TWI740126B - Pairing methods and programs for lighting appliances, terminals, lighting systems, information terminals, and lighting appliances - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a lighting fixture that can be easily paired. The lighting fixture 20 includes a first communication unit 21 that communicates with the information terminal 30 using a first wireless communication method, and a second communication unit 22 that communicates with the terminal device 10 using a second wireless communication method. The first communication unit 21 is configured as a self-information The terminal 30 receives a signal for designating the lighting fixture 20 as a pairing target of the terminal device 10, and the second communication unit 22 is configured to perform a communication with the terminal device 10 after receiving it from the terminal device 10 designated as a pairing target of the lighting fixture 20 When the signal is paired, the pairing with the terminal device 10 is performed.

Description

Pairing methods and programs for lighting appliances, terminals, lighting systems, information terminals, and lighting appliances

The present invention relates to a matching method and program for lighting appliances, terminal devices, lighting systems, information terminals, and lighting appliances.

Previously, there was disclosed a lighting system provided with a lighting fixture and a brightness sensor (terminal device) that detects the brightness of the lighting fixture (for example, Patent Document 1). According to this kind of lighting system, it is possible to automatically dimming and control the lighting equipment corresponding to the brightness detected by the terminal, and the floors where the lighting equipment is installed can be made to the desired brightness. [Prior Technical Literature] [Patent Literature]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2016-149215

[The problem to be solved by the invention]

In order to simplify the construction of the lighting system and reduce costs, the connection between the terminal and the lighting equipment has changed from a wired connection to a wireless connection. At this time, the terminal device uses wireless dimming to control the desired lighting fixture, so the terminal device needs to be paired with the desired lighting fixture. For example, depending on the scale of the floor, there are situations where it is necessary to pair several hundred lighting fixtures and terminals, and it is desired to facilitate the pairing.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a lighting fixture that can be easily paired. [Technical means to solve the problem]

A lighting fixture of one aspect of the present invention is a lighting fixture that includes a first communication unit that communicates with an information terminal by a first wireless communication method, and a second communication unit that communicates with a terminal device by a second communication method. 1 The communication unit is configured to receive a signal from the information terminal for designating the lighting fixture as a pairing target of the terminal device, and the second communication unit is configured to receive a signal from the terminal device designated as a pairing target of the lighting fixture. When the signal is used to perform the pairing with the above-mentioned terminal device, the pairing with the above-mentioned terminal device is performed.

A terminal device of one aspect of the present invention is a terminal device, which includes a third communication unit that communicates with an information terminal by a first wireless communication method, and a fourth communication unit that communicates with the above-mentioned information terminal and lighting equipment by a second wireless communication method. A communication unit, wherein the third communication unit is configured to receive a signal for designating the terminal device as a pairing target of the lighting fixture from the information terminal, and the fourth communication unit is configured to receive a signal from the information terminal in the third communication unit In the state of the above-mentioned signal, when a signal for performing pairing with the above-mentioned lighting appliance is received from the above-mentioned information terminal, the pairing with the above-mentioned lighting appliance is performed.

A lighting system of one aspect of the present invention includes the above-mentioned lighting fixture and the above-mentioned terminal device.

An information terminal of one aspect of the present invention includes a fifth communication unit that communicates with the terminal device and lighting equipment by the first wireless communication method, and a sixth communication unit that communicates with the terminal device by the second wireless communication method. The fifth The communication unit is configured to transmit a signal for designating a pairing target to the terminal device and the lighting fixture, respectively, and the sixth communication unit is configured to transmit a signal for designating a pairing target to the fifth communication unit. , Transmitting a signal for performing pairing with the lighting fixture that is transmitted by the fifth communication unit to designate a signal to be paired.

A pairing method of lighting appliances in one aspect of the present invention includes: sending a signal for specifying a terminal device as a pairing object of the lighting appliance through a first wireless communication method; The step of using the lighting fixture as the signal of the pairing target of the terminal device; using the second wireless communication method, to the terminal device that has received the signal designated as the pairing target of the lighting device, sending to execute and receive A step for the signal of the pairing of the above-mentioned lighting equipment designated as the signal of the pairing object of the above-mentioned terminal device.

The program of one aspect of the present invention is a program used to make a computer execute the above-mentioned pairing method of lighting appliances. [Effects of Invention]

According to the terminal device etc. of one aspect of the present invention, pairing can be easily performed.

Hereinafter, the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail using drawings. Furthermore, the embodiments described below are all representative examples of the preferred embodiments of the present invention. Therefore, the numerical values, shapes, constituent elements, arrangement positions and connection forms of the constituent elements, and the steps (processes) and the order of the steps shown in the following embodiments are just examples, and are not intended to limit the present invention. Therefore, among the constituent elements of the following embodiments, those that are not described in the independent claims representing the highest concept of the present invention are described as arbitrary constituent elements.

In addition, each drawing is a schematic diagram, and is not strictly illustrated. In addition, in each figure, the same components are denoted by the same symbols.

