EP1976341B1 - Procédé de contrôle de l'économie d'énergie d'un module d'éclairage - Google Patents

Procédé de contrôle de l'économie d'énergie d'un module d'éclairage Download PDF

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EP1976341B1
EP1976341B1 EP07006412A EP07006412A EP1976341B1 EP 1976341 B1 EP1976341 B1 EP 1976341B1 EP 07006412 A EP07006412 A EP 07006412A EP 07006412 A EP07006412 A EP 07006412A EP 1976341 B1 EP1976341 B1 EP 1976341B1
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Chao-Chin Yeh
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B39/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for operating incandescent light sources
    • H05B39/04—Controlling
    • H05B39/041—Controlling the light-intensity of the source
    • H05B39/044—Controlling the light-intensity of the source continuously
    • H05B39/047—Controlling the light-intensity of the source continuously with pulse width modulation from a DC power source
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
    • H05B41/14—Circuit arrangements
    • H05B41/36—Controlling
    • H05B41/38—Controlling the intensity of light
    • H05B41/39—Controlling the intensity of light continuously
    • H05B41/392—Controlling the intensity of light continuously using semiconductor devices, e.g. thyristor
    • H05B41/3921—Controlling the intensity of light continuously using semiconductor devices, e.g. thyristor with possibility of light intensity variations
    • H05B41/3927—Controlling the intensity of light continuously using semiconductor devices, e.g. thyristor with possibility of light intensity variations by pulse width modulation

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  • the present invention relates to lighting module control means and more particularly, to a lighting module power-saving control method.
  • a same power is consumed during lighting. For example, if a light emitting device is turned on with a watt consumption "w" and the length of turn-on period is "t", the light emitting device keeps consuming power supply at the watt consumption "w" within the whole length of turn-on period "t". If the length of the time period is divided into 1000 equal parts, the power consumption time of watt consumption "w" of the light emitting device is 1000/1000, as shown in FIG 1 . Under certain conditions, this power consumption manner is a waste. If the light emitting device is not used for a special processing work but for illumination, it is not necessary to keep consuming power supply at the watt consumption "w" within the whole length of turn-on period "t” because of the persistence of human vision.
  • US 2005/0212461 pertains to a projection type video display apparatus comprising inter alia input means for inputting a power saving mode setting command to fix the luminance of a light source to a predetermined power saving level, average luminance level detection means for detecting the average luminance level of an input video signal and PWM generation means.
  • the PWM generation means permits generation of a first PWM signal having a duty ratio corresponding to the average luminance level detected by the average luminance level detection means in a certain duty ratio range and of a second PWM signal with a duty ratio outside the predetermined duty ratio range when the power saving mode setting command is inputted.
  • the PWM signal is used for controlling the luminance of the light source on the basis of the duty ratio of the inputted PWM signal.
  • the present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. It is the main object of the present invention to provide a method of saving the power consumption of the lighting module of a lamp by means of the persistence of human vision.
  • the power-saving control method is used in a light emitting device having a power output loop and a lighting module to save power consumption.
  • the method comprises installing a switching control loop in said light emitting device for controlling said power output loop at each time-sharing cycle, said time-sharing cycle dividing the length of a unit time into multiple equal parts for said power output loop; alternately outputting a normal-consumption current by said power output loop to said lighting module within a first predetermined length of time and a power-saving current by said power output loop to said lighting module within a second predetermined length of time, characterized in that the frequency of the supply of said normal-consumption current is not less than 16 times/second and that the power-saving current is greater than or equal to the minimum exciting current of the lighting module.
  • FIG 2 is a circuit diagram of a lamp in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • the lamp comprises a DC power loop 10, a switching control loop 11 connected to the DC power loop 10, a power output loop 12 connected to the switching control loop 11, and a lighting module 13 connected to the power output loop 12.
  • the lamp is a compact fluorescent lamp.
  • the switching control loop 11 provides a high-frequency current output signal and a low-frequency current output signal at a milli-second time division cycle. It divides the length of a unit time "t" into multiple equal parts in which signals are respectively outputted.
  • the power output loop 12 executes output of different currents subject to the control of the switching control loop 11, i.e., the power output loop 12 is controlled by the switching control loop 11 to output a normal-consumption current to the lighting module 13 within a predetermined length of time, and to output a power-saving current to the lighting module 13 within another predetermined length of time.
  • the frequency of the supply of the normal-consumption current to the lighting module 13 is higher than or equal to 16 times/second, and the power-saving current must be greater than or equal to the minimum exciting current of the lighting module 13.
  • the unit time is 1 second and divided into 1000 equal parts, and the normal-consumption current and the power-saving current are alternatively supplied by the power output loop 12 to the lighting module 13 at every 1/1000 second, as shown in FIG 3 , causing the lighting module 13 to emit light. Therefore, the power output loop 12 outputs the normal-consumption power to the lighting module 13 500 times in one second, the 20W consuming time is 1/2 second, and the 10W consuming time is 1/2 second, i.e., it saves about 25% of power consumption when compared with a conventional 20W fluorescent lamp.
  • the lighting module does not keep consuming the normal-consumption current 20W all the time within this 1 second, the supply frequency of the normal-consumption current 20W to the lighting module is higher than 16 times/second, the effect of the persistence of human vision makes people feel constant brightness of the lamp under the normal-consumption current. Therefore, saving of power consumption is achieved.
  • the minimum exciting current is 3W
  • the normal-consumption current is 20W
  • the power-saving current is 8W. If the unit time is 1 second and divided into 1000 equal parts and if the normal-consumption current and the power-saving current are alternatively supplied by the power output loop to the lighting module for 1/1000 second and 9/1000 second respectively, the power output loop outputs the normal-consumption power to the lighting module 100 times in one second, the 20W consuming time is 1/10second, and the 8W consuming time is 9/10 second, i.e., it saves about 54% of power consumption when compared with a conventional 20W fluorescent lamp.
  • the lighting module does not keep consuming the normal-consumption current 20W all the time within this 1 second, the supply frequency of the normal-consumption current 20W to the lighting module is higher than 16 times/second, the effect of the persistence of human vision makes people feel constant brightness of the lamp under the normal-consumption current. Therefore, saving of power consumption is achieved.
  • the invention is also applicable to cold cathode fluorescent lamp, HID (High-Intensity Discharge) lamp, as well as LED (Light Emitting Diode).
  • HID High-Intensity Discharge
  • LED Light Emitting Diode
  • the supplying time for normal-consumption current can be 3/10 and the supplying time for power-saving current can be 7/10. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims.

