JP2022077004A - Lighting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lighting system capable of significantly reducing the labor of a setting worker when installing a plurality of lighting fixtures at an installation place as compared with the conventional one.
SOLUTION: The lighting system 1 includes a plurality of lighting fixtures 4 and a lighting control device 6 for wirelessly controlling the plurality of lighting fixtures 4, and the lighting control device 6 includes a display unit 65 and is created in advance. Information about each lighting fixture 4 stored in the storage means (cloud 3), and acquisition of fixture information representing a group that performs the same control among a plurality of lighting fixtures 4, and each lighting fixture installed at the installation location. In the setting for making controllable, a user who acquires equipment identification information for identifying each from a plurality of lighting fixtures 4, displays the fixture information on the display unit 65, and refers to the displayed fixture information. Based on the operation, the instrument information and the instrument identification information are associated with each other.
[Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to a lighting system that controls a plurality of lighting fixtures by wireless communication.

In recent years, when multiple wirelessly controlled lighting fixtures are installed at the installation site, lighting fixtures of the same model are delivered and installed without distinction, so when the settings are complete, the individual lighting fixtures will be installed. Indistinguishable. For this reason, IDs are collected from each luminaire, each luminaire is lit one by one by designating the ID, and lighting is performed in the lighting diagram schematically showing the installation site shown on the GUI (graphical user interface). The ID of the lit lighting fixture is associated with the symbol (symbol image) that imitates the lighting fixture, and the work of identifying which ID of the lighting fixture is actually located at which position is performed. After that, settings for groups to perform the same control for some of the lighting fixtures, settings for scenes that control multiple groups together, and settings for controlling groups and scenes based on a schedule are made. ..

International release 2014/203537

However, in the above-mentioned technique, after associating the ID of the luminaire with the symbol on the GUI, the setting related to the group, the setting related to the scene, and the setting related to the schedule are performed, and when the luminaire is installed, the setting is performed. There is a problem that it takes a lot of time for setting.

In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a lighting system that can significantly reduce the labor of a setting worker when setting a plurality of lighting fixtures at an installation location as compared with the conventional case.

In order to solve the above problems, the lighting system according to the embodiment of the present invention is a lighting system including a plurality of lighting fixtures and a lighting control device for wirelessly controlling the plurality of lighting fixtures. The control device is provided with a display unit, is information about each luminaire, which is created in advance and stored in the storage means, and acquires and installs luminaire information representing a group that performs the same control among the plurality of luminaires. In the setting for making each luminaire installed in the place controllable, the luminaire identification information for identifying each of the luminaires is acquired from the plurality of luminaires, and the acquired luminaire identification information is selected based on the user operation. The device identification information is associated with the group.

With the above configuration, it is possible to significantly reduce the time and effort required for the operator to set the group after installing a plurality of lighting fixtures at the installation location.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the lighting system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. (A) It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the lighting fixture which constitutes a lighting system, (b) is a block diagram which shows the structure of the smartphone 6 which constitutes a lighting system. It is a light arrangement diagram which shows the arrangement of a group, a room and a lighting fixture. It is a figure which shows the contents of a room composition data and a group composition data. It is a figure which shows the content of the belonging instrument name data. (A) A diagram showing an example of a device search GUI, (b) a diagram showing an example of a mapping GUI, and (c) a diagram showing an example of a GUI for associating a lighting fixture with a fixture name. It is a figure which shows an example of the correspondence data. (A) A diagram showing the contents of scene data, and (b) a diagram showing the contents of timetable data. It is a figure which shows the content of the schedule data. It is a light distribution diagram with the fixture name written on it. (A) A diagram showing an example of a GUI for performing group control, and (b) a diagram showing an example of a GUI for performing scene control. It is a figure which shows an example of GUI for performing schedule control. It is a figure which shows the structure of the lighting system which concerns on one modification of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the gateway which concerns on one modification of this invention. (A) It is a figure which shows an example of the room setting GUI which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention, (b) is the figure which shows the example which displays the group included in a room in a tree structure in the room setting GUI. (A) A diagram showing an example of a room individual setting GUI according to a third embodiment of the present invention, (b) An example of a screen for displaying a communicable lighting fixture 4 as a result of a device search in the room individual setting GUI. The figure which shows, (c) is the figure which shows an example of the mapping GUI which displays the message which shows that the device mapping processing is completed.

<1. First Embodiment>
<1.1. Configuration>
Hereinafter, the lighting system 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of the lighting system 1.

As shown in FIG. 1, the lighting system 1 includes a data creation device 2, a cloud 3, and a plurality of (20 units as an example) lighting fixtures having a wireless communication function (n is 1 to 20) (hereinafter, “lighting”). Includes a "device 4") and a smartphone 6 as an example of a lighting control device for controlling the lighting device 4. The cloud 3 is a cloud system as an example of a storage means for storing control data, and provides various computing services through a network.

Here, the lighting fixture 4 and the smartphone 6 are arranged in a house as an example of the installation place, and the data creation device 2 is arranged in a place away from the installation place such as the office of the contractor of this house. There is. A part of the control data used to control the lighting fixture 4 is created by a contractor or the like (hereinafter, a person who creates the control data is referred to as a "data creator") using the data creation device 2 and is created in the cloud. It is transmitted to 3 and stored by cloud 3. The control data stored in the cloud 3 is downloaded and held by the smartphone 6 and used when controlling the lighting fixture 4.

The data creation device 2 is a computer system and includes a display 25 as an example of a display unit. The data creation device 2 can operate the data creation software 26. The data creation software 26 is, for example, Microsoft Excel (registered trademark), but the data creation software 26 is not limited to this, and it is sufficient if the data creator can input numerical values and characters in a tabular format so that they can be easily grasped. , For example, other spreadsheet software, a text editor, or the like may be used.

Each of the lighting fixtures 4 and the smartphone 6 communicate with each other wirelessly. Wireless communication shall comply with the BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) standard as an example. The luminaire 4 and the smartphone 6 form a mesh network, and each of them meshes within the range of the mesh network even if the radio does not reach due to the presence of obstacles or obstacles. Communication can be performed indirectly through the network.

Each of the lighting fixtures 4 is provided with LED (Light Emitting Diode) packages of a plurality of colors (for example, high color temperature white and low color temperature white), and the lighting fixture 4 emits light depending on the balance of the dimming rate of each LED package. The toning value such as the color temperature at the time of LED changes. Further, the luminaire 4 can control the light emitting state to the designated dimming rate by receiving the designation of the dimming rate from 0% in the extinguished state to 100% in the fully lit state. The lighting fixture 4 receives the control signal transmitted by the smartphone 6 and performs an operation such as light emission according to the control signal.

The smartphone 6 is provided with a GUI such as a setting at the time of installation, which is a setting for making the lighting fixture 4 installed at the installation location controllable, a dimming rate desired by the user, and a chromaticity to be instructed to the lighting fixture 4. , Input of an operation instruction by the user, or a control signal is transmitted to the luminaire 4 according to a preset schedule to control the operation of the luminaire 4.

<1.1.1. Lighting equipment 4>
Hereinafter, the configuration of the lighting fixture 4 will be described by taking the lighting fixture 4-1 as an example, but the configuration is the same for the other lighting fixtures 4-2, 4-3 ... 4-20.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the luminaire 4-1 includes a light source unit 40, a circuit unit 43, and a WM (wireless module) unit 44.

The light source unit 40 includes a light source configured by an LED package and a circuit board on which the light source is arranged. It should be noted that the light source only needs to function as a light source for lighting, and may be configured by other than an LED such as an organic EL (Electroluminescence) device. The light source unit 40 performs operations such as turning on / off the light source, changing the dimming rate, and changing the chromaticity (also referred to as “color matching”) based on the input control signal.

