TWI788997B - Blessing Lantern Control System - Google Patents

Abstract

A blessing lantern control module, which is installed on a blessing lantern and includes a lamp main board with an output interface and an input interface, a microcontroller unit is provided on the lamp main board, and a lighting module electrically connected to the lamp main board is provided , is controlled by the micro-controller unit to emit light, and is provided with a display panel electrically connected to the main board of the lamp, and is controlled by the micro-controller unit to display a blessing information; since the display panel can receive and display blessing information, it can be used according to different The display content can be updated on festival occasions, and when the blessing lantern is damaged, just replace it with a new blessing lantern, install the blessing lantern control module, and then transmit the blessing information through the input interface to re-display the original information on the display panel, no need Manual query data is written on the lantern, which is easy and convenient to maintain.

Description

Blessing Lantern Control System

The invention relates to a lantern; in particular, it relates to an electronic lantern module and its control system.

The blessing lanterns in the existing palaces and temples originated from a way of ancient Chinese people to pray for blessings, eliminate disasters, and relieve disasters. By lighting lanterns in the temple, around the temple or in the blessing area, write the content of blessings and the names of the believers on the lanterns, etc., wishing the believers a bright future, career growth, prosperous wealth, removal of karma, family safety and longevity stretches.

Generally, blessing lanterns display the names of believers and the structure of blessing items, mainly on the paper, plastic sheet or aluminum foil gold paper plate that the lantern has, and write the names of believers and blessing items. However, when the structure of the above-mentioned lanterns is damaged and replaced, not only does it need to be replaced with a new lantern, but also the information of the believers is searched, and the names and blessings of the believers are rewritten on the brand of the new lantern. Such a structure not only results in time-consuming and laborious maintenance of the lanterns, but also every year when the temple needs to replace the nameplates of the lanterns at the end of the year or the beginning of the year, the staff will need to climb ladders to replace the nameplates of the lanterns. This is not only laborious for the staff, but also unsafe One method, and when believers want to find lanterns, they can only know the location of their own lanterns by checking the nameplates one by one, which is difficult to find in the vast sea of lanterns.

In view of this, the object of the present invention is to provide an electronic lantern module and a control system for daisy-chaining a plurality of the above-mentioned lantern modules. Easy to maintain, easy to update display information, and easy to find specific believer lanterns in the system.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a blessing lantern control module for installation on a blessing lantern. The control module includes a lamp main board, a lighting module and a display panel.

The lamp mainboard has a mainboard body, the mainboard body has an input interface and an output interface, and a microcontroller unit is arranged on the mainboard body, and the microcontroller unit is electrically connected to the input interface and the output interface respectively. The light module is electrically connected with the main board of the lamp, and is controlled by the microcontroller unit to emit light. The display panel is electrically connected with the main board of the lamp, and is controlled by the microcontroller unit to display a blessing message.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a blessing lantern control system, which includes a plurality of above blessing lantern control modules and a controller.

The plurality of blessing lantern control modules are serially connected in a daisy-chain manner, the input interface of each blessing lantern control module is electrically connected to the output interface of a previous blessing lantern control module, and each blessing lantern control module The output interface of the module is electrically connected to the input interface of the next blessing lantern control module.

The controller communicates with the input interface of the first blessing lantern control module, and is used to receive a control signal, the control signal includes an initial value, a target value and a control instruction, and the controller sends the control signal to the The first blessing lantern control module transmits the control signal, so that the control signal is sequentially transmitted to the blessing lantern control modules, and whenever the control signal is transmitted to the next blessing lantern control module, it will be initiated Accumulate the count value once, so that the blessing lantern control module that receives the accumulated count value and matches the target value, The microcontroller unit executes the control instruction to control the display panel or the lighting module.

When the above-mentioned blessing lantern control module is used, it is installed on the existing blessing lanterns at the temple, and the original lantern is converted into a smart blessing lantern with a display panel, or it is installed on a newly purchased blessing lantern and fixed in the temple. Space to hang lanterns. And depending on the needs, information such as the name of the believers and blessings will be included, which will be updated in the form of blessing information and displayed on the display panel of the wisdom blessing lantern. In this way, in addition to meeting the different needs of believers in praying, when the hardware of individual wisdom blessing lanterns is damaged, just replace the hardware with new ones and retransmit the blessing information, and the blessing information of the believers can be redisplayed on each display panel to achieve The hardware is easy to maintain and the display information is easy to update.

