Intelligent store light control method and system
Through the system of smart lamps and illumination meters combined with intelligent gateways, the problem of single brightness of traditional store lighting control systems is solved, personalized lighting and energy-saving effects in the store area are achieved, and product highlighting and customer experience are improved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202510509103.9
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-04-22
- Publication Date
- 2025-07-22
AI Technical Summary
The lighting control system in traditional stores has a single brightness and cannot be controlled online, resulting in poor product highlighting effect and poor user experience.
Smart lighting and illumination meter are used to combine intelligent gateways. By receiving illumination value information, query the adaptive brightness range, and adjust the brightness of the light to achieve personalized lighting in different store areas, including the combination of multiple smart lighting, illumination meter and smart gateways.
Energy-saving lighting in the store area is achieved, product highlighting effect is improved, customer awareness is enhanced, product sales are increased, and sudden darkness is avoided when light changes.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of store lighting, and in particular to an intelligent store lighting control method and system. Background Art
[0002] Currently, most stores manage the lighting, store information, and product information in the store manually. The traditional store lighting system has problems such as single brightness and non-adjustability, and cannot be interconnected or network-controlled in terms of control. It still stays in the control method of turning on and off with a mechanical keypad. Summary of the Invention
[0003] In order to highlight products in different product areas through lighting, the present application provides an intelligent store lighting control method and system.
[0004] The first invention object of the present application is achieved through the following technical solutions: An intelligent store lighting control method and system, including: A plurality of intelligent lamps, respectively used for illuminating different store areas in the store, and the intelligent lamps are in one-to-one correspondence with the store areas; A plurality of illuminometers, respectively installed in different store areas in the store, for collecting illuminance value information of different store areas; An intelligent gateway, including: A receiving module, for receiving illuminance value information from a plurality of illuminometers, and the illuminance value information carries the code of the illuminometer; A query module, for querying and obtaining an adapted brightness range in a code-area-brightness table according to the code; An adjustment module, for adjusting the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area according to the illuminance value information and the corresponding code, in combination with the adapted brightness range.
[0005] In a preferred example of the present application, it can be further configured that: the store area includes: a cigarette counter area, a water counter area, a daily necessities area, a snack area, and / or an ice cream cabinet area.
[0006] In a preferred example of the present application, it can be further configured that: the adjustment module includes: A matching sub-module, for matching a brightness value in an illuminance-brightness comparison table according to the illuminance value information; An intelligent light reduction sub-module, for adjusting the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area to the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range if the brightness value is within the adapted brightness range.
[0007] In a preferred example of the present application, it can be further configured that: the adjustment module further includes: The first adjustment sub-module is used to adjust the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area to the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range if the brightness value is lower than the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range. The second adjustment sub-module is used to turn off the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area if the brightness value is higher than the upper limit value within the adapted brightness range.
[0008] In a preferred example of the present application, it can be further configured as: further including an in-store control terminal, the in-store control terminal is network-connected to the intelligent gateway, and the in-store control terminal is used to receive instructions and adjust the light of the intelligent lamps through the intelligent gateway.
[0009] In a preferred example of the present application, it can be further configured as: further including: A server, the server is communicatively connected to the intelligent gateway by wire and / or wirelessly, and the server is used to store the information of the intelligent lamps sent by the intelligent gateway, or send control instructions to the intelligent gateway to control the intelligent lamps through the intelligent gateway. A client, the client is communicatively connected to the server by wire and / or wirelessly, and the client is used to query or control the information of the intelligent lamps through the server.
[0010] In a preferred example of the present application, it can be further configured as: the intelligent lamps for illuminating different store areas in the store have different light colors.
[0011] The second inventive object of the present application is achieved by the following technical solutions: An intelligent store lighting control method includes: Receiving the illuminance value information collected by illuminometers from different store areas, and the illuminance value information carries the encoding of the illuminometer. Querying the adapted brightness range according to the encoding in the encoding-region-brightness table. Adjusting the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area according to the illuminance value information and the corresponding encoding, in combination with the adapted brightness range.
[0012] In a preferred example of the present application, it can be further configured as: adjusting the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area according to the illuminance value information and the corresponding encoding, in combination with the adapted brightness range, includes: Matching the brightness value according to the illuminance value information and the corresponding encoding in the illuminance-brightness comparison table. If the brightness value is within the adapted brightness range, adjusting the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area to the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range. If the brightness value is lower than the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range, adjust the lighting brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area to the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range; If the brightness value is higher than the upper limit value within the adapted brightness range, turn off the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area.