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  1. Un procédé de contrôle d'économie d'énergie d'un module d'éclairage utilisé dans dispositif émetteur d'énergie comportant une boucle de sortie de puissance (12) et un module d'éclairage (13) dans lequel le procédé comprend
    installer une boucle de contrôle de commutation (11) dans ledit dispositif émetteur de lumière pour contrôler ladite boucle de sortie de puissance (12) à chaque cycle en temps partagé, ledit cycle en temps partagé divisant la longueur d'une unité de temps en en parts égales multiples pour ladite boucle de sortie de puissance (12) ;
    produire en alternance un courant à consommation normale par ladite boucle de sortie de puissance (12) pour ledit module d'éclairage (13) pour un premier nombre desdites part égales définissant une première longueur de temps prédéterminée, et un courant d'économie de puissance par ladite boucle de sortie de puissance (12) pour ledit module d'éclairage (13) pour un second nombre desdites part égales définissant une seconde longueur de temps prédéterminée, caractérisé en ce que
    ledit courant à consommation normale est fourni audit module d'éclairage (13) pas moins de 16 fois par seconde et que le courant d'économie d'énergie n'est pas moins que le courant d'excitation minimum dudit module d'éclairage.
  2. Le procédé de contrôle d'économie d'énergie d'un module d'éclairage tel que revendiqué dans la revendication 1 dans lequel ladite boucle de contrôle de commutation (11) contrôle ladite boucle de sortie de puissance (12) pour restituer ledit courant à consommation normale et ledit courant d'économie de puissance audit module d'éclairage, à un cycle en temps partagé d'une milliseconde.
  3. Le procédé de contrôle d'économie d'énergie d'un module d'éclairage tel que revendiqué dans la revendication 1 dans lequel le temps total de fourniture dudit courant de consommation normale au sein de ladite unité de temps est plus long que le temps total de fourniture dudit courant d'économie de puissance au sein de ladite unité de temps.
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ES07006412T ES2317603T3 (es) 2007-03-28 2007-03-28 Procedimiento para controlar el ahorro de energia de un modulo de alumbrado.
EP07006412A EP1976341B1 (fr) 2007-03-28 2007-03-28 Procédé de contrôle de l'économie d'énergie d'un module d'éclairage
DE602007000234T DE602007000234D1 (de) 2007-03-28 2007-03-28 Stromsparsteuerungsverfahren für ein Beleuchtungsmodul
AT07006412T ATE413795T1 (de) 2007-03-28 2007-03-28 Stromsparsteuerungsverfahren für ein beleuchtungsmodul
PL07006412T PL1976341T3 (pl) 2007-03-28 2007-03-28 Sposób kontroli oszczędzania energii w module oświetleniowym

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