(Implementation form) Hereinafter, the embodiment will be described using FIGS. 1 to 3

[constitute] First, the configuration of the equipment required for the pairing of the terminal device and the lighting fixture will be explained.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a lighting fixture 20, a terminal device 10, and an information terminal 30 according to the embodiment. FIG. 1 shows the equipment required when the terminal device 10 and the lighting fixture 20 are paired. Furthermore, the pairing of the terminal device 10 and the lighting device 20 is called the terminal device 10 and the lighting device 20 exchanging address information (such as MAC (Media Access Control, media access control) address), through the terminal device 10 and The pairing of the lighting fixtures 20 is completed, and they can communicate with each other.

The terminal device 10 is, for example, a brightness sensor that is installed on the ceiling of a floor and detects the brightness around the terminal device 10. The detection result of the terminal device 10 is used for dimming control of the lighting fixture 20, for example.

The terminal device 10 includes a third communication unit 11 that communicates with the information terminal 30 using the first wireless communication method, and a fourth communication unit 12 that communicates with the information terminal 30 and the lighting fixture 20 using the second wireless communication method. The first wireless communication method is a communication method using infrared rays. The second wireless communication method is, for example, a specific low-power wireless communication method using the 920 MHz frequency band. The fourth communication unit 12 performs dimming control of the lighting fixture 20 by sending control signals related to dimming control to the lighting fixture 20. The specific low-power wireless communication distance covers the detectable brightness distance of the terminal device 10. In other words, the luminaire 20 for detecting the brightness of the terminal device 10 is set within the communicable distance. There are cases where it is difficult to detect the brightness of all the lighting fixtures 20 installed on the floor with one terminal 10, for example, the terminal 10 is installed in each specific area of the floor.

The lighting fixture 20 includes a first communication unit 21 that communicates with the information terminal 30 using a first wireless communication method, and a second communication unit 22 that communicates with the terminal device 10 using a second wireless communication method. The luminaire 20 is provided in plural on, for example, the ceiling of a floor. In addition, hereinafter, the plural lighting fixtures 20 are also referred to as plural lighting fixtures 20a to 20n. The lighting fixture 20 is provided with a light source, and controls the lighting state of the light source. For example, switch the light source on and off, and change the dimming rate (brightness). The light source is an LED (light emitting diode) light source, organic EL or fluorescent lamp, etc., but is not particularly limited. For example, the lighting fixture 20 is connected to the main controller and the wall switch by wire (for example, a two-wire cable), and the main controller obtains a signal based on the operation of the wall switch, and lights up through the two-wire cable. And switch off.

The terminal device 10 and the lighting fixture 20 constitute the lighting system 1. For example, in the lighting system 1, the terminal device 10 is installed around a place where the lighting device 20 paired with the terminal device 10 is installed, and the brightness of the lighting device 20 is detected by detecting the illuminance of the floor surface etc. illuminated by the lighting device 20. For example, the lighting fixture 20 is dimmed and controlled so that the brightness detected by the terminal device 10 becomes a predetermined set value. Specifically, when the detected brightness is brighter than the preset brightness setting value, the dimming rate of the lighting fixture 20 is reduced, and when it is darker, the dimming rate of the lighting fixture 20 is increased. The preset brightness setting value is, for example, stored in the terminal device 10, and the terminal device 10 performs dimming control of the lighting fixture 20 by comparing the detected brightness with the preset brightness setting value stored in the terminal device 10.

The information terminal 30 is, for example, a mobile terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet, and communicates with the terminal device 10. For example, while viewing the display content displayed on the display unit (display, etc.) of the information terminal 30, the user operates the operation unit (such as buttons, touch panel, etc.) of the information terminal 30 to perform the pairing operation.

The information terminal 30 is used, for example, when pairing the terminal device 10 and the lighting fixture 20 desired by the user among the plurality of lighting fixtures 20a to 20n. The information terminal 30 includes a fifth communication unit 31 that communicates with the terminal device 10 and the lighting equipment 20 by the first wireless communication method, and a sixth communication portion 32 that communicates with the terminal device 10 by the second wireless communication method. In addition, the sixth communication unit 32 may communicate with the lighting fixture 20 in the second wireless communication method. However, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet computer as the information terminal 30 sometimes does not have a communication function using infrared rays and specific low-power wireless. In this case, the information terminal 30 and the terminal device 10 can perform wireless communication via a repeater having a communication function using infrared rays and specific low-power wireless. That is, the fifth communication unit 31 communicates with the terminal device 10 and the lighting fixture 20 via the repeater in the first wireless communication method, and the sixth communication unit 32 communicates with the terminal device 10 via the repeater in the second wireless communication method. The information terminal 30 and the repeater can be communicatively connected by, for example, BLE (Bluetooth (registered trademark) Low Energy). In addition, the information terminal 30 has a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector, and the information terminal 30 and the repeater may also be communicatively connected via the USB connector. Therefore, for the communication between the fifth communication unit 31 and the first communication unit 21 and the third communication unit 11, the communication between the fifth communication unit 31 and the repeater uses BLE or USB (Universal Serial Bus). In the communication method of ), infrared communication is used for the communication between the repeater and the first communication unit 21 and the third communication unit. In addition, in the communication between the sixth communication unit 32 and the fourth communication unit 12, the communication between the sixth communication unit 32 and the repeater uses a BLE or USB communication method. For the communication between the repeater and the fourth communication unit 12 , Use specific low-power wireless. Furthermore, the information terminal 30 may also have a communication function using specific low-power wireless and a communication function using infrared rays. That is, when the information terminal 30 can communicate with the terminal device 10 using specific low-power wireless communication and the communication using infrared rays, the communication between the information terminal 30 and the terminal device 10 may not use a repeater.