[0013] In summary, the present application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects: 1. It is possible to achieve relatively energy-saving lighting for the store area, and can highlight the products in the store area, improve the customer's perception, and thus increase the product sales volume; 2. Compared with the setting of determining the lighting switch with a single threshold, the adapted brightness range provides a buffer range. When the external light brightness changes, the in-store lighting brightness remains at the lower limit value and will not be directly turned off. For example, in extreme weather, when the external illuminance drops rapidly and the brightness value drops rapidly, from being higher than the upper limit value to being between the lower limit value and the upper limit value, the lights will be controlled to turn on to the lower limit value at this time, which is equivalent to turning on the lamp tube in advance. When it continues to drop rapidly to be lower than the lower limit value subsequently, the brightness of the lower limit value is still maintained, and there will be no sudden darkening situation. Description of the Drawings
[0014] Figure 1 is a connection diagram of each module of the intelligent store lighting control system in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 2 is a connection diagram of each module of the intelligent store lighting control system in another embodiment of the present application; Figure 3 is a connection diagram of each module of the intelligent store lighting control system in yet another embodiment of the present application; Figure 4 is a flowchart of the implementation of the intelligent store lighting control method in an embodiment of the present application; Figure 5 is a flowchart of the implementation of the intelligent store lighting control method in another embodiment of the present application. Detailed Embodiments
[0015] The following describes exemplary embodiments of the present application with reference to the accompanying drawings. Various details of the embodiments of the present application are included to assist understanding, and they should be considered merely exemplary. Therefore, those of ordinary skill in the art should recognize that various changes and modifications can be made to the embodiments described herein without departing from the scope and spirit of the present application. Similarly, for clarity and conciseness, the description below omits the description of well-known functions and structures.
[0016] It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are used to distinguish similar objects and do not necessarily describe a specific order or sequence. It should be understood that the data used in this way can be interchanged under appropriate circumstances so that the embodiments of the present disclosure described herein can be implemented in an order other than those illustrated or described herein. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present disclosure.
[0017] In addition, the term "and / or" herein is merely a description of the association relationship of associated objects, indicating that three relationships can exist. For example, A and / or B can represent three situations: A exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character " / " herein, unless otherwise specified, generally represents an "or" relationship between the associated objects before and after.
[0018] The intelligent store lighting control method and system of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0019] Currently, most stores manage the lighting, store information, and product information in the store manually. The traditional store lighting system has problems such as single brightness and non-adjustability, and cannot be interconnected or network-controlled in terms of control. It still stays in the control method of turning on and off with a mechanical keypad. The products in a convenience store are often arranged in different areas. For example, the beverage cabinet area is used to place beverages. Since there is built-in lighting in the beverage cabinet, the lighting for illuminating the beverage cabinet area needs to be adjusted. Another example is the snack area, where products are usually placed in plastic packaging bags in pieces, and the daily necessities area is usually in bottles, boxes, etc. Therefore, different illuminance values are set for different areas to improve the visual experience and user experience.
[0020] In response to the above problems, the present application discloses an intelligent store lighting control method and system. By setting multiple intelligent lamps to illuminate different store areas respectively, the appropriate brightness intervals of different store areas are measured in advance, and then, according to the illuminance value information detected by the illuminometers in each area, it is compared with the corresponding appropriate brightness interval. According to the comparison result, the brightness of the intelligent lamps in each store area is adjusted through the intelligent gateway to highlight the products in different product areas.
[0021] Figure 1 It is a schematic connection diagram of each module of the intelligent store lighting control system according to an embodiment of the present application, as Figure 1As shown in the figure, the intelligent store lighting control system includes multiple intelligent lamps, multiple illuminometers, and an intelligent gateway. The intelligent lamps, illuminometers, and intelligent gateway are communicatively connected. Specifically, preferably, wireless communication methods are used, such as LoRa technology,
WiFi / IEEE802.11
ZigBee / 802.15.4
Thread / IEEE802.15.4
Z-Wave
[0022] The multiple intelligent lamps are respectively used to illuminate different store areas in the store. The intelligent lamps and the store areas are associated one by one. The multiple illuminometers are respectively installed in different store areas in the store to collect the illuminance value information of different store areas; that is, one illuminometer is installed in one store area, and one intelligent lamp is installed to illuminate this store area; the illuminometer can be installed on top of the shelf.
