IP Library Granted Patent US 9,445,480
Granted Patent B2
US 9,445,480 · App. 13/834,882 · Granted Sep 13, 2016

Lighting system, lighting apparatus, and lighting control method

Inventors: Youjoo Min (Seoul, KR); Jooyeon Kim (Seoul, KR); Jisun Lee (Seoul, KR); Jisook Lee (Seoul, KR); Grami Ryu (Seoul, KR); Moonsung Kim (Seoul, KR); Jeonghwa Yang (Seoul, KR); Jongsun Jeon (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H05B37/0227G08C17/02H05B33/0842H05B37/0272G08C2201/40G08C2201/93
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Patent No.
US 9,445,480
App. No.
13/834,882
Granted
Sep 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a lighting apparatus and a method for controlling the same using a mobile device. A lighting system may include a mobile terminal, a hub configured to communicate with the mobile terminal, and an LED lamp configured to communicate with the hub. The mobile terminal may be configured to display an image captured or focused using a camera at the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal may transfer to the hub information corresponding to a selection of a region of the image. The hub may provide a wireless signal corresponding to the information received from the mobile terminal for changing a color of light emitted by the LED lamp. The LED lamp may be controlled based on the ZigBee communication protocol.

Claims (18)

1. A lighting system comprising:

a mobile terminal;

a hub configured to communicate with the mobile terminal; and

an LED lamp configured to illuminate a lighting field and communicate with the hub,

wherein the mobile terminal is configured to display an image outside the lighting field captured or focused using a camera at the mobile terminal, and transfers to the hub information corresponding to a selection of a region of the image,

wherein the hub provides a wireless signal corresponding to the information received from the mobile terminal for changing a color of light emitted by the LED lamp,

wherein the mobile terminal includes a controller generating the information including lighting control color sense data, and decides a number of LEDs of the LED lamp and controls the LEDs based on the lighting control color sense data,

wherein the light control color sense data is based on a mosaic, gradation, or color percentage of the selected region of the image, and

wherein the controller is configured to crop or resize the image to generate a stored image and set a mosaic interval pixel size, extract RGB values in unit of the pixel size, and generate pixels having the extracted RGB values for transfer to the hub and for controlling the LED lamp.

2. The lighting system of claim 1 , wherein the information transferred to the hub includes information for changing a brightness or color temperature of the light emitted by the LED lamp.

3. The lighting system of claim 1 , wherein the information corresponds to a level of a prescribed color based on the selected region of the image.

4. The lighting system of claim 1 , wherein the wireless signal is a control signal based on the ZigBee protocol.

5. The lighting system of claim 1 , wherein the information transferred to the hub is a control signal based on the ZigBee protocol.

6. The lighting system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile terminal is configured to communicate with the hub according to the TCP/IP protocol.

7. The lighting system of claim 1 , wherein the hub is configured to communicate with the LED lamp according to the ZigBee protocol.

8. The lighting system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile terminal is configured to communicate with the LED lamp according to the ZigBee protocol.

9. The lighting system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile terminal is a smart phone.

10. The lighting system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to assign the mosaic interval pixel size based on a size of the image and a number of LEDs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2013
From: MIN, YOUJOO; KIM, JOOYEON; LEE, JISUN; LEE, JISOOK; RYU, GRAMI; KIM, MOONSUNG; YANG, JEONGHWA; JEON, JONGSUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2012-0038068 · Apr 12, 2012 · national
KR 10-2012-0038069 · Apr 12, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61746573 · Dec 28, 2012
Related Publication 20130271004A1 · Oct 17, 2013