KR102030380B1 - Smart lighting apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The smart lighting device includes a control camera, an illumination module for displaying a wide area of a wide area and specific information in a narrow area within the wide area, and an entry direction and a gaze direction of a pedestrian by analyzing an image obtained from the control camera. And a controller configured to dynamically detect and narrow the narrow area within the wide area.

Description

Smart lighting device {SMART LIGHTING APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to smart lighting technology, and more particularly, to a smart lighting device that can provide specific information in the area provided with lighting.

In general, a lighting device such as a street lamp installed outdoors creates a lighting area by projecting light to a certain area, thereby providing a space for a user to pass a sufficient view to a user passing by in a dark situation such as evening or night.

In addition, a lighting device such as a street lamp installed outdoors is used to install a billboard that can provide advertising information or signs that can provide road information. Conventionally, in order to change the advertisement information or to adjust the height and angle of the billboard, the installation of the billboard must be performed again, thereby increasing the consumption time and labor, thereby increasing the installation cost.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2017-0119449 relates to a message display device for a road surface, which is installed adjacent to a road, and illuminates the surroundings extensively from an upper part of the message display device for a road surface, and a road surface under a message display device for a road surface. The present invention discloses a technology for delivering a message to a user of a road together with a landscape lighting by illuminating a message such as a text or a figure.

Korean Patent No. 10-1681428 relates to an intelligent facade device and an event providing method using the same. When a user terminal is detected, the controller requests image data from the user terminal and receives at least one image data previously stored in the user terminal. Disclosed are techniques that can provide personalized events by projecting data onto the floor.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2017-0119449 (2017.10.27) Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1681428 (2016.11.24)

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a smart lighting device that can provide specific information in the area provided with lighting.

One embodiment of the present invention is to provide a smart lighting device capable of performing two-way communication between the smart phone and the smart lighting device.

An embodiment of the present invention is to provide a smart lighting device that can provide a specific information including a local advertisement or a specific information including emergency disaster information in the narrow area in consideration of the surrounding situation of the smart lighting device. .

Among the embodiments, the smart lighting device is a control camera, a wide area lighting for a wide area and an information-type lighting module for displaying specific information in a narrow area within the wide area and the image obtained from the control camera by analyzing the passerby And a controller that detects an entry direction and a gaze direction and dynamically floats the narrow area within the wide area.

In one embodiment, the controller may detect the appearance of the passerby from the obtained image, and determine the entry direction and the gaze direction based on the learning content previously learned about the appearance of the passerby.

In one embodiment, the controller detects a change in the appearance of the pedestrian after determining the entry direction and the gaze direction, and includes a local advertisement in the specific information if it is estimated that the pedestrian is providing the gaze in the narrow area. Can be.

In an embodiment, the information-type lighting module may configure an illumination lamp for wide area illumination as matrix type light emitting devices.

In one embodiment, the informational lighting module may provide the specific information through a digital light processing (DLP) type projector.

In an embodiment, the controller may relatively darken an illumination brightness of at least one specific light emitting device corresponding to the narrow area among the matrix type light emitting devices.

In one embodiment, the information-providing lighting module is configured with a dimming lighting lamp for the wide area lighting, the controller may control the brightness of the dimming lighting lamp according to the importance of the specific information.

In an embodiment, the controller may detect the smartphone of the passerby and provide the smartphone with a region-based advertisement event that can be linked with the navigation installed in the smartphone according to the response of the passerby.

In one embodiment, the controller may detect the smartphone of the passerby and provide the current location authentication code to the smartphone to provide the authentication of the passerby.

In an embodiment, the information-providing lighting module may highlight the specific information through an illuminance difference between the wide area and the narrow area.

The disclosed technique can have the following effects. However, since a specific embodiment does not mean to include all of the following effects or only the following effects, it should not be understood that the scope of the disclosed technology is limited by this.

The smart lighting device according to an embodiment of the present invention may provide specific information in an area where lighting is provided.

The smart lighting device according to an embodiment of the present invention may perform bidirectional communication between the smart phone and the smart lighting device.

