - Lighting control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To smoothly perform the lighting switchover from main lighting lamps to a remnant lamp without wasting the electric power by starting the remnant lamp at the fixed time before the turn-off time of the main lighting lamps. CONSTITUTION:In case of the method to control the lighting time with a coin, when a coin is thrown in, main lighting lamps C-N are lighted. The main lighting lamp usage time is counted by a counting unit 2. The remaining time is calculated based on it and displayed by a display unit 15. A remnant lamp B is started at the time required for the light flux rising before the time t1 when the lamps C-N are to be turned off. After the required time elapses, the remnant lamp B is turned off. Since the remnant lamp is started at the time required for the rising of the remnant lamp before the turn-off time of the main lighting lamps, a smooth switchover can be performed, and the power consumption of the remnant lamp is saved for the period from the starting time of the main lighting lamps to the starting time of the remnant lamp.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a lighting control device for lighting a main lighting lamp and a remaining lighting lamp by using a time schedule program or the like.

(Prior Art) In recent years, outdoor tennis courts, indoor gymnasiums, and the like are equipped with night equipment and the like, and means using coins or the like have been developed as means for controlling the use of such lighting. This is the one that the user of the facility such as a gym uses the coin for renting out the lighting facility purchased from the facility manager in advance to turn on the main lighting.When the main lighting is turned on, the remaining lights and insecticide are used. The lamps are also turned on at the same time, and after a predetermined time when the main illumination lamp is turned off, the remaining lamp and the insecticide are turned off sequentially. More specifically, a signal generator using an 8-bit microcomputer is provided, and the amount of electric power is calculated based on input information from the power measuring unit, the program setting unit, and the operating unit.
It calculates the remaining lighting time of the coin being used, the lighting time according to the number of coins, and the storage of the program contents. Further, the result is output to the display section and the output signal section and programmed so that a predetermined control operation can be performed.
To explain the practical control, first, when the facility start time set in advance by the program setting section comes, the usable lamp of the display section lights up, and the system enters the ready mode of waiting for coin insertion. Then, when the user inserts a coin, the microcomputer determines whether the inserted coin is a dedicated coin for the facility, and if it is a dedicated coin, the number of coins is read, and the main lighting circuit and the remaining light circuit are read. And, the electric shock insecticide circuit is turned on, and the coin operation mode is set. At this time, the lighting time (usable time) is not subtracted for 5 minutes immediately after the start of lighting until the stable lighting state is reached, and after the lapse of 5 minutes, the above subtraction is performed according to the amount of electric power used and stored in the memory unit. Furthermore, the remaining lightable time is calculated based on the number of sheets and the amount of power used and displayed on the display unit. In such a use, when the remaining lighting time or the facility opening end time is within a certain time, the end notice circuit is turned on for a certain time to notify the user that the lighting will be turned off after a certain time. When the opening end time is reached or the number of coins reaches zero,
If the light-off button on the operation unit to stop the use when there are coins is pressed, the main lighting circuit will be turned off immediately.
After that, the remaining light circuit and electric shock insecticide circuit are turned off after the time set in advance in the program setting section has elapsed.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) In this type of lighting equipment, since the remaining light is turned on at the same time as the lighting of the main lighting, the longer the lighting time of the main lighting, the more the power consumption of the remaining lighting is wasted. Become. Although a method of turning on the main illumination lamp and then turning on the remaining lamp is also conceivable, when using a high-pressure discharge lamp such as a mercury lamp that requires a long time for starting lighting as the remaining lamp, the remaining lamp requires a long time to start. During that time, the tennis court does not have adequate lighting.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and when using a high-pressure discharge lamp as a residual lamp, lighting control capable of smoothly performing lighting takeover of the residual lamp from its main illumination lamp without wasting power. The purpose is to provide a device.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving Problems) An illumination control device according to the present invention controls lighting and extinguishing of a residual lamp including a main lighting lamp and a high-pressure discharge lamp, and the main lighting lamp and the residual lamp, respectively. Lighting control unit, setting means for setting the lighting time of the main lighting, based on the lighting time, the start time of the residual lamp before the turn-off time of the main lighting about the time required by the residual lamp to rise the luminous flux In addition, the operation means for setting the turn-off time of the remaining light to a predetermined time after the turn-off time of the main lighting, and the start and turn-off signals of the main lighting and the remaining light to the lighting control section at the time of starting and turning off, respectively. And a setting section having a signal generating means for giving the signal.

In addition to the lighting control device using the magnetic card and the coin lamp, the present invention is configured such that a main operation unit and a plurality of terminals to which a lighting load is connected are connected by a transmission line, and each terminal device is controlled by the main operation unit. Can be applied to a lighting control device that controls lighting of a lighting load according to a preset time schedule.

(Operation) According to the lighting control device of the present invention, during the lighting time of the main illumination lamp, the remaining lamp is set to a certain time before the turning-off time of the main illumination lamp, that is, a time before the remaining lamp needs to rise the luminous flux. By setting the start time, it is possible to perform a smooth lighting hand-over from the main lighting to the remaining lights without causing the non-illumination state required for the start-up of the remaining lights. The time until the start time saves the power consumption of the remaining light.

