KR20110048817A - Wireless lighting status sensing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A wireless lighting status sensing apparatus is provided to control an illuminance sensor and a motion sensor by using Zigbee communications. CONSTITUTION: In a wireless lighting status sensing apparatus, at least one sensing module(110) has the network information. The sensing module detects the state of at least one illumination. A control module(120) receives the network information and forms a mobile network. The control module requests detect information from the sensing module. The sensing module comprises a Zigbee communications unit(111), a sensing part(112), and a setting unit(113) The Zigbee communications unit transmits the network information and receives the detection information request signal from the control module. The sensing part provides the detect information. The setting unit sets the network information.

Description

Wireless lighting state detection device {WIRELESS LIGHTING STATUS SENSING APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a wireless illumination state detection apparatus, and more particularly to a wireless illumination state detection apparatus that can control the illumination sensor and the motion sensor in a wireless communication, especially Zigbee communication.

In general, homes, buildings, factories, etc. are provided with a plurality of lights at night or to ensure a bright view.

Such lighting systems are indispensable for the wiring powering the lights and the switches for turning the lights on and off.

On the other hand, the motion sensor and the illuminance sensor used for the lighting control is generally arranged in a wired may be adopted to operate separately from the lighting control module.

However, in order to control the overall lighting, detection information detected by the motion sensor and the illumination sensor may be required.

However, since the conventional motion sensor and illuminance sensor are arranged in a wired manner, when the lighting control module wants to acquire detection information, it is required to be wired to the motion sensor and the illuminance sensor to facilitate system construction, maintenance and repair due to wiring problems. There is a problem that could not be.

In order to solve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless lighting state detection device capable of controlling the illumination sensor and the motion sensor in a wireless communication, especially Zigbee communication.

In order to achieve the above object, one technical aspect of the present invention is at least one sensing module having a predetermined network information, controlled by a predetermined communication scheme to detect the state of at least one lighting; It provides a wireless lighting state detection apparatus comprising a control module for receiving the network information from the at least one sensing module in a predetermined communication scheme to form a wireless network to request detection information from the sensing module. .

According to one technical aspect of the present invention, the preset communication scheme may be a Zigbee communication scheme.

According to one technical aspect of the present invention, the network information may include a network ID, a communication channel and a device address.

According to one technical aspect of the present invention, the sensing module transmits the network information to the control module in a Zigbee communication method, and receives a detection information request signal from the control module, and from the Zigbee communication unit. According to the detection information request signal may include a sensing unit for providing detection information by a preset detection operation, and a setting unit for setting the network information in advance.

According to one technical aspect of the present invention, the setting unit has a preset number of bits and a network ID setting dip switch configured to set a network ID according to the setting of the bits, and has a preset number of bits of the bit A dip switch for setting a communication channel for setting a communication channel according to a setting, and a dip switch for setting a device address having a preset number of bits and setting a device address according to the bit setting.

According to one technical aspect of the present invention, the sensing unit may include an illuminance sensor for detecting the amount of light of the target to be detected, and a motion sensor for detecting the movement of the target to be detected.

According to the present invention, by controlling the sensor in a wireless communication, in particular a Zigbee communication method, there is an effect that can control the object to be detected freely from the wired connection based on the detection information.

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

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a wireless lighting state detection apparatus of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the wireless lighting state detection apparatus 100 of the present invention may include at least one sensing module 110 and a control module 120.

The wireless lighting state detection apparatus 100 may form a wireless network using a preset wireless communication method, and the wireless communication method may include a Bluetooth method, a wireless LAN method, or the like, and may be configured to control a network. Referring to the number of ZigBee communication method may be applied as an example.

The sensing module 110 may be installed on a ceiling or a wall of a home, office, building, or the like.

The sensing module 110 may be provided in plural, and each sensing module 110 may include a Zigbee communication unit 111, a sensing unit 112, and a setting unit 113.

The ZigBee communication unit 111 communicates with the control module 120 in a preset ZigBee communication scheme, transmits preset network information to the control module 120 when a wireless network is formed, and detects it from the control module 120. The information request signal may be received.

The sensing unit 112 may perform a preset detection operation, and may provide detection information by the above-described detection operation according to the detection information request signal from the Zigbee communication unit 111. In order to perform the above-described detection operation, the sensing unit 112 may include an illumination sensor 112a and a motion sensor 112b.

