Operation Terminal Luminaire Control via Optical ID

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional illumination systems require pre-stored layout information on operation terminals to identify and set control parameters for luminaires, leading to difficulties in setting control parameters without this information and potential for incorrect settings due to non-intuitive selection processes.

Innovation Solution

A method that uses a camera on an operation terminal to capture and display images of luminaires, obtain identification information through optical IDs, and allow users to select and set control parameters directly from the displayed images, eliminating the need for pre-stored layout information and improving the intuitive selection process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If layout information about luminaires is pre-stored in the operation terminal, then luminaire identification and control parameter setting can be performed, but the system cannot operate without this pre-stored information and the selection process is not intuitive

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveluminaire selection processVSAvoidrequirement for pre-stored layout information

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by having luminaires transmit their optical IDs in advance. The operation terminal captures these IDs using the camera before the user makes a selection, so that when the user points the camera at a luminaire, the identification information is already obtained and ready for display, eliminating the need for pre-stored layout information.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical/system-dependent method of displaying layout information and requiring manual matching with a camera-based optical identification system. The camera captures optical IDs transmitted by luminaires, and the touch panel displays this information directly overlaid on the captured image, providing an intuitive visual selection process without requiring pre-stored layout data.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Measurement precision

If the operation terminal displays layout information for luminaire selection, then control parameters can be set, but the selection process becomes non-intuitive and error-prone

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveluminaire identification accuracyVSAvoidselection process intuitiveness

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the luminaire image captured by the camera with its identification information display on the touch panel. The identification information is overlaid directly on the visual representation of the luminaire in the captured image, allowing users to identify and select luminaires intuitively by viewing both the image and its ID simultaneously, thereby improving both accuracy and ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the system requires pre-stored layout information, then luminaire identification is possible, but setting control parameters becomes difficult without this information

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveoperation without pre-stored informationVSAvoidcontrol parameter setting process

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The luminaires themselves provide the identification information by transmitting optical IDs that can be captured by the camera. This self-service mechanism eliminates the need for external pre-stored layout information, allowing the system to operate autonomously without requiring prior setup of layout data in the operation terminal.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS10191640B2Control parameter setting method for use in illumination system, and operation terminal

Publication Date: 2019.01.29 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD

AI summary

Provided is a control parameter setting method for use in an illumination system including: luminaires; an illumination controller that controls lighting of the luminaires; and an operation terminal that communicates with the illumination controller. The control parameter setting method includes: capturing, by a camera of the operation terminal, at least one luminaire in an image, and displaying, by a touch panel of the operation terminal, the image including the at least one luminaire; obtaining identification information of the at least one luminaire based on the image; determining whether a control parameter of the at least one luminaire captured by the camera is settable by the operation terminal; displaying, by the touch panel, information relating to the identification information, in association with the at least one luminaire; displaying, by the touch panel, a control parameter of a luminaire; and setting, by the touch panel, the control parameter of the luminaire.