Emission control system using barcode information

• US 10,387,700 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2016
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hanam Artec Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hanam Artec Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Gil Won, Song, Ho Lim, Choi, Jung Min, Choi, Kyung Il
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Michael G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tardif, David
• Application Number:
  US15/336,815
• Publication Number:
  US 20170249489A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• Field of Search: 23546206
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06028 using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10742 including a diffuser for diffusing the light from the light source to create substantially uniform illumination of the target record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10881 constructional details of hand-held scanners
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 Master-slave selection or change arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/115 by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/155 Coordinated control of two or more light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

Disclosed are an emission control system and mater and slave devices for the emission control system. The master device controlling one or more slave devices includes a communication unit, an electrical code identification unit identifying electrical code information previously output, an information check unit checking emission position information previously set in accordance with the identified electrical code information and indicating specific positions at which the slave devices emit a light, an information providing unit providing the checked emission position information to a first slave device corresponding to one of the slave devices, and an emission control unit broadcasting the emission control signal corresponding to the emission position information through the communication unit.

Claims

1. A master device controlling a plurality of slave devices, comprising:

a communication unit; and

an emission control unit configured to broadcast a emission control signal corresponding to emission position information indicating specific positions at which the plurality of slave devices emit lights, through the communication unit,

wherein

the emission position information includes information previously set to group the plurality of slave devices, and

when emission position information of a first plurality of slave devices among the plurality of slave devices are set previously to group as A0 group and emission position information of a second plurality of slave devices among the plurality of slave devices are set previously to group as B0 group, the emission control unit broadcasts the emission control signal including a first emission control signal corresponding to the emission position information of the A0 group and a second emission control signal corresponding to the emission position information of the B0 group.

2. The master device of claim 1, further comprising:

an electrical code identification unit configured to identify electrical code information previously output;

an information check unit configured to check emission position information previously set in accordance with the identified electrical code information and indicating the specific positions at which the plurality of slave devices emit the lights; and

an information providing unit configured to provide the checked emission position information to a first slave device among the plurality of slave devices,

wherein

the information check unit further checks directing information to allow the first slave device to emit a light in a pattern previously set in accordance with the emission position information, and

the information providing unit further provides the directing information to the first slave device.

3. The master device of claim 2, wherein the directing information is information to control the first slave device such that an emission unit of the first slave device emits the light by one or more predetermined periods, and the directing information is activated when the first slave device receives the emission control signal.

4. The master device of claim 3, wherein the emission control unit transmits a lock signal to the slave devices to drive the first slave device in a lock mode during the predetermined period.

5. The master device of claim 2, wherein, when a previously-set condition is satisfied, the information providing unit transmits the emission position information of the first slave device, the directing information of the first slave device, and a control signal to the first slave device, and the control signal allows the emission position information and the directing information of the first slave device to be transmitted to a second slave device disposed adjacent to the first slave device.

6. A slave device controlled by a master device, comprising:

a communication unit;

an emission unit configured to include at least one light source device;

an information receiving unit configured to receive emission position information corresponding to previously-set electrical code information from the master device; and

an emission control unit selectively configured to receive an emission control signal corresponding to the emission position information at a position corresponding to the emission position information among emission control signals broadcasted by the master device and control the emission unit on the basis of the received emission control signal,

wherein

the emission position information includes information previously set to group a plurality of slave devices, and

when the emission position information of the slave device includes information previously set to group the slave device as A0 group, the emission control unit selectively receives a first emission control signal corresponding to the emission position information of the A0 group among the emission control signals and controls the emission unit based on the first emission control signal.

7. The slave device of claim 6, wherein the information receiving unit further receives directing information to allow the slave device to emit a light in a pattern previously set in accordance with the emission position information, and the emission control unit controls the emission unit such that the emission unit emits the light by one or more predetermined periods based on the received emission control signal.

8. The slave device of claim 7, wherein the emission control unit operates the slave device in a lock mode during the predetermined period when the emission control unit receives a lock signal from the master device.

9. The slave device of claim 7, wherein, when a previously-set condition is satisfied, the emission control unit controls the communication unit to transmit the emission position information to another slave device disposed adjacent to the slave device.

10. The slave device of claim 6, wherein the emission control unit allows the emission unit to emit the light having a predetermined color when the emission position information is completely received.

11. The slave device of claim 6, wherein the slave device outputs an emission pattern in conjunction with a user terminal of a user by transmitting the received emission control signal to the user terminal or emits the light in response to a control signal input thereto through the user terminal.

12. A master device controlling a plurality of slave devices through at least one sub-master device, comprising:

a communication unit; and

an emission control unit configured to provide an emission control signal to a first sub-master device through the communication unit so as to selectively control emission of a first slave device by controlling a radio wave intensity of the first sub-master device located at a position spaced apart from a first emission position of the first slave device among the plurality of slave devices,

wherein the emission control signal includes a first emission pattern value to allow a first plurality of slave devices located in a first control radius set in accordance with the radio wave intensity of the first sub-master device to control the same emission control signal.

13. The master device of claim 12, wherein the emission control signal comprises:

a radio wave intensity value of the first sub-master device; and

a first emission pattern value set to allow the first sub-master device to control an emission pattern of the first slave device when the first slave device is located in a first control radius set in accordance with the radio wave intensity value of the first sub-master device.

14. The master device of claim 13, wherein the emission control signal comprises:

a radio wave intensity value of a second sub-master device spaced apart from the first sub-master device by a predetermined distance; and

a second emission pattern value set to allow the second sub-master device to control the emission pattern of the first slave device when the first slave device is located in a second control radius set in accordance with the radio wave intensity value of the second sub-master device, and when the first slave device moves to the second control radius from the first control radius, the first slave device emitting the light in accordance with the first emission pattern value emits the light in accordance with the second emission pattern value.

15. The master device of claim 14, wherein, when the first slave device is disposed in both of the first control radius and the second control radius, the first slave device emits the light having an average value of the first emission pattern value and the second emission pattern value.

16. The master device of claim 14, wherein the first emission pattern value and the second emission pattern value comprise at least one of an emission timing value, an emission color value, and an emission duration time value of the first slave device.

17. The master device of claim 12, wherein the communication unit connects the master device and the first sub-master device in a wired communication network.

18. The master device of claim 12, further comprising:

an electrical code identification unit configured to identify electrical code information previously output;

an information check unit configured to check emission position information previously set in accordance with the identified electrical code information and indicating the first emission position at which the first slave device among the plurality of slave devices emits a light; and

an information providing unit configured to insert the checked emission position information to the first slave device.