SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING LIGHTING DEVICES

• US 20110112661A1
• Filed: 01/29/2010
• Published: 05/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Lee, Dong Won, Kim, Chang Seob, Cho, Ho Chan, Jung, Jin Sun
• Granted Patent: US 8,467,887 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/90
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

Disclosed is a lighting control system including: a switching means for selecting one of a plurality of scenarios; a gateway for matching at least one of on/off control signals, color temperature control signals, color control signals, or dimming control signals for a plurality of lamps with the plurality of scenarios, storing a resultant data, and outputting control signals matched with the scenario selected from the switching means; and a lighting device for receiving the control signals outputted from the gateway, and according to the received control signals, turning on/off each of the lamps, adjusting a color temperature or a color of each of the lamps, or a dimming level of each of the lamps.

Claims

1. A lighting control system comprising:

a gateway for selecting at least one of on/off control signals, color temperature control signals, color control signals, dimming control signals for a plurality of lamps, according to each of preset scenarios, and outputting the selected control signals; and

a lighting device for receiving the control signals outputted from the gateway, and according to the received control signals, turning on/off each of the lamps, adjusting a color temperature or a color of each of the lamps, or adjusting a dimming level of each of the lamps.

5. The lighting control system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the gateway includes a data storing unit for storing a table which contains addresses, on/off control signals, color temperature control signals, color control signals, or dimming control signals for the plurality of lamps, according to each of the scenarios.

6. The lighting control system of claim 5, wherein the data storing unit stores addresses, on/off control signals, color temperature control signals, color control signals, or dimming control signals for the plurality of lamps, according to each of the scenarios, which can be programmable on the table.

7. The lighting control system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the on/off control signals, color temperature control signals, color control signals, or dimming control signals are transmitted from the gateway to the lighting device through local area wireless communication.

2. A lighting control system comprising:

a switching means for selecting one of a plurality of scenarios;

a gateway for matching at least one of on/off control signals, color temperature control signals, color control signals, or dimming control signals for a plurality of lamps with the plurality of scenarios, storing a resultant data, and outputting control signals matched with the scenario selected from the switching means; and

a lighting device for receiving the control signals outputted from the gateway, and according to the received control signals, turning on/off each of the lamps, adjusting a color temperature or a color of each of the lamps, or a dimming level of each of the lamps.

3. The lighting control system of claim 2, wherein the switching means is integrated with the gateway.

4. The lighting control system of claim 2, wherein the switching means is constructed separately from the gateway, and information on the scenario selected from the switching means is transmitted to the gateway through local area wireless communication.