Wireless Lighting Controller With Touch-Feedback Panel
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional lighting solutions lack wireless control capabilities for solid state lighting fixtures, limiting user interaction and control over lighting attributes such as brightness and color temperature.
Innovation Solution
A lighting controller with power circuitry, transmitter circuitry, and a touch-sensitive panel that relays power to solid state lighting fixtures and wirelessly controls their attributes based on user input, while also emitting light to indicate the controlled attributes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional wall switches are used to control lighting fixtures, then power control is achieved through direct wiring, but wireless control capabilities and user interaction are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting controller integrates multiple functions into a single device: it serves as both a power relay switch and a wireless communication interface. The controller can switch between relaying power directly to the lighting fixture and establishing a wireless connection to transmit control signals, making it adaptable to different control modes without requiring separate devices for each function.
2Ease of operation
If wireless control is added to lighting fixtures, then remote control capability is improved, but the complexity of the control system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting controller acts as an intermediary device between the user interface (touch-sensitive panel) and the solid state lighting fixture. It receives user inputs through the touch-sensitive panel, processes the control signals, and transmits them wirelessly to the lighting fixture. This intermediary approach allows wireless control functionality to be added without directly complicating the lighting fixture itself, as the controller handles the wireless communication and control logic.
3Ease of operation
If a touch-sensitive panel is used for control, then user interaction is enhanced, but the device requires additional components for power relay and wireless communication
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines three distinct functional components into a single integrated lighting controller device: the touch-sensitive panel for user input, the power circuitry for power relay, and the transmitter circuitry for wireless communication. By merging these components into one device, the patent reduces the overall system complexity compared to having separate devices for each function, while still providing enhanced user interaction through the touch-sensitive interface.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables seamless wireless control of solid state lighting fixtures, allowing users to adjust brightness and color temperature intuitively through a touch-sensitive interface, enhancing user interaction and control over lighting systems.
Implementation Method 1
The touch-sensitive panel configured to emit light and receive touch input from a user
Data Source
AI summary
A lighting controller comprises power circuitry, transmitter circuitry, a touch-sensitive panel, and processing circuitry. The power circuitry is configured to relay power from the lighting controller to a solid state lighting fixture wired to the lighting controller. The transmitter circuitry is configured to wirelessly exchange signals with the solid state lighting fixture. The touch-sensitive panel is configured to emit light and receive touch input from a user. The processing circuitry is electrically coupled to the power circuitry, the transmitter circuitry, and the touch-sensitive panel. The processing circuitry is configured to wirelessly control, via the transmitter circuitry, the attribute of light emitted by the solid state lighting fixture in accordance with the touch input received via the touch-sensitive panel and control the light emitted from the touch-sensitive panel to indicate the attribute as the attribute is wirelessly controlled.