The smart lighting device according to an embodiment of the present invention may provide specific information including a local advertisement or a specific information including emergency disaster information in a narrow area in consideration of the surrounding situation of the smart lighting device.

1 is a view for explaining a smart lighting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the smart lighting device of FIG. 1.

Description of the present invention is only an embodiment for structural or functional description, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as limited by the embodiments described in the text. That is, since the embodiments may be variously modified and may have various forms, the scope of the present invention should be understood to include equivalents capable of realizing the technical idea. In addition, the objects or effects presented in the present invention does not mean that a specific embodiment should include all or only such effects, the scope of the present invention should not be understood as being limited thereby.

On the other hand, the meaning of the terms described in the present application should be understood as follows.

Terms such as "first" and "second" are intended to distinguish one component from another component, and the scope of rights should not be limited by these terms. For example, the first component may be named a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be named a first component.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" to another component, it should be understood that there may be other components in between, although it may be directly connected to the other component. On the other hand, when a component is referred to as being "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between. On the other hand, other expressions describing the relationship between the components, such as "between" and "immediately between" or "neighboring to" and "directly neighboring", should be interpreted as well.

Singular expressions should be understood to include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, and terms such as "comprise" or "have" refer to a feature, number, step, operation, component, part or implementation thereof. It is to be understood that the combination is intended to be present and does not exclude in advance the possibility of the presence or addition of one or more other features or numbers, steps, operations, components, parts or combinations thereof.

In each step, an identification code (e.g., a, b, c, etc.) is used for convenience of description, and the identification code does not describe the order of the steps, and each step clearly indicates a specific order in context. Unless stated otherwise, they may occur out of the order noted. That is, each step may occur in the same order as specified, may be performed substantially simultaneously, or may be performed in the reverse order.

The present invention can be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium, and the computer readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data can be read by a computer system. . Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like. The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

All terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Generally, the terms defined in the dictionary used are to be interpreted to coincide with the meanings in the context of the related art, and should not be interpreted as having ideal or excessively formal meanings unless clearly defined in the present application.

1 is a view for explaining a smart lighting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the smart lighting system 10 includes a smartphone 100 and a smart lighting device 200, which may be connected through a network. The smart lighting device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described using a street lamp as an example, but is not limited thereto. The smart lighting device 200 may include a lighting device capable of displaying lighting on a floor and / or a wall.

The smartphone 100 may be owned by a passerby and may correspond to a computing device connected to the smart lighting device 200 through a network. Smart lighting system 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be connected to a device that can communicate with the smart lighting device 200 as well as a smart phone.

The smart lighting device 200 may be installed adjacent to a road divided into a roadway, sidewalks, and the like. More specifically, the smart lighting device 200 may provide customized information (hereinafter, specific information) to the smartphone 100 of the passerby, or floor the specific information together with the wide area lighting within a specific area of the smart lighting device 200. It may be provided on the face and / or wall.

In an exemplary embodiment, the smart lighting device 200 may detect the smartphone 100 within a specific area of the smart lighting device 200, and may interwork with the detected smartphone 100 to pass specific information. It can be provided to the smartphone (100). Here, the specific area is an area in which the smart lighting device 200 can detect the smart phone 100. Since the communication range is changed according to the wireless communication method, the range of the specific area may also be changed. For example, wireless communications include Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), Near Field Communication (NFC), Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and Zigbee. Any one of the wireless communication schemes may be used, but is not limited thereto and may be changed by the designer.

In another embodiment, the smart lighting device 200 displays (i.e., projects) the specific information previously stored in the storage unit 240 of the smart lighting device 200 on the floor and / or the wall together with the wide area lighting. Can be provided to passers-by. Here, the specific information stored in advance may include information stored by the designer or information received through interworking with the smartphone 100, but is not limited thereto.

