KR100885217B1 - An appratus for led lighting control - Google Patents

Abstract

An LED(Light Emitting Diode) illumination control device is provided to generate various individual illumination patterns by combining LED groups of various colors with each other. A plurality of illumination level slide bars(105) adjust the brightness in unit of an LED group. Digital values for the illumination level slide bars are stored at an illumination level storing table in accordance with an indication of an illumination level storing button(107). An individual illumination pattern storing button(103) is used to indicate storing operation of individual illumination patterns. A recursive illumination pattern storing table sequentially stores values, which was stored at the illumination level storing table, at a corresponding entry in accordance with an indication of the individual illumination pattern storing button. A recursive period slide bar(111) sets up a recursive period value. The digital value of the recursive period slide bar is stored at a recursive period storing table. The present value of the recursive period slide bar is stored at the recursive period storing table in accordance with an indication of a recursive period storing button(109). An A/D(Analog-to-Digital) converter converts the values of the illumination level slide bar and the recursive period slide bar into digital values.

Description

LED lighting control unit {An Appratus for LED Lighting Control}

The present invention relates to an LED lighting control device, and more particularly, to adjust and store the brightness of a group of LEDs consisting of a plurality of LEDs, one individual by combining a plurality of LED groups of different brightness and color as a combination It can be stored as a lighting pattern, and a plurality of stored individual lighting patterns can be sequentially cycled at regular time intervals, thereby generating a circular lighting pattern, and outputting the stored circular lighting pattern to the LED luminaire to produce beautiful lighting. It relates to an LED lighting control device.

In general, the lighting device is installed at a predetermined location of the indoor and outdoor, it may be composed of a light control device for controlling the portion of the actual light, such as the light and the brightness of the light.

LED lighting consumes 25% more power than conventional incandescent lamps, increasing the demand for LED lighting. LEDs are also widely used for landscape lighting and decorative lighting requiring atmospheric lighting such as Christmas decorations. .

In order to make LED lighting more elegant and atmospheric LED lighting, there is a need for an LED lighting control device that can freely combine various LED groups with brightness control of individual LEDs or groups of LEDs. These LED lighting control devices can control the brightness of each individual LED group by hand with various lighting patterns, and can check whether the actual LED lights are desired, and for each individual LED group You can adjust the brightness to create individual lighting patterns for the entire group you want, and the individual lighting patterns can be saved and reproduced.These individual stored lighting patterns can be output sequentially to create a moody and beautiful lighting. There is an urgent need for LED lighting control devices that can produce Is true.

LED lighting control apparatus according to the present invention for solving the above problems can control the brightness of one individual LED group, and individual lighting patterns for the entire group desired by adjusting the brightness for the individual LED group The LED lighting control device can create an atmosphere and beautiful lighting by making it possible to save and reproduce individual lighting patterns, and to express and store various individual lighting patterns sequentially stored in succession. The purpose is to provide.

LED lighting control device according to the present invention includes a plurality of light level slide bar for adjusting the brightness for each LED group; An illumination level storage button for instructing to store a digital value of the illumination level slide bar; An illumination level storage table storing digital values of the illumination level slide bar by using the illumination number storage button as a key by operating the illumination level storage button; An individual illumination pattern storage button for instructing storage of the individual illumination patterns by using all of the current values stored in the illumination level storage table as one individual illumination pattern; A circular lighting pattern storage table for sequentially storing all the stored values stored in the lighting level storage table in a corresponding entry using the button number of the individual lighting pattern storage button as a key according to the instruction of the individual lighting pattern storage button; A cycle cycle slide bar for setting a cycle cycle value so as to sequentially read the cycle lighting pattern storage table; A cycle cycle storage table for storing digital values of the cycle cycle slide bar; A cycle cycle storage button for instructing to store a current cycle cycle slide bar value in the cycle cycle storage table; An A / D converter for converting values of the illumination level slide bar and the cycle period slide bar into digital values; Instruct the A / D converter to convert, read the illumination level storage button, the individual illumination pattern storage button, and the button number of the cyclic period storage button, and according to the cyclic period value of the cyclic period storage table. A control unit which reads the storage table and outputs it to the serial communication bus to control the LED luminaire; A memory in which the cycle period storage table, the individual illumination pattern and the cycle illumination pattern storage table are stored, and a control program of the controller is stored; A timer for supplying time information to the controller; And a display for outputting a current value according to the instruction of the controller.

