KR20190037515A - A lighting surveillance system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a lighting security and surveillance system which uses unique resources (light source, image photographing device and the like), that a lighting security and surveillance system has, to relay lighting surveillance information including sensing information on a surrounding environment (human body detection, weather, intensity of illumination and the like) of a lighting device and lighting control state information in accordance with the sensing information and integratedly monitor the lighting surveillance information at a lighting surveillance device so as to relay the information to the unique resource to closely monitor a situation around the lighting device at the lighting surveillance device. In addition, the light system relaying the information to the unique resource comprises a lighting device and an image photographing device.

Description

{A LIGHTING SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to an illumination security monitoring system, and more particularly, to an illumination security monitoring system that uses unique resources (a light source, a photographing apparatus, etc.) of a lighting system to detect a surrounding environment (human body detection, weather, And illumination control information including illumination control status information according to the sensing information A system for relaying to a video image capturing apparatus that monitors the periphery of the lighting apparatus and monitoring the situation around the lighting apparatus by the lighting security monitoring apparatus in a more integrated manner will be.

In recent years, lighting has accounted for about 19% of the world's electricity consumption. LED lighting is being used more and more for each country as regulations on the use of incandescent lamps are strengthened.

In addition, as the spread of LED lighting is rapidly spreading and the application area is becoming diversified, international competition for the commercialization of lighting and IT convergence technology and preemption of application service is accelerating. In other words, the LED lighting provides a variety of new functions such as energy efficiency, eco-friendly, and intelligent emotional functions that conventional lighting equipment can not provide through the convergence with IT technology.

In particular, recent LED lighting is based on the fusion of IT technology, and it takes the functional aspect of the past and moves away from directing the light. It gradually pursues change and originality. By fusing all elements of the present, Reflecting and developing emotional lighting technology that pursues emotional design.

On the other hand, due to the development of information and communication technology, technology for capturing and transmitting images has been developed day by day, and as personal and social interest in security has increased, introduction of security monitoring systems using cameras has been increasing.

However, in the conventional security surveillance system as described above, security surveillance is performed on the basis of the image information photographed by the camera provided in the monitoring target area. In addition to the photographed image, various types of weather information, And various data such as the state of entrance, the state of illumination, etc. can not be utilized.

Of course, in the conventional security monitoring system, a sensor is provided in the monitoring target area and the situation of the site is detected using the information measured by the sensor. However, in order to transmit the information measured by the sensor to the security monitoring server at the remote site, Therefore, there is a problem in that it takes a lot of cost to construct and maintain the system.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the illumination monitoring information including the sensing information on the surrounding environment of the illumination device and the illumination control state information according to the sensing information is obtained using the unique resources of the illumination system The lighting security monitoring apparatus monitors the periphery of the lighting apparatus and relays the monitored lighting apparatus to a video image sensing apparatus. By integrating and monitoring the lighting security monitoring apparatus, the lighting security monitoring apparatus can more closely monitor the surroundings of the lighting apparatus do.

Next, a brief description will be given of the prior arts that exist in the technical field of the present invention, and technical matters which the present invention intends to differentiate from the prior arts will be described.

Korean Patent No. 1511442 (Apr. 13, 2015) discloses a smart device that performs LED-ID / RF communication through a camera, and a system and method for providing a location-based service using the smart device. The present invention provides a smart device capable of receiving a visible light signal output from a light emitting source such as a display and transmitting a visible light signal to another terminal and a light emitting source through an LED flash of a camera, A smart device capable of transmitting / receiving visible light communication and capable of transmitting and relaying data in conjunction with RF communication such as WiFi, Bluetooth and UWB is provided as a main technical feature.

The prior art is capable of transmitting / receiving visible light communication using a camera built in a smart device, and transmitting and relaying data in conjunction with RF communication such as WiFi, Bluetooth and UWB. There is some similarity with the configuration in which the illumination monitoring information is transmitted through visible light communication in the illumination device of the present invention in that it receives a visible light signal output by an illumination source such as illumination or display through an image sensor of a camera.

However, according to the present invention, by using the unique resources of the illumination system, the illumination monitoring information including the sensing information on the surrounding environment of the illumination apparatus and the illumination control state information according to the sensing information The prior art relies on the image capturing device and monitors the integrated security in the illumination security monitoring device. However, the prior art is similar only in conceptual parts for receiving the visible light signal output from the light emitting source by the camera, The visible light signal is output to the other terminal and the smart device through the LED flash of the received camera, and the user's current position is precisely searched. Therefore, the difference is clear in comparison with the configuration of the present invention.

