LED CONTROLLING DEVICE

• US 20150130358A1
• Filed: 06/26/2014
• Published: 05/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Solum Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: KIM, Ju Rae
• Application Number:
  US14/316,683
• Publication Number:
  US 20150130358A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/159
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/3725 Switched mode power supply [SMPS]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/11 by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light
• 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 light emitting diode (LED) controlling device may include: a driving circuit unit converting input power into an output voltage and providing the output voltage to an LED module; a detecting circuit unit positioned between the driving circuit unit and the LED module and detecting the output voltage and an output current of the LED module; and a controlling circuit unit converting an external signal into a reference signal and comparing the reference signal with at least one of the output voltage and the output current to control an output of the LED module. The external signal may be one of a first signal provided by a sensor module, a second signal provided by a communications module, and a third signal provided by an output control module.

Claims

1. A light emitting diode (LED) controlling device comprising:

a driving circuit unit converting input power into an output voltage and providing the output voltage to an LED module;

a detecting circuit unit positioned between the driving circuit unit and the LED module and detecting the output voltage and an output current of the LED module; and

a controlling circuit unit converting an external signal into a reference signal and comparing the reference signal with at least one of the output voltage and the output current to control an output of the LED module,

wherein the external signal is one of a first signal provided by a sensor module, a second signal provided by a communications module, and a third signal provided by an output control module.

2. The LED control device of claim 1, further comprising a rectifying unit rectifying the input power and providing the rectified power to the driving circuit unit.

3. The LED control device of claim 1, wherein the driving circuit unit includes:

a power factor compensating circuit unit controlling a power factor of the input power;

a converter unit including a switching element, converting a voltage level of the input power provided by the power factor compensating circuit, and providing the input power of which the voltage level is converted to be appropriate for the LED module; and

a control module controlling a switching operation of the switching element of the converter unit.

4. The LED control device of claim 1, wherein the controlling circuit unit includes:

a signal input unit receiving the external signal;

a signal converting unit converting the external signal provided by the signal input unit into the reference signal;

a comparing circuit unit comparing the reference signal with at least one of the output voltage and the output current; and

a light amount controlling unit controlling the output of the LED module depending on a comparison result of the comparing circuit unit.

5. The LED control device of claim 4, wherein the controlling circuit unit further includes an impedance converting unit adjusting impedance between the signal input unit and the signal converting unit.

6. The LED control device of claim 1, wherein the sensor module includes:

an illuminance sensor sensing external illuminance;

an operation sensor sensing an external operation; and

a sensor controlling unit generating the first signal using sensed data provided by at least one of the illuminance sensor and the operation sensor and providing the first signal to the controlling circuit unit.

7. The LED control device of claim 1, wherein the communications module includes:

a Wi-Fi module transmitting and receiving data to and from the outside using Wi-Fi communications;

a Bluetooth module transmitting and receiving data to and from the outside using Bluetooth communications;

a Zigbee module transmitting and receiving data to and from the outside using Zigbee communications; and

a communications controlling unit generating the second signal using the data provided by at least one of the Wi-Fi module, the Bluetooth module, and the Zigbee module and providing the second signal to the controlling circuit unit.

8. The LED control device of claim 3, wherein the output control module generates the third signal for controlling the switching operation of the switching element and provides the third signal to the controlling circuit unit, the third signal being a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal.

9. The LED control device of claim 1, wherein the controlling circuit unit changes the driving circuit unit into a standby mode in the case in which a voltage level of the reference signal is a preset voltage or less.

10. An LED control device comprising:

a driving circuit unit including a transformer, generating an output voltage from input power, and providing the output voltage to an LED module;

a detecting circuit unit positioned on a secondary side of the transformer and detecting the output voltage and an output current of the LED module;

a reference signal generating unit receiving an external signal and generating a reference signal;

a comparing circuit unit comparing the reference signal with at least one of the output voltage and the output current; and

a light amount controlling unit controlling an output of the LED module depending on a comparison result of the comparing circuit unit.

11. The LED control device of claim 10, further comprising a rectifying unit positioned on a primary side of the transformer, rectifying the input power, and providing the rectified power to the driving circuit unit.

12. The LED control device of claim 10, wherein the driving circuit unit includes:

a power factor compensating circuit unit positioned on a primary side of the transformer and controlling a power factor of the input power;

a control module controlling a switching operation of a switching element included in the primary side of the transformer; and

a converter unit converting a voltage level of the input power provided by the power factor compensating circuit unit and supplying the input power of which the voltage level is converted to be appropriate for the LED module.

13. The LED control device of claim 10, further comprising an external signal generating unit generating the external signal using at least one of a sensor module, a communications module, and an output control module,

wherein the sensor module includes a plurality of sensors and a sensing controlling unit generating a first signal using sensed data provided by the plurality of sensors,

the communications module includes a plurality of communications devices and a communications controlling unit generating a second signal using communications data provided by the plurality of communications devices,

the output control module generates a third signal for controlling a switching operation of a switching element included in a primary side of the transformer depending on the output current provided by the detecting circuit unit, and

the external signal is one of the first to third signal.

14. The LED control device of claim 13, wherein the third signal is a PWM signal.

15. The LED control device of claim 13, wherein the plurality of sensors include at least one of an illuminance sensor sensing external illuminance and providing illuminance data to the sensing controlling unit, a heat sensor sensing external heat and providing heat data to the sensing controlling unit, and an operation sensor sensing an external operation and providing operation data to the sensing controlling unit.

16. The LED control device of claim 13, wherein the plurality of communications devices include at least one of a Wi-Fi module providing data received from the outside using Wi-Fi communications to the communications controlling unit, a Bluetooth module providing data received from the outside to the communications controlling unit using Bluetooth communications, and a Zigbee module providing data received from the outside to the communications controlling unit using Zigbee communications.

17. The LED control device of claim 13, wherein the reference signal generating unit adjusts impedance between the external signal generating unit and the light amount controlling unit.

18. The LED control device of claim 13, wherein the light amount controlling unit changes the driving circuit unit into a standby mode in the case in which a voltage level of the reference signal is a preset voltage or less, as the comparison result of the comparing circuit unit.