In addition, another means for achieving the above object is a plurality of illumination level slide bar for adjusting the brightness for each LED group; An illumination level storage button for instructing to store a digital value of the illumination level slide bar; An illumination level storage table storing digital values of the illumination level slide bar by using the illumination number storage button as a key by operating the illumination level storage button; An individual illumination pattern storage button for instructing storage of the individual illumination patterns by using all of the current values stored in the illumination level storage table as one individual illumination pattern; A cyclic lighting pattern storage table for sequentially storing all stored values stored in the lighting level storage table in a corresponding entry using the button number of the individual lighting pattern storage button as a key according to the instruction of the individual lighting pattern storage button; A cycle cycle slide bar for setting a cycle cycle value so as to sequentially read the cycle lighting pattern storage table; A cycle cycle storage table for storing digital values of the cycle cycle slide bar; A cycle cycle storage button for instructing to store a current cycle cycle slide bar value in the cycle cycle storage table; An A / D converter for converting values of the illumination level slide bar and the cycle period slide bar into digital values; Instruct the A / D converter to convert and read the illumination level storage button and the individual illumination pattern storage button and the button number of the cyclic period storage button, and store the values stored in the cyclic lighting pattern storage table according to the cyclic period storage table value. A control unit that reads and outputs the serial communication bus to control the LED luminaire; A memory in which the cycle period storage table, the individual illumination pattern and the cycle illumination pattern storage table are stored, and a control program of the controller is stored; A timer for supplying time information to the controller; A display for outputting a current value according to an instruction of the controller; A fading time slide bar for setting a fading time to gradually darken or gradually lighten as a whole; A fading time storage button for instructing to store the currently set fading time slide bar value as a digital value; A fading time storing table storing digital values of a fading time slide bar according to the instruction of the fading time storing button; A fading-up button which gradually brightens; And fading-down button gradually darkening.

In addition, another means for achieving the above object is a plurality of illumination level slide bar for adjusting the brightness for each LED group; An illumination level storage button for instructing to store a digital value of the illumination level slide bar; An illumination level storage table storing digital values of the illumination level slide bar by using the illumination number storage button as a key by operating the illumination level storage button; An individual illumination pattern storage button for instructing storage of the individual illumination patterns by using all of the current values stored in the illumination level storage table as one individual illumination pattern; A circular lighting pattern storage table for sequentially storing all the stored values stored in the lighting level storage table in a corresponding entry using the button number of the individual lighting pattern storage button as a key according to the instruction of the individual lighting pattern storage button; A cycle cycle slide bar for setting a cycle cycle value so as to sequentially read the cycle lighting pattern storage table; A cycle cycle storage table for storing digital values of the cycle cycle slide bar; A cycle cycle storage button for instructing to store a current cycle cycle slide bar value in the cycle cycle storage table; An A / D converter for converting values of the illumination level slide bar and the cycle period slide bar into digital values; Instruct the A / D converter to convert and read the illumination level storage button and the individual illumination pattern storage button and the button number of the cyclic period storage button, and store the values stored in the cyclic lighting pattern storage table according to the cyclic period storage table value. A control unit that reads and outputs the serial communication bus to control the LED luminaire; A memory in which the cycle period storage table, the individual illumination pattern and the cycle illumination pattern storage table are stored, and a control program of the controller is stored; A timer for supplying time information to the controller; A display for outputting a current value according to an instruction of the controller; An output port relay in which the contacts of the output port relay switch for turning on and off for each LED group are connected to the LED in series circuit; And a relay drive for driving each of the output port relays, wherein the relay drive comprises a serial communication with the control unit.

The LED lighting control apparatus according to the present invention can control the brightness of the individual LED group, can generate a variety of individual lighting patterns of various forms by combining LED groups of various colors, and can store the individual lighting patterns generated in this way, In addition, the pre-stored individual lighting patterns are circulated in time, and can be expressed while circulating, thereby creating an atmosphere and beautiful lighting.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the 'LED lighting control device' according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The following examples are merely illustrated to illustrate the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view of a LED lighting control device according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the LED lighting control device, Figure 3a is an illumination level storage table for storing the digital value of the lighting level slide bar, A fading time storage table for storing a set fading time and a cyclic period storage table for storing a cyclic period used when circulating the stored lighting pattern at a predetermined cycle, and FIG. 3B is a cyclic lighting pattern storage table for storing lighting patterns, 4 is a rear perspective view of the LED light control device.

Referring to FIG. 1, the illumination level slide bar 105 is a slide bar for adjusting the brightness of a corresponding LED group, and the illumination level storage button 107 stores the current value of the illumination level slide bar 105 of the corresponding LED group. It is a button which instructs to make and has many pieces as many as LED group. The individual lighting pattern storage button 103 is a button for instructing to store a specific memory for all of the individual LED groups as a set of the brightness values of these stored individual LED groups as a set, and a plurality of individual lighting pattern storage buttons 103 You can save as many lighting patterns as you like.

