Lighting System Address Setting via Optical ID Capture
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Solution Overview
Problem
In lighting systems, setting communication addresses for multiple lighting devices installed on a building is labor-intensive due to the unknown relationship between installation positions and communication addresses, making it difficult to control the devices effectively.
Innovation Solution
A method and system using an operation terminal to display icons representing the positional relationship of lighting devices, receiving optical identifiers from the devices to associate icons with their corresponding communication addresses, and transmitting this information to a management device for easy address setting and control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional communication address setting methods are used for lighting devices, then the lighting system can be controlled, but a huge amount of effort and time is required to set communication addresses for each device
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical address setting with optical identification. Lighting devices transmit their communication addresses through light signals (optical identifiers), and the operation terminal captures these signals using a light receiver, automatically associating addresses with device positions without manual intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting devices automatically transmit their own communication addresses through light signals, enabling self-identification. The operation terminal automatically captures and processes these signals, performing automatic address assignment without requiring manual configuration for each device.
2Ease of operation
If manual communication address setting is performed, then each lighting device can be individually controlled, but the process becomes labor-intensive and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex manual address setting procedures with simple optical signal capture. The operation terminal uses a light receiver to automatically detect communication addresses transmitted as optical identifiers by lighting devices, reducing the process to simply pointing the terminal at each device.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces optical identifiers (light signals) as an intermediary between the lighting devices and the operation terminal. These optical signals carry communication address information, serving as a mediator that enables automatic address assignment without direct manual intervention.
3Loss of information
If communication addresses are set after installation, then the lighting system can be configured, but the relationship between installation positions and addresses remains unknown requiring additional effort
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses optical signal transmission to automatically capture and record the relationship between lighting device positions and their communication addresses. The operation terminal captures optical identifiers in the sequence devices are pointed at, automatically establishing the positional mapping without manual documentation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs address assignment and positional mapping immediately during the address setting process itself. By capturing optical identifiers in sequence and automatically associating them with device positions, the system establishes complete positional information upfront, eliminating the need for subsequent mapping efforts.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This approach significantly reduces the effort required to set communication addresses, allowing for efficient control of lighting devices by enabling easy association of icons with their respective addresses, thereby simplifying the process and improving operational efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
the plurality of lighting devices respectively include light sources which transmit optical identifiers (IDs) including respective communication addresses
Implementation Method 2
a light receiver which receives the optical IDs
Data Source
AI summary
A communication address setting method for setting, in an operation terminal, communication addresses of a plurality of lighting devices. The communication address setting method includes: displaying a plurality of icons in a set order, on a screen of the operation terminal, the plurality of icons corresponding to a positional relationship of the plurality of lighting devices; and obtaining a communication address from each of the plurality of lighting devices, associating the plurality of icons in the set order with the communication addresses in an order of the obtaining, and displaying a state of the associating on the screen.