KR101659545B1

KR101659545B1 - LED Illumination Control System

Info

Publication number: KR101659545B1
Application number: KR1020150042316A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김은호
Original assignee: 한국생산기술연구원
Priority date: 2015-03-26
Filing date: 2015-03-26
Publication date: 2016-10-04

Abstract

An LED lighting control system of the present invention includes a lighting module including LEDs and a console module which remotely controls the lighting module. The console module previously transmits mass data for directing a performance to the lighting module by wireless before the performance, stores the data in the lighting module, and can wirelessly transmit in real time a trigger signal for loading the data during the performance.

Description

LED illumination control system {LED Illumination Control System}

The present invention relates to an LED lighting control system, and more particularly, to an LED lighting control system capable of preliminarily preparing control data necessary for a performance, storing it in a memory, loading and executing the same, and performing near-distance and remote wireless data communication.

Generally, the lighting installed on the stage or the set is made with various factors such as illuminance, shade, direction of color and light, distribution of light so that the audience does not feel uncomfortable watching the stage, Is a device for effectively expressing the psychology of a person.

Each of the lights is controlled by a console device. The illumination is normally controlled on and off by a toggle switch installed on the control panel. In addition, an operation state is confirmed through a light emitted from the end of the toggle switch .

However, in recent years, as the stage-directed technology has been developed, the number of lights for directing the stage to be enhanced is increasing exponentially. In particular, the size of the console device for controlling and managing the corresponding lights is also increased It has been difficult to operate a plurality of dispersed toggle switches immediately.

That is, due to the increased number of lights and the large-sized console device, it is difficult to find and operate only the switch of the desired light among a plurality of distributed toggle switches or buttons while observing the stage or the set scene during the performance .

Korea Patent Publication No. 2010-0080649 (Filing Date: 2009.01.02)

An object of the present invention is to provide an LED lighting control system capable of wirelessly controlling an LED lighting composed of a plurality of LEDs in a short distance or a long distance and preliminarily manufacturing and storing LED lighting control data necessary for performance, System.

The LED lighting control system of the present invention includes a lighting module including a plurality of LEDs and a console module for remotely controlling the lighting module, And wirelessly transmits a trigger signal for wirelessly transmitting the trigger signal to the lighting module and loading the large amount of data during the performance.

Here, the lighting module may include a memory for storing large-capacity data transmitted from the console module.

Also, the console module wirelessly transmits the large-capacity data using a high-frequency wireless signal, and wirelessly transmits the trigger signal using a low-frequency wireless signal.

In addition, the lighting module may control the amount of light, the pan / tilt, the shutter, and the operation timer of the plurality of LEDs by loading the large-capacity data corresponding to the trigger signal.

An LED lighting control system including an illumination module including a plurality of LEDs of the present invention and a console module for remotely controlling the illumination module, the illumination module comprising: a plurality of LED lights; A lighting control unit for controlling the LED lighting; And a WDMX receiving unit receiving and storing the directing data and the effect data, which are large capacity data, from the console module, and receiving a trigger signal indicating the start of the directing data, which is low capacity data, A DMX console for generating the presentation data, effect data, and a trigger signal for the DMX console, and a WDMX transmitter for wirelessly transmitting the DMX console signal to the WDMX receiver.

Here, the lighting control unit may perform the lighting effect of the LED lighting by performing the light amount control, the pan / tilt control, the shutter control, and the operation timer control according to the presentation data or the effect data stored in the WDMX receiving unit.

The WDMX receiver includes a memory for receiving and storing presentation data and effect data transmitted from the console module, and the presentation data or effect data corresponding to the trigger signal transmitted from the console module is loaded into the WDMX receiver, Lt; / RTI >

The WDMX receiver includes a receiving module for wireless communication with the console module, and the receiving module includes a high frequency receiving module for receiving a high frequency signal transmitted from the console module and a low frequency receiving module for receiving a low frequency signal .

In addition, the DMX console is used to produce illumination presentation data suitable for a performance situation using the LED illumination. The DMX console produces production data for operation control of the LED illumination in response to music to be used for performance before performance, And may be transmitted to the lighting module through the transmission unit and stored.