[0023] The store areas include a cigarette counter area, a water counter area, a daily necessities area, a snack area, and / or an ice cream cabinet area, which are specifically determined according to the actual store layout.
[0024] In one embodiment, the intelligent lamps used to illuminate different store areas in the store have different lighting colors. The intelligent lamps can use intelligent dual-color tubes. For example, tubes that support RGB (red, green, blue) technology or similar multi-color LED technology can be used. Various colors can be generated through the combination and brightness adjustment of different color LEDs. The RGB technology can generate almost any color by adjusting the brightness and mixing ratio of the three primary colors of red, green, and blue. Therefore, the lighting colors suitable for each area can be customized according to the products in each area. For example, the snack area for potato chips uses warm yellow light.
[0025] Combined with Figure 2 , in another embodiment, the intelligent store lighting control system further includes an in-store control terminal. The in-store control terminal is network-connected to the intelligent gateway. The in-store control terminal is used to receive instructions and adjust the lighting of the intelligent lamps through the intelligent gateway.
[0026] Combined with Figure 3 , in yet another embodiment, the intelligent store lighting control system further includes a server and a client. The server is communicatively connected to the intelligent gateway through wired and / or wireless communication. The server is used to store the information of the intelligent lamps sent by the intelligent gateway, or send control instructions to the intelligent gateway to control the intelligent lamps through the intelligent gateway; the client is communicatively connected to the server through wired and / or wireless communication. The client is used to query or control the information of the intelligent lamps through the server.
[0027] The server can be a cloud server or a local server. By using a cloud server, the status of the intelligent lamps in the store can be viewed and controlled in the cloud background, which is convenient for overall planning of the situations of multiple stores through cloud customer service.
[0028] The intelligent gateway includes a receiving module, a query module, and an adjustment module. Among them, the receiving module is used to receive the illuminance value information from multiple illuminometers, and the illuminance value information carries the encoding of the illuminometer.
[0029] Among them, each illuminometer has a unique encoding. The illuminometers in different stores can be distinguished by collaborating with the store encoding. Multiple illuminometers collect the illuminance value information of their respective storefront areas in real time.
[0030] The query module is used to query and obtain the adapted brightness range in the encoding - area - brightness table according to the encoding.
[0031] Among them, the mapping relationship between the encoding and the area, and the mapping relationship between the area and the adapted brightness range are pre - recorded in the encoding - area - brightness table.
[0032] Among them, the adapted brightness range is the range of light brightness suitable for a certain storefront area obtained by testing or collecting during the store operation process. Whether it is suitable can be determined by collecting consumer evaluations or being recognized by personnel.
[0033] The adjustment module is used to adjust the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding storefront area according to the illuminance value information and the corresponding encoding, in combination with the adapted brightness range.
[0034] Specifically, the adjustment module includes a matching sub - module, an intelligent light - reducing sub - module, a first adjustment sub - module, and a second adjustment sub - module. Among them, the matching sub - module is used to match the brightness value in the illuminance - brightness comparison table according to the illuminance value information and the corresponding encoding.
[0035] The illuminance value information corresponding to the brightness value is obtained by formula calculation, that is, the relationship between brightness and illuminance value is calculated by L = R×E, where L is the brightness value, R is the reflection coefficient, and E is the illuminance value. For each different storefront area, a corresponding reflection coefficient R is preset according to the different commodities. The reflection coefficient R is obtained according to the surface material of the commodities in the storefront area. Therefore, for the same storefront area, the brightness and the illuminance value information are proportional. The reflection coefficient R of the storefront area is mapped one - to - one with the encoding of the illuminometer in the storefront area. The encoding corresponding to the illuminance value information is the encoding of the illuminometer to which the illuminance value information belongs. Since the illuminometer is corresponding and associated with the storefront area, the corresponding reflection coefficient R can be queried according to the encoding, and then the brightness value L can be calculated.
[0036] Each encoding, or rather, each storefront area, has a sub - illuminance - brightness comparison table, which is then combined into a total illuminance - brightness comparison table. When receiving the illuminance value information collected by the illuminometer and the corresponding encoding, the corresponding brightness value is matched in the illuminance - brightness comparison table.
