164 results about "Lighting control console" patented technology

A load control system for a building having a lighting load, a window, and a heating and cooling system comprises a lighting control device for controlling the amount of power delivered to the lighting load, a daylight control device (such as a motorized window treatment) for adjusting the amount of natural light to be admitted through a window, and a controller for adjusting a setpoint temperature of the heating and cooling system to thus control a present temperature in the building. In response to receiving a demand response command, the controller controls the lighting control device, the daylight control device, and the heating and cooling system so as to decrease a total power consumption of the load control system. The load control system may comprise a controllable switching device for disconnecting power to or disconnecting the control lines to one or more components of the heating and cooling system.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for calibrating a lighting control system. The lighting control system is a daylight-harvesting system that controls the output of the lighting system based on available daylight and / or other light sources to reduce energy usage while providing lighting for an area. The lighting system includes multi-level lighting capabilities for one or more light sources. First, the system measures the light levels for the area when the lighting system: is turned on at a high energy-level; is turned on at an intermediate energy-level; and is turned off. The system determines from these measured light levels the light output of the lighting system in the different states. Then, during operation, the system measures a present light level for the area. The system then adjusts the light output of the lighting system for the area based on a lighting control parameter (e.g an on set-point and an off set-point pair), the present light output of the lighting system, and the present light level for the area.

Exemplary systems, methods, and apparatuses for distributed intelligence in facility lighting control are provided. A facility lighting system may be organized into multiple control areas, each of which may include one or more component devices. Each lighting control area may be associated with a control apparatus, which controls the operation of the lighting devices of the associated control area based on various types of signal information. Signal information may include information concerning local conditions or environments, as well as information from a centralized control server. Some embodiments further include monitoring the operation and predicting fault states of the lighting control area.

The Distributed Lighting Control System (DLCS) is based upon a distributed lighting system, which imbeds luminaire devices in structural materials such as ceiling tiles and wallboard. Each luminaire device is attached to a power network, and each luminaire device includes, or is directly associated with, an electronic circuit component that controls the activation and operation of the luminaire. In normal operation the power network is energized based on signals conveyed to the circuit through wireless means or through signals imposed upon the power grid. Said signals are generated by the DLCS-controller, which is resident within the structure that contains the DLCS.

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to automated control of lighting systems at individual-light-fixture, local, regional, and larger-geographical-area levels. One embodiment of the present invention comprises a hierarchical lighting-control system including an automated network-control center that may control up to many millions of individual lighting fixtures and lighting elements, regional routers interconnected to the network-control center or network-control centers by public communications networks, each of which controls hundreds to thousands of individual light fixtures, and light-management units, interconnected to regional routers by radio-frequency communications and / or power-line communications, each of which controls components within a lighting fixture, including lighting elements, associated ballasts, sensors, and other devices.

The invention discloses an intelligent street lamp and a control method thereof and a wireless network system constructed thereby, and belongs to the technical field of intelligent networking. The intelligent street lamp comprises a lamp cap and a lamp holder, wherein the lamp cap comprises an embedded CPU, a lighting source, a power management module, a lighting control module, a lighting fault detecting module, a camera module, a first wireless communication module, a second wireless communication module, a first antenna, a second antenna, a third wireless communication module, an internal memory and flash module, a hard disk, a traffic sensor module, an encrypting and decrypting module, a smoke detector module, a human body moving infrared sensor module and an alarm module, wherein the power management module, the lighting control module, the lighting fault detecting module, the camera module, the first wireless communication module, the second wireless communication module, the first antenna, the second antenna, the third wireless communication module, the internal memory and flash module, the hard disk, the traffic sensor module, the encrypting and decrypting module, the smoke detector module, the human body moving infrared sensor module and the alarm module are respectively connected with the embedded CPU. The invention further provides the control method of the intelligent street lamp and the wireless network system constructed by the intelligent street lamp. The intelligent street lamp can be automatic to light and intelligently managed; the video monitoring enables security protection; the network can be used through the WiFi; therefore, a small-cost construction implementation scheme is provided for urban information construction.

A lighting control system includes a plurality of lighting fixtures for ambient lighting, a plurality of lighting fixtures for task lighting, and a smart phone of a worker. The smart phone can execute an application program which controls a corresponding lighting fixture for ambient lighting, and starts up the application program when an ON state of a lighting fixture for task lighting is detected.