Korean Patent Registration No. 0594120 (Jun. 28, 2006) discloses a visible light communication system for position measurement, a position measuring method thereof, and a bi-directional information transmission method using the same, and more particularly, A terminal for supporting a mobile communication for receiving information of the broadcast visible light communication AP and transmitting the information through the mobile communication network; And a server for managing location information of the terminal by mapping information of the visible light communication AP received from the terminal with stored location information.

The prior art provides an effect of accurately measuring the position of a terminal in a room by using the characteristic of a visible light ray. In the visible light communication system, a point of broadcasting its position information in an AP using a characteristic of a visible light ray There is some similarity with the configuration in which illumination monitoring information is transmitted through visible light communication in the illumination apparatus of the present invention.

However, according to the present invention, illumination control information including sensing information of the surrounding environment and illumination control status information is used The present invention discloses a configuration in which a relay is relayed to a video photographing apparatus and is integrated and monitored by a lighting security monitoring apparatus. The information is transmitted from a terminal to an AP through a visible light communication, There is a technical difference in comparison with the configuration of the prior art for managing the location information by mapping with the location information.

That is, the prior arts disclose a configuration in which a visible light signal output from an emission source is received through an image sensor of a camera, a configuration in which an AP broadcasts its own location information using a characteristic of a visible light line in a visible light communication system , Illumination monitoring information including sensing information on the surrounding environment of the illumination apparatus and illumination control status information according to the sensing information using the unique resources possessed by the illumination system, which is a technical feature of the present invention, There is no description about the configuration for relaying to the image capturing device, the configuration for monitoring the integration by the illumination security monitoring device, and there is no implication regarding this, so the technical difference is obvious.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an illumination control apparatus, And an illumination system for relaying information as a unique resource capable of transmitting illumination monitoring information such as illumination.

In addition, the present invention takes a picture of the on-off flicker of the lighting by photographing the lighting monitoring information transmitted through the visible light communication in the lighting apparatus through a CCTV or IP camera provided in the corresponding area, Another object of the present invention is to provide a lighting system for confirming a lighting security monitoring apparatus and relaying information to a unique resource that can be used for security monitoring together with a photographed image.

In addition, the present invention extracts and analyzes illumination monitoring information included in a photographed image in a remote lighting security monitoring apparatus provided with a photographed image of a monitoring target region from a video photographing apparatus such as a CCTV or an IP camera, Another object of the present invention is to provide a lighting system for relaying information as a unique resource that can be utilized for security surveillance.

In addition, the present invention directly extracts and analyzes the illumination monitoring information transmitted through the visible light communication from the illumination device in the image capturing device such as CCTV, IP camera, etc., and directly transmits the illumination monitoring information to the illumination security monitoring device Another object of the present invention is to provide a lighting system for relaying information as a unique resource that can be utilized for monitoring.

A lighting system for relaying information to a unique resource according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a lighting device for transmitting illumination monitoring information of a monitoring target area and a photographing device for photographing an image including the illumination monitoring information, Wherein the illumination device and the image capturing device transmit and receive the illumination monitoring information using a resource inherently possessed by the illumination device and the image capturing device.

The illumination system may further include an illumination security monitoring device that extracts illumination monitoring information from the photographed image and performs monitoring based on the extracted illumination monitoring information and the photographed image.

In addition, the illumination monitoring information is converted into data by a visible light communication method in the illumination device and transmitted through a light source. The illumination monitoring information includes sensing information including a change in illuminance of a monitoring target area, environmental information, human body detection or a combination thereof, A dimming state of illumination operating on a base, an emotion illumination state, or a combination of these, or a combination thereof.

Also, the image photographing apparatus confirms the pattern information on the on-off flicker of the illumination from the image of the area to be monitored and transmits the checked pattern information together with the photographed image to the illumination security monitoring apparatus, And illumination monitoring information including sensing information, illumination control state information, or a combination of the sensing information, the illumination control state information, and the monitoring information of the monitoring target area based on the analysis of the pattern information received from the image capturing apparatus.

Also, the illumination device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a sensing information collection unit for collecting sensing information including illumination change, environmental information, human body detection, or a combination thereof measured by at least one sensor, An illumination control unit for controlling the operation of the light source to perform control including dimming, emotional illumination, or a combination thereof, and illumination monitoring information including sensing information, illumination control state information, or a combination thereof, into data by a visible light communication method And a VLC transmitting unit for transmitting the light through the light source.

The image capturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an image capturing unit for capturing an area to be monitored and an illumination signal pattern detecting unit for detecting pattern information on on / off flicker of the captured image, And transmits the pattern information to the lighting security monitoring apparatus together with the photographed image to support security monitoring of the specific monitoring target area based on the analysis result of the pattern information and the photographed image.

