Lighting Commissioning Device and Method

• US 20080218087A1
• Filed: 09/06/2006
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Wang, Ling, Keith, William L., Cai, James, Crouse, Kent E.
• Granted Patent: US 8,049,434 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/131
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/199 Commissioning of light sources

Abstract

A lighting commissioning device and method including a lighting commissioning device for commissioning of a lighting device in a lighting system, the lighting commissioning device including an indication detector 142 responsive to indication from the lighting device and generating a lighting device indication signal 148, a change detector 144 responsive to the lighting device indication signal 148 and generating an indication detected signal 150, and a control unit 146 receiving the indication detected signal 150 and being operably connected to the lighting system.

Claims

1. A lighting commissioning device for commissioning of a lighting device in a lighting system, the lighting commissioning device comprising:

an indication detector 142 responsive to indication from the lighting device and generating a lighting device indication signal 148;

a change detector 144 responsive to the lighting device indication signal 148 and generating an indication detected signal 150; and

a control unit 146 receiving the indication detected signal 150 and being operably connected to the lighting system.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the indication is selected from the group consisting of light, infrared light, sound, ultrasonic sound, and radio frequency signal.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein the control unit 146 is operable to direct the lighting system to transmit an indicator command to a plurality of lighting devices in the lighting system.

4. The device of claim 1 further comprising a mapping interface to display location of the lighting device.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the indication detector 142 is a narrow angle detector.

6. The device of claim 5 further comprising a sight 180 to direct the indication detector 142 to the lighting device.

7. The device of claim 1 further comprising a tool indicator 178 responsive to the indication detected signal 150 to indicate when the indication is received from the lighting device.

8. The device of claim 1 wherein the lighting commissioning device has a lighting commissioning device identification number, and the indication detected signal 150 includes the lighting commissioning device identification number.

9. The device of claim 1 wherein the indication detector 142 is a wide angle detector.

10. The device of claim 1 wherein the indication detector 142 is a variable angle detector.

11. The device of claim 1 further comprising a location detector to determine location of the lighting commissioning device.

12. A method of lighting commissioning, the method comprising:

establishing communications between a first lighting device and a second lighting device, the first lighting device having a first identification number and the second lighting device having a second identification number 100;

determining a first lighting device location from the first identification number 102;

storing device control parameters for the first lighting device at the first lighting device 104;

determining a second lighting device location from the second identification number 106;

transmitting the device control parameters from the first lighting device to the second lighting device 108; and

storing the device control parameters at the second lighting device 110.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the first lighting device is selected from the group consisting of light fixtures 22, remote controls 24, and area sensors 26.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the first identification number is selected from the group consisting of permanent identification numbers and network identification numbers.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein the determining the first lighting device location from the first identification number 102 comprises:

transmitting an indicator command including the first identification number; and

detecting response of the first lighting device to the indicator command.

16. The method of claim 12 wherein the determining the first lighting device location from the first identification number 102 comprises determining the first lighting device location from the first identification number with a lighting commissioning device.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the lighting commissioning device is selected from the group consisting of a laptop computer, a handheld personal digital assistant (PDA), a pocket personal computer (PC), a portable dedicated lighting commissioning device, a pointing lighting commissioning device, a distributable lighting commissioning device, and a lighting system control.

18. The method of claim 12 wherein the determining the first lighting device location from the first identification number 102 comprises:

determining a list of identification numbers for lighting devices;

pointing an indication detector towards the first lighting device;

sequentially transmitting an indicator command for each identification number on the list of identification numbers; and

noting the location for the first lighting device when the indication detector detects an indication for the first lighting device.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising confirming the location for the first lighting device.

20. The method of claim 12 wherein the determining the first lighting device location from the first identification number 102 comprises:

determining a list of identification numbers for lighting devices;

distributing a plurality of lighting commissioning devices to desired locations;

sequentially transmitting an indicator command for each identification number on the list of identification numbers;

detecting an indication for the first lighting device with at least one of the plurality of lighting commissioning devices; and

correlating the indication for the first lighting device with transmission of the indicator command for the first lighting device to determine the first lighting device location from location of the at least one of the plurality of lighting commissioning devices.

21. The method of claim 12 wherein the device control parameters are selected from the group consisting of binding information, group identification numbers, remote control identification numbers, dimming level, dimming rate, and scene information.

22. The method of claim 12 wherein the transmitting 108 comprises executing a cloning program at the first lighting device.

23. The method of claim 12 further comprising:

transmitting the device control parameters from the first lighting device to a plurality of lighting devices; and

storing the device control parameters at the plurality of lighting devices.