The DMX console wirelessly transmits a trigger signal to the lighting module at the start and end of the performance, and the trigger signal is used to indicate the start and end of the presentation data stored in the memory, Data may be included.

The WDMX transmitter transmits the signal transmitted from the DMX console to the WDMX receiver. The WDMX transmitter includes a high frequency transmitting module for wirelessly transmitting directed data or effect data, which is mass data transmitted from the DMX console, And a low-frequency transmission module for wirelessly transmitting data.

The WDMX transmitter may further include a storage mode for wirelessly transmitting the directing data or effect data to the memory of the WDMX receiver, a command mode for transmitting a low capacity trigger signal for loading the directing data or effect data stored in the memory, .

In addition, the high-frequency transmission module used in the storage mode uses a Wi-Fi signal to transmit data over a high-frequency communication channel of 2.4 GHz or higher, and the low-frequency transmission module used in the command mode is a low- An RF signal can be used to transmit data over the channel.

Also, the WDMX transmitter may change the start frame of the DMX 512 protocol to be used in the storage mode and the command mode, and may set the IDLE signal to 100 ms or more in the storage mode.

According to the LED lighting control system of the present invention, an LED lighting composed of a plurality of LEDs is wirelessly controlled at a short distance or a long distance, and LED lighting control data required for performance is produced and stored in advance, and then control data is loaded and executed when necessary .

1 is a schematic diagram of an LED lighting control system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a detailed schematic diagram of the WDMX transmitter / receiver of FIG. 1; FIG.
3 is a schematic diagram showing a protocol used in the WDMX transmitter of FIG.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention, and how to accomplish them, will become apparent by reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as being 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 concept of the invention to those skilled in the art. Is provided to fully convey 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.

Thus, in some embodiments, well known process steps, known structures, and known techniques are not specifically described to avoid an undesirable interpretation of the present invention.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of illustrating embodiments and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. In the present specification, the singular form includes plural forms unless otherwise specified in the specification. Used in the sense of the description does not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other components, steps and / or operations other than the stated components, steps and / or operations. do. And "and / or" include each and any combination of one or more of the mentioned items.

In addition, the embodiments described herein will be described with reference to perspective, sectional, side view, and / or schematic views that are ideal illustrations of the present invention. Thus, the shape of the illustrations may be modified by manufacturing techniques and / or tolerances. Accordingly, the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the specific forms shown, but also include changes in the forms that are produced according to the manufacturing process. In addition, in the drawings of the present invention, each constituent element may be somewhat enlarged or reduced in view of convenience of explanation.

Hereinafter, an LED lighting control system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2, the LED lighting control system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lighting module 110 and a console module 120 for remotely controlling the lighting module 110 .

The illumination module 110 includes a plurality of LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes), and the illuminance of the plurality of LEDs and the color of emitted light can be adjusted according to a control signal of the console module 120, The lighting module 110 includes an LED lighting 111 composed of a plurality of LEDs and a lighting controller 112 and a console module 120 for controlling the illuminance, the pan / tilt, the shutter, and the timer of the LED lighting 111, (WDMX: Wireless Digital Multiplex), which receives a trigger signal indicating the start of the presentation data, effect data, or presentation data of the LED illumination 111 from the WDMX receiving unit 113.

The illumination control unit 112 is for controlling the operation of the LED illumination unit 111. The illumination control unit 112 controls the light amount of the LED illumination unit 111, the pan / tilt control, and the control of the LED illumination unit 111 according to the presentation data or effect data stored in the WDMX receiving unit 113, Shutter control, operation timer control, and the like can be performed to display various effects.

The WDMX receiving unit 113 receives the presentation data or effect data transmitted from the console module 120 and stores the received presentation data or effect data in the memory 114. The WDMX receiving unit 113 then stores the presentation data or effect data corresponding to the trigger signal transmitted from the console module 120 And transmits it to the lighting control unit 112. That is, the WDMX receiver 113 may include a memory 114 for storing presentation data and effect data transmitted from the console module 120. [

The WDMX receiving unit 113 includes a receiving module 115 for wirelessly communicating with the console module 120 to receive data for controlling the LED lighting unit 111 from the console module 120, May include a high frequency receiving module 115a for receiving a high frequency signal transmitted from the console module 120 and a low frequency receiving module 115b for receiving a low frequency signal.

