JPH06203966A - Lighting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify and expedite preparation and presentation of lighting and curtail personnel by providing a portable remote controller for radio trans mitting a control signal and a lighting fixture whose posture, light distribution and rising and lowering are controlled by this control signal. CONSTITUTION:It is determined whether a plurality of lighting fixtures 3a, 3b... are controlled by pattern or controlled independently. In the case of independent control, a remote controller 7 is directed to the luminaire to be controlled, for example, 3a, and an equipment selection key is pressed. After confirming the lighting of the equipment designation display part 14b of the selected equipment 3a, a control key to control, pan, tilt, barndoor, focus, color change, and rising and lowering controls, an arrow key is pushed only for a time according to the control quantity, and the operation is stopped by releasing it. The result of the operation is transmitted from a transmission processing part 14j to a control board 5, stored in a recording part 5d through an arithmetic processing part 5b, and displayed on a display part 6b as occasion demands, and the control can be thereafter performed at once by this pattern.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a lighting device suitable when a plurality of lighting devices whose posture, light distribution, and elevation can be remotely controlled are provided in a television studio, a stage, etc. The present invention relates to a lighting device which is also controlled by a portable remote controller.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of lighting device, a plurality of lighting devices are attached to a television studio, a stage, etc., and the posture, light distribution, elevation, etc. of these lighting devices are remotely controlled by a control console.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional lighting apparatus, while a plurality of lighting fixtures are installed in a television studio, a stage, etc., they are installed in a sub-adjustment room or the like, which is remote from these lighting sites. A control console is installed.

For this reason, an operator who performs various controls such as the posture of each lighting fixture by operating the control console cannot directly see the lighting site such as a television studio.

Therefore, conventionally, a person who directly looks at the light distribution or the like at the lighting site and instructs various controls such as the posture of each lighting fixture,
At least two operators who operate the control console are required to receive this instruction in a sub-adjustment room or the like, which is remote from the lighting site, and perform control in accordance with the instruction.

[0006] For this reason, at least these two persons are required, and it is also necessary that the mutual communication of both parties is accurate, and there is a problem that the work efficiency of these is low and it is complicated.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to simplify lighting preparation and production by performing various controls of a plurality of lighting devices also by a portable remote controller. And to provide a lighting device capable of reducing the number of personnel.

[0008]

The present invention is configured as follows in order to solve the above-mentioned problems.

The invention according to claim 1 of the present application (hereinafter, referred to as the first
The invention of (1)) has a portable remote controller that wirelessly transmits a control signal, and a lighting fixture that receives at least the control signal from the remote controller and controls the posture, light distribution, and elevation.

The invention according to claim 2 of the present application (hereinafter referred to as the second invention) is connected to a lighting fixture through a signal line, and a control signal is transmitted to this signal line to provide lighting. It is characterized by having a control console for remotely controlling the device.

Furthermore, the invention according to claim 3 of the present application (hereinafter referred to as the third invention) has a plurality of lighting fixtures, and the remote controller has an identification signal for identifying each of these lighting fixtures together with a control signal. Each luminaire has a means for transmitting, and when each lighting fixture receives the identification signal and determines that the identification signal identifies itself, it has a control means for performing control according to the control signal. Is characterized by.

Furthermore, in the invention according to claim 4 of the present application (hereinafter, referred to as a fourth invention), the luminaire has a display means for displaying the reception when the identification signal for identifying the self is received. It is characterized by having.

Further, in the invention according to claim 5 of the present application (hereinafter referred to as the fifth invention), the remote controller and the control console have means for presetting and storing control patterns of a plurality of lighting fixtures, and this control. It is characterized by having means for transmitting an identification signal and a control signal according to the pattern.

Further, in the invention according to claim 6 of the present application (hereinafter referred to as the sixth invention), when the lighting equipment receives the control signal from the remote controller, the lighting equipment also transmits the control signal to the control console. The control console has means for receiving and storing a control signal from the remote controller.

Furthermore, in the invention according to claim 7 of the present application (hereinafter referred to as the seventh invention), the control pattern of the remote controller when controlling each lighting fixture is different from the control pattern stored so far. In this case, the control console has means for storing the new control pattern, and the control console has means for receiving and storing the new control pattern from each lighting fixture.

Further, in the invention according to claim 8 of the present application (hereinafter referred to as the eighth invention), when each of the lighting fixtures receives the control signal from both the remote controller and the control console, one of them gives priority. It is characterized by having priority means.

