INTEGRATED WIRELESS AND WIRED LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 20150008846A1
• Filed: 02/24/2014
• Published: 01/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lextar Electronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lextar Electronics Corporation
• Inventors: CHEN, Yuan-Ching, CHEN, Chun-Kuang
• Granted Patent: US 9,210,778 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/294
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

A light control system includes a wired control device, a wireless control device, a communication module, and light devices. The wired control device includes a first user interface and a first wired communication protocol interface. The wireless control device includes a second user interface and a first wireless communication protocol interface. The communication module includes a second wired communication protocol interface and a second wireless communication protocol interface. Each of the light devices includes a third wired communication protocol interface, and each of the light devices performs data exchange with the third wired communication protocol interface of another one of the light devices by a network cable connected to the third wired communication protocol interface. The first wired communication protocol interface and the first wireless communication protocol interface perform data exchange respectively with the second wired communication protocol interface and the second wireless communication protocol interface.

Claims

1. An integrated wired and wireless light control system, comprising:

a wired control device comprising a first user interface and a first wired communication protocol interface,

a wireless control device comprising a second user interface and a first wireless communication protocol interface;

a communication module comprising a second wired communication protocol interface and a second wireless communication protocol interface; and

N light devices, each of the light devices comprising a third wired communication protocol interface, and each of the light devices performing data exchange with the third wired communication protocol interface of another one of the light devices by a network cable that is connected to the third wired communication protocol interface, wherein N is a natural number larger than 1,

wherein the first wired communication protocol interface directly performs data exchange with the second wired communication protocol interface, and the first wireless communication protocol interface directly performs data exchange with the second wireless communication protocol interface.

2. The light control system of claim 1, wherein the wired control device further comprises:

a first microprocessor connected to the first user interface and the first wired communication protocol interface, receiving a dimming signal from the first user interface and packaging the dimming signal into a first protocol packet, and sending the first protocol packet to the second wired communication protocol interface of the communication module by the first wired communication protocol interface.

3. The light control system of claim 2, wherein the wireless control device further comprises:

a second microprocessor connected to the second user interface and the first wireless communication protocol interface, receiving a dimming signal from the second user interface and packaging the dimming signal into a second protocol packet, and sending the second protocol packet to the second wireless communication protocol interface of the communication module by the first wireless communication protocol interface.

4. The light control system of claim 3, wherein the communication module is disposed exterior to and independent of the light devices, and the communication module further includes a third microprocessor connected to the second wireless communication protocol interface and the second wired communication protocol interface,

wherein when the second wired communication protocol interface of the communication module receives the first protocol packet, the first protocol packet is sent to the third wired communication protocol interface of one of the light devices by the second wired communication protocol interface, and the first protocol packet is sent to another one of the light devices that is connected to said one of the light devices, and the first protocol packet is also sent to the first wireless communication protocol interface by the third microprocessor and the second wireless communication protocol interface that is connected to the third microprocessor so as to synchronize dimming parameters of the second user interface of the wireless control device;

wherein when the second wireless communication protocol interface of the communication module receives the second protocol packet, the second protocol packet is sent to the third wired communication protocol interface of one of the light devices by the third microprocessor and the second wired communication protocol interface that is connected to the third microprocessor, and the second protocol packet is sent to another one of the light devices that is connected to said one of the light devices, and the second protocol packet is also sent to the first wired communication protocol interface by the third microprocessor and the second wired communication protocol interface that is connected to the third microprocessor so as to synchronize dimming parameters of the first user interface of the wired control device.

5. The light control system of claim 4, wherein each of the light devices further comprises:

a light source;

a light source driver electrically connected to the light source; and

a fourth microprocessor connected to the light source driver and the third wired communication protocol interface, wherein the first protocol packet or the second protocol packet received by the third wired communication protocol interface is processed by the fourth microprocessor, such that a new dimming parameter signal is generated and sent to the light source driver to control the light source by the fourth microprocessor.

6. The light control system of claim 1, wherein each of the first and the second wireless communication protocol interfaces is a 3G interface, 4G interface, Wimax interface, Bluetooth interface, WiFi interface, or ZigBee interface.

7. The light control system of claim 6, wherein the first, second, and third wired communication protocol interfaces are half-deplux RS485 communication protocol interfaces.

8. The light control system of claim 4, wherein the dimming parameters of the first and second user interfaces are color temperature, brightness, light beam angles, lighting times, or combinations thereof.

