WO2009049670A1

WO2009049670A1 - Lamp with an integrated electronic ballast and control arrangement with a transmitter for generating a radio signal for a lamp of this type

Info

Publication number: WO2009049670A1
Application number: PCT/EP2007/061029
Authority: WO
Inventors: Helmust Endres; Ulrich Roll
Original assignee: Osram Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Priority date: 2007-10-16
Filing date: 2007-10-16
Publication date: 2009-04-23

Abstract

The present invention relates to a lamp (10) with an integrated electronic ballast, wherein the lamp (10) also comprises: a receiver which is designed to receive a radio signal; and a processing apparatus (24) which is coupled firstly to the receiver (28) and secondly to the lamp (10), wherein the processing apparatus (24) is designed to convert the received radio signal into an actuation signal for the lamp and to supply it to the lamp (10). The invention moreover relates to a control arrangement with a transmitter for generating a radio signal for a lamp of this type.

Description

description

Lamp with integrated electronic ballast and control with a transmitter for generating a radio signal for such a lamp

Technical area

The present invention relates to a lamp with integrated electronic ballast and a controller with a transmitter for generating a radio signal for such a lamp.

State of the art

Hereinafter, the term "lamp" refers to the exchangeable lamp, while "lamp" designates the combination of a lamp and the fixed part in which the lamp is inserted. A typical example of a lamp would therefore be an incandescent or a compact fluorescent lamp, as sold for example by the applicant under the name Dulux EL. A lamp, however, is, for example, what is fixed in a living room or bedroom by means of screws to the ceiling and is connected by clamping or tightening with the cables of the supply network.

This was previously sent either external, connected in series to the power line of a lamp, wired controls, such as motion, twilight, dimmer, etc. or lights with built-in or used such controls. In a subsequent extension of an installed luminaire must therefore be changed in the prior art, the existing electrical installation. This often requires one Professional, is associated with great expenditure of time, thus costly and involves extensive clean-up and cleaning, for example, if access to a pipe lying under plaster must be created.

Presentation of the invention

Therefore, the object underlying the present invention is to further develop a lamp and a control of the type mentioned above such that an extension made after the installation of a luminaire is made possible by a control for the lamp of the luminaire with the least possible installation effort.

The object is achieved by a lamp having the features of patent claim 1 and by a controller having the features of patent claim 17.

The present invention is based on the finding that the above object can be achieved by means of an external, installation-independent control, which controls in particular wirelessly via a radio signal at least one lamp, which comprises a receiver which is designed for the reception of the radio signal, and also a Processing device which is coupled on the one hand with the receiver and on the other hand with the lamp, wherein the processing device is adapted to convert the received radio signal into a drive signal for the lamp and to provide the lamp.

In this case, the term "radio signal" encompasses all wireless transmission methods, in particular also transmission by infrared radiation or ultraviolet radiation. sound. Only in that the receiver is provided in the lamp, ie in the exchangeable lamp, existing installations of lights can be designed in a very simple way by replacing the lamp with a lamp according to the invention without any installation effort remotely controllable. In addition, the combination of a lamp according to the invention with a control according to the invention also achieves a higher sensitivity than in known realizations: In known motion detectors, in which an infrared sensor is integrated with a lamp in a housing of a lamp, the detection of the movement of a person impaired, because the infrared radiation that emits the person, is affected by the heat radiation of the lamp. This resulted in relatively bulky and large housings of such lights to separate the infrared motion sensor and the lamp as widely as possible. In addition to a reduced aesthetics such motion detectors are also associated with a large space requirement. The present invention avoids this problem in a simple manner in that the motion detector can be mounted in any position independent of the luminaire.

Preferably, the processing device has a memory device which is designed to store an address in it in order to assign address-specific data transmitted to the lamp with the radio signal. This allows the targeted control of individual lamps in a composite of lamps by means of a single controller.

The lamp preferably comprises an activation device, in particular a pushbutton. Is particularly advantageous In this case, the activation device is designed to put the lamp in a state in which an address can be entered into the lamp. In this case, the activation device is preferably designed, after its activation, to put the lamp in a state in which it is designed to receive an address transmitted by radio signal and to store it in the memory device. This makes it possible to synchronize several previously independently operated lamps or vice versa.

