Lighting fixture and positional information management system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9447960-B2
Application number	US-201313906370-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2013
Priority date	Jun 12, 2012
Publication date	Sep 20, 2016
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016

Abstract

A lighting fixture has a lighting fixture body in which a light device is mounted, the lighting fixture body including a positional information transmission part that transmits positional information of the lighting fixture to a wireless terminal; a terminal information reception part that receives identification information of the wireless information and the positional information from the wireless terminal that has received the positional information; a terminal information transmission part that transmits the identification information and the positional information to a management server which manages a position of the wireless terminal; and a voltage conversion part that converts a voltage supplied by an external power source and supplies the converted voltage to the positional information transmission part, the terminal information reception part and the terminal information transmission part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A positional information management system comprising:
a plurality of lighting fixtures each having corresponding positional information, a corresponding lighting fixture body and a corresponding light device mounted in the corresponding lighting fixture body;
a wireless terminal configured to,
receive the corresponding positional information from one or more of the plurality of lighting fixtures, and
transmit the received positional information and identification information to a corresponding one of the one or more lighting fixtures; and
a management apparatus configured to receive the positional information and the identification information from the one or more of the plurality of lighting fixtures,

wherein the lighting fixture body includes a processor configured to,
transmit the positional information of the one or more of the plurality of lighting fixture to the wireless terminal;
receive, from the wireless terminal that has received the positional information, the identification information of the wireless terminal and the positional information;
transmit the identification information and the positional information to the management apparatus via a minimum path between a corresponding one of the plurality of lighting fixtures and the management apparatus, to be transmitted to a management server configured to manage a position of the wireless terminal;
convert a voltage supplied by an external power source, and
supply the converted voltage to the lighting fixture body.

2. The positional information management system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the management apparatus is configured to manage the positional information of at least one of the one or more of the plurality of lighting fixtures and the identification information of the wireless terminal to be associated with each other to provide information indicating that the position of the wireless terminal corresponds to a position of the at least one of the one or more of the plurality of lighting fixtures.

3. The positional information management system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit the positional information using a communication system that is configured to enable indoor positioning.

4. The positional information management system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the positional information includes at least one of latitude and longitude coordinates of the one or more of the plurality of lighting fixtures, information corresponding to a floor of a building on which the one or more of the plurality of lighting fixtures are placed, and information corresponding to the building in which the one or more of the plurality of lighting fixtures are placed.

5. The positional information management system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the minimum path is a shortest one of a plurality of paths between the corresponding one of the plurality of lighting fixtures and the management apparatus.

6. The positional information management system as claimed in claim 5 , wherein
the plurality of paths are paths formed between elements of a network, and
the elements of the network include the plurality of lighting fixtures, the management apparatus and the wireless terminal.

Assignees

• Kusakari Shin
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kusakari Shin

Classifications

• F21K9/278

  Arrangement or mounting of circuit elements integrated in the light source · CPC title

• F21V23/003

  the elements being electronics drivers or controllers for operating the light source, e.g. for a LED array · CPC title

• F21V33/00 Primary

  Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• H05B37/0227

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05B47/115 Primary

  by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings · CPC title