The terminal 10, the lighting fixture 20, and the information terminal 30 are devices including a processor (microprocessor), memory, communication circuit, user interface, etc., respectively. The memory system ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), etc., can memorize control programs executed by the processor. The third communication unit 11 and the fourth communication unit 12 are realized by the communication circuit of the terminal device 10 and the like, and the processor of the terminal device 10 executes the control program stored in the memory to transmit and receive signals (information). The first communication part 21 and the second communication part 22 are realized by a communication circuit of the lighting fixture 20 and the like, and a processor of the lighting fixture 20 executes a control program stored in a memory to transmit and receive signals (information). The fifth communication unit 31 and the sixth communication unit 32 are realized by a communication circuit of the information terminal 30 and the like. The processor of the information terminal 30 executes a control program stored in the memory to transmit and receive signals (information).

In addition, the terminal device 10, the plurality of lighting fixtures 20a-20n, and the information terminal 30 respectively memorize their own address information (for example, MAC address) in their own memory.

[Pairing processing] Next, using FIG. 2, the pairing process using the information terminal 30 will be described.

FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram showing the overall process of pairing between the terminal device 10 and the lighting fixture 20 of the embodiment. Furthermore, before the user performs the pairing operation, the lighting fixture 20 to be paired with the terminal device 10 is turned on. The reason is that, in the present invention, the first communication unit 21 and the second communication unit 22 of the lighting fixture 20 need to transmit information during pairing, and power needs to be supplied to the first communication unit 21 and the second communication unit 22. Here, a plurality of lighting fixtures 20a to 20n are in a power-on state.

First, the information terminal 30 (fifth communication unit 31) uses the first wireless communication method to transmit a signal for designating the terminal device 10 as a pairing target of the lighting fixture 20 to the terminal device 10 (step S11). The signal used to designate the terminal device 10 as a pairing object of the lighting fixture 20 is an instruction for the terminal device 10 to transfer to a setting mode for pairing with the lighting fixture 20. Furthermore, the following is also included. The first wireless communication method and the second wireless communication method between the information terminal 30 and the terminal device 10 also include communication via a repeater, and the information terminal 30 and the lighting equipment The communication of the first wireless communication method among the 20 also includes communication via a repeater. The reason is that, as described above, when the information terminal 30 does not have the function of directly communicating with the terminal device 10 and the lighting fixture 20, the information terminal 30 communicates with the terminal device 10 and the lighting fixture 20 via the repeater. Observed from the terminal device 10 side, the third communication unit 11 receives a signal from the information terminal 30 for specifying the terminal device 10 as a pairing target of the lighting fixture 20.

For example, the information terminal 30 does not recognize the address information of the terminal device 10, and cannot transmit the signal with the terminal device 10 as the destination. Therefore, the transmission of the instruction to transfer to the setting mode is, for example, by using a directional infrared communication method. The first wireless communication method is performed. The reason is that the user carries the information terminal 30 (and repeater) to the terminal 10 that wants to send the instruction (that is, to be the pairing object of the lighting fixture 20). Range), even if the information terminal 30 does not recognize the address information of the terminal device 10, the instruction can be sent to the terminal device 10. For example, when the information terminal 30 sends the instruction to the terminal device 10, its own address information is also sent to the terminal device 10. In contrast, by replying to the terminal device 10's address information from the terminal device 10, the information can be exchanged with each other. Address information. Thereby, the information terminal 30 and the terminal device 10 can perform the second wireless communication method (for example, the communication method using specific low-power wireless) without using the first wireless communication method (communication method using infrared rays) after the next time. Communication.

For example, the instruction includes an instruction to perform pairing-only operations instead of normal operations of the terminal device 10. In addition, the terminal device 10 has a plurality of systems, divides the plurality of lighting fixtures 20a-20n into a plurality of groups, and performs the same lighting control in a group unit, so the instruction includes an instruction to select the system to be paired with among the plurality of systems. For example, here, A system is selected. That is, the pairing of the A system of the terminal device 10 and the lighting fixture 20 is performed.

The terminal device 10 shifts to the setting mode according to the above-mentioned instruction. Furthermore, the terminal device 10 may also have an LED light or the like, and it may also know whether it is currently in the setting mode by lighting the LED light or the like.

