Illumination system having color temperature control and method for controlling the same

1. An illumination system, comprising:

a power supply unit; and

a light emitting apparatus driven by power supplied from the power supply unit,

wherein the light emitting apparatus comprises:

a first light emitting portion and a second light emitting portion disposed in a same light emitting package and configured to be independently driven to emit output light; and

a controller configured to control at least one of a color temperature and a luminous flux of the output light by controlling operations of the first and second light emitting portions, and

wherein the controller is configured to generate a first control signal based on luminous flux control data and a second control signal based on color temperature control data,

and the controller is configured to output the first control signal to control an output luminous flux of the first light emitting portion and output the second control signal to control a color temperature of the second light emitting portion.

2. The illumination system of claim 1 , wherein the power supply unit comprises:

a main power supply to provide main power;

a supplementary power supply configured to supply supplementary power; and

a power supply controller configured to detect whether the main power from the main power supply is cut and supply the supplementary power to the light emitting apparatus from the supplementary power supply when the power supply from the main power supply is cut.

3. The illumination system of claim 1 , wherein the controller comprises:

an information storage unit configured to store in advance therein control data comprising at least one of time based luminous flux control data, time based color temperature control data, ambient luminous flux based luminous flux control data, ambient luminous flux based color temperature control data, ambient color temperature based luminous flux control data, ambient color temperature based color temperature control data, ambient temperature based luminous flux control data, ambient temperature based color temperature control data, ambient humidity based luminous flux control data, ambient humidity based color temperature control data, ambient motion based luminous flux control data and ambient motion based color temperature control data;

a detection unit configured to detect at least one of ambient luminous flux information, ambient color temperature information, ambient temperature information, ambient humidity information, and ambient motion information; and

a driving unit configured to generate at least one of the first control signal to control the operation of the first light emitting portion and the second control signal to control the operation of the second light emitting portion based on at least one of time information collected by a timer and the ambient luminous flux information, the ambient color temperature information, the ambient temperature information, the ambient humidity information, the ambient motion information detected by the detection unit, and at least one of the control data stored in the information storage unit.

4. The illumination system of claim 3 , wherein the detection unit comprises:

at least one of a temperature sensor for detecting an outside temperature, a light sensor for detecting at least one of an outside luminous flux and an outside color temperature, and a motion sensor for detecting an outside motion.

5. The illumination system of claim 4 , further comprising:

an interface apparatus configured to receive a user's control input signal for the light emitting apparatus and send the received user's control input signal to the controller,

wherein the controller is configured to modify at least one of the control data stored in the information storage unit based on the control input signal received through the interface apparatus, and

the controller is configured to control the at least one of the color temperature and the luminous flux of the output light based on the modified control data.

6. The illumination system of claim 5 , wherein the controller is configured to control the at least one of the color temperature and the luminous flux of the output light based on the control input signal received through the interface apparatus.

7. An illumination system, comprising:

a power supply unit;

a light emitting apparatus driven by a power supplied from the power supply unit; and

a user identification unit configured to identify a user;

wherein the light emitting apparatus comprises:

a first light emitting portion and a second light emitting portion disposed in a same light emitting package and configured to be independently driven to emit output light; and

a controller configured to control at least one of a color temperature and a luminous flux of the output light by controlling operations of the first and second light emitting portions, and

wherein the controller generates a first control signal based on luminous flux control data and a second control signal based on color temperature control data,

and the controller outputs at least one of the first control signal to control an output luminous flux of the first light emitting portion and outputs the second control signal to control a color temperature of the second light emitting portion.

8. The illumination system of claim 7 , wherein the power supply unit comprises:

a main power supply to provide main power;

a supplementary power supply configured to supply supplementary power; and

a power supply controller configured to detect whether the main power from the main power supply is cut and supply the supplementary power to the light emitting apparatus from the supplementary power supply when the power supply from the main power supply is cut.

9. The illumination system of claim 7 , wherein the controller comprises:

an information storage unit to store in advance therein luminous flux control data comprising luminous flux information differently set for each user depending on at least one of time, an outside luminous flux, an outside color temperature, an outside temperature, an outside humidity, and an outside motion or color temperature control data comprising color temperature information differently set for each user depending on at least one of time, an outside luminous flux, an outside color temperature, an outside temperature, an outside humidity, and an outside motion;

a detection unit configured to detect at least one of outside luminous flux information, outside color temperature information, outside temperature information, outside humidity information, and outside motion information; and

a driving unit configured to generate at least one of the first control signal to control the operation of the first light emitting portion and the second control signal to control the operation of the second light emitting portion based on at least one of the user information identified by the user identification unit, time information collected by a timer and the outside luminous flux information, the outside color temperature information, the outside temperature information, the outside humidity information, and the outside motion information detected by the detection unit, and at least one of the control data stored in the information storage unit.

10. The illumination system of claim 9 , further comprising:

an interface apparatus configured to receive a user's control input signal for each light emitting apparatus and send the received user's control input signal to the controller of each light emitting apparatus,

wherein the controller is configured to modify the at least one of the control data stored in the information storage unit based on the control input signal received through the interface apparatus, and

the controller is configured to control the at least one of color temperature and the luminous flux of the output light based on the modified control data.

11. The illumination system of claim 10 , wherein the controller is configured to control the at least one of the color temperature and the luminous flux of the output light based on the control input signal received through the interface apparatus.

12. A method for controlling illumination system, the method comprising:

storing environment-related control data in an information storage unit;

detecting ambient information outside the illumination system;

determining at least one of a luminous flux and a color temperature for the illumination system based on the environment-related control data and the ambient information;

controlling a first light emitting portion and a second light emitting portion based on the at least one of the luminous flux and the color temperature;

generating a first control signal based on luminous flux control data;

generating a second control signal based on color temperature control data;

outputting the first control signal to control an output luminous flux of the first light emitting portion; and

outputting the second control signal to control a color temperature of the second light emitting portion, and

wherein the first light emitting portion and the second light emitting portion are disposed in a same light emitting package and independently driven to emit output light.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the detecting ambient information comprises detecting at least one of an outside luminous flux, an outside temperature, an outside humidity, and an outside motion.