CN112954861B - Lighting device and method of operation of lighting device and lighting system - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses an operation method of a lighting device. The lighting device includes a light-emitting component, a light-emitting element, an operable computing element, and an indicating element. The method includes: using the computing element to judge whether the environmental data conforms to the preset data and generate a judgment result accordingly. And when the judging result is that the environmental data does not conform to the preset data, the computing element is used to execute the element driving control program, and the element driving control program includes a control indicating that the element presents a notification state.

Description

Lighting device and method of operation of lighting device and lighting system

technical field

The present invention relates to a lighting device, a lighting device and an operating method of a lighting system, in particular to a lighting device and a lighting device that can assist maintenance personnel to quickly determine the operating status of the lighting device, and assist drivers to determine traffic conditions and how the lighting system works.

Background technique

Existing street lights are controlled by "on" or "off" at a specific time period. However, when the turn-on signal is sent to the street lights, there is no further mechanism to detect whether the street lights should be turned on but not turned on, nor The mechanism of detecting whether the light-emitting element of the street light is in the state of full brightness after receiving the turn-on signal. In addition, due to the large number of street lamps and the wide setting area, when there is a street lamp failure, the maintenance personnel still need to spend time to find the faulty street lamp after arriving at the installation area, and after the maintenance personnel find the faulty street lamp, It is still necessary to carry out detection procedures and it is impossible to determine in real time whether the failure of the street lamp is caused by the abnormality of its light-emitting elements or other elements.

In addition, although the use of street lights can help drivers see the traffic conditions ahead, the driver's sight range is limited when sitting in the car, which means that the driver can only see the traffic conditions within a certain distance. Therefore, if there is a special traffic situation (for example, a traffic jam on the road section) that is out of the driver's line of sight, the driver cannot choose whether to divert or not to know the special traffic situation in advance.

Contents of the invention

In view of the above, the present invention provides an illuminating device, an operating method of the illuminating device and an illuminating system to meet the above demands.

The operating method of a lighting device according to an embodiment of the present invention is suitable for a lighting device, wherein the lighting device includes a light-emitting element, a computing element, and an indicating element. The method includes: using the computing element to determine whether the environmental data conforms to the preset data and to generate a judging result; and when the judging result is that the environmental data does not conform to the preset data, the computing element is used to execute a component driving program, and the component controlling program includes controlling the indicating component to display a notification state.

The operating method of a lighting system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applicable to a first lighting device and a second lighting device, wherein the first lighting device includes a first light emitting element, a first computing element, a first indicating element, and a first sensor , the second lighting device includes a second light-emitting element, a second computing element, a second indicating element, and a second sensor, the first sensing range of the first sensor at least partially overlaps the second sensing range of the second sensor , and the first computing element is communicatively connected to the second computing element, the method includes: using the first computing element to determine whether the first environmental data associated with the first lighting device conforms to the first preset data and generate Judgment result; when the judgment result is that the first environmental data does not conform to the first preset data, the first computing element is used to output a call notification to the second computing element; the second computing element is used to judge the Whether the second environment data of a lighting device conforms to the second preset data, based on which a feedback notification is generated and output to the first computing unit; The component driver control program includes controlling the first indicator component to display a notification state.

A lighting device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a light emitting element; an indicating element; and a computing element electrically connected to the light emitting element and the indicating element, and the computing device is used to judge whether the environmental data conforms to the preset data and based on A judgment result is generated, and when the judgment result is that the environmental data does not conform to the preset data, the computing element executes a device driving program, and the device driving program includes the computing element controlling the indicating element to display a notification state.

To sum up, according to the lighting device, the lighting device and the operating method of the lighting system according to one or more embodiments of the present invention, the state of the light-emitting element of the lighting device can be detected in real time after receiving a turn-on signal , and even if there is a failure of the lighting device, the maintenance personnel can quickly find the faulty street lamp after arriving at the installation area of the lighting device, and judge that it is caused by the abnormality of the light emitting element or other components of the lighting device.