Next, the information terminal 30 (fifth communication unit 31) uses the first wireless communication method to transmit to the lighting fixture 20 a signal for specifying the lighting fixture 20 as a pairing target of the terminal device 10 (step S12). Observing from the side of the lighting fixture 20, the first communication unit 21 receives a signal for specifying the lighting fixture 20 as a pairing target of the terminal device 10 from the information terminal 30.

The information terminal 30 did not recognize the address information of the lighting fixture 20, and could not transmit the signal with the lighting fixture 20 as the destination. Therefore, the signal transmission used to designate the lighting fixture 20 as the pairing target of the terminal device 10 is, for example, by using The directional infrared communication method is the first wireless communication method. Here, in the present invention, the operation performed by the user when the lighting fixture 20 is designated as the pairing target will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation when the lighting fixture 20 is designated as a pairing target.

As shown in FIG. 3, the user carries the information terminal 30 (and the repeater) to the lighting fixture 20a that wants to send a signal to designate the lighting fixture 20 as the pairing target of the terminal 10 (ie, to be the pairing target) Examples are as follows (for example, the range of infrared communication). In this way, even if the information terminal 30 does not recognize the address information of the lighting fixture 20a, it can send the signal to the lighting fixture 20a.

Since the user moves to the example of the lighting fixture 20 that wants to transmit the signal, the lighting fixture 20 installed on the ceiling of the user's own floor or the like can be visually confirmed, and the lighting fixture 20 can be intuitively designated as a pairing object. For example, a plurality of lighting fixtures 20a to 20n may be as many as 100 depending on the scale of the installation floor, but as long as they move from it to the lighting fixture 20a that you want to designate as a pairing object, perform the task of designating it as a pairing object. You can start pairing. For example, when it is also desired to designate the lighting fixture 20b as the pairing object, as shown by the dotted line in FIG. 3, the user carries the information terminal 30 to the lighting fixture 20b, and sends the signal to the lighting fixture 20b.

In this way, the user can visually confirm the lighting fixture 20 to be designated as the pairing target, and intuitively designate the lighting fixture 20 as the pairing target.

For example, the signal used to designate the lighting fixture 20 as the pairing target of the terminal device 10 includes a short address and infrared designation information indicating that the infrared is used to designate the pairing target. When a plurality of lighting fixtures 20 are designated as the pairing objects of the terminal device 10, the short address becomes an address different from the short address included in the signal sent to other lighting fixtures 20. For example, the short address is an address arbitrarily determined by the user. Specifically, when the lighting fixtures 20a-20c are designated as the pairing objects, the signal including the short address 1 is transmitted to the lighting fixture 20a, the signal including the short address 2 is transmitted to the lighting fixture 20b, and the signal including the short address 2 is transmitted to the lighting fixture 20c. Send the above signal including short address 3. The lighting fixture 20 that is sent the above-mentioned signal designates itself as the pairing target of the terminal device 10 by storing the short address and infrared designation information in its own memory.

Next, the information terminal 30 (sixth communication unit 32) sends a signal to the fifth communication unit 31 to designate the terminal device 10 as a pairing partner, and sends a signal to the fifth communication unit 31 to designate a pairing partner. The signal of the paired signal of the lighting fixture 20 (here, the lighting fixtures 20a and 20n) of the signal (step S13). Observed from the terminal device 10, the fourth communication unit 12 receives the signal from the information terminal 30 to designate the terminal device 10 as the pairing object of the lighting fixture 20 when the third communication unit 11 receives it from the information terminal 30. A signal to perform pairing with the lighting fixture 20 (here, the lighting fixtures 20a and 20n).

For example, in the signal used to perform the pairing with the lighting fixture 20, when the lighting fixture 20 is designated as the pairing target of the terminal device 10 in step S12, the lighting fixture 20 that has a short address in its memory collects address information (MAC Address) instructions. Specifically, the signal includes short addresses stored in the lighting fixtures 20a and 20n.

Furthermore, the terminal device 10 (fourth communication unit 12) receives a signal from the information terminal 30 in step S11 for specifying the terminal device 10 as a pairing object of the lighting fixture 20, from the information terminal When 30 receives a signal for performing pairing with the lighting fixture 20, it performs pairing with the lighting fixture 20 (step S14). Specifically, when the terminal device 10 (the fourth communication unit 12) receives a signal for performing pairing with the lighting appliance 20, it executes the connection with the lighting appliance 20 by sending identification information (address information) to the lighting appliance 20. Pairing of appliance 20. More specifically, the terminal device 10 uses the aforementioned short address as a destination (that is, a request for address information to the lighting fixtures 20a and 20n).