Furthermore, it can be provided that the lamp is designed, if no address is entered in the memory device, without activating an activation device to go into a state in which they, i. the lamp is adapted to receive a radio signal transmitted address and to store in the memory device. This makes it possible to realize a lamp according to the invention particularly cost-effectively, since no activation device needs to be provided. For reassigning an address, the lamp must be disconnected from the supply. Subsequently, a new address can be entered into the storage device of the lamp.

It is particularly advantageous if the lamp is further designed to acknowledge successful storage of an address, in particular by means of an optical and / or acoustic signal. This allows an operator to easily determine whether the transmission and storage of an address has succeeded or whether the process must be repeated.

According to a preferred development, the activation device can furthermore be designed to be replaced by several liges operating within a predetermined period of time to put the lamp in a, in particular limited to a predeterminable period, programming mode. This ensures that the activation of the lamp is time-limited and thus the likelihood of misprogramming, for example by programming a neighboring lamp, can be kept small.

Preferably, the lamp further comprises a transmitter. In this case, the transmitter can be designed to interact with an external receiver / transmitter (transceiver), which in turn is designed to interact with the receiver of the lamp. This allows a bidirectional design of the data transmission between the lamp and the external receiver / transmitter.

In this case, the transmitter of the lamp can be designed to acknowledge a successful transmission of a radio signal transmitted by the external receiver / transmitter, in particular an address and / or a synchronization signal. A missing acknowledgment can be an indication of a fault in the transmission, which causes the command to be retransmitted.

Further preferably, the transmitter of the lamp can be designed to transmit at least one operating parameter of the lamp to the external receiver / transmitter. This opens up the possibility of monitoring lamp parameters and / or lamp conditions, so that suitable countermeasures can be initiated in good time in the event of a malfunction or an imminent end of life of the lamp.

The transmitter and / or the receiver of the lamp can continue to be designed to work as a repeater. Thus, works the lamp almost as a relay station and allows the extension of the range of a system comprising several lamps according to the invention.

Furthermore, it can be provided that a lamp-specific, in particular unique address, manufacturer is stored in the memory device of the lamp, the lamp is designed, this lamp-specific address towards an activation, in particular to an activation of the activation device, via the sensor to transmit the lamp to the external receiver / transmitter. This address can then be stored in the receiver / transmitter, so that the receiver / transmitter is able to control this lamp individually or in combination with other lamps, without previously assigned to an inconvenient manner of this lamp an address by an operator got to.

The activation may, as mentioned, be an activation of the activation device of the lamp, but it can also be done simply by switching on the lamp.

Preferably, a lamp according to the invention is designed as a compact fluorescent lamp.

A certain category of lamps according to the invention has a lamp housing, wherein at least the ballast, the receiver and the processing device are integrated into the lamp housing. Particularly preferred is the ballast and the receiver realized on one and the same board. This allows a particularly cost-effective production of a lamp according to the invention. As already mentioned, according to a further aspect, the present invention comprises a controller with a transmitter for generating a radio signal for a lamp according to the invention.

In this case, a controller according to the invention preferably comprises a memory device for storing data to be transmitted with the radio signal. The transmission of the data can then be triggered by means of an operating device of the controller.

The control preferably comprises at least one sensor, in particular for motion detection, for brightness measurement, for temperature measurement, for glass break detection, for smoke detection or for time measurement and the like. This can be realized by the combination of lamp and transmitter, a motion detector, a twilight switch, a dimmer, a temperature sensor, a glass breakage detector or a smoke detector and the like.

However, the control can also be designed independently of a sensor as a remote control operable by an operator, in particular for dimming and / or switching on or off the at least one lamp. Of course, such a remote control also have one or more of said sensors.

Furthermore, the controller can be designed to cause the transmitter of the controller in response to a sensed parameter for the delivery of a radio signal.

