KR20140104609A - Lighting control scheduling apparatus based on climate and weather information - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus for lighting control scheduling based on climate and weather information, which enables active lighting control, in which a local situation is reflected, by receiving various information related to climate and weather from a climate and weather information service provider (ISP) connected through the Internet in real time. The disclosed apparatus includes: a climate and weather information extracting unit which collects climate and weather information from a climate and weather ISP through a network, and which manages the collected climate and weather information; a lighting illumination control unit which generates information for controlling the illumination of lighting, based on information related to a weather condition and visibility among the climate and weather information obtained by the climate and weather information extracting unit; a lighting color/color temperature control unit which generates information for controlling the color and color temperature of the lighting, based on information related to temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure among the climate and weather information obtained by the climate and weather information extracting unit; a lighting on/off time adjusting unit which generates information for adjusting the on/off time of the lighting, based on the sunrise and sunset times of the sun among the climate and weather information obtained by the climate and weather information extracting unit; and a lighting control scheduler which controls the lighting according to a modified lighting control schedule by reflecting, in the predetermined lighting control schedule, information from the lighting illumination control unit, the lighting color/color temperature control unit, and the lighting on/off time adjusting unit.

Description

[0001] Lighting control scheduling apparatus based on climate and weather information [

More particularly, the present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling lighting and weather information based on climate and weather information, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for controlling lighting and weather information based on climate and weather information from a weather and weather information service provider, Lt; / RTI > to an illumination control schedule or to an apparatus that allows it to modify the illumination control schedule.

The existing lighting control scheduler is responsible for individual or group control of multiple lights according to schedule such as date, time and event. As an example of a typical office building, it is possible to adjust the overall lighting On / Off time according to commute time, or to control the whole lighting on / off for a specific day (anniversary or national holiday). As another example, in the case of a landscape lighting applied to a park or an iron bridge, a bridge, a monument, etc., illumination can be performed on a schedule or an event basis.

However, existing lighting control schedulers are operated by a lighting system designer or a management operator manually to form a lighting control plan and input it into the scheduler. Therefore, the change of the sunrise / sunset time of the 24th season can not be reflected, and the lighting may be turned off before the sunrise. And because it does not reflect the changes of the four seasons, it operates the landscape lighting that is set in the winter setting on a hot summer day.

Thus, there is a need for a scheduler system that can reflect weather changes such as sunrise / sunset time information for the area in which the light is installed, seasonal, cloudy, or sunny days. Sensors such as temperature / humidity sensors and illuminance sensors have limitations in information that can be grasped, and management operators must reflect the current situation on a daily basis.

Accordingly, an automated apparatus and method for connecting to a weather station or a weather / weather information service provider via the Internet, requesting information corresponding to a lighting-installed area, and adding or modifying a lighting control schedule based on the information need.

Korean Patent No. 10-1063334 (a lighting control apparatus having a scheduling function) has a scheduling function and constitutes a local control section for controlling lighting, thereby reducing a load associated with transmission of a control signal for illumination control, A device capable of saving maintenance costs by using the device is proposed.

A lighting control apparatus disclosed in Korean Patent No. 10-1063334 is provided with a control unit that receives a control signal from a management server having object information and path related information and generates an illumination control signal for controlling illumination intensity in accordance with the control signal A lighting control apparatus having a scheduling function for controlling individual lights in cooperation with a control server, the lighting control apparatus comprising: a lighting control server configured to control lighting of a plurality of lights; And a local illumination control unit for controlling illumination of the individual illumination connected according to the pre-stored scheduling table when the illumination control signal is not received, and cumulatively reflecting the illumination control state in the scheduling table. Here, the local illumination control unit calculates the average illumination value of each illumination by accumulating the illumination control state according to the scheduling table and the illumination control signal in real time, and corrects the illuminance of the individual illumination to the corresponding average illumination value, And the illumination control signal or the illumination table included in the scheduling table to adjust the individual lights to have the same brightness based on the specification of the illumination table so as to correspond to the illumination control signal or the illumination value included in the scheduling table .