[0017]

[Action]

<First and Second Inventions> An operator of a portable remote controller operates a remote controller at a lighting site such as a television studio where the lighting equipment is installed, directly operating the remote controller while directly watching the light distribution and the like. Light, elevation, etc. can be controlled.

Therefore, it is possible to easily, swiftly and accurately perform lighting preparation and production, and at the same time, it is possible to reduce the number of personnel and the cost.

Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, each lighting fixture can be controlled by the control console together with the portable remote controller.

<Third Invention> The remote controller can individually control the lighting equipment by transmitting an identification signal for identifying the lighting equipment together with a control signal to each lighting equipment.

<Fourth Invention> When each luminaire receives an identification signal for identifying itself, the luminaire causes a display means such as an LED (light emitting diode) to emit light to notify the reception.

Therefore, the operator of the remote control can visually identify the luminaire to be controlled by looking at the light emission of the display means, and thus the luminaire to be controlled among the plurality of luminaires. It is possible to prevent misunderstanding and accurately control the luminaire to be controlled.

<Fifth Invention> Since the remote controller and the control console can control a plurality of lighting fixtures at once by the control pattern, the operation of the remote controller and the control console can be simplified. Lighting can be prepared and produced easily and quickly.

<Sixth Invention> When each lighting fixture receives a control signal from the remote controller, the control signal is transmitted to the control console.

Therefore, since the control state of each luminaire can be grasped also on the control console, it is very convenient when the luminaire is controlled by the control console.

<Seventh Invention> Since the remote controller can set a new control pattern for controlling a plurality of lighting fixtures, the number of variations of the lighting effect can be easily expanded by increasing the number of control patterns.

<Eighth Invention> When the control of each lighting fixture by the remote controller and the control console competes with each other, one of them is prioritized by the priority means, so that the confusion when such control conflicts is prevented. can do.

[0028]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. In addition, in FIGS. 1 to 4, common portions are denoted by the same reference numerals.

FIG. 1 is a partially omitted schematic diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment including the first to eighth inventions of the present application, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the system configuration thereof. In FIG. At a lighting site 2 such as a television studio or a stage, a plurality of lighting fixtures 3a, 3b ... Are hung up and down on a ceiling or the like, and the respective lighting fixtures 3a, 3b .. It is electrically connected.

The control console 5 is provided with a display portion 6 such as a CRT (cathode ray tube) or LCD (liquid crystal display device) in the vicinity thereof, and is installed in, for example, the sub-adjustment room S or the like, which is slightly away from the illumination site 2. , Has a portable remote controller 7. The remote controller 7 has substantially the same control function as the control console 5.

The lighting fixtures 3a, 3b ... Are hung up and down, for example, on the ceiling via the elevating and lowering drive devices 8a, 8b .., and have a light source (not shown) as shown in FIG. A pair of left and right short horizontal shafts 10a and 10b are provided on the left and right outer surfaces of the instrument body 9 in the figure, and the U-shaped tip ends of the fork-shaped handle 11 are attached to the left and right horizontal shafts 10a and 10b. Swivelingly attached, horizontal shafts 10a, 1
It is oscillated around 0b, that is, tiltably suspended.

Each handle 11 has vertical shafts 11a and 11b substantially at the center of its U-shaped abdomen (upper end in FIG. 1).
As shown in FIG. 1, the vertical shaft 11a is rotatably supported by the elevating / lowering drive devices 8a and 8b and is hung freely so that it can be panned.

Each of the lighting fixtures 3a, 3b ... Incorporates a light source, a reflector and the like (not shown) so as to be integrally movable, while
A lens or the like is fitted to form a light projecting portion 12 for projecting light from a light source or a reflector forward. For example, four blade-shaped band doors 13a to 13d are formed on the outer peripheral edge portion of the light projecting portion 12. It is provided so as to be openable / closable in the inside / outside direction and rotatable in the circumferential direction, and the light distribution and the like are controlled by controlling the opening / closing angles of the band doors 13a to 13d.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control console 5 has a transmission processing section 5a connected to the signal line 4, an arithmetic processing section 5b,
It has an input unit 5c, which is an operation unit including operation tools such as operation levers and switches, a display unit 6, and a recording unit 5d.

The input section 5c is for performing an operation for specifying the luminaires 3a, 3b ... Which are to be controlled, and an operation for specifying control of the posture, light distribution, color change, elevation, and the like. An address signal, which is an identification signal for identifying the lighting fixtures 3a, 3b ... Which are to be controlled by operation, and a control signal for specifying the control content are transmitted from the transmission processing unit 5a to the signal line 4 via the arithmetic processing unit 5b. is there.