The controller may further include a clock generator. In this case, the clock generator can be designed at predeterminable times and / or upon activation Synchronization signal to send by the transmitter of the controller to at least one lamp. Thus, several lamps, which can be addressed by their address or by their radio range from the transmitter, be synchronized with each other, for example, for simultaneous switching on / off, for simultaneous dimming, for changing the light color, etc.

Furthermore, a controller according to the invention preferably comprises a solar module and / or a receptacle for a battery and / or a mains connection, wherein in the case of a mains connection, this parallel to a mains connection of a lamp comprising a lamp according to the invention, unlike in the prior art is switched. Particularly in the case of using a solar module and / or a battery for supplying a control according to the invention, an installation can be achieved with the least possible outlay. It can be made by anyone because of reduced security requirements, the installation. The effort is minimal, since no lines for an AC power supply must be routed to a control according to the invention. Moreover, there is no need for a wired connection between a controller according to the invention and a lamp according to the invention.

Further preferably, the controller comprises an address-transmitting device, in particular a push-button, which is designed to transmit at least one address to at least one lamp after activation. It is particularly simple if the address is a current address. Especially in the subsequent inclusion of additional lamps to an existing composite However, the address may also be a predeterminable address.

A development of a controller according to the invention preferably comprises an interface to a PC, in particular a WLAN or a USB interface. With appropriate software and a graphical user interface, the user is thus provided with the option of programming the controller, for example by specifying at which time or at which temperatures or at which brightness the at least one lamp is to be switched on or off.

Particularly preferably, the transmitter of the controller is designed to send an on and / or off signal to at least one lamp.

For a particularly simple assembly, the controller comprises a fastening device, which is designed in particular for mounting on a wall. These include, for example, provisions for attaching the controller to a wall by means of a hook-and-loop fastener, by means of screws etc. This makes it possible to keep the cost of installing a controller according to the invention very low.

Due to the functional separation of lamp and control, in particular sensor, a separate assembly can be made in a particularly simple manner. In this case, the lamp can be placed at a particularly favorable location in terms of illumination, while the control can be placed with a sensor at a position as favorable as possible for the sensing of at least one parameter. Further preferred embodiments emerge from the subclaims.

Short description of the drawing (s)

In the following, embodiments of a lamp according to the invention and of a control according to the invention will now be described in detail. Show it:

Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a lamp according to the invention, which cooperates with two controls according to the invention. and

2 shows a schematic representation of the construction of an exemplary embodiment of a lamp according to the invention and an exemplary embodiment of a controller according to the invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

1 shows a schematic illustration of a lamp 10 according to the invention, which cooperates with two different controls 12a, 12b according to the invention. The lamp 10 according to the invention shown in Fig. 1 has a lamp base 14 with a thread, by means of which the lamp 10 can be inserted into a lamp. It also has three serially arranged fluorescent tubes 16a, 16b, 16c. These are controlled via a provided in a central portion 18 of the lamp 10 electronics, which will be discussed in more detail with reference to FIG. 2.

The controller 12a shown in Fig. 1 comprises a sensor 20 for detecting movement. Upon detection of a In response to a person's motion, a transmitter provided in the controller 12a transmits a radio signal to a lamp 10 of the present invention to turn it on.

The controller 12b shown in FIG. 1 is designed as a remote control and allows an operator by radio to turn on or off one or more lamps 10 according to the invention, to dim or to vary their light color. It has operating elements 22a to 22d.

2 shows a schematic representation of the structure of a lamp 10 according to the invention and a controller 12 according to the invention. Accordingly, a lamp according to the invention has a processing device 24, in particular a microcontroller, which comprises a memory device 26 in order to supply at least one lamp-specific address thereto deposit. It further comprises a receiver 28 which is coupled to the processing device 24 and is adapted to receive radio signals transmitted by a controller according to the invention and to forward them to the processing device 24 for further processing. It can be provided that the receiver 28 receives an address via radio signal, which is stored in the storage device 26 via the processing device 24. In order to set the lamp 10 in a state in which it is designed to receive a radio-signal-transmitted address and to store it in the memory device 26, an activation device 30, for example a push-button, may be provided. The successful storage of an address can acknowledge the lamp, in particular by means of an optical and / or acoustic signal. In the lamp, an electronic ballast device 32 is further provided to the fluorescent tubes 16 a to drive to 16c. The electronic ballast 32 is for this purpose coupled to the processing device 24, so that a received with the receiver 28 on / off signal or dimming signal leads to a corresponding control of the fluorescent tubes 16. The lamp 10 in the embodiment of Fig. 2 further comprises a transmitter 34 adapted to cooperate with an external receiver / transmitter of a controller 12, which in turn is adapted to cooperate with the receiver 28 of the lamp.

