KR101446297B1 - Apparatus and system for controlling light in wireless manner - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are an apparatus and a system for controlling lighting in wireless manner. The apparatus for controlling lighting in wireless manner according to the present invention comprises: a lighting control module generating a first lighting control signal corresponding to the inputted image content; a main board receiving the first lighting control signal, converting the same into an wireless signal, and transmitting the wireless signal to an outer client device; and a sound control module generating a second lighting control signal by analyzing the inputted sound information, and transmitting the second lighting control signal to the main board, wherein the main board comprises wireless communication chips; the wireless communication chips have different frequency band; the main board is connected with an outer antenna and transmits the wireless signal to the client device through the antenna; and the wireless signal comprises coordinate information and control conditions for each coordinate.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a wireless lighting control apparatus,

The present invention relates to a wireless lighting control apparatus and system, and more particularly, to a wireless lighting control apparatus and system capable of dynamically controlling a plurality of lighting apparatuses wirelessly to form a predetermined illumination pattern.

In general, a lighting fixture is a device that reflects, refracts, and transmits light from a light source to achieve the purpose of illumination. If the luminaires are classified according to the light distribution, they can be classified into five types, indirect lighting fixtures, semi-indirect lighting fixtures, full-diffusion lighting fixtures, semi-direct lighting fixtures and direct lighting fixtures.

Light emitting diodes (LEDs), which are light sources that can be driven by low power, have recently been injected using pn junction structures of semiconductors to emit light by recombination of these minority carriers . Such LEDs are smaller in size than conventional light sources (light sources), have a long life span, and have low power consumption and high efficiency because electric energy is directly converted into light energy.

Illumination has been used for a variety of applications such as a media facade technique for outputting a predetermined image on the outer wall of a building due to technological advancement of a lighting apparatus and a small support tool.

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In the case of a conventional lighting apparatus, particularly a small supporting apparatus, the lighting apparatus is used in a sports event or a concert under an environment of a certain level of illumination, but a plurality of lighting apparatuses are individually controlled, so that it is difficult to generate a systematic illumination pattern or shape .

In particular, in the case of a lighting device used for a support purpose, there is a demand for forming a specific illumination pattern and delivering a message to a desired support object, but a method for satisfying the demand is not provided.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless lighting control apparatus and system capable of remotely controlling a plurality of client apparatuses on a lighting control apparatus side.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a wireless lighting control apparatus and system capable of increasing stability of a wireless signal by increasing stability of wireless communication.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a wireless lighting control apparatus and system capable of expressing image contents based on a current position regardless of a position of a client apparatus.

The technical objects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical subjects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wireless lighting control apparatus including a lighting control module for generating a first lighting control signal corresponding to input image content, A main board for receiving and converting the wireless signal into a wireless signal and transmitting the wireless signal to an external client device, and a controller for generating a second illumination control signal by analyzing the inputted acoustic information, Wherein the main board includes a plurality of wireless communication chips, the plurality of wireless communication chips have different frequency bands, and the main board is connected to an external antenna to transmit the wireless signal Propagates to the client device via the antenna, and the wireless signal includes coordinate information and control conditions for each coordinate.

And a location information management module for receiving location information from the client device and transmitting the location information to the mainboard.

The main board can change the coordinate information or the control condition of the radio signal in correspondence with the position information.

A plurality of the main boards are provided, and the plurality of main boards can transmit the same radio signal to an external client device.

The plurality of main boards may transmit the same radio signal through different frequency bands.

A wireless lighting control system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a client device including a lamp controlled by a wireless signal and a positioning unit for measuring current position information, a first lighting control signal corresponding to input image content A main board for receiving the first illumination control signal, converting the first illumination control signal into the wireless signal, and transmitting the wireless signal to the client device, and analyzing the inputted sound information to generate a second illumination control signal An audio control module for transmitting the second illumination control signal to the main board, and an antenna connected to the main board for propagating the radio signal to the client device, wherein the main board includes a plurality of wireless communication chips Wherein the plurality of wireless communication chips have different frequency bands, the wireless signal includes coordinate information and control conditions for each coordinate It includes.

The main board and the antennas are provided in a plurality, and the antennas are connected to the main board in a one-to-one manner, and the antennas can be dispersedly disposed in the space in which the client devices are arranged.