In addition, according to the lighting device, the lighting device and the operating method of the lighting system according to one or more embodiments of the present invention, the driver can know in advance whether there is any special traffic condition on the road section he is going to pass, so that the driver can judge whether it is necessary to change the road. wait.

The above descriptions of the disclosure and the following descriptions of the embodiments are used to demonstrate and explain the spirit and principle of the present invention, and provide further explanations for the claims of the present invention.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an illumination device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a light emitting element and an indicating element according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a lighting device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an operating method of the lighting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating an operating method of a lighting device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a block diagram of an illumination system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of the operation method of the lighting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[List of Reference Signs]

1 light emitting element

2, 2a, 2b Indicator elements

3 computing elements

4 sensors

L1 first lighting device

11 First light-emitting element

12 First indicator element

13 The first computing element

14 First sensor

L2 Second lighting unit

21 Second light-emitting element

22 Second indicator element

23 Second operation element

24 Second sensor

R first style

G second style

B third style

Detailed ways

The detailed features and advantages of the present invention are described in detail below in the embodiments, the content of which is sufficient to enable any person skilled in the art to understand the technical content of the present invention and implement it accordingly, and according to the contents disclosed in this specification, claims and drawings , any person skilled in the art can easily understand the related objects and advantages of the present invention. The following examples further illustrate the viewpoints of the present invention in detail, but do not limit the scope of the present invention in any way.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a block diagram of a lighting device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The lighting device described in the present invention is preferably the lamp base of a street lamp (that is, the part where the light-emitting element is installed), but the present invention is not limited thereto. The lighting device described in this embodiment includes a light emitting element 1 , an indicating element 2 and a computing element 3 , and the light emitting element 1 and the indicating element 2 may be electrically connected to the computing element 3 .

The light emitting element 1 is used for emitting light, and the light emitting element 1 is, for example, a light emitting diode (LED) bulb, but the invention is not limited thereto.

The indicating element 2 is used to present a notification state, and the notification state can have multiple types for representing different levels of the same event type or for representing different event types. Please refer to FIG. 2 first. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a light emitting element and an indicating element according to an embodiment of the present invention. The indicating element 2 is, for example, an indicator light (indicating element 2a) that can emit light by itself, and the indicating element 2 can also be a translucent color wheel (indicating element 2b) divided into a plurality of blocks, which means that shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 The implementation of the indicating element 2 shown in FIG. 3 may be an indicator light (indicating element 2a) as shown in FIG. In addition, the implementation of the indicator elements 2 a and 2 b shown in this embodiment is only an example, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

When the indicator light is implemented as the indicating element 2a, the notification states of different levels or different event types can be realized by the blinking rate, brightness or color of the indicator light, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

When the indicating element 2b is implemented as a disc, and the disc is a translucent color disc divided into multiple blocks, the multiple blocks may contain different styles to represent different types of notification states, for example is the first pattern R of the first block, and the first pattern R may be a red pattern, the second pattern G of the second block, and the second pattern G may be a green pattern; the third pattern of the third block pattern B, and the third pattern B can be a blue pattern; and the transparent pattern of the fourth block.

In addition, the setting area of the indicating element 2b partially overlaps the light-emitting surface of the light-emitting element 1, and the color wheel as the indicating element 2b can pivot relative to the light-emitting surface of the light-emitting element 1, so that the light emitted by the light-emitting element 1 passes through After passing through the indicating element 2b, the color of the light presented can be selectively different from the color of the light emitted by the light emitting element 1 . Accordingly, various styles of the indicating element 2b can be used to represent different types of notification states, such as different levels or different types of events. For example, the indicating element 2b can transmit the light emitted by the light emitting element 1 through the first pattern R The notification state of the first type is presented, or the notification state of the second type is presented by the light emitted by the light emitting element 1 passing through the second type G.

