JP2019067599A - Lighting device and lighting system - Google Patents

Abstract

To make it possible to easily associate an arrangement position of any lighting device with identification information by communicating, by a terminal having a layout drawing, with the lighting device.SOLUTION: A lighting device 10 of an embodiment includes a storage unit capable of storing arrangement positions of a plurality of lighting devices, can communicate with a terminal 20 including a transmission/reception unit for transmitting information to the lighting devices, and includes a transmission/reception unit 14 for receiving arrangement position information transmitted from the terminal 20 and transmitting identification information on its own device and a storage unit 15 for storing identification information on the own device. When receiving the arrangement position information transmitted by the terminal 20, the lighting device 10 stores it in the storage unit 15 of the own device and transmits the identification information on its own device stored in the storage unit 15 of the own device from the transmission/reception unit 14 to the terminal 20.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to a lighting device and a lighting system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there have been provided emergency lighting devices that are turned on using an emergency power supply in an emergency, and induction lighting devices that are turned on for guidance to an evacuation route or the like. In recent years, in order to facilitate inspection of these lighting devices, a configuration has also been proposed in which a wireless communication device capable of wireless communication with an external terminal is mounted on the lighting device.

Generally, for example, when controlling a plurality of lighting devices installed on a ceiling surface in a building, each lighting device transmits its own unique address information as a wireless signal, and an external terminal that has received this unique address Establish communication.

However, each of the lighting devices as described above continues to transmit its own unique address until communication is established with the external terminal. In addition, since the external terminal receives unique addresses from a plurality of lighting devices, there is a problem that it does not know which device the received unique address corresponds to.

JP, 2015-018636, A

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a lighting device and a lighting system capable of easily associating the arrangement position of the lighting device with the identification information by the terminal having the layout drawing of the lighting device communicating with any lighting device. It is to be.

The lighting device according to the embodiment includes a storage unit capable of storing the arrangement positions of a plurality of lighting devices, and can communicate with a terminal including a transmission / reception unit that transmits information to the plurality of lighting devices. It has a transmitting / receiving unit that receives the arranged position information and transmits identification information of the own device, and a storage unit that stores the identification information of the own device. When receiving the arrangement position information transmitted from the terminal, the lighting device stores it in the storage unit of its own device, and transmits the identification information of the own device stored in the storage unit of its own device from the transmitting / receiving unit to the terminal.

According to the present invention, by transmitting identification information from a terminal having a layout drawing of lighting devices and communicating with any lighting device, the arrangement position of the lighting devices can be easily associated with the identification information.

It is a perspective view showing composition of a lighting system of an embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows an illuminating device same as the above. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of an illuminating device same as the above. It is a figure which shows the arrangement | positioning figure of the illuminating device displayed on an above-mentioned terminal. It is a figure which shows the arrangement | positioning figure of the illuminating device displayed on an above-mentioned terminal. It is a figure which shows the arrangement | positioning figure of the illuminating device displayed on an above-mentioned terminal. It is a figure which shows the identification number list displayed on an above-mentioned terminal. It is a sequence diagram which shows the operation | movement of a lighting system same as the above. It is a sequence diagram which shows the operation | movement of a lighting system same as the above.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the illumination system of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the lighting system 100 includes a plurality of lighting devices 10 (10 a to 10 i) installed on the ceiling surface of the lighting space 1 and a terminal 20 communicably connected to the lighting device 10. Ru. Specifically, the lighting device 10 is an emergency light that lights up in an emergency such as a power failure, and is installed on the ceiling surface at a predetermined interval.

In addition, although the case where nine illuminating devices are arrange | positioned is demonstrated in this embodiment, it is not limited to this, Two or more (n (n is an integer)) arrangement | positioning should just be arrange | positioned.

The terminal 20 is a portable terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal, and is configured to be capable of wireless communication with the lighting device 10. The terminal 20 has a display screen and has a function of displaying on the terminal screen a layout drawing that represents the arrangement position of the lighting device 10.

