JP6679880B2 - Lighting control device and program for lighting control device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a lighting control device and a program for the lighting control device.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a monitoring control system in which a schedule setting means sets a lighting on / off schedule of an illumination lamp for each illumination block on a schedule setting screen displayed on a display device. In this system, in each construction area of the construction site, the lighting state of the temporary lighting lights for each temporary lighting place is collectively monitored on the screen of the display device, and the manual setting of turning on and off each temporary lighting light, The monitoring center sets / changes the day-to-day lighting / off schedule and the operating mode setting.

  Patent Literature 2 discloses a lighting control device that sets a schedule to be repeatedly executed on a specific day in a store or the like. The lighting control device includes a specific information setting unit that sets a specific date and a specific schedule to be executed on the specific day for a lighting device that is a control target, and a specific date setting unit that acquires the current date information. A lighting control that determines whether or not a day falls, and turns on the lighting device according to a specific schedule if it falls on a specific day, and turns on the lighting device according to a preset basic schedule if it does not fall on a specific day And a section.

JP-A-11-111470 JP, 2013-246890, A

  However, as in the construction site of Patent Document 1 or the store of Patent Document 2, a configuration for an environment in which the lighting control time is relatively easy to be decided by the administrator side, such as a sports stadium, is used for a game progress. In some cases, inconvenience may occur when applied to the configuration of the environment in which the lighting control time fluctuates before and after. Specifically, at construction sites, stores, etc., a daily lighting schedule is set up, and in principle, lighting control is performed based on that schedule, and even if there is a schedule change, its necessity and change time are foreseen. It's easy. On the other hand, at the stadium, the end of the match will be greatly affected by the progress of the match and the presence or absence of extra time. Therefore, in the lighting of the stadium, even if the daily lighting schedule is set, it is often impossible to execute the lighting control according to the schedule, and it is not possible to know the necessity or change time of the lighting control until the end of the match. There are assumptions.

  Then, for example, in the situation at the end of the match at the stadium, it is necessary to turn off the lights after a certain time after the spectator exits after the match and maintenance work such as cleaning is completed. In order to perform lighting control (for example, turning off the lights) at a desired time, it is necessary for the lighting manager to be present until the turning off time and turned off manually, or the lighting manager must change the daily schedule at the end of the match. is there. In the former case, the restraint time of the lighting manager becomes unnecessarily long, which is not preferable from the viewpoint of labor management or labor cost. Further, in the latter case, it becomes necessary to change the already set schedule setting substantially every day. That is, every time it is necessary to change the turn-off time, the lighting administrator has to change the setting contents through complicated operations on the screen displaying the daily schedule setting, and the work load is heavy. . Furthermore, a function and its operation are required so that one change of the setting content does not affect the setting content on the next day or later, which complicates the control configuration of the device and the operation of the lighting administrator.

  Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a lighting control device capable of flexibly, easily and intuitively performing a lighting control reservation setting in an environment where the lighting control time cannot be determined by the lighting manager. And

  A lighting control device according to a first aspect of the present invention outputs a reservation icon associated with a selectable lighting control to a home screen on a display screen, and reserves a lighting control corresponding to a reservation icon selected by a user input. A reservation guidance unit that opens a reservation setting screen for guiding, a reservation time setting unit that determines a reservation time until lighting control is executed based on a user input on the reservation setting screen, and a timer unit having a timer, On the reservation setting screen, the reservation execution section for lighting control is determined based on user input, and the reservation determination unit that starts the time counting by the timer, and the remaining time until the lighting control is executed based on the reservation time and the time counting by the timer. A time display output unit that outputs a visible time icon to the home screen.

  A lighting control device according to a second aspect of the present invention outputs a reservation icon associated with a selectable lighting control to a home screen on a display screen and reserves a lighting control corresponding to a reservation icon selected by a user input. Reservation guidance unit that opens the reservation setting screen for guiding the user, a reservation time setting unit that determines the reservation time at which the lighting control should be executed based on user input on the reservation setting screen, and a user input on the reservation setting screen. Reservation deciding part to decide the reservation execution of lighting control, time counting part to output the current time, and based on the reserved time and the current time, the time icon which can visually recognize the remaining time until the lighting control is executed is displayed. And a time display output unit for outputting to the screen.

  According to the lighting control devices of the first and second aspects, when the user makes the reservation setting for the lighting control, the user simply selects the reservation icon, inputs the reservation time or the reservation time, and determines the reservation execution. The setting can be completed, and the reservation can be set flexibly and easily at an appropriate timing. Further, when the reservation setting is completed, the user can see the time icon regarding the remaining time regarding the reserved lighting control on the home screen, and can easily and intuitively grasp the completion of the reservation setting. Therefore, in an environment in which the lighting control time cannot be determined by the lighting administrator, a lighting control device is realized which enables flexible, easy and intuitive mode of making reservation settings for lighting control.

  Here, the time icon is preferably a countdown display of the remaining time until the lighting control is executed. This allows the user to intuitively recognize that the reservation setting has succeeded.

  Further, it is preferable that the countdown display is counted down in units of seconds. This allows the user to intuitively know the success of the reservation setting immediately after the completion of the reservation setting.

  Further, a control information output unit that outputs the information of the lighting control as a control name may be further provided on the home screen. This improves the distinctiveness of the lighting control related to the reservation setting.