The positioning unit can determine the position information based on the inversed distance information based on the signal attenuation of the radio signal received from the plurality of antennas.

The positioning unit determines the position information based on a GPS signal or a Bluetooth signal, and the main board can change the coordinate information or the control condition of the radio signal corresponding to the position information.

The plurality of client devices may be provided, and the lamps of the plurality of client devices may be set to have a color corresponding to each pixel of the image content.

According to the present invention as described above, the following various effects are obtained.

That is, according to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to provide a wireless lighting control apparatus and a system capable of freely and remotely controlling a plurality of client apparatuses on a lighting control apparatus side.

The present invention also provides a wireless lighting control apparatus and system capable of increasing the stability of wireless communication using a plurality of communication channels and easily implementing a desired illumination pattern or a video image through a plurality of client devices by controlling the slave devices by the master device can do.

In addition, it is possible to dynamically control lighting by measuring various external stimuli such as sound or acceleration and reflecting it on the lighting control. By knowing the position of the client device in real time, It is possible to provide a wireless lighting control apparatus and a system in which degree of freedom of the client apparatus is greatly increased and expression accuracy of image contents can be greatly increased by controlling coordinates, color, illumination, and the like.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a wireless lighting control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a wireless lighting control apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 illustrate a configuration and an operation sequence of a wireless lighting control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 to 7 are views showing a configuration and an operation sequence of a wireless lighting control system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a diagram showing an example of display of a wireless lighting control apparatus according to various embodiments of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention, and the manner of achieving them, will be apparent from and elucidated with reference to the embodiments described hereinafter in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. To fully disclose the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein may be used in a sense commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Also, commonly used predefined terms are not ideally or excessively interpreted unless explicitly defined otherwise.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of illustrating embodiments and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. In the present specification, the singular form includes plural forms unless otherwise specified in the specification. The terms " comprises "and / or" comprising "used in the specification do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements in addition to the stated element.

Hereinafter, a wireless lighting control apparatus and system according to embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, a wireless lighting control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. The wireless lighting control apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment includes the lighting control module 110, the main board 120, and the sound control module 130.

Here, the term 'module' used in the present embodiment may mean a hardware component such as an FPGA or an ASIC by software or hardware function, and a 'module' performs certain roles. However, "module" is not limited to software or hardware. The ' module ' may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium and configured to play back one or more processors. Thus, by way of example, a "module" may include components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components and task components, and processes, functions, Subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables. The functions provided in the components and 'modules' may be combined into a smaller number of components and 'modules' or further separated into additional components and 'modules'.

The wireless lighting control apparatus 100 is connected to the client apparatus 300 and controls the lamps of the entire client apparatus 300 as a whole to output a specific image or generate a specific pattern, a pattern, or a message and display it in a mass game form can do. At this time, the wireless lighting control apparatus 100 may input one of the plurality of illumination patterns and control the plurality of client devices 300 according to the selected illumination pattern to implement a predetermined image.

For example, the wireless lighting control apparatus 100 receives image data and the like from a line driver or an input device, determines whether the communication protocol is an image data packet or an image data latch packet, The data is transmitted to the client device 300 via the illumination control module 110 and the main board 120. The newly received data is input to the shift register SHIFT REGISTER, And transmitted to the device 300 so as to sequentially output an image. When all of the image data is transmitted to the client device 300, the data latch packet is received and the plurality of client devices 300 can mix the currently received data with RGB to output the color value. For example, the image data may be represented by a color value, and the brightness may be controlled by PWM (Pulse Width Modulation).

To this end, the wireless lighting control apparatus 100 may include an illumination control module 110 for generating an image data by changing an SD card or a DVI input to a DMX 512. That is, the illumination control module 110 may generate a first illumination control signal corresponding to image content such as an input image, an image, and a moving image. For example, the illumination control module 110 may include a DMX512 controller or a converter, and may select an image stored in an internal storage unit using an RGB monitor output, DVI, SD, or Ethernet, It is possible to change the first illumination control signal into the first illumination control signal and transmit it to the main board 120. [

The illumination control module 110 digitizes the stored illumination pattern or the image to be implemented and down-scales the image in accordance with a user-defined quantity, generates image data by SPI communication, and transmits it to each client device 300 To the mainboard 120. The first illumination control signal may be transmitted to the main board 120 to transmit the first illumination control signal. In this case, a line driver may be included in the main board 120, and the line driver buffers the received first illumination control signal and transmits the first illumination control signal to the client 200 via the antenna 200 from the main board 120, And transmitted to the device 300.

