Lighting device with microwave detection function

• US 9,423,115 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2013
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: U&U Engineering, Inc.
• Original Assignee: U&U Engineering, Inc.
• Inventors: Chang, Chi-Ho, Sung, Yun-Chun, Hsu, Ming-Tsung, Huang, Jen-Chih, Lu, Guo-Zhong, Tsao, Ping-Chang
• Primary Examiner(s): Keith, Jack W
• Assistant Examiner(s): WINDRICH, MARCUS E
• Application Number:
  US14/095,763
• Publication Number:
  US 20150070205A1
• Time in Patent Office: 994 Days
• Field of Search: 342/94, 342/110, 342/118, 342/200, 342/109, 342/128
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/23 Retrofit light sources for lighting devices with a single fitting for each light source, e.g. for substitution of incandescent lamps with bayonet or threaded fittings
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/045 the sensor receiving a signal from a remote controller
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/0471 the sensor detecting the proximity, the presence or the movement of an object or a person
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/345 using triangular modulation
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/56 for presence detection presence detection using near field arrangements G01V3/00, e.g. G01V3/08, G01V3/12; burglar, theft or intruder alarms with electrical actuation G08B13/22 - G08B13/26
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/584 adapted for simultaneous range and velocity measurements
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/03 Details of HF subsystems specially adapted therefor, e.g. common to transmitter and receiver
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 7/35 Details of non-pulse systems
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/115 by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

A lighting device includes a microwave sensor for adjusting its sensing range based on a range gate selected from multiple range gates. An active antenna module transmits first FMCW signal toward a target based on the selected range gate and for receiving second FMCW signal reflected from the target. The microwave sensor demodulates the first FMCW signal and the second FMCW signal to generate beat frequency signal. Then another demodulator demodulates the beat frequency signal to generate Doppler signal. The microwave sensor calculates a range between the microwave sensor and the target based on the beat frequency signal, calculates velocity of the target according to frequency of the Doppler signal, and determine whether to generate triggering signal according to the calculated velocity and the calculated range, when the object located within the range gate. The power module enables a lamp based on the triggering signal.

Claims

1. A lighting device, comprising:

a light source, for generating light;

a microwave sensor, comprising;

an active antenna module, for transmitting a first frequency modulation continuous wave (FMCW) signal toward a target with a sweep period and for receiving a second FMCW signal reflected from the target, the active antenna module comprising;

a loop antenna comprising a transmitting terminal and a receiving terminal, wherein the transmitting terminal is configured to transmit the first FMCW signal, and the receiving terminal is configured to transmit the second FMCW signal; and

a radio frequency (RF) transistor, comprising a control port, a first port and a second port, the second port coupled to the transmitting terminal, the control port coupled to the receiving terminal, and the control port being the reverse of the second port;

a modulation module, electrically connected to the active antenna module and used for generating a modulation signal provided to the active antenna module according to a range gate chosen from a plurality of range gates, a bandwidth of the first FMCW signal being modulated according to amplitude of the modulation signal, and the plurality of range gates bi-uniquely corresponding to bandwidths of a plurality of first FMCW signals;

a first low pass filter, electrically connected to the first port of the RF transistor, the first low pass filter and the RF transistor forming a first demodulator, wherein the first demodulator is configured to demodulate a beat frequency signal based on a range gate, and the beat frequency signal comprising a frequency difference of the first FMCW signal and the second FMCW signal; and

a second demodulator, electrically connected to the first demodulator, for demodulating the beat frequency signal for generating the Doppler signal, the frequency of the Doppler signal being equal to a frequency difference of an up-sweep beat frequency and a down-sweep beat frequency; and

a discrimination control module, electrically connected to the modulation module, for calculating a range between the microwave sensor and the target based on the beat frequency signal generated after the first FMCW signal and the second FMCW signal are demodulated when the object is located within the range gate, for calculating velocity of the target according to a frequency of the Doppler signal, and for determining whether to generate a triggering signal or not according to the calculated velocity and the calculated range; and

a power module, electrically connected between the microwave sensor and the light source for enabling a lamp based on the triggering signal.

2. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second demodulator comprises:

an AM Peak envelope sensor, electrically connected to the first low pass filter; and

a second low pass filter, electrically connected to the AM Peak envelope sensor, and used for outputting the Doppler signal.

3. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the RF transistor is a bipolar junction transistor (BJT), the control port is a base, the first port is an emitter, and the second port is a collector.

4. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the radio frequency transistor is a field effect transistor, the field effect transistor comprises a pseudo high electron mobility transistor, the control port is a gate, the first port is a source, and the second port is a drain.

5. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the microwave sensor further comprises a first capacitor, two ends of the first capacitor are connected to the first port and the second port of the radio frequency transistor, and the loop antenna comprises:

a first inductor coupled to the second port of the radio frequency transistor;

a second inductor;

a third inductor coupled to the control port of the radio frequency transistor;

a second capacitor coupled between the first inductor and the second inductor; and

a third capacitor coupled between the second indictor and the third inductor.

6. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the discrimination control module comprises a range calculation unit electrically connected to the first port of the RF transistor and used for calculating a range between the microwave sensor and the target according to a first relation, the first relation is R=(f_b×

c×

T)/(2×

B), R indicates the range between the microwave sensor and the target, f_b indicates beat frequency signal, B indicates scanning bandwidth, c indicates speed of light, and T indicates sweep period.

7. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the active antenna module comprises a substrate comprising a first surface and a second surface, and the first surface is opposite to the second surface;

a first metallic antenna microstrip, disposed on the first surface of the substrate;

a second metallic antenna microstrip, disposed on the first surface of the substrate;

a third metallic antenna microstrip, disposed on the first surface of the substrate;

a first coupling metallic sheet, disposed on the second surface of the substrate;

a second coupling metallic sheet, disposed on the second surface; and

a third coupling metallic sheet, disposed on the second surface;

the RF transistor, disposed on the first surface, the control port of the RF transistor connected to the third metallic antenna microstrip, and the first port and the second port being connected to the first coupling metallic sheet and the first metallic antenna microstrip, respectively;

a first portion of the first metallic antenna microstrip and the first coupling metallic sheet forming a first capacitor, a second portion of the first metallic antenna microstrip, a first portion of the second metallic antenna microstrip adjoining the first portion of the first metallic antenna microstrip, and the second coupling metallic sheet forming a third capacitor, and a second portion of the second metallic antenna microstrip, a second portion of the third metallic antenna microstrip adjoining the second portion of the second metallic antenna microstrip, and the third coupling metallic sheet forming a third capacitor.

8. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the active antenna module transmits the first FMCW signal, a direction of the first FMCW signal forms an angle with a moving direction of the target, and the discrimination control module is used for calculating the velocity of the moving target according to the angle, the speed of light, and the center frequency of a carrier wave of the first FMCW signal.

9. The lighting device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the discrimination control module comprises a velocity calculation unit used for calculating the velocity of the moving target according to a second relation, the second relation is v=(f_b⁻

−

f_b⁺)×

c/(2×

f_c×

cos θ

), v indicates velocity of the moving target, f_b⁻

indicates down-sweep beat frequency, f_b⁺ indicates up-sweep beat frequency, c indicates speed of light, and f_c indicates center frequency of the carrier wave.

10. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the modulation module comprises a digital to analog interface of a digital signal processor and the digital to analog interface of the digital signal processor synthesizes the modulation signal.

11. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the modulation module comprises an adder having an operational amplifier, the adder comprises a plurality of input terminals and an output terminal, each of the plurality of input terminals and an input positive terminal of the operational amplifier are coupled to different resistors, when one input terminal is connected to ground, the other input terminals are floating for outputting the different modulation signals with different amplitudes.

12. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lighting device also comprises a lamp body, and the microwave sensor, the light source, and the power module are accommodated in the lamp body.