LOAD CONTROL SYSTEM

• US 20150226829A1
• Filed: 01/23/2015
• Published: 08/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: HARAGUCHI, Taku, KUI, Koichiro, TAKENOUCHI, Toshiharu, HASHIMOTO, Koichiro
• Granted Patent: US 9,716,863 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

A load control system includes: an imaging sensor to capture an image of a target space and detect whether or not a human exists in a detection area in the space; and a display terminal including a display unit to display detection area information corresponding to the detection area thereon. The imaging sensor transmits a transmission signal containing area data indicative of the detection area to the transmission control device, and the transmission control device transmits a transmission signal containing the area data and an address of the display terminal to the display terminal, and the display terminal displays the detection area information on the display unit based on the area data.

Claims

1. A load control system, comprising:

an imaging sensor configured to capture an image of a space to be detected and detect whether or not a human exists in a detection area set in the space;

a display terminal including a display unit configured to display detection area information corresponding to the detection area thereon; and

a transmission control device to which the imaging sensor and the display terminal are connected through a two-wire signal line,

wherein the imaging sensor is configured to transmit a transmission signal containing area data indicative of the detection area to the transmission control device through the two-wire signal line,

wherein the transmission control device is configured to transmit a transmission signal which contains the area data and address data corresponding to an address of the display terminal to the display terminal through the two-wire signal line transmission signal, and

wherein the display terminal is configured to display the detection area information on the display unit based on the area data.

2. The load control system of claim 1, wherein the display terminal is configured to display the detection area on the display unit stepwisely based on a size of the detection area.

3. The load control system of claim 1, wherein the detection area information includes image blocks arranged in a matrix form, the image blocks corresponding to blocks of the detection area.

4. The load control system of claim 1, wherein the display terminal further includes a changing unit configured to generate change data based on an input operation of the changing unit,

wherein the display terminal is configured to transmit a transmission signal containing the change data to the transmission control device through the two-wire signal line,

wherein the transmission control device is configured to transmit a transmission signal which contains the change data and address data corresponding to an address of the imaging sensor to the imaging sensor through the two-wire signal line, and

wherein the imaging sensor is configured to change the detection area based on the change data.

5. The load control system of claim 4, wherein the display unit contains a touch panel, and

wherein the changing unit is configured to generate the change data based on the input operation received through the touch panel.

6. The load control system of claim 1, wherein the display terminal further includes a switching unit configured to switch an operation mode of the display unit between a first mode in which the detection area information is displayed on the display unit and a second mode in which a detection result of the imaging sensor is displayed on the display unit based on an input operation of the switching unit.

7. The load control system of claim 1, further comprising:

a control terminal configured to control a load connected thereto,

wherein the imaging sensor is configured to transmit another transmission signal containing monitor data indicative of a detection result of the imaging sensor to the transmission control device through the two-wire signal line,

wherein the transmission control device is configured to generate control data for the load based on the monitor data and to transmit a transmission signal which contains the control data and address data corresponding to an address of the control terminal to the control terminal through the two-wire signal line, and

wherein the control terminal is configured to control the load based on the control data.