Abstract:
An apparatus and a method for measuring a position of a light are disclosed. The apparatus for measuring a position of a light includes: an inputting unit configured to receive position information on a building and a floor in which a user is positioned; a position coordinate calculating unit configured to measure distances between a position of the user and wall surfaces in the building in each direction and calculate a position coordinate of the user based on the distances in each direction; a position determining unit configured to apply the position coordinate to a plan view corresponding to the position information to determine an initial position of the user; and a position information combining unit configured to receive a light identifier depending on movement of the user and store position information of the light corresponding to the light identifier.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a visible light communication method and device using a DMX-512 network. In the visible light communication method, dimming data packets are received. Visible Light Communication (VLC) data packets are generated. The dimming data packets and the VLC data packets are scheduled so that one or more of the VLC data packets are transmitted to Light Emitting Diode (LED) lighting devices connected over a Digital Multiplex (DMX)-512 network between transmission times of the dimming data packets.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus that are capable of retransmitting lost RDM packets in RDM protocol to control various devices connected to DMX512 network. The method recovers an error in a remote controller for remotely controlling devices connected to DMX512 network via RDM protocol based on the DMX512 network. A RDM packet to be transmitted to each device is stored in a buffer, and then the RDM packet is transmitted to the device. A preset period of time is waited for so as to receive a response packet from the device. If the response packet is received within the preset period of time, a transaction number of the response packet is checked, and a sequence of the response packet with respect to previously arrived response packets is determined The corresponding RDM packet is retransmitted depending on a result of determination of the sequence.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of processing a Digital Multiplex (DMX)-Visible Light Communication (VLC) address and a device using the method. In the method of processing a DMX-VLC address, a DMX-512 packet is received. It is determined whether the DMX-512 packet includes dimming data by using a start code of the DMX-512 packet. Lighting data is processed using an address recorded in a DMX-512 address field of a DMX-VLC address included in the DMX-512 packet if it is determined that the DMX-512 packet includes the dimming data. Non-lighting data is processed using an address recorded in a DMX-VLC extended address field of the DMX-VLC address if it is determined that the DMX-512 packet does not include dimming data.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for controlling a fault in a lighting network The apparatus includes power selection units respectively provided in a plurality of lighting units connected to one another over a network, each power selection unit being configured to compare a reference voltage with an output voltage sensed from power supply signals input from power supply units respectively provided in a lighting unit, located ahead of a faulty lighting unit, and the faulty lighting unit if a fault occurs in the lighting unit, and to select supply power to be supplied to the faulty lighting unit. Lighting control units control driving of the faulty lighting unit using the selected supply power.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an inter-vehicle communication apparatus and method using visible light communication. The inter-vehicle communication apparatus using visible light communication includes a spreading code application unit for applying a spreading code to transmission data desired to be transmitted, and a transmission unit for generating a transmission frame based on the transmission data to which the spreading code is applied, and transmitting the transmission frame via a lighting lamp of a vehicle. The transmission frame includes a preamble field required to synchronize the transmission frame, a data field required to transmit the transmission data, and a position field required to provide hopping information of the transmission data.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for controlling a lighting network. The apparatus for controlling lighting network includes a control device and a plurality of control gears. The control device generates and transfers commands to control lighting. The plurality of control gears receives the commands from the control device and control lighting. The control device assigns a right to use a lighting network to the control gears, and the control gears send information about a change in a lighting state or error details to the control device using the right to use a lighting network.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for sensing an error and a variation in Light-Emitting Diode (LED) lighting. In the method, a PWM signal including required light emission information is generated. Tail data including operation information is generated. A CRC value based on the tail data is also generated. A tail-CRC signal is generated by combining the tail data with the CRC value. Finally, a PWM-tail signal is generated by combining the tail-CRC signal with the PWM signal.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are a visible light communication method and apparatus. The visible light communication method includes determining whether a current location is the start of a symbol of a transmission signal, setting a sample index, a signal accumulated value for an accumulation region of a front half portion of the symbol, and a signal accumulated value for an accumulation region of a rear half portion of the symbol, determining whether the sample index belongs to an accumulation region of the front or rear half portion of the symbol, and accumulating samples of the transmission signal in accordance with the location to which the sample index belongs, determining whether a current location corresponds to the end of the symbol, and outputting a Variable Pulse Position Modulation (VPPM) communication signal corresponding to the transmission signal.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is an LED lighting control apparatus and method based on visible light communication. The LED lighting control apparatus includes lighting information collection means for collecting status information about lighting means and environmental information about surroundings of the lighting means, and transmitting the collected information to lighting control means. The lighting information collection means includes a visible light reception processing unit for receiving the status information about the lighting means contained in a visible light signal emitted from the lighting means, a lighting information analysis unit including a plurality of environmental information sensors for detecting the environmental information about the surroundings of the lighting means, the lighting information analysis unit analyzing the environmental information detected by the environmental information sensors, and a lighting information control unit for collecting the status information and the analyzed environmental information and transmitting the collected information to the lighting control means.