The illumination control device disclosed in the aforementioned Korean Patent No. 10-1063334 only uses weather information for changing the reference illumination value.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0886839 (Intelligent Lighting System) discloses an intelligent lighting system capable of improving the operating efficiency of the lighting system by actively controlling the lighting system in consideration of the surrounding environment and the season.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-0886839 (Intelligent Lighting System) discloses an intelligent lighting system including a power generator, at least one accumulator that accumulates current provided from the power generator, and a light source that receives current from the battery and emits light A lighting system comprising: at least one temperature sensor for measuring a temperature for each of at least one battery and providing a measured temperature; a plurality of temperature sensors, each installed in each of the at least one battery, At least one heating member for raising the temperature of the at least one battery so that the temperature of the at least one battery is maintained at a predetermined temperature range by providing a control signal for controlling the providing path of the current provided from the power generation section based on the temperature provided from the temperature sensor, And a control unit for receiving current from the power generation unit By a current provided from the power generation unit based on the at least one battery and at least one of the heat provided to be missed by any one control signal supplied from the control unit comprises a switching unit which is switched. Here, when the temperature of the battery corresponds to a predetermined first temperature range, the control unit sets the switching unit to PWM (Pulse Width) so that the current supplied from the power generation unit is alternately supplied to at least one battery and at least one heat- Modulation.

The intelligent lighting system disclosed in Korean Patent No. 10-0886839 has utilized a temperature sensor to reflect seasonal changes.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-described problems of the related art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an information processing apparatus and method, The present invention provides an illumination control scheduling apparatus based on weather and weather information.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus and method for controlling illumination and climate information based on climate and weather information. The apparatus includes a climate and weather information collecting and managing unit A weather information extracting unit; An illumination illuminance control unit for generating information for controlling illuminance of illumination based on information related to weather conditions and visual distances in the climate and weather information in the climate and weather information extraction unit; An illumination color / color temperature controller for generating information for controlling color and color temperature of the illumination based on information related to temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure in the climate and weather information in the climate and weather information extraction unit; An illumination on / off time adjustment unit for generating information for adjusting the on / off time of the illumination based on the sunrise and sunset time of the sun in the climate and weather information in the climate and weather information extraction unit; And a lighting control scheduler for controlling the illumination with the modified lighting control schedule by reflecting the information of the illumination intensity controller, the illumination color / color temperature controller, and the illumination on / off time adjuster to a predetermined illumination control schedule.

Preferably, the illumination intensity control unit may include a weather condition / visible range information extracting unit for extracting information related to a weather condition and a visible range from climate and weather information in the climate and weather information extracting unit.

Preferably, the illumination color / color temperature control unit may include a temperature / humidity / atmospheric pressure information extracting unit for extracting information related to temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure from climate and weather information in the climate and weather information extracting unit.

Preferably, the illumination on / off time adjustment unit may include a sunrise / sunset time information extracting unit for extracting the sunrise and sunset times of the sun from the weather and weather information in the weather and weather information extracting unit.

Meanwhile, the climate and weather information based illumination control scheduling method according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes: a climatic and meteorological information extracting unit collecting and managing climate and weather information from a climate and weather information service provider through a network; ; The illumination intensity control unit generating information for controlling illumination intensity of the illumination based on information related to weather conditions and visual distances in the climate and weather information in the managing step; Wherein the illumination color / color temperature control unit generates information for controlling color and color temperature of the illumination based on information related to temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure in the climate and weather information in the managing step; The method comprising the steps of: generating information for adjusting an on / off time of the illumination based on the sunrise and sunset times of the sun in the climate and weather information at the managing step; And an illumination control scheduler for reflecting information for controlling illumination of the generated illumination, information for controlling color and color temperature of the illumination, and information for adjusting on / off time of the illumination to a predetermined illumination control schedule, And controlling the illumination with a lighting control schedule.

Preferably, generating information for controlling the illumination of the illumination may include extracting information relating to weather conditions and viewing distances from the climate and weather information.

Preferably, the step of generating information for controlling the hue and color temperature of the illumination may comprise extracting information relating to temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure from the climate and weather information.

Preferably, generating information for adjusting the on / off time of the illumination may include extracting sunrise and sunset times of the sun from the climate and weather information.

According to the present invention having such a configuration, the sunrise / sunset time of the sun, atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, visible distance, weather (sunny day, cloudy day, rainy day, Etc.) information in real time so that the lighting control method based on simple setting can be actively controlled reflecting the local situation.