Observing from the lighting fixture 20 (lighting fixtures 20a and 20n), when the second communication unit 22 receives a signal to perform pairing with the terminal device 10 from the terminal device 10 designated as the pairing target of the lighting fixture 20, it executes the terminal The pairing of the device 10. Specifically, when the second communication unit 22 receives a request for address information as a signal for performing pairing with the terminal device 10 from the terminal device 10, it sends its own address information to the terminal device 10, and Perform pairing with the terminal device 10. For example, the lighting fixture 20 only sends its own address information to the terminal device 10 when it receives the request for address information when the infrared designated information is stored in its own memory, thereby performing pairing with the terminal device 10. In other words, when the infrared designation information is not stored in its own memory, the luminaire 20 does not send its own address information to the terminal device 10 even if it receives a request for address information.

If the processing of the terminal device 10 and the lighting fixture 20 is summarized, the terminal device 10 sends a request for address information to the lighting fixture 20 designated by infrared as a pairing object. The lighting fixture 20 that has received the signal for performing the pairing with the terminal device 10 transmits its own address information to the terminal device 10 according to the request. When the terminal device 10 (the fourth communication unit 12) receives the address information sent according to the above request, it performs pairing with the lighting fixture 20 having the received address information. In this way, the luminaire 20 and the terminal device 10 exchange their identification information, so that pairing can be performed.

The user only needs to use the information terminal 30 to designate the terminal device 10 as the pairing object of the lighting fixture 20 and the lighting device 20 as the pairing object of the terminal device 10 through the first wireless communication method, and then use the information terminal 30 through the second In a wireless communication mode, a signal for performing pairing with the lighting fixture 20 is sent to the terminal device 10, and then the terminal device 10 and the lighting fixture 20 can be paired automatically. In this way, pairing can be easily performed.

Furthermore, there are cases in which after the lighting fixture 20 is designated as the pairing target in step S12, the pairing of the lighting fixture 20 and the terminal device 10 is to be terminated.

Therefore, for example, when the second communication unit 22 receives a signal for specifying the lighting fixture 20 as a pairing target of the terminal device 10 when the first communication unit 21 does not receive the signal for performing pairing with the terminal device 10 within a certain period of time When the signal is displayed, the designation of the pairing target of the terminal device 10 can also be canceled. Although the specific period is not particularly limited, it is appropriately determined, for example, according to the scale of the floor where the lighting fixture 20 is installed. In addition, the so-called cancellation of the designation as a pairing object, for example, is to erase the infrared designation information and the short address stored in the memory of the lighting appliance 20. Thereby, as long as the terminal device 10 does not send a signal for performing pairing with the terminal device 10 to the lighting appliance 20 during a certain period The pairing signal), you can simply stop the pairing.

In addition, for example, when the second communication unit 22 receives a signal for designating the lighting fixture 20 as a pairing target of the terminal device 10 when the first communication unit 21 receives the signal for performing pairing with the terminal device 10, it lights When the power of the appliance 20 is turned off, the designation of the pairing target of the terminal device 10 can also be cancelled. Thereby, before the signal for performing pairing with the terminal 10 is sent from the terminal device 10 to the lighting fixture 20 (that is, before the signal for performing the pairing with the lighting fixture 20 is transmitted from the information terminal 30 to the terminal device 10 ), as long as the power of the lighting fixture 20 is disconnected, the pairing can be simply terminated.

Also, for example, when the second communication unit 22 receives a signal for designating the lighting fixture 20 as the pairing target of the terminal device 10 when the first communication unit 21, before receiving the signal for performing pairing with the terminal device 10, 1 When the communication unit 21 receives a signal to cancel the designation of the pairing target of the terminal device 10, it may also cancel the designation of the pairing target of the terminal device 10. Thereby, before the signal for performing pairing with the terminal 10 is sent from the terminal device 10 to the lighting fixture 20 (that is, before the signal for performing the pairing with the lighting fixture 20 is transmitted from the information terminal 30 to the terminal device 10 ), by using the information terminal 30 to send a signal to cancel the designation to the lighting fixture 20 designated as the pairing target, the pairing can be simply terminated.

In step S12, if only the lighting fixture 20 is designated as the pairing object, the pairing between the terminal device 10 and the lighting fixture 20 is not performed, and the signal for performing the pairing sent from the terminal device 10 to the lighting fixture 20 is used as a trigger to execute the terminal The pairing of the luminaire 10 and the lighting fixture 20. That is, after the process of specifying the lighting fixture 20 as a pairing target using infrared rays, the process of executing the pairing is not automatically performed, so as described above, the pairing can be terminated.

Through the above steps S11 to S14, the pairing of the A system of the terminal device 10 and the desired lighting fixtures 20a and 20n is completed. Furthermore, when the other lighting fixture 20 is paired with another system of the terminal device 10, the process of step S11 to step S14 is performed on the other system. In this way, each system of the terminal device 10 can be paired with the lighting fixture 20. That is, a plurality of lighting fixtures 20a to 20n can be grouped, and each group can be controlled. Moreover, after the pairing operation is completed, the user cancels the setting mode of the terminal device 10, and the terminal device 10 performs a normal operation (that is, dimming and controlling the paired lighting fixture 20 according to the detected surrounding brightness).

