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• the present invention relates to the field of lighting.
• the present invention relates to the field of control technology for scene lighting. Background technique
• a set of light units which can be light sources such as lamps, or components that can change the lighting state of the light sources, such as blinds, lampshades, baffles
• the types, styles, dimming performance and other parameters can be combined to form various A complex and beautiful lighting scene, the combination of the above technology and art has been promoted in both commercial lighting and home lighting.
• the control system that controls to realize these combination strategies also becomes more and more complicated.
• the control of a complex lighting system usually needs to be implemented using a terminal application installed on a mobile terminal.
• the graphical user interface provided by the terminal application can generate separate controls for different light units, and use the software interface to interact with the user to combine several
• the controls of the light unit are organized as an independent control group. By curing several light scenes for each control group, users can choose to select and load from these defined light scenes as needed to simplify the control.
• the limitation of this control method lies in the selection and editing of light units. Due to the graphical user interface, this makes it difficult for the lighting system to be popularized among people (such as the elderly) who do not tend to use smart terminals (such as mobile phones). Summary of the invention
• the present invention provides a lighting system that can realize grouping control based on a simple user interface, including: multiple light units, the multiple light units can be divided into multiple control groups, each control The group includes at least one light unit; a single light control unit, which is connected to the light unit through a first channel that includes multiple data channels, and is used to use the light unit as a single
• the grouping control unit which is connected to the light unit through the second channel, is used to implement grouping control with the control group as a unit;
• the storage unit which is connected to the light unit in communication, can save the light unit in the single light control Work log under unit control;
• the processing unit can generate or adjust the control group of the light unit based on the result of analyzing the work log.
• the grouping of light units is realized based on the work log obtained under the control of a single lamp control unit.
• This implementation does not require the use of a user interface, which reduces the number of user operations required, and more Convenient and simple.
• users only need to use the lighting system normally for a certain period of time to automatically generate a work log, and the storage unit analyzes the work log to generate or adjust the control group of the light unit.
• This grouping method can better reflect the user's view of the lighting system. The actual use situation is more intelligent and reasonable than artificial grouping, and provides a better user experience for users.
• the light unit includes: a light-emitting assembly; and a first signal processing module.
• the first signal processing module is electrically connected to the light-emitting assembly, and is used to control the light-emitting assembly according to the signal sent by the single-lamp control unit. action.
• the work log includes ON-OFF, dimming and color adjustment information of each light unit associated with the time, and mapping information with the data channel in the first channel.
• the processing unit can divide the optical units that work together for a duration longer than the preset duration T1 into a prescribed control group.
• the processing unit can create a scene for the prescribed control group based on the operating status of the multiple optical units when working together.
• the packet control unit and the multiple optical units are nodes in a mesh network.
• the mesh network is constructed based on the Bluetooth protocol.
• the single lamp control unit has at least an infrared remote control module, and the group control unit has at least a Bluetooth communication module.
• the infrared remote control module and the Bluetooth communication module are integrated in the same device.
• the first communication channel has multiple data channels.
• the work log includes the mapping information between each optical unit and the data channel in the first channel, and the processor can also generate or adjust the optical unit based at least in part on the mapping information between the optical unit and the data channel.
• the processing unit is connected to the storage unit and the optical unit through a second channel communication.
• the present invention provides a lighting system control method that can generate or adjust complex lighting system grouping functions based on a simple user interface based on the user's usage habits.
• the lighting system includes multiple light units, and the multiple light units can be Divided into multiple control groups, each control group includes at least one light unit; a single light control unit, which is connected to the light unit through a first channel communication that includes multiple data channels, and is used for single light control with the light unit as a unit
• the grouping control unit which is connected to the optical unit through a second channel communication, is used to implement grouping control with the control group as a unit;
• the storage unit is connected to the optical unit in communication;
• the processing unit which communicates with the storage unit and the optical unit through the second channel Connection;
• the control method includes: saving the work log of the light unit under the control of the single lamp control unit in the storage unit; based on the result of analyzing the work log, generating or adjusting the control group of the light unit.
• Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a lighting system in an embodiment of the present invention
• FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the optical unit in the embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a packet control unit in an embodiment of the present invention.
• Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a single lamp control unit in an embodiment of the present invention.
• Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the structure of a multifunctional remote control module in an embodiment of the present invention.
• Fig. 6 is a graphical display of the work log generated by the storage unit in the embodiment of the present invention
• Fig. 7 is a flowchart of the control method of the lighting system in the embodiment of the present invention.
• 10-light unit 101-light, 102-second light, 103-third light, fourth light-104, 1 1-light emitting component, 1 1 1-LED bulb, 1 12-PWM Dimming circuit, 1 13-drive unit, 121-infrared communication module, 10BLE- bluetooth communication module; 20-group control unit, 21-scene control, 21 1- scene one button, 212-scene two button, 213-scene three Buttons, 214-scene four buttons, 20BLE-Bluetooth communication module; 30-single light control unit, 31-infrared transmitter circuit, 32-switch control, 321-first switch, 322-second switch, 323-third switch, 324-the fourth switch; 40-storage unit; 50-processing unit; 3020-multifunctional remote control unit.
• This embodiment first provides a lighting system.
• the lighting system provided in this embodiment will be introduced from various aspects below with reference to FIG. 1.
• the multiple optical units 10 and between the multiple optical units 10 and the packet control unit 20, the storage unit 40, and the processing unit 50 are all connected by a Bluetooth mesh network (Bluetooth Mesh), that is, the second channel It is a Bluetooth mesh network.
• Bluetooth mesh network in this embodiment is a network topology constructed based on a low-power version of the Bluetooth standard protocol 4.0 or higher, that is, a Bluetooth low energy mesh network (BLE Mesh, Bluetooth Low Energy). Mesh).
• the Bluetooth communication module (10BLE, 20BLE and the storage unit 40, the Bluetooth communication module not shown integrated in the processing unit 50) between each optical unit 10, the packet control unit 20, the storage unit 40, and the processing unit 50 are all It is a node in the Bluetooth low energy mesh network.
• the nodes in the Bluetooth low energy mesh network can communicate with each other in both directions.
• the Bluetooth communication module of the optical unit 10 10BLE can be used as the signal relay of the Bluetooth communication module 20BLE of the packet control unit 20, so that the packet control unit 20 can broadcast data through the network connection between the optical units 10, and send the control signal to the signal transmission work of the packet control unit 20
• the light unit 10 outside the distance is controlled.
• the light unit 10 may be selected from incandescent lamps, decorative incandescent lamps, closed bulbs, infrared lamps, plain lamps, LED lamps, fluorescent lamps, fluorescent lamps, sodium lamps, gas lamps, ceiling lamps, and branches.
• suitable controllable light sources can also be any suitable controllable light sources mentioned above, natural light sources, candles, oil lamps and other suitable uncontrollable light sources and accessories that can change the lighting state of the light source, such as controllable light sources.
• the combination of the blinds, lampshades, baffles, etc. can also be a controllable module or component in any one or more of the light sources or accessories mentioned above.
• the light unit 10 is an LED lamp, which includes a light-emitting assembly 11, the light-emitting assembly 11 includes an LED bulb 1 1 1, a PWM dimming circuit 1 12 and a driving power source 1 13, and the light-emitting assembly 1 1 uses
• the PWM dimming circuit 112 is connected to the LED bulb via the driving power supply 113 11 1 for dimming control; and a signal processing module 12, the signal processing module 12 includes a Bluetooth communication module 10BLE and an infrared communication module 121, the Bluetooth communication module 10BLE and the infrared communication module 121 are electrically connected to the PWM dimming circuit 112 of the light-emitting assembly 11
• the PWM dimming circuit 112 can control the behavior of the light unit 10 based on the control instructions obtained by the Bluetooth communication module 10BLE and/or the infrared communication module 121.
• this embodiment takes a relatively simple lighting system as an example, where the light unit 10 includes a No. 1 lamp 101 in the kitchen and a No. 2 lamp in the living room.