In another embodiment, the smart lighting device 200 may be connected to a separate central control server (not shown) through a network. The smart lighting device 200 may receive specific information such as traffic information, weather information, emergency disaster information, etc. from the central control server, and provide the received specific information to passers-by in real time. A pedestrian may identify specific information including traffic information, weather information, emergency disaster information, and the like through the smart lighting device 200 near the current location. Hereinafter, a detailed description related to the smart lighting device 200 will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the smart lighting device of FIG. 1.

2, the smart lighting device 200 includes a control camera 210, an informational lighting module 220, and a controller 230.

The control camera 210 may be connected to the smart lighting device 200 through a wired or wireless. In one embodiment, the control camera 210 may be installed inside or outside the smart lighting device 200 may be connected to the smart lighting device 200. In another embodiment, the control camera 210 may be installed in the vicinity of the smart lighting device 200 (for example, a position separated by a certain distance from the smart lighting device) and connected to the smart lighting device 200. In this case, the smart lighting device 200 may detect a nearby control camera that can be linked with the smart lighting device 200, and may be linked with the detected nearby control camera.

In addition, the smart lighting device 200 may detect a plurality of sensors that can be linked to the smart lighting device 200 as well as the control camera, and may be linked to any one of the plurality of sensors detected according to the situation. . For example, the plurality of interlockable sensors may include an infrared sensor, an illumination sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, and the like, but is not limited thereto. The smart lighting device 200 may receive the sensing information from the interlocked sensor.

The control camera 210 may generate a plurality of images related to the peripheral photographing area by capturing the peripheral photographing area of the smart lighting device 200. Here, the peripheral photographing area is an area that can be photographed by the control camera 210, and thus the installation position, the photographing direction, the photographing angle, etc. are changed according to the control camera 210. For example, since a plurality of control cameras have different installation positions, shooting directions, and photographing angles of the control cameras, peripheral photographing areas to be photographed may be different, and a plurality of generated images may also be different.

The control camera 210 may transmit the generated plurality of images to the storage unit 240, and the storage unit 240 may store the plurality of images received from the control camera 210. In addition, the control camera 210 may implement a CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) function to ensure security or security through a plurality of generated images.

The information-type lighting module 220 may display the wide area lighting for the wide area and specific information in the narrow area within the wide area. Here, the wide area may correspond to the area where the illumination is displayed, and the wide area may change according to the illumination. In addition, the narrow area may correspond to an area where specific information is displayed in the area where the illumination is displayed. In addition, the specific information may include a plurality of information to be advertised, such as local advertising, corporate logo, brand logo, traffic information, weather information, emergency disaster information, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

The informational lighting module 220 may display wide area lighting for a wide area. More specifically, the information-type lighting module 220 may be configured as a matrix lamps of the illumination lamp for the wide area light, or may be configured as a dimming illumination lamp. Since the lighting lamp of the smart lighting device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention uses a semiconductor device, the failure rate is low, and the operating cost of the lighting lamp can be reduced by using low energy than conventional lighting lamps. have.

The information-type lighting module 220 may provide specific information through a DLP (Digital Light Processing) type projector. More specifically, the smart lighting device 200 may display specific information in the narrow area through the DLP type projector. For example, if the informational lighting module 220 is configured as a project of the DLP method using a DMD chip, it is possible to display a high contrast ratio. For another example, when the informational illumination module 220 is configured as a projector of a 3 Liquid Crystal Display (3LCD) projection method, the informational illumination module 220 may display specific information brightly and precisely.

The controller 230 may analyze an image stored in the storage 240 to detect an entrance direction of a pedestrian and a gaze direction of the pedestrian. More specifically, the controller 230 may detect the appearance of the pedestrian by analyzing the image acquired from the control camera 210, and the neural network (for example, the artificial intelligence neural network) trained on the appearance of the detected pedestrian in advance. The entrance direction and the gaze direction of the passerby may be determined based on the learning contents. Here, the entry direction may include a direction as to whether the passerby enters the direction of the smart lighting device 200 or vice versa as to whether the passerby is moving away from the direction of the smart lighting device 200. The line of sight is the direction in which the line of sight of the pedestrian is directed in a specific direction or a specific position, such as 1) whether the line of sight is pointing in the wide area, 2) the line of sight in the narrow area, or 3) the line of sight in both wide and narrow areas. It may include a direction for not facing, but is not limited thereto.

