KR101899346B1 - Method and apparatus for operation of marine interior light and exterior light control panel - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for operating a marine interior light and an external light control panel, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for operating a marine interior light and an external light control panel, The local control unit LCU and each main control unit MCU are connected to the power line and the communication line, the local control unit and the panel board are connected to the power line and the dry contact relay contact, The interior and exterior lights of the ship installed on the ship are connected to the panel board and the power line to control lighting and unlocking and lighting modes of the interior and exterior lighting of the ship through the input of the main control unit (MCU) You can set the adjustable dimming function, lock that prevents touch errors that can occur by applying the touch panel as an input method (Lock ) Function, and when the state is displayed on the display unit of the main control unit (MCU) and a breakdown or failure of a part of each main control unit occurs, one or more normal main control units (MCU (MCU) and a local control unit (LCU) are connected to each other via a power line and a communication line so as to control the interior and exterior lights of the ship and display the lighting state on the display unit.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a marine interior light and an exterior light control panel,

The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for operating a ship interior light and an external light control panel, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for operating a ship interior light and an external light control panel, The local control unit and each main control unit are connected to the power line and the communication line, the local control unit and the panel board are connected to the power line and the dry contact relay contact, The interior lamp and the exterior lamp are connected to the panel panel and the power supply line to control the lighting and lighting and lighting modes of the interior and exterior lights of the ship through the input unit of the main control unit and the state is displayed on the display unit of the main control unit, In the event of breakage or failure of one or more of the main control units, And more particularly, to a method and an apparatus for operating an interior light and an external light control panel for a ship, which include a connection structure that can control the interior and exterior lights of a ship with the main control unit when at least one main control unit operates normally .

Generally, in various ships operating on the sea, crews aboard the vessel identify the person or object at night, in the marine vessel room, the engine room, and other areas outside the vessel, An interior light and an outside light are installed at a main position inside and outside the ship as illumination for maintaining the illuminance higher than a certain level necessary to perform the illumination.

According to the related art, Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2014-0136694 discloses a lighting control apparatus for a marine vessel and a lighting control apparatus for a marine vessel in the construction of a control system in which a user turns on / The present invention relates to a control method, and more particularly, to an external lighting device installed in each zone of a ship, an illumination switchboard for supplying power to the external lighting device, And a lighting control section for generating a lighting control signal of an external lighting apparatus in conjunction with an on / off signal of the lighting switch and an automatic control system of the ship, Turn on or off the external lighting fixtures directly in the area, or light remotely via the ship's automatic control system And can, it provides a vessel control apparatus and a lighting control method for lighting according to the roughness of the outer vessel.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2012-0076848 relates to a ship lighting control system, and in conjunction with an alarm monitoring system (AMS) and an integrated monitoring and control system (ICMS) that are basically used in large ships, It is possible to simplify the wiring for controlling the illumination, to reduce the material cost due to the exclusion of the control panel for controlling the lighting for each zone, and to control the lighting more conveniently The present invention relates to a lighting control system for a ship, a lighting control panel for lighting a plurality of lighting fixtures installed in each area of a ship, a DPU for controlling lighting operation of each area by transmitting control signals to the lighting control panel , Generates and inputs a signal for controlling the illumination with the DPU, and outputs the illumination state of the ship to the display screen It is configured to include the ICMS.

In the marine interior light and the external light control device according to the related arts, the main control unit of the lighting master control panel, which is a central control device for the ship interior light and the outside light by external military attack or natural disaster, When the main control unit is in the disabled state, the additional main control unit is not connected to the local control unit, so that the user can control the remote control of the interior light and the outside light There is a risk that the dimming control which can control the illuminance of the room lamp and the outside lamp is impossible and the user can not appropriately adjust the illuminance of the room lamp and the outside lamp in a special situation such as the military operation of the ship, In order not to expose the ship's position to enemies of the Night Vision Goggles (NVG) mode A method of remotely controlling the interior light and the exterior light by the lighting master control panel to change the lighting mode of the interior light and the outside light has not been introduced in the past when a red light mode is to be used, And there was a limit that external light could leak or be exposed to the enemy as an attack target.