The circuit unit 43 includes a socket for mounting the WM unit 44, and has a function of supplying a direct current to the light source unit 40 in response to a control signal received from the WM unit 44.

The WM unit 44 is a module that performs wireless communication, is configured as a single device that can be inserted and removed, and can be attached to and detached from the socket of the circuit unit 43. It is assumed that the WM unit 44 can perform wireless communication according to a plurality of communication specifications, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a dedicated WM unit 44 is prepared for each different communication specification, and the WM unit 44 corresponding to the communication protocol to be used is provided. It may be attached to a socket. The WM unit 44 includes a wireless communication unit 44a and a control unit 44b.

The wireless communication unit 44a has a function of performing wireless communication. The wireless communication unit 44a functions as a transmission means for transmitting information and a receiving means for receiving information. The wireless communication unit 44a holds a Media Access Control address (hereinafter referred to as “MAC address”) as an example of the fixture identification information for individually identifying the lighting fixture 4. The MAC address is also used as an address for wireless communication. When the wireless communication unit 44a receives the communication data, the wireless communication unit 44a notifies the control unit 44b if the communication data is addressed to the own device, and transfers the communication data addressed to the other device to the other device via the mesh network.

The control unit 44b includes an IC (Integrated Circuit) and has a function of controlling the operation of the luminaire 4.

When the control unit 44b receives a control signal related to the operation of the light source such as turning on, turning off, blinking, increasing the dimming rate, and decreasing the dimming rate, the control unit 44b circuits a control signal for performing the operation indicated by the received control signal. Output to unit 43.

<1.1.2. Smartphone 6>
The smartphone 6 has a rectangular plate-like appearance as shown in FIG. 1, and is a portable information terminal device in which a touch panel 65 is fitted on one surface. The smartphone 6 has a function of controlling the light emitting operation of the lighting device 4, and displays a GUI for setting at the time of installation, controlling the light emitting operation of the lighting device 4, and the like on the touch panel 65.

The smartphone 6 determines an operation instruction requested by the user based on the contents of the GUI displayed on the touch panel 65 and the user input such as the touch to the touch panel 65 and the gesture input performed by the user, and the user input. The control signal based on the above is transmitted to the lighting fixture 4 to be controlled.

As shown in FIG. 2B, the smartphone 6 includes a control unit 61, a ROM 62, a RAM 63, a wireless communication unit 64, and a touch panel 65.

The ROM 62 is composed of a flash memory or the like, and holds various data in addition to an application, a program, an image data to be displayed as a GUI, and a control program.

The RAM 63 is a storage device into which the control program stored in the ROM 62 is loaded.

The touch panel 65 is an electronic component that combines a display unit that displays images and information constituting a GUI and an input unit that accepts input of a user instruction, and functions as a user interface means. The display unit is composed of a liquid crystal panel as an example. The input unit is, for example, a touch pad. The touch panel 65 notifies the control unit 61 of the user input.

The control unit 61 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit). Each function of the smartphone 6 is realized by the control unit 61 executing a lighting control program loaded from the ROM 62 and stored in the RAM 63. The control unit 61 identifies the content of the user instruction based on the GUI displayed on the touch panel 65 and the user input notified from the touch panel 65, and executes the process according to the user instruction.

The wireless communication unit 64 is composed of a device that performs wireless communication. The wireless communication unit 64 performs wireless communication with each of the lighting fixtures 4.

In the smartphone 6, it is not necessary to store the GUI or the like in the ROM 62 in advance, and an application capable of displaying the GUI may be downloaded from the server and stored in the ROM 62. That is, by having a smartphone distributed in the market download the application, this smartphone can be used as a user interface means.

<1.2. Settings>
<1.2.1. Overview>
The luminaire 4 is arranged according to the light distribution diagram 100 showing the arrangement of each luminaire in the house. The light distribution diagram 100 (see FIG. 3) is created, for example, in a design office that performs architectural design.

The lighting fixture 4 can be uniquely identified by the fixture identification information, but when delivered to the installation location, the lighting fixture 4 is collectively in a state where it is not distinguished which fixture identification information is attached to each of the lighting fixtures 4. Will be delivered. Then, the lighting fixture 4 is installed on the ceiling, wall, or the like according to the light distribution diagram 100 without distinguishing the lighting fixture 4 individually by the worker who performs the installation. Therefore, in the state where the installation work of the lighting fixture 4 is completed, it is not possible to grasp at which position the lighting fixture 4 identified by which fixture identification information is arranged.

On the other hand, the control of the lighting fixture 4 is performed by designating the fixture identification information. Therefore, in this state, it is difficult to identify and control the luminaire 4 arranged at a desired position.

Therefore, in the lighting system 1, after the lighting fixture 4 is installed in the house, the smartphone 6 is used to specify which fixture identification information the lighting fixture 4 arranged at each installation position has (hereinafter referred to as). Performs "equipment association processing"). As a result, when trying to control the luminaire 4 installed at a certain installation position, the luminaire 4 can be specified by the luminaire identification information and can be controlled by transmitting a control signal or the like.

Further, conventionally, after performing this fixture association processing, the lighting fixture 4 whose respective fixture identification information has been clarified is continuously set to be divided into groups and room control is performed in order to perform group control. Therefore, the worker performs setting processing (hereinafter referred to as "group etc. setting processing") such as setting to divide the group and the lighting fixture 4 into rooms and setting the control to be performed for each time to control the schedule. rice field. However, the burden on the worker for performing the setting process such as this group was very heavy.

On the other hand, in the lighting system 1, the information generated by the group setting process is created in advance and stored in the cloud 3 before the installation of the lighting fixture 4, and is stored in the smartphone 6 at the time of installation. Download and keep.

As a result, when the device association processing is completed, the same data as that for which the group or the like setting processing has already been performed is stored in the smartphone 6. Therefore, it is not necessary to perform the group setting process performed by the worker at the time of installing the lighting fixture 4, and the load on the worker can be significantly reduced.

<1.2.2. Light distribution diagram 100>
FIG. 3 shows a light distribution diagram 100 for a part of a house designed by a design office. The light distribution diagram 100 shows which lighting fixture is to be arranged at which position in the house.

<Room, group>
In the light distribution diagram 100, the names enclosed in gray rectangles (“kitchen”, “pantry”, etc.) indicate rooms or groups. A group is a set of luminaires 4 that perform the same control. A room is a set of one or more groups and / or lighting fixtures 4 that do not belong to a group. Here, the rooms correspond to "living room", "kitchen", "pantry", "washroom", "toilet", "children's room", "bedroom", and "corridor". In addition, the groups correspond to "dining", "sofa", and "indirect", all of which belong to the room "living room". Here, the group and the room are, for example, a dining room and a living room, respectively, and represent the range in which the lighting fixture 4 is arranged and the position in which the lighting equipment 4 is arranged.

<Symbol>
Symbols 101 to 120 represent lighting fixtures, respectively. Regarding the shapes of symbols 101 to 120, for example, circles are downlights, squares are square type lighting fixtures, and rectangles are elongated base lights. There is no need to distinguish the shapes.

The light distribution diagram 100 is used by the operator when executing the fixture associating process. Therefore, it is assumed that the worker has obtained it before executing the instrument associating process.

<12.3. Group control, scene control and schedule control>
Here, group control, scene control, and schedule control (hereinafter collectively referred to as “group control”) for collectively controlling a plurality of lighting fixtures 4 in the lighting system 1 will be described.

The group control is collectively controlled in units of a group, which is a group of lighting fixtures 4. In group control, the same control is performed for the lighting fixtures 4 belonging to the same group. For example, by group control, the dimming rate of the lighting fixtures 4 belonging to the same group is controlled to be the same, or the lighting fixtures 4 belonging to the same group are controlled to be turned off all at once.

