Modular Wireless Lighting System Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current LED lighting systems lack optimal coordination and power management, leading to inefficiencies in energy usage and scalability, particularly in applications requiring flexible and wireless control solutions.
Innovation Solution
A modular coordinated lighting system comprising wireless lighting devices with integrated sensors, processors, and transceivers that allow for bi-directional communication and control, enabling coordinated operation and power management across disparate devices, including both wireless and wired components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by moving object
If LED lighting systems are implemented for energy efficiency and long life, then energy consumption is reduced and operational duration is extended, but coordination and control capabilities are insufficient leading to system inefficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal control system where a central controller can manage multiple disparate lighting devices through a common wireless protocol. The controller serves multiple functions including power management, dimming control, scheduling, and coordination across different device types, making the system adaptable and versatile while maintaining energy efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a wireless transceiver as an intermediary component that enables communication between the central controller and lighting devices. This mediator facilitates coordinated control by transmitting control signals and receiving status information, resolving the contradiction between energy efficiency and coordination capabilities.
2Adaptability or versatility
If wireless control devices are added to improve coordination capabilities, then control flexibility is enhanced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the control system into independent modular components: a central controller unit and individual lighting devices, each with integrated wireless transceivers. This segmentation allows flexible addition or removal of devices without redesigning the entire system, enhancing control flexibility while managing complexity through standardized interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The controller is designed as a multi-functional device that can perform power management, dimming, scheduling, and coordination tasks. By consolidating these functions in a single universal controller rather than requiring separate control circuits for each function, the system achieves high adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity.
3Productivity
If modular coordinated control is implemented to improve system management, then energy management efficiency is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service capabilities where each lighting device includes an integrated sensor and processor that can autonomously detect environmental conditions and adjust operation accordingly. Devices can independently manage their own power consumption while still participating in coordinated control, improving energy management efficiency without requiring complex centralized control for every function.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback mechanisms where sensors detect environmental conditions and device status, and this information is transmitted back to the controller. The controller uses this feedback to optimize energy management decisions, achieving high productivity through adaptive control without requiring overly complex device architecture.
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AI summary
A modular coordinated lighting system comprising one or more wireless lighting devices that can communicate over a network and coordinate their operation to provide illumination to an area is provided. Wireless control present in one wireless lighting device can be used to propagate the wireless control of that wireless lighting device to an entire of group of lights in a lighting system. In this manner, a user can easily install wireless lighting devices that work in coordination to illuminate an area as if they are one lighting device. A networked wireless lighting device may also be configured through the user input method to operate different groups of wireless lighting modules such that lighting groups may be created. Multiple lighting groups allow a user to configure lighting provided by the modular coordinated lighting system based on their preference.