Further, as a communication method between each of the lighting devices 10a to 10i and between each of the lighting devices 10a to 10i and the terminal 20, for example, a wireless communication method capable of mesh networks such as BLE (Bluetooth (registered trademark) Low Energy). It is.

2 and 3 show the configuration of the lighting device 10. FIG. The lighting device 10 includes a light source 11, a storage battery 12, a control unit 13 and a storage unit 15, and a transmission / reception unit 14, which are housed in a housing 16. In addition, on the back side of the housing 16, a terminal block 19 connected to the external power supply 18 is provided.

The light source 11 is, for example, a semiconductor light emitting element such as a light emitting diode (LED) or a laser diode, or a light emitting module formed of an organic EL element (OLED) or the like, and is configured to emit white light. The light source 11 has a transparent glass or resin lens that controls the distribution of light emitted from the light emitting module.

The storage battery 12 is a battery that is removable inside the housing, and is a rechargeable secondary battery such as a Ni-Cd battery, a nickel hydrogen battery, or a lithium ion battery.

The external power source 18 can be any power source such as a commercial AC power source or a DC power source. In this embodiment, the external power supply is a commercial AC power supply.

The terminal block 19 is provided on the back side of the housing 16 and electrically connects the external power supply 18 and the control unit 13 via a wire (not shown).

The control unit 13 is electrically connected to the external power supply 18 and the storage battery 12, and supplies the power from the external power supply 18 and the storage battery 12 to the light source 11, the transmission / reception unit 14 and the like.

The power supplied from the external power supply 18 is supplied to the control unit 13 through the terminal block 19. The control unit 13 controls the storage battery 12 to be charged by the external power supply 18 at the time of regular use, and controls the power of the storage battery 12 to be supplied to the light source 11 in the emergency. In an emergency, the power of the storage battery 12 may be controlled to be supplied to the transmission / reception unit 14.

Further, the control unit 13 includes an inspection unit (not shown) and a storage unit 15, stores the inspection information inspected by the inspection unit in the storage unit 15, and outputs the inspection information from the transmission / reception unit 14 to the external terminal. Can be controlled.

The inspection unit inspects whether or not the storage battery 12 operates normally by detecting the voltage, current, temperature, discharge time and number of discharges of the storage battery 12, and outputs these inspection information to the storage unit 15.

The storage unit 15 includes volatile memory, non-volatile memory, and the like. The storage unit 15 stores an identification number indicating itself. The identification number is identification information for identifying the lighting device 10, and is, for example, a unique address such as a MAC address. The identification number may be stored in the storage unit 15 at the time of manufacture of the lighting device 10. The storage unit 15 also stores identification information of the terminal 20 transmitted from the terminal 20 described later.

The transmitting and receiving unit 14 is an interface for transmitting and receiving data by wireless communication. The transmitting and receiving unit 14 is an interface that supports, for example, Bluetooth (registered trademark) connection. Here, it is assumed that BLE communication is supported. The transmitting / receiving unit 14 transmits information such as the identification number of the own machine and the inspection stored in the storage unit 15 connected to the control unit 13 to the terminal 20 as a wireless signal. When the control unit 13 transmits the identification number of the lighting device from the transmission / reception unit 14, the control unit 13 blinks the light source 11 for a predetermined time. For example, by transmitting the identification signal from the transmission / reception unit 14 and blinking the light source 11 for 10 seconds, the operator can visually confirm the lighting device that has transmitted the identification number.

The terminal 20 is a portable terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal, and has a transmitting / receiving unit (not shown) that receives a signal transmitted from the lighting device 10 or transmits a signal of its own device.

When transmitting and receiving the signal of the own machine, the transmitting and receiving unit may transmit by a weak radio wave. In addition, the transmitting and receiving unit may include an antenna (not shown) having directivity, and may transmit a signal of the own device from this antenna. Thereby, for example, when a signal is transmitted from the terminal 20 to the lighting device 10i as shown in FIG. 1, it can be suppressed that the adjacent lighting devices 10h, 10e, 10f receive.

