Setting Device for Lighting Fixture Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
In lighting systems, users often accidentally set up communication configurations in non-target lighting fixtures, leading to inefficiencies and potential errors during the setup process.
Innovation Solution
A setting device equipped with a communication circuit, display, detector, and controller that displays layout information and determines the position of the device relative to the target lighting fixture, ensuring the communication configuration is only set up within a predefined area around the target fixture.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a user manually sets up communication configuration in lighting fixtures using a mobile device, then the communication configuration can be established, but the user may accidentally set up the configuration in the wrong lighting fixture
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a setting device as an intermediary between the user and the lighting fixtures. This device includes a detector that automatically identifies the target lighting fixture based on spatial position, serving as a mediator that eliminates the need for users to manually select fixtures. The setting device receives setup information from a terminal device and automatically transmits it to the correct lighting fixture, thereby preventing accidental misconfiguration while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The setting device performs automatic identification and configuration transmission without requiring user intervention to select the target fixture. The detector automatically determines which lighting fixture is in the preset range and receives the setup information, and the system self-completes the configuration process by transmitting data to the identified fixture. This self-service mechanism eliminates manual selection errors while keeping the operation simple for the user.
2Ease of operation
If the system allows communication configuration setup in any lighting fixture within range, then the setup process is simple, but the precision of targeting the correct fixture decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a preset range mechanism that creates a localized configuration zone around each lighting fixture. The detector is configured to receive setup information only from terminals within this predefined spatial range, thereby establishing different reception qualities at different locations. This local quality control ensures that only the intended target fixture receives the configuration data, maintaining both operational simplicity and identification precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The setting device acts as an intermediary that enforces precise target identification before allowing configuration transmission. It detects the spatial relationship between the terminal device and lighting fixtures, determines whether the terminal is within the preset range of a specific fixture, and only then permits the configuration setup. This intermediary function maintains measurement precision while preserving ease of operation for authorized configurations.
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AI summary
A setting device includes: a communication circuit which communicates with a target lighting fixture in which a communication configuration is to be set up among lighting fixtures; a display which displays layout information of the lighting fixtures; a detector which detects a direction of movement of the setting device inside of a building, and an amount of the movement of the setting device; and a controller which causes the display to display, on the layout information, a position of the setting device derived based on the direction and the amount of the movement of the setting device. The controller determines whether the position of the setting device is within a predefined area, based on a location of the target lighting fixture, and sets up the communication configuration in the target lighting fixture via the communication circuit when the position of the setting device is within the predefined area.