KR101635734B1 - Method and Apparatus for Visible Light Communication Service - Google Patents

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KR101635734B1
KR101635734B1 KR1020150137526A KR20150137526A KR101635734B1 KR 101635734 B1 KR101635734 B1 KR 101635734B1 KR 1020150137526 A KR1020150137526 A KR 1020150137526A KR 20150137526 A KR20150137526 A KR 20150137526A KR 101635734 B1 KR101635734 B1 KR 101635734B1
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The present embodiment forms a wireless network between illuminating devices constituting a visible light illumination control system and selectively transmits unique identification information of the illuminating device during the visible light communication process so that the location registration procedure of the illuminating device based on the identification information is automatically performed And more particularly, to a method and apparatus for enabling a visible light communication service to be provided more efficiently.

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TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for a visible light communication service,

This embodiment relates to a method and apparatus for a visible light communication service. More particularly, the present invention relates to a commissioning method and apparatus for updating visible light data of an illumination device having a visible light communication function and acquiring position information of the illumination device more easily.

The contents described in this section merely provide background information on the present embodiment and do not constitute the prior art.

In recent years, LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) having high-efficiency characteristics are attracting attention as a light source of illumination apparatuses. The LED illuminating device is used as a means for transmitting visible light data constituted by on / off signal patterns using the fast response speed characteristic of the LED light source. For example, it is possible to combine visible light communication with LED lighting and provide various additional services by using the location information of the lighting.

Conventionally, a wired illumination control system has been utilized in performing a visible light communication service using an LED illumination device. However, in the case of such a wire-based lighting control system, there are restrictions on the number of expandable lights due to the characteristics of the wire, and in order to acquire the location information of the lighting, There is a hassle to enter the lighting control system one by one. Furthermore, in the case of a wired type illumination system, there is a problem that wired work must be performed in parallel when replacing an existing illumination with an illumination system having a visible light function.

Accordingly, there is a need for a technique for providing a visible light communication service more efficiently by easily acquiring a position of an illumination without being restricted by the number of lights constituting the visible light illumination control system.

The present embodiment forms a wireless network between illuminating devices constituting a visible light illumination control system and selectively transmits unique identification information of the illuminating device during the visible light communication process so that the location registration procedure of the illuminating device based on the identification information is automatically performed There is a main purpose of providing a method and an apparatus for enabling a visible light communication service to be provided more efficiently.

The present embodiment is directed to a visible light illumination device having a visible light communication function for interlocking with a wireless network, comprising: a communication unit having a wireless communication module and receiving visible light communication data from the illumination management device using the wireless communication module; A control unit for generating an illumination control signal based on the visible light communication data; And an illumination unit configured by at least one light emitting element, wherein the illumination unit includes an illumination unit that is turned on or off according to the illumination control signal to generate a visible light signal corresponding to the visible light communication data, Thereby providing a lighting device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a visible light receiving apparatus having a visible light communication function, comprising: a receiving unit for receiving a visible light signal from at least one visible light illuminating apparatus in a predetermined illumination region; An extracting unit for extracting visible light communication data included in the visible light signal; And a controller for selectively calculating positional information of the visible light illumination device based on information related to the visible light illumination device included in the visible light communication data.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of commissioning a visible light illumination apparatus for a visible light communication service, the method comprising: receiving visible light communication data from a lighting management apparatus using a wireless communication module included in the visible light illumination apparatus; A control signal generating step of generating an illumination control signal based on the visible light communication data; And a visible light signal generating step of generating a visible light signal corresponding to the visible light communication data by turning on or off at least one light emitting element provided in the illumination unit of the visible light illumination device according to the illumination control signal A method of commissioning a visible light illumination device is provided.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of commissioning a visible light receiving apparatus for a visible light communication service, the method comprising: receiving a visible light signal from at least one visible light illuminating apparatus in a predetermined illumination area; An extraction process of extracting visible light communication data included in the visible light signal; And a calculating step of selectively calculating position information of the visible light illuminating device based on related information of the visible light illuminating device included in the visible light communication data and providing the positional information of the visible light illuminating device. do.

According to the present embodiment, by forming a wireless network between lighting apparatuses constituting a visible light illumination control system, there is no need to perform a separate wired operation when the existing illumination is replaced by a lighting system having a visible light function, Thereby saving resources such as time, manpower, cost, and the like.

