Lighting system and method for registering lighting device

• US 9,980,354 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2015
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Duksung, Yoo, Myungbok, Ro, Sijeong
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Tung X
• Application Number:
  US15/522,112
• Publication Number:
  US 20170339770A1
• Time in Patent Office: 960 Days
• Field of Search: 315149, 315152, 315307, 315312, 315360
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/12 Arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
• 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 2012/285 Generic home appliances, e.g. refrigerators
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/125 by using cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/16 by timing means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/18 via data-bus transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/195 the transmission using visible or infrared light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/1965 using handheld communication devices
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/199 Commissioning of light sources
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

Disclosed are a lighting system and a method for registering a lighting device. The embodiments of the present invention comprise: a lighting device which is provided with a short-range communication module and comprises a plurality of light-emitting units; a lighting registration device which is provided with a short-range communication module and an IR communication module and registers the lighting device on the basis of the light-emitting patterns of the light-emitting units; and a lighting switch which is provided with a short-range communication module, binds with the lighting device by receiving, from the lighting registration device, an ID corresponding to the light-emitting patterns of the light-emitting units, and controls the operation of the lighting device. Further, when power is supplied to the lighting device, the lighting registration device recognizes the light-emitting patterns of the light-emitting units and registers the lighting device with an ID corresponding to the recognized light-emitting patterns.

Claims

1. A lighting system, comprising:

a lighting device having a short-range communication module, and including a plurality of light-emitting units;

a lighting registration device provided with a short-range communication module and an IR communication module, and configured to register the lighting device based on a light-emitting pattern of the light-emitting units; and

a lighting switch provided with a short-range communication module, which binds with the lighting device by receiving a unique ID corresponding to the light-emitting pattern of the light-emitting units, from the lighting registration device, if the lighting device is registered, and configured to control an operation of the registered lighting device,

wherein if a power is supplied to the lighting device to be registered, the lighting registration device senses a light emission of the light-emitting units of the lighting device to be registered, by driving a camera provided thereat, and

wherein if a registration starting request with respect to the lighting device is received, the lighting registration device recognizes a light-emitting pattern of the light-emitting units of the lighting device to be registered, generates a unique ID of the lighting device to be registered by combining the recognized light-emitting pattern with a time point when the registration starting request has been received, and registers the corresponding lighting device with the generated unique ID.

2. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein the light-emitting pattern means a change pattern of at least one of a color of the light-emitting units, dimming, the number of times of light emission, a duration time of light emission and a combination thereof.

3. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein the lighting registration device is a mobile terminal having a touch screen, and

wherein if an input region for inputting the light-emitting pattern is displayed on the touch screen, the mobile terminal recognizes the light-emitting pattern based on a touch input applied to the input region.

4. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein if there are a plurality of lighting devices to be registered, the lighting registration device displays thumbnail images corresponding to the plurality of lighting devices to be registered, on a touch screen, and controls lighting devices corresponding to selected thumbnail images among the displayed thumbnail images to be registered simultaneously.

5. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein if the lighting device is registered, the lighting registration device receives position information of the corresponding lighting device, and displays, on a touch screen, screen information for binding the corresponding lighting device with a corresponding lighting switch.

6. The lighting system of claim 5, wherein the lighting registration device displays, on the screen information, first images indicating registered lighting switches, and second images indicating registered lighting devices corresponding to the lighting switches, based on the received position information, and

wherein if a drag input starting from one of the first and second images to another is applied, the lighting registration device binds a lighting switch corresponding to the first image with a lighting device corresponding to the second image.

7. The lighting system of claim 1, further comprising a gateway configured to perform zigbee communication among the lighting device, the lighting switch and the device for registering a light-emitting device,

wherein the lighting registration device provides an ID of a registered lighting device to the gateway.

8. The lighting system of claim 1, wherein if the bound lighting switch is turned on, the lighting registration device displays, on a touch screen, an icon for deleting a registered state of a lighting device corresponding to the switch, and

wherein the lighting registration device initializes the registered lighting device based on a touch input applied to the icon.

9. A method for registering a lighting device of an application which is driven on a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

driving the application on the mobile terminal;

if a power is supplied to a lighting device to be registered and a lighting search function is executed on the application, displaying first screen information for recognizing a light-emitting pattern of a plurality of light-emitting units included in the lighting device to be registered;

if a registration starting request with respect to the lighting device is input by using the first screen information, recognizing a light-emitting pattern of the light-emitting units of the lighting device to be registered;

generating a unique ID of the lighting device to be registered by combining the recognized light-emitting pattern with a time point when the registration starting request has been input; and

registering the corresponding lighting device with the generated unique ID, and displaying second screen information for binding the registered lighting device with a corresponding lighting switch.