[Effects etc.] As described above, the lighting fixture 20 of this embodiment includes the first communication unit 21 that communicates with the information terminal 30 using the first wireless communication method, and the second communication unit 22 that communicates with the terminal device 10 using the second wireless communication method. The first communication unit 21 is configured to receive a signal for designating the lighting fixture 20 as a pairing target of the terminal device 10 from the information terminal 30. The second communication unit 22 is configured to perform pairing with the terminal device 10 when receiving a signal for performing pairing with the terminal device 10 from the terminal device 10 designated as the pairing target of the lighting fixture 20.

In this way, the user using the information terminal 30 uses the first wireless communication method to designate the lighting fixture 20 as the pairing target of the terminal device 10, and then the terminal device 10 and the lighting fixture 20 designated by the user can be automatically paired. In this way, according to the present invention, pairing can be easily performed.

In addition, the first wireless communication method is a communication method using infrared rays.

In this way, since infrared rays have directivity, the user can easily specify the lighting by using infrared rays by carrying the information terminal 30 to an example of the lighting fixture 20 to be designated as a pairing object (for example, a range capable of infrared communication). The appliance 20 serves as a pairing target.

In addition, when the second communication unit 22 receives the signal for designating the lighting fixture 20 as the pairing target of the terminal device 10, the signal for performing the pairing with the terminal device 10 is not received within a certain period of time. When the signal is signaled, the designation of the pairing target of the terminal device 10 can also be canceled.

After the lighting fixture 20 is designated as the pairing target, it is desired to terminate the pairing of the lighting fixture 20 and the terminal device 10. Thereby, as long as the signal for performing pairing with the terminal device 10 is not sent from the terminal device 10 to the lighting fixture 20 during a specific period, the pairing can be simply suspended.

In addition, when the second communication unit 22 receives the signal for designating the lighting fixture 20 as the pairing target of the terminal device 10 when the first communication unit 21 receives the signal for performing the pairing with the terminal device 10, the lighting When the power of the appliance 20 is turned off, the designation of the pairing target of the terminal device 10 can also be cancelled.

After the lighting fixture 20 is designated as the pairing target, it is desired to terminate the pairing of the lighting fixture 20 and the terminal device 10. In this case, before the terminal device 10 transmits a signal for performing pairing with the terminal device 10, the pairing can be simply terminated by turning off the power source of the lighting device 20.

In addition, when the second communication unit 22 receives the signal for designating the lighting fixture 20 as the pairing target of the terminal device 10 when the first communication unit 21 receives the signal for performing the pairing with the terminal device 10, the first When the communication unit 21 receives a signal for canceling the designation of the pairing target of the terminal device 10, it may also cancel the designation of the pairing target of the terminal device 10.

After the lighting fixture 20 is designated as the pairing target, it is desired to terminate the pairing of the lighting fixture 20 and the terminal device 10. In this case, before sending a signal for performing pairing with the terminal device 10 from the terminal device 10 to the lighting device 20, the information terminal 30 sends a signal to release the signal to the lighting device 20 designated as the pairing target. The designated signal, and the pairing can be simply aborted.

In addition, when the second communication unit 22 receives a request for identification information, which is a signal for performing pairing with the terminal device 10, from the terminal device 10, it can also perform the execution by sending its own identification information to the terminal device 10. Pair with the terminal device 10.

Thereby, by sending the identification information of the lighting appliance 20 itself to the terminal device 10, the lighting appliance 20 and the terminal device 10 exchange the identification information with each other, and pairing can be performed.

In addition, the terminal device 10 of this embodiment includes a third communication unit 11 that communicates with the information terminal 30 by the first wireless communication method, and a fourth communication unit 12 that communicates with the information terminal 30 and the lighting equipment 20 by the second wireless communication method. . The third communication unit 11 is configured to receive a signal for designating the terminal device 10 as a pairing target of the lighting fixture 20 from the information terminal 30. The fourth communication unit 12 is configured to perform pairing with the lighting fixture 20 when the third communication unit 11 receives the above-mentioned signal from the information terminal 30 and receives a signal for performing pairing with the lighting fixture 20 from the information terminal 30.的对对。 The pairing.

In this way, the user uses the information terminal 30 to designate the terminal device 10 as a pairing object of the lighting fixture 20 through the first wireless communication method, and then uses the information terminal 30 to use the second wireless communication method to transmit to the terminal device 10 A signal used to perform pairing with the lighting fixture 20, after which the terminal device 10 and the lighting fixture 20 can be automatically paired. In this way, according to the present invention, pairing can be easily performed.

In addition, the first wireless communication method may be a communication method using infrared rays.

In this way, since infrared rays have directivity, the user can easily specify the terminal by using infrared rays by carrying the information terminal 30 to the terminal device 10 to be designated as a pairing target (for example, a range capable of infrared communication). The device 10 serves as a pairing target.

In addition, the fourth communication unit 12 may also send a request to the lighting device 20 to send identification information when receiving a signal for performing pairing with the lighting device 20, and when receiving the identification information sent in accordance with the request, it may have The luminaire 20 of the received identification information performs pairing.