A lighting control system is coupled to one or more ballast / drivers operating one or more light sources. A low power control module receives analog, digital and / or DALI signals from one or more sources, processes the signals to provide an appropriate lighting response and outputs one or more commands related to light output of the one or more ballast / drivers operating one or more light sources. A gateway component receives wireless signals from the low power control module to relay to one or more control components. The control components provide instruction to modify the light output of the one or more ballast / drivers operating one or more light sources based at least in part upon the one or more commands received from the low power control module and / or the gateway component.

A load control system for a building having a lighting load, a window, and a heating and cooling system comprises a lighting control device for controlling the amount of power delivered to the lighting load, a daylight control device, such as a motorized window treatment, for adjusting the amount of natural light to be admitted through a window, and a temperature control device for controlling a setpoint temperature of the heating and cooling system to thus control a present temperature in the building. The load control system may also comprise a controllable electrical receptacle for turning on and off a plug-in electrical load connected thereto. The lighting control device, the daylight control device, the temperature control device, and the controllable receptacle are controlled so as to decrease a total power consumption of the load control system in response to a received demand response command.

A lighting control console for controlling a lighting control system including a digital processor and a digital storage unit. The lighting control console can comprise several control elements, in particular keys, linear regulators and / or induction regulators, which are arranged on the top of the casing and can be used to enter operating commands. The lighting control console encompasses a display device with at least one screen that is arranged on the top of the casing. The data for the user can be graphically displayed on the screen. The lighting control console can include a casing provided with at least one cover, which can be adjusted between a closed position and an open position, wherein the cover covers at least one extra control element arranged in or on the casing in its closed position, thereby protecting the extra control element against external influences in its closed position.

The invention discloses a method for hydroponically culturing lettuce by means of an LED light source. The method is characterized by comprising the following steps that 1, after lettuce seeds are germinated, seedling raising is conducted, and hydroponic culturing is conducted in a nutritional solution till seedlings growing out 3-4 true leaves are obtained; 2, transplanting and field planting are conducted on the seedlings; 3, after transplanting, light treatment is conducted on the seedlings, and the lettuce seedlings with the 3-4 true leaves are placed under an LED combining red light, blue light and green light to be cultured for 30 days to 33 days, wherein the wave length of the red light ranges from 655 nm to 660 nm, the wave length of the blue light ranges from 455 nm to 460 nm, the wave length of the green light ranges from 520 nm to 525 nm, the light intensity is 400 mumol.m<-2>.s<-1>, and the effective photosynthetic light quantum density percentage ratio of the red light to the blue light to the green light is 36:24:40. According to the method, a red-blue-green LED light control console is adopted, a specific proportion of green light is added in the red light and the blue light on the condition that the total light intensity keeps consistent, therefore, the lettuce which is high in yield, good in quality and high in beneficial mineral element content can be produced, and high-quality and efficient production of the hydroponically-cultured lettuce is achieved.

The invention relates to a public place energy-saving lighting control system and method based on automatic perception. The system is composed of a plurality of distributed nodes. Each node comprises an information collecting module, a central processing module, a local lighting control module, an internode wireless communication module, a power state indication module and an awakening signal generation module, wherein the information collecting module is composed of a remote node working state monitoring and awakening module, an environment light perception sensor module, a lighting target detecting sensor module and a lighting target movement state perception sensor module. The system has a sleeping mode and a working mode, and energy consumption of the system is reduced. The on-off state of a lighting unit can be automatically controlled according to a detecting result, the intelligent degree is high, and the real-time performance is good. The system has the function of collaboration of adjacent nodes, and after the lighting target is detected, the system can detect whether the local brightness meets the requirement or not and whether the target moves or not and judge whether the adjacent nodes are informed to starting lighting or not according to the detecting result.

The present subject matter is directed to a lighting control system and method. Motion or occupancy sensors are used to determine when a lighting fixture and / or a nearby lighting fixture should be activated. A controller associated with each lighting fixture switches its lighting fixture on and triggers a communications circuit to generate and send a signal to nearby lighting fixtures when a user is detected. Each lighting fixture also has a signal receiver to receive signals from any nearby lighting fixtures that are configured to communicate with it via a communication circuit. The present subject matter allows for a significant amount of energy to be saved as remote areas away from an occupied area do not have to be illuminated. Meanwhile, the user is still provided with a comfortable level of lighting in and near the occupied area.