Scene control is control performed in units of rooms, which are a set of groups. In the scene control, group control is performed for each of one or more groups belonging to the room. For example, by scene control, all the luminaires belonging to the first group have a dimming rate of 50%, and all the luminaires belonging to the second group have a dimming rate of 70%.

Note that there may be only one group belonging to the room, and in this case, the scene control is no different from the group control. Further, the word "room" has no meaning other than that of a group of a plurality of groups, and is not intended to be literally limited to control in units of "room".

Further, when there is no group belonging to the room, the lighting fixture 4 belonging to the room is collectively controlled as a unit, so that the room is substantially the same as the group. That is, the scene control in this case can be said to be group control in a broad sense.

Schedule control is a control that changes the operation, group control, and / or room control of the luminaire according to the passage of time.

For example, for a room including the first and second groups, control is performed so that the dimming rate of the lighting fixture 4 belonging to the first group is 50% at 10 o'clock, and the lighting fixture 4 belonging to the second group is adjusted. Control is performed so that the light rate is 70%. Then, at 13:00, the dimming rate of the lighting fixture 4 belonging to the first group is controlled to be 60%, and the dimming rate of the lighting fixture 4 belonging to the second group is controlled to 77%.

<12.4. Data creation process>
Hereinafter, prior to the installation of the luminaire 4, the settings related to the luminaire created in advance by the above-mentioned data creation device 2 and the data for controlling the luminaire (hereinafter collectively referred to as "equipment information") will be described. ..

<1.2.4.1. Data that determines the composition of rooms and groups>
<Room configuration data 400>
The room configuration data 400, which is an example of the appliance information, is data describing information about the room, and is in a table format as an example.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the room configuration data 400 and the group configuration data 500 created by using the data creation software 26.

As shown in FIG. 4, the room configuration data 400 is a room configuration data entry in which each row corresponds to one room, and each room configuration data entry includes a room ID, a room name, a fade time, a room symbol, and a number of units. including.

The room name indicates the name of the room. The room ID is identification information that identifies the room. The fade time is in seconds and indicates the time until the next lighting state is changed when the schedule is controlled.

The room symbol is a character or symbol that is easy to grasp about the room and is easy for the user to recognize its contents. For example, in the case of the room configuration data entry 420, the room symbol is "L" to represent the living room, which is an acronym for the English notation of the living room.

It is sufficient that the room symbol is expressed so that people can easily recognize its contents. For example, the room symbol may be the first two characters when the contents are written in English, or the initials when the contents are written in Japanese. (For example, "ri") or the first two characters "ribi" may be used.

The number is the total number of fixtures to be controlled such as lighting fixtures and sensors included in the room.

As an example, in the case of the room configuration data entry 420 shown in FIG. 4, the room ID is 1, the fade time is 5, the room symbol is L, and the number of units is 7 for the room whose room name is “living room”.

Further, in the case of the room configuration data entry 430, regarding the room whose room name is "kitchen", the room ID is 2, the fade time is 3, the room symbol is K, and the number of units is 7.

The room name and the room symbol represent the room to which the luminaire belongs as one of the attributes related to each luminaire.

<Group configuration data 500>
The group composition data 500, which is an example of the instrument information, is data describing information about the group, and is in a tabular format as an example.

In the group configuration data 500, as shown in FIG. 4, each row is a group configuration data entry representing a group, and includes the room name of the room to which the group indicated by these group configuration data entries belongs. The group configuration data entry includes the group ID, group name, group symbol, and number of units.

The group name is the name of the group indicated by the group configuration data. The group ID is identification information that identifies the group. The fade time is in seconds, and is the time until the next lighting state is changed when the schedule is controlled.

The group symbol is a character, a symbol, or the like that makes it easy for the user to understand the content of the group. For example, in the case of the group configuration data entry 520, the group symbol is "D", which represents the dining position, which is an acronym for the dining in English.

It is sufficient that the group symbol is expressed so that people can easily recognize its contents. For example, the group symbol may be the first two letters when the dining is written in English, or the acronym "when marking in Japanese" It may be "da", the first two letters "die", etc., and also indicate the place where the lighting equipment is placed, the role played by the lighting equipment such as welcoming, footlights, etc., and the purpose of use. May be good.

The number is the total number of fixtures to be controlled such as lighting fixtures and sensors included in the group.

As an example, in the case of the group configuration data entry 520 shown in FIG. 4, the group ID is 1, the group symbol is D, and the number of units is 2 for the group whose group name is “dining”.

Further, in the case of the group configuration data entry 530, the group ID is 2, the group symbol is S, and the number of units is 2 for the group whose group name is “sofa”.

The group name and the group symbol represent the group to which the luminaire belongs as one of the attributes related to each luminaire.

<Affiliation equipment name data 600>
The data generation device 2 generates the belonging instrument name data 600 with reference to the room configuration data 400 and the group configuration data 500. The affiliation fixture name data 600, which is an example of the fixture information, is a list of affiliation fixture name data entries in which each line represents the correspondence between the room name, the group name, and the fixture name of the lighting fixture 4.

The instrument name included in the belonging instrument name data 600 is associated with the instrument identification information in the instrument association process described later. The fixture name includes characters that represent attributes related to the luminaire, such as the room or group to which each luminaire belongs.

As an example, the belonging instrument name data is automatically generated by the data generation device 2 by the following procedure.

(1) The data generation device 2 refers to each room configuration data entry of the room configuration data 400, and generates the same number of belonging appliance name data entries as the number included in each room configuration data entry. Then, in the room name of the generated equipment name data entry, the room name of the referenced room configuration data entry is described.

For example, when the data generation device 2 refers to the room configuration data entry 420, the data generation device 2 generates seven affiliation equipment name data entries indicated by the number of units, and the room name of the generated seven affiliation equipment name data entries is set to In all cases, the room name "living" of the referenced room configuration data entry 420 is described. The same processing is performed for room configuration data entries other than the room configuration data entry 420.

(2) Next, for each of the group configuration data, the room name included is the same as the room name of the belonging equipment name data entry. Then, the group name of the referenced group configuration data is described in the group name of the belonging equipment name data entry with the same room name for the number of units described in each group configuration data entry of the referenced group configuration data.

For example, when the group configuration data entry 520 is referred to, the room name is "living room", which matches the room name of the belonging equipment name data entry (610, 620, etc.) generated in (1). Then, since the group name is "dining" and the number of units is "2", "dining" is described as the group name in two of the belonging equipment name data entries whose room name is "living room" (). As an example, the affiliation device name data entry 610, 620).

For the group configuration data 500, the same processing is performed for the group configuration data entries other than the group configuration data entry 520.

Further, even when the group configuration data other than the group configuration data 500 exists, the same processing as the group configuration data 500 is performed.

By the above processing, the room name and the group name to which the room belongs are associated with each other in the equipment name data 600 to which the room belongs.

(3) Next, enter the device name in the device name column of each device name data entry.

The equipment name is expressed in the format of "room symbol_group symbol_serial number".

The room symbol in the appliance name is the room symbol corresponding to the room name in the belonging appliance name data entry. The correspondence between the room name and the room symbol is described in the room configuration data (400 or the like), and can be recognized by referring to this.

For example, in the case of the belonging equipment name data entry 610, since the room name is "living room", the room symbol described in the equipment name is "L" associated with the room name "living room" in the room configuration data 400. Is.

The group symbol in the device name is a group symbol corresponding to the group name in the device name data entry to which the device belongs. The correspondence between the group name and the group symbol is described in the group configuration data (500, etc.), and can be grasped by referring to this.

For example, in the case of the belonging device name data entry 610, since the group name is "dining", the group symbol described in the device name is "D" associated with the group name "dining".

As an example, natural numbers are sequentially assigned to the serial numbers described in the instrument names, such as 1, 2, ....

The serial number is from "1" to "the number of units in the group configuration data 500" for the affiliation device name data entry to which the group name is assigned, for those belonging to the same group.

