Lighting System Energy Consumption Calculation Module
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulty in creating lighting scenes or programs with modern lighting systems due to the increasing number of presets, making it challenging to manage energy consumption effectively.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising databases for luminaries and presets, along with a calculation module that estimates energy consumption and overall costs, allowing users to set energy targets and automatically select suitable lighting scenes or programs to meet those targets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the number of lighting presets and scenes is increased to provide more customization options, then the versatility and creativity of the lighting system is improved, but the complexity of the user interface and difficulty in managing presets increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically calculates energy consumption for lighting scenes without requiring manual intervention. The calculation module retrieves luminary data and preset information, then computes energy usage automatically, freeing users from manual energy management tasks while providing comprehensive energy information.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides automatic feedback to users about energy consumption associated with different lighting scenes. By displaying calculated energy consumption data, the system enables users to make informed decisions about lighting selections without needing to manually compute or track energy usage, simplifying the user interface while maintaining versatility.
2Loss of energy
If energy consumption calculation is added to the lighting system, then energy management capability is improved, but the device complexity and processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The calculation module serves multiple functions: it retrieves luminary data from the first database, retrieves preset information from the second database, calculates energy consumption, and can also determine overall energy costs. This multi-functional approach consolidates energy management capabilities into a single module, improving energy management without proportionally increasing system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The calculation module acts as an intermediary between the lighting control system and energy management requirements. It processes data from existing databases and produces energy consumption information without requiring fundamental changes to the core lighting control architecture, thus managing energy aspects while maintaining system simplicity.
3Ease of operation
If automatic lighting scene selection based on energy targets is implemented, then ease of operation is improved, but the requirement for additional calculation and processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary calculations of energy consumption for different lighting scenes before the user makes a selection. By pre-calculating and storing energy consumption data, the system enables fast, automatic scene selection based on energy targets without requiring intensive real-time processing during the user interaction, thus improving ease of operation while managing processing requirements.
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AI summary
The invention relates to the creation of lighting programs or scenes with a lighting system taking energy consumption into account. An embodiment of the invention provides a lighting system (10) comprising—a first database (12) containing data of the luminairies (14) of the lighting system, —a second database (16) containing information for lighting presets of the luminairies of the lighting system for a lighting scene to be created, and—a calculation module (18) being adapted to calculate the energy consumption of the lighting system based on a lighting scene to be created depending on data retrieved from the first and the second database.