The illuminance sensor 112a may detect the amount of light of the target to be detected, and the motion sensor 112b may detect the movement of the target to be detected. Preferably, the illuminance sensor 112a may detect the amount of light emitted from the illumination L, and the motion sensor 112b may detect the movement of the illumination L. FIG.

The sensing unit 112 may include various sensors according to a target to be detected. For example, it may include a temperature sensor, a smoke sensor or a gas sensor to detect a fire.

The setting unit 113 may set network information of the sensing module 110 before forming a wireless network. The network information may include a network ID (in the same sense, may be a personal area network (PAN) ID), a communication channel, and a device address.

2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a setting unit employed in a sensing module in the wireless lighting state detection apparatus of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 together with FIG. 1, the setting unit 113 may include a dip switch, and the dip switch may include a network ID setting dip switch 113a, a communication channel setting dip switch 113b, and a device address. The setting dip switch 113c may be included.

For example, the network ID setting dip switch 113a may be allocated 8 bits, and the communication channel setting dip switch 113b and the device address setting dip switch 113c may be allocated 4 bits, respectively. have.

Each of the dip switches described above may set the network ID, the communication channel, and the device address by turning on / off a switch corresponding to the allocated bit and setting each bit to '0' or '1'. The network information of the configured sensing module 110 is transmitted to the control module 120 to form a network.

The control module 120 forms a wireless network according to the network information of the sensing module 110. Then, the control module 120 should detect the illuminance of the light (L) when the object to be controlled, for example, to control the brightness of the light (L), so that the sensing module 110 relates to the illuminance of the light (L) Detection information can be requested. Similarly, if the movement of the lighting L is to be controlled, the movement of the lighting L should be detected, so that the sensing module 110 may request detection information regarding the movement of the lighting L.

On the other hand, the control module 120 may be configured as a server or a gateway, it may be directly connected to the lighting (L). Accordingly, when the control module 120 is configured as a server or a gateway, the control module 120 transmits a control signal through the Zigbee communication method to the light L based on the detection information transmitted from the sensing module 110 in the Zigbee communication method. Control the illuminance and movement. Similarly, when the control module 120 is directly connected to the lighting L, the illumination or movement of the lighting L may be directly controlled according to the detection information of the sensing module 110.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is not necessary to connect the sensor module and the control module by wire by wirelessly detecting the illuminance or the movement of the lighting, so that the configuration of the lighting system may be easy and the maintenance and repair may be easy.

The present invention described above is not limited to the above-described embodiment and the accompanying drawings, but is defined by the claims below, and the configuration of the present invention may be modified in various ways without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be changed and modified.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a wireless lighting state detection apparatus of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a setting unit employed in the sensing module in the wireless lighting state detection device of the present invention.

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100 ... Wireless lighting condition detection device 110 ... Sensing module

111 Zigbee Communications ...

113 ... Settings

Claims (6)

At least one sensing module having preset network information and controlled by a preset communication scheme to detect at least one lighting state; And Control module for receiving the network information from the at least one sensing module in a predetermined communication scheme to form a wireless network to request detection information from the sensing module Wireless lighting state detection apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 1, And the preset communication scheme is a Zigbee communication scheme. The method of claim 1, And said network information includes a network ID, a communication channel, and a device address. The method of claim 3, wherein the sensing module A Zigbee communication unit which transmits the network information to the control module by a Zigbee communication method and receives a detection information request signal from the control module; A sensing unit for providing detection information by a preset detection operation according to a detection information request signal from the Zigbee communication unit; And A setting unit for setting the network information in advance Wireless lighting state detection apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein the setting unit A dip switch for setting a network ID having a preset number of bits and setting a network ID according to setting of the bits; A communication channel setting dip switch having a preset number of bits and setting a communication channel according to the setting of the bits; And Dip switch for device address setting having a preset number of bits and setting the device address according to the setting of the bit Wireless lighting state detection apparatus comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein the sensing unit An illuminance sensor detecting an amount of light of illumination to be detected; And Motion sensor to detect the movement of the light to be detected Wireless lighting state detection apparatus comprising a.

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