Further, the recording section 5d is provided for each of the lighting fixtures 3a and 3b.
A plurality of control pattern data in which each control state of ... is patterned as a whole is stored, and when these control patterns are selected by the input unit 5c, a plurality of control signals according to the control patterns are transmitted. The processing section 5a outputs the signal to the signal line 4.

The display unit 6 controls the lighting device 3 to be controlled.
The numbers a, 3b, etc., their control contents, and control results are displayed by a suitable display method such as characters and figures.

On the other hand, the remote controller 7 has an input unit 7 which is an operation unit.
a, a display unit 7b, a calculation processing unit 7c, and a transmission unit 7d.

The input section 7a is a lighting fixture 3 to be controlled.
has operation tools such as operation levers and switches for performing operations for specifying a, 3b, ..., And the contents of control thereof, and by operating these operation tools, the respective lighting fixtures 3a, 3b.
The address signal and the control signal for identifying are wirelessly transmitted from the transmission unit 7d via the arithmetic processing unit 7c.

The arithmetic processing section 7c is a recording section 5d of the control console 5.
Control pattern data similar to that stored in the control pattern is stored, and the control pattern specified by the number is selected by performing the operation of selecting the pattern control with the input unit 7a and the operation of selecting the number of the control pattern. A plurality of control signals according to the above are superposed on the infrared rays or the like having a high unidirectionality by the transmitter 7d and then output.

The display unit 7b controls the lighting device 3 to be controlled.
The numbers a, 3b ..., their control contents, control results, etc. are displayed by characters or figures as appropriate.

Each of the lighting fixtures 3a, 3b ...
The control units 14 are built in respectively, and the postures such as elevation, tilt and pan, color change, focus, and light distribution can be remotely controlled by both the control console 5 and the remote controller 7.

That is, the control section 14 receives a remote control signal such as an address signal and a control signal from the remote control 7 and a remote control receiving section 14a. When the receiving section 14a receives an address signal that matches its own address, LED
Instrument designation display section 14 for lighting (light emitting diode) etc.
b.

Further, the control unit 14 includes a lift drive unit 14c,
Color change driver 14d, band door driver 14e,
The focus drive unit 14f, the tilt drive unit 14g, the pan drive unit 14h, the arithmetic processing unit 14i, and the transmission processing unit 14j are incorporated.

The elevating / lowering drive unit 14c includes a control console 5 and a remote controller 7.
In response to a lift control signal from the above, the respective lighting fixture bodies 9 are lifted and lowered by the respective lifting devices 8a, 8b ....

The color change drive unit 14d is the control console 5
And according to the color change control signal from the remote control 7,
Inside the light projecting unit 12, for example, by reciprocally moving in the longitudinal direction a color film colored in a required color with a required length in the longitudinal direction of the film stretched between a pair of left and right rollers, The color of the light projected from is converted appropriately.

The band door driver 14e operates in accordance with a band door control signal from the control console 5 and the remote controller 7.
The light distribution and the like are controlled by controlling the opening / closing angle of a to 13d and the rotation angle in the circumferential direction.

The focus drive section 14f automatically controls focusing by moving, for example, a light source and a reflector relative to the lens in accordance with focus control signals from the control console 5 and the remote controller 7. is there.

The tilt drive unit 14g operates in accordance with the tilt control signals from the control console 5 and the remote controller 7 to set the respective lighting fixtures 3a, 3a.
b ... is rotated around the vertical axis 11a to control the tilt angle.

The pan drive unit 14h is composed of the control console 5 and the remote controller 7.
Are rotated about the horizontal axes 10a and 10b in accordance with the pan control signal to control the pan angle.

The arithmetic processing unit 14i decodes the control contents such as the posture and the light distribution from the control signal received by the transmission processing unit 14j or the remote control receiving unit 14a and selectively drives each of the driving units 14c to 14h. .

The transmission processing unit 14j receives the address signal and the control signal from the control console 5, and determines whether or not the address signal from the remote controller 7 received by the remote control receiving unit 14a matches its own address. However, when they match, the control signal is given to its own arithmetic processing unit 14i.

Therefore, the required lighting fixtures 3a, 3b ...
Only the control console 5 and the remote controller 7 can be individually controlled.

Next, an example of how to use the remote controller 7 is shown in FIG.
A description will be given based on the flowchart. In addition, in FIG.
S1 to S11 indicate the steps of the flowchart.