  Further, when a plurality of lighting controls are executed, the control information output unit and the time display output unit are configured to output a set of control names and time icons corresponding to the plurality of lighting controls to the home screen. You may As a result, the list of reservation states for lighting control is improved.

  Further, the reservation determination unit outputs a predetermined button for determining reservation execution to the reservation setting screen, outputs a confirmation screen when the predetermined button is selected by user input, and affirmative selection is performed by user input on the confirmation screen. It is preferably arranged to determine the appointment execution in response to the disclosure. In this way, after setting the reservation time or the reservation time, the reservation setting is completed only by selecting the predetermined button and affirmative selection on the confirmation screen, so that the reservation setting can be performed easily and quickly.

  Furthermore, it is preferable that the predetermined button is in a non-selectable state before the reservation time or the reservation time is determined. Accordingly, after the reservation setting screen is displayed, the user can first understand that the reservation time or the reservation time should be set, and the intuitiveness of the operation is enhanced.

  Further, the present invention includes a program for a lighting control device that causes a computer to function as each unit included in the lighting control device. Furthermore, the present invention also includes a computer-readable storage medium in which a program for the lighting control device is stored.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an illumination control device according to each embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the home screen in each embodiment. It is a figure which shows the reservation setting screen in each embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the preset list | wrist in each embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the confirmation screen in each embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the confirmation screen in each embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in a 2nd embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in a 2nd embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in a 2nd embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in a 2nd embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in a 2nd embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in a 2nd embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting in a 2nd embodiment.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a lighting control device 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The lighting control device 1 has a display unit 2, an input unit 3, a processing unit 4, a storage unit 5 and a communication unit 6, and they are interconnected in a manner capable of mutually exchanging data and signals. The lighting control device 1 constitutes a lighting control system together with the lighting lamps 8-1 to 8-n. In the following description, the illumination lamps 8-1 to 8-n are collectively or partially represented as the illumination lamp 8. The illumination light 8 is an illumination light of a stadium (stadium, exercise facility, etc.), a gymnasium, or the like.

  It is assumed that the illumination control device 1 and the illumination lamp 8 are appropriately supplied with power from an appropriate power source such as a commercial power source through wiring (not shown). The communication unit 6 of the lighting control device 1 and the lighting 8 are connected to each other by a line L. The line L may be a wired connection line or a wireless connection line. When the line L is a wired communication line, TCP / IP, RS485 or the like can be used as the communication protocol. When the line L is a wireless communication line, for example, WiFi, ZigBee or the like can be used as the communication protocol. However, the communication protocol is not limited to these.

  In the present embodiment, the display unit 2 is a display screen including a touch panel, and also serves as the input unit 3 that receives a user input. However, the display unit 2 may be a monitor screen of a computer (for example, a personal computer), and in this case, the input unit 3 is an input means such as a mouse and a keyboard. In the present specification, the user means an operator (lighting manager) of the lighting control device 1.

  The processing unit 4 includes a setting management unit 40, a control information output unit 42, a reservation guidance unit 41, a reservation time setting unit 43, a reservation determination unit 44, a time counting unit 45, a time display output unit 46, and a lighting control execution unit 47. , For example, a CPU. The above units of the processing unit 4 are interconnected by a bus B in such a manner that data and signals can be exchanged with each other. In addition, the processing unit 4 is assumed to appropriately execute the functions of a normal CPU by a processing unit (not shown). The storage unit 5 is a memory configured to store various programs and data.

  2 and 3 show a home screen 20 and a reservation setting screen 21 displayed on the display screen of the display unit 2 (also the input unit 3), respectively. Hereinafter, the configuration of each unit of the processing unit 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

  The setting management unit 40 is configured to output the positional relationship between the field to be illuminated and the illumination lamps 8-1 to 8-n to the home screen 20 as an illumination arrangement image 200 as shown in FIG. In this example, as shown in the illumination arrangement image 200, the illumination targets are the baseball field and the spectator seats in the stadium, and the number of illumination lights n = 6. Each illuminating lamp 8 includes a plurality of lamps.

  The reservation guidance unit 41 is configured to output reservation icons 201a to 201d for guiding the shift to the reservation setting screen 21 of the selectable lighting control to the home screen 20. Hereinafter, the reservation icons 201a to 201d are collectively referred to or a part thereof is referred to as a reservation icon 201. The reservation icon 201 is an abbreviated display of control names, images, etc., which will be described later. In this example, four reservation icons 201 are displayed, but the number of reservation icons 201 may be 1 to 3 or 5 or more, and can be appropriately set by the user. When the user selection (touch operation) is performed in the area of the reservation icon 201, the reservation guidance unit 41 pops up the reservation setting screen 21 corresponding to the selected reservation icon 201.

  The control information output unit 42 refers to the preset list stored in the storage unit 5 according to the selection of the reservation icon 201, and refers to the control names 202a to 202d of the home screen 20 and the reservation number area 210 of the reservation setting screen 21. , The control name area 211 and the control content area 212 are output. The control names 202a to 202d are collectively or partly represented as the control name 202. The control name 202 enhances the distinctiveness of the lighting control related to the reservation setting. FIG. 4 shows an example of the preset list. The preset list 50 is preset by a user in a separate preset screen, and has a reservation number (reservation number area 210), an icon (reservation icon 201), an abbreviation (control name 202) as lighting control information, and a control name (control name). The area 211) and the control content (control content area 212) are associated with each other.