In the storage device 26 of the lamp 10, a lamp-specific, especially unique address may already have been stored by the manufacturer, wherein the lamp 10 is designed, this lamp-specific address on an activation out, for example by the activation device 38, via the transmitter 34 of the lamp 10 to a external receiver / transmitter.

The exemplary embodiment of a controller 12 according to the invention shown schematically in FIG. 2 likewise has a processing device 36, which may also be designed as a microcontroller. This is coupled to a transmitter 38 which is designed to emit a radio signal that can be received by the receiver 28 of the lamp 10. The transmitter 12 further comprises a memory device 40, in which data to be transmitted with the radio signal can be stored. It further comprises a sensor 42, for example for detecting movement, for measuring brightness, for measuring temperature, for detecting glass breakage, for detecting smoke or for time measurement, which is likewise coupled to processing device 36. To synchronize multiple from one invented According to the invention controller 12 to be driven lamps 10 may be provided in the controller 12, a clock generator 44 which is designed at predeterminable times and / or activation, such as an activation device 46, a synchronization signal by the transmitter 38 of the controller 12 at least to send a lamp 10.

A controller 12 according to the invention may further comprise a receiver 48 which is designed to receive radio signals emitted by the transmitter 34 of the lamp 10 and to supply them to the processing device 36 for further processing. The controller 12 further comprises an interface 50 to a PC, which may be designed in particular as a WLAN or USB interface. To supply the electronic components of the controller 12, a solar module 52 is provided in the embodiment of FIG. Instead, a receptacle for a battery or a separate power supply can readily be provided.

The push-button 46 may further be designed such that after its activation at least one address is transmitted to at least one lamp 10. The address may be a current or predeterminable address.

The illustrated in Fig. 2 embodiment of a controller 12 according to the invention further comprises for wall mounting a mounting plate 54 having at least two through openings through which a controller 12 according to the invention can be secured by screws 56 a, 56 b on a wall. An even smaller assembly The cost arises when the controller 12, the one half of a hook and loop fastener is provided, and the other half of the hook and loop fastener is designed for sticking to a wall. Of course, instead of an activation device 46, further activation devices may be provided to initiate various activities of the controller 12. When using a single activation device 46, this can be effected by a certain number of repetitions of the activation of the activation device 46 within a predeterminable time period.

In one embodiment, not shown, the Kompaktstofflampe 10 has no activation device 30. Rather, the activation is effected by turning the lamp 10 out and into the associated lamp. In other words: the existing and even non-existent mains supply is evaluated.

Claims

claims

A lamp (10) with integrated electronic ballast, characterized in that the lamp (10) further comprises: - a receiver adapted to receive a radio signal; and

- A processing device (24) which is coupled on the one hand to the receiver (28) and on the other hand with the lamp (10), wherein the processing device (24) is adapted to convert the received radio signal into a driving signal for the lamp and to the To provide lamp (10).

A lamp (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that the processing device (24) comprises a memory device (26) adapted to store therein an address for assigning to the lamp (10) address-specific data transmitted with the radio signal ,

3. Lamp (10) according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the lamp (10) comprises an activation device (30), in particular a push-button.

4. lamp (10) according to claim 3, characterized in that the activation device (30) is designed to set the lamp (10) in a state in which an address can be input into the lamp (10).

5. Lamp (10) according to claim 4, characterized in that the activation device (30) is designed, after activation, to put the lamp (10) in a state in which it is designed to receive an address transmitted by radio signal and in the memory device (26).