In addition, since the visible light illumination control system selectively transmits the unique identification information of the visible light illumination device during the visible light communication process and the location registration procedure of the illumination device can be automatically performed based on the identification information, On the other hand, there is an effect that the visible light illumination control system can be configured more efficiently.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a visible light illumination control system according to the present embodiment.
2 is a block diagram schematically showing a visible light illumination device according to the present embodiment.
3 is a block diagram schematically showing a visible light receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing a commissioning for a visible light communication service according to the embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing a commissioning for a visible light communication service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Visible light communication is a technology that uses light such as an LED that emits light by a semiconductor as a communication light source. Light used in visible light communication is a visible light having a wavelength of 780 nm to 380 nm and is characterized by being able to communicate simultaneously with illumination, which is an advantage. Therefore, unlike a conventional communication method using various electromagnetic waves, there are various advantages such that it is harmless to the human body and there is no need to obtain frequency permission because the light used for illumination is used when using visible light communication.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a visible light illumination control system according to the present embodiment. The visible light illumination control system according to the present embodiment forms a wireless network between illuminating devices and selectively transmits the unique identification information of the illuminating device during the visible light communication process so that the location registration procedure of the illuminating device is automatically performed So that data update and commissioning procedures for visible light communication can be performed more easily.

As shown in FIG. 1, the visible light illumination control system 100 according to the present embodiment includes a visible light illumination device 110, a visible light reception device 120, and a light management device 130. Here, the components included in the visible light illumination control system 100 are not necessarily limited thereto.

The visible light illumination device 110 refers to a device that transmits visible light communication data to light in a visible light wavelength region and transmits the light to the visible light receiving device 120. The visible light illuminating device 110 transmits an optical signal including visible light communication data to the visible light receiving device 120 based on the visible light communication when the visible light receiving device 120 is recognized within the visible light communication area. The visible light illumination device 110 may be implemented as an LED (Light Emitting Diode), and is preferably provided in a predetermined illumination area, but is not limited thereto.

The visible light illumination device 110 according to the present embodiment includes a wireless communication module and forms a wireless network with another visible light illumination device and the illumination management device 130 in a predetermined illumination area using the wireless communication module. That is, the visible light illumination device 110 is interlocked with the illumination management device 130 through the wireless network, thereby receiving the visible light communication data from the illumination management device 130. At this time, the visible light communication data may include various information such as multimedia information such as voice, image, and image, and control information for controlling the visible light illumination device 110. On the other hand, in the case of the conventional visible light illumination control system, a wired network system is utilized as means for transmitting visible light communication data to the visible light illumination apparatus. In the case of the wired network system, the number of extendable lights is limited due to the characteristics of the wired light control protocol. Furthermore, in the case of a wired type illumination system, there is a problem that wired work must be performed in parallel when replacing an existing illumination with an illumination system having a visible light function. In the case of the visible light illumination control system 100 according to the present embodiment, the visible light illumination device 110 is provided with a wireless communication module through which other visible light illumination devices and the light management device 130 in the predetermined illumination area, So that it is not affected by the number of lights for the system configuration and solves the troubles for the network configuration.

The visible light illumination device 110 according to the present embodiment selectively transmits the identification information unique to the visible light illumination device 110 to the visible light reception device 120 together with the visible light communication data in the course of visible light communication with the visible light reception device 120 do. At this time, the visible light illumination device 110 can transmit unique identification information of the wireless communication module provided in the visible light illumination device 110 as unique identification information of the visible light illumination device 110. On the other hand, the wireless communication module has a unique hardware address. For example, the ZigBee wireless communication module has a unique address having a length of 8 bytes. Due to this point, the visible light illumination device 110 according to the present embodiment utilizes the unique identification information of the wireless communication module provided in the visible light illumination device 110 as unique identification information of the visible light illumination device 110.

The visible light illumination device 110 selectively displays identification information unique to the visible light illumination device 110 according to whether the position of the visible light illumination device 110 is registered in the illumination management device 130, 120). The unique identification information of the visible light illuminating device 110 is used as a reference for determining whether the visible light receiving device 120 performs the position registration procedure of the visible light illuminating device 110, The visible light illumination device 110 is used as a reference for distinguishing the visible light illumination device 110 from other visible light illumination devices.