In addition, when the touch panel is adopted as a command input method of the lighting master control panel, when the user touches the menu screen by unintentional mistake or touches the selection button when the object is raised, There has been a problem that it is changed to an operation error, and the function of displaying the lighting state of the interior lamp and the exterior lighting and the lighting mode on the screen is not applied, which is inconvenient for the user.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0136694 Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0076848

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a lighting control apparatus and a control method thereof, in which a main control unit of a lighting master control panel as a central control device of a ship is inoperable due to an external military attack, There is no plurality of main control units, thereby solving the danger that the user may lose the remote control ability to the interior lamp and the outside lamp, and dimming control capable of remotely controlling the illuminance of the interior lamp and the outside lamp is impossible, When the user wants to use the NVG mode or the red light mode in order to eliminate the problem that the user can not appropriately adjust the illumination of the interior lamp and the exterior lamp in a special situation such as the military operation and to prevent the external enemy from exposing the position of the ship, You can remotely control interior lighting and exterior lighting from the Lighting Master Control Panel There is an effect of solving the limitation that the light of the interior lamp and the outside light leaks to the outside and can be perceived as an enemy attack target when the ship performs military operation,

There is a problem that the lighting state or the mode of the interior light and the outside light may be changed by unintentional touch or the like when the lighting master control panel is composed of the touch type panel and the lighting state and lighting mode of the interior light and the outside lighting are controlled by the lighting master control And to provide a method and an apparatus for operating a marine interior light and an external light control panel, which have an effect of eliminating a point of inconvenience of the user because they are not displayed on the control panel screen of the panel.

In order to accomplish the above object, in the present invention, a lighting master control panel is connected to a distribution board panel to remotely control a ship interior light and an external light control panel, The main control unit of the lighting master control panel is installed in at least two spaces of the main control unit and the local control unit connected to the main control unit by the power line and the communication line, In the case where at least one main control unit operates normally even when the unit is broken, an apparatus for remotely controlling the interior and exterior lights of a ship is provided and operated. In addition, in controlling the interior light for ships and the exterior lights including the dimming function, You can adjust the illumination intensity at the control menu input of the main control unit. The dimming function can be set so that the interior light and the exterior lamp can be illuminated with an illuminance suitable for the external situation and the lighting mode of the interior lamp and the exterior lamp can be changed in the NVG mode or the red mode in the navigation of the military purpose, A method and an apparatus for operating a marine interior light and an external light control panel according to the present invention, provided with a lock function for preventing a malfunction due to unintentional touch which may be caused by applying a touch panel as an input method, to provide.

A method and apparatus for operating a ship interior light and an external light control panel according to the present invention are provided for remotely controlling an interior light and an exterior light of a ship by installing main control units of a lighting master control panel in at least two places of a ship, The main control unit can be operated close to the current location, so that the travel distance and time can be saved. When one or more main control units operate normally even if each main control unit is damaged, And a dimming function for adjusting the illuminance of the illumination is set in the control menu input unit of the main control unit so that the interior light and the external light are illuminated in an illuminance suitable for an external situation, Indoor light and outside light can be used, and in naval navigation for military purposes, NVG mode The user can remotely change the lighting mode of the interior lamp and the exterior lamp in the red mode to minimize the exposure of light to the outside of the present vessel and to display the lighting mode on the control menu display section It is possible to prevent the malfunction of the interior light and the outside light due to the touch error which may be unintentionally caused by the user by providing the lock function in the control menu input unit when using the touch panel.