  The control information output unit 42 outputs the name of the lighting control corresponding to the selected reservation icon 201 to the control name area 211 on the reservation setting screen 21. In this example, the control name area 211 displays "reservation for turning off all lights of baseball", which indicates that reservation control is performed for turning off all lights for the field for baseball and the spectator seats.

  Further, the control information output unit 42 indicates in the control content area 212 of the reservation setting screen 21 whether the selected lighting control corresponds to pattern control, group control or individual control. The pattern control is to add the control content “ON / OFF / dimming ratio” to the circuit information such as turning on all lights, turning on all lights, controlling some lights, turning off all lights, or turning off some lights. The control to do. For example, for the illumination lamps 8-1 to 8-6, all lights 100% dimming (all lights) → all lights 75% dimming → all lights 50% dimming → all lights off, all lights on → two lights off ( 4 lights continue) → Refers to each control when executing all lights off. Group control refers to control for turning on, dimming, or extinguishing a set of a plurality of illumination lamps 8. Individual control refers to control for turning on, dimming, or turning off one of the illumination lamps 8.

  Further, the control information output unit 42 outputs the control name 202 on the home screen 20. The content of the control name 202 may be the same as the content of the control name area 211, or may be its abbreviation. For example, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, in the control name 202a, "all baseball night lighting reservation", which is a short display of "baseball night game all lighting reservation" in the control name area 211, is displayed.

  The reservation time setting unit 43 outputs the reservation time area 213 and the time setting button 214 to the reservation setting screen 21, and sets the time until the selected lighting control is executed (hereinafter referred to as “reservation time”) to the user. It is configured to make a decision based on the input. When the time setting button 214 is selected by the user, the reservation time setting unit 43 pops up a time input ten-key screen (not shown). When the user inputs a reservation time on the time input ten-key screen, the reservation time setting unit 43 closes the time input ten-key screen and outputs the input reservation time to the reservation time area 213. Before the reservation time is input, zero "00:00:00", a blank "---: ---: ---", etc. are displayed in the reservation time area 213.

  Further, instead of providing the time setting button 214 and the time input ten-key screen, a pull-down button for inputting “hour” and “minute” (further, “second” if necessary) is provided in the reserved time area 213. Alternatively, in this case, when the pull-down button is selected (tapped), a list of numerical values is displayed in a pull-down display and the numerical values can be selected. Alternatively, in the reserved time area 213, the fields of “hour” and “minute” (further, “second” if necessary) may be configured as selection buttons, and in this case, above and below the selected (tap) field. Numerical values are listed in the direction, and the numerical value is scrolled by the user's flick operation so that the numerical value can be selected. Alternatively, when the margin of the reservation setting screen 21 is relatively wide, the time input ten-key screen may be displayed in the margin of the reservation setting screen 21. Further, in consideration of the case where the reservation time is desired to be fixed, a reservation time storage check box or the like may be provided, and when the check box or the like is checked, the previous reservation time may be set in advance.

  The reservation determination unit 44 has a function of outputting the execution button 215, the OFF button 216, the dimming button 217, the reservation cancel button 218, and the home shift button 219 to the reservation setting screen 21 to determine the reservation setting of the user. In the present embodiment, the clock unit 45 is a clock unit having a timer (countdown timer). The reservation deciding unit 44 decides (confirms) the reservation execution of the lighting control based on the user input, and causes the timer of the time measuring unit 45 to start time counting. Further, the reservation time setting unit 43 or the reservation determination unit 44 switches between the selectable state and the non-selectable state (gray out, non-display, etc.) of the buttons 215 to 219 as necessary.

  The execution button 215 is a button for designating that the selected lighting control is to be executed at the expiration of the scheduled time. In this example, “execute” is described as the execution button 215, but “ON” may be described. When the execution button 215 is selected, the reservation determination unit 44, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, "executes control at the reservation time. Are you sure?", "Yes" (affirmative) and "No" (negative). ) Is displayed in a pop-up display. More specifically, the question text on the confirmation screen 22 is "execute control after XX hours. Are you sure?", "Turns off at the reserved time. Are you sure?", "Turns off after XX hours." Are you sure? ”Or the like. Further, when the reservation time is input by the time as in the second embodiment described later, the above-mentioned question sentence is, "The control will be executed at ○○ △△ minute. Are you sure?", "○" It will turn off at the time of △△ minutes. Are you sure? "Or the like.

  When the user affirms on the confirmation screen 22, that is, selects "Yes", the reservation determination unit 44 confirms the reservation setting, starts the time measurement by the timer of the time measurement unit 45, and closes the confirmation screen 22 and the reservation setting screen 21. . In this way, after setting the reservation time, the reservation setting is completed only by selecting the execution button 215 and affirmative selection on the confirmation screen 22, so that the reservation setting can be performed easily and quickly. In addition, when the user selects negative on the confirmation screen 22, that is, “No”, the reservation determination unit 44 closes the confirmation screen 22 without activating the operation related to the execution button 215.

  The OFF button 216 is a button for designating that the selected lighting control is OFF-controlled when the above-mentioned scheduled time expires. Similar to the execution button 215, the confirmation screen is displayed even after the OFF button 216 is selected, and the reservation setting is completed by an affirmative selection on the confirmation screen.

