KR20140098363A - Light emitting diode lighting system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a light emitting diode (LED) illumination system comprising an LED illumination device composed of a light emitting module having a plurality of 3-color LEDs arranged in rows and columns, a control module for controlling the 3-color LEDs, and a power module for supplying power to the light emitting module and the control module; and a smart device including a memory storing illumination data for adjusting turn on/off times, turn on/off periods, brightness, and colors of each of the 3-color LEDs by considering an objective such as psychological treatments, study efficiency improvement, indoor/outdoor interiors, wakeup alarms, and plant growth promotion. An illumination application, which instructs the control module to control the turn on/off times, turn on/off periods, brightness, and colors of each of the 3-color LEDs according to the illumination data, is installed on the smart device. Sockets, where one and the other ends of a cable coupling the light emitting module to the control module are inserted, are provided on each of the light emitting module and the control module. A plurality of sockets are provided on the control module for the case when more light emitting modules are inserted. The illumination application is software, where menu buttons can be unlimitedly added, when the objective such as the psychological treatments, study efficiency improvement, indoor/outdoor interiors, wakeup alarms, and plant growth promotion is changed and more menu buttons are required.

Description

LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LIGHTING SYSTEM

The present invention relates to an LED lighting system.

Recently, LED light is widely used for the purpose of psychotherapy, improvement of learning efficiency, interior and exterior decorations, weather reminders, and plant growth promotion.

An LED lighting system that produces LED light for this purpose consists of a lighting device and an input device.

The lighting device includes a light emitting module in which a plurality of LEDs are arranged in a predetermined row and a column, a control module for controlling the LED, and a power module for supplying power to the light emitting module and the control module.

The input device is connected to the lighting device by wired or wireless, and instructs the control module to control the blinking of the LED, and is mainly composed of a remote controller.

On the other hand, the conventional LED lighting system has the following problems.

First, since the size of the light emitting module is fixed at the time of purchase, it is necessary to increase the light emitting area even if it is necessary to increase the light emitting area by changing the purposes of psychotherapy, learning efficiency increase, indoor / outdoor interior, weather notification, none.

Second, since the input device is composed of a remote controller whose number of buttons is limited and which can not be added, the purpose of psychotherapy, learning efficiency increase, indoor / outdoor interior, weather notification, plant growth promotion, , It can not be newly added to the remote controller.

Third, since the remote controller is used as the input device, the remote controller of the conventional home appliance is added, and the remote controller is added.

Fourth, LEDs are mainly composed of monochromatic LEDs that emit monochromatic light. Therefore, there are limitations in producing optimal LED light for various purposes such as psychotherapy, improvement of learning efficiency, interior and exterior decorations, weather reminders, and plant growth promotion.

It is an object of the present invention to easily increase the light emitting area when it is necessary to increase the light emitting area by changing the purpose of psychotherapy, improvement of learning efficiency, indoor / outdoor interior, weather notification, plant growth promotion, .

In addition, when the purpose of psychotherapy, improvement of learning efficiency, indoor / outdoor interior, weather reminder, and plant growth promotion are changed, there is a further purpose to additionally add menu button when necessary.

There is another purpose of not using the remote controller as an input device.

In addition, it has a further purpose in producing various kinds of optimal LED light for the purpose of psychotherapy, improvement of learning efficiency, indoor / outdoor interior, weather reminders, and plant growth promotion.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an LED lighting system including a light emitting module including a plurality of three-color LEDs arranged in a predetermined row and column, a control module for controlling the plurality of three-color LEDs, An LED lighting device composed of a power module to be supplied; And

A memory for storing illumination data for controlling a blinking time, a blinking period, a brightness, and a color of each of the plurality of three-color LEDs in accordance with the purpose of psychotherapy, learning efficiency enhancement, indoor / outdoor interior, weather notification, And a smart device having an illumination application for instructing the control module to control a blink time, a blink period, a brightness, and a color of each of the plurality of three-color LEDs according to the illumination data,

Each of the light emitting module and the control module is provided with a socket through which one end and the other end of the cable connecting the light emitting module and the control module are inserted. In case the light emitting module is added, Respectively,

The lighting application is software that can add the menu button without limitation when the purpose of psychotherapy, learning efficiency increase, indoor / outdoor interior, weather notification, plant growth promotion, etc. is changed and a menu button is additionally needed .

