Lighting remote control system

• US 8,902,049 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2011
• Issued: 12/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Noguchi, Hiroki, Fushimi, Shigemi, Abe, Shinichi, Ueno, Saori, Hasuo, Makoto
• Primary Examiner(s): Zimmerman, Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): EUSTAQUIO, CAL J
• Application Number:
  US13/113,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20110285515A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,289 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 340/12.22
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/195 the transmission using visible or infrared light

Abstract

A lighting remote control system includes an illuminating device for irradiating illumination light in a changeable direction, a remote controller for irradiating visible light, a direction sensor for detecting an irradiating direction of the visible light based on a posture of the remote controller, and a position sensor for detecting position coordinates of the remote controller. The illuminating device is designed to irradiate the illumination light on a position specified pursuant to the position coordinates of the remote controller detected by the position sensor, the irradiating direction of the visible light detected by the direction sensor and an arbitrarily-set unit length.

Claims

1. A lighting remote control system, comprising:

an illuminating device for irradiating illumination light in a changeable direction;

a remote controller for irradiating visible light;

a direction sensor for detecting an irradiating direction of the visible light based on a posture including an azimuth and a tilt angle of the remote controller; and

a position sensor for detecting position coordinates of the remote controller,

wherein the illuminating device is designed to irradiate the illumination light on a specified position that is a set distance from the position coordinates of the remote controller to the specified position, the specified position being specified based on the position coordinates of the remote controller detected by the position sensor, the irradiating direction of the visible light detected by the direction sensor, and the set distance from the position coordinates of the remote controller to the specified position.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a calculation unit for finding an irradiating angle of the illumination light based on the position coordinates of the remote controller, the irradiating direction of the visible light and the distance from the position coordinates of the remote controller to the specified position.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the remote controller includes a setting unit for enabling a user to arbitrarily set the distance from the position coordinates of the remote controller to the specified position.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the remote controller includes a setting unit for enabling a user to arbitrarily set the distance from the position coordinates of the remote controller to the specified position.