In addition, the terminal 20 stores an identification number indicating itself in a storage unit (not shown) of its own device. The identification number is identification information for identifying the terminal 20, and is, for example, a unique address such as a MAC address. This identification number may be stored in the storage unit when the terminal 20 is manufactured.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the terminal 20 stores the arrangement position 21 of the lighting device 10 in the storage unit of its own device, and displays the arrangement diagram 22 representing the arrangement position 21 on the display screen 23 of the terminal. . Here, the numbers 1 to 9 are assigned to the arrangement positions 21 of the arrangement positions 21. In the embodiment, the arrangement position 21 is assigned a number, but not limited to this, for example, a character may be used. Hereinafter, the number given to the arrangement position 21 is referred to as arrangement position information.

The display screen 23 of the terminal 20 is, for example, a liquid crystal monitor or the like and is configured of a touch panel or the like, and can be operated by the operator tapping the display screen 23. The layout diagram 22 is a layout diagram corresponding to the plan view of the illumination space 1. The layout drawing 22 is stored in the terminal 20 when the lighting apparatus 10 is installed. For example, before the installation of the lighting apparatus 10, the worker can store the layout drawing 22 in the storage unit of the terminal 20.

Immediately after the lighting device 10 is installed on the ceiling surface, the arrangement position 21 of the layout drawing 22 and the identification number of the lighting device 10 are not associated. Therefore, it is necessary to register the identification number of the lighting device 10 in the arrangement position 21 of the layout drawing 22 by communicating the terminal 20 and the lighting device 10.

Specifically, the worker carries the terminal 20, moves to the vicinity of the lighting apparatus 10, and taps the arrangement position 21 of the arrangement diagram 22 as shown in FIG. Here, it is assumed that the worker selects the first placement position 21. The terminal 20 transmits the first information assigned to the placement position 21 from the transmission / reception unit, that is, the placement position information. The lighting device 10 a that has received the arrangement position information transmitted from the terminal 20 stores the received arrangement position information of the terminal 20 in the storage unit 15, and transmits the identification number of the own device to the terminal 20.

When receiving the identification number transmitted from the lighting device 10a, the terminal 20 stores the identification number of the lighting device 10a in the storage unit of its own device, and registers the identification number at the first arrangement position 21 as shown in FIG. Do. When the registration of the identification number is completed, the terminal 20 transmits a signal indicating the completion of the registration (hereinafter referred to as a registration completion signal). When the lighting device 10a receives this registration completion signal, the lighting device 10a stops receiving the arrangement position information of the terminal 20. By repeating this process, the arrangement positions of the lighting devices 10a to 10i can be associated with the identification numbers as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, when receiving the identification numbers from the plurality of lighting devices, the terminal 20 creates and displays the received identification number list 24 on the display screen 23 as shown in FIG. The worker taps the identification number displayed in the identification number list 24 and taps the registration button 25 so that the terminal 20 stores the identification number of the lighting device 10a in the storage unit of its own device, as shown in FIG. The identification number is registered at the first arrangement position 21 in FIG. When the registration of the identification number is completed, the terminal 20 transmits a signal indicating the completion of the registration (hereinafter referred to as a registration completion signal).

Further, when the identification number displayed in the list 24 shown in FIG. 7 is tapped and the exclusion button 26 is tapped, the terminal 20 causes the lighting device 10 to stop the reception of the placement position information (hereinafter referred to as exclusion signal) Then, the identification number of the lighting device 10 is deleted from the identification number list 24. For example, when deleting the identification number of the lighting device 10b from the identification number list 24 which has received the identification numbers of the lighting devices 10a and 10b as shown in FIG. 7, the worker taps 10b of the identification number list 24 and the exclusion button When 26 is tapped, an exclusion signal is transmitted to the lighting device 10b. The lighting device 10 having received the exclusion signal stops the blinking of the light source 11, and stops the reception of the arrangement position information transmitted from the terminal 20 for a certain period of time. After transmitting the exclusion signal, the terminal 20 deletes the identification number of the lighting device 10 b from the identification number list 24. Thus, in the process of associating the identification number of the lighting device 10a with the arrangement position as described in detail later, even when the lighting device 10 other than the lighting device 10a receives the arrangement position information of the terminal 20, this operation is performed It can be controlled not to receive for a certain period of time.