[0037] If the brightness value is within the adapted brightness range, the intelligent photon reduction sub-module adjusts the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area to the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range. This setting can achieve more energy-efficient lighting for the store area, highlight the products in the store area, improve the customer experience, and thus increase product sales.
[0038] If the brightness value is lower than the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range, the first adjustment sub-module adjusts the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area to the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range; if the brightness value is higher than the upper limit value within the adapted brightness range, the second adjustment sub-module turns off the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area.
[0039] It can be understood that if the brightness is low, lower than the lower limit value of the adapted brightness range, it means that the illuminance value in the current store area is low. Therefore, controlling the intelligent lamps to illuminate to the brightness of the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range can enable the illuminance value in the store area to reach a suitable value, highlight the products in the store area, improve the customer experience, and thus increase product sales.
[0040] If the brightness value is higher than the upper limit value within the adapted brightness range, the intelligent lamps are controlled to turn off. The brightness value being higher than the upper limit value within the adapted brightness range indicates that the brightness in the current store area is relatively bright. And because of the aforementioned setting, the light brightness will not exceed the upper limit value during the natural brightness change from day to night. Therefore, it can be determined that the natural brightness is higher than the upper limit value. At this time, the intelligent lamps can be turned off to achieve energy conservation.
[0041] In addition, compared with the setting of determining the light switch with a single threshold, the adapted brightness range provides a buffer range. When the external light brightness changes, the light brightness in the store remains at the lower limit value and will not be directly turned off. For example, in extreme weather, when the external illuminance drops rapidly and the brightness value drops rapidly from higher than the upper limit value to between the lower limit value and the upper limit value, the lights will be controlled to turn on to the lower limit value at this time, which is equivalent to turning on the lamp tube in advance. When it continues to drop rapidly to be lower than the lower limit value subsequently, the brightness of the lower limit value is still maintained, and there will be no sudden darkening situation.
[0042] This application also provides an intelligent store lighting control method, referring to Figure 4 and Figure 5 , including: S1. Receive the illuminance value information collected by the illuminometers from different store areas, and the illuminance value information carries the code of the illuminometer.
[0043] S2. Query the adapted brightness range according to the code in the code - area - brightness table.
[0044] S3. Adjust the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area according to the illuminance value information and the corresponding encoding, in combination with the adapted brightness range.
[0045] Among them, S3 includes: S31. Match the brightness value in the illuminance-brightness comparison table according to the illuminance value information and the corresponding encoding.
[0046] S32. If the brightness value is within the adapted brightness range, adjust the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area to the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range.
[0047] S33. If the brightness value is lower than the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range, adjust the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area to the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range.
[0048] S34. If the brightness value is higher than the upper limit value within the adapted brightness range, turn off the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area.
[0049] For the specific limitations of the intelligent store lighting control method, reference can be made to the limitations of the intelligent store lighting control system in the above text, which will not be elaborated here. Each step of the above intelligent store lighting control system can be implemented in whole or in part through software, hardware, and their combinations.
[0050] The various embodiments of the systems and techniques described herein can be implemented in digital electronic circuit systems, integrated circuit systems, dedicated ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits), computer hardware, firmware, software, and / or combinations thereof. These various embodiments can include: implemented in one or more computer programs, the one or more computer programs can be executed and / or interpreted on a programmable system including at least one programmable processor, the programmable processor can be a dedicated or general-purpose programmable processor, and can receive data and instructions from a storage system, at least one input device, and at least one output device, and transmit the data and instructions to the storage system, the at least one input device, and the at least one output device.
[0051] These computing programs (also referred to as programs, software, software applications, or code) include machine instructions for a programmable processor and can implement these computing programs using high-level procedural and / or object-oriented programming languages and / or assembly / machine languages. As used herein, the terms "machine-readable medium" and "computer-readable medium" refer to any computer program product, device, and / or apparatus (e.g., magnetic disk, optical disk, memory, programmable logic device (PLD)) for providing machine instructions and / or data to a programmable processor, including a machine-readable medium that receives machine instructions as a machine-readable signal. The term "machine-readable signal" refers to any signal for providing machine instructions and / or data to a programmable processor.
[0052] In order to provide interaction with a user, the systems and techniques described herein can be implemented on a computer having: a display device for displaying information to the user (e.g., a CRT (cathode ray tube) or LCD (liquid crystal display) monitor); and a keyboard and a pointing device (e.g., a mouse or a trackball), by which the user can provide input to the computer. Other kinds of devices can also be used to provide interaction with the user; for example, the feedback provided to the user can be any form of sensory feedback (e.g., visual feedback, auditory feedback, or tactile feedback); and input from the user can be received in any form (including acoustic input, speech input, or tactile input).