First, each of the light emitting module and the control module is provided with a socket for inserting one end and the other end of a cable for connecting the light emitting module and the control module, respectively, and a plurality of sockets are provided in the control module in case the light emitting module is added. Therefore, when the purpose of psychotherapy, improvement of learning efficiency, indoor / outdoor interior, weather reminders, plant growth promotion, etc. is changed and its luminescent area needs to be increased, the luminescent area can be easily increased.

Second, since the lighting application installed on the smart device is software rather than hardware such as a remote controller with a fixed menu button, the purpose of psychotherapy, learning efficiency increase, indoor / outdoor interior, weather notification, plant growth promotion, When you need it, you can add it without limit.

Third, since the lighting application installed in the smart device is used as the input device, not the remote controller, the problem of complicating the interior due to addition of another remote controller in addition to the remote controllers of the existing home appliance is solved.

Fourth, LEDs are not monochromatic LEDs emitting monochromatic light, but red, green, and blue LEDs. Therefore, by adjusting the blinking time, blinking cycle, brightness and color of each of the three color LEDs with the lighting application, it is possible to vary the optimal LED light for the purpose of psychotherapy, increase learning efficiency, indoor and outdoor interior, .

1 is a block diagram illustrating an LED lighting system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating specific components of the light emitting module, the power module, the control module, and the lighting application shown in FIG.
3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an operation relationship of the light emitting module, the power module, the control module, and the smart device shown in FIG.
Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the wiring relationship of the light emitting module, the power supply module, and the control module shown in Fig. 1. Fig.
5 is a graph used for calculating wet bulb temperature with dry bulb temperature and relative humidity.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an initial screen appearing when the lighting application installed in the smart device shown in FIG. 1 is executed and a menu screen appearing when the initial screen is touched.
7 is a diagram showing a layout in which three color LEDs arranged on a light emitting module are displayed on a screen of a smart device and a state in which a color of a three color LED provided in the light emitting module is designated by a user on the screen of the smart device, Respectively.
8 is a diagram showing a state in which the lighting data set by the user is stored in the smart device and a drawing showing the list of the stored lighting data on the screen of the smart device.
9 is a diagram showing a state in which the lighting data set by the user is implemented in advance on the screen of the smart device before the implementation of the lighting data in the three-color LED installed in the light emitting module, and the lighting data list And the drawings are arranged left and right.
10 is a diagram showing a state in which the lighting data is downloaded to the screen of the smart device and a drawing showing the menu of the lighting application on the screen of the smart device.
FIG. 11 is a graph showing the relationship between the colors of the three-color LEDs displayed on the screen of the smart device and the colors of the three-color LEDs installed on the actual light emitting module when the user sets the illumination data on the three- FIG.

Hereinafter, an LED lighting system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an LED lighting system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an LED lighting system 10 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an LED lighting device 100 and a smart device 200.

The LED lighting device 100 is an LED light emitting device. The LED lighting apparatus 100 includes a light emitting module 110, a control module 120, and a power module 130.

The smart device 200 can additionally install an application program in addition to a program installed in the basic device, use the touch screen as an input device, search the Internet, view moving pictures and pictures, It is a device. The smart device 200 includes smartphones (such as an iPhone and a Galaxy phone) and tablet PCs (such as a Galaxy Tab and an iPad). In this embodiment, the smart device 200 is an example of a smart phone.

2 is a block diagram illustrating specific components of the light emitting module, the power module, the control module, and the lighting application shown in FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an operation relationship of the light emitting module, the power module, the control module, and the smart device shown in FIG. Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the wiring relationship of the light emitting module, the power supply module, and the control module shown in Fig. 1. Fig.

Referring to Figures 2 to 4,

The light emitting module 110 includes a printed circuit board 111, a plurality of three-color LEDs 112 arranged in a predetermined row and column on a top surface of the printed circuit board 111, And an LED driver 113 for driving the LEDs 113 and 112.

In this embodiment, 64 (4 rows x 16 columns) three-color LEDs 112 are arranged in one light emitting module 110. [ In this embodiment, since two light emitting modules 110 are arranged side by side, a total of 128 three-color LEDs 112 are arranged. Of course, more light emitting modules 110 may be arranged.