  The dimming button 217 is a button for shifting to a dimming rate setting screen for allowing the user to determine the dimming rate when dimming is selected as the illumination control. The dimming button 217 will be described in a second embodiment described later.

  The reservation cancel button 218 is a button for canceling the reservation setting for lighting control. When the reservation cancellation button 218 is selected, the reservation determination unit 44 pops up a confirmation screen in which, for example, "Cancel the reservation. Are you sure?", "Yes" (affirmation) and "No" (denial). Let When “Yes” is selected, the reservation determination unit 44 closes the reservation setting screen 21. Further, the time icon 203 becomes "00:00:00", "---: ---:-", etc., and the control reservation is canceled. On the other hand, if “No” is selected on the confirmation screen, the reservation determination unit 44 closes the confirmation screen without activating the operation of the reservation cancellation button 218.

  The home shift button 219 is a button for returning from the reservation setting screen 21 to the home screen 20. When the home transition button 219 is selected, the reservation determination unit 44 does not validate the operation on the reservation setting screen 21 that has not been confirmed, or invalidates all the operations on the reservation setting screen 21. Then, the reservation setting screen 21 is closed.

  If the reserved time area 213 is not set ("00:00:00", "---: ---:-", etc. are displayed), the execution button 215, the OFF button 216, and the dimmer button are displayed. 217 and the reservation cancel button 218 may be set in a non-selectable state. However, this is not the case when the check box for saving the reserved time or the like is checked because the previously set time is displayed. Thereby, the user can grasp that it is sufficient to first select the time setting button 214 to set the reservation time after the reservation setting screen 21 is popped up, or use the reservation time saving check box. This shortens the operation and enhances the intuitiveness of the operation.

  The time display output unit 46 outputs the time icons 203a to 203d to the home screen 20. As illustrated, the reservation icons 201a to 201d, the control names 202a to 202d, and the time icons 203a to 203d correspond to each other. The time icons 203a to 203d are collectively or partially represented as the time icon 203. The time icon 203 displays a countdown of the time set on the reservation setting screen 21. This countdown is executed from the time when the reservation setting is confirmed by the reservation deciding unit 44 and the timer of the timer 45 is started.

  In this way, the countdown display of the time icon 203 allows the user to intuitively recognize that the reservation setting has succeeded, without actually seeing the countdown reaching zero. Although the lighting control itself is not required to be strictly performed in seconds, the countdown display is performed in seconds, which allows the user to set the reservation immediately after the completion of the reservation setting (within several seconds from the completion of the reservation setting). The success of can be learned more intuitively.

  The lighting control execution unit 47 generates a control signal corresponding to the reserved lighting control at the expiration of the reserved time, transmits the control signal from the communication unit 6 to each illuminating lamp 8, and illuminates the reserved lighting control. The light 8 and the terminal are made to execute.

  When the execution of the reserved lighting control is completed, the time icon 203 may be erased or the time icon 203 indicating the end of the countdown may be retained. The display of the time icon 203 indicating the end of the countdown may be zero "00:00:00", a blank "---: ---: ---", a message "reservation execution end", or the like. In this way, when the time icon 203 indicating the end of the countdown is held, the user can confirm the completion of the execution of the lighting control later (at a later date or the like).

  It should be noted that even during the countdown after the end of the reservation setting, if any of the reservation icons 201 is selected again, the reservation setting operation as described above is accepted. That is, a plurality of lighting controls can be reserved, and in this case, the home screen 20 displays a countdown of the same number of time icons 203 as each reservation time. As a result, the list of reservation states for lighting control is improved.

  Further, when the same illumination control is reset during the countdown, the reset contents are overwritten on the preset contents, and the reset contents become effective. As a result, it is not necessary to cancel or delete the preset reservation contents, and the reservation change operation becomes easy.

Here, a specific reservation setting procedure will be described with reference to FIGS. 6A to 6D.
In a baseball game (night game) at a stadium, it is assumed that a reservation setting is made in which all the lighting lamps 8 are turned off after 2 hours have elapsed at the end of the game. This corresponds to the completion of maintenance work such as cleaning within 2 hours after the end of the match. All lights of the illumination lamps 8 are turned on during the match, and the user (operator) waits until the end of the match.

  FIG. 6A shows the home screen 20 during the match. On the home screen 20, the setting management unit 40 outputs the lighting arrangement image 200 for baseball, and the reservation guiding unit 41 makes reservation icons 201a (all baseball lights), 201b (baseball collective dimming), 201c (cleaning pattern) and 201d. (All baseball lights off) is output, and the control information output unit 42 outputs the control names 202a to 202d. However, since the reservation setting has not been made, the time icons 203a to 203d are displayed as "---: ---: ---".

It is assumed that the game is over and cleaning is started at 21:15.
When the user selects the reservation icon 201d (all baseball lights off reservation), the reservation guidance unit 41 pops up the reservation setting screen 21 shown in FIG. 6B. On the reservation setting screen 21, the control information output unit 42 refers to the preset list 50 (FIG. 4) and outputs "Reservation No. 4" in the reservation number area 210, and "all baseball lights off" in the control name area 211. “Reservation” is output, and “pattern control” is output to the control content area 212. Further, in FIG. 6B, the execution button 215, the OFF button 216, the dimming button 217, and the reservation cancel button 218 are grayed out.