At this time, the pattern of the on-off flicker of the illumination is the illumination monitoring information including the sensing information, the illumination control state information, or a combination thereof of the monitoring target area.

Further, the image capturing apparatus directly analyzes the pattern of the on-off flicker of the illumination signal detected from the image of the area to be monitored and directly extracts the illumination monitoring information, And to perform security surveillance of a specific monitoring target area.

Further, the illumination security monitoring apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a communication unit for receiving a photographed image of an area to be monitored from the image photographing apparatus and pattern information on on / off flicker of the illumination detected in the photographed image, And an illumination monitoring information checking unit for analyzing pattern information on the on-off flicker of the monitoring target area, and extracting illumination monitoring information including sensing information, illumination control state information, or a combination thereof of the monitoring target area, The monitoring of the specific monitoring target area is performed.

Also, the illumination security monitoring apparatus detects and analyzes a pattern of the on / off flicker of the illumination signal from the photographed image received from the image photographing apparatus, and detects illumination monitoring information including sensing information, lighting control state information, Extracts the information directly, and performs security surveillance on the basis of the extracted illumination monitoring information and the photographed image.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating a lighting system that relays information to a unique resource, the method comprising: transmitting illumination monitoring information in a lighting device provided in a monitoring area; And an image capturing step of capturing an image including illumination monitoring information, wherein the illumination apparatus and the image capturing apparatus transmit and receive the illumination monitoring information using a resource inherently possessed by the illumination capturing apparatus.

In addition, the method of operating the illumination system may further include a step of transmitting an image taken by the image photographing device to a remote lighting security monitoring device through a network, and a step of extracting illumination monitoring information from the photographing image in the lighting security monitoring device And performing monitoring based on the extracted illumination monitoring information and the photographed image.

In addition, the illumination monitoring information transmitted from the illumination device through the illumination monitoring information transmission step is converted into data by a visible light communication method and transmitted through a light source. The illumination monitoring information is transmitted through a light source, Illumination control state information including a dimming state of an illumination operating on the basis of the sensing information, an emotion illumination state, or a combination thereof, or a combination thereof.

In addition, in the step of transmitting the photographed image, the pattern information on on-off flicker of the illumination is checked from the image photographed by the image photographing apparatus, and then the pattern information is transmitted to the lighting security monitor together with the photographed image, And the illumination security monitoring apparatus checks illumination monitoring information including sensing information, illumination control state information, or a combination thereof on the basis of the analysis of the pattern information received from the image capturing apparatus.

As described above, according to the illumination system that relays information to the unique vision system of the present invention as described above, illumination control state information, various sensors, and the like are provided through visible light communication using a light source, And the lighting monitoring information of the sensing information collected from the lighting security monitoring apparatus is transmitted to the image capturing apparatus such as the CCTV or the IP camera and the illumination monitoring information is confirmed from the image captured by the image capturing apparatus in the lighting security monitoring apparatus, It is possible to easily provide various illumination monitoring information such as the blinking state of the illumination, the dimming of the illumination and the emotional illumination state, the human body detection information, and the environmental information on the temperature and the humidity by using the existing CCTV or IP camera, And the illumination monitoring information is additionally used for security surveillance together with the image photographed by the camera And can, so that there is an effect that it is possible to more closely monitor the state of the installed lighting equipment.

In addition, the present invention transmits and receives illumination monitoring information such as operation status of illumination, sensing information collected by a sensor, etc. through visible light communication using resources uniquely possessed by the illumination apparatus and the image capturing apparatus, It is possible to utilize various data in security surveillance service without introducing expensive equipment, so that the security surveillance system can be operated at a low cost, Unlike the conventional security monitoring service, it is effective to increase the accuracy and efficiency of security monitoring through utilization of illumination monitoring information.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of an illumination system for relaying information to a unique resource according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an operation procedure of a lighting system for relaying information to a unique resource to which the present invention is applied.
Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the configuration of the illumination device of Fig. 1. Fig.
Fig. 4 is a detailed view showing the configuration of the video image pickup apparatus of Fig. 1. Fig.
FIG. 5 is a detailed block diagram of the illumination security monitoring apparatus of FIG. 1. FIG.
6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of an illumination system operating method for relaying information to a unique resource according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Like reference symbols in the drawings denote like elements. Furthermore, specific structural and functional descriptions for embodiments of the present invention are presented for the purpose of describing an embodiment of the present invention only, and, unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms Have the same meaning as commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as ideal or overly formal in the sense of the art unless explicitly defined herein .

FIG. 1 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a lighting system for relaying information to a unique resource according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 illustrates an operation procedure of a lighting system for relaying information to a unique resource to which the present invention is applied FIG.

