Lighting control method and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10743391-B2
Application number	US-201916577471-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2019
Priority date	Sep 21, 2018
Publication date	Aug 11, 2020
Grant date	Aug 11, 2020

Abstract

The invention discloses a lighting control method, by setting the first target illumination value of the illumination sensor so that the illumination of the target area is the set illumination value. Later, at each time node, the system calculates the current second target illumination value of the illumination sensor, and then adjusts the brightness of the lamp so that the detected value of the illumination sensor reaches the second target illumination value. When the detected value of the illumination sensor reaches the second target illumination value, the illumination of the target area can be consistent with the set illumination value of the target area at this time. The present invention can make the target area to substantially maintain constant illumination during the illumination period.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lighting control method for illuminating a target area by a lamp and detecting illumination by an illumination sensor, wherein the illumination detected by the illumination sensor is a sum of an illumination value of a light from the lamp reflected to a position of the illumination sensor through a target area and the illumination value of an external light illuminating to the position of the illumination sensor, when the illumination of the target area is the sum of the illumination value of the light from the lamp illuminating to the target area and the illumination value of the external light illuminating to the target area, characterized in that the lighting control method comprises the following steps:
step 1, setting a plurality of time nodes in an illumination period of the lamp;
step 2, setting a first target illumination value of the illumination sensor;
step 3, adjusting a brightness of the lamp until a detected value of the illumination sensor is the first target illumination value, and determining whether the illumination of the target area is appropriate at this time; if yes, then the illumination of the target area is the set illumination value at this time, the illumination value of the external light illuminating to the position of the illumination sensor at this time is recorded, and step 4 is performed; if not, go back to step 2;
step 4, when each time node is reached, a current second target illumination value of the illumination sensor is calculated, and the second target illumination value needs to make the current illumination of the target area consistent with the set illumination value of the target area; and
step 5, adjusting the brightness of the lamp to make the detected value of the illumination sensor reach the second target illumination value, and the illumination of the target area is consistent with the set illumination value of the target area at this time.

2. The lighting control method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the current second target illumination value of the illumination sensor is obtained by the following formula when each time node is reached:

P
1

=

(

1
-

K
1

⁢

K
0

K
2

)

⁢

(

C
1

-

C
0

)

+

P
0

;

wherein, K 0 is the illumination transfer coefficient of the target area to the position of the illumination sensor, K 1 is the illumination transfer coefficient of the external environment to the target area, and K 2 is the illumination transfer coefficient of the external environment to the position of the illumination sensor, C 1 is the illumination value of the external light illuminating to the position where the illumination sensor is located at the current time node, C 0 is the illumination value of the external light illuminating to the position of the illumination sensor when the detected value of the illumination sensor is the first target illumination value and P 0 is the first target illumination value of the illumination sensor.

3. The lighting control method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein K 0 is to be calculated by completely covering the light entrance of the room, then turning on the lamp to illuminate the target area, and detecting the illumination of the target area by the illuminometer and detecting the illumination of the lamp reflected to the position of illumination sensor through target area by illumination sensor, where the ratio of the detected value of the illuminometer to the detected value of the illumination sensor is K 0 .

4. The lighting control method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the value of

K
1

K
2

is to be calculated with the following calculation process: turn off the light, and detect the illumination of the external light illuminating to the target area by the illuminometer at each time node, and at the same time, detect the illumination of the external light illuminating to the position of the illumination sensor by the illumination sensor, and at each time node, the value of

K
1

K
2

is the ratio of the detected value of the illuminometer to the detected value of the illumination sensor at the current time node.

5. The lighting control method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of time nodes divide the illumination period into a plurality of sections, and the length of each section is consistent.

6. The lighting control method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein whether the illumination of the target area is appropriate at this time is determined by naked eye observation.

7. The lighting control method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the step 3, if not, go back to step 2, and after going back to step 2, set a new first target illumination value.

Assignees

• Self Electronics Co Ltd
• Lin Wanjiong
• Self Electronics Usa Corp

Inventors

• Yu Jianfeng
• Xu Binjie
• Zhang Jian
• You Xiaobo

Classifications

• H05B47/105

  in response to determined parameters · CPC title

• H05B47/10 Primary

  Controlling the light source · CPC title

• H05B47/11 Primary

  by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light · CPC title

• Y02B20/40

  Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection · CPC title