LIGHTING APPARATUS AND LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 20130249392A1
• Filed: 03/12/2013
• Published: 09/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: KIM, Dae Hun
• Granted Patent: US 8,981,646 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/34
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/23 Retrofit light sources for lighting devices with a single fitting for each light source, e.g. for substitution of incandescent lamps with bayonet or threaded fittings
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 11/00 Screens not covered by groups F21V1/00, F21V3/00, F21V7/00 or F21V9/00 characterised by cooling arrangements F21V29/502
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 17/00 Fastening of component parts of lighting devices, e.g. shades, globes, refractors, reflectors, filters, screens, grids or protective cages of light sources or light holders F21V19/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/009 the casing being inside the housing of the lighting device
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0435 activated by remote control means
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/507 of means for protecting lighting devices from damage, e.g. housings
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/74 with fins or blades
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/83 the elements having apertures, ducts or channels, e.g. heat radiation holes
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/30 Semiconductor lamps, e.g. solid state lamps [SSL] light emitting diodes [LED] or organic LED [OLED]

Abstract

Disclosed are a lighting apparatus and a lighting control system. The lighting apparatus includes a heat radiation frame, at least one light emitting device on the heat radiation frame, a diffusion frame provided on the heat radiation frame to protect the at least one light emitting device and diffuse a light emitted from the at least one light emitting device, and a support frame provided under the heat radiation frame and having a receiving space to receive at least one module. The module includes a wireless communication module to transmit or receive a control single of the at least one light emitting device. The power supply module is physically separated from the wireless communication module.

Claims

1. A lighting apparatus comprising:

a heat radiation frame;

at least one light emitting device on the heat radiation frame;

a diffusion frame provided on the heat radiation frame to protect the at least one light emitting device and diffuse a light emitted from the at least one light emitting device; and

a support frame provided under the heat radiation frame and having a receiving space to receive at least one module,

wherein the module comprises

a wireless communication module to transmit or receive a control single of the at least one light emitting device, and

a power supply module to supply a driving power to the at least one light emitting device and the wireless communication module,

wherein the power supply module is physically separated from the wireless communication module.

2. The lighting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the heat radiation frame comprises an upper end portion having a flat top surface and a lower end portion vertically extending along an outer circumference of the flat top surface of the upper end portion.

3. The lighting apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a heat radiation plate on the upper end portion of the heat radiation frame, wherein the at least one light emitting device is provided on the heat radiation frame.

4. The lighting apparatus of claim 3, further comprising an antenna provided on the heat radiation plate and connected with the wireless communication module to transmit or receive the control signal.

5. The lighting apparatus of claim 4, wherein the antenna comprises a first pattern extending perpendicularly to the heat radiation plate, and a second pattern extending from the first pattern such that the second pattern is formed horizontally to the heat radiation plate.

6. The lighting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the heat radiation plate is provided therein with an insertion hole for insertion of the antenna, and the first pattern of the antenna is inserted into the insertion hole and connected with the wireless communication module.

7. The lighting apparatus of claim 6, further comprising an insulating member provided around the insertion hole of the heat radiation plate to insulate the heat radiation plate from the antenna.

8. The lighting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the second pattern is spaced apart from the heat radiation plate with a predetermined distance due to the first pattern.

9. The lighting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the second pattern has a circular shape along an outer circumference of the heat radiation plate.

10. The lighting apparatus of claim 4, wherein the antenna is formed in a pole shape on the heat radiation plate.

11. The lighting apparatus of claim 4, wherein the antenna is coated with a reflective material used to reflect the light emitted from the at least one light emitting device.

12. The light apparatus of claim 1, wherein

at least one of the wireless communication module and the power module are vertically inserted into the receiving space of the support frame.

13. A lighting system comprising:

a remote control device to transmit a control signal for lighting control; and

a lighting apparatus to receive the control signal transmitted through the remote control device and to change a driving state of the lighting by using the received control signal,

wherein the lighting apparatus comprises;

at least one light emitting device;

a power supply unit to supply a driving power to the lighting apparatus;

a wireless communication module driven by the supplied driving power to receive the control signal transmitted through the remote control device; and

a lighting driving unit to control a driving state of the at least one light emitting device based on the control signal received through the wireless communication module,

wherein a power supply module comprising the power supply unit and the light driving unit is physically separated from the wireless communication module.

14. The lighting system of claim 13, wherein the lighting apparatus further comprises an antenna to receive a control signal and transmit the control signal to the wireless communication module, and wherein the antenna is exposed out of a frame to receive the wireless communication module in the lighting apparatus.

15. The lighting system of claim 13, wherein the remote control device comprises one of a mobile terminal and a remote controller having software to control the lighting apparatus.

16. The lighting system of claim 13, wherein the remote control device and the lighting apparatus make communication with each other through any one of ZigBee and Bluetooth standards.

17. The lighting system of claim 16, further comprising an access point (AP) interposed between the remote control device and the lighting apparatus.

18. A lighting apparatus comprising:

a light emitting device to emit light;

a power supply module to generate a driving power through the power supply unit and control a driving state of the light emitting device under the driving power;

a wireless communication module to receive a control signal transmitted from an external device and to transmit the control signal to the lighting driving unit; and

an antenna to receive the control signal by making communication with an external remote device and to transmit the control signal to the wireless communication module,

wherein the power supply module is physically separated from the wireless communication module.

19. The lighting apparatus of claim 18, wherein the power supply unit, the lighting driving unit, and the wireless communication module are provided at a first region of the lighting apparatus, and the at least one light emitting device and the antenna are provided at a second region of the lighting apparatus, which is distinguished from the first region.

20. The lighting apparatus of claim 19, wherein the antenna has one of a circular pattern shape and a pole shape.