1 is a block diagram of a lighting master control panel according to an embodiment of a method and an apparatus for operating a marine interior light and an external light control panel,
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a control menu window of the main control unit according to an embodiment of the method and apparatus for operating the marine interior light and the external light control panel,
FIG. 3 is a view illustrating a dimming setting window of the main control unit according to an embodiment of the method and apparatus for operating the marine interior light and the external light control panel,
FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an on / off selection method of an interior light and an exterior light according to an area of a main control unit control menu according to an embodiment of an operation method and apparatus for a ship interior light and an external light control panel,
FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating a method of selecting a lighting mode for interior lighting and exterior lighting according to a zone of the main control unit control menu according to an embodiment of a method and apparatus for operating a marine interior light and an external light control panel,
FIG. 4C is a diagram illustrating an on / off and lighting mode selection method of the indoor light and the outside light of the main control unit control menu according to one embodiment of the method and apparatus for operating the marine interior light and the external light control panel,
5 is a front view of a main control unit according to an embodiment of a method and an apparatus for operating a marine interior light and an external light control panel,
6 is a front view of a local control unit according to an embodiment of a method and apparatus for operating a marine interior light and an external light control panel.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. However, the description of the present invention is merely an example for structural or functional explanation, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the embodiments described in the text. That is, the embodiments are to be construed as being variously embodied, constructed in various forms, or capable of substituting parts and techniques, and thus the scope of the present invention should be understood to include equivalents capable of realizing technical ideas.

Also, it should be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments, as it is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the scope of the invention to the precise form disclosed. In the meantime, detailed descriptions of technical structures and functions that are widely known and applied among the functions shown by the technical structures and technical structures described in the present invention will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the lighting master control panel A is installed in at least two places of the ship, the control method of the interior light for the ship and the external light control panel according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, A first main control unit MCU1 including a touch panel which is an input unit and a display unit for inputting a command and displaying the result of operation is installed in a first control position of the vessel, for example, a wheelhouse, and a second main control unit MCU2 is connected to the first main control unit MCU1 via the AC 220 V power line and the serial communication line and is connected to the second control position of the ship such as the solid cargo supply command center RAS CO Room, (LCU) is connected to the second main control unit (MCU2) by an AC 220V power line and a serial communication line, the local control unit (LCU) is connected to the distribution panel, The interior light and And the local control unit (LCU) receives the AC 220V main power via a power line connected to the external power supply unit and supplies the AC power to the first main control unit (MCU1) and the second main control unit 2 Supply power to the main control unit (MCU2) and the panel board.

As a result of this structural feature of the present invention, at least two main control units (MCU) are connected to one local control unit (LCU) by a power line and a communication line, When one of the two main control units (MCU2), for example, the first main control unit (MCU1) is damaged due to an external attack or the operation is stopped due to a fault or the like, the second main control unit Is connected to the local control unit (LCU) so that the user can control the interior lamp and the exterior lamp of each zone remotely through the second main control unit (MCU2). On the contrary, the second main control unit (MCU2) Even if this operation is stopped, the user can remotely control the interior light and exterior light of the ship through the first main control unit (MCU1) in an emergency in a stable manner.

As shown in FIG. 2, a method for operating a marine interior light and an external light control panel according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that, in a control menu configuration of an input unit and a display unit, The name of the control panel is displayed. On the left side, the area where the outside light is installed is indicated by a rectangular icon. In the center, the number is increased from 1 to 1, and the serial number is displayed. do. In addition, depending on the characteristics of each lighting area, it is classified into lighting requiring only on / off, lighting requiring on / off and some modes, and areas requiring on / off, NVG mode and red lighting mode, The color is displayed in the background color outside the rectangular icon.

On the right side of the control menu, the area where the interior light is installed is indicated by a rectangular icon, the center of which is increased from 1 to 1, the serial number is displayed, the description of each lighting area is displayed on the outer bottom of the icon, The selection status of / NVG mode / red light mode is displayed in the upper part of the rectangular icon.

There are a lock icon, a dimming icon and a shutdown icon in the lower right of the control menu, and a power button to turn off the power of the main control unit and a '-' button to adjust the backlight brightness of the control menu screen. 'And' + 'buttons are displayed. The operation and effects of the locking and dimming functions are described in more detail below.

Hereinafter, a locking function according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The lock function controls the function of activating or deactivating the touch function of the touch panel. The basic state is inactive and the user can not make an unintended mistake, for example, The user can touch the lock button once to select the lock, and then, when the user touches the lock button, the lock is unlocked. And the icon buttons of all the control menus can be operated in the unlocked state.

