System for controlling lighting devices

• US 8,467,887 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2010
• Issued: 06/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jung, Jin Sun, Kim, Chang Seob, Lee, Dong Won, Cho, Ho Chan
• Primary Examiner(s): HARTMAN JR, RONALD D
• Application Number:
  US12/696,490
• Publication Number:
  US 20110112661A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,236 Days
• Field of Search: 700/17, 700/83
• US Class Current: 700/19
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

Disclosed is a lighting control system including: a switching means for selecting one of a plurality of scenarios; a gateway for matching at least one of on/off control signals, color temperature control signals, color control signals, or dimming control signals for a plurality of lamps with the plurality of scenarios, storing a resultant data, and outputting control signals matched with the scenario selected from the switching means; and a lighting device for receiving the control signals outputted from the gateway, and according to the received control signals, turning on/off each of the lamps, adjusting a color temperature or a color of each of the lamps, or a dimming level of each of the lamps.

Claims

1. A lighting control system comprising:

a gateway for matching at least one of on/off control signals, color temperature control signals, color control signals, or dimming control signals for a plurality of lamps with a plurality of scenarios, and storing a resultant data, said gateway selecting at least one of the on/off control signals, color temperature control signals, color control signals, or dimming control signals for the plurality of lamps, according to a received scenario, and outputting the selected control signals; and

a lighting device for receiving the selected control signals outputted from the gateway, and according to the received control signals, turning on/off each of the lamps, adjusting a color temperature or a color of each of the lamps, or adjusting a dimming level of each of the lamps,

wherein the gateway outputs different control signals to corresponding lamps installed in respective zones,

wherein the gateway includes a data storing unit for storing a table which contains addresses, on/off control signals, color temperature control signals, color control signals, or dimming control signals for the plurality of lamps, according to each of the scenarios, and

wherein the data storing unit stores addresses, on/off control signals, color temperature control signals, color control signals, or dimming control signals for the plurality of lamps, according to each of the scenarios, which can be programmable on the table.

3. The lighting control system of claim 1 or 2, wherein the on/off control signals, color temperature control signals, color control signals, or dimming control signals are transmitted from the gateway to the lighting device through local area wireless communication.

2. A lighting control system comprising:

a switching means for selecting one of a plurality of scenarios;

a gateway for matching at least one of on/off control signals, color temperature control signals, color control signals, or dimming control signals for a plurality of lamps with the plurality of scenarios, storing a resultant data, and outputting control signals matched with the scenario selected from the switching means; and

a lighting device for receiving the control signals outputted from the gateway, and according to the received control signals, turning on/off each of the lamps, adjusting a color temperature or a color of each of the lamps, or a dimming level of each of the lamps,

wherein the gateway outputs different control signals to corresponding lamps installed in respective zones,

wherein the gateway includes a data storing unit for storing a table which contains addresses, on/off control signals, color temperature control signals, color control signals, or dimming control signals for the plurality of lamps, according to each of the scenarios,

wherein the data storing unit stores addresses, on/off control signals, color temperature control signals, color control signals, or dimming control signals for the plurality of lamps, according to each of the scenarios, which can be programmable on the table, and

wherein the switching means is constructed separately from the gateway, and information on the scenario selected from the switching means is transmitted to the gateway through local area wireless communication.