The visible light illumination device 110 according to the present embodiment selectively recognizes the identification information of the visible light illumination device 110 according to whether the position of the visible light illumination device 110 is registered in the illumination management device 130, It is necessary to input the position information of the illumination to the illumination control system by artificially acquiring the position information of the illumination at the time of lighting installation in order to register the position of the visible light illumination device 110 in the conventional illumination control system by transmitting it to the visible light receiving device 120 Respectively.

The visible light receiving apparatus 120 refers to a device that provides a visible light communication service to a user located in a predetermined illumination area by utilizing visible light communication. The visible light receiving apparatus 120 may be implemented in the form of any one of a tablet PC, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a mobile communication terminal And may be implemented in a form that is interlocked with the device.

The visible light receiving apparatus 120 receives the optical signal from the visible light illumination device 100 installed in the predetermined illumination region and extracts the visible light communication data included in the optical signal.

The visible light receiving apparatus 120 according to the present embodiment selectively calculates and provides position information of the visible light illuminating apparatus 110 on the basis of information on the visible light illuminating apparatus 110 included in the visible light communication data. That is, the visible light receiving apparatus 120 determines whether or not the position registration of the visible light illuminating apparatus 110 is registered based on the related information on the visible light illuminating apparatus 100, and registers the position registration of the visible light illuminating apparatus 110 . At this time, the related information on the visible light illuminating device 110 may include only the unique identification information of the visible light illuminating device 110, and the unique identification information of the visible light illuminating device 110 and the position of the visible light illuminating device 110 And may include information on whether or not to register. A method for determining whether or not the visible light illumination device 110 is registered based on the related information of the visible light illumination device 100 will be described later in more detail with reference to FIG.

Hereinafter, a method of performing the procedure for registering the position of the visible light illumination device 110 by the visible light receiving device 120 will be described.

The visible light receiving apparatus 120 calculates current position information on which the visible light receiving apparatus 120 is located. At this time, the visible light receiving apparatus 120 calculates the current position information of the visible light receiving apparatus 120 using some or all of the GPS sensor and the motion sensor provided in the visible light receiving apparatus 120.

The visible light receiving device 120 matches the unique identification information of the visible light illuminating device 110 included in the related information of the visible light illuminating device 110 with the calculated current position information of the visible light receiving device 120, . Then, the visible light receiving apparatus 120 provides the matching information to the lighting management apparatus 130 as positional information of the visible light illumination apparatus 110. [

In the conventional lighting control system, when the lighting control system is to be constructed, the installation position of the visible light illumination device in the lighting control system is directly checked on the spot or the on / off operation of the artificial visible light illumination device is performed after the installation, There is an inconvenience that the installation position for the lighting device must be confirmed. According to the present embodiment, it is possible to easily obtain the position information of the visible light illumination device 110 included in the illumination control system only by moving the visible light receiving device 120 and moving the light source within a preset illumination area in a predetermined pattern .

The lighting management device 130 performs control and monitoring operations on the visible light illumination device 110 provided in the lighting control system 100. [ The light management device 130 updates the visible light communication data to the visible light illumination device 110 using a wireless network formed between the light management device 130 and the visible light illumination device 110.

The illumination management apparatus 130 according to the present embodiment transmits relevant information about the visible light illumination device 110 currently connected to the illumination management device 130 when transmitting the visible light communication data to the visible light illumination device 110 The visible light illumination device 110 and the visible light reception device 120 can selectively perform a procedure for registering the position of the visible light illumination device 110. [

When the position information on the specific visible light illuminating device 110 is received from the visible light receiving device 120, the lighting management device 130 registers the position information as related information for the specific visible light illuminating device 110. Thereafter, the illumination management device 130 performs control and monitoring of the specific visible light illumination device 110 based on the related information about the specific visible light illumination device 110 that has been stored.

2 is a block diagram schematically showing a visible light illumination device according to the present embodiment.

2, the visible light illumination device 110 includes a communication unit 200, a control unit 210, a driving unit 220, an illumination unit 230, and a power conversion unit 240.