Hereinafter, a dimming function according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. When the user selects a dimming icon by touching the dimming icon once with a finger or the like, the light dimming setting window is displayed as shown in FIG. 3, and the upper left corner of the setting window has a brightness of 0 (Black) to 10 (white), and the dimming level (LED light dimming degree) is displayed in the upper right corner of the setting window, and 1 With a total of eleven numerical steps, the dimming brightness of the illumination is determined by the vertical gray rectangle bar located at the dimming brightness stage of the currently set illumination, the Darken button decreasing the dimming brightness step by one, and the Brighten button increasing by one do. In the dimming setting window, software information (Software Information) for executing the operating method of the lighting master control panel is displayed in the lower left corner. In the dimming setting window, the line number of the ship on which the software is installed, the version of the software, , The date of the last update of the software is displayed, and the Close button to the right of the system setting window is provided to close the system setting window. However, since the dimming function may not receive a control command depending on the product type of the interior light and the outside light installed on the ship, it is possible to use the dimming function by installing the interior light and the exterior light applicable to the dimming control command on the ship desirable.

The dimming function is applied to allow the user to judge an appropriate level of the illuminance of the interior light and the outside of the ship according to the change of the surrounding environment and to arbitrarily adjust the illuminance so that the optimal illuminance It is possible to reduce the amount of main power flowing into the ship's lighting due to incidental effects and extend the service life of the lighting apparatus.

4A to 4C, the operation modes of the interior lights and the exterior lights by the zones in the main menu of the marine interior light and the external light control panel according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention are configured in three ways, The selection method of the control menu input section operation button of the star interior lamp and the outside lamp is as follows. The second mode is to select either normal / NVG mode or normal / red mode of illumination. Third, the on / off mode and the normal / NVG mode or the on / off mode and the normal / The user can select an on / off or light mode by touching an icon corresponding to each zone with a finger or a pen.

Hereinafter, the operation modes of the three interior lights and the outside lights will be described in more detail. First, on / off selection of illumination for each zone is performed as shown in FIG. 4A. If the touch is selected by one touch, it is turned on. If the touch is further touched once again, it is turned off, and this method is applied only to a part of the illumination area. When ON is selected, the dry contact relay associated with each zone is turned on and illumination is applied while sending a contact signal to the panel panel. When the module is turned off, the relay is turned off and the contact signal to the panel panel is short- Is released.

Second, in the method of selecting the normal / NVG mode or the normal / red light mode of each zone illumination, as shown in FIG. 4B, the normal mode is set to the basic state at the time of execution of the control menu operation program, The application signal of the NVG mode or the red light mode is transmitted to the panel panel and the lighting mode of the interior and exterior lights of the corresponding area is changed to the NVG mode or the red light mode. The lighting mode is changed.

Third, the on / off state of illumination for each zone and the mode for selecting the normal / NVG mode or the normal / red mode are set such that the off state of the control menu operating program is set to be the default, When you touch it once, it lights up in the normal mode. If you touch it again one time, if you select it by touching it, the lamp or light is applied to the NVG mode or the red light mode. And the lighting of the corresponding area is canceled.

As shown in FIG. 5, the main control unit (MCU) of the marine interior light and the external light control panel according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention has a rectangular parallelepiped shape at a position favorable for the user to operate in a space such as a wheelhouse A main control panel box 1 is provided with a case and a rectangular penetrating surface is provided at an upper center at the front of the main control panel box 1. A display unit 2 constituted by a monitor of the touch panel PC is exposed to the outside And a hinge 3 is attached to the left end of the front panel of the main control panel box 1. The hinge 3 is pulled in all directions to open the hinge 3, And a cam lock (4) is installed at the upper right and lower ends of the front right and left sides of the main control panel box to fix the front lid, and a local control unit (LCU) And a cable input and output section 5 is connected by a line. The communication line changes the lighting mode using a serial communication protocol and connects the main control unit (MCU) and the local control unit (LCU) so that illumination can be dimmed, and transmits and receives control signals.