Please return to FIG. 1, the computing element 3 shown in FIG. 1 is used to judge whether the environmental data conforms to the preset data and generate a judgment result accordingly, and when the judgment result is that the environmental data does not conform to the preset data, the execution element drives the control program . The computing element 3 is, for example, a processor, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

For example, environmental data such as the real-time current value of the light-emitting element 1 received by the computing element 3 from an external device, and preset data such as the normal current range of the light-emitting element 1 during normal operation, so when the real-time current value falls below the normal current When the value range is outside (that is, the current is too large or too small due to abnormal conditions in the line), the judgment result is that the real-time current value does not conform to the normal current value range (that is, the environmental data does not conform to the preset data). At this time, the computing element 3 will Execute the component driving program according to the judgment result. The component driver control program includes the operation component 3 controlling the indicator component 2 to present the notification status, and the notification status can be used to indicate that the light emitting component 1 of the lighting device may fail. Therefore, when the maintenance personnel arrive at the area where the lighting device is installed, they can quickly determine the location of the lighting device and the items to be processed through the notification status presented by the indicating element 2 .

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a block diagram of a lighting device according to another embodiment of the present invention. The lighting device shown in FIG. 3 is similar to the lighting device shown in FIG. 1 . However, the lighting device shown in FIG. 3 also includes a sensor 4 , and the sensor 4 is electrically connected to the computing element 3 , wherein the sensor 4 has a sensing range.

The sensor 4 may include a camera device, and the camera device may capture an image of the sensing range to obtain an environmental image, so the computing element 3 may recognize the environmental image and obtain environmental data associated with the sensing range, and further based on the environmental data and preset The data range determines whether to execute the component drive control program.

When the number of environmental images obtained by the imaging device as the sensor 4 is one, the computing element 3 can use an artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence, AI) algorithm (for example, a machine learning algorithm) to perform object recognition on the environmental image to obtain environmental data, and The environmental data may include object coordinates, object quantity, object distribution, etc.; and the preset data preferably includes the normal number or normal distribution of objects. For example, if the object is a vehicle, and the environmental data is the distribution of objects, the default data is the normal distribution. When the distribution of objects does not meet the normal distribution, it means that there may be a vehicle within the sensing range that has broken down and parked in the lane In the middle, the distribution of objects causing other vehicles is a curve that bypasses the broken down vehicle, rather than a normal distribution that is a curve or a straight line conforming to the lane, which means that the environmental data does not conform to the preset data. Accordingly, the computing element 3 can execute the element driving program to instruct the element 2 to be in the notification state, indicating that there is a breakdown of the vehicle within the sensing range.

In addition, the environmental images obtained by the imaging device as the sensor 4 can also be a plurality of different environmental images, and after the imaging device obtains these environmental images and recognizes the objects in these environmental images, the computing element 3 then acquires The coordinate position of the object in these environmental images and the time point when the object is at the coordinate position, the computing element 3 can obtain the moving speed of the object or the time point at which the object is at the coordinate position based on the coordinate position of the object and the time point at which the object is at the coordinate position. Object traffic within the measurement range, etc.

According to this, the operation element 3 can judge whether the target flow conforms to the default flow range, and when the target flow does not meet the default flow range (that is, the target flow falls outside the default flow range), the operation element 3 executes the element control program to indicate the element 2 presents a notification state to indicate that there is a traffic jam within the sensing range. Therefore, if the driver is in a position where he can see the notification status of the indicator 2 but has not yet entered the traffic jam, the driver can choose whether to divert according to the notification status of the indicator 2 .

In addition, the sensor 4 can also be a brightness sensor, and the environmental data includes the brightness of the light emitted by the light emitting element 1, and the preset data includes the preset brightness range of the light emitted by the light emitting element 1, so when the judgment result is that the brightness is within the preset brightness When the value is out of the range (that is, the environmental data does not conform to the preset data), it means that the light emitting element 1 may fail, and the computing element 3 can execute the element driving control program. Therefore, when the maintenance personnel arrive at the area where the lighting device is installed, the location of the lighting device with the faulty light emitting element 1 can be quickly determined by the notification status of the indicating element 2 .

