- 专利标题: Energy management control for solar-powered lighting devices
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申请号: US13574805申请日: 2011-01-31
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公开(公告)号: US10123390B2公开(公告)日: 2018-11-06
- 发明人: Robertus Leonardus Tousain , Jan-Ivo Blankestijn , Bertrand Johan Edward Hontele
- 申请人: Robertus Leonardus Tousain , Jan-Ivo Blankestijn , Bertrand Johan Edward Hontele
- 申请人地址: NL Eindhoven
- 专利权人: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
- 当前专利权人: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.
- 当前专利权人地址: NL Eindhoven
- 国际申请: PCT/IB2011/050408 WO 20110131
- 国际公布: WO2011/095922 WO 20110811
- 主分类号: H05B37/00
- IPC分类号: H05B37/00 ; H02J7/00 ; H05B37/02 ; H02J3/38
摘要:
This invention relates to a method of controlling the light output of a solar-powered lighting device. The lighting device comprises a light source, a battery connected to the light source, a solar-power generator including a charger connected to the battery, and a control unit for performing the light output control. The method comprises: —charging the battery while solar-power is generated; —acquiring local day-light data; —repeatedly: —acquiring, at predetermined time intervals, local weather forecast data covering a predetermined time period, and determining a lighting output profile for the predetermined time period; and —driving the lighting device according to the lighting output profile, wherein said determining a lighting output profile comprises: —predicting a lighting demand for the predetermined time period on basis of first environment light data, which first environment light data comprises the local day-light data; —predicting a battery capacity for the predetermined time period on basis of a present energy storage level and second environment light data, which second environment light data comprises the weather forecast data and the local day-light data; and —determining the lighting output profile on basis of the lighting demand and the battery capacity under consideration of keeping the energy storage level above a predetermined minimum level during the predetermined time period.