The high-frequency receiving module 115a is for receiving wireless data transmitted from the console module 120 through a high-frequency communication channel of 2.4 GHz or higher. In this embodiment, the high-frequency receiving module 115a receives Wi- Signal can be used. The wireless data received through the high frequency receiving module 115a may be directed data or effect data for controlling the LED lighting 111 having a relatively large capacity.

The data received through the high frequency receiving module 115a may be stored in the memory 114 and a memory reference address may be created according to the received presentation data and the WDMX receiving unit 113 The presentation data stored in the memory 114 can be loaded. That is, the memory reference address may be formed by combining a unique identifier and a memory address for identifying each directed data or effect data. Such a memory reference address is matched with a trigger signal received through the low-frequency receiving module 115b, And can be used in the receiving section 113.

The low-frequency receiving module 115b receives wireless data transmitted from the console module 120 through a low-frequency communication channel of 400 to 900 MHz. In this embodiment, the low-frequency receiving module 115b can use an RF signal. The wireless data received through the low-frequency receiving module 115b may be trigger data for loading and executing the presentation data or effect data stored in the memory 114 in advance. That is, the presentation data and effect data matched with the trigger data can be loaded from the memory 114 by the WDMX receiving unit 113 and transmitted to the lighting control unit 112.

The console module 120 is provided for remotely controlling the lighting module 110 and is used for loading the presentation data for effecting the LED lighting 111 of the lighting module 110 and the effect data and the data stored in the memory 114 And transmit the trigger signal to the lighting module 110. 1, the console module 120 of the present embodiment may include a DMX console 121 and a WDMX transmission unit 122. [

The DMX console 121 is for producing illumination presentation data suitable for a performance situation by using the LED illumination 111. The DMX console 121 is provided with an LED illumination 111 such as illumination intensity or pan / And transmits it to the lighting module 110 through the WDMX transmission unit 122 and stores the generated presentation data. In addition, the DMX console 121 may transmit various effect data to the lighting module 110 for interactive performance during performance.

The DMX console 121 may wirelessly transmit a trigger signal to the lighting module 110 at the start and end of the performance and the trigger signal may be transmitted to the memory 114 in order to instruct start and end of the presentation data stored in the memory 114. [ , And a point of time of play.

That is, in the present embodiment, the DMX console 121 prepares production data corresponding to music played at the performance before the performance starts, stores it in the memory 114 of the lighting module 110, The LED illumination 111 can be controlled by transmitting the trigger signal to the illumination module 110 in real time.

The WDMX transmitting unit 122 wirelessly transmits a signal transmitted from the DMX console 121 to the WDMX receiving unit 113 of the lighting module 110. The WDMX transmitting unit 122 wirelessly transmits the directing data or effect data And a transmission module 123 including a high frequency transmission module 123a for wirelessly transmitting the trigger data and a low frequency transmission module 123b for wirelessly transmitting the trigger data.

That is, the WDMX transmission unit 122 loads the presentation mode or effect data stored in the memory 114 and the storage mode for wirelessly transmitting the directing data or effect data, which is large-capacity data, to store them in the memory 114 of the WDMX receiving unit 113 A trigger mode for transmitting a low capacity trigger signal may be changed. For this purpose, a transmission control unit 124 may be included.

The high-frequency transmission module 123a used in the storage mode in this embodiment is for transmitting wireless data transmitted through a high-frequency communication channel of 2.4 GHz or higher. In this embodiment, the high-frequency transmission module 123a is an efficient Wi-Fi signals can be used. The low-frequency transmission module 123b is for transmitting wireless data transmitted through a low-frequency communication channel of 400 to 900 MHz. In this embodiment, the low-frequency transmission module 123b can use an RF signal.

As shown in FIG. 3, the WDMX transmission unit 122 distinguishes the existing DMX 512 protocol by modifying the start frame of the existing DMX 512 protocol in the storage mode and the command mode, Lt; / RTI >

In the recording mode, the start frame is set to 0xaa, and data to be stored in the memory 114 after the start frame can be transmitted using a reliable TCP / IP socket.