For example, in the case of belonging to the "dining" group, the "number of units" for the group name "dining" in the group configuration data 500 is 2, so 1 to 2 are added to the serial numbers of the appliance names. Specifically, when the room name is "living room" and the group name is "dining", the appliance names are "L_D_1" and "L_D_2" as shown in the belonging appliance name data entries 610 and 620 as an example in FIG. Become.

By the above processing, the data generation device 2 generates the belonging instrument name data 600 as shown in FIG. 5 as an example.

(4) The data generation device 2 transmits and stores the room configuration data 400, the group configuration data 500, and the generated equipment name data 600 to the cloud 3. The smartphone 6 appropriately acquires room configuration data 400, group configuration data 500, and belonging device name data 600 from the cloud 3.

Here, since the fixture name includes a room symbol and a group symbol, it is easy for the user to grasp the room and group to which the lighting fixture belongs by looking at the fixture name.

<1.2.4.2. Data for schedule control>
As data for schedule control, the data creator uses the data creation device 2 to create schedule data 1000, timetable data 800, and scene data 900. The created schedule data 1000, timetable data 800, and scene data 900 are transmitted to the cloud 3 and stored in the cloud 3.

The schedule data 1000, the timetable data 800, and the scene data 900 stored in the cloud 3 are appropriately downloaded by the smartphone 6.

It should be noted that the download authority of each data stored in the cloud 3 is appropriately granted and managed by a data administrator such as a data creator, and security is ensured.

<Schedule data 1000>
Schedule data 1000, which is an example of equipment information, represents a timetable to be executed on each day of the week for each room.

As shown in FIG. 9, the schedule data 1000 includes a schedule for each room (hereinafter referred to as “room schedule”). Each room schedule is shown in tabular form, where each row is a schedule data entry that indicates the correspondence between the day of the week and the timetable name that runs on that day of the week. The contents of the timetable with the timetable name are specified in the timetable data 800.

For example, in the case of room schedule 1010, the room "living room" is specified, indicating that schedule data entry 1011 executes the "weekday" timetable on Monday, and schedule data entry 1012 indicates "weekday" time on Tuesday. Indicates that the table will be executed.

For other schedule data entries in room schedule 1010, run the "weekday" timetable for each of "Wednesday"-"Friday" and the "holiday" timetable for "Saturday" and "Sunday". Is shown.

In the example of the schedule data 1000, the schedule is described only for the room "living room", but if necessary, the room "kitchen", "pantry" and the like are described in the same manner as in the case of the room "living room".

In the schedule data 1000, the table is associated with the day of the week and the timetable name, but the table is not limited to this, and for example, the day of the week and the timetable ID may be associated with each other.

Further, the schedule is not limited to be specified on a daily basis, and the timetable may be changed at regular intervals such as weekly or monthly.

<Timetable data 800>
As shown in FIG. 8B, the timetable data 800, which is an example of instrument information, defines a timetable, and the timetable is a scene in which each row is executed at each time of the day and at that time. It is shown in tabular format, which is a timetable data entry indicating the correspondence with the scene name of. The content of the scene with this scene name is specified by the scene data 900.

For example, in the case of the timetable data 800, for the "weekday" timetable 810 whose timetable ID is 1, the scene "morning" is executed at time 6:00 as shown in the timetable data entry 811, and the timetable data. As shown in entry 812, the scene "day" is executed at 9:00, the scene "evening" is executed at 17:00, the scene "night" is executed at 20:00, and the scene "night" is executed at 23:00. Indicates that the scene "midnight" is to be executed.

For the "holiday" timetable 820 with a timetable ID of 2, the scene "morning" is executed at 7:00, the scene "noon" is executed at 9:00, and the scene "evening" is executed at 17:00. Is executed, the scene "night" is executed at 20:00, and the scene "midnight" is executed at 23:00.

<Scene data 900>
As shown in FIG. 8A, the scene data 900, which is an example of the instrument information, defines a scene table (910, 920, etc.) representing the scene, and in the scene table, each row has a group ID and a dimming rate. It is shown in a table format which is a scene data entry (911, 912, etc.) indicating the correspondence between the toning value and the toning value.

For example, in the case of the scene data 900, for the "morning" scene table 910 in which the scene ID is 1, the dimming rate of the lighting fixture 4 included in the group whose group ID is "1" as shown in the scene data entry 911. Is controlled to be 50%, and the toning value is controlled to be 6000K. As shown in the scene data entry 912, the dimming rate of the luminaire 4 included in the group whose group ID is "2". Is controlled to be 40% and the toning value is controlled to 6000K, and the group with the group ID "3" is controlled to have the dimming rate of 30% and the toning value is 6000K. Indicates that the control is to be performed.

Further, for the "daytime" scene table 920 whose scene ID is "2", the lighting fixture 4 included in the group whose group ID is "1" is controlled so that the dimming rate is 50%, and the toning value is adjusted. Is controlled to be 9000K, and for the lighting fixture 4 included in the group whose group ID is "2", the dimming rate is controlled to be 40%, the toning value is controlled to be 9000K, and the group ID is set. The group of "3" indicates that the dimming rate is controlled to be 30% and the toning value is controlled to be 9000K.

<Schedule control processing>
As described above, the smartphone 6 mutually refers to the schedule data 1000, the timetable data 800, and the scene data 900, so that which time, which group, and what dimming rate and toning value can be obtained. You can figure out what to do. Further, in any case, the lighting fixture 4 belonging to the group can be grasped by referring to the belonging fixture name data 600. Therefore, the smartphone 6 can control the schedule by cross-referencing the schedule data 1000, the timetable data 800, the scene data 900, and the belonging device name data 600.

Here, as described above, since the lighting fixture to be controlled is controlled by designating the fixture identification information instead of the fixture name, it is necessary to associate the fixture name with the fixture identification information. The device association process for performing this association will be described below.

<1.2.5. Instrument mapping process>
Hereinafter, the fixture association processing performed by the worker after the lighting fixture 4 is installed in the house will be described. The operation of the smartphone 6 by the operator is called "user operation". In the fixture association processing, the worker uses the smartphone 6 to specify which fixture identification information the lighting fixture 4 arranged at each installation position has. As a specific example, in this process, the above-mentioned "device name" and "device identification information" are associated with each other.

(1) Specifically, a device search is first performed. The worker displays the device search GUI 1100 as shown in FIG. 6A on the smartphone 6, and the worker touches the search button 1110. With this as a trigger, the smartphone 6 acquires the fixture identification information from each of the lighting fixtures 4 capable of communicating with itself.

(2) Then, the smartphone 6 displays the associated GUI1200 shown in FIG. 6B as an example as a search result on the touch panel 65.

The GUI 1200 includes associating panels 1210, 1220, 1230 ... Corresponding to each of the acquired device identification information. One of the association panels corresponds to the fixture identification information, that is, the lighting fixture 4. There are as many association panels as there are acquired device identification information, but since the display area of the touch panel 65 is limited, it is not displayed at once, but a part of it is displayed, and the remaining association panel can be scrolled. It may be displayed when it is done.

Hereinafter, the association panel will be described with reference to the association panel 1210 as an example, but the association panel 1220, 1230 and other association panels also have the same functions and configurations.

The association panel 1210 includes a temporary identifier 1211 and a check box 1212.

The temporary identification name 1211 is a name given by the smartphone 6 in the GUI 1200 in order to uniquely identify the lighting fixture 4. The lighting fixture 4 can be uniquely identified by the fixture identification information, but the fixture identification information is, for example, a MAC address which is 48-bit information, and is a list of alphanumerical characters which is difficult for humans to recognize. Therefore, instead of the instrument identification information, the association panel 1210 displays the temporary identification name 1211 that is easy for humans to recognize.