The control system composed of multiple blessing lantern control modules connected in daisy-chain series can quickly make the designated blessing lantern control module act according to the instructions of the control command after the controller receives the control signal, so that the believers can find themselves When using the wisdom blessing lantern, you can quickly locate the position of the believer's blessing lantern control module, so that you can easily find the wisdom blessing lantern with your own blessing information. In addition, when it is necessary to replace the nameplates on each lantern at the beginning or end of each year, if the blessing lantern control system of the present invention is used, it is only necessary to transmit the information of believers in the temple database to the controller through computer operation. Refresh the display panels of multiple hanging wisdom blessing lanterns, so that each display panel can display new information, which can save a lot of manpower for the temple staff, and avoid the need for the temple to light up at the end of the year or the beginning of the year. The labor work of the staff climbing to change the brand name.

〔this invention〕

100: Blessing Lantern Control Module

10: Blessing Lantern

12: lantern body

14: lantern handle

16: Lantern Spike

20: Lamp main board

22: Main board body

221: input interface

222: output interface

24: Microcontroller unit

241: memory

26: memory unit

30: Lighting module

40: Display panel

50:Computer unit

51: Database

200: Blessing Lantern Control System

210: controller

211: Communication module

212:Microprocessing chip

A: Prayer information

B: Control signal

B1: initial value

B2: target value

B3: Control command

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a blessing lantern control module according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the blessing lantern control module of the above-mentioned preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a blessing lantern control system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the controller and the blessing lantern control module of the above-mentioned preferred embodiment of the present invention.

In order to illustrate the present invention more clearly, preferred embodiments are given and detailed descriptions are given below in conjunction with drawings. Please refer to Fig. 1 to Fig. 2, which is a blessing lantern control module 100 of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which is installed on a blessing lantern 10, and includes a lamp main board 20, a lighting module 30, and a Display panel 40 .

The blessing lantern 10 can be an existing lantern at the temple or a newly purchased lantern used for the blessing lantern control module 100 to be installed. The blessing lantern 10 has a lantern body 12, a lantern handle 14 coupled to the top of the lantern body 12, and a lantern fringe 16 coupled to the bottom end of the lantern body 12, the lantern fringe 16 can be selectively installed or removed, When the blessing lantern control module 100 is installed on the existing blessing lantern 10 , it can be converted into a smart blessing lantern with a display panel 40 .

The lamp mainboard 20 has a mainboard body 22, the mainboard body 22 has an input interface 221 and an output interface 222, and a microcontroller unit 24 is arranged on the mainboard body 22, and the microcontroller unit 24 is connected to the input interface 221 respectively. And the output interface 222 is electrically connected.

The lighting module 30 can be an LED lighting module or a lighting module of a traditional light bulb. The lighting module 30 is used to be fixed in the lantern body 12 of the blessing lantern 10 and is electrically connected to the main board 20 of the lamp. The lamp unit 24 is controlled to emit light.

The display panel 40 is used to hang from the bottom of the lantern body 12 of the blessing lantern 10 and is located below the lantern fringe 16. The display panel 40 is electrically connected to the lamp main board 20 and is controlled by the microcontroller unit 24. A piece of blessing information A is displayed. In this preferred embodiment, the blessing information A includes but not limited to the names of believers and blessing items.

When the above-mentioned blessing lantern control module 100 is installed on the blessing lantern 10 for use, the temple side uses the lantern handle 14 to hang the lantern body 12 on a high place, and the lamp main board 20 receives signals and power through the input interface 221 at the same time. , or the power is supplied from other places and input to the main board 20 of the lamp, and then the microcontroller unit 24 of the main board 20 of the lamp is used to control the light module 30 to emit light, so that the light module 30 is used as a light source to light the lantern body 12. The blessing lantern control module 100 can receive the blessing information A from the input interface 221, so that the microcontroller unit 24 can transmit the blessing information A to the display panel 40, and display the content contained in the blessing information A in a set manner, For example, the names of believers, blessings, blessings corresponding to the festival, patterns or colors of background decorations, and fonts, font sizes, and colors used for text. Preferably, the display panel 40 is a flat display panel such as an LCD display panel, an OLED display panel or an electronic paper display panel.

According to the different needs of the believers or the temple side, the blessing information A containing different contents can be updated and displayed on the display panel 40 of the blessing lantern control module 100 by transmitting the information to the main board 20 of the lamp. When the blessing lantern control module 100 is damaged, after replacing the new blessing lantern control module 100, as long as the blessing information A corresponding to the blessing lantern control module 100 is retransmitted to the changed blessing lantern control module 100, The original blessing information A can be displayed on the display panel 40 of the blessing lantern control module 100 , so that the maintenance and repair process of the lantern is very simple and convenient.