[0053] The systems and techniques described herein can be implemented in a computing system including backend components (e.g., as a data server), or a computing system including middleware components (e.g., an application server), or a computing system including frontend components (e.g., a user computer having a graphical user interface or a web browser through which the user can interact with an implementation of the systems and techniques described herein), or a computing system including any combination of such backend components, middleware components, or frontend components. The components of the system can be interconnected to each other by any form or medium of digital data communication (e.g., a communication network). Examples of communication networks include: local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and the Internet.
[0054] It should be understood that various forms of the processes shown above can be used, with steps reordered, added, or deleted. For example, the steps recited in this application can be executed in parallel, sequentially, or in a different order, as long as the desired results of the technical solutions disclosed in this application can be achieved, and this is not limited herein.
[0055] The above specific embodiments do not constitute a limitation on the protection scope of this application. Those skilled in the art should understand that various modifications, combinations, sub - combinations, and substitutions can be made according to design requirements and other factors. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, and improvements made within the spirit and principles of this application shall be included within the protection scope of this application.
Claims
1. Intelligent store lighting control system, characterized in that, Including: Multiple intelligent lamps, respectively used for illuminating different store areas in the store, and the intelligent lamps are in one-to-one correspondence with the store areas; Multiple illuminometers, respectively installed in different store areas in the store, used for collecting illuminance value information of different store areas; An intelligent gateway, including: A receiving module, used for receiving illuminance value information from multiple illuminometers, and the illuminance value information carries the code of the illuminometer; A query module, used for querying and obtaining an adapted brightness range in a code - area - brightness table according to the code; An adjustment module, used for adjusting the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area according to the illuminance value information and the corresponding code, in combination with the adapted brightness range.
2. The intelligent store lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein The store areas include: cigarette counter area, water counter area, daily necessities area, snack area and / or ice cream cabinet area.
3. The intelligent store lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein, The adjustment module includes: A matching sub-module, used for matching a brightness value in an illuminance - brightness comparison table according to the illuminance value information and the corresponding code; An intelligent light reduction sub-module, used for adjusting the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area to the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range if the brightness value is within the adapted brightness range.
4. The intelligent store lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein The adjustment module further includes: A first adjustment sub-module, used for adjusting the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area to the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range if the brightness value is lower than the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range; A second adjustment sub-module, used for turning off the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area if the brightness value is higher than the upper limit value within the adapted brightness range.
5. The intelligent store lighting control system according to claim 1, characterized in that, It further includes an in-store control terminal, which is network-connected to the intelligent gateway, and the in-store control terminal is used for receiving instructions and adjusting the lights of the intelligent lamps through the intelligent gateway.
6. The intelligent store lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein, It further includes: A server, which is connected to the intelligent gateway through wired and / or wireless communication, and the server is used for storing the information of the intelligent lamps sent by the intelligent gateway, or sending control instructions to the intelligent gateway to control the intelligent lamps through the intelligent gateway; A client, which is connected to the server through wired and / or wireless communication, and the client is used for querying or controlling the information of the intelligent lamps through the server.
7. The intelligent store lighting control system according to claim 1, wherein The light colors of the intelligent lamps used for illuminating different store areas in the store are different.
8. The intelligent store lighting control method of the intelligent store lighting control system according to any one of claims 1-7, characterized in that, Including: Receiving illuminance value information collected by illuminometers from different store areas, and the illuminance value information carries the code of the illuminometer; Querying and obtaining an adapted brightness range in a code - area - brightness table according to the code; Adjusting the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area according to the illuminance value information and the corresponding code, in combination with the adapted brightness range.
9. The intelligent store lighting control method according to claim 8, wherein, Adjusting the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area according to the illuminance value information and the corresponding code, in combination with the adapted brightness range, includes: Matching a brightness value in an illuminance - brightness comparison table according to the illuminance value information and the corresponding code; If the brightness value is within the adapted brightness range, adjusting the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area to the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range; If the brightness value is lower than the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range, adjust the light brightness of the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area to the lower limit value within the adapted brightness range; If the brightness value is higher than the upper limit value within the adapted brightness range, turn off the intelligent lamps in the corresponding store area.