The temporary identification name 1211 is "lamp 1", which is a name defined by the smartphone 6 for the lighting fixture 4. As shown in FIG. 6B, the temporary identification name displayed on the association panel 1220 is "lamp 2", the temporary identification name displayed on the association panel 1230 is "lamp 3", and so on. The identification name is expressed in the format of the characters "lamp" + "serial number", but the name is not limited to this, and any name that is easy for humans to recognize and can be uniquely identified is sufficient.

The smartphone 6 creates a correspondence table between the temporary identification name 1211 ... and the acquired device identification information and holds it in the ROM 62.

The check box 1212 is used to specify the lighting fixture 4 to be targeted for the fixture association processing. Each time the operator touches the check box 1212, the check box 1212 is in a selected state (a check mark is displayed in the check box 1212 as shown in FIG. 6B) and a non-selection state (a check box is not displayed in the check box 1212). ) And switch.

When the capture button 1250 is touched by the operator when the check box 1212 is in the selected state, the lighting fixture 4 corresponding to the correspondence panel 1210 in which the check box 1212 is in the selected state is the target of the fixture association processing. Will be.

(3) When an area other than the check box 1212 displayed in the association panel 1210 (hereinafter referred to as “switch area”) is touched, the smartphone 6 refers to the lighting fixture 4 corresponding to the association panel 1210. , Send lighting instructions. The luminaire 4 that has received the lighting instruction lights the light source unit 40.

As a result, the worker can determine where in the house the lighting fixture 4 corresponding to the correspondence panel 1210 is arranged, and the lighting fixture corresponding to any of the symbols 101 to 120 shown in the light distribution diagram 100. It is possible to grasp whether or not 4 is lit.

Therefore, the worker can determine whether or not the lit lighting fixture 4 is the target of the association processing.

For example, when the worker wants to perform the mapping process for the lighting fixture 4 in the room "living room", the lighting fixture 4 lit by touching the mapping panel 1210 is actually in the room "living room". If it is arranged, it is determined that the lighting fixture 4 is to be the target of the association processing.

When the operator decides to perform the fixture associating process for the lit lighting fixture 4, the check box 1212 in the associating panel 1210 is selected.

If the lighting fixture 4 that is lit cannot be seen from the position of the operator even though the switch area on the mapping panel 1210 is touched, the fixture mapping process for the lighting fixture 4 can be postponed. In this case, the operator may deselect the check box 1212 in the correspondence panel 1210. Even if it is postponed, the worker can find the lighting fixture 4 corresponding to the correspondence panel 1210 by moving the place and performing the fixture association processing again.

(4) The same processing as in (3) above is performed for the associated panels other than the associated panels 1210, such as the associated panels 1220 and 1230.

As described above, the operator narrows down the lighting fixture 4 to be the target of the fixture association processing and touches the capture button 1250.

In addition, in the light distribution diagram 100, if the check box is selected only for the correspondence panel for the lighting fixture 4 belonging to the same group and the correspondence processing is performed for each group, the correspondence processing becomes simple. This is because the lighting fixtures 4 in the group are controlled in the same manner, so that there is no problem even if the individual fixture names to be associated with the lighting fixtures 4 in the group are associated with any of the lighting fixtures 4 in the group.

(5) Next, when the capture button 1250 is touched by the operator, the smartphone 6 performs a process of associating the lighting fixture 4 corresponding to the corresponding panel in which the check box is selected with the fixture name. The associated GUI, as an example, the GUI 1300 shown in FIG. 6 (c) is displayed.

The GUI 1300 displays a list of appliance names described in the belonging appliance name data 600 acquired from the cloud 3. As described above, the displayed equipment name is expressed in the format of "room symbol_group symbol_serial number", so that the worker belongs to which room and which group the displayed equipment name belongs to. It is possible to grasp whether or not it should be associated with the lighting fixture 4.

The worker refers to the dividend diagram LD, and corresponds to any instrument name with the mapping panel targeted for mapping in (4), more specifically, the instrument identification information corresponding to the mapping panel. Select whether to attach it and touch the device name represented by GUI1300.

For example, the lighting fixture 4 selected by lighting in the above steps (3) and (4) was the lighting fixture 4 of the room "living room" and the group "dining room" corresponding to the symbol 102 of the light distribution diagram 100. In this case, the operator touches "L_D_1" among the instrument names displayed on the GUI 1300. Since it is easy for the operator to understand that the fixture name "L_D_1" corresponds to a lighting fixture belonging to the room "living room" and the group "dining", it can be easily associated.

After this mapping process, when the lighting fixture 4 arranged at the position of the symbol 102 is controlled, the lighting fixture 4 can be identified by the fixture name "L_D_1".

The GUI1300 has a function of sorting the listed equipment names in ascending or descending order by the room symbol in the equipment name or the group symbol, or the room symbol specified by the operator or the equipment name having the group symbol. Has a function to search and extract.

Therefore, the display of the instrument name in the GUI 1300 may be narrowed down to the ones that the worker is currently associated with, for example, those having a specific group symbol, or the group symbols may be rearranged in ascending or descending order. Can be done.

In the GUI 1300, the device name for which the correspondence has been completed may be excluded from the list display. As a result, only the names of appliances that need to be associated are displayed, which can contribute to shortening the time for association.

(6) Similarly, the operator will make the same correspondence with respect to the lighting fixtures 4 corresponding to the symbols 101 to 120 in the light distribution diagram 100. As a result of this association, as an example, the symbols 101 to 120 and the instrument names 201 to 220 are associated as shown in FIG. In the light distribution diagram 200 of FIG. 10, the fixture name of the lighting fixture 4 corresponding to the symbol is attached in the vicinity of each symbol of the light distribution diagram 100 of FIG.

Further, as the data, the correspondence data 700 shown in FIG. 7 is created as an example.

The association data 700 shows the association between each instrument name and the instrument identification information in addition to the belonging instrument name data 600.

<12.6. Lighting fixture control>
<Group control>
The smartphone 6 can recognize those with the same group symbol as one group by referring to the group name column of the correspondence data 700. Specifically, the smartphone 6 can recognize the fixture identification information of the lighting fixture 4 constituting each of the groups "dining", "indirect", and "sofa". Specifically, the group "dining" recognizes that the fixture identification information is composed of two lighting fixtures "LF1" and "LF3". Here, the device identification information is expressed as "LF1", "LF3", etc., but it is an expression for convenience of explanation. For example, if the device identification information is a MAC address, "LF1" is 48-bit information. The contents shall be read as appropriate, such as.

FIG. 11A is a diagram showing a GUI 2100 as an example of a GUI for group control displayed by the smartphone 6.

The smartphone 6 displays the GUI 2100 on the touch panel 65.

The GUI 2100 includes group panels 2110, 2120, ... Each representing one group.

The group panel 2110 corresponds to the group "dining" and includes a group name display area 2111, a dimming rate control bar 2112, and a dimming rate operation area 2113.

The group name display area 2111 displays the group name of the group corresponding to the group panel 2110.

The dimming rate control bar 2112 is used by the user to specify the dimming rate.

The dimming rate operation area 2113 displays the current dimming rate. The dimming rate can be changed by performing a process of inputting a designated dimming rate to the dimming rate operation area 2113.

The toning value operation area 2114 displays the current toning value. The toning value can be changed by performing a process of inputting a designated toning value by the user in the toning value operation area 2114.

The group panel 2120 ... Has the same function as the group panel 2110.

When the dimming rate is specified by the user for each group using the GUI 2100, the smartphone 6 instructs the lighting fixture 4 included in the group to turn on the light at the specified dimming rate. The smartphone 6 transmits this instruction by designating, for example, device identification information as a destination address.

<Scene control>
The smartphone 6 controls the scene while referring to the scene data 900, the group configuration data 500, and the association data 700.