The detailed structure of the blessing lantern control module 100 in the above-mentioned preferred embodiment will be further described below. The motherboard body 22 is provided with a circuit board electrically connected with the microcontroller unit 24 The memory unit 26, after the input interface 221 of the lamp main board 20 receives the blessing information A, the memory unit 26 can be used to store the blessing information A, and at this time, the microcontroller unit 24 extracts the blessing information A from the memory unit 26 for transmission to display on the display panel 40; or, the microcontroller unit 24 has a memory 241, and after the input interface 221 of the lamp main board 20 receives the blessing information A, the memory 241 is used to store the blessing information A, and the The microcontroller unit 24 extracts the blessing information A from the memory 241 and transmits it to the display panel 40 for display.

Preferably, the lamp main board 20 has the functions of daisy chain control and display, the input interface 221 is used to receive the signal from the lamp main board 20 of the above-mentioned blessing lantern control module 100, and the output interface 222 is used for Then output the signal to the lamp main board 20 of the next blessing lantern control module 100 . When the input interface 221 receives a control signal B, and the microcontroller unit 24 judges that the blessing lantern control module 100 is the blessing lantern control module 100 specified by the control signal B, the microcontroller unit 24 controls the blessing lantern control module 100. The display panel 40 or the light module 30 operates according to the control signal B.

For example, control the display panel 40 or the light module 30 to flash and display, or control the display panel 40 to perform a reverse display with the complementary color of the original emitted color, so that believers, temple personnel or others can view the display panel 40 Or the light emitting or display mode of the lighting module 30 is changed, and the operation of searching for lights is used to quickly find the blessing lantern 10 that belongs to oneself or wants to find and displays specific blessing information A. Or when the blessing information A displayed on each display panel 40 needs to be updated, each control signal B includes an instruction to update the blessing information A, and the target blessing lantern control module 100 receiving the control signal B will update the display panel 40. In this way, the blessing information A displayed on the display panel 40 at these blessing lanterns 10 can be refreshed by the operation of turning on the lights.

Please refer to Fig. 3 to Fig. 4, which is a blessing lantern control module control system 200 of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, including a plurality of above-mentioned blessing lantern control modules 100 and a control 210, these blessing lantern control modules 100 are sequentially connected in daisy chain mode, and are divided into the first blessing lantern control module 100, the second blessing lantern control module 100, and the third blessing lantern control module 100 in sequence. The lantern control modules 100 can be deduced in the same way, and these blessing lantern control modules 100 are respectively installed on the existing blessing lanterns 10 in the temple. The input interface 221 of each blessing lantern control module 100 is electrically connected to the output interface 222 of the previous blessing lantern control module 100 through a wire, and the output interface 222 of each blessing lantern control module 100 is electrically connected to the next blessing lantern through a wire The input interface 221 of the control module 100 .

The controller 210 is connected to the input interface 221 of the first blessing lantern control module 100 in a wired or wireless manner. The controller 210 includes a communication module 211, which can be an Ethernet network The wired network module of the module can also be a wireless network module such as a WiFi module, an NFC near-field communication module or an RFID near-field communication module, or a wired network module and a wireless network module at the same time Group both. The controller 210 is used to receive connection input from network wired or wireless communication, network or NFC (near field wireless communication) induction connection input from a smart phone, or the NFC included in the matching product sold by the temple. , The control signal B input after the RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) electronic tag is read. In addition, the communication module 211 can also receive the control signal B through ZigBee, LoRa, Sigfox and other communication protocols commonly used in the IoT field.

The above-mentioned control signal B includes an initial value B1, a target value B2 and a control instruction B3. For example, when the initial value B1 is 1 and the target value B2 is 3, the controller 210 transmits the control signal B to the first After the lamp main board 20 of a blessing lantern control module 100, the microcontroller unit 24 of the first blessing lantern control module 100 will compare the target value B2 (target value) with the initial value B1, which is the current value (current value) are 3 and 1 respectively and judged to be inconsistent, so the initial value B1 is added to the set count value (in this preferred embodiment, the count value is 1, and in other embodiments, it can be set to different values according to requirements ) becomes 2 once, even The same control signal B is transmitted to the second blessing lantern control module 100, and the microcontroller unit 24 of the second blessing lantern control module 100 compares the target value B2 with the current value of the initial value B1 and the accumulated count value once, At this time, the target value B2 and the current value are 3 and 2 respectively, and it is determined that they do not match. Therefore, the current value is added to the count value to become 3, and the control signal B is transmitted to the third blessing lantern control module 100. At this time, the third blessing The microcontroller unit 24 of the lantern control module 100 judges that the target value B2 is 3, and the current value obtained by accumulating the count value twice from the initial value B1 is also 3, and the judgment is consistent, so the control signal B is accepted and stored, not Then transmit the control signal B to the next blessing lantern control module 100; the third blessing lantern control module 100 is the blessing lantern control module 100 designated by the control signal B to receive the control command B3 through the above judgment mechanism .

