COLLECTIVE LED INTELLIGENT ILLUMINATION CONTROL DEVICE WITH POWER MEASURING AND MESSAGING FUNCTIONS

• US 20130093357A1
• Filed: 10/14/2011
• Published: 04/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Energy Intelligence Corporation
• Original Assignee: Energy Intelligence Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Cheng-Liang, Chang, Hsi Alex, Kuo, Li-Hung
• Application Number:
  US13/274,280
• Publication Number:
  US 20130093357A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/297
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/14 using electrical feedback from LEDs or from LED modules
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/58 involving end of life detection of LEDs
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

A collective LED intelligent illumination control device includes a power converter for providing the necessary working power supply to a plurality of LED lamps, and a multipurpose controller for dimming control of each said LED lamp which includes a power measurement module for measuring the power consumed by each LED lamp and recording the measured data, a scene mode input interface in conjunction with at least one existing wall switch for group switching and multi-step dimming controls, and a built-in network card and a Zigbee communication interface for communication with a remote server for remote power and dimming controls and collection of power consumption data of each said LED lamp and for wireless communication with surrounding sensors and equipment for predetermined data collection and controls.

Claims

1. A collective LED intelligent illumination control device, comprising a power converter for providing the necessary working power supply to a plurality of LED lamps, and a multipurpose controller for dimming control of each said LED lamp, said multipurpose controller comprising a power measurement module for measuring the power consumed by each said LED lamp and recording the measured data, a scene mode input interface in conjunction with at least one existing wall switch for group switching and multi-step dimming controls, and a built-in network card and a Zigbee communication interface for communication with a remote server for remote power and dimming controls and collection of power consumption data of each said LED lamp and for wireless communication with surrounding sensors and equipment for predetermined data collection and controls.

2. The collective LED intelligent illumination control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said power converter and said multipurpose controller are separately mounted in a bottom plate and connected by means of electric sockets in such a manner that AC power supply of said power converter is provided after processed through said power measurement module of said multipurpose controller;

DC power supply of said power converter is provided for the working of said multipurpose controller.

3. The collective LED intelligent illumination control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said multipurpose controller further comprises a lighting control and status read interface and a built-in program for automatically calculating the electric current value for each dimming control step of predetermined multiple dimming control steps for setting of digital logic output for controlling said LED lamps that have different specifications and performance by means of weighted ratio shunting for conversion into linear voltage and constant current control of high-efficiency switching type power supply control to provide a stabilized DC voltage and DC current to each said LED lamp individually, avoiding flashing, noise production and transient overload driving, and prolonging the lifespan of said LED lamps.

4. The collective LED intelligent illumination control device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said power measurement module measures the data of voltage (V), current (A), power (W), real work (Wh) and power factor (PF) and cumulative power consumption of every said LED lamp and cumulative time of operation for data management, and determines the normality of the function of each said LED lamp by means of power measurement result of each said LED lamp.

5. The collective LED intelligent illumination control device as claimed in claim 4, wherein said power measurement module matches with said lighting control and status read interface and said built-in program to obtain the driving voltage for every dimming step for every said LED lamp and to use the data for establishment of a reference data.

6. The collective LED intelligent illumination control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said scene mode input interface uses the existing wall switch electrical wiring to have power cables of said LED lamps be directly connected to terminals of said lighting control and status read interface for setting Dip switches of said scene mode input interface.

7. The collective LED intelligent illumination control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the existing single wall switch is converted into two diode-contained mechanical switches for the control of positive half cycle power supply and negative half cycle power supply respectively to further achieve group control and dimming control.

8. The collective LED intelligent illumination control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said scene mode input interface uses an electronic touch switch to achieve control by means of using two touch buttons to control ON/OFF (group) at the positive half cycle and ON/OFF (dimming) at the negative half cycle.

9. The collective LED intelligent illumination control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said built-in network card and said Zigbee communication interface have connected thereto a big capacity memory card for storing power consumption data and current status data of each said LED lamp under control and transmitting the related data to a remote server via a TCP/IP interface for enabling said remote server to control ON/OFF and dimming of every said LED lamp, said memory card being adapted for recording power consumption data and operation time data of every said LED lamp for inquiry and establishment of data history.

10. The collective LED intelligent illumination control device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said multipurpose controller comprises an emergency switch switchable to a transient state position for power control.

11. The collective LED intelligent illumination control device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said multipurpose controller provides two dimming control outputs for regulating the brightness of a warm color temperature LED set and a cold color temperature LED set of each said LED lamp.