A lighting control console for controlling a lighting control system including a digital processor and a digital storage unit. The lighting control console can comprise several control elements, in particular keys, linear regulators and / or induction regulators, which are arranged on the top of the casing and can be used to enter operating commands. The lighting control console encompasses a display device with at least one screen that is arranged on the top of the casing. The data for the user can be graphically displayed on the screen. The lighting control console can include a casing provided with at least one cover, which can be adjusted between a closed position and an open position, wherein the cover covers at least one extra control element arranged in or on the casing in its closed position, thereby protecting the extra control element against external influences in its closed position.

Disclosed is an abstracted lighting control system abstracted based on the lighting canvas rather than the mapping of the location of the luminaires or lighting fixtures.

The lighting control console includes a display, an operation device and a controller. The display displays a lighting spatial image corresponding to the lighting space, and displays, in the lighting spatial image, virtual instruments corresponding to the respective lighting instruments so that positions of the virtual instruments in the lighting spatial image correspond to respective positions of the lighting instruments in the lighting space. The operation device has a three dimensional detection space associated with the lighting spatial image and / or the lighting space. The operation device detects a position of an operation object in the detection space and specifies a position in the lighting spatial image based on the detected position in the detection space. The controller identifies, when one of the virtual instruments in the lighting spatial image is specified by the operation object through the operation device, a lighting instrument associated with the specified virtual instrument.

A lighting control console for controlling a lighting system, wherein digital adjustment commands are generated in the lighting control console and can be transmitted to the lighting devices of the lighting system via data connections includes at least one digital processor and at least one digital memory for generating, managing and storing the adjustment commands, and at least one display unit. Graphical elements can be displayed graphically for the operator at the display unit on a display surface. The display unit is made of an at least partially transparent material in the region of the display surface, wherein the display unit can be switched between a transparency mode and a display mode, and wherein the display unit (06) is partially transparent upon activation of the transparency mode in the region of the display surface and enables the operator to look through the display surface. The display unit enables the graphical representation of graphical elements on the display surface for the operator upon activation of the display mode in the region of the display surface.

A lighting control system comprising a plurality of intelligent switches designed to replace a conventional light switch, each of the intelligent switches including a receiver configured to receive communication signals that include rules based instructions for controlling one or more lighting circuits; a circuit interrupter configured to control the amount of current flowing to a lighting circuit; a memory configured to store the rules based instructions; and a processor coupled with the receiver, memory, and circuit interrupter, the processor configured to control the operation of the circuit interrupter based on the rules based instructions stored in memory.

A load control system for a building having a lighting load, a window, and a heating and cooling system comprises a lighting control device for controlling the amount of power delivered to the lighting load, a daylight control device (such as a motorized window treatment) for adjusting the amount of natural light to be admitted through a window, and a controller for adjusting a setpoint temperature of the heating and cooling system to thus control a present temperature in the building. In response to receiving a demand response command, the controller controls the lighting control device, the daylight control device, and the heating and cooling system so as to decrease a total power consumption of the load control system. The load control system may comprise a controllable switching device for disconnecting power to or disconnecting the control lines to one or more components of the heating and cooling system.

The invention discloses an industrial Internet of lamps (IOL) intelligent control system, which comprises a lighting terminal, a centralized controller, a platform control system and a transponder. The intelligent lighting terminal comprises more than one lamp each of which has an independent address. The centralized controller controls the corresponding intelligent lighting terminal based on address. The platform control system includes a server. The server is configured to generate a control instruction and transmit the control instruction to the intelligent lighting terminal through the centralized controller. The transponder is used for the communication between the centralized controller and the platform control system. In the industrial IOL intelligent control system, each lamp has an independent address so as to be independently and accurately controlled, and the centralized controller is controlled by the transponder through the platform control system. By using a geographicalarea as a control range, and some of the lamps in the area can be turned on or off according to an operation requirement. The lighting control can be also performed in other ways.

The invention provides a night safety meeting system based on machine vision and a control method of the night safety meeting system. The meeting system comprises a photoelectronic imaging system, a digital signal processing and control system and a night vision system. The photoelectronic imaging system is used for collecting digital image signals and transmitting the signals to the digital signal processing and control system, and the digital signal processing and control system controls a high beam and a low beam to be switched according to processed digital information and controls on-off of the night vision system at the same time. The night safety meeting system can reduce high beam interference caused when two vehicles meet no matter whether the opposite side is provided with a lighting control system; meanwhile, the night safety meeting system is simple, reliable, low in misjudgment rate, capable of being combined with an automobile data recorder and strong in practical value and economic value.