And it can reduce the energy consumption while maintaining the best / best user satisfaction by controlling the lighting on / off time reflecting the sun's sunrise / sunset time in accordance with the local time, and controlling the indoor illumination according to the sunny day / cloudy day have.

1 is a network configuration diagram to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of an illumination control scheduling apparatus based on climate and weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of extracting climate and weather information in the illumination control scheduling apparatus based on climate and weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of illuminance control of illumination in an illumination control scheduling apparatus based on climate and weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of controlling a color temperature of illumination in an illumination control scheduling apparatus based on climate and weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an illumination control scheduling apparatus based on climate and weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Prior to the detailed description of the present invention, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms. Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention and do not represent all the technical ideas of the present invention. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

1 is a network configuration diagram to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

The lighting control scheduling device 30 is connected to a climate and weather information service provider (ISP) 10 via a network 20, such as the Internet. Although only one weather and weather information service provider 10 is shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of weather and weather information service providers 10 may be shown.

The climate and weather information service provider 10 may be an organization or medium capable of providing weather and weather information such as weather stations, broadcasting stations, and portal sites.

The lighting control scheduling device 30 requests climate and weather information service provider 10 for climate and weather information. The illumination control scheduling device 30 receives various weather and weather information provided from the weather and weather information service provider 10 and outputs illumination, color, color temperature, on / Off.

FIG. 2 is an internal configuration diagram of an illumination control scheduling apparatus based on climate and weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The lighting control scheduling apparatus includes a network connection unit 50, an ISP-specific format DB 52, a climate and weather information extraction unit 54, a weather condition / visible range information extraction unit 56, a temperature / humidity / 58, a sunrise / sunset time information extraction unit 60, an illumination illumination control unit 62, an illumination color / color temperature control unit 64, an illumination on / off time adjustment unit 66, a lighting control setting DB 68, And a control scheduler 70.

The network connection unit 50 is connected to the network 20 such as the Internet. The network connection 50 uses TCP / IP for communication with the weather and weather information service provider 10. [

The ISP-specific format DB 52 stores data formats for each weather and weather information service provider 10. The data format for each weather and weather information service provider is used by the weather and weather information extraction unit 54 described later. That is, the climate and weather information extracting unit 54 extracts weather and weather information necessary for the information provided by the weather and weather information service provider 10 based on the ISP-specific data format stored in the ISP-specific format DB 52 Extract

The climate and weather information extracting unit 54 extracts information related to climate and weather from various types of information input through the network connection unit 50.

The weather condition / visible range information extracting unit 56 extracts the weather condition / visible range information from the weather and weather information in the weather and weather information extracting unit 54 based on weather conditions (for example, a clear day, a cloudy day, a rainy day, Extract relevant information. The weather condition / visible range information extracting unit 56 provides the weather condition / visible range information, such as weather conditions and visibility information, because it provides information on a clear day, a cloudy day, a rainy day, Distance information can be easily extracted.

The temperature / humidity / atmospheric pressure information extracting unit 58 extracts information related to temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure from the climate and weather information in the climate and weather information extracting unit 54. [

The sunrise / sunset time information extracting unit 60 extracts the sunrise and sunset times of the sun from the climate and weather information in the climate and weather information extracting unit 54.

The illumination intensity control unit 62 generates information for controlling the illuminance of the lights 40a, 40b, 40c, and 40d based on the information related to the weather condition and the visible distance from the weather condition / visible range information extraction unit 56 .

The illumination color / color temperature control unit 64 deduces seasonal information such as spring / summer / autumn / winter based on information related to temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure from the temperature / humidity / atmospheric pressure information extracting unit 60 And generates information for controlling the hue and color temperature of the lights 40a, 40b, 40c, and 40d.

The illumination on / off time adjustment unit 66 adjusts the on / off time of the lights 40a, 40b, 40c, and 40d based on the sunrise and sunset time from the sunrise / sunset time information extraction unit 60 .

The illumination control setting DB 68 stores a predetermined illumination control schedule.

The illumination control scheduler 70 receives information of the illumination illumination controller 62, the illumination color / color temperature controller 64, and the illumination on / off time adjustment unit 66. The illumination control scheduler 70 has information for controlling the illuminance of the inputted illumination, information for controlling the color and color temperature of the illumination, and information for adjusting the on / off time of the illumination, And controls the lights 40a, 40b, 40c, and 40d with the modified lighting control schedule by reflecting the lighting control schedule in the DB 68 to a preset lighting control schedule.