1 and 2, the illumination system of the present invention includes at least one sensor 100, a lighting device 200, a photographing device 300, a lighting security monitoring device 400, a database 500, .

At least one sensor 100 is installed in a specific space such as a home, office or the like to be monitored. The sensor 100 measures ambient illumination change, environmental information, human body detection or a combination thereof, To the device 200 (1). At this time, the sensor 100 is provided with communication means for various types of short distance communication such as beacon, Bluetooth, Zigbee, and RFID, and transmits the sensing information to the lighting device 200 in real time.

The environmental information is information including temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, or a combination thereof. The human body detection information includes at least one of heart rate, blood pressure, pulse rate, body temperature, biorhythm, Information.

The illumination device 200 includes a light source such as a plurality of LEDs and may use any one of all known communication methods such as beacon, Bluetooth, Zigbee, RFID, visible light communication, The sensor 100 collects various kinds of sensing information in real time including variations in illuminance of a monitoring target area, environmental information, human body detection, or a combination thereof.

The illumination device 200 generates an illumination control signal based on ambient conditions or environmental information related to illumination change, human body detection, weather, etc. collected from at least one sensor 100, And dimming control, emotion lighting control, and the like are performed (2).

In this case, the dimming control refers to control for reducing or increasing the intensity or intensity of the light source based on the sensing information collected from the plurality of sensors 100. In addition, the emotional illumination control may identify a change pattern of the user's emotion based on the sensed information collected from the plurality of sensors 100, and then determine the illuminance, color temperature, Quot; is controlled. In particular, when performing the emotional illumination control based on the emotional state of the user, the illumination device 200 applies the sensing information collected from the plurality of sensors 100 to the sensibility change prediction model The change pattern can be confirmed.

Also, the illumination device 200 may use sensing information collected from the sensor 100 using a light source that is a resource that is inherently possessed, illumination control based on the dimming state of the illumination controlled based on the sensing information, State information, or a combination thereof, into data according to the visible light communication method, and then transmits the converted illumination monitoring information to the outside through visible light communication (3).

That is, the illumination device 200 may sense sensing information such as human body sensing information collected from various sensors 100 of the monitoring target region, environmental information on temperature and humidity, etc., through the VLC transmitting function, The illumination monitoring information including the operation state information on the dimming state of the illumination or the emotional illumination state of the illumination is converted into the data for visible light communication, Accordingly, an image including the illumination monitoring information is captured in the image capturing apparatus 300 such as a CCTV or IP camera provided around the illumination apparatus 200.

The video image capturing apparatus 300 includes a CCTV, an IP camera, a video camera, and a video camera, which are used for a general security surveillance function that captures an image of a monitoring target area and transmits the captured image to a lighting security monitoring apparatus 400 that performs monitoring at a remote site. . That is, the image capturing apparatus 300 may include sensing information transmitted through visible light communication in the illumination device 200 based on a photographing function, which is a resource inherently possessed, and image including illumination control information including illumination control state information I will shoot.

At this time, the image photographing apparatus 300 checks pattern information on on-off flicker of the illumination from the image of the area to be monitored (step 4), and transmits pattern information on the illumination monitor information to the illumination To the security monitoring apparatus 400 (5).

Here, the pattern information on the on-off flicker of the illumination confirmed from the photographed image in the image photographing apparatus 300 is not the information on the specific data amount or the numerical value of the sensing information or the illumination control state information, The information about the detailed data amount and the numerical value is analyzed and confirmed by the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400 provided with the pattern information. That is, based on the analysis of the pattern information received from the image capturing apparatus 300, the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400 confirms detailed illumination monitoring information including sensing information, illumination control state information, will be.

Meanwhile, the image photographing apparatus 300 extracts and analyzes the data received through the visible light communication in the apparatus, in addition to the method of confirming the pattern information on the illumination monitoring information as described above and providing the pattern information to the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400 Hardware or software functions are directly provided, and the illumination monitoring information is directly extracted by analyzing a pattern of on-off flicker of the illumination signal detected from the image of the monitoring target region, To the lighting security monitoring apparatus 400 through the network to monitor the surroundings of the lighting apparatus of the specific monitoring target area immediately.

The illumination security monitoring apparatus 400 further checks (⑥) the illumination monitoring information transmitted from the illumination apparatus 200 through the visible light communication from the photographed image provided from the imaging apparatus 300 through the network, Monitors the situation around the lighting device based on the illumination monitoring information and the captured image, and provides the monitoring result to the user or manager (7).

