Lighting devices and lighting systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10327313-B2
Application number	US-201715824030-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 28, 2017
Priority date	Feb 10, 2017
Publication date	Jun 18, 2019
Grant date	Jun 18, 2019

Abstract

A lighting device includes a light emitting module, a driver, a wireless communication module, and a signal converter. The light emitting module includes light emitting elements and an antenna pattern. The light emitting elements are mounted on a first surface of a circuit board. The antenna pattern is in the first surface or a second surface of the circuit board. The driver sets current applied to the light emitting elements based on control data including current setting information. The control data is wirelessly received through the antenna pattern from an external user terminal. The light emitting module includes a wireless communication module directly connected to the antenna pattern to receive the control data, and a signal converter to convert the control data to a control signal and provide the control signal to the driver.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting device, comprising:
a light emitting module including a plurality of light emitting elements and an antenna pattern, the plurality of light emitting elements mounted on a first surface of a circuit board, the antenna pattern in the first surface or a second surface of the circuit board, the second surface opposed to the first surface, wherein the circuit board has a rectangular shape having a longer side and a shorter side, a total length of the antenna pattern is equal to or greater than half of a length of the longer side, and the antenna pattern has a meandering shape that does not overlap the plurality of light emitting elements and the meandering shape is immediately adjacent at least some of the plurality of light emitting elements; and
a driver to set current applied to the plurality of light emitting elements based on control data including current setting information, the control data to be wirelessly received through the antenna pattern from an external user terminal, wherein the light emitting module includes:
a wireless communication module directly connected to the antenna pattern, the wireless communication module to receive the control data; and
a signal converter connected to the wireless communication module, the signal converter to convert the control data to a control signal and to provide the control signal to the driver.

2. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication module is to provide the control data to the signal converter through a universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (UART) interface.

3. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the signal converter is to provide the control signal to the driver according to a digital addressable lighting interface (DALI) interface.

4. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication module is to receive the control data from the user terminal through a Bluetooth™ protocol.

5. The lighting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication module is to receive the control data from the user terminal through an internet of things (IoT) network.

6. A lighting device, comprising:
a light emitting module including a plurality of light emitting elements and an antenna pattern, the plurality of light emitting elements mounted on a first surface of a circuit board, the antenna pattern in the first surface or a second surface of the circuit board, the second surface opposed to the first surface, wherein the circuit board has a ring shape with a circumference, a total length of the antenna pattern is equal to or greater than a length of the circumference, and the antenna pattern has a meandering shape that does not overlap the plurality of light emitting elements; and
a driver to set current applied to the plurality of light emitting elements based on control data including current setting information, the control data to be wirelessly received through the antenna pattern from an external user terminal, wherein the light emitting module includes:
a wireless communication module directly connected to the antenna pattern, the wireless communication module to receive the control data; and
a signal converter connected to the wireless communication module, the signal converter to convert the control data to a control signal and to provide the control signal to the driver.

7. A lighting system, comprising:
a lighting device including a light emitting module on which a plurality of light emitting elements are mounted, the lighting device to be controlled by control data to be wirelessly received; and
a user terminal to control a current applied to the plurality of light emitting elements based on the control data when the user terminal is connected to the lighting device through a wireless communication link, the lighting device including:
the light emitting module including the plurality of light emitting elements and an antenna pattern, the light emitting elements mounted on a first surface of a circuit board, the antenna pattern in the first surface or a second surface of the circuit board, the second surface opposed to the first surface, wherein the antenna pattern has a meandering shape that does not overlap the plurality of light emitting elements and the meandering shape meanders between the plurality of light emitting elements; and
a driver to set current applied to the plurality of light emitting elements based on the control data including current setting information, the control data to be wirelessly received through the antenna pattern from the user terminal,
wherein the light emitting module includes:
a first wireless communication module directly connected to the antenna pattern, the first wireless communication module to receive the control data; and
a signal converter connected to the first wireless communication module, the signal converter to convert the control data to a control signal and to provide the control signal to the driver.

8. The lighting system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the user terminal includes:
a second wireless communication module to transmit the control data to the first wireless communication module;
a memory to store the control data when the user terminal is connected to the lighting device through the wireless communication link; and
a controller to control the memory and the second wireless communication module, the controller to execute a dedicated application to select the current setting information and to transmit the control data including the current setting information to the lighting device via the second wireless communication module when the user terminal is connected to the lighting device through the wireless communication link.

9. The lighting system as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the user terminal includes:
a display to display a light emitting module attribute to select a manufacturer of the light emitting module, a connection relationship of the plurality of light emitting elements, and an amount of the current to be applied to the plurality of light emitting elements; and
an input device to receive a user command to select the light emitting module attribute.

10. The lighting system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the driver includes:
a controller to switch control signals based on the control signal and a rectified power rectified from alternating current (AC) power, the rectified power to be provided to the plurality of light emitting elements; and
a switching circuit including a plurality of switches connected to the plurality of light emitting elements, the switching circuit to control a magnitude of the current applied to the light emitting elements by turning on/off the switches based on the switching control signals.

11. The lighting system as claimed in claim 7 , wherein:
the first wireless communication module is to provide the control data to the signal converter through a universal asynchronous receiver transmitter (UART) interface,
the signal converter is to provide the control signal to the driver according to a digital addressable lighting interface (DALI) interface, and
each of the plurality of light emitting elements includes a light emitting diode (LED) chip.

12. A lighting apparatus, comprising:
an antenna to receive control data;
a plurality of light emitters; and
a driver to set a current to be applied to the plurality of light emitters based on the control data received by the antenna, wherein the antenna is to receive the control data based on a predetermined wireless protocol, and
wherein the plurality of light emitters are mounted on a printed circuit board and the antenna is on a surfa

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Seung-Kwan
• Cho Ho-Chan

Classifications

• H05B45/48

  having LEDs organised in strings and incorporating parallel shunting devices · CPC title

• G08C17/02 Primary

  using a radio link · CPC title

• F21V29/70

  characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks · CPC title

• H05B45/00

  Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title

• H05B33/0803

  Electricity · mapped topic