The communication unit 200 includes a wireless communication module and receives visible light communication data from the lighting management device 130 using the wireless communication module. In this embodiment, the visible light communication data received by the communication unit 200 from the lighting management device 130 includes registration information for the visible light illumination device 110 in the lighting management device 130. [

The wireless communication module supports some or all of the wireless communication protocols of Bluetooth, WiFi, Zigbee, Z-wave and WCDMA. The wireless communication module according to the present embodiment is assigned unique identification information, for example, a MAC address, and the visible light illumination device 110 transmits the unique identification information of the wireless communication module to the unique It is used as identification information.

The control unit 210 generates an illumination control signal based on the visible light communication data so that a visible light signal corresponding to the visible light communication data received from the communication unit 200 can be generated.

The control unit 210 according to the present embodiment checks whether or not the location registration of the visible light illumination device 110 in the illumination management device 130 is registered and, based on the identification result, Thereby generating an illumination control signal. At this time, the control unit 210 confirms whether or not the location registration of the visible light illumination device 110 in the illumination management device 130 is based on the registration information on the visible light illumination device 110 included in the visible light communication data. That is, if the position information of the visible light illumination device 110 in the illumination management device 130 is not provided and it is determined that the position registration process for the visible light illumination device 110 is required The unique identification information of the illuminating device 110 is included in the visible light communication data and is transmitted to the visible light receiving device 120.

Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, information on whether or not the illumination type information corresponding to the visible light illumination device 110 is registered may be further included in the registration information for the visible light illumination device 110. [ The illumination type information includes information on some or all of the brightness and color of the illumination unit. In this case, the control unit 210 confirms whether or not the illumination type information corresponding to the visible light illumination device 110 in the illumination management device 130 is registered based on the registration information on the visible light illumination device 110, The illumination control signal can be generated by further considering the illumination type information.

The driving unit 220 turns on or off the illumination unit included in the illumination unit 230 based on the illumination control signal generated from the control unit 210. The driving unit 220 may include a switching device for turning on or off the lighting unit included in the illuminating unit 230.

The illumination unit 230 includes an illumination unit composed of at least one light emitting element. At this time, the light emitting device is preferably a light emitting diode (LED), but is not limited thereto. For example, the light emitting device can be implemented as an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) and a PLS (Plasma Light System). The illuminating unit is turned on or off by the driving unit 220 to generate a visible light signal corresponding to the visible light communication data. The method of generating the visible light signal in accordance with the ON or OFF operation of the illumination unit is a general technique in the field of visible light communication, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The power conversion unit 240 provides the necessary power for driving the visible light illumination device 110. For example, the power conversion unit 240 supplies DC power necessary for driving the illumination unit in the illumination unit 230.

3 is a block diagram schematically showing a visible light receiving apparatus according to the present embodiment.

3, the visible light receiving apparatus 120 according to the present embodiment includes a receiving unit 300, an extracting unit 310, a control unit 320, a positional information calculating unit 330, a display unit 340, A power supply unit 350, and a power supply unit 360. Here, the components included in the visible light receiving apparatus 120 are not limited thereto. For example, the visible light receiving apparatus 120 may be implemented in a form including a connection unit (not shown) for interlocking with an external device such as a terminal.

The receiver 300 receives visible light signals from at least one visible light illuminator 110 in a predetermined illumination zone. The receiving unit 300 includes an optical sensor such as a lens and a photodiode, and receives a visible light signal from the visible light illuminating device 110 using the optical sensor.

The extracting unit 310 extracts visible light communication data from the received visible light signal using the receiving unit 300. The extracting unit 310 converts analog received information into digital data (ADC), and restores the visible light communication data transmitted by the visible light illuminating apparatus 110 by decoding the converted digital data.

The control unit 320 provides various visible light communication services based on the restored visible light communication data using the extracting unit 310. [ The control unit 320 according to the present embodiment selectively calculates and provides positional information on the visible light illumination device 110 based on related information about the visible light illumination device 110 included in the visible light communication data.

The control unit 320 checks whether or not the position of the visible light illumination device 110 in the illumination management device 130 is registered based on the related information of the visible light illumination device 110 included in the visible light communication data, And selectively calculates position information on the lighting device 110. [

Hereinafter, a method of selectively calculating and providing positional information on the visible light illumination device 110 based on related information about the visible light illumination device 110 included in the visible light communication data will be described.

