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Lighting control apparatus, lighting control method, and lighting control system

  • US 9,949,349 B2
  • Filed: 03/30/2016
  • Issued: 04/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lighting device comprising:

  • a power supply module to supply a driving power of the lighting device;

    an output module to output light using the driving power;

    a communication module to communicate with a lighting control apparatus and peripheral lighting devices; and

    a control module to control the operation of the lighting device,wherein the lighting device is a reference lighting device registered in the lighting control apparatus,wherein the control module is configured to;

    transmit a peripheral search signal to the peripheral lighting devices according to a scan command of the lighting control apparatus through the communication module, andreceive a response message corresponding to the peripheral search signal from at least one of the peripheral lighting devices,wherein the peripheral search signal includes a first destination address field, a first source address field, and a first command field;

    wherein the first destination address field includes identification data of each of the peripheral lighting devices,wherein the first source address field includes identification data of the reference lighting device,wherein the first command field includes a command to request a received signal strength of the peripheral search signal transmitted to the peripheral lighting devices,wherein the response message includes a second destination address field, a second source address field, a second command field, and a payload field;

    wherein the second destination address field includes identification data of the reference lighting device,wherein the second source address field includes identification data of each of the peripheral lighting devices,wherein the second command field includes a presence state of the received signal strength of the peripheral search signal measured by each of the peripheral lighting devices,wherein the payload field includes the received signal strength of the peripheral search signal measured by each of the peripheral lighting devices, andwherein the control module transmits the received signal strength of the peripheral search signal with the identification data of each of the peripheral lighting devices to the lighting control apparatus.

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