Wherein, the above-mentioned implementation of the sensor 4 by an imaging device or a brightness sensor is only an example, and the sensor 4 may also be an air quality sensor, a radar detector, etc., and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 together, wherein FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating an operation method of the lighting device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The operating method described in the present invention is preferably used in the lighting device described in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 3 .

Please refer to step S01: using the sensor 4 to sense the sensing area to obtain environmental data. The computing element 3 then judges whether the environmental data conforms to the preset data in step S03, and generates a judging result accordingly, wherein the sensor 4 obtains the environmental data, and the implementation of the computing element 3 generating the judging result is the same as that described in the previous embodiment implementation, so it will not be repeated here.

When the judging result obtained by the computing element 3 is that the environmental data conforms to the preset data, the operation method of this embodiment may return to step S01; otherwise, when the judging result obtained by the computing element 3 is that the environmental data does not conform to the preset data, The computing element 3 executes the element control program in step S05 to control and instruct the element 2 to be in the notification state. The implementation of the element control program is the same as that described in the previous embodiment, so it is not repeated here. Wherein, if the computing element 3 receives the environment data from an external device, the step S01 described in this embodiment can be omitted, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 5 together, wherein FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation method of an illumination device according to another embodiment of the present invention. The steps S03 to S05 illustrated in FIG. 5 are the same as the steps S03 to S05 illustrated in FIG. 4 , so the similarities will not be repeated here. However, the difference is that step S01 illustrated in FIG. 5 includes step S011 and step S013 .

In detail, the step S01 illustrated in FIG. 5 uses the sensor 4 to sense the sensing range to obtain environmental data. If the sensor 4 includes an imaging device, the implementation method of the step S01 illustrated in FIG. 5 may precede the step S011 uses the imaging device to capture an image of the sensing range to obtain an environmental image, and then uses the computing element 3 to identify the environmental image and obtains environmental data associated with the sensing range in step S013. The computing element 3 can obtain information such as object coordinates, object quantity, object distribution status, and object flow based on the environment image. Repeat here.

After executing step S011 and step S013 and obtaining the target flow, the computing element 3 can judge the environmental data and preset data in step S03 to determine whether the environmental data conforms to the preset data, and when the computing element 3 judges that the environmental data does not meet the preset When data is set, the operation unit 3 is used to execute the unit driving program in step S05.

In addition, if the sensor 4 includes a brightness sensor, and the preset data includes a default brightness range, the environmental data may also include the brightness of the light emitted by the light emitting element 1 . Therefore, when the judgment result obtained by the computing element 3 is that the brightness (environmental data) of the light emitted by the light-emitting element 1 falls outside the default brightness value range (preset data), the computing element 3 can execute the element driving program to make the indicating element 2 presents a notification state to indicate that the light-emitting element 1 of the lighting device may be faulty.

When implemented with the indicator element 2a or 2b, the notification state presented by the indicator element 2a or 2b preferably includes different first and second types, for example, when the light emitting element 1 fails, it may cause the setting of the lighting device The visibility of the area is reduced, so the notification status can be the more urgent first type, such as increasing the blinking rate of the indicator light of the indicating element 2a to the first type, or making the color wheel of the indicating element 2b to be in the first type R presents, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

Please refer to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 together, wherein FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a lighting system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a flowchart of an operating method of the lighting system according to an embodiment of the present invention. . The method of operation described in the present invention is preferably used in the lighting system shown in FIG. 6 . In other words, the lighting system described in this embodiment includes the first lighting device L1 and the second lighting device L2, wherein the settings of the first lighting device L1 and the second lighting device L2 are preferably the same as the lighting described in FIG. 2 device, and the first lighting device L1 is communicatively connected to the second lighting device L2, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

In detail, the first lighting device L1 has a first light emitting element 11, a first indicating element 12, a first computing element 13, and a first sensor 14; the second lighting device L2 has a second light emitting element 21, a second indicating element 22 , the second computing element 23 and the second sensor 24, wherein the implementation of the light emitting elements, indicating elements, computing elements and sensors of the first lighting device L1 and the second lighting device L2 can be the same as the lighting device illustrated in FIG. 2 The implementation of the light emitting element, indicating element, computing element and sensor, so the similarities will not be repeated here. The first lighting device L1 and the second lighting device L2 are preferably disposed adjacent to each other, so that the first sensing range of the first sensor 14 and the second sensing range of the second sensor 24 at least partially overlap.