That is, the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400 analyzes the pattern information of the on-off flicker of the illumination detected from the photographed image of the monitoring target area transmitted from the image photographing apparatus 300, And monitors the area around the lighting apparatus by using the lighting monitoring information and the photographed image together. Accordingly, the accuracy and efficiency of monitoring the surroundings of the lighting apparatus are greatly increased on the basis of the additional use of the illumination monitoring information, unlike the conventional method of performing monitoring by only the photographed image.

On the other hand, as described above, the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400 may analyze the pattern information on the illumination monitoring information transmitted from the image sensing apparatus 300, It is possible to directly include hardware or software functions for detecting and analyzing the pattern for the pattern.

In this case, the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400 detects a pattern of on / off flicker of the illumination signal from the photographed image after receiving only the general photographed image from the image photographing apparatus 300, Information on the illumination control state, information on the illumination control state, or a combination thereof, and the extracted illumination monitoring information can be used for monitoring the surroundings of the illumination device of the monitoring target area together with the extracted illumination monitoring information.

The database 500 stores and manages information on at least one or more sensors 100, the illumination device 200, and the image capturing device 300 installed in the monitoring target area.

In addition, the database 500 stores and manages the monitoring results of the surroundings of the lighting apparatuses of the respective monitoring target regions performed by the lighting security monitoring apparatus 400.

3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the illumination device 200 of FIG. 1 in more detail.

3, the illumination device 200 includes a sensing information collection unit 210, an analysis unit 220, a lighting control signal generation unit 230, a storage unit 240, a light source 250, a VLC A transmission unit 260, a lighting control unit 270, and the like.

The sensing information collecting unit 210 collects sensing information including at least one sensor 100 that has made a communication connection with the lighting apparatus 200, such as illumination change, environmental information, human body sensing, And outputs the collected information to the illumination control unit 270.

The analysis unit 220 matches sensing information such as illumination change, environmental information, human body sensing, and the like collected by the sensing information collection unit 210 with previously stored table information in the storage unit 240, Analyzes whether dimming control or emotional lighting control of the lighting apparatus 200 is necessary and outputs the analyzed result to the lighting control signal generation unit 230. [

Here, the analysis unit 220 analyzes the necessity of the dimming control or the emotional illumination control based on the matching of the sensing information and the stored table information, but the present invention is not limited thereto, Analysis method can be used.

On the other hand, when analyzing the emotion state of the user located in the corresponding area based on the sensing information collected by the sensing information collecting unit 210, the analyzing unit 220 may analyze the emotion state of the user, The sensing information may be input to the model to confirm a change pattern of the emotion of the user, and analysis related to emotional illumination may be performed based on the pattern.

The illumination control signal generator 230 may generate illumination control signals for adjusting illuminance for controlling dimming of the illumination or output intensity values of the light source on the basis of the result information analyzed by the analyzer 220, The color temperature and the color of the light source for performing the emotional illumination control of the dimming control unit 260 and outputs the generated lighting control signal to the lighting control unit 270 for dimming control or emotional lighting control.

The storage unit 240 stores numerical values related to illumination change, human body detection, environmental information, and the like, and table information that matches each step-by-step information for controlling illumination for each monitoring area.

Also, the storage unit 240 stores a sensibility change prediction model used for analyzing a user's emotional state in the analysis unit 230. FIG. At this time, the sensibility change prediction model is generated by learning the user's body information and the surrounding environment information from the lighting service provider or the operator of the lighting security monitor 400, and is preferably provided with information that is periodically updated.

The plurality of light sources 250 is configured by a conventional LED or the like and performs an operation of adjusting intensity of light, color temperature, color, etc. based on dimming control or emotional illumination control of the illumination controller 270.

The VLC transmission unit 260 transmits illumination control information including illumination control state information or a combination of dimming or emotional illumination based on the sensing information and the sensing information collected by the sensing information collecting unit 210 to a visible light communication method And transmits the converted illumination monitoring information to the outside through the light source. That is, the VLC transmitting unit 260 transmits illumination monitoring information including various sensing information measured by the sensor 100 and operation state information of the illumination device 200 through visible light communication, ).

The illumination control unit 270 controls the entire operation of the illumination device 200. The illumination control unit 270 controls illumination of the illumination device 200 based on the sensing information collected by the sensing information collection unit 210, And controls the operation of the light source 250 based on the control signal to perform dimming or emotion illumination.

4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the video image pickup apparatus 300 of FIG. 1 in more detail.

4, the image capturing apparatus 300 includes an image capturing unit 310, an illumination signal pattern detecting unit 320, a storage unit 330, a communication unit 340, a photographing control unit 350, and the like do.

The image capturing unit 310 captures a monitoring target area including an illumination monitoring signal transmitted through the visible light communication in the illumination device 200 and outputs the captured image to the illumination signal pattern detecting unit 320 and the photographing control unit 350 Output.