Further, a long stop tap of the identification number of the identification number list 24 in FIG. 7 may transmit a signal for stopping the blinking of the light source 11 of the lighting device 10 (hereinafter referred to as a blinking stop signal). For example, when the identification numbers of the illumination devices 10a and 10b are received as shown in FIG. 7, when the operator long taps 10b of the identification number list 24, a blink stop signal is transmitted to the illumination device 10b, and this blink stop signal is The received lighting device 10b stops blinking. Thus, the lighting device 10a blinks but the lighting device 10b stops blinking, so that the worker can determine which lighting device is the lighting device 10b carrying the identification number 10b by the appearance. . Here, when it is desired to register the lighting device 10 b in the first arrangement position 21, the registration button 25 is pressed to register the lighting device 10 b in the first arrangement position 21. When registration is not performed at the first arrangement position 21, an exclusion signal is transmitted to the lighting device 10 b by pressing the exclusion button 26, and the identification number 10 b is deleted from the identification information list 24 of the own device.

Next, the flow in which the worker associates the identification numbers of the lighting devices 10a to 10i with the arrangement positions using the lighting system 100 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, immediately after the lighting devices 10a to 10i are installed on the ceiling of the lighting space 1, the layout drawing 22 of the terminal 20 and the lighting devices 10a to 10i are not in correspondence with each other.

First, the worker starts supplying power from the external power supply 18 to drive the lighting devices 10a to 10i (S1). When power is supplied from the external power supply 18, the lighting devices 10a to 10i enter a receiving state, and start receiving the arrangement position information of the terminal 20 (S2). The worker moves directly below the lighting device 10a, and selects one arrangement position 21 of the arrangement diagram 22 of the terminal 20 (FIG. 4). For example, it is assumed that the first placement position 21 is selected. The terminal 20 having selected the first arrangement position 21 transmits the identification number of its own device to the lighting device 10a (S3). The lighting device 10a stores the arrangement position information received from the terminal 20 in the storage unit 15 (S4).

Next, the lighting device 10a transmits the identification number of the own device from the storage unit 15 to the calling terminal 20 and blinks the light source 11 (S5). The terminal 20 stores the identification number of the lighting device 10a in the storage unit, and registers the identification number of the lighting device 10a in the arrangement position 21 of the layout drawing 22 (FIG. 5) (S6). When the registration of the identification number is completed, the terminal 20 transmits a registration completion signal to the lighting device 10 (S7). The lighting device 10a having received the registration completion signal stops the reception of the arrangement position information of the terminal 20 (S8). Similarly, in the lighting devices 10b to 10i corresponding to the second to ninth positions of the arrangement position 21, the identification numbers of the lighting devices 10b to 10i are registered in the arrangement position 21 by performing the operations S1 to S8 (FIG. 6).

Next, when the worker uses the illumination system 100 to associate the identification number of the illumination device 10a with the arrangement position, the operation when the illumination devices 10a and 10b receive the arrangement position information transmitted by the terminal 20 is shown in FIG. This will be described with reference to FIG. Here, immediately after the lighting devices 10a to 10i are installed on the ceiling of the lighting space 1, the layout drawing 22 of the terminal 20 and the lighting devices 10a to 10i are not in correspondence with each other.

