Lighting commissioning device and method

• US 8,049,434 B2
• Filed: 09/06/2006
• Issued: 11/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Signify Holding B.V. (Signify N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Wang, Ling, Keith, William L., Cai, James, Crouse, Kent E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vu; David Hung
• Application Number:
  US12/066,142
• Publication Number:
  US 20080218087A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,882 Days
• Field of Search: 315/291, 315/149, 315/156, 315/157, 315/158, 315/159, 315/293, 315/294, 315/295, 315/307
• US Class Current: 315/291
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/199 Commissioning of light sources

Abstract

A lighting commissioning device and method including a lighting commissioning device for commissioning of a lighting device in a lighting system, the lighting commissioning device including an indication detector 142 responsive to indication from the lighting device and generating a lighting device indication signal 148, a change detector 144 responsive to the lighting device indication signal 148 and generating an indication detected signal 150, and a control unit 146 receiving the indication detected signal 150 and being operably connected to the lighting system.

Claims

1. A lighting commissioning device for commissioning of a plurality of lighting devices in a lighting system, the lighting commissioning device comprising:

an indication detector responsive to indication from the lighting device and generating a lighting device indication signal;

a change detector responsive to the lighting device indication signal and generating an indication detected signal;

a control unit receiving the indication detected signal and being operably connected to the lighting system;

means for determining a list of identification numbers for the plurality of lighting devices, wherein said control unit is operable to sequentially transmit an indicator command for each identification number on the list of identification numbers; and

a location detector to determine location of the lighting commissioning device.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the indication is selected from the group consisting of light, infrared light, sound, ultrasonic sound, and radio frequency signal.

3. The device of claim 1 further comprising a mapping interface to display location of the lighting device.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the indication detector is a narrow angle detector.

5. The device of claim 4 further comprising a sight to direct the indication detector to the lighting device.

6. The device of claim 1 further comprising a tool indicator responsive to the indication detected signal to indicate when the indication is received from the lighting device.

7. The device of claim 1 wherein the lighting commissioning device has a lighting commissioning device identification number, and the indication detected signal includes the lighting commissioning device identification number.

8. The device of claim 1 wherein the indication detector is a wide angle detector.

9. The device of claim 1 wherein the indication detector is a variable angle detector.

10. A lighting commissioning device for commissioning of a plurality of lighting devices in a lighting system, the lighting commissioning device comprising:

means for establishing communications between a plurality of lighting devices including a first lighting device having a first identification number,

means for determining a list of identification numbers for the plurality of lighting devices,

means for sequentially transmitting an indicator command for each identification number on the list of identification numbers,

a change detector operable to detect an indication for the first lighting device and generating an indication detected signal;

a location detector to determine the location of the lighting commissioning device; and

a control unit for correlating the indication detected signal for the first lighting device with transmission of the indicator command for the first lighting device to determine the first lighting device location from said determined location of said lighting commissioning device.