Lighting System Barcode Registration Module
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lighting control systems are inconvenient for senior citizens and children, and manual registration of lighting apparatuses with unique addresses is error-prone, especially during installation, relocation, or when apparatuses are moved, leading to incorrect control and additional registration processes.
Innovation Solution
A lighting system with a separable communication module and an identifying unit featuring a bar code or QR code on its surface, allowing easy reading of unique addresses, and a lighting registering apparatus that uses a map to match location and address information for registration, reducing manual input errors and facilitating re-registration when apparatuses are exchanged.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual input of unique address is used for registering lighting apparatus, then the lighting apparatus can be controlled wirelessly, but input errors occur leading to incorrect control
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical input method with an optical scanning system. A barcode or QR code containing the unique address is displayed on a display unit, and a scanning unit (camera or barcode scanner) automatically reads the code to extract the address information, eliminating manual typing errors
Solution Approach 2:
The unique address information is copied into a machine-readable format (barcode or QR code) that can be automatically read. The scanning unit captures an image of the code and extracts the address data, ensuring accurate transfer of information without manual intervention
2Ease of operation
If manual input of unique address is used for registering lighting apparatus, then the lighting apparatus can be registered, but the registration process becomes time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces time-consuming manual input with automated optical scanning. The scanning unit quickly captures the barcode or QR code and automatically extracts the unique address, reducing registration time from minutes to seconds
Solution Approach 2:
The unique address is pre-encoded into a barcode or QR code format before registration. This preliminary preparation allows the scanning unit to quickly read and process the address information without requiring manual extraction or input during the registration process
3Adaptability or versatility
If communication module is installed inside lighting apparatus, then wireless control is enabled, but the module cannot be reused when apparatus is replaced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent separates the communication module from the lighting apparatus by providing it as an external device that connects to the apparatus. The module includes a display unit and scanning unit that can be attached to or removed from different lighting apparatus, enabling the same module to serve multiple apparatus over time
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AI summary
Disclosed are a lighting apparatus, a lighting system and a method of registering a lighting apparatus to easily and conveniently register the lighting apparatus. The lighting system includes a lighting apparatus in which identification information to identify a unique address is recorded on an outer surface of a body of the lighting apparatus; and a lighting registering apparatus which reads out the identification information recorded on the outer surface of the body of the lighting apparatus to obtain the unique address information of the lighting apparatus, and matches the obtained unique address information with location information of the lighting apparatus to perform a register of the lighting apparatus.