24. A system of lighting commissioning, the system comprising:

means for establishing communications between a first lighting device and a second lighting device, the first lighting device having a first identification number and the second lighting device having a second identification number;

means for determining a first lighting device location from the first identification number;

means for storing device control parameters for the first lighting device at the first lighting device;

means for determining the second lighting device location from the second identification number;

means for transmitting the device control parameters from the first lighting device to the second lighting device; and

means for storing the device control parameters at the second lighting device.

25. The system of claim 24 wherein the first lighting device is selected from the group consisting of light fixtures, remote controls, and area sensors.

26. The system of claim 24 wherein the first identification number is selected from the group consisting of permanent identification numbers and network identification numbers.

27. The system of claim 24 wherein the means for determining the first lighting device location from the first identification number comprises:

means for transmitting an indicator command including the first identification number; and

means for detecting response of the first lighting device to the indicator command.

28. The system of claim 24 wherein the means for determining the first lighting device location from the first identification number comprises means for determining the first lighting device location from the first identification number with a lighting commissioning device.

29. The system of claim 28 wherein the lighting commissioning device is selected from the group consisting of a laptop computer, a handheld personal digital assistant (PDA), a pocket personal computer (PC), a portable dedicated lighting commissioning device, a pointing lighting commissioning device, a distributable lighting commissioning device, and a lighting system control.

30. The system of claim 24 wherein the means for determining the first lighting device location from the first identification number comprises:

means for determining a list of identification numbers for lighting devices;

means for pointing an indication detector towards the first lighting device;

means for sequentially transmitting an indicator command for each identification number on the list of identification numbers; and

means for noting the first lighting device location when the indication detector detects an indication for the first lighting device.

31. The system of claim 30 further comprising means for confirming the first lighting device location.

32. The system of claim 24 wherein the means for determining the first lighting device location from the first identification number comprises:

means for determining a list of identification numbers for lighting devices;

means for distributing a plurality of lighting commissioning devices to desired locations;

means for sequentially transmitting an indicator command for each identification number on the list of identification numbers;

means for detecting an indication for the first lighting device with at least one of the plurality of lighting commissioning devices; and

means for correlating the indication for the first lighting device with transmission of the indicator command for the first lighting device to determine the first lighting device location from location of the at least one of the plurality of lighting commissioning devices.

33. The system of claim 24 wherein the device control parameters are selected from the group consisting of binding information, group identification numbers, remote control identification numbers, dimming level, dimming rate, and scene information.

34. The system of claim 24 wherein the means for transmitting comprises executing a cloning program at the first lighting device.

35. The system of claim 24 further comprising:

means for transmitting the device control parameters from the first lighting device to a plurality of lighting devices; and

means for storing the device control parameters at the plurality of lighting devices.

36. A method of lighting commissioning, the method comprising:

establishing communications between a plurality of lighting devices including a first lighting device having a first identification number;

determining a list of identification numbers for the plurality of lighting devices;

pointing an indication detector towards the first lighting device;

sequentially transmitting an indicator command for each identification number on the list of identification numbers; and

noting the location for the first lighting device when the indication detector detects an indication for the first lighting device.

37. The method of claim 36 further comprising filtering the list of identification numbers.

38. The method of claim 36 further comprising confirming the location for the first lighting device.

39. A system of lighting commissioning, the system comprising:

means for establishing communications between a plurality of lighting devices including a first lighting device having a first identification number;

means for determining a list of identification numbers for the plurality of lighting devices;

means for pointing an indication detector towards the first lighting device;

means for sequentially transmitting an indicator command for each identification number on the list of identification numbers; and

means for noting the location for the first lighting device when the indication detector detects an indication for the first lighting device.

40. The method of claim 39 further comprising means for filtering the list of identification numbers.

41. The system of claim 39 further comprising means for confirming the location for the first lighting device

42. A method of lighting commissioning, the method comprising:

establishing communications between a plurality of lighting devices including a first lighting device having a first identification number;

determining a list of identification numbers for the plurality of lighting devices;

distributing a plurality of lighting commissioning devices to desired locations;

sequentially transmitting an indicator command for each identification number on the list of identification numbers;

detecting an indication for the first lighting device with at least one of the plurality of lighting commissioning devices; and

correlating the indication for the first lighting device with transmission of the indicator command for the first lighting device to determine the first lighting device location from location of the at least one of the plurality of lighting commissioning devices.

43. A system of lighting commissioning, the system comprising:

means for establishing communications between a plurality of lighting devices including a first lighting device having a first identification number;

means for determining a list of identification numbers for the plurality of lighting devices;

means for distributing a plurality of lighting commissioning devices to desired locations;

means for sequentially transmitting an indicator command for each identification number on the list of identification numbers;

means for detecting an indication for the first lighting device with at least one of the plurality of lighting commissioning devices; and

means for correlating the indication for the first lighting device with transmission of the indicator command for the first lighting device to determine the first lighting device location from location of the at least one of the plurality of lighting commissioning devices.