6. Lamp (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lamp (10) is designed, if no address is entered in the memory device (26), without activating an activation device (30) to go into a state, in that it is adapted to receive a radio signal transmitted address and to store in the memory device (26).

7. Lamp (10) according to any one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that the lamp (10) is designed to acknowledge a successful storage of an address, in particular by an optical and / or acoustic signal.

8. Lamp (10) according to any one of claims 3 to 7, characterized in that the activation device (30) is designed by repeated actuation within a vorgebba ren period the lamp (10) in a, limited in particular to a predeterminable period, programming mode.

9. lamp (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lamp (10) further comprises a transmitter (34).

A lamp (10) according to claim 9, characterized in that the transmitter (34) is adapted to cooperate with an external receiver / transmitter, which in turn is adapted to cooperate with the receiver (28) of the lamp (10).

11. Lamp (10) according to any one of claims 9 or 10, characterized in that the transmitter (34) of the lamp (10) is designed, a successful transmission of a transmitted from the external receiver / transmitter radio signal, in particular an address and / or a synchronization signal to acknowledge.

12. Lamp (10) according to any one of claims 9 to 11, characterized in that the transmitter (34) of the lamp (10) is adapted to transmit at least one operating parameter of the lamp (10) to the external receiver / transmitter.

13. Lamp (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the transmitter (34) and / or the receiver (28) of the

Lamp (10) is designed to work as a repeater.

14. Lamp (10) according to any one of claims 2 to 13, characterized in that in the storage device (26) of the lamp (10) a lamp-specific, especially unique address, the manufacturer is stored, wherein the lamp (10) is designed, this lamp-specific address upon activation, in particular on an activation of the activation device (30) out to transmit via the transmitter (34) of the lamp (10) to the external receiver / - transmitter.

15. Lamp (10) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lamp (10) is a compact fluorescent lamp.

16. Lamp (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lamp (10) has a lamp housing, wherein at least the ballast (32), the receiver (28) and the processing device (24) are integrated into the lamp housing.

17. A controller (12) comprising a transmitter for generating a radio signal for a lamp (10) according to one of the preceding claims.

18. The controller (12) according to claim 17, characterized in that the controller (12) comprises a memory device (40) for storing data to be transmitted with the radio signal.

19. The controller (12) according to claim 17, wherein the controller (12) comprises at least one sensor (42), in particular for detecting movement, for measuring brightness, for measuring temperature, for detecting glass breakage, for detecting smoke or for detecting smoke Timing is.

20. The controller (12) according to any one of claims 17 to 19, characterized in that it is designed as an operable by an operator remote control, in particular for dimming and / or switching on / off of the at least one lamp (10).

21. The controller (12) according to any one of claims 17 to 20, characterized in that the controller (12) is adapted to cause the transmitter of the controller (12) in response to a sensed parameter for delivering a radio signal.

22. Control (12) according to any one of claims 16 to 21, characterized in that the controller (12) comprises a clock generator (44).

23 control (12) according to claim 22, characterized in that the clock generator (44) is designed, at predeterminable times and / or upon activation of a synchronization signal through the transmitter of the controller (12) to at least one lamp (10) send.

24. Control (12) according to claim 17, characterized in that the controller (12) comprises a solar module (52) and / or a receptacle for a battery and / or a mains connection, wherein in the case of a mains connection this is connected in parallel to a mains connection of a luminaire, which comprises a lamp (10) according to one of claims 1 to 15.

25. The controller (12) according to claim 17, characterized in that the controller (12) comprises an address transmission device, in particular a pushbutton (46), which is designed to activate at least one address after it has been activated to transmit at least one lamp (10).

26. The controller (12) according to claim 25, characterized in that the address is a current or a predeterminable address.

27. Control (12) according to any one of claims 17 to 26, characterized that it comprises an interface (50) to a PC, in particular a WLAN or a USB interface.

28, controller (12) according to any one of claims 17 to 26, characterized in that the transmitter of the controller (12) is adapted to send an on and / or off signal to at least one lamp (10).

29 control (12) according to any one of claims 17 to 27, characterized in that the controller (12) has a fastening device (54), in particular for mounting on a wall.