The controller 230 may dynamically plot the narrow area in the wide area according to the entrance direction and the eye direction of the detected passerby. In one embodiment, the controller 230 may dynamically plot the narrow area within the wide area based on the entrance direction of the passerby. For example, if it is detected that the passerby's entry direction is moving from the A direction to the B direction, the controller 230 floats the narrow area from the A direction to the B direction within the wide area (for example, provides a pick-up advertisement service). To provide specific information to passers-by. That is, the controller 230 detects a moving direction of the passerby and displays specific information along the bottom surface of the moving direction, and the passer-in may check the specific information displayed according to the moving direction.

In another embodiment, the controller 230 may dynamically plot the narrow area within the wide area based on the visual direction of the passerby. For example, the controller 230 may provide specific information to the passerby by plotting the current narrow area in the gaze area where the passer is providing the gaze when the passer is not providing the gaze at the current narrow area. Here, the gaze area may correspond to an area where a pedestrian provides gaze. Therefore, the passer-by can check the specific information at the position currently providing the gaze.

For another example, the controller 230 may dynamically plot the narrow area in the wide area in consideration of the priority between the pass-in direction and the line of sight of the passerby. If it is detected that the pedestrian is entering the direction of the smart lighting device 200, but the controller 230 does not provide the gaze in the narrow area, the controller 230 may dynamically float the current narrow area in the gaze area by giving priority to the gaze direction. .

The controller 230 detects a change in the appearance of the pedestrian after determining the entrance and eye directions of the pedestrian and may include local advertisements in the specific information when it is estimated that the pedestrian is providing the gaze in the narrow area. More specifically, the controller 230 may display a local advertisement including various events or festivals that are operated in an area in which the smart lighting device 200 is installed in the narrow area. Pedestrians can easily check local ads for their region, for example, a pedestrian who has traveled to a region can easily identify various local events or local festivals that operate in that region. The hassle of searching for an event or festival can be reduced.

The information-type lighting module 220 may highlight specific information through the illumination difference between the wide area and the narrow area. More specifically, the controller 230 may control the illumination brightness of the information-providing lighting module 220 in order to make passers recognize the specific information displayed in the narrow area more clearly and easily.

In one embodiment, if the illumination lamp of the informational illumination module 220 is composed of matrix light emitting devices, the controller 230 may illuminate the brightness of at least one specific light emitting device corresponding to a narrow area among matrix light emitting devices. Can be controlled relatively dark. For example, the controller 230 uses the matrix type light emitting elements L1, L2, L3, L4, L5 ... Ln to project the wide area light in the wide area, and the wide area LP1, LP2, and LP3. When there is a specific light emitting device L5 corresponding to the narrow area LP5 in the LP4, LP5 ... LPn, the illumination brightness of the specific light emitting device L5 may be controlled. In this case, the wide area areas LP1, LP2, LP3 ... LPn may be formed to correspond to the positions at which the matrix type light emitting elements L1, L2, L3 ... Ln project the wide area light. Through this, the smart lighting device 200 may improve the immersion of passers-by regarding the specific information displayed in the narrow area by controlling the illumination brightness through the matrix type light emitting devices.

In another embodiment, the controller 230 may control the brightness of the dimming lighting lamp according to the importance of the specific information when the lighting lamp of the informational lighting module 220 is configured as a dimming lighting lamp. For example, if the importance of specific information displayed in the narrow area is high, the controller 230 may darken the brightness of the wide area light for the wide area to perform highlighting on the specific information. For another example, the controller 230 may control the brightness of the dimming lighting lamp to control the atmosphere around the smart lighting device 200.

The controller 230 may distinguish day or night through an illumination sensor that may be linked with the smart lighting device 200. According to an embodiment, the controller 230 may display specific information when it is divided into nighttime through the illumination sensor. In another embodiment, the controller 230 may detect the smartphone 100 of the passerby if it is classified as daytime through the illumination sensor.