Please refer to step S01' in FIG. 7 : use the first sensor 14 to sense the first sensing area to obtain the first environmental data. The first computing unit 13 then judges in step S03' whether the first environment data conforms to the first preset data, and generates a judgment result accordingly.

When the judgment result obtained by the first computing element 13 is that the first environmental data conforms to the first preset data, the operation method of this embodiment may return to step S01'; otherwise, when the judgment result obtained by the first computing element 13 is When the first environmental data does not conform to the first preset data, then proceed to step S05' to execute the component driving program with the first computing component 13, so as to control the first indicating component 12 to present the notification state, wherein the implementation of the component driving program It is the same as the device driving program described in the foregoing embodiments, so the similarities will not be repeated here.

In addition, when the judgment result obtained by the first computing element 13 is that the first environmental data does not conform to the first preset data, the first computing element 13 may output a calling notification to the second computing element 23 in step S07, wherein the calling The notification preferably includes the position information of the first sensing range or the position information of the first lighting device L1.

Please continue to refer to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 , for example, the first sensor 14 and the second sensor 24 can both be brightness sensors, and the first sensor 14 senses the first sensing range to obtain the light emitted by the first light emitting element 11. brightness of the light (step S01'), the first computing element 13 then judges whether the brightness of the light emitted by the first light emitting element 11 conforms to the preset brightness value range, when the judgment result obtained by the first computing element 13 is that the first light emitting element 11 When the brightness falls outside the preset brightness range (that is, in step S03', it is judged that the first environmental data does not conform to the first preset data), the first computing element 13 controls the first indicating element in addition to executing the element driving control program. 12 In addition to presenting the notification state (step S05'), the first computing element 13 also outputs a calling notification to the second computing element 23 (step S07), wherein the calling notification preferably includes the position information of the first sensing range or the second A location information of the lighting device L1.

Accordingly, when the number of the first indicator element 12 of the first lighting device L1 is one, and the first lighting device L1 is in the form of the indicator element 2b shown in FIG. 3 , and the first light emitting element of the first lighting device L1 11 fails to operate normally, the second computing element 23 can control the second indicating element 22 to display the notification state after receiving the call notification, so that the maintenance personnel can use the The position of the first lighting device L1 can be quickly judged by the notification state presented by the second indicating element 22 .

Please continue to refer to FIG. 7, it should be noted that step S05' and step S07 can be executed simultaneously, but step S05' can also be executed after step S07, or after step S07, the present invention is not limited thereto.

Please continue to refer to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 , after the first computing element 13 outputs a call notification to the second computing element 23 in step S07, the second sensor 24 then resets the first sensing range and the second sensing range in step S09 The overlapping area is sensed to obtain the second environment data. Taking the aforementioned example where both the first sensor 14 and the second sensor 24 are brightness sensors, when the judgment result obtained by the first computing element 13 is that the brightness of the first light-emitting element 11 falls outside the preset brightness range ( That is, in step S03', it is judged that the first environmental data does not conform to the first preset data), then the first computing element 13 may output a call notification to the second computing element 23 in step S07, so that the second computing element 23 controls the second sensor 24 Sensing the overlapping area of the first sensing range and the second sensing range to obtain the second environmental data, the second environmental data can be used as the basis for judging whether the first light-emitting element 11 is abnormal, that is, the second environmental data It is the brightness of the light emitted by the first light-emitting element 11 detected by the second sensor 24 in the overlapping area of the first sensing range and the second sensing range.

