KR101241691B1

KR101241691B1 - Luminous apparatus with light emitting diode and operating method thereof

Info

Publication number: KR101241691B1
Application number: KR1020070000836A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 홍승범; 김강욱
Original assignee: 엘지전자 주식회사
Priority date: 2007-01-04
Filing date: 2007-01-04
Publication date: 2013-03-08
Also published as: KR20080064221A

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a light emitting diode (LED) light emitting device and a method of operating the same. The present invention relates to a light emitting diode (LED) and a method of operating the same. It relates to a method of operation.

The LED light emitting device according to the present invention is configured to be able to change the light emitting pattern of the LED light emitting device according to the user's taste so that the light emitting form of the LED light emitting device can be more diverse and visually indicate the user's personality.

Light Emitting Diode, LED, Light Emitting Device, Light Emitting Pattern

Description

Light emitting diode light emitting device and its operation method {LUMINOUS APPARATUS WITH LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF}

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an LED light emitting device according to the present invention;

2 is a view showing an embodiment of a light emission control menu provided by the light emission control menu providing unit shown in FIG. 1; and

3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the LED light emitting device according to the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERENCE NUMERALS

100: light emitting unit 102: light emitting pattern storage unit

104: control unit 106: communication module

108: light emission control menu providing unit

Many people now use many small portable devices, such as MP3s, cell phones, and PMPs. Accordingly, various attempts have been made to add various functions to the mobile devices owned or to make the appearance beautiful.

One way to decorate the aesthetics of such small portable devices is to attach a light emitting device.

Thus, some small portable devices are provided with one or more LEDs in themselves and are configured to emit light according to a predetermined pattern to induce aesthetic interest for the portable device.

However, LED light emitting devices that are equipped with small portable devices in this way or that are commercially available as an accessory of small portable devices already have a predetermined light emission pattern of the LEDs. It has a form of emitting light.

Therefore, it was not possible to display their own small portable device differently according to each user's personality by emitting LEDs with a new light emission pattern according to the mood or the user's aesthetic sense.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a light emitting diode light emitting device capable of changing the light emitting pattern of the LED into a light emitting pattern desired by the user and a method of operating the same.

In order to achieve the above object, the light emitting diode light emitting device according to the present invention includes a light emitting unit having a plurality of LEDs; A light emitting pattern storage unit which prestores LED light emitting pattern information for controlling light emission of a plurality of LEDs provided in the light emitting unit; A communication module connected to an external device to perform communication; An emission control menu providing unit providing an emission control menu for receiving LED emission pattern information for controlling emission of a plurality of LEDs of the light emitting unit from a user; And providing an emission control menu provided by the emission control menu providing unit to an external device connected to the communication module, and updating the LED emission pattern information stored in the emission pattern storage unit with the LED emission pattern information received from the external device. After that, the control unit for controlling the light emission of the plurality of LEDs of the light emitting unit according to the updated LED light emission pattern information.

Here, the light emission control menu providing unit stores a light emission control menu for receiving information on the start of lighting, the lighting time, the flashing time, and whether the light is repeated, of the plurality of LEDs provided in the light emitting unit. According to the control, characterized in that configured to provide the stored light emission control menu.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of operating an LED light emitting device, wherein the LED light emitting device receives a light emitting control menu from which a user can receive LED light emitting pattern information for controlling light emission of a plurality of LEDs provided in the LED light emitting device. Providing; Updating, by the LED light emitting device, previously stored LED light emission pattern information with LED light emission pattern information received from the externally connected device; And controlling, by the LED light emitting device, light emission of the plurality of LEDs according to the updated LED light emission pattern information.

The LED light emission pattern information may include information on a start time of lighting, a lighting time, a flashing time, and whether light emission is repeated for a plurality of LEDs provided in the LED light emitting device.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described the present invention in more detail. However, in the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an LED light emitting device according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the LED light emitting device according to the present invention includes a light emitting unit 100, a light emitting pattern storage unit 102, a control unit 104, a communication module 106, and a light emission control menu providing unit. It consists of 108, and will be described in more detail below the function of each component.

The light emitting unit 100 is composed of a plurality of LEDs. The plurality of LEDs provided in the light emitting unit 100 may be configured as LEDs emitting different colors.

The light emitting pattern storage unit 102 stores LED light emitting pattern information for emitting a plurality of LEDs provided in the light emitting unit 100, and the LED light emitting pattern information lights or turns on each of the LEDs provided in the light emitting unit 100. Information to control blinking.

The communication module 106 provides a communication interface with an external device as a wired or wireless communication module.

The emission control menu providing unit 108 stores an emission control menu for receiving LED emission pattern information from a user for controlling emission of each of the plurality of LEDs provided in the emission unit 100. The light emission control menu providing unit 108 provides a light emission control menu according to the control of the controller 104 when an external device is connected to the communication module 106.

The controller 104 extracts the LED light emission pattern information previously stored in the light emission pattern storage unit 102 and generates light emission control signals for the LEDs provided in the light emission unit 100 according to the extracted LED light emission pattern information. do. Then, the generated light emission control signal is output to the light emitting unit 100 to control lighting and blinking of each LED included in the light emitting unit 100.

