Control device and method for assigning id number
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorKosuke IHARA
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Abstract
A control device which is connected to luminaires includes: a storage which stores associations between types of luminaires and identification (ID) number ranges for each of the types; an identifying unit which identifies a type of each of the luminaires; and an assigning unit which, by reference to the associations, assigns, to each of the luminaires, an ID number in an ID number range for the type identified by the identifying unit such that, among the luminaires, luminaires of a same type have consecutive ID numbers in the ID number range.
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A control device which is connected to luminaires, the control device comprising:
- a storage which stores associations between types of luminaires and identification (ID) number ranges for each of the types;
- an identifying unit which identifies a type of each of the luminaires;
- and
- an assigning unit which, by reference to the associations, assigns, to each of the luminaires, an ID number in an ID number range for the type identified by the identifying unit such that, among the luminaires, luminaires of a same type have consecutive ID numbers in the ID number range.
A method for assigning an ID (identification) number to each of luminaires connected to a control device, the method comprising:
- identifying a type of each of the luminaires;
- and
- assigning, by reference to associations, to each of the luminaires, an ID number in an ID number range for the type identified in the identifying such that, among the luminaires, luminaires of a same type have consecutive ID numbers in the ID number range, the associations being stored in a storage included in the control device and being associations between types of luminaires and ID number ranges for each of the types.
A control device for controlling luminaires including luminaries of a first type and luminaires of a second type, the control device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- one or more non-transitory storage, wherein:
- the storage stores a control program and a table indicating associations between the first type and a first identification (ID) number range and between the second type and a second ID number range, and
- the control program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
- identify a type of each of the luminaires;
- and
- by reference to the associations, assign one ID number in the first ID number range to each of the luminaires identified as the first type, such that the luminaires of the first type are assigned with consecutive ID numbers, and assign one ID number in the second ID number range to each of the luminaires identified as the second type, such that the luminaires of the second type are assigned with consecutive ID numbers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.