Focus Pluggable Interface Control Device Lens Sensor Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional lamp control devices have limited sensing range and sensitivity, requiring additional wires for replacement and upgrade, leading to inconvenience and high costs when adjusting control modes or upgrading external lamps.
Innovation Solution
A focus pluggable interface control device with a sensor and lens for enhanced sensitivity and range, using a mounting plug for easy installation and replacement without additional wires, and adjustable output signals for energy-saving and brightness control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a conventional pluggable control device is used, then the control device can be installed on external lamps, but the sensing range and sensitivity are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a lens as an intermediary component between the sensor and the external environment. The lens focuses infrared signals onto the sensor, enhancing the sensor's ability to detect control information from a distance and improving both sensing sensitivity and effective range without requiring the sensor itself to be larger or more complex
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the optical parameters of the system by adding a lens with specific focal length and aperture characteristics. This parameter change allows the sensor to concentrate infrared energy from a larger area onto its active surface, effectively increasing sensitivity and extending the usable sensing range
2Adaptability or versatility
If the control module is integrated with the external lamp, then the control function is built-in, but replacement and upgrading require replacing the entire lamp or rearranging installation circuits
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the control system into separate modular components: the control module with sensor and circuit board is detached from the lamp body and connected via a pluggable interface. This segmentation allows the control module to be independently replaced, upgraded, or adjusted without affecting the lamp itself or requiring circuit rearrangement, significantly improving maintenance convenience and adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent designs the control module with a universal pluggable interface that can be installed on different types of external lamps. The modular design with standardized connection allows the same control module to work with various lamp models, enhancing versatility while simplifying replacement procedures across different lamp types
3Extent of automation
If the pluggable control device uses induction control, then automatic control is achieved, but weak induction information density prevents reliable operation
Solution Approach 1:
The lens acts as an optical intermediary that concentrates and directs infrared radiation toward the sensor. By focusing the induction information onto the sensor's active area, the lens ensures that even weak induction signals from a distance can be reliably detected, maintaining automatic control functionality while improving operational reliability
Solution Approach 2:
The lens performs preliminary optical processing of the induction information by focusing and concentrating infrared signals before they reach the sensor. This preliminary action enhances the signal strength and quality at the sensor input, ensuring reliable detection and reducing false negatives in automatic control operations
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Improves user experience with increased sensitivity and range, reduces replacement costs by allowing convenient installation and disassembly, and adjusts energy-saving parameters for better lamp performance.
Implementation Method 1
a lens covered on the sensor... the sensor is configured to collect control information via the lens
Implementation Method 2
the sensor is configured to collect control information via the lens... when density of induction information is weak, the pluggable control device can't receive enough induction information
Data Source
AI summary
A focus pluggable interface control device includes a sensor, a lens covered on the periphery of the sensor and a mounting plug electrically connected to external lamps. Optical signals passing through the lens to be focused is transmitted to the sensor. The lens is configured to collect control information of light types transmitted to the sensor in order to increase sensitivity of the sensor to receive the control information and response speed of the control information, and also expand sensing range of the sensor so as to improve user's experience. The sensor is electrically connected to the external lamp via the mounting plug so that the focus pluggable interface control device can be conveniently replaced, disassembled or installed without needing additional wires, thereby the cost of replacing the control device can be reduced.