Lighting control system

• US 9,913,351 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2014
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fagerhults Belysning AB (Fagerhult AB)
• Original Assignee: Fagerhults Belysning AB (Fagerhult AB)
• Inventors: Unoson, Daniel, Wernberg, Mats
• Primary Examiner(s): Tan, Vibol
• Application Number:
  US15/129,315
• Publication Number:
  US 20170118825A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,440 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/281 indicating a format for calling an appliance service function in a home automation network for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/105 in response to determined parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

The present invention relates to a lighting control system (1) comprising a first sub-system (10) having a first control unit (12), a gateway module (14) in communication (24) with the first control unit, and at least one first lighting unit (16) associated with the first control unit, and a second sub-system (40) having a second control unit (42) and at least one second lighting unit (46) associated with the second control unit. The first control unit comprises a first communication module (121) for wireless communication (26) in a first personal area network with the at least one associated first lighting unit (16), and a second communication module (122) for wireless communication (30) in a second personal area network with the second control unit (42).

Claims

1. A lighting control system (1) comprising

a first sub-system (10) comprising, a first control unit (12), a gateway module (14) in communication with the first control unit, and at least one first lighting unit (16) associated with the first control unit, and

a second sub-system (40) comprising a second control unit (42), and at least one second lighting unit (46) associated with the second control unit,

wherein the first control unit comprises a first communication module (121) for wireless communication (26) in a first personal area network with said at least one associated first lighting unit,

wherein the first control unit further comprises a second communication module (122) for wireless communication (24, 30) in a second personal area network with the second control unit, and

wherein the second personal area network is a wireless mesh network, and wherein the first control unit (12) and the second control unit (42) are mesh nodes.

2. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the communication (26) in the first personal area network is in a ZigBee protocol.

3. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the first communication module (121) is a ZigBee module, and wherein each at least one first lighting unit (16) comprises a ZigBee module for communication with the first communication module.

4. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the second control unit (42) is configured for wireless communication (32) with a further subsequent sub-system forming a wireless mesh network.

5. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the communication (24, 30) in the second personal area network is in a ZigBee protocol.

6. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the gateway module (14) is in wireless communication with the first control unit (12).

7. The lighting control system according to claim 6, wherein the wireless communication between the gateway module (14) and the first control unit (12) is a part of the communication (24, 30) in the second personal area network.

8. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the gateway module (14) is configured to receive information from the second sub-system (40) via the first and the second control units (12, 42).

9. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the second control unit (42) is configured to send information about the second sub-system (40) to the first control unit (12), and wherein the first control unit distributes the information to the gateway module (14).

10. The lighting control system according to claim 9, wherein the information about the second sub-system (40) comprises information of power consumption of the at least one second lighting unit (46).

11. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the first control unit (12) is configured for communication (23) with a mobile device (13), such that the first lighting unit (16) is controllable via the mobile device.

12. The lighting control system according to claim 11, wherein the first control unit (12) is configured for communication (23) in a Bluetooth protocol with the mobile device (13).

13. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the lighting control system further comprises a plurality of additional sub-systems, wherein each of the additional sub-systems comprises a control unit, and wherein all control units in the lighting control system together forms a wireless mesh network.

14. The lighting control system according to claim 2, wherein the lighting control system further comprises a plurality of additional sub-systems, wherein each of the additional sub-systems comprises a control unit, and wherein all control units in the lighting control system together forms a wireless mesh network.

15. A lighting control system, comprising

a first sub-system (10) comprising, a first control unit (12), a gateway module (14) in communication with the first control unit, and at least one first lighting unit (16) associated with the first control unit, and

a second sub-system (40) comprising a second control unit (42), and at least one second lighting unit (46) associated with the second control unit,

wherein the first control unit comprises a first communication module (121) for wireless communication (26) in a first personal area network with said at least one associated first lighting unit, and

wherein the first control unit further comprises a second communication module (122) for wireless communication (24, 30) in a second personal area network with the second control unit, wherein the lighting control system further comprises a plurality of additional sub-systems, wherein each of the additional sub-systems comprises a control unit, and wherein all control units in the lighting control system together forms a wireless mesh network.

16. The lighting control system according to claim 15, wherein the first communication module (121) is a ZigBee module, and wherein each at least one first lighting unit (16) comprises a ZigBee module for communication with the first communication module.

17. The lighting control system according to claim 15, wherein the communication (26) in the first personal area network is in a ZigBee protocol.

18. The lighting control system according to claim 15, wherein the communication (24, 30) in the second personal area network is in a ZigBee protocol.

19. A lighting control system (1), comprising

a first sub-system (10) comprising, a first control unit (12), a gateway module (14) in communication with the first control unit, and at least one first lighting unit (16) associated with the first control unit, and

a second sub-system (40) comprising a second control unit (42), and at least one second lighting unit (46) associated with the second control unit,

wherein the first control unit comprises a first communication module (121) for wireless communication (26) in a first personal area network with said at least one associated first lighting unit, and

wherein the first control unit further comprises a second communication module (122) for wireless communication (24, 30) in a second personal area network with the second control unit,

wherein the second personal area network is a wireless mesh network, and the first control unit (12) and the second control unit (42) are mesh nodes, and

wherein the second control unit (42) comprises a third communication module (421) for wireless communication (56) with said at least one second lighting unit (46) associated with the second control unit, and a fourth communication module (422) for wireless communication (30, 32) in the second personal area network with the first control unit (12).

20. The lighting control system according to claim 19, wherein the third communication module (421) and the fourth communication module (422) of the second control unit (42) are ZigBee modules.