  When the user selects the time setting button 214, the reservation time setting unit 43 pops up a ten key screen (not shown) for time setting. The user inputs the reservation time "02:00:00" on the ten-key screen. In response to the user input, the reservation time setting unit 43 outputs “02:00:00” in the reservation time area 213, as shown in FIG. 6C. Further, the execution button 215 is made selectable.

  When the user selects the execute button 215, the reservation determination unit 44 pops up the confirmation screen 22 (FIG. 5). When the user affirms the confirmation screen 22, that is, selects “Yes”, the reservation determination unit 44 confirms the reservation setting, activates the countdown timer of the clock unit 45, and closes the confirmation screen 22 and the reservation setting screen 21. As a result, the home screen 20 shown in FIG. 6D is obtained.

  As shown in FIG. 6D, on the home screen 20, the time display output unit 46 outputs a countdown display as the time icon 203d.

  Then, when the countdown timer becomes zero after 23:15, which is two hours (+ the time required for the reservation setting operation) from 21:15, the illumination control execution unit 47 turns off all the illumination lamps 8. At this time, as described above, the time icon 203d may retain the state at the end of the countdown, such as the display of "00:00: 00" or "-: ---: ---".

  As described above, in the lighting control device 1 of the present embodiment, the reservation guidance unit 41 outputs the reservation icon 201 associated with the selectable lighting control to the home screen 20 and the reservation selected by the user input. The reservation setting screen 21 for guiding the lighting control corresponding to the icon 201 is opened. The reservation time setting unit 43 determines the reservation time based on the user input on the reservation setting screen 21. The reservation determination unit 44 determines reservation execution of lighting control based on a user input on the reservation setting screen 21 and starts a countdown timer (time counting unit 45). The time display output unit 46 outputs the countdown display time icon 203 to the home screen 20 based on the reserved time and the countdown timer. Then, the illumination control execution unit 47 causes the illumination lamp 8 to perform illumination control when the reserved time expires.

  This allows the user to complete the reservation setting simply by selecting the reservation icon 201, inputting the reservation time, and determining the reservation execution when setting the reservation for lighting control. Reservation settings can be made easily. Further, when the reservation setting is completed, the user can see the time icon 203 of the countdown display regarding the reserved lighting control on the home screen 20, and can easily and intuitively grasp the completion of the reservation setting. Therefore, in an environment in which the lighting control time cannot be determined by the lighting administrator, the lighting control device 1 is realized which enables flexible, easy, and intuitive mode of making reservation settings for lighting control.

<Second Embodiment>
Although the first embodiment has shown the configuration in which the time until the lighting control is executed is set, the present embodiment shows the configuration in which the time at which the lighting control should be executed is set. The block diagram of the illumination control device 1 of this embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 1 shown about 1st Embodiment. The operation of the reservation time setting unit 43 is different between the present embodiment and the first embodiment, and accordingly, some of the operations of the reservation determining unit 44, the time measuring unit 45, the time display output unit 46, and the lighting control execution unit 47 are performed. different. Since the other configurations are substantially the same between the both embodiments, the duplicated description will be omitted.

  The reservation time setting unit 43 outputs the reservation time area 213 and the time setting button 214 on the reservation setting screen 21 as in the first embodiment, but in the present embodiment, the reservation time area 213 is selected. The time (hereinafter, referred to as "reservation time" or "reservation time") at which the lighting control is executed is displayed. Therefore, when the user inputs the reservation time on the time input ten-key screen, the reservation time setting unit 43 closes the time input ten-key screen and outputs the input reservation time to the reservation time area 213.

  Further, similarly to the first embodiment, instead of providing the time setting button 214 and the time input ten-key screen, the above-described numeric pull-down configuration or numeric scroll configuration may be provided, or the reservation setting screen 21 may be provided. A time input ten-key screen may be displayed in the margin. In any case, the current time or a blank ("---: ---: ---") is displayed in the reserved time area 213 in the state before the reserved time is set.

  In the present embodiment, the clock unit 45 has a clock function of outputting the current time. The time display output unit 46 outputs the time icon 203 to the home screen 20, and the time icon 203 indicates the remaining time obtained by subtracting the current time output by the clock unit 45 from the reserved time set on the reservation setting screen 21. Display the countdown.

  When the dimming button 217 is selected after the reservation time is set, the reservation determination unit 44 pops up a dimming rate setting screen (not shown). The dimming rate setting screen may be a ten-key screen or may be a list of applicable dimming rate buttons. The enumeration of applicable dimming rates may be, for example, “75%”, “50%” and “25%”, or “4/6 lights” and “2/6 lights”. It is preferable that the reservation determination unit 44 outputs the dimming rate input by the user to any part of the home screen 20 or the reservation setting screen 21. For example, the set dimming rate may be added to the control name area 211 or the control content area 212, or may be added to the control name 202.

  When the dimming rate is input on the dimming rate setting screen, the reservation determination unit 44 displays, for example, "dimming at the reserved time. Are you sure?", "Yes" (affirmative) and A confirmation screen 23 in which "No" (negative) is described is displayed in a pop-up (note that "scheduled time" may be "scheduled time"). The question text on the confirmation screen 23 is "dimming at XX hours △△ minutes. Are you sure?", "XX% dimming at the reserved time. Are you sure?" Dimming XX% every minute. Are you sure? "Or the like. Further, in the above-mentioned first embodiment, the above-mentioned question sentence is "dimming after ○ hours. Are you sure?", "XX% dimming after ○ hours. Are you sure?", Etc. May be.

