Wireless Lighting Unit Parameter Synchronization

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing lighting systems require significant assembly and parameterization effort due to the need for individual adjustment and setting of multiple lighting units in a common or adjacent space, leading to increased costs and time consumption.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a wireless parameter communication system where detection and lighting mode parameters are set on a first lighting unit and automatically transmitted to other units, allowing for reduced effort in setting and parameterization, with optional manual adjustment via a remote control or interface means.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If individual setting and parameterization is performed for each lighting unit, then the lighting system can be properly configured for specific installation conditions, but the assembly and setup time increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveproper configurationVSAvoidassembly and setup time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary parameterization by automatically copying detection parameters and lighting mode parameters from a first lighting unit to other lighting units. This preliminary action eliminates the need for individual manual configuration of each unit, significantly reducing assembly and setup time while ensuring proper configuration through automatic parameter transfer.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The invention implements a copying mechanism where parameter data from a first lighting unit is automatically transmitted to and copied in other lighting units via parameter communication means. This copying approach ensures consistent configuration across multiple units without requiring repetitive manual setting, thereby reducing time loss while maintaining configuration reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Area of stationary object

If multiple lighting units are installed in a common space with comparable environmental conditions, then the system coverage is improved, but the parameterization effort is duplicated across units

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecoverage areaVSAvoidparameterization effort
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges the parameterization process by enabling automatic transmission of detection parameters and lighting mode parameters from one lighting unit to others. This combining approach eliminates duplicated parameterization efforts across multiple units installed in common spaces, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining expanded coverage area.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The lighting units are designed with universal parameter communication capabilities, allowing a single unit's configuration to be automatically applied to multiple units. This multi-functionality enables the system to handle expanded coverage areas without proportionally increasing parameterization effort, as the same parameter set can be universally applied across multiple units.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Manufacturing precision

If detection parameters and lighting mode parameters are manually adjusted for each unit, then the system can be precisely tailored to installation conditions, but the costs increase due to significant assembly work

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveparameter precisionVSAvoidassembly cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary automatic parameter transfer before final installation completion. By pre-configuring detection parameters and lighting mode parameters through automatic communication between units, the need for costly manual adjustment of each unit is eliminated, thereby maintaining parameter precision while significantly reducing assembly costs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The invention uses automatic copying of parameter data from a first lighting unit to other units via parameter communication means. This copying mechanism ensures precise parameter configuration is achieved consistently across all units without requiring repetitive manual adjustment, thereby maintaining manufacturing precision while reducing ease of manufacture costs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentEP3188576B1Lighting system, use of a lighting system and light device for use in a lighting system
Publication Date: 2018.08.08 STEINEL
  • EP3188576B1 patent drawingFigure 1

AI summary

The invention relates to a lighting system with a plurality of lighting units (10a, 10b) equipped for transmitting data, each of which is designed to be stationary at a mounting location, each having detection means (16) for motion, presence, ambient brightness and/or area brightness detection and having setting and/or parameterization means (22) for specifying and changing detection parameters of the detection means as well as lighting mode parameters of the light sources assigned to the lighting units, wherein the lighting units, which can be wirelessly connected to each other on a radio and/or high-frequency basis, each have parameter communication means (28) assigned to them,that, in response to a preferably manual activation of a parameter communication means of a first of the luminaire units (10a), parameter data of the detection and/or lighting mode parameters specified of the first luminaire unit are transmitted to at least one further of the luminaire units (10b), are received by the parameter communication means (28) of the further luminaire unit (10b), and the setting or parameterization means (22) of the further luminaire unit are controlled in such a way that they specify and set detection or lighting mode parameters corresponding to the detection and/or lighting mode parameters of the first luminaire unit.