The illumination signal pattern detector 320 detects pattern information on on / off flicker of the illumination from the image photographed by the image radiographing section 310 and outputs the detected pattern information to the radiographing controller 350.

At this time, the pattern information detected by the illumination signal pattern detector 320 is not information about a specific data amount or numerical value of the sensing information or the illumination control state information, but is simply pulse information about on-off flicker, Information, illumination control status information, or a combination thereof.

The storage unit 330 stores various control signals and operation programs for driving the image pickup apparatus 300.

The communication unit 340 performs communication connection with the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400 through a network and controls the illumination of the photographed image photographed by the image photographing unit 310 and the lights of the lights detected by the illumination signal pattern detecting unit 320 Off flicker to the lighting security monitoring apparatus 400. [0050] FIG.

The communication unit 340 receives various control signals for controlling the driving of the image capturing apparatus 300 from the lighting security monitoring apparatus 400 and outputs the control signals to the image capturing control unit 350.

The photographing control unit 350 controls the overall operation of the image photographing apparatus 300. The photographing control unit 350 controls the photographing of the monitoring target region through the image photographing unit 310, Off flicker is detected from the image photographed by the image photographing unit 310. The on-

The photographing control unit 350 controls the illumination unit 400 to transmit the pattern information and the photographed image to the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400 through the communication unit 340, 300 and controls the storage of the storage unit 330. [0050] FIG.

On the other hand, although not shown in the drawing, the image photographing apparatus 300 detects and analyzes a pattern of on / off flicker of the illumination signal from the image photographed by the image photographing section 310, directly extracts the illumination monitoring information, The lighting monitoring information may be transmitted to the lighting security monitoring apparatus 400 together with the photographed image so that the monitoring of the surroundings of the lighting apparatus of the specific monitoring target area is immediately performed.

That is, without providing the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400 with pattern information on the illumination monitoring information to extract the illumination monitoring information from the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400, On-off flicker of the illumination signal detected from the illumination-monitoring information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400 of FIG. 1 in more detail.

5, the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400 includes a communication unit 410, an illumination monitoring information confirmation unit 420, a monitoring unit 430, a monitoring result analysis unit 440, a monitoring control unit 450, .

The communication unit 410 receives the on-off flicker pattern information from the photographed image of the monitoring target area transmitted from the image capturing apparatus 300 via the network and the light detected by the photographed image, And a monitoring control unit 450.

The communication unit 410 transmits various control signals to the imaging device 300 to control the operation of the imaging device 300 input from the monitoring control unit 450.

The illumination monitoring information verifying unit 420 analyzes the pattern information of the on-off flicker of the illumination received from the image photographing apparatus 300 through the communication unit 410 and outputs sensing information, lighting control state information, And outputs the extracted illumination monitoring information to the monitoring unit 430 and the monitoring and controlling unit 450. The monitoring unit 430 monitors the illumination monitoring information.

The monitoring unit 430 performs monitoring based on the illumination monitoring information including the sensing information, the illumination control state information, and the like of the specific monitoring target region extracted by the illumination monitoring information verifying unit 420 and the photographed image of the corresponding region.

The monitoring result analysis unit 440 determines whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring target area based on the monitoring result information performed by the monitoring unit 430. The monitoring result analyzing unit 440 monitors the monitoring result according to the presence / Provide the user or administrator who subscribed to the service.

The monitoring control unit 450 collectively controls the overall operation of the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400. The monitoring control unit 450 analyzes and analyzes the pattern information on the on-off flicker of the illumination in the illumination monitoring information checking unit 420 And controls the monitoring performed based on the illumination monitoring information of the specific monitoring target region and the captured image in the monitoring unit 430 and the monitoring result analyzing unit 440.

The monitoring control unit 450 controls the control unit 450 to transmit various control signals for controlling the driving of the image capturing apparatus 300 to the image capturing apparatus 300 through the communication unit 410.

On the other hand, although not shown in the drawing, the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400 detects and analyzes a pattern of on / off flicker of the illumination signal from the photographed image received from the image capturing apparatus 300, Lighting control state information, or a combination thereof, and then monitor the surroundings of the lighting device of the specific monitoring target area based on the illumination monitoring information and the captured image.

That is, only the general photographed image is received from the image capturing apparatus 300 in the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400, and a pattern for on-off flicker of the illumination signal is detected and analyzed from the photographed image, The information is directly extracted and used for monitoring.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a method of operating a lighting system for relaying information to a unique resource according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. It is noted that the steps according to the method of the present invention may be changed in the use environment or the order of those skilled in the art.