When the designated blessing lantern control module 100 receives the control signal B, and the control signal B is used to search for lights. The microcontroller unit 24 of the blessing lantern control module 100 will execute the control command B3 to control the display panel 40 or the light module 30 to issue flashing or highlighted warnings, thereby demarcating the blessing lantern control module. The position of group 100, as shown in the display panel 40 of the third blessing lantern control module 100 in FIG.

To further illustrate, the controller 210 is used to receive the control signal B and pass it down to each blessing lantern control module 100. In order to store and compare the lantern-seeking data of the believers, a computer unit 50, which is a computer for example, is provided. A database 51 is provided in the computer unit 50 to store and manage the data of believers who light lanterns. The computer unit 50 sends a control signal B to the controller 210 through a management program in a wireless or wired communication manner according to the usage requirements, thereby Send instructions to the blessing lantern control module 100 of each blessing lantern 10 . When the user needs to search for the lamp, or the staff of the temple needs to turn on the lamp, the computer unit 50 with the database 51 can be used for operation. In addition, in other applications, the computer unit 50 can also be Use of smartphones, tablets or other devices with computing capabilities, not limited to the above description.

As shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 4 , the detailed structure of the blessing lantern control system 200 in the above-mentioned preferred embodiment will be further described below. The controller 210 also includes a micro-processing chip 212 electrically connected to the communication module 211, the micro-processing chip 212 communicates with the input interface 221 of the first blessing lantern control module 100 through wires in a wired manner, When the communication module 211 receives the control signal B, the controller 210 transmits the control signal B to the first blessing lantern control module 100 through the microprocessor chip 212 . In other embodiments, the above-mentioned microprocessor chip 212 can also communicate with the input interface 221 of the first blessing lantern control module 100 in a wireless manner through wireless network transmission.

The above description is only a preferred feasible embodiment of the present invention, and all equivalent changes made by applying the description of the present invention and the scope of the patent application should be included in the scope of the patent of the present invention.

100: Blessing Lantern Control Module

10: Blessing Lantern

12: lantern body

14: lantern handle

16: Lantern Spike

20: Lamp main board

22: Main board body

30: Lighting module

40: Display panel

A: Prayer Information

Claims (4)

A blessing lantern control system, comprising: a plurality of blessing lantern control modules, the control module includes a lamp main board, has a main board body, the main board body has an input interface and an output interface, and a micro-controller is provided on the main board body The microcontroller unit is electrically connected to the input interface and the output interface respectively. The main board of the lamp has the function of daisy chain control and display. The signal of the main board of the lamp, the output interface is used to output the signal of the main board of the lamp to the next blessing lantern control module; a lighting module is electrically connected with the main board of the lamp, and is controlled by the microcontroller unit. emit light; and a display panel, which is electrically connected to the main board of the lamp, and is controlled by the microcontroller unit to display a blessing information; these blessing lantern control modules are serially connected in a daisy-chain manner, and each blessing lantern The input interface of the control module is electrically connected to the output interface of the previous blessing lantern control module, and the output interface of each blessing lantern control module is electrically connected to the input interface of the next blessing lantern control module; and a controller , communicated with the input interface of the first blessing lantern control module, and used to receive a control signal, the control signal includes an initial value, a target value and a control command, the controller sends the first A blessing lantern control module transmits the control signal, so that the control signal is sequentially transmitted to the blessing lantern control modules, and whenever the control signal is transmitted to the next blessing lantern control module, it is accumulated from the initial value Once the count value is received, the blessing lantern control module that receives the accumulated count value that matches the target value executes the control instruction with the microcontroller unit to control the display panel or the lighting module. The blessing lantern control system as described in claim 1, wherein the controller includes a communication module and a microprocessor chip electrically connected to the communication module, and the communication module is used for After receiving the control signal, the microprocessor chip communicates with the input interface of the first blessing lantern control module in a wired or wireless manner, and the controller uses the microprocessor chip to communicate with the first blessing lantern control module. The group transmits the control signal. The blessing lantern control system as described in claim 1 or 2, wherein when the microcontroller unit executes the control instruction to control the display panel, it makes the display panel blink or display in reverse video. The blessing lantern control system as described in claim 2, wherein each communication module is a WiFi module, NFC near field communication module, RFID near field communication module, ZigBee communication module, LoRa communication module, or Sigfox communication module, each of the display panels is an LCD display panel, an OLED display panel or an electronic paper display panel.

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