Application infrastructure for constructing illumination equipments with networking capability

• US 20100164386A1
• Filed: 12/30/2008
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Evercomm Opto Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Evercomm Opto Ltd.
• Inventors: You, Tung-Hsin
• Granted Patent: US 8,111,018 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/129
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/185 via power line carrier transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/22 with communication between the lamps and a central unit

Abstract

An application infrastructure for constructing illumination equipments with a transmission function includes at least one lamp reporting device for reporting a lamp condition, at least one lamp detection and transmission module with a two-way communication function, at least one message transmission and receiving module coupled to a control system, and a main system. Through a built-in wireless network or a power line network function of the illumination equipments, data can be transmitted among nodes of a mixed routing by indoor lighting having a transmission function and outdoor road lamps having a transmission function, without the need of building a basic network structure. A special network structure connecting the nodes to form lines and planes constitutes the application platform for constructing the illumination equipments with a two-way transmission function.

Claims

1. An application infrastructure for constructing illumination equipments with a network capability, comprising:

at least one lamp reporting device for reporting a lamp status, at least one lamp detection and transmission module having a two-way communication function, at least one message transmission and receiving module coupled to a control system, and a main system, characterized in that;

the lamp reporting device is a device for providing a related data and coupled with a lamp;

the lamp detection and transmission module comprises;

a two-way wireless transceiver, for receiving and transmitting an instruction and a signal transmitted from the control system or another lamp detection and transmission module to the lamp detection and transmission module, or passing the instruction down to a next lamp detection and transmission module, or actively reporting an operation condition of the lamp and its peripheral equipments;

a microprocessor, for interpreting an instruction and a signal received by the two-way wireless transceiver, and verifying whether or not the received signal comes from an authorized source;

if the signal is provided for this lamp detection and transmission module, then the signal will be transmitted to a driver of a lamp monitoring device; and

if the signal is provided for an other lamp detection and transmission module, then the signal will be discarded and nothing will be done;

a lamp monitoring device, for detecting or controlling a signal monitoring device of a lamp;

the message transmission and receiving module, comprising;

a two-way wireless transceiver;

a microprocessor, for receiving a message content, encrypting and processing the message content, and transmitting the message content from the two-way wireless transceiver or transmitting the message content from a power cable module or a wireless module to a main system;

a power line modem module and a wireless module, for receiving a signal content via a power line or a wireless transmission;

the main system, issuing an instruction to a power line modem module or a wireless module of the message transmission and receiving module to command all illumination equipments or certain specific illumination equipments to report the current status of the main control system, and after the main system receives the instruction and the microprocessor encrypts and processes the instruction, the two-way wireless transceiver transmits a signal;

after the two-way wireless transceiver of the lamp detection and transmission module receives the signal, the signal will be transmitted to a next node immediately, while the instruction is considered and determined whether or not it is related to the lamp detection and transmission module;

if it is related, then the microprocessor will decrypt the instruction and confirm whether or not the instruction is authorized, and after the confirmation takes place, the lamp monitoring device, will collect related information of the lamp according to the instruction and the signal, and then return the related information to the main control system, and display the current status of the lamp on the main system, and if an instruction for adjusting the data of each illumination equipment, the controller will issue an instruction for performing the control;

by means of the characteristic of mesh network by using communication enabled lighting devices for transmitting data via a wireless transmission, and the illumination equipments have built in the function of a wireless network, and indoor lighting having a transmission function and outdoor street light having the transmission function can be connected into a special network infrastructure from mesh network by using communication enabled lighting devices of a mixed routing to form a line or a plane, so as to constitute the application infrastructure of constructing a two-way transmission of the illumination equipment.

2. An application infrastructure for constructing illumination equipments with a transmission function, comprising:

at least one lamp reporting device for reporting a lamp status, at least one lamp detection and transmission module having a two-way communication function, at least one message transmission and receiving module coupled to a control system, and a main system, characterized in that;

the lamp reporting device is a device for providing a related data and coupled with a lamp;

the lamp detection and transmission module comprises;

a two-way power line transceiver, for receiving and transmitting an instruction and a signal transmitted from the control system or another lamp detection and transmission module to the lamp detection and transmission module, or passing the instruction down to a next lamp detection and transmission module, or actively reporting an operation condition of the lamp and its peripheral equipments;

a microprocessor, for interpreting an instruction and a signal received by the two-way power line modem transceiver, and verifying whether or not the received signal comes from an authorized source;

if the signal is provided for this lamp detection and transmission module, then the signal will be transmitted to a driver of a lamp monitoring device; and

if the signal is provided for an other lamp detection and transmission module, then the signal will be discarded and nothing will be done;

a lamp monitoring device, for detecting or controlling a signal monitoring device of a lamp;

the message transmission and receiving module, comprising;

a two-way power line modem transceiver;

a microprocessor, for receiving a message content, encrypting and processing the message content, and transmitting the message content from the two-way power line modem transceiver or transmitting the message content from a power line module or a wireless module to a main system;

a power line modem module and a wireless module, for receiving a signal content via a power line or a wireless transmission;

the main system, issuing an instruction to a power line modem module or a wireless module of the message transmission and receiving module to command all illumination equipments or certain specific illumination equipments to report the most recent condition of the main control system, and after the main system receives the instruction and the microprocessor encrypts and processes the instruction, the two-way power line modem transceiver transmits a signal;

after the two-way power line modem transceiver of the lamp detection and transmission module receives the signal, the signal will be transmitted to a next node immediately, while the instruction is considered and determined whether or not it is related to the lamp detection and transmission module;

if it is related, then the microprocessor will decrypt the instruction and confirm whether or not the instruction is authorized, and after the confirmation takes place, the lamp monitoring device, will collect related information of the lamp according to the instruction and the signal, and then return the related information to the main control system, and display the most recent condition of the lamp on the main system, and if an instruction for adjusting the data of each illumination equipment, the controller will issue an instruction for performing the control;

by means of the characteristic of mesh network by using communication enabled lighting devices for transmitting data via power line, and the illumination equipments have built in the function of a wireless network, and indoor lamps having a transmission function and outdoor street light having the transmission function can be connected into a special network structure from node to node of a mixed routing to form a line or a plane, so as to constitute the application platform of constructing a two-way transmission of the illumination equipment.