  If the user affirms on the confirmation screen 23, that is, selects “Yes”, the reservation determination unit 44 determines (confirms) the reservation setting and closes the confirmation screen 23 and the reservation setting screen 21 (that is, reservation of dimming control). Setting is completed). As described above, also in the case of the dimming setting, since the reservation setting is completed only by selecting the dimming button 217 and affirmative selection on the confirmation screen 23 after the reservation time is set, it is possible to easily and quickly set the reservation. In addition, when the user selects negative, that is, “No” on the confirmation screen 23, the reservation determination unit 44 closes the confirmation screen 23 without activating the operation related to the dimming button 217.

  Alternatively, when the user determines the dimming ratio on the dimming ratio setting screen, the reservation determination unit 44 closes the confirmation screen 23 without confirming the reservation setting, sets the execution button 215 in a selectable state, and the user executes the execution button 215. You may make it wait for selecting. In this case, the reservation setting is not finalized and executed unless the execution button 215 is finally selected.

  Also, as in the first embodiment, when the reserved time area 213 is not set (for example, when the current time is displayed or is blank), the time setting button 214 is set to the selectable state, and the execution button 215 is turned off. The button 216, the light control button 217, and the reservation cancel button 218 may be set in a non-selectable state. Further, when the lighting control is dimming and the dimming rate is not set, the dimming button 217 is set to the selectable state, and the execution button 215, the OFF button 216, and the reservation cancel button 218 are set to the unselectable state. You may do it. Thus, after the reservation setting screen 21 is popped up, the user may select the time setting button 214 to set the reservation time, and then select the dimming button 217 to set the dimming rate. Can be grasped and the intuitiveness of the operation is enhanced.

  The lighting control execution unit 47 generates a control signal corresponding to the reserved lighting control when the scheduled time arrives, and transmits the control signal from the communication unit 6 to each of the lighting lamps 8 to perform the reserved lighting control. The illumination lamp 8 is made to execute.

Here, a specific reservation setting procedure will be described with reference to FIGS. 8A to 8G.
In a match at a stadium, it is assumed that all the illumination lights 8 are dimmed by 50% about 30 minutes after the end of the match and all the illumination lights 8 are turned off about 1 hour and 30 minutes after the end of the match. This corresponds to the fact that the players and the spectators have almost completely left the venue about 30 minutes after the end of the match, and the maintenance work such as cleaning is completed by 1 hour and 30 minutes after the end of the match. During the match, all lights of the illumination lamps 8 are turned on, and the user (operator) waits until the end of the match.

  FIG. 8A shows the home screen 20 during the match. On the home screen 20, the setting management unit 40 outputs the lighting arrangement image 200, and the reservation guiding unit 41 reserves icons 201a (all baseball lights), 201b (baseball collective dimming), 201c (cleaning pattern) and 201d (all baseballs). The control information output unit 42 outputs the control names 202a to 202d. Since the reservation is not set, the time icons 203a to 203d are displayed as "---: ---: ---".

It is assumed that the game ends at about 21:30.
Either the 50% dimming reservation or the extinguishing reservation may be reserved first, but the user first sets the 50% dimming reservation. When the user selects the reservation icon 201b (baseball collective dimming), the reservation guidance unit 41 pops up the reservation setting screen 21 shown in FIG. 8B. On the reservation setting screen 21, the control information output unit 42 refers to the preset list 50 (FIG. 4) and outputs “Reservation No. 2” to the reservation number area 210, and displays “Baseball collective adjustment” in the control name area 211. “Optical reservation” is output, and “group control” is output to the control content area 212. In FIG. 8B, the execution button 215, the OFF button 216, the dimming button 217, and the reservation cancel button 218 are grayed out.

  When the user selects the time setting button 214, the reservation time setting unit 43 pops up a ten key screen (not shown) for time setting. On the ten-key screen, the user inputs the reservation time “22:00:00”. In response to the user input, the reservation time setting unit 43 outputs “22:00:00” in the reservation time area 213, as shown in FIG. 8C. At the time of FIG. 8C, the dimming button 217 is in the selectable state.

  When the user selects the dimming button 217, the reservation determination unit 44 pops up a dimming rate setting screen (not shown). When the user selects or inputs “50%” on the dimming rate setting screen, the reservation determination unit 44 pops up the confirmation screen 23 (FIG. 7). When the user selects “Yes” on the confirmation screen 23, the reservation determination unit 44 determines to execute the reservation and closes the confirmation screen 23 and the reservation setting screen 21. As a result, the home screen 20 shown in FIG. 8D is obtained.

  Alternatively, when the user determines the dimming rate on the dimming rate setting screen, the reservation determination unit 44 closes the confirmation screen 23 without confirming the reservation execution, and sets the control content area 212 to “50% dimming control” or the like. The rewriting and execution button 215 may be set in a selectable state to wait for the user to select the execution button 215 on the reservation setting screen 21. Then, in response to the user selecting the execution button 215, the reservation determination unit 44 pops up the confirmation screen 22 (see FIG. 5), and confirms the reservation execution according to the positive selection on the confirmation screen 22, and confirms. The screen 22 and the reservation setting screen 21 may be closed so that the home screen 20 shown in FIG. 8D may be transitioned to. The home screen 20 obtained in any case is the same.