The stored lighting patterns are sequentially output through the serial communication bus 215 to control the lighting. The stored lighting patterns are sequentially rotated according to the stored order, and the circular cycle slide bar 111 is a circular lighting pattern stored at a certain circulation speed. By specifying whether to cycle the storage table, the value of the cycle cycle slide bar 111 is converted into a digital value and stored in the cycle cycle storage table 306 and stored by the instruction of the cycle cycle storage button 109. do.

At the beginning of the lighting, at the end, or in the middle of the lighting, the lighting may be gradually lightened or gradually darkened. At this time, the rising time and the falling time are called fading time, and the fading time is set through the fading time slide bar 113. Can be set. The set fading time is when the fading time storage button 115 is pressed, and the current fading time slide bar value is converted into a digital value and stored in the fading time storage table 305. The fading-up button 123 is a button that gradually brightens, and the fading-down button 121 is a switch that gradually darkens.

Each LED group can be turned on and off by the output channel select button 125, and once the channel selection button 125 is pressed, it is turned on, and once again, it is turned off.

The black-out-button 119 sets the level of all lights to '0' so that the lights are dark, and the display 117 displays the current value of the set LED group or channel.

Referring to FIG. 4, the power switch 401 is a switch for turning on / off the entire power, and the power protection switch 209 is a switch for protecting the power from being turned off even if the power switch 401 is accidentally turned off. If the power protection switch 209 is turned on while the power switch 401 is on, the power is not turned off even if the power switch 401 is turned off. The power source is connected to an external power source through a power adapter port 407. The serial communication bus 215 is used for communication with the relay drive 229 and the D / A converter 217 inside the LED luminaire 241 provided outside. Referring to FIG. 2, the LED luminaire 241 converts brightness data for each LED group received as a digital value through the serial communication bus 215 into an analog value through the D / A converter 217. After that, the brightness of the corresponding LED group is controlled through the AMP (amplifier) 219 provided with individual internal amplifiers as many as the number of LED groups.

 Referring to FIG. 2, the brightness of the LEDs 224 and 233 that generate light of a specific color is controlled through the illumination level slide bar 105. When the resistance value of the illumination level slide bar 105 is adjusted, the resistance is adjusted. As the value changes, the signal voltage input to the A / D converter 211 changes, and the signal voltage is converted into a digital value by the A / D converter 211 and stored in the illumination level storage table 301 of FIG. 3A. . The illumination level storage table 301 has a plurality of entries such as LG001 and LG002, each entry corresponding to each illumination level storage button 107, and the illumination level storage button 107 number (e.g., LG001). Access by key value. When the illumination level storage button 107 is pressed, a digital level value corresponding to the current illumination level slide bar 105 value is stored in a table of the corresponding entry.

Once the light levels for each LED group have been set in this way, it is said that the individual light patterns have been set, and when the individual light pattern storage button 103 of a particular number is pressed, it is stored in the light level storage table 301 and The entire illumination level value constituting the current individual illumination pattern is stored in the circular illumination pattern storage table 303 using the current individual illumination pattern storage button 103 as a key value. Access to the circular lighting pattern storage table 303 accesses the button number of the individual lighting pattern storage button 103 as a key value. Each entry (Lp001, Lp002, Lp012 in FIG. 3B) stores in turn all of the illumination level storage table 301 values, which store the current illumination level values for the entire LED group.

The series of lighting patterns stored in the circular lighting pattern storage table 303 are read while being cycled in sequence by the control unit 207 in the order of entry and output to the external LED luminaire 241 via the serial communication bus 215 to control the lighting. do. The control unit 207 reads each entry of the circular lighting pattern storage table 303 and outputs it, and after the corresponding individual lighting pattern is illuminated for a predetermined time, reads the next entry and outputs it to the LED luminaire 241 and repeats this. Circulate The time to stay in the individual lighting pattern is controlled by the circular cycle slide bar 111, the value of the circular cycle slide bar 111 is converted into a digital value and stored in the circular cycle storage table 306 circular cycle storage button 109 Are stored by the instruction.

The control unit 207 instructs the A / D converter 211 to convert the analog values of the slide bars 105, 111, and 113 into digital values, and converts the values corresponding to the converted digital values into the corresponding tables 301 and 303. , 305, 306, and reads the input values of the input unit 201 such as an illumination level storage button 107, an individual illumination pattern storage button 103, and a cyclic period storage button 109. In addition, the control unit 207 reads the illumination level value of each LED group stored in the circular lighting pattern storage table 303 at regular intervals according to the circular cycle storage table 306 value, and outputs them to the serial communication bus 215 in turn to output the LED groups. Control them. The memory 203 stores data such as a cyclic period storage table 306, an illumination level storage table 301, a cyclic illumination pattern storage table 303, and a control program of the controller. The timer 205 supplies time information to the control unit 207, and the display 117 outputs the current channel number or individual illumination pattern number value according to the instruction of the control unit 207.