FIG. 11B is a diagram showing a GUI 2200 as an example of a GUI for scene control displayed by the smartphone 6.

The smartphone 6 displays the GUI 2200 on the touch panel 65. The GUI 2200 is an example of a GUI for controlling the scene of the room "living room".

The GUI 2200 includes scene panels 2210, 2220 ... Corresponding to the scene.

The scene panel 2210 corresponds to one scene "morning", and when the scene panel 2210 is touched by the user, the smartphone 6 performs a process for realizing the scene "morning".

Specifically, the smartphone 6 refers to the column of the scene "morning" of the scene data 900 relating to the room "living room". Then, the smartphone 6 refers to the group configuration data 500 and the correspondence data 700, and sets the dimming rate to 50% and the toning value to 6000K for the lighting fixture 4 included in the group "dining" whose group ID is "1". , The lighting fixture 4 included in the group "sofa" with the group ID "2" has a dimming rate of 40% and a toning value of 6000K, and the lighting fixture 4 included in the group "indirect" with the group ID "3". The dimming rate is controlled to 30% and the toning value is controlled to 6000K.

The lighting fixture 4 included in the group "dining" has the fixture identification information of "LF1" and "LF3", and the lighting fixture 4 included in the group "indirect" has the fixture identification information of "LF2". The lighting fixture 4 which is of "LF5" and is included in the group "sofa" has fixture identification information of "LF10" and "LF4".

<Schedule control>
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a GUI 2300 as an example of a GUI for performing schedule control.

The smartphone 6 displays the GUI 2300 on the touch panel 65.

The GUI 2300 includes a schedule panel 2310, 2320, ... Each corresponding to one schedule.

The schedule panel 2310 corresponds to schedule 1. When the schedule panel 2310 is touched by the user, the smartphone 6 refers to the schedule data 1000, the timetable data 800, the scene data 900, and the like, and performs a process for realizing the schedule 1.

<2. Second embodiment>
In the above-described embodiment, the data creator operates the data creation software 26 using the data creation device 2 to create the tabular room configuration data 400 and the group configuration data 500. Then, the data creation device 2 referred to the room configuration data 400 and the group configuration data 500 to generate the belonging instrument name data 600 shown in FIG. 5 as an example.

However, the belonging equipment name data 600 may be generated from a light distribution diagram (as an example, a light distribution diagram 100) instead of tabular data.

Specifically, for example, the data creator uses the data creation device 2 to create the light distribution diagram 100 shown in FIG. The light distribution diagram 100 shows a room, a group, and a luminaire 4 (represented by symbols 101 to 120, respectively). In addition, which group belongs to each zone and the number of lighting fixtures 4 belonging to each group are also shown. The room name of each room and the group name of each group are also shown.

The data generation device 2 refers to the light distribution diagram 100, and first generates the same number of belonging equipment name data entries as the number of lighting fixtures (the number of symbols) shown in the light distribution diagram 100.

In the room name of each equipment name data entry, describe the room name of the room to which each lighting equipment belongs. In the group name of each affiliation fixture name data entry, the group name of the group to which each luminaire belongs is described.

Then, the data generation device 2 refers to the room name and the group name of each belonging device name data entry, and generates the device name. Here, it is assumed that the data creation device 2 stores in advance a conversion table showing the correspondence between the room name and the room symbol, and a conversion table showing the correspondence between the group name and the group symbol. Then, for each equipment name data entry, refer to the conversion table, convert the described room name to the room symbol, convert the group name to the group symbol, and convert the format of "room symbol_group symbol_serial number". Generate an instrument name.

As a result, the data generation device 2 generates the belonging instrument name data 600 shown in FIG.

<3. Third Embodiment>
In the first embodiment, the position of each of the lighting fixtures 4 is specified, and the fixture identification information and the fixture name are associated with each other so that they can be individually controlled. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the lighting fixture 4 may be controlled not individually but in a room unit or a group unit.

In this case, since it is not necessary for the user to individually identify each of the lighting fixtures 4, it is sufficient if they are associated with a room or a group.

Hereinafter, the process of associating each of the lighting fixtures 4 with the room "kitchen" will be described as an example, but the same can be applied to the process of associating each of the lighting fixtures 4 with other rooms and groups.

<Room setting GUI4100>
FIG. 15A is a diagram showing a room setting GUI 4100 displayed by the smartphone 6 as an example when the device association process is instructed by a user operation.

As shown in FIG. 15A, the room setting GUI 4100 includes room setting panels 4121 to 4125, scroll buttons 4141, 4142, and a back button 4151.

Each of the room setting panels 4121 to 4125 corresponds to one of the rooms shown in the room configuration data 400.

The room setting panel 4121 corresponds to the room "living room". When the operator touches the room setting panel 4121, the room individual setting GUI for performing the appliance association processing is displayed for the room "living room". The room setting panels 4122, 4123, 4124 and 4125 have the same functions as the room setting panel 4121, and correspond to the room "kitchen", the room "pantry", the room "washroom", and the room "toilet", respectively. do.

Here, the room shown in the room configuration data 400 includes the room "children's room", the room "bedroom", and the room "corridor" in addition to the above, and a room setting panel corresponding to these is also generated. However, since the display area of the touch panel 65 included in the smartphone 6 is limited, in the example shown in FIG. 15A, the room setting panel corresponding to the room "children's room", the room "bedroom", and the room "corridor" is used. Not displayed.

Scroll buttons 4141 and 4142 can be used to display a room setting panel that is not currently displayed.

The scroll button 4141 is a button for scrolling the display up, and the scroll button 4142 is a button for scrolling the display down.

When the operator touches the scroll button 4141, the display scrolls up, the room setting panel that was displayed at the top before scrolling disappears, and the room setting panel that was not displayed before scrolling. Is displayed at the bottom. Also, when the operator touches the scroll button 4142, the display scrolls down, the room setting panel that was displayed at the bottom before scrolling disappears, and the room that was not displayed before scrolling. The settings panel is displayed at the top.

Here, the room "living room" includes the group "dining", the group "sofa" and the group "indirect" as shown in the group composition data 500. An expand button (4171) is attached to the room setting panel for the room including the group.

When the operator touches the expand button 4171, the group setting panels 4221 to 4223 corresponding to each group included in the room "living room" are displayed using the tree structure display 4175 as shown in FIG. 15 (b). .. When the user touches the tree structure display 4175 in this state, the display returns to the display shown in FIG. 15 (a).

Each of the group setting panels 4221 to 4223 corresponds to one of the groups shown in the room configuration data 400. More specifically, the group setting panels 4221, 4222 and 4223 correspond to the group "dining", the group "indirect" and the group "sofa", respectively.

The display of the group setting panels 4221, 4222 and 4223 is performed by touching the expand button, but the present invention is not limited to this, and it is sufficient if the group setting panels 4221, 4222 and 4223 can be displayed. For example, the group setting panels 4221, 4222 and 4223 may be displayed separately from the display of the room setting panel.

<Room individual setting GUI4111>
FIG. 16A is a diagram showing a room individual setting GUI 4111 displayed when the operator touches the room setting panel 4122 corresponding to the room “kitchen” while the room setting GUI 4100 is displayed.

The room individual setting GUI4111 is a GUI for specifying the lighting fixture 4 to be included in the room “kitchen”.

The room individual setting GUI4111 includes a search button 4411 as shown in FIG. 16A. When the operator touches the search button 4411, the smartphone 6 acquires the fixture identification information from each of the lighting fixtures 4 capable of communicating with the smartphone 6 by using this as a trigger.

Then, the smartphone 6 displays the associated GUI4112 shown in FIG. 16B as an example as a search result on the touch panel 65.