The controller 230 may detect the smartphone 100 of the passerby and provide the smartphone 100 with an area-based advertisement event that may be linked with the navigation installed in the smartphone 100 according to the passerby's response. In one embodiment, when the smartphone 100 of the passerby is detected, the controller 230 performs an advertisement feedback request for providing a region-based advertisement event. Depending on the response, it may provide a regional based advertising event.

For example, the controller 230 may guide a corresponding store along with a region-based advertisement event that may be linked to navigation installed in the smartphone 100 when the passer responds to the advertisement feedback request, and the passer-by may pass through the region. It's easy to find a store that runs a base advertising event. For another example, the controller 230 does not provide a geo-based advertising event unless the passer-by responds to the advertisement feedback request.

In another embodiment, the controller 230 may broadcast the area identifier. More specifically, the controller 230 may broadcast the area identifier associated with the smart lighting device 200 to the vehicle 100 of the vehicle or pedestrian's smartphone 100, and the pedestrian may display the area identifier on the vehicle or the smartphone 100. When received, the smart lighting device 200 may request specific information including a local advertisement.

The controller 230 may detect the smartphone 100 of the pedestrian and provide the current location authentication code to the smartphone 100 to provide the pedestrian's location authentication. Here, the location authentication code is a code that can authenticate that the passer who owns the smartphone 100 was located in the vicinity of the smart lighting device 200 at a specific time, {temp, smartphone identification code, smart lighting device Identification code} and the like, but is not limited thereto. For example, the controller 230 is a location authentication code including a date and time [2017-11-24 PM 13:00], a smartphone identification code [010-1234-5678], a smart lighting device identification code [12A A1234B]. Can be generated and provided to the smartphone 100 of passers-by. In one embodiment, when a passerby requires a position authentication for a specific time, the passer-in may perform the position authentication using the position authentication code provided from the smart lighting device 200.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present application, those skilled in the art various modifications of the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention described in the claims below And can be changed.

10: smart lighting system
100: smartphone 200: smart lighting device
210: control camera 220: informational lighting module
230: controller

Claims (10)

Control camera;
An information-providing lighting module, comprising: a dimming illumination lamp, configured to display wide area illumination for a wide area and specific information in a narrow area within the wide area; And
The brightness of the dimming lighting lamp is controlled according to the importance of the specific information, and the image obtained from the control camera is analyzed to detect an entrance direction and a gaze direction of a pedestrian and to dynamically float the narrow area within the wide area. Smart lighting device comprising a controller.
The method of claim 1, wherein the controller
The appearance of the pedestrian is detected from the acquired image, and the entrance direction and the eye direction is determined based on the learning content previously neural network learning about the appearance of the pedestrian.
The method of claim 2, wherein the controller
And detecting a change in the appearance of the pedestrian after determining the entrance direction and the visual direction, and includes a local advertisement in the specific information if it is estimated that the pedestrian is providing the gaze in the narrow area.
The method of claim 1, wherein the informational lighting module
Smart lighting device, characterized in that for configuring the lighting lamp for the wide area lighting matrix.
The method of claim 4, wherein the informational lighting module
Smart lighting device, characterized in that for providing the specific information through the projector DLP (Digital Light Processing) method.
The method of claim 4, wherein the controller
Smart illumination device, characterized in that the illumination of the at least one specific light emitting device corresponding to the narrow area of the matrix type light emitting device relatively dark.
delete The method of claim 1, wherein the controller
The smart lighting device, characterized in that for detecting the smart phone of the pedestrian provides a smartphone based on the region-based advertising event that can be linked to the navigation installed in the smart phone in response to the passerby.
The method of claim 1, wherein the controller
The smart lighting device, characterized in that for detecting the smartphone of the passerby providing a current location authentication code to the smartphone to provide the location authentication of the passerby.
The method of claim 1, wherein the informational lighting module
The smart lighting device, characterized in that highlighting the specific information through the illumination difference between the wide area and the narrow area.

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