The LED driver 113 is composed of a 16-channel LED PWM chip. The LED driver 113 controls pulse width modulation (PWM) of the plurality of three-color LEDs 112.

The light emitting module 110 and the control module 120 are connected by a cable C to transmit and receive signals. Each of the light emitting module 110 and the control module 120 is provided with a socket S into which one end and the other end of the cable C are inserted.

A plurality of sockets S are provided in the control module 120 in case the light emitting module 110 is added to extend the light emitting area.

The control module 120 controls the blink time, blink period, brightness, and color of each of the plurality of three-color LEDs 122 in accordance with the illumination data received from the smart device 200. [

The control module 120 includes one MCU (Micro Controller Unit) 121. The MCU instructs the LED driver 113 to individually PWM control the plurality of three-color LEDs 112 independently.

Accordingly, in the present embodiment, a plurality of MCUs are not required to directly control the plurality of three-color LEDs 112, and a plurality of low-cost LED drivers 113 are required instead of the expensive MCUs. ) Can be made cheap.

5 is a graph used for calculating wet bulb temperature with dry bulb temperature and relative humidity.

A temperature and humidity sensor (not shown) may be added to the illumination device 100.

The temperature and humidity sensor measures dry bulb temperature and relative humidity and sends the measured value to the control module 120.

The control module 120 finds the wet bulb temperature from the measured values of dry bulb temperature and relative humidity received from the temperature and humidity sensor and the graph shown in FIG. As shown in Fig. 5, when the dry bulb temperature is 30 deg. C and the relative humidity is 40% RH, the wet bulb temperature is 20 deg.

The control module 120 obtains the discomfort index DI by substituting the dry bulb temperature and the wet bulb temperature in the equation below.

DI = 0.72 (Td + Tw) + 40.6

Td = dry bulb temperature, Tw = wet bulb temperature

When D1 is 75 to 80, some people feel uncomfortable at 80 to 85, while others feel uncomfortable at 85 or more.

The control module 120 requests lighting data to lower the discomfort index to the lighting application. The lighting application sends illumination data to the control module 120 to reduce the discomfort index.

For example, in order to allow the user to feel a cooling sensation on a high discomfort index day due to the high temperature and humidity, a lighting data item designating the color of each of the plurality of three-color LEDs 122 to make the color of the LED light blue or blue .

On the contrary, in order to make the color of the LED light red or orange, it is necessary to send illumination data specifying the color of each of the plurality of three-color LEDs 122 so that the user can feel warmth on a day when the temperature and humidity are low, .

The control module 120 adjusts the color of each of the plurality of three-color LEDs 122 in accordance with the illumination data that lowers the discomfort index.

As the temperature and humidity sensor is installed in the lighting apparatus 100, it is possible to actively produce the LED light that lowers the user's discomfort index in accordance with changes in ambient temperature and humidity.

On the other hand, a timer (not shown) may be added to the lighting apparatus 100.

As the timer is added to the illumination device 100, the control module 120 can instruct the light emitting module 110 to turn on the LED in accordance with the rising time and then gradually increase the intensity of the LED light as the rising time have. This allows the user to feel naturally as if the sun had come to the surface.

The power module 130 supplies power to the light emitting module 110 and the control module 120 through the electric wire W. [

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, an illumination application is installed in the smart device 200. The lighting application is software that can instruct the control module 120 to control various kinds of LED light for purposes such as psychotherapy, increase learning efficiency, indoor / outdoor interior, weather notification, plant growth promotion, and the like.

The lighting application is programmed by the developer and uploaded to the app store or the Android Market. The user accesses the App Store or the Android Market and downloads the lighting application. Then, on the screen D of the smart device 200, an icon 201 capable of executing the lighting application is displayed.

The lighting application may include illumination data for controlling the blink time, blink period, brightness, and color of each of the plurality of three-color LEDs 122 in accordance with the purpose of psychotherapy, learning efficiency enhancement, indoor / outdoor interior, weather notification, Is stored in the memory of the smart device (200). Since the memory of the smart device 200 is more than gigabytes, it is enough to store illumination data.

The smart device 200 and the control module 120 communicate via Bluetooth so that the lighting application can command the control module 120. [ A Bluetooth chip 122 is installed in the control module 120 so that the smart device 200 and the control module 120 can communicate with each other. The smart device 200 basically includes a Bluetooth chip.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an initial screen appearing when the lighting application installed in the smart device shown in FIG. 1 is executed and a menu screen appearing when the initial screen is touched.

