System and method for real time control of lighting system

• US 8,049,437 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2007
• Issued: 11/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Li, Dong-Hai, Jiang, Li, Chang, Chih-Kuang
• Primary Examiner(s): PHILOGENE, HAISSA
• Application Number:
  US11/967,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20090115337A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,403 Days
• Field of Search: 315/291, 315/292, 315/294, 315/297, 315/307, 315/312, 315/316, 315/318, 315/360, 315/DIG.4, 315/82, 700/20, 700/24, 700/84, 700/73, 700/75, 340/468, 340/472
• US Class Current: 315/297
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control

Abstract

A method for real time control of lighting system includes the steps of: providing a computer, a SCM (2), a digital-to-analog converter (3), and at least one power amplifier (41, 42, 43) connected to the digital-to-analog converter, each of the at least one power amplifiers connects with a lamp; receiving light control data inputted by a user; transmitting the light control data to the SCM; processing the light control data received by the SCM, and generating digital signals by the SCM; transmitting the digital signals to the digital-to-analog converter; converting the digital signals into an analog signals by the digital-to-analog converter, and transmitting the analog signals to the at least one power amplifier; and amplifying the analog signals and controlling the corresponding lamp connected to the at least one power amplifier. A system for real time control of the lighting system is also provided.

Claims

1. A system for controlling a lighting system in real time, the system comprising:

a computer, comprising;

a light data receiving module configured for receiving light control data inputted by a user; and

a light data transmitting module configured for transmitting the light control data to a single chip micyoco (SCM) connected to the computer;

the SCM comprising;

a processing module configured for processing the light control data received by the SCM, and generating digital signals that represent brightness and determining an address of a power amplifier according to the light control data; and

a transmitting module configured for transmitting the digital signals to a digital-to-analog converter, the digital-to-analog converter connecting to at least one power amplifier;

wherein

the digital-to-analog converter is configured for converting the digital signals into analog signals, and transmitting the analog signals to a corresponding power amplifier according to the address; and

the at least one power amplifier is configured for amplifying the analog signals, and for controlling the brightness of a lamp connected to the corresponding power amplifier according to the amplified analog signals.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the lamp is a rim light lamp, a coaxial light lamp, or a ring light lamp.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting module is further configured for transmitting the address to the digital-to-analog converter.

4. The system according to claim 2, wherein the light control data comprises light control data of the rim light lamp, light control data of the coaxial light lamp, and light control data of the ring light lamp.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the computer further comprises an identification code receiving module configured for receiving identification codes inputted by the user.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the computer further comprises an identification code transmitting module configured for transmitting the identification codes to the SCM.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the SCM further comprises a validation module configured for validating the identification codes by comparing the identification codes received by the SCM with original identification codes prestored in the SCM.

8. A method for real time control of lighting system, comprising the steps of:

providing a computer, a single chip micyoco (SCM) connected to the computer, a digital-to-analog converter connected to the SCM, and at least one power amplifier connected to the digital-to-analog converter, wherein each power amplifier connects with a lamp;

receiving light control data inputted by a user;

transmitting the light control data to the SCM;

processing the light control data received by the SCM, and generating digital signals that represent brightness and determining an address of a power amplifier according to the light control data by the SCM;

transmitting the digital signals to the digital-to-analog converter;

converting the digital signals into analog signals by the digital-to-analog converter, and transmitting the analog signals to a corresponding power amplifier according to the address; and

amplifying the analog signals and controlling the brightness of the lamp connected to the corresponding power amplifier according to the amplified analog signals.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the lamp is a rim light lamp, a coaxial light lamp or a ring light lamp.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the light control data comprises light control data of the rim light lamp, light control data of the coaxial light lamp and light control data of the ring light lamp.

11. The method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of:

transmitting the address to the digital-to-analog converter.

12. The method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of:

receiving identification codes inputted by the user;

transmitting the identification codes to the SCM; and

validating the identification codes by comparing the identification codes received by the SCM with original identification codes prestored in the SCM by the SCM.