Lighting Control System, Lighting Control Method, and Storage Medium

• US 20130241439A1
• Filed: 03/01/2013
• Published: 09/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Kawano, Hitoshi, Kumashiro, Shinichi, Nishigaki, Hidenori, Takahashi, Junko
• Application Number:
  US13/782,643
• Publication Number:
  US 20130241439A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/297
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/10 Controlling the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/165 following a pre-assigned programmed sequence; Logic control [LC]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/195 the transmission using visible or infrared light
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

A lighting control system includes a plurality of lighting fixtures for ambient lighting, a plurality of lighting fixtures for task lighting, and a smart phone of a worker. The smart phone can execute an application program which controls a corresponding lighting fixture for ambient lighting, and starts up the application program when an ON state of a lighting fixture for task lighting is detected.

Claims

1. A lighting control system comprising:

at least one first lighting fixture; and

an information terminal device which can execute an application program which controls the first lighting fixture, and includes an execution control unit which executes the application program when detecting first information relating to a second lighting fixture.

2. The system according to claim 1,

wherein the information terminal device includes a first command transmission unit which transmits a first command signal with respect to the first lighting fixture by executing the executed application program.

3. The system according to claim 1,

wherein the information terminal device includes a second command transmission unit which transmits a second command signal with respect to the first lighting fixture by executing the started application program when detecting second information relating to the second lighting fixture, and an ending control unit which ends the application program after transmitting the second command signal.

4. The system according to claim 1,

wherein the first information is information denoting an ON state of the second lighting fixture.

5. The system according to claim 4,

wherein the ON state is determined based on illuminance of illumination light of the second lighting fixture which is detected in the information terminal device, a connection state of the information terminal device and the second lighting fixture, or presence or absence of reception of a predetermined first signal from the second lighting fixture in the information terminal device.

6. The system according to claim 3,

wherein the second information is information denoting an OFF state of the second lighting fixture.

7. The system according to claim 6,

wherein the OFF state is determined based on the illuminance of illumination light of the second lighting fixture which is detected in the information terminal device, the connection state of the information terminal device and the second lighting fixture, or presence or absence of reception of a predetermined second signal from the second lighting fixture in the information terminal device.

8. A lighting control method comprising:

detecting first information relating to a first lighting fixture in an information terminal device; and

executing an application program which controls a second lighting fixture in the information terminal device when detecting the first information.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

detecting second information relating to the first lighting fixture in the information terminal device;

transmitting the second command signal with regard to the second lighting fixture from the information terminal device by executing the application program when the second information is detected; and

ending the application program after transmitting the second command signal.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium in which a program relating to a method of controlling a first lighting fixture is stored,

wherein the program is a program which causes a central processing unit of an information terminal device to execute a function of executing an application program which controls the first lighting fixture when a first information relating to a second lighting fixture is detected.

11. The storage medium according to claim 10,

wherein the program causes the central processing unit of the information terminal device to further execute:

a function of transmitting a second command signal with respect to the first lighting fixture from the information terminal device by executing the application program when second information relating to the second lighting fixture is detected; and

a function of ending the application program after transmitting the second command signal.

12. A lighting control system comprising:

at least one first lighting fixture;

at least one second lighting fixture; and

information terminal device which can execute an application program which controls the first lighting fixture, and includes an execution control unit which executes the application program when detecting first information relating to the second lighting fixture.

13. The system according to claim 12,

wherein the information terminal device includes a second command transmission unit which transmits a second command signal with respect to the first lighting fixture by executing the started application program when detecting second information relating to the second lighting fixture, and an ending control unit which ends the application program after transmitting the second command signal.

14. The system according to claim 12, further comprising:

a control unit which controls the at least one first lighting fixture,

wherein the control unit sends area information of an illumination area as a reply when receiving an acquisition request of area information of the illumination area from the information terminal device, and

wherein the information terminal device creates a layout chart of the illumination area based on a received area information, and displays the chart, and creates area instruction information based on a division area which is instructed using the layout chart.