2, the weather condition / visible range information extraction unit 56 and the illumination intensity control unit 62 are configured separately from each other. However, the weather condition / visible range information extraction unit 56 may be configured by the illumination intensity control unit 62 ).

2, the temperature / humidity / atmospheric pressure information extracting unit 58 and the illumination color / color temperature control unit 64 are shown as being separate from each other. However, the temperature / humidity / It may be regarded as being included in the color temperature control unit 64. [

2, the sunrise / sunset time information extracting unit 60 and the illumination on / off time adjusting unit 66 are shown as being separate from each other. However, the sunrise / It may be regarded as being included in the time adjustment unit 66.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of extracting climate and weather information in the illumination control scheduling apparatus based on climate and weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention. The climate and weather information extraction process to be described later may be performed by the climate and weather information extraction unit 54 of the lighting control scheduling device 30.

Once the illumination control scheduling device 30 is connected to the weather and weather information service provider 10 over the Internet to collect weather and weather information.

A weather and weather information service provider 10, such as a weather station, a broadcasting station, a portal site, etc., can provide various weather and weather information in addition to various other information, for example, XML (eXtensible Markup Language) or RSS (Real Simple Syndication) to provide. This is a form of Tag (tag, keyword) and corresponding value (numerical value, text or image) of the information, and is provided in a separate format for each ISP (that is, a climate and weather information service provider) . Of course, the weather and weather information service provider 10 may provide information in a manner other than the XML method and the RSS method, and the illumination control scheduling device 30 may provide the information provided in a manner other than the XML method and the RSS method Information about climate and weather can be extracted from received and received information.

Thereafter, the lighting control scheduling apparatus 30 determines whether information from various climate and weather information service providers 10 is provided in an RSS format or an XML format based on the information in the ISP-specific format DB 52 .

If the received information is neither RSS-based nor XML-based (S10 and S12 "NO"), the lighting control scheduling device 30 extracts information relating to climate and weather from the received information in a different manner (S14).

On the other hand, if the received information is the RSS format (YES in S10), the lighting control scheduling device 30 subscribes to the RSS feed (S16) and then receives the RSS file (S18). Then, the lighting control scheduling device 30 parses the RSS tag from the received RSS file to extract necessary climate and weather information (S20). If the extraction of climate and weather information has been completed (Yes at S22), further extraction is not carried out.

On the other hand, if the received information is the XML format (YES in S12), the lighting control scheduling device 30 opens the XML page (S24) and parses the XML tag to extract necessary climate and weather information (S26). When the extraction of climate and weather information is completed (YES in S28), further extraction is not carried out.

The climate and weather information thus extracted are shown in Table 1 below.

       Information                      Yes  Data update information  Monday, February 20, 2012 12:00 announcement  City, region  Daejeon, Yuseonggu  Weather conditions  Cloudy  Visible distance  1Km  Temperatures  Current temperature is 1 degree, minimum temperature is -4 degrees, maximum temperature is 2 degrees  Humidity  26%  Atmospheric pressure  1028.30mb  Sunrise time  7:11 am  Sunset time  6:15 pm

FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining a lighting intensity control process in an illumination control scheduling apparatus based on climate and weather information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, FIG.

The degree of change in the illuminance or the evaluation item may be changed to some extent due to various environmental factors such as the state of the space to which the present invention is applied, the kind of the light source, and the purpose of use. Figure 4 shows a simplified example.

The weather condition / visible range information extracting unit 56 extracts weather condition information (for example, a clear day, a cloudy day, a rainy day, a snowy day, and the like) and a visible distance from the weather and weather information in the weather and weather information extracting unit 54 And sends the extracted information to the illumination intensity control unit 62.

Accordingly, the illumination intensity control unit 62 generates information for controlling the illumination of the lights 40a, 40b, 40c, and 40d based on the information related to the weather condition and the viewing distance, and sends the information to the illumination control scheduler 70. [

The illumination control scheduler 70 reflects the information for controlling the illuminance of the inputted illumination to the illumination control schedule based on the existing schedule and time based on the existing illumination control schedule in the illumination control setting DB 68, 40a, 40b, 40c, and 40d. For example, when the information for controlling the illuminance of the input illumination indicates a clear day (YES in S30), the illuminance is not changed (S32). If the information for controlling the illuminance of the received illumination means cloudy (YES in S34), the illuminance is raised by about 20% (S36). If the information for controlling the illuminance of the input illumination indicates a glance (YES in S38), the illuminance is raised by about 30% (S40). If the information for controlling the illuminance of the inputted illumination signifies a rainy day (YES in S42), the illuminance is raised by about 50% (S44).

