Lighting control system and lighting control method

• US 10,362,660 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2017
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hadachi, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): Hammond, Dedei K
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chai, Raymond R
• Application Number:
  US15/821,608
• Publication Number:
  US 20180153024A1
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/115 by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/16 by timing means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

A lighting control system includes: a plurality of control devices each assigned with a unique identifier; a plurality of lighting devices controlled by one or more control devices among the control devices; and an operating device that collectively turns the lighting devices on or off. Each control device includes a transmitter that transmits the unique identifier or a control command including the unique identifier, to the lighting devices. Each lighting device includes: a receiver that receives the unique identifier or the control command from each of the one or more control devices; a storage that stores the unique identifier received by the receiver, in response to a predetermined operation on the operating device; and a controller that performs operation control according to the control command when the unique identifier included in the control command and the unique identifier stored in the storage are identical.

Claims

1. A lighting control system, comprising:

a plurality of control devices each assigned with a unique identifier;

a plurality of lighting devices controlled by one or more control devices among the plurality of control devices; and

an operating device that is disposed outside the plurality of lighting devices and collectively turns illumination of the plurality of lighting devices on or off, wherein;

each of the plurality of control devices includes;

a transmitter that transmits a first control command including the unique identifier, to the plurality of lighting devices, the first control command being a pairing command,

each of the plurality of lighting devices emits light to illuminate a space,

each of the plurality of lighting devices includes;

a receiver that receives the first control command from each of the one or more control devices;

a storage that stores the unique identifier included in the first control command received by the receiver, when the lighting device receives, from the operating device, an operation to turn on or off a power source of the lighting device, the operation being repeatedly performed within a predetermined time period; and

a controller that performs operation control according to a second control command when the unique identifier included in the second control command and the unique identifier stored in the storage are identical, and

one or more lighting devices among the plurality of lighting devices are defined to be in a group in advance with a first number of power-switching operations, and the one or more lighting devices enter a stand-by status to receive the unique identifier, when the one or more lighting devices detect a number of power-switching operations in a same manner as the first number.

2. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein

each of the plurality of lighting devices enters a stand-by status to receive the unique identifier, according to a number of power-switching operations at the operating device within the predetermined time period, the power-switching operations being an instruction repeatedly given by the operating device to turn the illumination on or off, the number being two or more.

3. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein

the plurality of control devices and the plurality of lighting devices wirelessly communicate with each other.

4. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein

each of the plurality of control devices includes one of an illuminance sensor and a human sensor, and

the operation control is performed over one or more lighting devices among the plurality of lighting devices based on a result of detection by the one of the illuminance sensor and the human sensor.

5. The lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein the second control command includes at least one of a command to turn illumination on, a command to turn the illumination off, a command to flash, a command to dim and a command to tone.

6. The lighting control system according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of control devices directly communicate with the plurality of lighting devices.