The GUI 4112 includes associating panels 4510, 4520, 4530 ... Corresponding to each of the acquired device identification information. One of the association panels corresponds to the fixture identification information, that is, the lighting fixture 4. There are as many association panels as there are acquired device identification information, but since the display area of the touch panel 65 is limited, it is not displayed at once, but a part of it is displayed, and the remaining association panel can be scrolled. It may be displayed when it is done.

Hereinafter, the association panel will be described by taking the association panel 4510 as an example, but the association panels 4520, 4530 and other association panels also have the same functions and configurations.

The association panel 4510 has the same function as the association panel 1210, and includes a temporary identification name 4511 and a check box 4512. The temporary identification name 4511 is the same as the temporary identification name 1211 described above. The smartphone 6 creates a correspondence table between the temporary identification name 4511 ... and the acquired device identification information and holds it in the ROM 62.

The check box 4512 is the same as the check box 4512 described above. When the capture button 4550 is touched by the operator when the check box 4512 is in the selected state, the lighting fixture 4 corresponding to the mapping panel 4510 in which the check box 4512 is in the selected state is the target of the fixture mapping process. Become.

When the operator touches an area other than the check box 4512 displayed on the correspondence panel 4510, the smartphone 6 transmits a lighting instruction to the lighting fixture 4 corresponding to the correspondence panel 4510. The luminaire 4 that has received the lighting instruction lights the light source unit 40.

As a result, the worker can determine where in the house the lighting fixture 4 corresponding to the correspondence panel 4510 is arranged, which room or group it should belong to, and among the symbols 101 to 120 shown in the lighting distribution diagram 100. , It is possible to grasp which symbol the lighting fixture 4 corresponds to is lit.

Therefore, the worker can determine whether or not the lit lighting fixture 4 is the target of the association processing.

For example, when the worker wants to perform the mapping process for the lighting fixture 4 in the room "kitchen", the lighting fixture 4 lit by touching the mapping panel 4510 is actually in the room "kitchen". If it is arranged, it is determined that the lighting fixture 4 is to be the target of the association processing.

When the operator decides to perform the fixture associating process for the lit lighting fixture 4, the check box 4512 in the associating panel 4510 is selected.

For the mapping panels other than the mapping panel 4510 such as the mapping panels 4520 and 4530, the same processing as that performed on the mapping panel 4510 is performed.

As described above, the operator identifies the lighting fixture 4 to be the target of the fixture association processing and touches the capture button 4550.

When the capture button 4550 is touched by the operator, the smartphone 6 displays the fixture identification information of the lighting fixture 4, more specifically, the lighting fixture 4 corresponding to the corresponding panel in which the check box is selected, in the room. Memorize in correspondence with "kitchen".

Then, as shown in FIG. 16 (c), the touch panel 65 displays the mapping GUI4113 that displays a message indicating that the instrument mapping process is completed, and the operator is presented that the instrument mapping process is completed. To.

According to the above processing, as in the first embodiment, it is not necessary to associate the fixture identification information of each lighting fixture 4 with the fixture name, and each lighting fixture 4 is associated with the room. Therefore, when the individual control of the lighting fixture 4 is not required, it is possible to reduce the labor of setting by the operator.

In addition, the equipment association processing can be performed for the group as in the case of the room. The group setting panels 4221 to 4223 shown in FIG. 15B each correspond to one of the groups shown in the room configuration data 400. More specifically, the group setting panels 4221, 4222 and 4223 correspond to the group "dining", the group "indirect" and the group "sofa", respectively.

By touching each of the group setting panels 4221 to 4223, the same processing as performed using the room individual setting GUI4111, the associated GUI4112, and the associated GUI4113 described above, and the lighting selected by the operator by the same GUI. The fixture 4 can be associated with a group. Then, the lighting fixture 4 can be controlled in units of groups.

<4. Modification example>
Although the embodiment of the lighting system according to the present invention has been described above, the above description of the embodiment should be considered to be exemplary in all respects and not restrictive. The scope of the invention is indicated by the claims, not by the embodiments described above. Furthermore, the scope of the present invention is intended to include all modifications within the meaning and scope of the claims. It is also possible to modify the illustrated lighting system as follows, and it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the lighting equipment as shown in the above-described embodiment.

(1) In the above-described embodiment, the smartphone 6 directly controls a plurality of lighting fixtures in the lighting system 1, but the present invention is not limited to this, in order to control the lighting fixture 4 possessed by the smartphone 6. Some of the functions of the above may be configured so that the gateway 5 can be executed.

By doing so, even if the smartphone 6 cannot directly transmit the control signal to the luminaire 4, such as when the smartphone 6 is taken out and is not within the communication range of the luminaire 4, the gateway 5 stores the dimming and toning change schedule, transmits a control signal for dimming and toning to each luminaire 4 according to the schedule, and dims and adjusts the luminaire 4. Can do color.

The gateway 5 can be configured as shown in FIG. 0014 as an example. The gateway 5 includes a wireless communication unit 51, a wired communication unit 52, a control unit 53, a ROM 54, and a RAM 55.

The wireless communication unit 51 has a function of performing wireless communication, and holds a MAC address as an example of identification information. The MAC address is used as an address for wireless communication. When the wireless communication unit 51 receives the communication data, the wireless communication unit 51 notifies the control unit 53 if the communication data is addressed to the own device, and transfers the communication data addressed to the other device to the other device via the mesh network.

The wired communication unit 52 has a function of performing data communication via a wired network cable. The wired network is, for example, a wired LAN (Local Area Network) or the like. For example, when a plurality of gateways 5 operate in cooperation with each other, the plurality of gateways 5 are connected by wire. The wired communication unit 52 exchanges necessary information with another gateway 5 by using wired communication. If the wired communication is not performed, the wired communication unit 52 can be omitted.

The ROM 54 is a non-volatile memory that stores a lighting control program or the like that operates the control unit 53. The RAM 55 is a storage device in which the lighting control program stored in the ROM 54 is loaded.

The control unit 53 has a function of controlling the operation of the gateway 5. The control unit 53 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit). Each function of the gateway 5 is realized by the control unit 53 executing a lighting control program loaded from the ROM 54 and stored in the RAM 55.

(2) In the above-described embodiment, in the lighting system 1, the data created in the data creation device 2 is downloaded by the smartphone 6 via the cloud 3, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the data creation device 2 is not limited to this. It suffices if the created data can be stored in the smartphone 6, and for example, the smartphone 6 may be able to acquire data from the data creation device 2 via a communication line such as a network. Further, the data created by the data creation device 2 may be recorded on a recording medium such as a memory card as an example of the storage means, and the recording medium may be read by the smartphone 6 to acquire the data.

(3) In the above-described embodiment, the data creator creates the room configuration data 400 and the group configuration data 500 by using the data creation device 2, and the data creation device 2 creates the room configuration data 400 and the group configuration data 500. However, it is not limited to this, and it is sufficient if the device name can be generated. For example, the data creator inputs the device name using the data creation device 2. May be.

(4) In the above-described embodiment, as the data created by the data creation device 2, room configuration data 400, group configuration data 500, belonging device name data 600, schedule data 1000, timetable data 800, and scene data 900 are examples. However, the data is not limited to this, and any data used for controlling the lighting fixture 4 by the smartphone 6 and which can be created prior to the setting at the time of installation is sufficient.

Further, the content of the data is not limited to this, and a table necessary for controlling the lighting fixture 4, an information table may be added, and unnecessary information may be deleted as appropriate.

(5) In the above-described embodiment, the LED is used as the light source, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other light sources may be used. For example, it may be an organic EL or an organic LED (Organic Electroluminescence or Organic Light Emitting Diode), a field emission display (Field Emission Display), or the like.

(6) In the above-described embodiment, the data creation device 2 is a computer system, but as an example, a personal computer, a workstation, a tablet terminal, a smartphone, or the like is assumed. Further, although the smartphone 6 is mentioned as an example of the lighting control device, another example of a portable terminal such as a remote control device and a tablet terminal can be mentioned.