(Embodiment) A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The present embodiment is applied to a so-called coin disc system in which a coin is used to control a usage time (lighting time). First, the control system block diagram shown in FIG. 2 will be described. A plurality of loads B to N as illumination lamps are connected to the power source 3 via switches Z1 to Zn, respectively. here,
These loads B are residual lights, such as mercury lamps. The loads C to N are main illumination lights.

A is a setting unit, and the setting unit A will be described in detail below. First, the setting unit 6 is, for example, a coin insertion device, and sets the lighting time of the main illumination lights C to N according to the number of coins inserted. . The setting means 6 is connected to the signal generating means 8 composed of an 8-bit microcomputer or the like. The signal generating means 8 has a built-in program 13 for storing a calculation means 12 having a clock section 10 and a calculation processing section 11 connected to a clock signal generator 9 and a program for recording the time required for the rest to rise the luminous flux. Connected to the display unit 15 via the driver 14.
Are connected. The rated power consumption of each of the main illumination lamps C to N is input in the storage unit 4 in advance. The setting unit A is a lighting control unit E that controls each switch of the lighting main lighting.
It is connected to the. The illumination control unit E turns on and off the predetermined switches Z1 to Zn according to the type of the received signal.

The lighting control will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, it is started by inserting a coin into the coin inserting device 17. Then, it is determined whether or not the inserted coin is a dedicated proper coin, and if it is a proper coin, the lighting of the main illumination lights C to N is started.

If the inserted coin is not a proper coin, the coin is discharged, and if it is a proper coin, the number of coins is counted. And the usable time of one coin is (value of one coin)
/ (Consumption value data) is calculated, and when the lighting is started, the main lighting use time is counted. Based on that, the remaining time is calculated and the resulting remaining time is displayed.
Then, when time passes and the remaining usage amount of one coin is equal to or more than a certain value, if there is the next coin even if the remaining usage amount is not equal to or more than the certain value, the lighting is continued and the remaining usage amount of the coin is lost. At that time, the coin is collected, and if there is the next coin, the same control is repeated again. If there is no next coin, a warning will be issued when the remaining amount is below a certain level.

Then, when the remaining usage amount is exhausted and there is no next coin, the main illumination lights C to D are turned off at the time t1, but before the extinguishing time t1, a time before the remaining lights need to rise the luminous flux. The time t3 is used as the start time of the remaining light, and the remaining light is started from time t3 before the turning off time t1 of the main illumination lamp and turned off at time t4 after a predetermined time has elapsed. In this embodiment, an insecticide is provided in addition to the remaining lights, and the main lighting lights C to N are used.
After turning off the light after the end of the use time, the insecticide is turned on and sent for a predetermined time to turn off the light. In this way, the main illumination lamp is turned on, and in parallel with this, the remaining time is displayed on the display unit 15 to inform the user. Further, when the time has passed, if there is still a coin remaining, the main illumination lamp continues to be turned on. If the remaining time is t2 or less, the warning is given and the user is notified that the light will be turned off after a certain time. Therefore, even if the remaining lamp is a high-pressure discharge lamp that requires a long time for starting and lighting, it is possible to smoothly take over from the main illumination lamp without requiring time loss for this starting.
Moreover, since the lighting time of the remaining lamp can be shortened as much as possible, the power can be saved.

The basic control system for the main illumination lamp such as the illumination lamp is not limited to the above-described example, and can be applied to a simpler method of simply controlling the lighting time using a timer.

[Effects of the Invention] An illumination control device of the present invention has a main illumination lamp and a residual lamp composed of a high-pressure discharge lamp, and a setting means for setting the lighting time of the main illumination lamp, and the main illumination based on the lighting time. A calculation means for setting the start time of the remaining lamp to a time before the remaining lamp needs to rise the luminous flux before the time of turning off the lamp, and a predetermined time after the time of turning off the main illumination lamp as the time for turning off the remaining lamp and the above. A signal generating means for giving a start and turn-off signal to the lighting control section for controlling turning on and off of the main lighting and the remaining lamp respectively when starting and turning off the main lighting and the remaining lamp.
By the setting unit having, by setting the start time of the residual lamp to a certain time before the main illumination light is turned off, that is, the time before the residual lamp needs to rise the luminous flux, the non-illumination state is required during the startup of the residual lamp. It is possible to perform a smooth lighting hand-over from the main illumination lamp to the remaining lamp without causing any trouble. In addition, the time from the start time of the main illumination lamp to the start time of the residual lamp saves the power consumption of the residual lamp.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the same as above, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the starting and extinguishing timings of the above. A: Setting section, B: Remaining light, C: Main lighting, E:
Lighting control section, 6 ... Setting means, 12 ... Calculation means, 8 ...
Signal generation means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A residual lamp comprising a main illuminating lamp and a high-pressure discharge lamp; an illumination control section for controlling turning on and off of the main illuminating lamp and the residual illuminating lamp respectively; setting means for setting a lighting time of the main illuminating lamp; Based on the lighting time, the start time of the remaining light is set to a time before the remaining light is required for the luminous flux to rise up from the time of turning off the main lighting, and the remaining light is set to a predetermined time after the turning off time of the main lighting. And a setting section having a signal generating means for giving a start signal and a turn-off signal to the lighting control section when the main illumination lamp and the remaining lamp are started and turned off, respectively. A lighting control device characterized by the above.