The fading time slide bar 113 sets the fading time to gradually darken or brighten as a whole, and the fading time storage button 115 instructs to store the current fading time slide bar 113 value in the memory as a digital value. do. According to the instruction of the fading time storage button 115, the digital conversion value of the fading time slide bar 113 is stored in the fading time storage table 305. When the fading-up button 123 is pressed, the illumination is gradually brightened in the dark state, and the fading-down button 121 is gradually darkened in the bright state.

Output port relay switches 225 and 226 are connected in series to each LED group for on-off control, and the control unit 207 controls the relay drive 229 through the serial communication bus 215 and relays. The drive 229 causes the output port relays 227 and 239 of the corresponding LED group to be turned on or off. When the output port relays 227 and 239 of the corresponding LED group are turned off in the On state, outputs connected in series with the corresponding LED group are turned off. The transition to the On state is the opposite. The black-out button 119 causes the output port relays 227 and 239 of all LED groups to be off at the same time.

1 is a perspective view of an LED lighting control device according to the present invention,

2 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the LED lighting control device;

3A is an illumination level storage table for storing digital values of an illumination level slide bar, a fading time storage table for storing a set fading time, and a cyclic period storage table table for storing a cyclic period for causing the stored lighting pattern to be circulated at a constant cycle. ,

3B is a circular lighting pattern storage table for storing lighting patterns,

4 is a rear perspective view of the LED light control device.

<Description of Major Symbols in Drawing>

101: main body, 103: individual light pattern storage button,

105: light level slide bar, 107: light level storage button,

109: cycle cycle storage button, 111: cycle cycle slide bar,

113: fading time slide bar, 115: fading time storage button,

117: display, 119: black-out-button,

121: fading-down button, 123: fading-up button,

125: output output channel select button, 201: input unit,

203: memory, 205: timer,

207: control unit, 209: power protection switch,

211: A / D converter, 215: serial communication bus,

217: D / A converter, 219: AMP (amplifier),

224: LED, 225: output port relay switch,

226: output port relay switch, 227: output port relay,

229: relay drive, 233: LED,

239: output port relay, 241: LED luminaire,

301: lighting level storage table, 303: circular lighting pattern storage table,

305: fading time storage table, 306: circular cycle storage table,

401: power switch, 407: power adapter port,

Claims (3)

An LED lighting control device comprising: a plurality of lighting level slide bars for adjusting brightness for each LED group; An illumination level storage button for instructing to store a digital value of the illumination level slide bar; An illumination level storage table storing digital values of the illumination level slide bar by using the illumination number storage button as a key by operating the illumination level storage button; An individual illumination pattern storage button for instructing storage of the individual illumination patterns by using all of the current values stored in the illumination level storage table as one individual illumination pattern; A circular lighting pattern storage table for sequentially storing all the stored values stored in the lighting level storage table in a corresponding entry using the button number of the individual lighting pattern storage button as a key according to the instruction of the individual lighting pattern storage button; A cycle cycle slide bar for setting a cycle cycle value so as to sequentially read the cycle lighting pattern storage table; A cycle cycle storage table for storing digital values of the cycle cycle slide bar; A cycle cycle storage button for instructing to store a current cycle cycle slide bar value in the cycle cycle storage table; An A / D converter for converting values of the illumination level slide bar and the cycle period slide bar into digital values; Instruct the A / D converter to convert, read the illumination level storage button, the individual illumination pattern storage button, and the button number of the cyclic period storage button, and according to the cyclic period value of the cyclic period storage table. A control unit which reads the storage table and outputs it to the serial communication bus to control the LED luminaire; A memory for storing the circular period storage table, the illumination level storage table, and the circular illumination pattern storage table, and storing a control program of the controller; A timer for supplying time information to the controller; LED lighting control device comprising a display for outputting a current value according to the instructions of the controller. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a fading time slide bar for setting a fading time to gradually darken or lighten overall; A fading time storage button for instructing to store the currently set fading time slide bar value as a digital value; A fading time storing table storing digital values of a fading time slide bar according to the instruction of the fading time storing button; A fading-up button which gradually brightens; LED fading-down button further comprises a fading-down button to gradually darken. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: an output port relay connected to the LED in series circuit with a contact of an output port relay switch to be turned off for each LED group; And a relay drive for driving each of the output port relays, wherein the relay drive is connected in series communication with a control unit.

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