In some other embodiments, the illumination control module 110 may include, but is not limited to, a DMX 512 converter, a DALI protocol converter, a KNX protocol converter, and the like. When the illumination control module 110 is a DMX 512 converter, it can receive a signal of a received signal, for example, an RS-485 standard, convert it into a first illumination control signal, and transmit it to the main board 120.

In some alternative embodiments, the illumination control module 110 may be operatively associated with an external illumination control console (not shown) provided separately to receive a predetermined illumination signal from the illumination control console and associated with the illumination signal.

That is, the illumination control module 110 receives illumination signals corresponding to the DMX512 protocol from a lighting control console that controls a plurality of lamps different from the client device, and the illumination control module 110 generates a first illumination control Signal can be generated.

 The lighting control console controls luminaires provided in the radio control area 500. For example, in case of a theater, a variety of performance lighting apparatuses are used, and in order to collectively control a plurality of lighting apparatuses, . When the lighting control console controls the lighting device, it may transmit the lighting signal to each lighting device to the lighting control module 110. It is possible to analyze the illumination signal generated by the illumination control console to grasp the illumination state of the current radio control area 500 and generate the first illumination control signal in response to the illumination state. For example, when the illumination signal of the illumination control console appears at a high luminance, the illumination brightness of the client apparatus 300 may be set higher so as to be identified. In order to prevent confusion with the illumination signal of the illumination control console, The brightness, the color temperature, and the RGB value of the illumination control signal can be corrected.

The main board 120 may receive the first illumination control signal, convert the first illumination control signal into a wireless signal, and transmit the wireless signal to an external client device. To this end, the main board 120 may include a plurality of wireless communication chips communicating through a plurality of wireless communication channels, and each wireless communication chip may have different frequency bands.

 The main board 120 performing multi-channel communication can transmit a radio signal to the client apparatus 300 through a plurality of frequency channels, for example, four frequency channels through the multi-channel antenna 200. For this purpose, the main board 120 may include a wireless communication chip for communicating with four different frequency channels. For example, the main board 120 may be a wireless communication device for transmitting signals in the range of 2.44 GHz to 2.48 GHz Chip.

 In some other embodiments, the wireless signal may utilize, for example, a standard protocol of the Zigbee scheme. Zigbee is a wireless personal area network standard that is a personal area network in which peripheral devices accessing 868 MHz, 902-928 MHz and 2.4 GHz are wirelessly connected. ZigBee is based on the IEEE 802.15 standard, which allows data to be transmitted and received at speeds of up to 250 Kbps between peripherals that are typically within 50 meters of the wireless personal area network.

In some alternative embodiments, the multi-channel communication antenna 200 may be a directional antenna and may include a communication repeater (not shown) between the wireless lighting control apparatus 100 and the client apparatus 300, The range may be further extended.

In this way, the main board 120 can perform image distribution through the antenna 200.

The sound control module 130 may analyze the inputted sound information to generate a second illumination control signal, and may transmit and receive data by connecting a second illumination control signal to an input module (not shown) The sound control module 130 may be included in the sound control module 130. The sound control module 130 can sense an external sound or receive specific sound or voice data, and can automatically control the state of the light corresponding to the sensed sound data. That is, the brightness control value of the second illumination control signal can be changed to a high or low level under an environment such as a concert hall where external sounds are largely generated, and the period or the color itself of the flashing pattern can be changed to match the sound.

The main board 120 may reflect the second illumination control signal received from the sound control module 130 to the wireless signal to change the wireless signal.

The wireless signal transmitted from the main board 120 is transmitted to the client 300 through the wireless communication with the client 300 based on the coordinate information of the client 300 to be illuminated and the control conditions for each coordinate, such as on / off, illuminance, color temperature, Control, and the like.