Thereby, as long as the terminal device 10 receives the signal used to perform the pairing with the lighting fixture 20 from the information terminal 30, the lighting fixture 20 can send its own identification information to the terminal device 10 according to the request from the terminal device 10. , The lighting fixture 20 and the terminal device 10 exchange identification information with each other, and can automatically pair.

In addition, the lighting system 1 of the present embodiment includes a lighting fixture 20 and a terminal device 10.

In this way, a lighting system that can be easily paired can be provided.

In addition, the information terminal 30 of this embodiment includes a fifth communication unit 31 that communicates with the terminal device 10 and the lighting equipment 20 by the first wireless communication method, and a sixth communication unit 32 that communicates with the terminal device 10 by the second wireless communication method. . The fifth communication unit 31 is configured to transmit a signal for designating a pairing target to the terminal device 10 and the lighting fixture 20, respectively. The sixth communication unit 32 is configured to transmit a signal to the fifth communication unit 31 to designate the terminal device 10 as a pairing target, and to transmit the lighting fixture 20 to execute the signal designated as a pairing target with the fifth communication unit 31 The paired signal.

In this way, the user uses the information terminal 30 to designate the terminal device 10 as the pairing object of the lighting fixture 20 and the lighting device 20 as the pairing object of the terminal device 10 through the first wireless communication method, and then use the information terminal 30 by In the second wireless communication method, a signal for performing pairing with the lighting fixture 20 is sent to the terminal device 10, and then the terminal device 10 and the lighting fixture 20 can be automatically paired. In this way, according to the present invention, pairing can be easily performed.

In addition, the first wireless communication method may be a communication method using infrared rays.

In this way, since infrared rays have directivity, users can easily use infrared rays by carrying the information terminal 30 to the terminal device 10 and lighting equipment 20 that they want to designate as a pairing target (for example, the range that can communicate with infrared rays). The terminal device 10 and the lighting fixture 20 are designated as pairing objects.

(Other embodiments) Above, the lighting fixture 20, the terminal device 10, the information terminal 30, and the lighting system 1 of the embodiment have been described, but the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment.

For example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the first wireless communication method is a communication method using infrared rays, but if, for example, a wireless communication method with directivity is used, it may not be a communication method using infrared rays.

Also, for example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, when the second communication unit 22 receives a request for identification information from the terminal device 10 as a signal for performing pairing with the terminal device 10, it transmits its own identification to the terminal device 10. Information, and perform pairing with the terminal device 10, but this processing may not be performed.

In addition, for example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, when the fourth communication unit 12 receives a signal for performing pairing with the lighting fixture 20, it sends a request for identification information to the lighting fixture 20, and upon receiving the identification information sent in response to the request At this time, pairing is performed with the luminaire 20 having the received identification information, but such processing may not be performed.

In addition, for example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the address information (identification information) is a MAC address, but it may also be a logical address. The reason is that, for example, depending on the signal transmission method used in the lighting system, logical addresses are sometimes used.

In addition, the present invention can be implemented not only by the information terminal 30, but also by a method of pairing lighting fixtures including the steps (processing) performed by the constituent elements constituting the information terminal 30.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the pairing method of lighting fixtures includes the step of transmitting a signal for designating the terminal device 10 as the pairing target of the lighting fixture 20 through the first wireless communication method (step S11); 1 The step of transmitting a signal to designate the lighting fixture 20 as the pairing target of the terminal device 10 through the wireless communication method (step S12); The signal terminal device 10 transmits a step of performing a pairing with the lighting fixture 20 that has received the signal designated as the pairing target of the terminal device 10 (step S13).

In addition, the present invention can be implemented not only by the terminal device 10, the lighting fixture 20, and the lighting system 1, but also by a method including the steps (processing) performed by the components constituting the terminal device 10, the lighting fixture 20, and the lighting system 1.

For example, these steps can also be executed by a computer (computer system). Moreover, the present invention can be implemented by a program that enables a computer to execute the steps contained in these methods. Furthermore, the present invention can be realized by a non-temporary computer-readable recording medium such as CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) with its program recorded.

For example, when the present invention is implemented by a program (software), each step is executed by executing the program by using hardware resources such as a computer's CPU, memory, and input and output circuits. That is, the CPU (Central Processing Unit, central processing unit) executes various steps by obtaining data from a memory or an input-output circuit, etc., and performing calculations, or outputting a calculation result to the memory or an input-output circuit, etc.

In addition, the various components included in the terminal 10, the lighting fixture 20, the lighting system 1, and the information terminal 30 of the above-mentioned embodiment can also be realized by dedicated or general-purpose circuits.

In addition, the components contained in the terminal 10, the lighting fixture 20, the lighting system 1, and the information terminal 30 of the above-mentioned embodiment may also be an integrated circuit (IC: Integrated Circuit), that is, an LSI (Large Scale Integration). Circuit) to achieve.

