LUMINAIRE FOR ILLUMINATING AN AREA OF A BUILDING, IN PARTICULAR AN OFFICE

• US 20170064795A1
• Filed: 03/11/2015
• Published: 03/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Herbert Waldmann GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Herbert Waldmann GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: STOCKBURGER, Marc, HAHN, Klaus-Jurgen
• Application Number:
  US15/119,978
• Publication Number:
  US 20170064795A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/08 with a standard F21S6/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/04 the elements being switches safety devices F21V25/00
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0492 the sensor detecting a change in orientation, a movement or an acceleration of the lighting device, e.g. a tilt switch
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/20 Controlling the colour of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/105 in response to determined parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/155 Coordinated control of two or more light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/16 by timing means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• 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 luminaire (10) for illuminating an area of a building, in particular an office, comprising lighting means (14) for providing light, a support means (12) on which the lighting means (14) can be mounted, a control unit (for controlling the lighting means (14) using control commands, a communication means (24) for communicating with the control unit (22), the communication means (24) having a data carrier (26), in which data that can be read out by the control (22) can be stored for the purpose of controlling the luminaire (10), a power source (30) or a power source connection for a power source, having the following additional features: a timing module (28), disposed in or on the luminaire (10), for autonomously supplying the current time and, if appropriate, the current date, and the data stored in the data carrier (26) can be read out in accordance with the time information supplied by the timing module (28) for the time-dependent control of the luminaire (10). The invention further relates to a corresponding lighting system and a corresponding method.

Claims

1-11. -11. (canceled)

12. A luminaire (10) for illuminating an area of a building, in particular an office, wherein the luminaire comprises

lighting means (14) for providing light, the color of which may be changed [page 15, lines 25 ff.;

page 5, lines 25 ff.],

a support means (12) on which the lighting means (14) can be mounted,

a control unit (22) for controlling the lighting means (14) using control commands,

a communication means (24) for communication between a data carrier (26) and the control unit (22), the communication means (24) having the data carrier (26), in which data that can be read out by the control unit (22) can be stored for the purpose of controlling the luminaire (10),

a power source (30) or a power source connection for a power source,

characterized in that the luminaire has the following additional features;

a timing module (28), disposed in or on the luminaire (10), for autonomously supplying the current time and, if appropriate, the current date,

the data stored in the data carrier (26) can be read out by the communication means (34) based on the time information supplied by the timing module (28) regarding the time-dependent control of the luminaire (10), and can be transmitted to the control unit (22), wherein at least the time supplied by the timing module (28) can be synchronized with the time information contained in the data, by means of the control unit (22), and wherein the time-dependent control of the luminaire involves a time-dependent change in the color of the light emitted by the lighting means [page 15, lines 15 ff.],

the data carrier (26) is embodied as a portable storage medium (33), and

switches for switching the lighting means (14) on and off manually.

13. The luminaire (10) according to claim 12, characterized in that the communication means (24) comprises an SD card slot (34) for inserting an SD card, a USB port for connecting a USB-enabled device, and/or a wireless interface for wirelessly communicating with an appropriately equipped device.

14. The luminaire (10) according to claim 12, characterized in that the luminaire (10) has a transmitting means (38) with which the control commands can be transmitted to a number of secondary luminaires (40), wherein the secondary luminaires (40) can be controlled by the control commands and have a receiving means (46) for receiving the control commands, which communicates with the transmitting means (38).

15. The luminaire (10) according to claim 12, characterized in that the timing module (28) is configured for supplying a seasonally dependent time.

16. The luminaire (10) according to claim 12, characterized in that the luminaire (10) is equipped with means (36) for detecting the presence of persons in the area surrounding the luminaire (10), and in that these presence detection means can be deactivated.

17. The luminaire (10) according to claim 12, characterized in that means are provided for wirelessly teaching other luminaires in the surrounding area.

18. A lighting system for illuminating an area of a building, in particular an office, having a luminaire (10) according to claim 12, which has a transmitting means (38), and a number of secondary luminaires (40) that can be controlled by means of the luminaire (10), the secondary luminaires (40) having a receiving means (46) that communicates with the transmitting means (38).

19. A method for illuminating an area of a building, in particular an office, with a luminaire (10) according to claim 12, comprising the following steps:

connecting the portable data carrier to the luminaire (10),

reading out data, which are stored on the data carrier (26), by means of the communication means (24) and transmitting these to the control unit (22),

synchronizing time information contained in the data with the time provided by the timing module (28), by means of the control unit (22),

converting the data into control commands by means of the control unit (22), and

controlling the lighting means (14) by means of the control unit (22) using the control commands, based on the information provided by the timing module, wherein the color of the light emitted by the lighting means may be changed.

20. The method according to claim 19, comprising the following step:

switching off the lighting means (14) by means of the control unit (22) once the presence detection means (36) located in or on the luminaire (10) has determined that no persons are present.

21. The method according to claim 19 comprising the following additional steps:

transmitting the control commands to a number of secondary luminaires (40) by means of a transmitting means (38),

receiving the control commands by means of a receiving means (46) that communicates with the transmitting means (38), and

controlling secondary luminaires (40) with the control commands.