  As shown in FIG. 8D, on the home screen 20, the control information output unit 42 outputs “Baseball 50% dimming reservation” as the control name 202b, and the time display output unit 46 outputs the countdown display as the time icon 203b. . In this countdown display, the remaining time (00:28:44) obtained by subtracting the current time (for example, 21:31:16) from the scheduled time (22:00:00) is displayed. The control name 202b does not have to be changed as described above. In this case, the reserved control content (dimming rate) is displayed on any part of the reservation setting screen 21, and the control content can be confirmed on the reservation setting screen 21 by selecting the reservation icon 201b. You may do it.

  Next, the user sets a light-off reservation. When the user selects the reservation icon 201d (all baseball lights off), the reservation guidance unit 41 pops up the reservation setting screen 21 shown in FIG. 8E. On the reservation setting screen 21, the control information output unit 42 refers to the preset list 50 (FIG. 4) and outputs "Reservation No. 4" in the reservation number area 210, and "all baseball lights off" in the control name area 211. “Reservation” is output, and “pattern control” is output to the control content area 212. In FIG. 8E, the execution button 215, the OFF button 216, the dimming button 217, and the reservation cancel button 218 are grayed out.

  When the user selects the time setting button 214, the reservation time setting unit 43 pops up a ten key screen for time setting. On the ten-key screen, the user inputs the time “23:00:00”. In response to the user input, the reservation time setting unit 43 displays “23:00:00” in the reservation time area 213, as shown in FIG. 8F. Then, the execution button 215 is made selectable.

  When the user selects the execute button 215, the reservation determination unit 44 pops up the confirmation screen 22 (FIG. 5). When the user selects “Yes” on the confirmation screen 22, the reservation determination unit 44 confirms the reservation setting and closes the confirmation screen 22 and the reservation setting screen 21. As a result, the home screen 20 shown in FIG. 8G is obtained.

  As shown in FIG. 8G, on the home screen 20, the control information output unit 42 outputs “baseball all turn-off reservation” as the control name 202d, and the time display output unit 46 outputs a countdown display as the time icon 203d. In the countdown display of the time icons 203b and 203d, the remaining time (00:28:36, which is obtained by subtracting the current time (for example, 21:31:24) from the reserved time (22:00:00, 23:00:00), 01:28:36) are displayed respectively.

  Then, when the time becomes 22:00 and the countdown of the time icon 203b becomes zero, the illumination control execution unit 47 turns on all the illumination lamps 8 with 50% dimming. At this time, the dimming rate display of the control name 202b may be returned to the original (that is, the "50%" portion may be deleted). The time icon 203b holds the state at the end of the countdown. Then, when the time becomes 23:00 and the countdown of the time icon 203d becomes zero, the illumination control execution unit 47 turns off all the illumination lamps 8. Here again, the time icon 203d holds the state at the end of the countdown.

  As described above, in the lighting control device 1 of the present embodiment, the reservation guidance unit 41 outputs the reservation icon 201 associated with the selectable lighting control to the home screen 20 and the reservation selected by the user input. The reservation setting screen 21 for guiding the reservation of the lighting control corresponding to the icon 201 is opened. The reservation time setting unit 43 determines the reservation time based on the user input on the reservation setting screen 21. The reservation determination unit 44 determines reservation execution of lighting control based on the user input on the reservation setting screen 21. The time display output unit 46 outputs the time icon 203 of the countdown display to the home screen 20 based on the reserved time and the current time (time counting unit 45). Then, the illumination control execution unit 47 causes the illumination lamp 8 to perform illumination control when the reserved time arrives. The effects obtained in this embodiment are substantially the same as those in the first embodiment.

<Program, etc.>
Each component that implements the illumination control device 1 (processing unit 4) in each of the above-described embodiments is implemented by the operation of the illumination control device program stored in the storage unit 5.

  The present invention also includes the case where the software program that implements the functions of the above-described embodiments is supplied to the lighting control device 1 (processing unit 4) directly or remotely. Therefore, the program code itself installed in the lighting control device 1 in order to realize the functional processing of the present invention is also included in the present invention. That is, the present invention also includes a computer program for implementing the functional processing of the present invention. The program causes the computer to set the above-mentioned setting management unit 40, reservation guidance unit 41, control information output unit 42, reservation time setting unit 43, reservation determination unit 44, clock unit 45, time display output unit 46, and lighting control execution unit. It is possible to function as all or a part of 47. As described above, according to the present invention, since the operation and effect as shown in each of the above-described embodiments can be realized by introducing software, it is possible to improve the ease of introducing the lighting control device 1.

  The above program may be downloaded from the Internet. In this case, the lighting control device 1 connected to the Internet home page by the browser function downloads the computer program or the compressed file including the automatic installation function from the home page to the hard disk or the like.

  A computer-readable storage medium storing the above program is also included in the present invention. When the program is supplied by a storage medium, the storage medium may be a flexible disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, or the like, MO, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, magnetic tape, non-volatile. Memory card, ROM, DVD (DVD-ROM, DVD-R) or the like.

<Modification>
Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention can be modified into various modes as described below, for example.