• the behavior of the light unit 10 also includes the adjustment of one or more of the luminous characteristics such as brightness and color and the adjustment of more than two levels of each luminous characteristic.
• the construction of the lighting system can also adopt other Realize in a more complicated way.
• the single-lamp control unit 30 has an infrared remote control module, the infrared communication between the infrared remote control module and the optical unit 10 forms a first channel, and the first channel has multiple data channels to respectively
• Each light unit 10 in the system implements single lamp control.
• the infrared remote control module includes at least: an infrared emission circuit 31 and a switch control 32.
• the infrared signal emitted by the infrared emission circuit 31 is collected by the infrared communication module 121 of the light unit 10 and converted into The electrical signal is sent to the PWM dimming circuit 112, and the light-emitting component 11 acts accordingly according to the instruction of the electrical signal.
• the switch control 32 includes four switch buttons corresponding to the optical unit 10-one.
• the switch controls 32 are respectively: a first switch 321, a second switch 322, a third switch 323, and a fourth switch 324, respectively Correspondingly control the actions of the first light 101, the second light 102, the third light 103, and the fourth light 104.
• the initial state of the light unit 10 is taken as an example: the first time When the first switch 321 is triggered, the first light 101 lights up with 100% brightness; when the first switch 321 is triggered for the second time, the brightness of the first light 101 drops to 50%; when the first switch 321 is triggered again, the first light 101 101 goes out.
• the on-off switch and the brightness adjustment switch of the light unit 10 may also be provided separately.
• the above two functions are integrated into the same button, which simplifies the operation interface of the single-lamp control unit 30.
• the optical unit 10 that is relatively close is allocated to different In the data channel of the encoding and decoding methods, to ensure that when the user controls a certain optical unit 10 through the infrared remote control module, the other optical units 10 will not be triggered by mistake. At the same time, it is also used to adjust the distance of the optical unit 10 through the infrared remote control module.
• the respective behaviors (lighting color, brightness, etc.) provide convenience for generating work logs.
• the single light control unit 30 may also be other wireless remote control devices, such as a radio remote control.
• the grouping control unit 20 used in the lighting system in this embodiment has a scene control 21 and a Bluetooth communication module 20BLE.
• the scene control 21 includes a light-off button 210 and four scene buttons.
• the scene buttons include: a scene one button 21 1, a scene two button 212, a scene three button 213, and a scene four button 214. It can be pressed by the user to turn off (light off) all the light units 10 in the corresponding scene or switch to other scenes.
• the number of buttons in the scene control 21 can also be added or deleted according to the needs of the control function.
• the scene information is stored in the storage unit 40 and can be called by the scene button.
• the single-lamp control mentioned here refers to the ability to control a single light unit 10, and the control method of the single-lamp control unit 30 is not limited to controlling a single light unit 10. In some embodiments, It may also have the function of controlling multiple optical units 10 at the same time; similarly, the grouping control is not a limitation on the control mode of the grouping control unit 20. In some embodiments, it may also have the function of controlling a single optical unit 10. .
• the storage unit 40 can acquire the behavior of the light unit 10 under the control of the single lamp control unit 30, and generate a work log with the collected behavior data.
• the behavior data of the light unit 10 can be collected according to actual usage requirements.
• the work log includes the ON-OFF, dimming, and toning information of each light unit 10 associated with the time and the mapping information with the data channel in the first channel.
• the storage unit 40 is in communication connection with the optical unit 10.
• the storage unit 40 is a node in the mesh network.
• the data in the storage unit 40 can be retrieved by any node in the mesh network.
• the restriction on the location and the number of the storage unit 40 is lifted. It can be set to multiple or one, and it can be integrated in the optical unit.
• the unit 10 or the grouping control unit 20 can also be independently set as a node, which saves the cost of lighting system construction and makes the lighting system construction methods more diversified.
• the storage unit 40 can also store the control group information and scene information obtained after the processing unit 50 processes the work log.