The wireless lighting control apparatus 100 may be used in various forms, and may include a mobile device such as a PC type server or a tablet PC connected to a network and capable of transmitting data to each other, or various means equipped with such a mobile device However, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the wireless lighting control apparatus 100 may be a cellular phone, a Personal Communications Services phone (PCS phone), a synchronous / asynchronous IMT-2000 (International Mobile A PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a smart phone, a WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) phone, a mobile phone, a mobile phone, And may include all wired and wireless home appliances / communication devices having a user interface for communicating with the client device 300, such as a mobile play-station. An exemplary screen configuration of the wireless lighting control apparatus 100 will be described later with reference to Fig.

As such, the wireless lighting control apparatus 100 can control a plurality of client devices 10 including one or more control target lamps remotely from the wireless. Each of the client devices 300 can be independently controlled and can display a predetermined illumination pattern, an image, a moving image, or the like by combining light, off, brightness, and color.

For example, the shape of the client device 300 is not limited. For example, the client device 300 may be a rod or bar type that can be grasped by a user, or may be a wearable type that can be worn on the body, for example, a wrist or a head.

Each of the client devices 300 may be realized by a light source module of various colors such as red (R), green (G), and blue (B) .

The client device 300 receives a wireless signal from the wireless lighting control apparatus 100 to control the state of the illumination and may control the state of, for example, the brightness, hue, and light / darkness of the illumination. That is, when the client device 300 receives a wireless signal corresponding to a predetermined pattern or image data from the wireless lighting control apparatus 100, the client device 300 sorted in accordance with the wireless signal is sequentially turned on or off, Images can be implemented.

In addition, the client device 300 may include a protection circuit for power supply, overvoltage, reverse voltage, and SHORT.

2, the wireless lighting control apparatus 100 may generate a wireless signal through a plurality of main boards 120 through a plurality of channels, and the generated wireless signals may include a plurality of antennas 200 connected to the plurality of main boards 120 To the client device 300 via the Internet.

To this end, the client apparatus 300 may include a multi-channel communication module, which is configured to perform multi-channel communication with the multi-channel communication antenna 200 of the wireless lighting control apparatus 100 described above . The communication module may include a plurality of RF communication modules, for example, five, in a form of an array, and wirelessly communicate with the remote wireless lighting control apparatus 100 through a plurality of communication channels. It is possible to ensure the integrity of data by repeatedly transmitting the same data over a plurality of communication channels, and reliability and stability can be improved.

Referring to FIG. 3 to FIG. 7, a process of performing radio control through a multi-channel is shown. A plurality of client devices 300 are arranged in a predetermined radio control area 500 and a wireless lighting control device 100 and a plurality of antennas 200_1, 200_2, 200_3, 200_4; 200 < / RTI > A plurality of client devices 300 can receive a radio signal from an antenna 200 that transmits a radio signal on a multi-channel, and generate a predetermined illumination pattern (X shape in Fig. 4).

5, when a part 300_1 or 300_2 of the client device 300 moves within the wireless control area 500, the wireless lighting control device 100 receives the location information from the corresponding client device 300_1 or 300_2 And a location information management module (not shown) for receiving the information. The position information management module transmits position information to the main board 120, and the main board 120 can change coordinate information or control condition of the wireless signal in accordance with the position information.

For example, as shown in Fig. 7, when the first client device 300_1, which was originally located in the illuminated pattern (X shape in Fig. 4), moves to the outside and the second client device 300_2 The lamp of the first client device 300_1 is turned off and the lamp of the second client device 300_2 is turned on to indicate that the client device 300 is not moved Thereby realizing a desired illumination pattern.

To this end, in some alternative embodiments, the client device 300 may include a lamp controlled by a radio signal and a positioning unit for measuring current position information. As described above, when the displacement occurs, the position information may be selectively transmitted. Alternatively, the position information may be repeatedly transmitted according to a predetermined time interval. Alternatively, when the wireless lighting control apparatus 100 requests the position information, Lt; / RTI >

In some other embodiments, the main board 120 and the antenna 200 of the wireless lighting control apparatus 100 may be respectively provided in plural, and the antenna 200 may be connected to the main board 120 in a one- The positioning unit 200 of the client apparatus 300 may be dispersed within the space in which the client apparatus 300 is disposed and the positioning unit of the client apparatus 300 may transmit the distance information obtained based on the signal attenuation of the radio signal received from the plurality of antennas 200 Can be used to determine location information. That is, when receiving a radio signal from two or more antennas 200, a distance from each of the first antenna 200_1 and the second antenna 200_2 is calculated in consideration of the degree of attenuation with respect to the intensity of a predetermined radio signal The coordinates in the radio control area 500 can be measured.

