IP Library Granted Patent US 9,591,727
Granted Patent B2
US 9,591,727 · App. 14/324,654 · Granted Mar 7, 2017

Lighting system and method of controlling the same

Inventors: Dae Hun Kim (Seoul, KR); Sin Young Jung (Seoul, KR); Jong Heon Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
H05B37/0272G06F3/0482G06F3/0488G06F3/04817G06F3/04847H05B33/0845F21V5/04F21V29/70G06F2203/04803
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Patent No.
US 9,591,727
App. No.
14/324,654
Granted
Mar 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lighting system according to the embodiment includes a lighting device; and a graphic user interface displayed on a touch screen of a lighting control device to control the lighting device. The graphic user interface includes a first region to display a map for an installation space of the lighting device and a lighting icon corresponding to the lighting device in the map; and a second region to display a menu for setting a control condition of the lighting device corresponding to the lighting icon. The map includes a plurality of division spaces obtained by dividing the installation space into a plurality of regions and the lighting icon is displayed in a specific division space corresponding to an actual installation portion of the lighting device.

Claims (53)

1. A lighting system comprising:

a lighting device; and

a graphic user interface displayed on a touch screen of a lighting control device to control the lighting device,

wherein the graphic user interface comprises:

a first region to display a map for an installation space of the lighting device and a lighting icon corresponding to the lighting device in the map, and

a second region to display a menu for setting a control condition of the lighting device corresponding to the lighting icon, and

wherein the map comprises a plurality of division spaces obtained by dividing the installation space into a plurality of regions and the lighting icon is displayed in a specific division space corresponding to an actual installation portion of the lighting device;

wherein the lighting icon comprises:

a first type lighting icon to represent the lighting device under on-state, and

a second type lighting icon to represent the lighting device under off-state;

wherein the graphic user interface further comprises a third region to display a menu for changing an operation state of the lighting device corresponding to a second-selected lighting icon as a specific lighting icon is second-selected from among lighting icons displayed in the first region, and

wherein the menu displayed in the third region comprises:

a first menu to change a state of a power source of the lighting device corresponding to the second-selected lighting icon, and

a second menu to change a brightness of the lighting device corresponding to the second-selected lighting icon.

2. The lighting system of claim 1 , wherein the lighting icon further comprises a third type lighting icon to represent the lighting device under off-state of communication linkage to the lighting control device.

3. The lighting system of claim 1 , wherein, when a first type specific lighting icon is first-selected from among lighting icons displayed in the first region, the first-selected first type specific icon is changed into a second type lighting icon, and

when a second type specific lighting icon is first-selected from among the lighting icons displayed in the first region, the first-selected second type specific icon is changed into the first lighting icon.

4. The lighting system of claim 1 , wherein the menu displayed in the third region further comprises a third menu to select a group control,

the graphic user interface further displays a group selection menu to select one specific group from among a plurality of groups as the third menu is selected, and

the group control is used to collectively control a plurality of lighting devices which are grouped as one same group.

5. The lighting system of claim 1 , wherein the menu displayed in the second region comprises at least one of a load menu to select a type of the map displayed in the first region, an auto-control menu to automatically control the lighting device according to a distance between the lighting device and the lighting control device, a group menu to collect a plurality of lighting icons corresponding to a plurality of lighting device as one group, a general menu to set a display type of an icon displayed in the graphic user interface and a help menu to display a help.

6. The lighting system of claim 1 , wherein the menu displayed in the second region comprises a registration menu to register unregistered lighting devices from among lighting devices located around the lighting control device.

7. The lighting system of claim 6 , wherein the lighting control device searches for the unregistered lighting devices from among the lighting devices located around the lighting control device when the registration menu is selected, and

a candidate icon is displayed in the graphic user interface to register the unregistered lighting devices according to a search result of the lighting control device.

8. The lighting system of claim 7 , wherein the candidate icon is shifted to a specific division space of a plurality of division spaces displayed in the first region, which corresponds to an actual installation position of a corresponding lighting device, according to selection of a user, and

the lighting device corresponding to a selected candidate icon performs a register dimming operation as the candidate icon is selected.

9. A method of controlling a lighting device, the method comprising:

executing an application to control the lighting device;

displaying a graphic user interface on a touch screen of a lighting control device as the application is executed; and

controlling the lighting device by using the displayed graphic user interface,

wherein the graphic user interface comprises:

a first region to display a map for an installation space of the lighting device and a lighting icon corresponding to the lighting device in the map, and

a second region to display a menu for setting a control condition of the lighting device corresponding to the lighting icon;

wherein the map comprises a plurality of division spaces obtained by dividing the installation space into a plurality of regions and the lighting icon is displayed in a specific division space corresponding to an actual installation portion of the lighting device;

wherein the graphic user interface further comprises a third region to display a menu for changing an operation state of the lighting device corresponding to a second-selected lighting icon as a specific lighting icon is second-selected from among lighting icons displayed in the first region; and

wherein the menu displayed in the third region comprises:

a first menu to change a state of a power source of the lighting device corresponding to the second-selected lighting icon, and

a second menu to change a brightness of the lighting device corresponding to the second-selected lighting icon.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the lighting icon comprises:

a first type lighting icon to represent the lighting device under on-state; and

a second type lighting icon to represent the lighting device under off-state.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the lighting icon further comprises a third type lighting icon to represent the lighting device under off-state of communication linkage to the lighting control device.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein, when a first type specific lighting icon is first-selected from among lighting icons displayed in the first region, the first-selected first type specific icon is changed into a second type lighting icon, and

when a second type specific lighting icon is first-selected from among the lighting icons displayed in the first region, the first-selected second type specific icon is changed into the first lighting icon.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the menu displayed in the third region further comprises a third menu to select a group control,

the graphic user interface further displays a group selection menu to select one specific group from among a plurality of groups as the third menu is selected, and

the group control is used collectively control a plurality of lighting devices which are grouped as one same group.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the menu displayed in the second region comprises at least one of a load menu to select a type of the map displayed in the first region, an auto-control menu to automatically control the lighting device according to a distance between the lighting device and the lighting control device, a group menu to collect a plurality of lighting icons corresponding to a plurality of lighting device as one group, a general menu to set a display type of an icon displayed in the graphic user interface and a help menu to display a help.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the menu displayed in the second region comprises a registration menu to register unregistered lighting devices from among lighting devices located around the lighting control device.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the lighting control device searches for the unregistered lighting devices from among the lighting devices located around the lighting control device when the registration menu is selected, and

a candidate icon is displayed in the graphic user interface to register the unregistered lighting devices according to a search result of the lighting control device.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the candidate icon is shifted to a specific division space of a plurality of division spaces displayed in the first region, which corresponds to an actual installation position of a corresponding lighting device, according to selection of a user, and

the lighting device corresponding to a selected candidate icon performs a register dimming operation as the candidate icon is selected.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2014
From: KIM, DAE HUN; JUNG, SIN YOUNG; LEE, JONG HEON
To: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0078497 · Jul 4, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150008845A1 · Jan 8, 2015