LED Light Integration With Standard Fixtures for Occupancy Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Smart buildings that automatically control environmental conditions are typically expensive to manufacture and install, and existing solutions are not compatible with standard building fixtures, requiring professional installation.
Innovation Solution
The integration of LED-based lights with sensors and controllers that can be easily connected to standard fixtures, allowing for the transformation of conventional lighting systems into smart building systems, which include sensors to detect occupancy and control environmental conditions such as lighting and HVAC systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If smart building components are integrated into standard building fixtures, then compatibility with standard fixtures is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions (lighting, sensing, transmission, and control) into a single integrated LED-based light unit. This merging allows the device to be compatible with standard fixtures while incorporating smart building capabilities, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity by consolidating components rather than adding separate systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The LED-based light unit serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides illumination, detects occupancy through integrated sensors, transmits data wirelessly, and controls connected devices. This multi-functionality enables compatibility with standard fixtures while delivering comprehensive smart building features, addressing both adaptability and complexity requirements.
2Reliability
If professional installation is required for smart building components, then reliability of installation is improved, but ease of operation worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The LED-based light unit is designed for easy plug-and-play installation in standard fixtures without requiring professional electrician intervention. The self-service design allows end-users to install the smart building component themselves, improving ease of operation while maintaining reliability through standardized connections and robust integration.
3Extent of automation
If LED-based lights with integrated sensors and controllers are used, then automation of environmental control is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges lighting, sensing, control, and wireless communication functions into a single integrated LED unit. This consolidation achieves high automation of environmental control while managing device complexity by combining components rather than multiplying separate systems throughout the building.
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
This solution enables the creation of low-cost smart buildings that can automatically adjust environmental conditions based on occupancy, reducing energy consumption and eliminating the need for professional installation, while being compatible with standard fixtures.
Implementation Method 1
At least one LED is operable to produce light that passes through the light transmitting portion of the tube
Data Source
AI summary
An LED-based light can be installed in a conventional light fixture. The LED-based light can include a sensor operable to output a first signal indicative of whether an area of one or more of the rooms is in an occupied state or a non-occupied state, and the LED-based light can also include an LED controller operable to control at least one LED in the light in response to the first signal. Additionally, the LED-based light can include a transmitter operable to output a second signal indicative of whether the area is in the occupied state or the non-occupied state to a building environment regulator.