In this way, it is possible to make the illumination brighter on cloudy, snowy or rainy days based on weather information.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a color temperature control process of illumination in an illumination control scheduling apparatus based on climate and weather information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 5, FIG.

The procedure and the absolute control value can be changed according to the environment of the illumination aimed at the atmosphere, such as the landscape lighting to which the present invention is applied, and Fig. 5 shows a simplified example.

The temperature / humidity / atmospheric pressure information extracting unit 58 extracts information related to temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure from the climate and weather information and sends it to the illumination color / color temperature control unit 64.

The illumination color / color temperature control unit 64 deduces seasonal information such as spring / summer / autumn / winter based on the information related to temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure, and determines the color temperature of the lights 40a, 40b, 40c, And sends the generated information to the lighting control scheduler 70.

The illumination control scheduler 70 reflects the information for controlling the color temperature of the inputted illumination to the illumination control schedule based on the existing schedule and time based on the existing illumination control schedule in the illumination control setting DB 68, 40a, 40b, 40c, and 40d. For example, if the information for controlling the color temperature of the inputted illumination is information indicating the range of normal temperature (YES in S50), the color temperature of the illumination is not changed and the existing setting is maintained (S52). If the information for controlling the color temperature of the inputted illumination is information indicating high temperature / high humidity (YES in S54), the color temperature of the illumination is raised by about 1000K (S56). If the information for controlling the color temperature of the inputted illumination is information indicating low temperature / drying (YES in S58), the color temperature of the illumination is lowered by about 1000K (S60). If the information for controlling the color temperature of the inputted illumination is information indicating the low pressure (YES in S62), the color temperature of the illumination is increased by about 2000K (S64).

In this way, it is possible to provide an advantage that the illumination can be reflected in the current situation by using 24 seasonal season information and real-time climate information.

Although not shown in a single flow chart, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the flow charts of FIGS. 3 through 5 and their corresponding explanations will collect information relating to climate and weather, Generates information for controlling the illuminance of the illumination by extracting information related to the visible distance, extracts information related to the temperature / humidity / atmospheric pressure from the collected information, generates information for controlling the color and color temperature of the illumination, Information on the sunrise / sunset time can be extracted from the information to generate information for adjusting the on / off time of the illumination. In addition, various controls on the illumination performed by the illumination control scheduler 70 are performed based on the existing schedule / time base and the previously described control information (including the adjustment information) in the preset illumination control schedule, As shown in FIG.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents. .

10: Climate and weather information service provider
20: Network
30: Lighting control scheduling device
40, 40a, 40b, 40c, 40d: illumination 50:
52: ISP-specific format DB 54: Climate and weather information extraction unit
56: weather condition / visible range information extracting unit 58: temperature / humidity / atmospheric pressure information extracting unit
60: Sunrise / sunset time information extracting unit 62:
64: illumination color / color temperature control unit 66: illumination on / off time adjustment unit
68: Lighting control setting DB 70: Lighting control scheduler

Claims (1)

A climate and weather information extraction unit for collecting and managing climate and weather information from a weather and information service provider through a network;
An illumination illuminance control unit for generating information for controlling illuminance of illumination based on information related to weather conditions and visual distances in the climate and weather information in the climate and weather information extraction unit;
An illumination color / color temperature controller for generating information for controlling color and color temperature of the illumination based on information related to temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure in the climate and weather information in the climate and weather information extraction unit;
An illumination on / off time adjustment unit for generating information for adjusting the on / off time of the illumination based on the sunrise and sunset time of the sun in the climate and weather information in the climate and weather information extraction unit; And
And an illumination control scheduler for controlling the illumination with a modified illumination control schedule by reflecting the information of the illumination illumination controller, the illumination color / color temperature controller, and the illumination on / off time adjustment unit to a predetermined illumination control schedule And a weather-based information-based lighting control scheduling device.

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