(1) Modification Regarding Time Icon 203 In each of the above-described embodiments, the icon 203 including the countdown display is illustrated as the time icon that allows visual confirmation of the time until the scheduled lighting control is executed, but it is visible. The display may be in other forms. For example, on the home screen 20, two digital clock displays of the current time and the reserved time (or the scheduled expiration time of the reserved time) may be displayed vertically, for example. Alternatively, two analog clock displays indicating the current time and the reserved time (or the scheduled expiration time of the reserved time) may be displayed side by side, for example. Further, when the display screen of the display unit 2 is the screen saver screen, at least the countdown display may be displayed on the screen saver screen.

(2) Modification of Reservation Time Setting Unit 43 In the first and second embodiments described above, the reservation time and the reservation time are set, respectively. However, the reservation time or the reservation time is set by the user's selection. May be appropriately selected. In this case, the reservation time setting unit 43 outputs a button on the reservation setting screen 21 to allow the user to select either the reservation time setting or the reservation time setting.

1 Lighting control device 8, 8-1 to 8-n Lighting lamp 20 Home screen 21 Reservation setting screen 22, 23 Confirmation screen 41 Reservation guidance unit 42 Control information output unit 43 Reservation time setting unit 44 Reservation determination unit 45 Timekeeping unit 46 hours Display output unit 201, 201a to 201d Reservation icon 202, 202a to 202d Control name 203, 203a to 203d Time icon 215 Implementation button (predetermined button)
216 OFF button (predetermined button)
217 Light control button (predetermined button)

Claims (8)

A lighting control device having a display screen,
A reservation icon associated with a selectable lighting control is output to the home screen of the display screen, and a reservation setting screen for opening a reservation for lighting control corresponding to the reservation icon selected by user input is opened. Department,
In the reservation setting screen, a reservation time setting unit that determines a reservation time until the lighting control is executed based on user input,
A timekeeping unit having a timer,
In the reservation setting screen, a reservation determination unit that determines reservation execution of the lighting control based on user input, and starts timing by the timer.
A time display output unit for outputting to the home screen a time icon capable of visually recognizing the remaining time until the lighting control is executed, based on the reserved time and the time count by the timer,
The lighting control device is configured such that the time icon is a countdown display of a remaining time until the lighting control is executed, and the remaining time is counted down in seconds in the countdown display. A lighting control device having a display screen,
A reservation icon associated with a selectable lighting control is output to the home screen of the display screen, and a reservation setting screen for opening a reservation for lighting control corresponding to the reservation icon selected by user input is opened. Department,
In the reservation setting screen, a reservation time setting unit that determines a reservation time at which the lighting control should be executed based on user input,
In the reservation setting screen, a reservation determination unit that determines reservation execution of the lighting control based on user input,
A timekeeping unit that outputs the current time,
Based on the reserved time and the current time, a time display output unit for outputting to the home screen a time icon in which the remaining time until the lighting control is executed can be visually confirmed,
The lighting control device is configured such that the time icon is a countdown display of a remaining time until the lighting control is executed, and the remaining time is counted down in seconds in the countdown display. A lighting control device having a display screen,
A reservation icon associated with a selectable lighting control is output to the home screen of the display screen, and a reservation setting screen for opening a reservation for lighting control corresponding to the reservation icon selected by user input is opened. Department,
In the reservation setting screen, a reservation time setting unit that determines a reservation time until the lighting control is executed based on user input,
A timekeeping unit having a timer,
In the reservation setting screen, a reservation determination unit that determines reservation execution of the lighting control based on user input, and starts timing by the timer.
A time display output unit for outputting to the home screen a time icon capable of visually recognizing the remaining time until the lighting control is executed, based on the reserved time and the time count by the timer,
The reservation determination unit outputs a predetermined button for determining the reservation execution to the reservation setting screen, outputs a confirmation screen when the predetermined button is selected by user input, and affirms by the user input on the confirmation screen. Configured to determine the appointment execution in response to the selection made,
An illumination control device configured such that the predetermined button is in a non-selectable state before the reserved time is determined. A lighting control device having a display screen,
A reservation icon associated with a selectable lighting control is output to the home screen of the display screen, and a reservation setting screen for opening a reservation for lighting control corresponding to the reservation icon selected by user input is opened. Department,
In the reservation setting screen, the reservation time setting unit for determining the illumination control is performed Rubeki reservation time based on user input,
In the reservation setting screen, a reservation determination unit that determines reservation execution of the lighting control based on user input,
A timekeeping unit that outputs the current time,
Based on the reserved time and the current time, a time display output unit for outputting to the home screen a time icon in which the remaining time until the lighting control is executed can be visually confirmed,
The reservation determination unit outputs a predetermined button for determining the reservation execution to the reservation setting screen, outputs a confirmation screen when the predetermined button is selected by user input, and affirms by the user input on the confirmation screen. Configured to determine the appointment execution in response to the selection made,
An illumination control device configured such that the predetermined button is in a non-selectable state before the reservation time is determined.   The lighting control device according to claim 1, further comprising a control information output unit that outputs lighting control information as a control name to the home screen.   The lighting control device according to claim 5, wherein when a plurality of the lighting controls are reserved, the control information output unit and the time display output unit include the control name and the time corresponding to the plurality of lighting controls. A lighting control device configured to output a set of icons to the home screen.   A program for causing a computer to function as each unit included in the lighting control device according to claim 1.   A computer-readable storage medium in which the program according to claim 7 is stored.

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