6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation procedure of an illumination system operating method for relaying information to a unique resource according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

First, at least one sensor 100 provided in a specific monitoring target area such as a home, office, or the like, detects a change in illuminance of a corresponding area, a human body detection due to movement of a user, weather information such as temperature or humidity, Various sensing information is measured (S10).

In step S 20, various sensing information measured by the sensor 100 is collected in the illumination device 200 provided in the monitoring area (S 20).

After collecting sensing information such as illumination change, human body sensation, environmental information, etc. from the plurality of sensors 100 through step S20, the illumination device 200 controls the dimming control or the emotional lighting control based on the collected sensing information And performs dimming control or emotion illumination control according to the determination result (S30).

That is, the illumination device 200 controls dimming based on various surrounding circumstances and environmental information collected from the sensor 100, dimming control for controlling the intensity of light, And performs lighting control. At this time, in the case of the emotional illumination control performed in step S30, the illumination device 200 applies various sensing information collected from the sensor 100 to a predetermined sensibility change prediction model to determine a change pattern And emotional illumination control can be performed according to the identified emotion change pattern.

Meanwhile, in the course of performing dimming control or emotional illumination control of the illumination based on various kinds of sensing information through step S30, the illumination device 200 may control sensing information collected from the sensor 100, dimming state of the illumination, The illumination control information including the illumination control information related to the state or a combination thereof is converted into data according to the visible light communication method, and the converted illumination monitoring information is transmitted to the outside through the visible light communication (S40). That is, the illumination monitoring information including the sensing information, the illumination control state information, and the like is transmitted through the light source using a light source that is a resource that is inherently possessed.

Then, the image capturing apparatus 300 located near the lighting apparatus 200 captures an image including the illumination monitoring information (S50).

Thereafter, the image capturing apparatus 300 confirms the pattern information on the on-off flicker of the illumination from the image of the area to be monitored (S60), and transmits the pattern information on the illumination monitoring information to the illumination To the security monitoring apparatus 400 (S70). At this time, the pattern information on the on-off flicker of the illumination to be confirmed from the photographed image by the image photographing apparatus 300 is not the information on the specific data amount or the numerical value of the sensing information or the illumination control state information, Since the information is pulse information, the image photographing apparatus 300 does not suffer any load due to data processing.

If the pattern information and the photographed image of the illumination monitoring information are transmitted through the image photographing apparatus 300 in step S70, the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400 detects the pattern information of the illumination monitoring information from the photographed image provided from the image photographing apparatus 300 The illumination device 200 further checks the illumination monitoring information transmitted through the visible light communication (S80).

That is, the illumination security monitoring apparatus 400 analyzes pattern information provided from the image capturing apparatus 300 to specifically check illumination monitoring information including sensing information, illumination control state information, or a combination thereof, , And performs monitoring of the area using the illumination monitoring information and the captured image together.

In step S90, the lighting security monitoring apparatus 400 monitors the surroundings of the lighting apparatus based on the illumination monitoring information extracted in step S80 and the photographed image, and provides the monitoring result to the user or the manager.

As described above, according to the present invention, if illumination control information such as illumination control status information and sensing information collected from each sensor is transmitted through visible light communication in a lighting apparatus, the illumination control information is photographed by the image photographing apparatus, It is possible to use the existing CCTV or IP camera to check the blinking state of the illumination, the dimming of the illumination and the emotion lighting state, the human body detection information, the environmental information on the temperature and the humidity, etc. Various illumination monitoring information can be easily obtained and the illumination monitoring information can be additionally utilized for security surveillance together with the image photographed by the camera so that the situation around the lighting apparatus can be more closely monitored.

Also, since the illumination monitoring information is transmitted and received by using the unique resource possessed by the illumination device and the image capturing device, and the illumination monitoring information is used for the security monitoring service together with the captured image, Data can be used for security surveillance service, security surveillance system can be operated at low cost, and unlike existing security surveillance service, which is performed by simply shooting images, the accuracy and efficiency of security surveillance are greatly increased through the utilization of illumination surveillance information .

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, I will understand the point. Accordingly, the technical scope of the present invention should be determined by the following claims.