• the processing unit 50 is in communication connection with the storage unit 40 and the optical unit 10. Specifically, the processing unit 50 is a node in the mesh network, and the processing unit 50 can analyze the work log. It should be noted that the processing unit 50 analyzes the work log based on a certain logic The operation logic is formulated according to the needs of users, and the examples given below in this embodiment do not limit the operation logic of this technical solution.
• This embodiment also provides a control method applicable to the above-mentioned lighting system.
• control method of the lighting system can realize the generation of a grouping scheme that meets the needs of users Or update, specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the control method includes the following steps:
• the work log stored in the storage unit 40 is graphically displayed, where:
• the table shows the names of lights 1 to 4 vertically;
• the horizontal numbers in the table represent the 24 hours that the natural day is divided equally into standard time, for example: 1 represents “0:00 ⁇ 1:00”, 2 represents “1:00 ⁇ 2:00”, and 24 represents "23: 00 ⁇ 0:00";
• the white square in the table represents the light unit 10 is in the OFF state during the corresponding time period; the black square and the square filled with diagonal lines represent the light unit 10 is in the ON state during the corresponding time period.
• the black square represents that the light unit 10 emits yellow in color.
• the slashed square represents that the light emission color of the light unit 10 is white.
• each square is divided into two parts, and different light-emitting states are displayed in full grid and half grid respectively.
• the full grid is black/the diagonal line represents The light unit 10 is lit with a brightness of 100%
• the half-squares are black/the diagonal line represents that the light unit 10 is lit with a brightness of 50%.
• This embodiment shows a grouping logic of light units 10: within a preset time T, if at least two light units 10, such as the first light 101 and the second light 102, work together for longer than After the preset time T1 (T1 ⁇ T), it is determined that the first light 101 and the second light 102 often work together, and they are divided into the same control group for group control; when there are more than four qualified control groups, That is, when the maximum number of scene buttons of the group control unit 20 is exceeded, the actual common working time T2 is compared, and the four groups of control group information with the longest actual common working time are stored in the storage unit 40.
• the filtering logic selects the intuitive data of co-working time.
• the behavior of the optical unit 10 that is not grouped is set by the user.
• the user can also formulate rules and filter groups according to other data in the work log based on actual needs.
• the grouping logic of the optical unit 10 is the same as the grouping shown above in this embodiment.
• the logical difference is: the same optical unit 10 can only be selected effectively once and only the first time is selected as a valid selection; the grouping sequence of the control group is formed in sequence according to the natural time sequence of the periodic unit; For example, between 0:00 and 24:00, the first light 101 and the second light 102 work together for more than 4 hours at the earliest time, such as AM7:00, then the first light 101 and The second lamp 102 often works together, and the processing unit 50 divides it into the control group 1.
• the second lamp 102, the third lamp 103 and the fourth lamp 104 work together for more than 4 hours, and the second lamp is considered
• the lights 102, the third lights 103, and the fourth lights 104 often work together, but because the second light 102 has been selected and divided into control group 1, it cannot be selected again.
• the processing unit 50 combines the third lights 103 and the fourth The lights 104 are divided into control group two. Under this grouping logic, it can be ensured that the light units 10 in each control group are not repeated. In other embodiments, the user can also formulate other grouping logics to achieve more diversified demand.
• the preset time T is a natural day, that is, 24 hours, the preset time T1 is 4 hours, and the preset time T2 is 6 hours.
• the joint work defined in this embodiment may be a prescribed continuous joint work or a cumulative joint work.
• T, T1, and T2 in this embodiment is only shown as specific examples. Personnel can define the specific duration of T and T1 according to their needs. In theory, without considering the use of user changes, the longer the time set by T is, the closer the user habits of the response are to reality, and the shorter the time set by T The higher the efficiency of generating the work log for reference, the user can weigh it according to the actual needs, so I won’t repeat it here.
• the processing unit 50 divides the optical unit 10 into three control groups, which are:
• Control group 1 No. 1 light 101, No. 2 light 102;
• Control group 2 No. 1 light 101, No. 4 light 104;
• Control group 3 No. 2 light 102, No. 3 light 103.