When the user touches the icon 201, the lighting application is executed.

Then, the initial screen shown on the left side of Fig. 6 appears. When the user touches the initial screen, the menu screen shown on the right side of FIG. 6 appears. The configuration of the initial screen and the menu screen can be changed at any time.

7 is a diagram showing a layout in which three color LEDs arranged on a light emitting module are displayed on a screen of a smart device and a state in which a color of a three color LED provided in the light emitting module is designated by a user on the screen of the smart device, Respectively.

The lighting application shows the layout shape of the three-color LEDs 112 installed on the light emitting module 110 on the screen D of the smart device 200 as shown in FIG. The user touches the screen D of the smart device 200 to designate the color of the three-color LED 112.

The lighting application displays a progress bar B capable of adjusting the brightness of the three-color LED 112 at the bottom of the screen D of the smart device 200 as shown in FIG. When the user touches the progress bar (B), it moves left and right to adjust the brightness of the three-color LED (112). The user can adjust the brightness of each of the red, green, and blue LEDs 112 up to 16 levels. Accordingly, the light emitting module 110 can express 4096 kinds of brightness (16 ³ ).

The lighting application reflects the shape of the light to the light emitting module 110 when the user draws the shape of the light while touching the screen D of the smart device 200. [

For example, when a user draws a circle while touching the screen D, the light emitting module 110 turns on only the three-color LED 112 in the circular shape, and turns off the three-color LED 112 outside the circle To create a circular light.

As another example, when a user draws a quadrangle while touching the screen D, the light emitting module 110 turns on only the three-color LED 112 in a quadrangle and turns off the tri-color LED 112 outside the quadrangle , And makes a square-shaped light.

The illumination application includes a plurality of three-color LEDs 112 arranged on a top surface of a printed circuit board 111 in two dimensions (X axis, Y axis) on a smart device screen D, (Z-axis) up to the brightness of the image.

For example, the bright tri-color LEDs 112 may be shown in the + Z axis direction, and the dark tri-color LEDs 112 may be shown in the -Z axis direction. Accordingly, since the brightness of the three-color LED 112 is expressed in three dimensions, the user can easily adjust the brightness of the three-color LED 112.

After the brightness of the three-color LED 112 is adjusted, the lighting application stores the two-dimensional arrangement of the three-color LED and the three-dimensional data including the brightness information into two dimensions (serialization) in the memory of the smart device 200 . Accordingly, the amount of data stored in the memory of the smart device 200 can be reduced.

8 is a diagram showing a state in which the lighting data set by the user is stored in the smart device and a drawing showing the list of the stored lighting data on the screen of the smart device.

As shown in FIG. 8, the user can store the set illumination data in the smart device. The user can also invoke the list of stored lighting data at any time.

The types of illumination data in this embodiment are as follows. Of course, lighting data can vary.

1) weather light data

The weather caused by the alarm sound adversely affects human health and stress. The effect of the sunrise, which is not the weather caused by the alarm-induced noise, is stimulated by the sunrise of the person's thalamus to help the natural weather to have a positive effect on the biorhythm. , Brightness, and color are assigned data.

2) Discomfort index decreased illumination data

In order to reduce the discomfort index, the values of the blink time, blink period, brightness, and color of each of the plurality of three-color LEDs are designated data.

3) Plant growth lighting data

The blinking time, blink cycle, brightness, and color values of each of a plurality of three-color LEDs are designated data so as to produce an artificial sun capable of promoting plant growth in a room with insufficient light.

4) Interior and exterior interior lighting data

The flashing time, blink cycle, brightness, and color values of each of the three color LEDs are designated by the color of the light, in accordance with the party situation, the eating situation, the indoor environment, and the user's taste.

5) Therapeutic lighting data

The flashing time, blinking period, brightness, and color values of each of the plurality of three-color LEDs are data designated to produce a color that treats a person's emotions or a color to treat a person's illness.

6) Lighting data for learning

Human learning ability is different from that of left brain and right brain. The flashing time, blinking cycle, brightness, and color of each of the plurality of three-color LEDs are designated data so that the lighting can be improved by visual color recognition such as repair, language, memorizing, and creativity.