The control unit 320 checks whether the unique information corresponding to the visible light illumination device 110 is included in the related information of the visible light illumination device 110 and calculates the position information of the visible light illumination device 110 do. The visible light illumination device 110 according to the present embodiment selectively displays the unique identification information of the visible light illumination device 110 according to whether the position of the visible light illumination device 110 is registered in the illumination management device 130, To the visible light receiving apparatus 120. In this case, the control unit 320 checks whether the unique information corresponding to the visible light illumination device 110 is included in the related information of the visible light illumination device 110, and determines the position of the visible light illumination device 110 Perform the procedure for registration. At this time, the unique identification information corresponding to the visible light illumination device 110 is preferably a MAC address of the wireless communication module provided in the visible light illumination device 110, but is not limited thereto.

In another embodiment, the visible light illumination device 110 transmits the unique identification information of the visible light illumination device 110 and information on whether the visible light illumination device 110 is registered with the visible light communication data to the visible light reception device 120 . In this case, the control unit 320 checks whether the position of the visible light illumination device 110 is registered in the illumination management device 130 based on the information about whether or not the location registration of the visible light illumination device 110 is registered. And performs a procedure for registering the position of the lighting apparatus 110.

In another embodiment, the visible light illumination device 110 may transmit the unique identification information of the visible light illumination device 110 to the visible light reception device 120 together with the visible light communication data. In this case, the control unit 320 controls the position of the visible light illumination device 110 based on the unique identification information of the visible light illumination device 110 and information on whether the visible light illumination device 110 is registered Perform the procedure. The control unit 320 communicates with the lighting management device 130 to provide information about the unique identification information of the visible light illumination device registered in the illumination management device 130 and the location registration of the visible light illumination device, Lt; / RTI >

The control unit 320 calculates the positional information of the visible light illumination device 110 based on the unique identification information of the visible light illumination device 110 and the current position information of the visible light reception device 120 calculated by the positional information calculation unit 330 do. The control unit 320 may store the unique identification information of the visible light illumination device 110 included in the related information on the visible light illumination device 110 and the current position information of the visible light reception device 120 calculated by the position information calculation unit 330 Generates matching information, and provides the matching information as position information of the visible light illuminating device 110.

The position information calculation unit 330 calculates current position information on which the visible light receiving apparatus 120 is located and provides the current position information of the calculated visible light receiving apparatus 120 to the control unit 320.

Hereinafter, a method of calculating the current position information in which the visible light receiving apparatus 120 is positioned by the position information calculating unit 330 will be described.

The position information calculation unit 330 may include a GPS sensor and may calculate current position information on which the visible light receiving apparatus 120 is located using the GPS sensor.

In another embodiment, the position information calculation unit 330 may include a motion sensor, and may calculate current position information on which the visible light receiving apparatus 120 is positioned using the motion sensor. At this time, the motion sensor is preferably an acceleration sensor or a gyro sensor, but is not limited thereto. For example, the motion sensor can be implemented by any sensor as long as the motion information of the visible light receiving apparatus 120 can be calculated.

The positional information calculation unit 330 calculates the positional information of the reference illuminating device 120 based on the positional information of at least one reference illuminating device in the predetermined illumination area and the motion information of the visible light receiving device 120 with respect to the position of the reference illuminating device, It is possible to calculate current position information on which the receiving apparatus 120 is located. For this purpose, the position information calculation unit 330 previously receives and stores position information on at least one reference illumination device in the predetermined illumination region from the illumination management device 130. Meanwhile, the conventional illumination device is preferably an illumination device positioned at an entrance and an exit of a predetermined illumination zone, but is not limited thereto.

The display unit 340 displays the information providing screen for the visible light communication data and the visible light communication service provided using the control unit 320.

The communication unit 350 includes a wireless communication module and performs wireless communication with an external device using the wireless communication module. The communication unit 350 according to the present embodiment transmits the positional information of the visible light illumination device 110 calculated by the control unit 320 to the illumination management device 130 so that the illumination management device 130 displays the visible light Thereby registering the position with respect to the device 110.

The power supply unit 360 provides necessary power for driving the visible light receiving apparatus 120.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing a commissioning for a visible light communication service according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The visible light illumination device 110 receives the visible light communication data from the illumination management device 130 using the wireless communication module provided in the visible light illumination device 110 (S402). The visible light communication data received in step S402 includes registration information for the visible light illumination device 110 in the illumination management device 130. [

The wireless communication module supports a wireless communication protocol of some or all of Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Z-wave, and WCDMA, and inherent identification information for the wireless communication module is pre-assigned.