Further, in some other embodiments, the positioning unit can determine the position information based on the GPS signal or the Bluetooth signal, and the main board 120 can change the coordinate information or the control condition of the wireless signal corresponding to the position information.

In this manner, not only can each client device 300 form a desired illumination pattern when it exists at a fixed position, but even if each client device 300 moves freely, the position of the client device 300 And can dynamically generate a corresponding illumination pattern.

Referring to Fig. 8, a display example of a wireless lighting control apparatus according to various embodiments of the present invention is shown.

The display unit of the wireless lighting control apparatus 100 may display various preset illumination patterns. When the manager selects a desired illumination pattern on the display unit of the wireless lighting control apparatus 100, the wireless signal is transmitted to the plurality of client apparatuses 300 connected with the wireless lighting control apparatus 100 to implement the selected illumination pattern in the actual lighting apparatus . Color, shape, and the like can be freely selected, and the desired image can be output from the illumination device by downscaling a moving picture or the like as described above. At this time, a plurality of client devices 300 are provided, and the lamps of the plurality of client devices 300 may be set to color, illuminance, color temperature, and the like so as to correspond to each pixel of the image content to be displayed.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, You will understand. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.

100: Wireless light control device
110: Lighting control module
120: Motherboard
130: Sound control module
200: antenna
300: Client device

Claims (10)

A lighting control module for generating a first lighting control signal corresponding to the input image content;
A main board for receiving the first illumination control signal and converting the first illumination control signal into a wireless signal and transmitting the wireless signal to an external client device;
A sound control module for analyzing inputted sound information to generate a second lighting control signal and transmitting the second lighting control signal to the main board; And
A location information management module for receiving location information from the movable client device and transmitting the location information to the main board;
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Wherein the main board includes a plurality of wireless communication chips,
Wherein the plurality of wireless communication chips have different frequency bands,
The main board is connected to an external antenna to propagate the radio signal to the client apparatus through the antenna,
Wherein the wireless signal includes coordinate information of a client apparatus to be illuminated and control conditions for each coordinate,
Wherein the main board changes the coordinate information or the control condition of the wireless signal in accordance with the position information. delete delete The method according to claim 1,
The plurality of main boards are provided,
Wherein the plurality of motherboards transmit the same radio signal to an external client device. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the plurality of main boards transmit the same radio signal through different frequency bands. A client device including a lamp controlled by a wireless signal and a positioning unit for measuring current position information, the positioning unit determining the position information based on a GPS signal or a Bluetooth signal;
A lighting control module for generating a first lighting control signal corresponding to the input image content;
A main board for receiving the first illumination control signal, converting the first illumination control signal into the wireless signal, and transmitting the wireless signal to the client device;
A sound control module for analyzing inputted sound information to generate a second lighting control signal and transmitting the second lighting control signal to the main board;
An antenna connected to the main board for propagating the radio signal to the client device; And
A location information management module for receiving location information from the movable client device and transmitting the location information to the main board;
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Wherein the main board includes a plurality of wireless communication chips,
Wherein the plurality of wireless communication chips have different frequency bands,
Wherein the wireless signal includes coordinate information of a client apparatus to be illuminated and a control condition for each coordinate, and the main board changes the coordinate information or the control condition of the wireless signal in correspondence with the position information, Lighting control system. The method according to claim 6,
The main board and the antenna are provided in plural,
The antenna is connected to the main board in a one-to-
Wherein the antenna is distributed in a space in which the client device is disposed,
Wherein the positioning unit determines the position information based on the inversed distance information based on signal attenuation of the wireless signal received from the plurality of antennas. The method according to claim 6,
The lighting control module receives an illumination signal corresponding to the DMX512 protocol from a lighting control console that controls a plurality of lamps different from the client device,
Wherein the illumination control module generates the first illumination control signal based on the illumination signal. delete The method according to claim 6,
The client apparatuses are provided in plural,
Wherein lamps of the plurality of client devices are set to correspond to respective pixels of the image content.

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