In the command mode (Commend mode), the start frame can be set to 0x55, and the command can be configured through the data of 1 to 4 consecutive channels after the start frame, and the trigger data can be transmitted using the UDP socket.

When the start frame is 0x00, the streaming mode is the same as the existing DMX 512 protocol and data can be transmitted using the UDP socket for real time data transmission.

As described above, the WDMX transmitter 122 of the present embodiment divides the start mode of the existing DMX 512 protocol to distinguish the storage mode from the command mode, and sets the IDLE signal of the W-DMX signal to at least 100 ms in the storage mode It is possible to secure a sufficient time for the WDMX transmitting unit 122 to transmit data at a rate of 250 kbps during the time that a W-DMX packet is received, so that the WDMX transmitting unit 122 can control overflow of data.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

100: LED lighting control system
110: Lighting module
111: LED lighting
112:
113: WDMX receiver
114: Memory
115: Receiving module
120: Console module
121: DMX console
122: WDMX transmitter
123: Transmission module
124: Transmission control section

Claims

A lighting module including a plurality of LEDs; and a console module for remotely controlling the lighting module,
Wherein the illumination module comprises: an LED illumination consisting of the plurality of LEDs;
A memory for receiving and storing presentation data and effect data, which are large-capacity data transmitted from the console module, a high-frequency reception module for wirelessly receiving high-frequency signals transmitted from the console module, and a low-frequency reception module for wirelessly receiving low-frequency signals A receiving module for receiving the directing data or effect data transmitted from the console module through the high frequency receiving module and storing the directing data or the effect data together with a memory reference address combining a unique identifier and a memory address for identifying each directing data or effect data, Receiving a trigger signal for matching the trigger signal received through the low-frequency receiving module and storing it in the memory, and for instructing the start of the presentation data, which is the low-capacity data transmitted from the console module via the low-frequency receiving module, use W WDMX receiving unit for transmission lighting control to be described later to load the data or the directing effect data that matches the pre-stored the trigger signal in the memory; And
A fan control unit, a shutter control unit, and an operation timer control unit for controlling the light amount of the LED lighting unit, the fan control unit, the tilting control unit, the shutter control unit, and the operation timer control unit in accordance with the presentation data and effect data stored in advance in the memory of the WDMX receiver unit, And a control unit,
Wherein the console module wirelessly transmits large-capacity data for presentation of performance to the lighting module before the performance using the high-frequency radio signal and stores the large-capacity data in the memory of the lighting module, and uses the low- A module for real-time wireless transmission of a trigger signal for loading data,
And generating trigger data, effect data, and a trigger signal for directing the LED illumination, and outputting the effect data and the trigger signal in response to the music to be used in the performance before the performance, And transmits the generated presentation data to the lighting module via a WDMX transmission unit, which will be described later, and controls the start and end of the presentation data stored in advance in the memory of the WDMX receiver by the lighting module at the start and end of the performance A DMX console for wirelessly transmitting a trigger signal including a low-capacity data such as a play song number and a play time so as to be instructed; And
A high frequency transmission module for wirelessly transmitting directing data or effect data, which is large-capacity data transmitted from the DMX console, to the WDMX receiver, and a low-frequency transmission module for wirelessly transmitting the trigger signal, A transmitting module and a low capacity trigger signal for loading the presentation data or effect data previously stored in the memory of the WDMX receiver and the storage mode for storing the presentation data or effect data in the memory of the WDMX receiver, And a WDMX transmitter for varying a command mode for the LED lighting control system.

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The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the high frequency transmission module used in the storage mode uses a Wi-Fi signal to transmit data over a high frequency communication channel of 2.4 GHz or more, and the low frequency transmission module used in the command mode has a low frequency communication channel of 400 to 900 MHz &Lt; / RTI > wherein the RF signal is used to transmit data through the LED.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the WDMX transmitter is used in the storage mode and the command mode by varying the start frame of the DMX 512 protocol, and sets the IDLE signal to 100 ms or more in the storage mode.