POWER SOURCE CONTROL DEVICE OF ILLUMINATOR AND LIGHTING SYSTEM

• US 20110291586A1
• Filed: 02/28/2011
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (Minebea Mitsumi, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. (Minebea Mitsumi, Inc.)
• Inventors: GOTO, Shinichi, SUGIE, Noboru, KOMAGATA, Masaaki, WAKI, Ryoji
• Granted Patent: US 8,436,552 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/291
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/00 Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/20 Binding and programming of remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

A power source control device for controlling an illuminance of an illuminator by outputting a current for driving the illuminator and by controlling the current, including: a receiver for receiving a wireless signal having a predetermined frequency; a storage section for storing a setting table holding a first code indicating a predetermined device identification code; a control signal generating circuit for comparing a second code included in the wireless signal with the first code to output a control signal when the second code agrees with the first code; and a current outputting circuit for generating and outputting a current according to the control signal generating circuit, wherein the power source control device controls the illuminance of the illuminator according to the wireless signal from a desired wireless signal transmitting device in response to a change of the first coded held in the setting table.

Claims

1. A power source control device for controlling an illuminance of an illuminator by outputting a current for driving the illuminator and by controlling the current, comprising:

a receiver for receiving a wireless signal having a predetermined frequency;

a rewritable storage section for storing a setting table holding a first code indicating a predetermined device identification code;

a control signal generating circuit for comparing a second code included in the wireless signal received by the receiver with the first code held in the setting table to output a control signal when the second code agrees with the first code; and

a current outputting circuit for generating and outputting a current according to the control signal from the control signal generating circuit, wherein

the power source control device is configured to control the illuminance of the illuminator according to the wireless signal from a desired wireless signal transmitting device by setting a device identification code of the desired wireless signal transmitting device as the first code in the setting table.

2. The power source control device according to claim 1, wherein

the setting table is configured to be able to hold a plurality of the first codes to control the illuminance of the illuminator according to wireless signals from a plurality of the wireless signal transmitting devices corresponding to the first codes held in the setting table, respectively.

3. The power source control device according to claim 1, wherein

the setting table is configured to be able to hold a third code indicating a function code specifying how to change the current to be output by the current outputting circuit besides the first code, and

the control signal generating circuit is configured to compare the second code included in the wireless signal received by the receiver with the first code held in the setting table to output a control signal corresponding to the third code held in the setting table when the second code agrees with the first code.

4. The power source control device according to claim 2, wherein

the setting table is configured to be able to hold a plurality of third codes each indicating function code specifying how to change the current to be output by the current outputting circuit correspondingly to each of the plurality of first codes, and

the control signal generating circuit is configured to output the control signal corresponding to one of the third codes held in the setting table correspondingly to a first code agreeing with the second code included in the wireless signal received by the receiver.

5. The power source control device according to claim 1, wherein

the first code includes a first device identification code for identifying a wireless signal transmitting device having a first function and a second device identification code for identifying a wireless signal transmitting device having a second function, and

the control signal generating circuit compares the second code included in the wireless signal received by the receiver with the first code held in the setting table to cause the rewritable storage section to be shifted to a state where the first code held in the setting table to be rewritable when the second code agrees with the second device identification code.

6. A lighting system, comprising:

the power source control device according to claim 3;

an illuminator driven to be lighted by the power source control device; and

a wireless signal transmitting device including a switch button and an energy self-feeding device converting an operating force of the switch button into electric energy, wherein

the wireless signal transmitting device is configured to include a storage section to store its own device identification code as the second code, and a transmitter capable of transmitting a wireless signal of a predetermined frequency, and to transmit the wireless signal including the second code when the switch button is operated.

7. The lighting system according to claim 6, further comprising:

a second function wireless signal transmitting device including a key input section, a storage section to store its own device identification code as the second code and a function code instructing to rewrite the setting table as the third code, and a transmitter capable of transmitting a wireless signal of a predetermined frequency, wherein

the second function wireless signal transmitting device is configured to transmit a wireless signal including the second code and the third code when the key input section is operated.

8. The lighting system according to claim 7, wherein

the second function wireless signal transmitting device is configured to be able to transmit a wireless signal including the second code indicating a device identification code specifying a power source control device to operate in response to the third code included in the wireless signal transmitted by the transmitter.

9. A lighting system, comprising:

the power source control device according to claim 3;

an illuminator driven to be lighted by the power source control device; and

a wireless signal transmitting device including an input section, a storage section, a transmitter capable of transmitting a wireless signal of a predetermined frequency, and a control section to operate in conformity with a program stored in the storage section and control the transmitter according to an input from the input section, wherein

the control section is configured to include a device identification code generating function of sequentially generating the second code indicating a device identification code given to each power source control device and a transmission function of making the transmitter transmit the generated second codes and a command code for instructing lighting or flickering.