The visible light illumination device 110 confirms whether or not the position of the visible light illumination device 110 in the illumination management device 130 is registered based on the visible light communication data received in step S402 (S404). In step S404, the visible light illumination device 110 confirms whether the position of the visible light illumination device 110 in the illumination management device 130 is registered based on the registration information on the visible light illumination device 110 included in the visible light communication data.

The visible light illumination device 110 determines whether or not the position of the visible light illumination device 110 in the illumination management device 130 is registered in step S406 in accordance with the confirmation result obtained in step S404, (Step S408). When the position information of the display device 110 is registered, the illumination control signal is generated based on the visible light communication data received in step S402 (S408).

When the position information of the visible light illumination device 110 in the illumination management device 130 is confirmed to be unregistered in accordance with the determination result of step S406, the visible light illumination device 110 transmits the unique identification information of the wireless communication module and the visible light communication data (S410). In step S410, the visible light illumination device 110 confirms whether or not the illumination type information corresponding to the visible light illumination device 110 in the illumination management device 130 is registered based on the registration information on the visible light illumination device 110, The illumination control signal can be generated by further considering the illumination type information according to the result.

The visible light illumination device 110 generates a visible light signal by driving the illumination unit based on the illumination control signal generated in step S408 or S410 (S412).

Steps S402 to S412 correspond to the operations of the communication unit 200, the control unit 210, and the illumination unit 230 of the visible light illumination device 110 described above, respectively, and thus the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of performing a commissioning for a visible light communication service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The visible light receiving apparatus 120 receives visible light signals from at least one visible light illuminating apparatus 110 in a predetermined illumination area (S502).

The visible light receiving apparatus 120 extracts the visible light communication data included in the visible light signal received in step S502 (S504).

The visible light receiving apparatus 120 determines whether or not the position of the visible light illumination apparatus 110 is registered based on the related information on the visible light illumination apparatus 110 included in the visible light communication data extracted in step S504 (S506). In step S506, the visible light receiving apparatus 120 transmits the visible light to the visible light illuminating apparatus 110 in the light management apparatus 130 when the related information on the visible light illuminating apparatus 110 includes unique identification information corresponding to the visible light illuminating apparatus 110. [ It is judged that the location of the terminal is registered.

In another embodiment, the visible light receiving apparatus 120 confirms information on whether the visible light illuminating apparatus 110 is registered in the location of the visible light illuminating apparatus 110 included in the related information on the visible light illuminating apparatus 110, It is possible to determine whether or not the location of the visible light illumination device 110 is registered.

In another embodiment, the visible light receiving apparatus 120 includes the visible light illuminating device 110 and the visible light illuminating device 110 corresponding to the unique identification information of the visible light illuminating device 110 included in the related information about the visible light illuminating device 110, The location registration of the visible light illumination device 110 can be determined based on the information about whether or not the location registration of the visible light illumination device 110 is registered.

When the position of the visible light illumination device 110 in the illumination management device 130 is not registered in accordance with the result of the determination in step S506, the visible light reception device 120 calculates current position information on which the visible light reception device 120 is located (S510). In step S510, the visible light receiving apparatus 120 may calculate the current position information on which the visible light receiving apparatus 120 is located using the GPS sensor.

In another embodiment, the visible light receiving apparatus 120 can calculate the current position information on which the visible light receiving apparatus 120 is located using the motion sensor. In this case, the visible light receiving apparatus 120 may receive the positional information of at least one reference illuminating device in the predetermined illumination area and the motion information of the visible light receiving device 120 with respect to the position of the reference illuminating device collected using the motion sensor The present position information on which the visible light receiving apparatus 120 is located can be calculated.

The visible light receiving apparatus 120 may receive visible light from the visible light illuminating apparatus 110 based on the unique identification information of the visible light illuminating apparatus 110 included in the related information of the visible light illuminating apparatus 110 and the current position information of the visible light receiving apparatus 120 calculated in step S510. The position information of the lighting apparatus 110 is calculated (S512). In step S512, the visible light receiving apparatus 120 transmits the unique identification information of the visible light illuminating device 110 included in the related information to the visible light illuminating device 110 and the current position information of the visible light receiving device 120 calculated in step S510 Generates matching information, and provides the matching information as position information of the visible light illuminating device 110.