When an external device is connected to the communication module 106, the light emission control menu provided by the light emission control menu providing unit 108 is transmitted to the connected external device through the communication module 106.

The controller 104 transmits the light emission control menu to the external device, and then detects the LED light emission pattern information input by the user through user input information received through the communication module 106 and detects the detected LED light emission pattern information. The light emission pattern information previously stored in the light emission pattern storage unit 102 is updated.

The controller 104 extracts the updated LED emission pattern information into the emission pattern storage unit 102 to generate a control signal for controlling emission of each LED of the emission unit 100 and output the generated control signal to the emission unit 100.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a light emission control menu provided by the light emission control menu provider shown in FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the emission control menu provided by the emission control menu providing unit 108 to an external device informs information about each LED provided in the emission unit 100 and emits light pattern information for each LED. It is configured to receive input.

So, for example, the light emitting unit 100 includes four LEDs, and when the LEDs are red, orange, yellow, and green, respectively, the light emission control menu displays information on each of these LEDs.

And it is configured to receive the LED light emission pattern information including information on the start time, the lighting time, the flashing time, and whether the light emission is repeated for each of the LEDs emitting red, orange, yellow, and green color.

Here, the start point of lighting included as the LED light emission pattern information is when the power of the LED light emitting device itself is turned on in the case of LED1 as shown in the drawing, when the LED1 blinks (OFF) in the case of LED2, and LED3. In the case of LED4 may be set to a time when the flashing (OFF), and in the case of LED4, as in the case of LED1, the time when the power (ON) of the LED light emitting device itself is turned on.

As such, the start point of lighting of each LED is configured to be set to a point of time synchronized with the point of time when other LEDs are turned on or blinking in relation to the operation of each LED, or when the power of the LED light emitting device is turned on.

And the lighting time and the flashing time of each LED is the time that the lighting is maintained from the start of the lighting of each LED and the time that the flashing is maintained after the lighting time has passed. The lighting time and the flashing time of each of the LEDs, as well as whether or not to repeat the light emission of each of the LEDs to form a cycle of repeating each LED is turned on and extinguished.

When the user connects the LED light emitting device according to the present invention with an external device that provides a user interface function, such as a personal PC, the external device may display a light emission control menu as shown in FIG. 2 from the LED light emitting device. It can be provided and displayed on the screen. The user can determine the lighting start time, lighting time, flashing time, and whether the light is repeated to control the light emission of each LED included in the LED light emitting device as desired by the user through the light emission control menu displayed on the screen of the external device. Information can be input, and the information input by the user is transmitted to the LED light emitting device and used to control LED light emission with new LED light emission pattern information.

According to the present invention, when an external device is connected, the LED light emitting device provides a light emission control menu capable of controlling light emission of the LEDs included in the LED light emitting device as an externally connected device (S300).

When the externally connected device receives and displays a light emission control menu on the screen and transmits the information to the LED light emitting device input by the user through the light emission control menu, the LED light emitting device receives the information transmitted by the external device. (S302) The existing LED light emitting pattern information is updated by using the received information as new LED light emitting pattern information (S304).

Here, the light emission control menu provided by the LED light emitting device is light emission pattern information for controlling the light emission of each LED included in the LED light emitting device, and information on the start of lighting, the lighting time, the flashing time, and whether the light is repeated. Characterized in that it is configured to receive an input from the user.

Accordingly, the LED light emitting device stores information on the start of lighting, the lighting time, the flashing time, and whether the light is repeated as new LED light emission pattern information, which is information input from the user through the light emission control menu. The existing LED light emission pattern information is updated.

The LED light emitting device generates a control signal for controlling the light emission of each of the LEDs according to the new LED light emission pattern information to control the light emission of the LED (S306).

As a result, the LED light emitting device according to the present invention enables the user to change the light emitting pattern of the LED to the desired light emitting pattern. Therefore, the light emitting form of the LED light emitting device can be more diverse and visually express the user's personality, so that the LED light emitting device makes the appearance of the mobile device gorgeous for the decorative member of the mobile device and provides the aesthetics that suit the user's taste. It can be used to

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. I will understand. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined by the claims below and equivalents thereof.

The LED light emitting device according to the present invention makes it possible to change the light emitting pattern of the LED light emitting device according to the user's taste so that the light emitting form of the LED light emitting device can be more diversely and visually displayed.

Thus, even when the user purchases the same type of small portable device, the user can decorate the mobile device differently using the LED light emitting device according to the present invention as an accessory, thereby providing emotional value and fun to the user.

Claims

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Providing a light emission control menu to an externally connected device, the LED light emitting device receiving input of LED light emission pattern information from a user for controlling light emission of a plurality of LEDs provided in the LED light emitting device;

Updating, by the LED light emitting device, previously stored LED light emission pattern information with LED light emission pattern information received from the externally connected device; And

And controlling the light emission of the plurality of LEDs according to the updated LED light emission pattern information by the LED light emitting device.

The method of claim 3,

The LED light emission pattern information

Method of operating a light emitting diode light emitting device comprising the information on the start of the start, the lighting time, the flashing time, and whether the light is repeated, the plurality of LEDs provided in the LED light emitting device.