Therefore, the second computing element 23 can judge whether the second environment data conforms to the second preset data in step S11. In other words, in this embodiment, the second preset data is preferably that when the light emitted by the first light-emitting element 11 in normal operation irradiates the overlapping area of the first sensing range and the second sensing range, the second sensor 24 sensed brightness.

Wherein, after the second computing element 23 judges whether the second environmental data conforms to the second preset data, the second computing element 23 also generates a feedback notification accordingly, and outputs the feedback notification to the first computing element 13 . In detail, when the second computing element 23 judges that the second environmental data does not conform to the second preset data in step S11, it means that the first light emitting element 11 may fail, and the feedback notification generated by the second computing element 23 preferably includes "First light-emitting element 11 fault" information; on the contrary, when the second computing element 23 judges in step S11 that the second environmental data does not meet the second preset data, it means that the first sensor 14 may be faulty and cause the other steps S01' to feel If the measured first environmental data does not conform to the first preset data, the feedback notification generated by the second computing element 23 preferably includes the information of "the first sensor 14 is faulty".

Therefore, when the second environmental data does not conform to the second preset data, the first computing element 13 facilitates step S13 to notify the execution element driver control program based on the feedback, so as to control the first indicating element 12 to present the notification state (step S05'), with To indicate that the first light-emitting element 11 may fail. Wherein if the number of the first indicator element 12 is one, and the first indicator element 12 is in the form of the indicator element 2b shown in FIG. It is indicated that the first light-emitting element 11 of the first lighting device L1 adjacent to the second lighting device L2 fails, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

Please continue to refer to step S11, when the second environmental data matches another preset data, the first computing element 13 executes the component driving program based on the feedback notification in step S13', so as to control the first indicating element 12 to present the notification state (step S05 ') to indicate that the first sensor 14 may fail. Wherein if the number of the first indicator element 12 is one, and the first indicator element 12 is in the form of the indicator element 2b shown in FIG. It is indicated that the first sensor 14 of the first lighting device L1 adjacent to the second lighting device L2 is faulty, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

To sum up, according to the lighting device, the lighting device and the operating method of the lighting system according to one or more embodiments of the present invention, the state of the light-emitting element of the lighting device can be detected in real time after receiving a turn-on signal , and even if there is a failure of the lighting device, the maintenance personnel can quickly find the faulty street lamp after arriving at the installation area of the lighting device, and judge that it is caused by the abnormality of the light emitting element or other components of the lighting device.

In addition, according to the lighting device, the lighting device and the operating method of the lighting system according to one or more embodiments of the present invention, the driver can know in advance whether there is any special traffic condition on the road section he is going to pass, so that the driver can judge whether it is necessary to change the road. wait.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above in terms of implementation, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art may make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention The scope of protection shall prevail as defined by the appended claims.

Claims (2)

1. An operation method of a lighting system is applicable to a first lighting device and a second lighting device, wherein the first lighting device comprises a first light emitting element, a first operation element, a first indication element and a first sensor, the second lighting device comprises a second light emitting element, a second operation element, a second indication element and a second sensor, a first sensing range of the first sensor at least partially overlaps a second sensing range of the second sensor, and the first operation element is in communication connection with the second operation element, the method comprises:

judging whether first environment data associated with the first lighting device accords with first preset data or not by using the first operation element, and generating a judging result according to the first environment data;

when the judgment result is that the first environment data does not accord with the first preset data, outputting a call notification to the second operation element by the first operation element;

judging whether second environment data related to the first lighting device accords with second preset data or not by using the second operation element, and generating a feedback notice according to the second environment data and outputting the feedback notice to the first operation element; and

the first operation element is used for notifying an element driving and controlling program according to the feedback, and the element driving and controlling program comprises controlling the first indication element to present a notification state.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the call notification comprises: and controlling the second sensor to sense the overlapped area of the first sensing range and the second sensing range so as to acquire the second environmental data.

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