First, it is determined whether or not the plurality of lighting fixtures 3a, 3b ... Are controlled in a pattern or individually. If the control is performed in a pattern, the process proceeds to S2. In the case of the individual control, S5 is performed.
Continue to the following.

In the case of pattern control, the remote controller 7 is operated in S2.
Press the control number key and the pattern operation on key (not shown) of the input section 7a. Then, in S3, the control pattern data specified by the control number in the arithmetic processing unit 7c of the remote controller 7 is given to the transmitting unit 7d, from which a predetermined pattern control signal is superimposed by infrared rays or the like having high unidirectionality. It is transmitted to each lighting fixture 3a, 3b ... Alternatively, when a pattern control signal is sent to the lighting fixtures 3a, 3b ... With the remote controller 7, the arithmetic processing unit 14i in the fixture recognizes this, creates data, and transmits it to the control console 5 by transmission. The control console 5 reads the pattern data from the recording unit 5d by this signal and transmits the data to the respective lighting fixtures 3a, 3b ....

At S4, the respective lighting fixtures 3a, 3b ... Receive these pattern control signals at the respective remote control receivers 14a,
The control unit 14 in the device performs vertical movements, tilts, pans, and other postures, color changes, band doors, focus, etc. according to the pattern control.

On the other hand, in the case of individual control, in S5, the transmitter 7d of the remote controller 7 is directed to the remote control receiver 14a of the lighting fixture to be controlled, for example, 3a, and the appliance selection of the input unit 7a of the remote controller 7 is performed. Press a key (not shown).

Then, the arithmetic processing unit 7c of the remote controller 7 gives the address signal of the lighting fixture 3a to the transmitting unit 7d, and from there, the remote control receiving unit 14a of the lighting fixture 3a.
Sent to. When this receiving unit 14a receives this address signal, the arithmetic processing unit 14i determines whether or not this address signal matches its own address. When it determines that the address signal matches, the device designation display unit 14b such as an LED is displayed. Turns on to indicate that reception is in progress.

Therefore, after confirming this lighting, S7
Then, press the control key to be controlled from among pan, tilt, bander, focus, color change, and up / down control, and press the arrow key (not shown) for a time corresponding to the control amount in S8, The control operation is stopped by releasing the arrow key.

The lighting equipment 3a, 3b ...
i drives and controls each of the driving units 14c to 14h according to the control signal, and in S10, the result of the control operation is added with an address signal from the transmission processing unit 14j and the transmission unit 5 of the control console 5 is added.
Send to a.

The control result received by the transmitter 5a is
The address and the address are stored in the recording unit 5d by the arithmetic processing unit 5b and displayed on the display unit 6b as necessary.

Therefore, it is possible to know the control result of the respective lighting fixtures 3a, 3b ...

Thereafter, in S11, by pressing the pattern recording key of the remote controller 7 as needed, a new control pattern including the individual control can be stored in the arithmetic processing unit 7c.

Therefore, thereafter, the control of the respective lighting fixtures 3a, 3b, ... Can be performed at once by this new control pattern.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, since it is possible to control each of the lighting fixtures 3a, 3b ... With the portable remote controller 7, the remote controller 7 is brought to the lighting site 2 such as a television studio and the distribution thereof. It is possible to control the plurality of lighting fixtures 3a, 3b ... By operating the remote controller 7 while directly looking at the light or the like, so that it is possible to simplify and speed up lighting preparation and production, and reduce personnel. it can.

Further, as in the conventional case, the respective lighting fixtures 3a, 3b ... Can be remotely controlled by the control console 5 installed in the sub-adjustment room S and the like, and the remote controller 7 and the control console 5 can be controlled. By previously setting the priority order of the control console 5 and the remote control 7, it is possible to prevent the confusion due to the control conflict between the control console 5 and the remote controller 7.

Further, since the respective luminaires 3a, 3b ... Can be individually controlled by the remote controller 7, it is possible to widen the range of lighting effects.

Further, when each of the lighting fixtures 3a, 3b ... Receives an address signal matching its own address, the reception is displayed by turning on the fixture designation display section 14b, so that the operator is in control. It is possible to easily and surely identify the lighting fixture, for example, 3a, among the plurality of lighting fixtures 3b ... Therefore, lighting can be prepared and produced easily, quickly and accurately.

Further, since the plurality of lighting fixtures 3a, 3b ... Can be pattern-controlled by both the remote controller 7 and the control console 5, it is not necessary to individually control the plurality of lighting fixtures 3a, 3b. Both simplification and speeding up of the production can be achieved.

