Luminaire, lighting system, and setting method in lighting system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10123399-B2
Application number	US-201715495575-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2017
Priority date	Apr 27, 2016
Publication date	Nov 6, 2018
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018

Abstract

A luminaire includes a body case and a lighting device mounted on the body case. The lighting device includes: a power generator which generates electric power upon being pressed when the lighting device having a light source is mounted onto the body case; a wireless module which performs wireless communication; and a controller connected to the power generator. When the lighting device is mounted onto the body case, the controller transmits identification information by which the lighting device is identified, via the wireless module using the electric power generated by the power generator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting system, comprising:
a luminaire; and
a terminal which includes a display, wherein:
the luminaire comprises:
a body case; and
a lighting device mounted on the body case and including:
a power generator which generates electric power upon being pressed by the body case when the lighting device including a light-emitting element is mounted onto the body case;
a wireless communicator which performs is wireless communication; and
a controller which transmits identification information by which the lighting device is identified, via the wireless communicator using the electric power generated by the power generator when the lighting device is mounted onto the body case, and

when the lighting device is mounted onto the body case, the terminal receives, from the luminaire, the identification information of the lighting device mounted onto the body case, updates information indicating an installation state of the luminaire, and displays the updated information indicating the installation state on the display.

2. The lighting system according to claim 1 ,
wherein an installation area for installing the luminaire accommodates a plurality of the luminaires.

3. A setting method in the lighting system according to claim 2 , comprising:
obtaining, by the terminal, information indicating installation states of the plurality of luminaires in the installation area;
selecting one luminaire from among the plurality of luminaires displayed on the display after the obtaining, and placing the identification information in a reception waiting state;
mounting, onto the body case, the lighting device in the one luminaire selected in the selecting;
receiving, by the terminal, the identification information transmitted by the controller via the wireless communicator, immediately after the mounting; and
pairing the terminal with the one luminaire.

4. A luminaire, comprising:
a body case; and
a lighting device mounted on the body case and including:
a piezo-electric element which generates electric power upon being pressed when the lighting device including a light-emitting element is mounted onto the body case;
a wireless communicator which performs wireless communication; and
a controller which transmits identification information by which the lighting device is identified, via the wireless communicator using the electric power generated by the piezo-electric element when the lighting device is mounted onto the body case.

5. The luminaire according to claim 4 , wherein:
the body case has a protrusion, and
the piezo-electric element is pressed by the protrusion when the lighting device is mounted onto the body case, so that the controller is supplied with the electric power for transmitting the identification information.

6. The luminaire according to claim 5 ,
wherein the piezo-electric element, the controller, and the wireless communicator are fixed to the lighting device.

7. The luminaire according to claim 4 ,
wherein the lighting device includes a current-carrying connector disposed at a lighting device side which supplies electric power for causing the light-emitting element to emit light, and
the body case includes a current-carrying connector disposed at a case side which is electrically connected to the current-carrying connector disposed at the lighting device side when the lighting device is mounted onto the body case.

8. A lighting system, comprising:
the luminaire according to claim 4 ; and
a terminal which includes a display,
wherein, when the lighting device is mounted onto the body case, the terminal receives, from the luminaire, the identification information of the lighting device mounted onto the body case, updates information indicating an installation state of the luminaire, and displays the updated information indicating the installation state on the display.

9. The lighting system according to claim 8 ,
wherein an installation area for installing the luminaire accommodates a plurality of the luminaires.

10. A setting method in the lighting system according to claim 9 , comprising:
obtaining, by the terminal, information indicating installation states of the plurality of luminaires in the installation area;
selecting one luminaire from among the plurality of luminaires displayed on the display after the obtaining, and placing the identification information in a reception waiting state;
mounting, onto the body case, the lighting device in the one luminaire selected in the selecting;
receiving, by the terminal, the identification information transmitted by the controller via the wireless communicator, immediately after the mounting; and
pairing the terminal with the one luminaire.

11. A luminaire, comprising:
a body case; and
a lighting device mounted on the body case and including:
a piezo-electric element which generates electric power upon being pressed when the lighting device including a light-emitting element is mounted onto the body case;
a wireless communicator which performs wireless communication; and
a controller which transmits identification information by which the lighting device is identified, via the wireless communicator using the electric power generated by the piezo-electric element when the lighting device is mounted onto the body case, wherein:
the lighting device includes a current-carrying connector disposed at a lighting device side which supplies electric power for causing the light-emitting element to emit light, and
the body case includes a current-carrying connector disposed at a case side which is electrically connected to the current-carrying connector disposed at the lighting device side when the lighting device is mounted onto the body case.

12. The luminaire according to claim 11 , wherein:
the body case has a protrusion, and
the piezo-electric element is pressed by the protrusion when the lighting device is mounted onto the body case, so that the controller is supplied with the electric power for transmitting the identification information.

13. The luminaire according to claim 12 ,
wherein the piezo-electric element, the controller, and the wireless communicator are fixed to the lighting device.

14. A lighting system, comprising:
the luminaire according to claim 11 ; and
a terminal which includes a display,
wherein, when the lighting device is mounted onto the body case, the terminal receives, from the luminaire, the identification information of the lighting device mounted onto the body case, updates information indicating an installation state of the luminaire, and displays the updated information indicating the installation state on the display.

15. The lighting system according to claim 14 ,
wherein an installation area for installing the luminaire accommodates a plurality of the luminaires.

16. A setting method in the lighting system according to claim 15 , comprising:
obtaining, by the terminal, information indicating installation states of the plurality of luminaires in the installation area;
selecting one luminaire from among the plurality of luminaires displayed on the display after the obtaining, and placing the identification information in a reception waiting state;
mounting, onto the body case, the lighting device in the one luminaire selected in the selecting;
receiving, by the terminal, the identification information transmitted by the controller via the wireless communicator, immediately after the mounting; and
pairing the terminal with the one luminaire.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ando Tamotsu

Classifications

• F21V23/0435

  activated by remote control means · CPC title

• F21V23/04

  the elements being switches (safety devices F21V25/00) · CPC title

• F21Y2115/10

  Light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• F21S8/04 Primary

  intended only for mounting on a ceiling or the like overhead structures (F21S8/02 takes precedence; {details of ceiling bases F21V21/03}) · CPC title

• H05B45/20

  Controlling the colour of the light · CPC title