Self-Adaptive Lighting Control via Server-Side Scheduling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lighting control systems require manual intervention to adjust lighting settings, and they are not compatible with conventional bulbs, limiting their adaptability and user convenience.
Innovation Solution
A self-adaptive scheduled lighting control system that includes a microcontroller, wireless transceivers, dimmers, environmental sensors, and input devices, which can obtain environmental data and user input, transmit it to an external server, and execute a lighting schedule to control smart and conventional bulbs automatically.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual lighting control is used, then device complexity is reduced, but ease of operation deteriorates due to requiring user intervention
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting control device automatically adjusts lighting parameters based on environmental sensor data and pre-programmed schedules without requiring user intervention. The system serves itself by autonomously deciding when and how to adjust lighting based on occupancy detection, ambient light levels, and time-of-day schedules.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-programs lighting schedules and rules in advance, so that when specific conditions are met (such as occupancy detection or time-based triggers), the appropriate lighting adjustments are automatically executed without requiring real-time user decisions.
2Adaptability or versatility
If smart bulbs with wireless technology are used, then adaptability improves, but ease of manufacture deteriorates due to integration complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting control device is designed to work with multiple types of bulbs including both smart wireless bulbs and conventional bulbs. It provides a universal control interface that adapts to different bulb types, managing smart bulbs through wireless communication and conventional bulbs through traditional dimming circuits.
Solution Approach 2:
The control device acts as an intermediary between the user and different bulb types. It translates user preferences and environmental conditions into appropriate control signals for each bulb type, whether wireless smart bulbs or conventional incandescent/fluorescent bulbs, without requiring direct integration with each bulb type.
3Ease of manufacture
If conventional dimmers are used, then ease of manufacture improves, but adaptability deteriorates due to incompatibility with solid-state lighting
Solution Approach 1:
The dimmer circuit is designed with dynamic characteristics suitable for solid-state lighting technologies. Rather than using traditional resistive dimming, the system employs electronic dimming methods that can adapt to the electrical characteristics of LED and CFL bulbs, allowing smooth intensity control without the compatibility issues of conventional dimmers.
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AI summary
A lighting control device is provided which includes a microcontroller, at least one wireless transceiver, at least one dimmer, one or more lighting terminals powered by the at least one dimmer, at least one environmental sensor, and at least one input device. In operation, the microcontroller obtains environmental data from the at least one environmental sensor, obtains input data from the at least one input device, transmits the environmental data and the input data to an external server, obtains a lighting operating schedule based on the environmental data and the input data from the external server, and executes the lighting operating schedule from the external server by controlling one or more smart bulbs via the at least one wireless transceiver and controlling the electrical current output to lighting terminals.