Steps S502 to S512 correspond to the operations of the receiver 300, the extractor 310, the controller 320 and the positional information calculator 330 of the visible light receiver 120 described above. Is omitted.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present embodiment, and various modifications and changes may be made to those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the embodiments. Therefore, the present embodiments are to be construed as illustrative rather than restrictive, and the scope of the technical idea of the present embodiment is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present embodiment should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents thereof should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

100: visible light illumination control system 110: visible light illumination device
120: visible light receiving apparatus 130: light management apparatus
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220: driving part 230: illuminating part
240: power conversion unit 300: receiving unit
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A visible light illuminating device having a visible light communication function for interlocking with a wireless network,
A communication unit having a wireless communication module and receiving visible light communication data including registration information for the visible light illumination device from the lighting management device using the wireless communication module;
When the position registration procedure for the visible light illumination device is determined to be necessary based on the registration information, the visible light communication data including the unique identification information of the wireless communication module is transmitted to the visible light A control unit for generating an illumination control signal to be transmitted to the receiving apparatus; And
And a lighting unit comprising at least one light emitting element, wherein the lighting unit is illuminated or turned off according to the illumination control signal to generate a visible light signal
And a light source for emitting visible light. The method according to claim 1,
The wireless communication module includes:
Wherein the wireless communication device supports a wireless communication protocol of some or all of Bluetooth, WiFi, Zigbee, Z-wave and WCDMA. delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the registration information further includes information on whether or not the illumination type information corresponding to the visible light illumination device in the illumination management apparatus is registered,
Wherein the control unit confirms whether or not the illumination type information corresponding to the visible light illumination device in the illumination management apparatus is registered based on the registration information, Wherein the visible light illumination device generates the visible light illumination light. 6. The method of claim 5,
The unique identification information of the wireless communication module is a MAC address of the wireless communication module,
Wherein the illumination type information includes some or all of brightness and color of the illumination unit. A visible light receiving apparatus having a visible light communication function,
A receiving unit for receiving a visible light signal from at least one visible light illumination device in a predetermined illumination zone;
An extracting unit for extracting visible light communication data included in the visible light signal; And
The visible light communication device checks whether or not the unique identification information corresponding to the visible light illumination device is included in the visible light communication data, calculates current position information in which the visible light receiving device is located according to the confirmation result, And provides the matching information to the lighting management apparatus as positional information of the visible light illumination device,
And a visible light receiving device. delete delete delete 8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the visible light receiving apparatus further comprises a position information calculation unit for calculating current position information on which the visible light receiving apparatus is located. 12. The method of claim 11,
The position information calculation unit calculates,
And the current position information on which the visible light receiving device is located is calculated using some or all of the GPS sensor and the motion sensor. 12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the position information calculation unit includes a motion sensor for calculating motion information of the visible light receiving apparatus, the position information calculating unit calculates position information on at least one reference illuminating device in the predetermined illuminating area and the position of the reference illuminating device And calculates current position information on which the visible light receiving apparatus is located based on the motion information of the apparatus. A method of commissioning a visible light illumination device for a visible light communication service,
A receiving step of receiving visible light communication data including registration information for the visible light illumination device from the lighting management device using a wireless communication module provided in the visible light illumination device;
When the position registration procedure for the visible light illumination device is determined to be necessary based on the registration information, the visible light communication data including the unique identification information of the wireless communication module is transmitted to the visible light A control signal generating step of generating an illumination control signal to be transmitted to the receiving apparatus; And
A visible light signal generation process for generating a visible light signal by turning on or off at least one light emitting element provided in the illumination unit of the visible light illumination device in accordance with the illumination control signal
And a second light source for emitting visible light. delete A method of commissioning a visible light receiving apparatus for a visible light communication service,
Receiving a visible light signal from at least one visible light illumination device in a predetermined illumination zone;
An extraction process of extracting visible light communication data included in the visible light signal; And
The visible light communication device checks whether or not the unique identification information corresponding to the visible light illumination device is included in the visible light communication data, calculates current position information in which the visible light receiving device is located according to the confirmation result, A calculation process of generating matching information and providing the matching information to the lighting management apparatus as position information of the visible light illumination device
And transmitting the visible light to the visible light receiving device. delete delete
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