• a scene can also be created for a control group that has been generated or adjusted.
• the scene creation method is: based on the behavior data and control group information of the light units 10 in the same control group during the co-working time, the scene is generated.
• the first light 101, the light-emitting color is yellow, and the brightness is 100%; the second light 102, the light-emitting color is yellow, and the brightness is 50%.
• control group information and scene information are generated, they are stored in the storage unit 40.
• the creation of the scene corresponds to the control group.
• the scene one is based on the control group one, and the scene one selects the behavior data of each light unit 10 in the control group one during the working time. Including: information about the time period during which each light unit 10 is in the ON state; information about the light emission color of each light unit 10; and brightness information of each light unit 10.
• the user can also select other information or use other methods to create scenes.
• the user can create multiple scenes for the same control group, for example, scene 1 to scene 4, where the scenes are as described above.
• Scenario 2 to Scenario 4 are directly set by the user according to usage requirements. Specifically, take the work log shown in Figure 6 as an example, namely: Control group one:
• Scene 1 3:00-5:00, No. 1 light 101, light-emitting color yellow, brightness 50%; No. 2 light 102, light-emitting color white, brightness 50%;
• the first light 101, the light-emitting color is yellow, and the brightness is 100%; the second light 102, the light-emitting color is yellow, and the brightness is 50%.
• Scene two to scene four user-defined settings.
• Scene two to scene four user-defined settings.
• Scene two to scene four user-defined settings.
• a large scene is created according to the behavior of the light unit 10 in at least one control group.
• the large scene includes large scenes one to four, where the large scene one is in each control group in the periodic unit A collection of the behaviors of all light units 10 (that is, scene 1 in control groups 1 to 3), and large scenes 2 to 4 are the behavior collection of light unit 10 in at least one of scenes 1 to 4 in at least one of the control groups from 1 to 3 .
• control method of the lighting system further includes:
• the grouping control unit 20 retrieves the control group information and performs grouping control on the optical unit 10.
• the grouping control unit 20 saves the control group information and the scene information corresponding to the control group information, and assigns them to the scene control 21.
• the scene one is assigned to the scene one button 21 1 control
• the scene two is assigned to The scene two button 212 is controlled
• the scene three is assigned to the scene three button 213 to control.
• the behavior of the light unit 10 in the scene is controlled according to the time period. If the moment of triggering the scene button is within the first time period, the operating state of each light unit 10 in the first time period is called to create the scene.
• the first light 101 will change/maintain the ON state, the light-emitting color is yellow, and the brightness is 50%; the second light 102 will change/maintain the ON state, the light-emitting color is white, and the brightness 50%.
• the first light 101 will turn/maintain ON, the light-emitting color is yellow, and the brightness is 100%; the second light 102 will change/maintain the ON state, the light-emitting color is yellow, and the brightness 50%.
• the behavior will be separately defined by the user.
• some definitions are given for display, but not as a limitation of this embodiment, for example: No. 1 light 101 and No. 2 light
• the behavior 102 is set to be the same as the behavior of one of the above two time periods or the behavior of the first light 101 and the second light 102 is set to not respond.
• step S2 of the control method of the lighting system provided in this embodiment further includes: replacing the original control group information and scene information with analysis based on the latest work log The obtained new control group information and scene information are used to adjust the control group of the light unit 10.
• the single-lamp control unit 30 and the grouping control unit 20 are integrated in the same multi-function control unit 3020, and the multi-function control unit 3020 can realize single-lamp control of the light unit 10 and
• the Bluetooth communication module 20BLE can be used for group control in the Bluetooth network.
• Such an integrated setting not only saves manufacturing costs, but also provides convenience for users.
• the processing unit 50 uses the work log as the original data to train the grouping model to generate or adjust the grouping of the optical unit 10.
• the grouping model is improved in the way of machine learning, and based on the continuously updated original data, a grouping scheme that is closer to user habits can be obtained.

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