The Distributed Lighting Control System (DLCS) is based upon a distributed lighting system, which imbeds luminaire devices in structural materials such as ceiling tiles and wallboard. Each luminaire device is attached to a power network, and each luminaire device includes, or is directly associated with, an electronic circuit component that controls the activation and operation of the luminaire. In normal operation the power network is energized and the electronic circuit controls when and how the luminaire itself is energized based on signals conveyed to the circuit through wireless means or through signals imposed upon the power grid. Said signals are generated by the DLCS-controller, which is resident within the structure that contains the DLCS.

The invention relates to local luminaire control in an area based lighting control system. A basic idea of this invention is to use a soft switch assigned to one or more luminaries of an area based lighting control system to locally control the luminaire / ies, wherein the soft switch is adapted for generating an appropriate signal for the area based lighting control system, that puts the luminaire / ies in the desired state. An embodiment of the invention provides an area based lighting control system (10), comprising several lamps (12) provided for illuminating an area, a control device (14) for controlling one or more of the several lamps responsive to received control signals (16, 18, 20), and at least one soft switch (22, 24) assigned to one or more lamps (26, 28) and being adapted to sense user touches and to signal sensed user touches by means of sending a control signal (16, 18) to the control device (14), which is configured to control the lamps (26, 28), to which the soft switch is assigned, responsive to the received control signal. This allows a local luminaire control which is integrated in the central lighting control of an area based lighting control system.

The invention relates to an energy-saving lighting control system, which comprises a microwave motion sensor, an illumination detection unit, a control processor, a relay, a brightness adjusting unit, an illuminating lamp, a wireless communication unit and an intelligent terminal, wherein the microwave motion sensor and the illumination detection unit are simultaneously connected with the control processor; the control processor is connected with the illuminating lamp through the relay and the brightness adjusting unit; and the intelligent terminal is connected with the control processor through the wireless communication unit to control on / off of the illuminating lamp through the control processor. After an ambient light intensity signal is lower than a preset value and a human motion position signal is received, the illuminating lamp is turned on through the relay, and control on on / off and the brightness of the illuminating lamp according to the people flow condition is achieved, so that the lighting quality is ensured, meanwhile, the energy consumption is reduced and the targets of energy conservation and environment protection are achieved. In addition, the intelligent terminal can carry out remote on / off control and brightness adjustment on the illuminating lamp through the wireless communication unit, so that the green energy-saving effect of a building and energy efficiency management are achieved.

A lighting control system and apparatus that may be utilized with aquariums are provided. The light control system and apparatus may be utilized with various lighting fixtures. The lighting control system and apparatus provides easy control over different lighting fixtures comprising various lighting sources. In addition, a user may program various lighting characteristics and effects such as the turn on or turn off date and time, the color, the brightness, the power supplied to the lighting fixtures via different user interfaces by using different user systems. Further, multiple lighting control systems may operate seamlessly together.

A mounting system for a button includes first and second spring elements located adjacent opposite ends of the button. Each of the spring elements includes a serpentine portion capable of multiple degrees of freedom of movement providing varying actuating motions for the button. The spring elements may be defined by a plate also having a center portion secured to the button and opposite end portions secured to a base. According to one embodiment, the button is made from a thermoplastic material and the plate is metal.

A system and method for modeling a lighting control system for an enterprise is provided comprising an application (App) on a mobile device, or laptop, or personal computer, or other like device, that can communicate electronically with a webpage accessible by the internet or local area network or wide area network, wherein the webpage represents a program, and the program provides for the receiving, storing, and processing of lighting control system specified information on a space-by-space basis, and further wherein a unique part number for the space-based lighting control system can be generated for the particular space, such that delivery of individual, but substantially integrated space-based lighting control systems, can be delivered to the spaces for installation in the enterprise location.

A method for operating a lighting control console for controlling a lighting system includes generating digital adjustment commands in the lighting control console. The digital adjustment commands are transmittable via data connections to lighting devices of the lighting system. The lighting control console includes at least one digital processor and at least one digital memory for generating, managing and storing the adjustment commands. The lighting control console further includes at least one display unit, and wherein graphical elements can be displayed graphically for the operator on the display unit. The display unit includes a touch-sensitive sensor surface, wherein touching the touch-sensitive sensor surface in the area of a contact surface on the display unit enables an operator input associated with each of these contact surfaces to be selected. Detection of contact with the touch-sensitive sensor surface in the area of a first contact surface associates a first operator input with the first contact surface. Detection of simultaneous touching of the touch-sensitive sensor surface in the area of at least a second contact surface associates a second operator input with the second contact surface. The first and second operator inputs are then processed further.