In addition, the integrated circuit is not limited to LSI, and can also be realized by a dedicated circuit or a general-purpose processor. It can also use a programmable FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array), or a reconfigurable processor that can be reconfigured for the connection and setting of circuit units inside the LSI.

Furthermore, if semiconductor technology advances or other derived technologies are replaced with LSI integrated circuit technology, of course, this technology can also be used to perform terminal 10, lighting equipment 20, lighting system 1 and information terminal 30 The integrated circuit of each constituent element contained in.

In addition, forms obtained by implementing various changes conceivable by those skilled in the art to the embodiments, or arbitrarily combining the constituent elements and functions of the embodiments within the scope of the present invention are also included in the present invention. Inside.

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Fig. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a lighting fixture, a terminal, and an information terminal of the embodiment. Fig. 2 is a sequence diagram showing the overall processing of the pairing of the terminal device and the lighting equipment of the embodiment. Fig. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation when designating a lighting appliance as a pairing object.

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Claims (14)

A lighting fixture comprising: a first communication unit that communicates with an information terminal using a first wireless communication method; and a second communication unit that communicates with a terminal device using a second communication method; and the first communication unit is configured from the information The terminal receives a signal for designating the lighting fixture as a pairing target of the terminal device, and the second communication unit is configured to receive a pairing designating the lighting fixture as the terminal device from the information terminal in the first communication unit In the signal state of the object, when a signal for performing pairing with the terminal device is received from the terminal device designated as the pairing object of the lighting appliance, the pairing with the terminal device is performed. Such as the lighting appliance of claim 1, wherein the above-mentioned first wireless communication method is a communication method using infrared rays. For example, the lighting appliance of claim 1, wherein the second communication unit did not receive the signal for execution within a certain period of time when the first communication unit received a signal to designate the lighting appliance as the pairing target of the terminal device When the signal is paired with the above-mentioned terminal device, the designation as the pairing object of the above-mentioned terminal device is cancelled. For example, the lighting appliance of claim 1, wherein the second communication unit receives a signal for designating the lighting appliance as a pairing target of the terminal device when the first communication unit receives a signal for performing the communication with the terminal device. pair Before the signal, when the power supply of the above-mentioned lighting equipment is turned off, the designation as the pairing object of the above-mentioned terminal device is cancelled. For example, the lighting appliance of claim 1, wherein the second communication unit receives a signal for designating the lighting appliance as a pairing target of the terminal device when the first communication unit receives a signal for performing the communication with the terminal device. Before the pairing signal, when the first communication unit receives the signal for canceling the designation of the pairing target of the terminal device, it cancels the designation of the pairing target of the terminal device. For example, the lighting appliance of claim 1, wherein the second communication unit sends its own information to the terminal device when it receives a request for identification information from the terminal device as a signal for performing pairing with the terminal device. Identify the information, and perform pairing with the above-mentioned terminal. A terminal device comprising: a third communication unit that communicates with an information terminal using a first wireless communication method; and a fourth communication unit that communicates with the information terminal and lighting equipment using a second wireless communication method; and the third communication unit The fourth communication unit is configured to receive a signal from the information terminal for designating the terminal device as a pairing target of the lighting fixture, and the fourth communication unit is configured to receive the signal from the information terminal when the third communication unit receives the signal from the information terminal. When the information terminal receives a signal for performing pairing with the lighting fixture, it performs the pairing with the lighting fixture. Such as the terminal device of claim 7, wherein the above-mentioned first wireless communication method is a communication method using infrared rays. For example, the terminal device of claim 7, wherein the fourth communication unit, upon receiving a signal for performing pairing with the lighting fixture, sends a request to the lighting fixture to send identification information, and when it receives the request sent based on the request When identifying information, perform pairing with the above-mentioned lighting appliance with the received identification information. A lighting system is provided with the lighting fixture of any one of claims 1 to 6, and the terminal device of any one of claims 7 to 9. An information terminal comprising: a fifth communication unit that communicates with a terminal device and a lighting device by a first wireless communication method; and a sixth communication unit that communicates with the terminal device by a second wireless communication method; and the fifth communication unit It is configured to transmit a signal for designating a pairing target to the terminal device and the lighting fixture, respectively, and the sixth communication unit is configured to transmit a signal for designating a pairing target to the fifth communication unit, and transmit A signal for performing pairing with the above-mentioned lighting fixture that is transmitted by the above-mentioned fifth communication unit to designate a signal for pairing. Such as the information terminal of claim 11, where The above-mentioned first wireless communication method is a communication method using infrared rays. A pairing method for lighting fixtures, comprising: sending a signal for specifying a terminal device as a pairing object of a lighting fixture through a first wireless communication method; sending a signal to specify the lighting fixture as a The step of the signal of the pairing target of the terminal device; and, by the second wireless communication method, the terminal device that has received the signal for designating the pairing target of the lighting appliance is sent for execution and received for designation The step of the paired signal of the above-mentioned lighting fixture which is the signal of the paired object of the above-mentioned terminal device. A program that is used to make a computer execute the matching method of the lighting appliance of the request item 13.

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