As shown in FIG. 6, the structure of a local control unit (LCU) of a marine interior light and an external light control panel according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a noise filter 6 for removing noise at the time of inputting main power, A switched mode power supply (SMPS) 7 as a DC power supply, a communication line of a serial type such as RS422 for transmitting / receiving a control signal to / from a main control unit (MCU), and an indoor and outdoor dimming control At least one serial converter 8 used in a communication line connection of the RS485 system and a relay module 9 connected to each lighting zone to apply lighting, A control PCB assembly 10 (Control PCB assembly) having a command processing and communication function of a touch panel, and an I / O PCB assembly 11 for controlling an output signal of the panel board, And outdoors It is possible to control the operation and lighting mode.

The method and apparatus for operating the marine interior light and the external light control panel according to the present invention are said to be industrially applicable since they can be repeatedly manufactured in the manufacturing industry of ordinary interior light and external light control panel.

1: Main control panel box 2: Display
3: Hinge 4: Camaruck
5: Cable input / output unit 6: Noise filter
7: SMPS 8: Serial converter
9: Relay module 10: PCB assembly
11: I / O PCB Assembly

Claims (3)

A control panel for controlling a state of an interior light and an exterior light of a ship,
A method of operating the marine interior light and the external light control panel (A)
A main control unit (MCU) is installed at each of at least two locations of a ship so that a user can input a control command,
Wherein the local control unit (LCU) comprises a main control unit (MCU) connected to a power line and a communication line,
The control and status information of each main control unit (MCU) is transmitted through the local control unit (LCU) connected to the power line and the communication line, so that the operation information of the remaining main control units (MCU)
A step in which the local control unit (LCU) receives the main power and distributes the main power to each part,
Connecting the local control unit (LCU) and the panel board to the power line and dry contact relay contacts,
The panel board is connected to the interior and exterior lights of the ship installed on the ship and the power line,
The lighting and the release of the interior and exterior lights of the ship are controlled by the control command inputted by the user to the input unit of each main control unit (MCU), and the lighting state of each indoor light and the outside light is collectively displayed on the display unit of each main control unit ;
When at least one of the above main control units (MCU) breaks down or fails, one or more main control units (MCU) that operate normally control the interior light and outside light of the ship, so that the lighting status is displayed on the display unit , The main control unit (MCU) and the local control unit (LCU) are connected to each other via a power line and a communication line to communicate and operate. A control panel for controlling a state of an interior light and an exterior light of a ship,
An apparatus for a marine interior light and an external light control panel,
A main control unit (MCU) which is provided at each of at least two places of the vessel so as to display a lighting state and a lighting mode of an interior lamp and an exterior lamp, and to allow a user to input a control command and control a lighting state and a lighting mode;
A local control unit (LCU) which receives main power and distributes the power to each unit, and is connected to each main control unit (MCU) by a power line and a communication line;
A distribution board panel connected to the local control unit (LCU), the power line and the dry contact relay contact;
An interior light and an exterior light of the ship connected to the panel panel and the power line;
A control menu in which lighting and release of interior and exterior lights of a ship are controlled by a control command inputted to an input unit of each main control unit (MCU), and a state of each lighting is displayed on a display unit of each main control unit (MCU);
When at least one of the above main control units (MCU) breaks down or fails, one or more main control units (MCU) that operate normally control the interior light and outside light of the ship, so that the lighting status is displayed on the display unit , The main control unit (MCU) and the local control unit (LCU) are connected to each other via a power line and a communication line for communication and operation. 3. The method of claim 2,
The panel board panel, the interior lamp and the exterior lamp are connected by a power line and a communication line in order to enable adjustment of the dimming stage of the interior light and the exterior of the ship installed on the ship,
A setting window of the dimming step is provided in the input part of the main control unit in order to control stepwise the dimming of the interior light of the ship and the outside light,
A control command menu for selecting a lighting mode is provided on the input unit of the main control unit (MCU) so that the lighting mode of the interior and exterior of the ship can be selected from the normal mode, the NVG mode,
The state of the corresponding interior light and exterior light is displayed on the display unit of the main control unit (MCU)
The input unit of the main control unit (MCU) is constituted by a touch panel,
Wherein a touch lock function for preventing a touch operation due to a user's mistake is provided in a control menu of the main control unit (MCU)

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