(7) In the above-described embodiment, the data in the list format is used as the data created by the data creator using the data creation device 2, but the data is not limited to this and is easy for humans to input and recognize. Any data format is sufficient, for example, CSV (Comma Separated Value) or SSV (Space-Specified Value) may be used.

(8) The above-described embodiment and each modification may be partially combined.

<5. Extraction of invention>
Hereinafter, a configuration of a lighting fixture as an embodiment of the present invention, a modification thereof, and an effect thereof will be described.

(1) The lighting system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a lighting system including a plurality of lighting fixtures and a lighting control device for wirelessly controlling the plurality of lighting fixtures, and the lighting control device displays. Information about each luminaire, which is provided with a unit and is created in advance and stored in a storage means, and the luminaire information representing a group that performs the same control among the plurality of luminaires is acquired and installed at the installation location. In the setting for making the luminaire controllable, the luminaire identification information for identifying each of the luminaires is acquired from the plurality of luminaires, and the luminaire identification information selected based on the user operation from the acquired luminaire identification information is used. Correspond to the group.

According to the above-mentioned configuration, it is possible to significantly reduce the time and effort required for the operator to set the group after installing the plurality of lighting fixtures at the installation location.

(2) Further, in the setting, the fixture identification information for identifying each of the plurality of lighting fixtures is acquired, the fixture information is displayed on the display unit, and the displayed fixture information is referred to. The device information and the device identification information may be associated with each other based on the user operation.

According to the above configuration, the user can associate the instrument information with the instrument identification information while checking the group represented by the instrument information.

(3) Further, the storage means may be a cloud system, and the lighting control device may acquire the equipment information by receiving the equipment information from the cloud system via a network.

According to this configuration, the fixture information can be created even in a place away from the installation location of the lighting fixture, so that it is not necessary to create the fixture information at the installation location of the lighting fixture, and the labor at the installation location is saved. It can be significantly reduced.

(4) The storage means is a recording medium, the instrument information is recorded on the recording medium, and the lighting control device reads the instrument information from the recording medium for acquisition of the instrument information. It may be done by.

According to this configuration, the fixture information can be created in advance at a place away from the installation location of the lighting fixture, the fixture information can be conveyed using the recording medium, and the lighting control device can read the fixture information. , It is not necessary to create fixture information at the installation location of the lighting fixture, and the labor of the operator at the installation location can be greatly reduced.

(5) The device information may be created by using a data creation device, and the data creation device may have the storage means store the device information.

According to this configuration, the fixture information can be created in advance using the data creation device, so that it is not necessary to create the fixture information using the lighting control device at the installation location of the lighting fixture, and the fixture information can be created at the installation location. The labor of the operator can be greatly reduced.

(6) The data creation device receives input of attributes related to the plurality of lighting fixtures, generates a fixture name including characters representing the attributes, and stores the fixture information including the fixture name in the storage means. The lighting control device receives the fixture identification information from the communicable lighting fixture, acquires the fixture information from the storage means, and includes the fixture name and the fixture identification information included in the fixture information. May display a graphical user interface for associating.

According to this configuration, the fixture name and the fixture identification information can be associated with each other while referring to the attributes of the lighting fixture, and the work efficiency when the worker associates the fixture name with the fixture identification information can be improved.

(7) Further, the graphical user interface may display the device names sorted based on the characters.

According to the above configuration, since the fixture names of the lighting fixtures having the same attribute can be collectively displayed, it is possible to improve the work efficiency when the worker associates the fixture name with the fixture identification information.

(8) Further, the fixture name may include, as the attribute, a character representing a group for performing the same control among the plurality of lighting fixtures.

According to the above configuration, since the fixture names of the lighting fixtures belonging to the same group can be collectively displayed, it is possible to improve the work efficiency when the worker associates the fixture name with the fixture identification information.

(9) Further, the group name may reflect the arrangement position where each of the plurality of lighting fixtures is installed.

According to the above configuration, since the arrangement position of the lighting fixture can be recognized from the fixture name, the setting work can be performed for the lighting fixtures arranged at close positions, so that the worker can obtain the fixture name and the fixture identification information. It is possible to improve the work efficiency when associating.

(10) Further, the fixture information may include schedule data indicating schedule control for changing the operation of the lighting fixture with the passage of time.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to significantly reduce the time and effort required for the operator to set the group after the schedule data is created in advance and a plurality of lighting fixtures are installed at the installation location.

1 Lighting system 2 Data creation device 3 Cloud 4 Lighting equipment 5 Gateway 6 Smartphone 25 Display 26 Data creation software 40 Light source unit 43 Circuit unit 44 WM unit 44a Wireless communication unit 44b Control unit 51 Wireless communication unit 52 Wired communication unit 53 Control unit 54 ROM
61 Control unit 62 ROM
63 RAM
64 Wireless communication unit 65 Touch panel 102 Symbol 400 Room configuration data 420, 430 Room configuration data entry 500 Group configuration data 520, 530 Group configuration data entry 600 Affiliated device name data 610 Affiliated device name data entry 610, 620 Affiliated device name data entry 700 Correspondence data 800 Timetable data 810, 820 Timetable 811, 812 Timetable data entry 900 Scene data 910, 920 Scene table 911, 912 Scene data entry 1000 Schedule data 1010 Room schedule 1011, 1012 Schedule data entry 1110 Search button 1210, 1220, 1230 panel 1211 Temporary identification name 1212 Check box 1220, 1230 panel 1250 Import button 2110, 2120 Group panel 2111 Group name display area 2112 Dimming rate control bar 2113 Dimming rate operation area 2114 Toning value operation area 2210, 2220 Scene Panel 2310, 2320 Schedule panel 100, 200 Light distribution diagram

Claims (10)

A lighting system including a plurality of lighting fixtures and a lighting control device that wirelessly controls the plurality of lighting fixtures.
The lighting control device includes a display unit and has a display unit.
Information about each lighting fixture that is created in advance and stored in the storage means, and the fixture information that represents the group that performs the same control among the plurality of lighting fixtures is acquired.
In the setting for making each lighting fixture installed at the installation location controllable, the fixture identification information for identifying each of the plurality of lighting fixtures is acquired, and the acquired fixture identification information is selected based on the user operation. A lighting system that associates the fixture identification information with the group. In the above setting, based on a user operation performed by acquiring fixture identification information for identifying each of the plurality of lighting fixtures, displaying the fixture information on the display unit, and referring to the displayed fixture information. The lighting system according to claim 1, wherein the fixture information and the fixture identification information are associated with each other. The storage means is a cloud system.
The lighting system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lighting control device acquires the equipment information by receiving the equipment information from the cloud system via a network. The storage means is a recording medium, and the instrument information is recorded on the recording medium.
The lighting system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the lighting control device acquires the fixture information by reading the fixture information from the recording medium. The instrument information is created using a data creation device.
The lighting system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the data creation device stores the equipment information in the storage means. The data creation device is
The input of the attribute regarding the plurality of lighting fixtures is received, the fixture name including the character representing the attribute is generated, and the fixture information including the fixture name is stored in the storage means.
The lighting control device is
The fixture identification information is received from the communicable lighting fixture, and the fixture identification information is received.
Obtaining the equipment information from the storage means,
The lighting system according to claim 5, wherein a graphical user interface for associating the device name included in the device information with the device identification information is displayed. The lighting system according to claim 6, wherein the graphical user interface displays the fixture names sorted based on the characters. The lighting system according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the fixture name includes characters representing a group for performing the same control among the plurality of lighting fixtures as the attribute. The lighting system according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the group name reflects an arrangement position in which each of the plurality of lighting fixtures is installed. The lighting system according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the fixture information includes schedule data indicating schedule control for changing the operation of the lighting fixture with the passage of time.

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