Lighting Fixture Control via Authorized Portable Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional lighting systems lack the ability to adapt quickly to changing user needs in facilities, requiring manual intervention by technicians to adjust lighting settings, and existing control systems do not efficiently integrate with portable electronic devices for real-time control.
Innovation Solution
A lighting device control system that includes a communication interface, a processor, and memory to receive signals from portable electronic devices, allowing authorized devices to control optical characteristics such as brightness, color, and beam direction, with optional gateway controllers for networked lighting systems, and remote server authentication for authorization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If lighting systems are set in fully on or fully off arrangement, then system simplicity is maintained, but adaptability to changing user needs deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting system is segmented into multiple independently controllable luminaires, each capable of receiving and executing control commands individually. This allows the system to adapt to different user needs by controlling specific zones or fixtures without affecting the entire system, thereby improving adaptability while maintaining manageable complexity through modular architecture.
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting system transitions from static fully on/off states to dynamic, individually controllable states. Each luminaire can be adjusted independently in terms of intensity, color, and operational status, enabling the system to dynamically adapt to changing user requirements while maintaining system simplicity through standardized control interfaces.
2Productivity
If technicians manually change lighting system scenarios, then lighting adaptability is achieved, but operational efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service operation where authorized users can directly control lighting luminaires using their portable electronic devices. Users can adjust lighting settings, change scenarios, and control individual fixtures without requiring technician intervention, thereby improving operational efficiency while maintaining ease of operation through intuitive user interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
A communication interface acts as an intermediary between portable electronic devices and lighting luminaires, enabling direct user control. This intermediary layer processes control commands from user devices and translates them into appropriate lighting adjustments, eliminating the need for manual technician intervention while maintaining system accessibility and ease of operation.
3Ease of operation
If existing control systems integrate with portable electronic devices, then user-friendly control is improved, but system complexity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The control system is designed with universal compatibility to work with various portable electronic devices through standardized communication protocols. The system can receive control commands from different device types (smartphones, tablets, wearables) and execute them uniformly across all lighting luminaires, improving user-friendly control while maintaining manageable complexity through standardized interfaces and protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
A communication interface serves as an intermediary layer between diverse portable electronic devices and the lighting control system. This intermediary handles device authentication, command translation, and protocol conversion, enabling user-friendly control across multiple device types without increasing the core lighting system's complexity. The intermediary absorbs the complexity of device integration while presenting a simple interface to users.
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AI summary
A lighting device control system includes a lighting device that includes a communication interface, an optical radiation source, and a fixture controller. The system also may include a gateway controller that is in communication with the lighting device and one or more other lighting devices. The fixture controller or gateway controller will identify that a portable electronic device is in a proximate communication range. The fixture or gateway controller will also receive a light operation request from the portable electronic device. The light operation request will include one or more settings for one or more optical characteristics of light that the optical radiation source may emit. The controller determines whether the portable electronic device is authorized to implement the request. In response to determining that the device is authorized, the controller will cause the optical radiation source to emit light that exhibits the optical characteristic(s).