S1 to S3 of FIG. 9 perform the same operation as S1 to S3 of FIG. In S3, when the lighting devices 10a and 10b receive the arrangement position information transmitted from the terminal 20, the lighting devices 10a and 10b store the arrangement position information of the terminal 20 in each storage unit 15 (S4). Next, the lighting devices 10a and 10b transmit the identification number of the own device from the storage unit 15 to the calling terminal 20 and blink the light source 11 (S5). When the terminal 20 receives the identification numbers of the lighting devices 10a and 10b, the terminal 20 creates the identification number list 24 and displays it on the display screen 23 (FIG. 7) (S6). The worker taps 10b of the identification number list 24 and taps the exclusion button 26 to transmit an exclusion signal from the terminal 20 to the lighting device 10b (S7). The lighting device 10b that has received the exclusion signal stops blinking of the light source 11 and does not receive the arrangement position information of the terminal 20 for a certain period of time (S8). The terminal 20 deletes the identification number of the lighting device 10b from the identification number list 24 after transmitting the exclusion signal (S9). The worker taps 10a of the list 24 of the terminal 20 and taps the registration button 25 to store the identification number of the lighting device 10a in the storage unit, and registers the identification number of the lighting device 10a at the arrangement position 21 of the layout drawing 22. (FIG. 5) (S10). When the registration of the identification number is completed, the terminal 20 transmits a registration completion signal to the lighting device 10 (S11). The lighting device 10a having received the registration completion signal stops the reception of the arrangement position information of the terminal 20 (S12). Since the lighting device 10b can receive the arrangement position information of the terminal 20 after a predetermined time elapses, S1 to S5 similarly to the lighting devices 10b to 10i corresponding to the second to ninth positions of the arrangement position 21 after the predetermined time elapses. The identification numbers of the lighting devices 10b to 10i are registered in the arrangement position 21 by performing the operation of (1) (FIG. 6).

  Thus, the arrangement position of the lighting device 10 can be easily associated with the identification number by transmitting the arrangement position information from the terminal 20 having the layout drawing 21 and communicating with the arbitrary lighting device 10. Further, the lighting device 10 can suppress transmission of the identification number more than necessary in order to transmit the identification number of the own device after receiving the arrangement position information of the terminal 20.

Moreover, positional information can be provided by the lighting device 10 storing the positional position information. For example, when the lighting device 10 installed in a large facility such as a department store transmits the arrangement position information of the own machine from the transmitting and receiving unit 14, the position information can be provided to the customer. Further, when the supply of power from the external power supply 18 is cut off in a disaster or the like and a power failure occurs, the transmitting / receiving unit 14 transmits the arrangement position information of the own machine stored in the storage unit 15 by the supply of the power from the storage battery 12 Can provide the evacuees with location information.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described, this embodiment is presented as an example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, substitutions, and modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and the gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 lighting apparatus 14 transmission-and-reception part 15 storage part 20 terminal

Claims (6)

It is possible to communicate with a terminal having a storage unit capable of storing the arrangement positions of a plurality of lighting devices and having a transmitting / receiving unit for transmitting information to the plurality of lighting devices,
A transmitting / receiving unit that receives the arrangement position information transmitted from the terminal and transmits identification information of the own machine;
A storage unit for storing identification information of the own machine;
Equipped with
When the arrangement position information transmitted from the terminal is received, it is stored in the storage unit of the own device, and the identification information of the own device stored in the storage unit of the own device is transmitted from the transmitting / receiving unit to the terminal. Lighting device. A terminal including a storage unit capable of storing the arrangement positions of a plurality of lighting devices, and a transmitting / receiving unit transmitting information to the plurality of lighting devices;
It is possible to communicate with the terminal, and has a transmitting / receiving unit that receives the arrangement position information transmitted from the terminal and transmits identification information of the own device, and a storage unit that stores the identification information of the own device. With lighting devices;
Equipped with
When the lighting device receives the arrangement position information transmitted from the terminal, it stores it in the storage unit of its own device, and transmits its own identification information stored in the storage device of its own device from the transmitting / receiving unit to the terminal The lighting system, wherein the terminal receives identification information of the lighting device. The terminal can transmit an exclusion signal for stopping reception of the arrangement position information, and the lighting device includes a light source, and blinks the light source for a predetermined time after transmitting identification information of the own device. The lighting system according to claim 2.   The lighting system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the lighting device, upon receiving the exclusion signal from the terminal, stops receiving the placement position information transmitted from the terminal for a certain period of time.   The illumination system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the terminal transmits the arrangement position information by a weak radio wave. The illumination system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the terminal includes an antenna in the transmitting and receiving unit, and the arrangement position information is transmitted from the antenna.

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