100: sensor 200: illuminator
210: sensing information collecting unit 220:
230: Lighting control signal generator 240:
250: light source 260: VLC transmitter
270: Lighting control unit 300:
310: image capturing unit 320: illumination signal pattern detecting unit
330: storage unit 340: communication unit
350: photographing control unit 400: lighting security monitoring device
410: communication unit 420: illumination monitoring information confirmation unit
430: Monitoring section 440: Monitoring result analysis section
450: monitoring control unit 500: database

Claims (14)

A lighting device for transmitting illumination monitoring information of a monitoring target area; And
And a video photographing device for photographing an image including the illumination monitoring information,
Wherein the illumination device and the image capturing device transmit and receive the illumination monitoring information using a resource inherently possessed by the illumination device and the image capturing device. The method according to claim 1,
The illumination system includes:
And a lighting security monitoring device for extracting illumination monitoring information from the photographed image and performing monitoring based on the extracted illumination monitoring information and the photographed image. The method according to claim 1,
The illumination monitoring information includes:
The illumination device converts the light into data by a visible light communication method and transmits through the light source,
Sensing information including a change in illuminance of the monitored area, environmental information, human body detection, or a combination thereof;
Illumination control state information including a dimming state of the illumination, an emotional illumination state, or a combination thereof, which operates based on the sensing information; or
And a combination of these. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 24 > The method of claim 2,
The image capturing apparatus includes:
Off flicker from the image of the area to be monitored, transmits the confirmed pattern information together with the photographed image to the lighting security monitoring device,
Wherein the illumination security monitoring device checks illumination monitoring information including sensing information, illumination control state information, or a combination thereof of the monitoring target area based on an analysis of the pattern information received from the image photographing device A lighting system that relays information. A sensing information collecting unit for collecting sensed information including at least one of illumination change, environmental information, human body detection, or a combination thereof measured by at least one sensor;
A lighting controller for controlling the operation of the light source based on the collected sensing information to perform control including dimming, emotional illumination, or a combination thereof; And
And a VLC transmission unit for converting illumination monitoring information including sensing information, illumination control state information, or a combination thereof into data by a visible light communication method and transmitting the data through a light source. A video image capturing unit for capturing a monitoring target area; And
And an illumination signal pattern detector for detecting pattern information on on / off flicker of illumination in the photographed image,
And transmits the detected pattern information together with the photographed image to the illumination security monitoring apparatus to support security monitoring of a specific monitoring area based on the analysis result of the pattern information and the photographed image. The method of claim 6,
The pattern for the on-off flicker of the illumination is,
The illumination control information including the sensing information of the monitoring target area, the illumination control status information, or a combination thereof. The method of claim 7,
The image capturing apparatus includes:
Off blinking of the illumination signal detected from the image of the area to be monitored, directly extracts the illumination monitoring information, transmits the extracted illumination monitoring information and the taken image to the illumination security monitoring device, And to perform security monitoring of the target area. A communication unit for receiving a photographed image of a monitoring target region from the image photographing apparatus and pattern information on the on-off flicker of the detected light from the photographed image; And
And an illumination monitoring information checking unit for analyzing pattern information on on / off flicker of the received illumination to extract illumination monitoring information including sensing information, illumination control state information, or a combination thereof,
Wherein the monitoring of the specific monitoring target area is performed based on the extracted illumination monitoring information and the captured image. The method of claim 9,
The lighting security monitoring apparatus includes:
And detecting and analyzing a pattern of on / off flicker of the illumination signal from the photographed image received from the image photographing apparatus, directly extracting illumination monitoring information including sensing information, illumination control state information, And performs security monitoring based on the extracted illumination monitoring information and the captured image. An illumination monitoring information transmission step of transmitting illumination monitoring information in a lighting device provided in a monitoring target area; And
And an image capturing step of capturing an image including the illumination monitoring information through the image capturing apparatus,
Wherein the illumination device and the image capturing device transmit and receive the illumination monitoring information using a resource inherently possessed by the illumination device and the image capturing device. The method of claim 11,
The lighting system operating method includes:
A photographed image transmission step of transmitting an image photographed by the image photographing device to a remote lighting security monitoring device through a network; And
Further comprising a monitoring step of extracting illumination monitoring information from the photographed image in the illumination security monitoring apparatus and performing monitoring based on the extracted illumination monitoring information and the photographed image, A method of operating a lighting system. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the illumination monitoring information transmitted from the illumination device through the illumination monitoring information transmission step includes:
Converted into data by a visible light communication method and transmitted through a light source,
Sensing information including a change in illuminance of the monitored area, environmental information, human body detection, or a combination thereof;
Illumination control state information including a dimming state of the illumination, an emotional illumination state, or a combination thereof, which operates based on the sensing information; or
Wherein the information is information including a combination thereof. The method of claim 12,
The photographing image transmitting step includes:
Off flicker from the image photographed by the image capturing apparatus in the monitoring area, transmits the checked pattern information to the lighting security monitor together with the photographed image,
Wherein the illumination security monitoring device checks illumination monitoring information including sensing information, illumination control state information, or a combination thereof of the monitoring target area based on an analysis of the pattern information received from the image photographing device A method of operating a lighting system that relays information.

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