Methods and devices for ambient light acquisition and analysis

• US 10,422,690 B2
• Filed: 08/01/2017
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Gong, Xingzhi, Liu, Yalong
• Primary Examiner(s): Elallam, Ahmed
• Application Number:
  US15/665,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20170328766A1
• Time in Patent Office: 784 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/00 Photometry, e.g. photographic exposure meter spectrophotometry G01J3/00; specially adapted for radiation pyrometry G01J5/00 ; exposure meters built in cameras G03B17/06
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/0219 Electrical interface; User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/0228 Control of working procedures; Failure detection; Spectral bandwidth calculation
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 1/4204 with determination of ambient light solar light G01J2001/4266
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/00 Spectrometry; Spectrophotometry; Monochromators; Measuring colours
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/0264 Electrical interface; User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 3/50 using electric radiation detectors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3234 Power saving characterised by the action undertaken
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00 Circuit arrangements for charging or depolarising batteries or for supplying loads from batteries
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an ambient light acquisition method, an ambient light acquisition device, and an ambient light analysis method. An ambient light acquisition method includes acquiring an ambient light parameter of a target area, converting the ambient light parameter into a protocol type parameter in accordance with a predetermined wired communication protocol; and transmitting the protocol type parameter to an ambient light analysis device through a wired communication route corresponding to the predetermined wired communication protocol.

Claims

1. An ambient light acquisition method, comprising:

acquiring, by a sensor, an ambient light parameter of a target area;

converting the ambient light parameter into a protocol type parameter in accordance with a predetermined wired communication protocol, wherein the protocol type parameter comprises an audio signal parameter that conforms to a headphone interface protocol, and the headphone interface protocol comprises a wired communication route for transmitting the protocol type parameter; and

transmitting the protocol type parameter to an ambient light analysis device through the wired communication route corresponding to the predetermined wired communication protocol, wherein the wired communication route comprises an audio data transmission route comprising a headphone plug coupled to a headphone jack.

2. The ambient light acquisition method according to claim 1, wherein the ambient light parameter comprises at least one of a luminous intensity parameter, a color temperature parameter and a color parameter.

3. The ambient light acquisition method according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined wired communication protocol comprises the headphone interface protocol, a universal serial bus (USB) interface protocol or a lightning interface protocol.

4. The ambient light acquisition method according to claim 3, wherein the headphone interface protocol comprises a 3.5 mm headphone interface protocol.

5. The ambient light acquisition method according to claim 1, wherein, before acquiring the ambient light parameter of the target area, the ambient light acquisition method further comprises:

determining whether the ambient light acquisition device is in a sleep state; and

if so, waking up the ambient light acquisition device.

6. The ambient light acquisition method according to claim 1, wherein, before acquiring the ambient light parameter of the target area, the ambient light acquisition method further comprises:

obtaining an acquisition start instruction from the ambient light analysis device through the wired communication route.

7. The ambient light acquisition method according to claim 5, wherein the acquisition start instruction comprises information about a type of the ambient light to be acquired.

8. The ambient light acquisition method according to claim 1, wherein, after transmitting the protocol type parameter to the ambient light analysis device through the wired communication route, the ambient light acquisition method further comprises:

controlling the ambient light acquisition device to enter the sleep state.

9. The ambient light acquisition method according to claim 1, wherein the ambient light acquisition method further comprises:

determining whether remaining power of the ambient light acquisition device is lower than a preset power threshold;

if so, generating a charging request instruction; and

sending the charging request instruction to the ambient light analysis device through the wired communication route.

10. An ambient light acquisition device, comprising:

a parameter acquisition circuit configured to acquire, by a sensor, an ambient light parameter of a target area;

a parameter conversion circuit configured to convert the ambient light parameter into a protocol type parameter in accordance with a predetermined wired communication protocol, wherein the protocol type parameter comprises an audio signal parameter that conforms to a headphone interface protocol, and the headphone interface protocol comprises a wired communication route for transmitting the protocol type parameter; and

a parameter sending circuit configured to send the protocol type parameter to the ambient light analysis device through the wired communication route corresponding to the predetermined wired communication protocol, wherein the wired communication route comprises an audio data transmission route comprising a headphone plug coupled to a headphone jack.

11. The ambient light acquisition device according to claim 10, wherein the ambient light parameter comprises at least one of a luminous intensity parameter, a color temperature parameter or a color parameter.

12. The ambient light acquisition device according to claim 10, wherein the predetermined wired communication protocol comprises the headphone interface protocol, a USB interface protocol or a lightning interface protocol.

13. The ambient light acquisition device according to claim 10, wherein the ambient light acquisition device further comprises an instruction acquisition circuit;

and before the parameter acquisition circuit acquires the ambient light parameter of the target area, the instruction acquisition circuit is configured to;

acquire an acquisition start instruction from the ambient light analysis device through the wired communication route.

14. An ambient light analysis device, comprising:

a parameter receiving circuit configured to receive a protocol type parameter from an ambient light acquisition device through a wired communication route, the wired communication route including a predetermined wired communication protocol, wherein the protocol type parameter comprises an audio signal parameter that conforms to a headphone interface protocol, and the headphone interface protocol comprises a wired communication route for transmitting the protocol type parameter and the wired communication route comprises an audio data transmission route comprising a headphone plug coupled to a headphone jack; and

a parameter comparison circuit configured to obtain an ambient light analysis result by comparing the protocol type parameter with a preset ambient light threshold.

15. The ambient light analysis device according to claim 14, wherein the protocol type parameter comprises at least one of a luminous intensity parameter, a color temperature parameter and a color parameter in accord with the predetermined wired communication protocol.

16. The ambient light analysis device according to claim 14, wherein the predetermined wired communication protocol comprises the headphone interface protocol, a USB interface protocol or a lightning interface protocol.

17. The ambient light analysis device according to claim 16, wherein the headphone interface protocol comprises a 3.5 mm headphone interface protocol.

18. The ambient light analysis device according to claim 14, wherein ambient light analysis device receives an acquisition start instruction through the wired communication route.

19. The ambient light analysis device according to claim 14, wherein the acquisition start instruction comprises information about a type of the ambient light to be acquired.

20. The ambient light analysis device according to claim 14, wherein the preset ambient light threshold is a range of luminous intensity.