Modular light control device and dimming control system

• US 9,814,111 B1
• Filed: 12/08/2016
• Issued: 11/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2016
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gooee Limited (Gooee Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Gooee Limited (Gooee Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Huang, Ji De, Chen, Chun-Kuang, Chen, Tung Yu
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Don
• Application Number:
  US15/373,088
• Time in Patent Office: 334 Days
• Field of Search: 315291
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/10 Controlling the intensity of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/30 Driver circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

A modular light control device and a dimming control system are disclosed. The modular light control device comprises a power conversion module, an output module and a control module. The power conversion module has a conversion circuit and a first recognition unit. The conversion circuit receives a power source and converts the power source into a power signal. The output module has an output circuit and a second recognition unit. When the control module is electrically connected with the power conversion module and the output module, the control module distinguishes configurations of the power conversion module and the output module through the first recognition unit and the second recognition unit, respectively, and outputs a control signal according to the configuration of the output module, and the output circuit outputs a driving signal to drive a lamp according to the power signal and the control signal.

Claims

1. A modular light control device for driving at least one lamp, the modular light control device comprising:

a power conversion module having a conversion circuit and a first recognition unit, the conversion circuit receiving a power source and converting the power source into a power signal;

an output module having an output circuit and a second recognition unit;

a control module, and

a dimming control device, wherein the dimming control device is communicated and connected with the modular light control device through a network to perform a dimming control on the lamp through the modular light control device,

wherein when the control module is electrically connected with the power conversion module and the output module, the control module distinguishes configurations of the power conversion module and the output module through the first recognition unit and the second recognition unit, respectively, and outputs a control signal according to the configuration of the output module, and the output circuit outputs a driving signal to drive the lamp according to the power signal and the control signal,

wherein the dimming control device obtains the configuration and a working state of the power conversion module, the configuration and a working state of the output module or the configuration and a working state of the control module of the modular light control device through the network.

2. The modular light control device according to claim 1, wherein the control module further outputs another control signal to control the conversion circuit to output the power signal according to the configuration of the power conversion module.

3. The modular light control device according to claim 1, wherein the first recognition unit or the second recognition unit comprises an address chip, a microcontroller, a pin or a latch working in conjunction with a micro switch, or a combination thereof.

4. The modular light control device according to claim 1, wherein the output circuit has a control interface, and the control signal corresponds to a pattern of the control interface.

5. The modular light control device according to claim 4, wherein the control interface is a digital address lighting interface, a digital multiplex interface, a 0˜

1V interface, a 0˜

10V interface or a 1˜

10V interface.

6. The modular light control device according to claim 1, wherein the network is a wired network or a wireless network.

7. The modular light control device according to claim 6, wherein the wireless network is a Bluetooth mesh network, a WIFI network or a Zigbee network.

8. A dimming control system, comprising:

at least one lamp;

at least one modular light control device, which is electrically connected with the lamp, and comprises a power conversion module, an output module and a control module, the power conversion module has a conversion circuit and a first recognition unit, the conversion circuit receives a power source, and converts the power source into a power signal, the output module has an output circuit and a second recognition unit, and when the control module is electrically connected with the power conversion module and the output module, the control module distinguishes configurations of the power conversion module and of the output module through the first recognition unit and the second recognition unit, respectively, and outputs a control signal according to the configuration of the output module, and the output circuit outputs a driving signal to drive the lamp according to the power signal and the control signal;

a network; and

a dimming control device, wherein the dimming control device obtains the configuration and a working state of the power conversion module, the configuration and a working state of the output module, or a configuration and a working state of the control module of the modular light control device through the network, and controls the modular light control device to perform a dimming control on the lamp through the modular light control device through the network.

9. The dimming control system according to claim 8, wherein the control module further outputs another control signal to control the conversion circuit to output the power signal according to the configuration of the power conversion module.

10. The dimming control system according to claim 8, wherein the first recognition unit or the second recognition unit comprises an address chip, a microcontroller, a pin or a latch working in conjunction with a micro switch, or a combination thereof.

11. The dimming control system according to claim 8, wherein the output circuit has a control interface, and the control signal corresponds to a pattern of the control interface.

12. The dimming control system according to claim 11, wherein the control interface is a digital address lighting interface, a digital multiplex interface, a 0˜

1V interface, a 0˜

10V interface or a 1˜

10V interface.

13. The dimming control system according to claim 8, wherein the network is a wired network or a wireless network.

14. The dimming control system according to claim 13, wherein the wireless network is a Bluetooth mesh network, a WIFI network or a Zigbee network.