9. The light control system of claim 1, wherein the wireless control device is a mobile calculation device.

10. The light control system of claim 9, wherein the mobile calculation device is a smart mobile calculation device, and an operating system of the smart mobile calculation device is iOS, Android, or Windows that functions to load an APP mobile application) for wirelessly controlling light devices.

11. An integrated wired and wireless light control system, comprising:

a wired control device comprising a first user interface and a first wired communication protocol interface;

a wireless control device comprising a second user interface and a first wireless communication protocol interface;

a communication module comprising a second wired communication protocol interface and a second wireless communication protocol interface;

M first light devices, each of the first light devices comprising a third wired communication protocol interface, and each of the first light devices performing data exchange with the third wired communication protocol interface of another one of the first light devices by a network cable connected to the third wired communication protocol interface, wherein M is a natural number larger than 1; and

a second light device comprising an embedded communication module;

wherein the first wired communication protocol interface directly performs data exchange with the second wired communication protocol interface, and the first wireless communication protocol interface directly performs data exchange with the second wireless communication protocol interface.

12. The light control system of claim 11, wherein the wired control device further comprises:

a first microprocessor connected to the first user interface and the first wired communication protocol interface, receiving a dimming signal from the first user interface and packaging the dimming signal into a first protocol packet, and sending the first protocol packet to the second wired communication protocol interface of the communication module by the first wired communication protocol interface.

13. The light control system of claim 12, wherein the wireless control device further comprises:

a second microprocessor connected to the second user interface and the first wireless communication protocol interface, receiving a dimming signal from the second user interface and packaging the dimming signal into a second protocol packet, and sending the second protocol packet to the second wireless communication protocol interface of the communication module by the first wireless communication protocol interface.

14. The light control system of claim 13, wherein the communication module further comprises a third microprocessor connected to the second wireless communication protocol interface and the second wired communication protocol interface;

wherein when the second wired communication protocol interface of the communication module receives the first protocol packet, the first protocol packet is sent to the third wired communication protocol interface of one of the first light devices by the second wired communication protocol interface, and the first protocol packet is continuously sent to the third wired communication protocol interface of another one of the first light devices, and the first protocol packet is also sent to the first wireless communication protocol interface by the third microprocessor and the second wireless communication protocol interface that is connected to the third microprocessor so as to synchronize dimming parameters of the second user interface of the wireless control device;

wherein when the second wireless communication protocol interface of the communication module receives the second protocol packet, the second protocol packet is sent to the third wired communication protocol interface of one of the first light devices by the third microprocessor and the second wired communication protocol interface that is connected to the third microprocessor, the second protocol packet is sent to another one of the first light devices that is connected to said one of the first light devices, and the second protocol packet is also sent to the first wired communication protocol interface by the third microprocessor and the second wired communication protocol interface that is connected to the third microprocessor so as to synchronize dimming parameters of the first user interface of the wired control device.

15. The light control system of claim 14, wherein each of the first light devices further comprises:

a first light source;

a first light source driver electrically connected to the light source; and

a fourth microprocessor connected to the first light source driver and the third wired communication protocol interface, wherein the first protocol packet or the second protocol packet received by the third wired communication protocol interface is processed by the fourth microprocessor, such that a new dimming parameter signal is generated and sent to the first light source driver to control the first light source by the fourth microprocessor.

16. The light control system of claim 14, wherein the second light device further comprises:

a second light source;

a second light source driver electrically connected to the second light source, and connected to the third microprocessor,

wherein the first protocol packet received by the second wired communication protocol interface is processed by the third microprocessor, or the second protocol packet received by the second wireless communication protocol interface is processed by the third microprocessor, such that a new dimming parameter signal is generated and sent to the second light source driver to control the second light source by the third microprocessor.

17. The light control system of claim 11, wherein each of the first and the second wireless communication protocol interfaces is a 3G interface, 4G interface, climax interface, Bluetooth interface, WiFi interface, or ZigBee interface.

18. The light control system of claim 17, wherein the first, second, and third wired communication protocol interfaces are half-deplux RS485 communication protocol interfaces.

19. The light control system of claim 14, wherein the dimming parameters of the first and second user interfaces are color temperature, brightness, light beam angles, lighting times, or combinations thereof.

20. The light control system of aim 11, wherein the wireless control device is a mobile calculation device.

21. The light control system of claim 20, wherein the mobile calculation device is a smart mobile calculation device, and an operating system of the smart mobile calculation device is iOS, Android, or Windows that functions to load an APP (mobile application) for wirelessly controlling light devices.