Lighting Device with Detachable Connectors for Simplified Installation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing lighting devices with integrated sensors and communication modules require complex and inconvenient separate installation processes for the sensor, light irradiation portion, and communication module, involving both hardware and software installation, making it difficult for users to install and operate them effectively.
Innovation Solution
A lighting device configuration where the sensing portion, light control portion, and main control module are detachably connected using connectors, allowing users to easily select and assemble components such as sensors and light sources, with wireless communication for control signals, simplifying the installation process and enabling flexible operation modes like on/off, brightness adjustment, and illumination time setting.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the sensor, light irradiation portion, and communication module are installed as separate articles with independent installation processes, then each component can be independently selected and installed, but the installation process becomes complicated and inconvenient requiring both hardware and software installation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the sensor, communication module, and light irradiation portion into a single integrated lighting device. The sensor unit is mounted on the housing that also contains the communication module, and both are integrated with the light irradiation portion, eliminating the need for separate installation processes while maintaining component functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The housing serves multiple functions: it protects internal components, provides mounting structure for the sensor, and integrates the communication module. This multi-functional design reduces the number of separate installation steps while maintaining adaptability.
2Ease of manufacture
If separate installation processes are required for hardware and software when installing the sensor, light irradiation portion, and communication module, then each component can be optimized independently, but the overall installation becomes more difficult for users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the sensor unit, communication module, and light irradiation portion into a single integrated device with a unified installation process. The sensor is mounted on the housing that already contains the communication module, allowing both hardware and software to be installed simultaneously through a single process rather than separately.
3Ease of operation
If the lighting device is controlled by external remote control devices with communication modules, then positive control according to user demand is achieved, but the device requires additional communication module installation and configuration
Solution Approach 1:
The communication module is integrated into the housing of the lighting device rather than being a separate component. This allows the lighting device to communicate with remote control devices and achieve flexible user control while eliminating the need for separate communication module installation and configuration.
Data Source
AI summary
A lighting device may include a light irradiation portion, a main control module, and a second connector. The light irradiation portion may generate and irradiates light. The light control portion may control power applied to the light irradiation portion. The main control module may include an antenna to communicate with an external device by a wireless communication and control the light control portion according to a control signal from the external device. The second connector may be provided in the main control module and may connect the main control module and the light control portion by a wired communication. The second connector may include a first printed circuit board having a mode pin (for determining a control mode of the light control portion) and a power pin (for supplying power from the light control portion to the main control module), and a second printed circuit board having a control pin (for supplying a control signal from the main control module to the light control portion).