Furthermore, the remote control 7 controls the lighting equipment 3a,
When 3b ... Is controlled, it can be stored as a new control pattern including the control operation, so that by increasing the number of new control patterns, it is possible to increase variations of new lighting effects.

[0072]

As described above, the first invention of the present application is
You can bring in a portable remote control to a lighting site such as a television studio, and operate the remote control while directly watching the light distribution etc. to control the posture, light distribution, elevation, etc. of multiple lighting fixtures. In addition to being able to easily and quickly perform preparation and production, it is possible to reduce personnel by reducing the number of personnel.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the lighting equipment can be controlled not only by the portable remote controller but also by the control console.

Further, according to the third invention of the present application, an identification signal for specifying the lighting fixture to be controlled and a control signal for specifying the control content are transmitted from the remote controller to the lighting fixture, and the identification signal is specified. Only the luminaire can be controlled individually.

Furthermore, in the fourth invention of the present application, when the lighting equipment specified by this identification signal receives an identification (address) signal for identifying each lighting equipment, a display means for displaying the reception is provided. Therefore, since the luminaire to be individually controlled can be identified from the plurality of luminaires, the luminaire to be controlled can be easily and surely identified among the plurality of luminaires. The accuracy of individual control can be improved.

Further, according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since a plurality of lighting fixtures can be controlled at once by the control pattern by the remote controller and the control console, the lighting can be prepared and produced easily and quickly.

Further, in the sixth invention of the present application, when the lighting equipment is controlled by the remote controller, the control result is given to the control console, so that the control state of each lighting equipment can be grasped also at the control console.

In the seventh invention of the present application, since a new control pattern for the luminaire can be set by the remote controller, by increasing the number of control patterns, it is possible to more easily and quickly prepare and produce the lighting. , It is possible to expand the range of variations of lighting effects.

In the eighth invention of the present application, since the control by the remote controller and the control console is prioritized, confusion when these controls conflict can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially omitted schematic view of the present embodiment including first to eighth inventions of the present application.

FIG. 2 is a partially omitted perspective view of the lighting fixture shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the system configuration of the embodiment shown in FIG.

4 is a flowchart showing an example of a control operation procedure of the remote controller shown in FIG. 1 and the like.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Lighting Device 2 Lighting Site 3a, 3b Lighting Fixture 4 Signal Line 5 Control Desk 5a Transmission Processing Section 5b Arithmetic Processing Section 5c Input Section 5d Recording Section 6 Display Section 7 Remote Control 7a Input Section 7b Display Section 7c Arithmetic Processing Section 7d Transmission Section 8a , 8b Lifting device 9 Instrument main body 10a, 10b Horizontal axis 11a Vertical axis 12 Light projecting section 13a to 13d Bandor 14 Control section 14a Remote control receiving section 14b Instrument designation display section 14c Elevating drive section 14d Color change drive section 14e Bandeau drive section 14f Focus Drive unit 14g Tilt drive unit 14h Pan drive unit 14i Arithmetic processing unit 14j Transmission processing unit

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A lighting device comprising: a portable remote controller that wirelessly transmits a control signal; and a lighting device that receives a control signal from the remote controller and controls at least posture, light distribution, and elevation. . 2. Connected to a lighting fixture via a signal line,
The lighting device according to claim 1, further comprising a control console for remotely controlling the lighting fixture by transmitting a control signal to the signal line. 3. A plurality of luminaires are provided, and a remote control has means for transmitting an identification signal for identifying each of these luminaires together with a control signal, and each luminaire receives said identification signal and receives the identification signal. 3. The lighting device according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit that performs control according to the control signal when it is determined that the identification signal identifies itself. 4. The illuminating device according to claim 1, wherein the luminaire has a display means for displaying the reception of the identification signal when the luminaire receives the identification signal. . 5. The remote controller and the control console have means for presetting and storing control patterns of a plurality of lighting fixtures, and means for transmitting an identification signal and a control signal according to the control patterns. The lighting device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. 6. The lighting device, when receiving a control signal from the remote controller, transmits the control signal to the control console, and the control console has means for receiving and storing the control signal from the remote controller. It has, The illuminating device of any one of Claims 1-5 characterized by the above-mentioned. 7. The remote controller has means for storing a control pattern when controlling each lighting fixture as a new control pattern when the control pattern when controlling each lighting device is different from the control pattern stored so far. The lighting device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising means for receiving a new control pattern from each lighting fixture and storing the new control pattern. 8. Each of the lighting fixtures has a priority means for giving priority to one of the remote control and the control signal when the control signal is received from the control console. Illumination device described.