7) Lighting data for commercial signs and signboards

The flashing time, blink cycle, brightness, and color values of each of the plurality of three-color LEDs, which produce the desired text or picture, are the designated data.

9 is a diagram showing a state in which the lighting data set by the user is implemented in advance on the screen of the smart device before the implementation of the lighting data in the three-color LED installed in the light emitting module, and the lighting data list And the drawings are arranged left and right.

As shown in FIG. 9, the user can preview the lighting data on the screen of the smart device before implementing the three-color LED installed in the light emitting module. In addition, the user can access a developer web page and download various lighting data. In addition, the user can access the developer web page, request A / S, or receive a trouble diagnosis.

10 is a diagram showing a state in which the lighting data is downloaded to the screen of the smart device and a drawing showing the menu of the lighting application on the screen of the smart device.

As shown in FIG. 10, the user can access the developer web page and easily download the lighting data at any time. The lighting application has various menus such as announcements, help, version information, my profile, my file list, state initialization, emotional lighting connection.

The user can access the developer web page and request the developer to add a menu that can control LED light variously for the purpose of psychotherapy, increase learning efficiency, indoor / outdoor interior, weather notification, plant growth promotion.

Depending on the user's request, the developer can add a menu button to the lighting application to control the LED light for various purposes such as psychotherapy, increase learning efficiency, indoor / outdoor interior, weather notification, and plant growth promotion.

FIG. 11 is a graph showing the relationship between the colors of the three-color LEDs displayed on the screen of the smart device and the colors of the three-color LEDs installed on the actual light emitting module when the user sets the illumination data on the three- FIG.

11, when the lighting data set by the user is implemented in the three-color LED installed in the light emitting module, colors of the three color LEDs displayed on the screen of the smart device 200 are installed in the actual light emitting module 110 It can be seen that it is reflected in the color of the three-color LED.

Claims (5)

An LED lighting device comprising a light emitting module in which a plurality of three-color LEDs are arranged in a predetermined row and a column, a control module for controlling the plurality of three-color LEDs, and a power module for supplying power to the light emitting module and the control module; And
A memory for storing illumination data for controlling a blinking time, a blinking period, a brightness, and a color of each of the plurality of three-color LEDs in accordance with the purpose of psychotherapy, learning efficiency enhancement, indoor / outdoor interior, weather notification, And a smart device having an illumination application for instructing the control module to control a blink time, a blink period, a brightness, and a color of each of the plurality of three-color LEDs according to the illumination data,
Each of the light emitting module and the control module is provided with a socket through which one end and the other end of the cable connecting the light emitting module and the control module are inserted. In case the light emitting module is added, Respectively,
The lighting application is software that can add the menu button without limitation when the purpose of psychotherapy, learning efficiency increase, indoor / outdoor interior, weather notification, plant growth promotion, etc. is changed and a menu button is additionally needed LED lighting system. The LED lighting system according to claim 1, wherein the lighting device is further provided with a temperature / humidity sensor or a timer. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the light emitting module comprises a printed circuit board, the plurality of three-color LEDs arranged in a predetermined row and column on an upper surface of the printed circuit board, and an LED driver for driving the plurality of three-
The control module includes one MCU (Micro Controller Unit)
Wherein the MCU commands the LED driver to individually and independently PWM control the plurality of three-color LEDs. The lighting system according to claim 3,
Wherein the plurality of three-color LEDs arranged in a two-dimensional (X-axis, Y-axis) manner on an upper surface of the printed circuit board is represented by a depth (Z-axis) Three-dimensional representation,
Wherein the three-dimensional data is converted into two-dimensional data (serialized) when three-dimensional data including the two-dimensional arrangement of the plurality of three-color LEDs and brightness information is stored in the memory of the smart device. 2. The lighting system according to claim 1,
The layout of the three color LEDs installed on the light emitting module is displayed on the screen of the smart device so that the user can touch the screen of the smart device to designate the color of the three color LED,
A progress bar capable of adjusting the brightness of the three-color LED is displayed on a screen of the smart device, the user moves the progress bar in a touched state to adjust the brightness of the three-color LED,
Wherein when a user touches a screen of the smart device and draws a shape of the light, the shape of the light is reflected to the light emitting module as it is.

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