Wireless Charging Detector for Adaptive Lighting Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current smart lighting systems lack an efficient and user-friendly method to control lighting devices based on the presence and type of portable devices being charged, often requiring dedicated user interfaces and separate smart wireless charging systems.
Innovation Solution
A control system that detects the presence of portable devices at wireless power transmitters, generates lighting control commands based on device properties, and communicates these commands to lighting devices, allowing seamless integration of lighting control with wireless charging functionality within portable devices or wireless charging systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a dedicated user interface and separate smart wireless charging system are used to control lighting devices, then lighting control functionality is achieved, but device complexity and system integration requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the lighting control functionality with the wireless charging system by integrating a detector in the charging device that automatically detects portable devices and generates lighting control commands. This merging eliminates the need for separate dedicated user interfaces while maintaining full lighting control capability, thereby reducing system complexity without sacrificing operational ease.
Solution Approach 2:
The wireless charging system is designed to perform multiple functions: it provides wireless charging to portable devices while simultaneously controlling lighting devices based on detected device properties. This multi-functionality allows a single system to replace what would traditionally require separate dedicated control interfaces, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining ease of operation.
2Extent of automation
If presence sensors or indoor positioning systems are used for autonomous lighting control, then lighting control automation is achieved, but additional sensors and detection systems are required
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless charging system's detector is designed to perform dual functions: detecting portable devices for charging purposes and simultaneously detecting their presence and properties for lighting control. This multi-functionality enables autonomous lighting control automation without requiring additional dedicated presence sensors or positioning systems, thereby maintaining automation while reducing sensor requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the portable device itself as the detection target - the device's presence and properties (detected through the charging process) automatically trigger lighting control. The portable device essentially serves its own detection purpose, eliminating the need for separate detection systems while achieving automation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple wireless power transmitters are deployed for device detection, then lighting control versatility is improved, but system complexity and detection precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the detection task across multiple wireless power transmitters, each responsible for detecting devices in its local area. This segmentation allows the system to maintain versatility across different locations while keeping individual detection requirements manageable, as each transmitter only needs to detect devices in its immediate vicinity rather than requiring high precision across the entire space.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple wireless power transmitters are designed with identical detection and control capabilities, allowing any transmitter to handle any detection task. This universality provides versatility - the system can adapt to devices at any transmitter location - while maintaining consistent, manageable detection precision requirements across all transmitters rather than requiring increasingly higher precision as more transmitters are added.
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AI summary
A control system 100 for controlling a lighting device 110 arranged for providing functional and/or atmosphere lighting is disclosed. The control system 100 comprises a detector 102 for detecting a presence of a portable device 120 at a wireless power transmitter 130 arranged for charging the portable device 120, a processor 104 for generating a lighting control command 108 when the presence of the portable device 120 has been detected, and a communication unit 106 for communicating the lighting control command 108 to the lighting device 110.