Abstract: A reflow apparatus include a carrier supporting a printed circuit board placed on a side thereof by using a vacuum pressure generated therein, and a processing chamber including a heating chamber and a cooling chamber, wherein the carrier includes at least one adsorption hole, formed in one side of the carrier, a vacuum space connected to the adsorption hole, and a vacuum control unit capable of maintaining or removing a vacuum pressure in the vacuum space by selective opening and closing a path connecting the vacuum space to the outside.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for visible light communication using electrically switchable glass. The apparatus for visible light communication using the electrically switchable glass includes a reception unit for receiving a data signal, a control unit for generating current and voltage corresponding to the data signal and controlling the transmittance of the electrically switchable glass based on the current and the voltage, and a transmission unit for adjusting the brightness of visible light that passes through the glass based on the transmittance and performing visible light communication using the visible light that has passed through the glass.

Abstract: Disclosed is a controlling apparatus for a dimming level of a light disposed on a ceiling surface, including: a sampling unit sampling an illumination value of a ceiling area depending on a change in a dimming level of the light; a communication unit receiving an illumination value of a floor area at a minimum dimming level of the light and an illumination value of the floor area at a maximum dimming level of the light; an estimation unit estimating an illumination value of the floor area at a current dimming level of the light based on an algorithm defined by using the illumination value of the floor area and the illumination value of the ceiling area at the minimum dimming level of the light, the illumination value of the floor area and the illumination value of the ceiling area at the maximum dimming level of the light, and the illumination value of the ceiling area at the current dimming level of the light; and a control unit controlling the dimming level of the light so that the estimated illumination va

Abstract: An individual lighting control apparatus and method are disclosed herein. The individual lighting control apparatus includes a reception unit, a terminal connection unit, a sensor unit, and a lighting environment sensing and terminal state determination unit. The reception unit receives the location information of a corresponding individual illumination light. The terminal connection unit acquires the state information of a terminal corresponding to the location information of the illumination light. The sensor unit acquires the sensor information of the set surrounding area of the terminal. The lighting environment sensing and terminal state determination unit sets operation mode based on the state of the connection with the terminal, and then monitors the state of the terminal or the state of the set surrounding area of the terminal in accordance with the set operation mode. The individual illumination light is controlled by providing state change information to a lighting control scheduler.

Abstract: Disclosed is a controlling apparatus for a dimming level of a light disposed on a ceiling surface, including: a sampling unit sampling an illumination value of a ceiling area depending on a change in a dimming level of the light; a communication unit receiving an illumination value of a floor area at a minimum dimming level of the light and an illumination value of the floor area at a maximum dimming level of the light; an estimation unit estimating an illumination value of the floor area at a current dimming level of the light based on an algorithm defined by using the illumination value of the floor area and the illumination value of the ceiling area at the minimum dimming level of the light, the illumination value of the floor area and the illumination value of the ceiling area at the maximum dimming level of the light, and the illumination value of the ceiling area at the current dimming level of the light; and a control unit controlling the dimming level of the light so that the estimated illumination va

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a lighting switch apparatus and a lighting switching method, which can perform lighting control by blocking or passing light from a lighting device using a user's hand motion while the user may make input to a lighting switch by means of a capacitive touch on the lighting switch. The lighting switch apparatus includes a capacitive touch sensing unit for recognizing a user's touch. A hand motion visible light receiving unit receives visible light from a lighting device depending on motion of the user's hand. A control unit generates a touch-based lighting control signal based on results of touch recognition, controls the hand motion visible light receiving unit so that the user's hand motion-based signal is output based on the results of touch recognition, and generates a lighting control command by combining the lighting control signal with the user's hand motion-based signal.

Abstract: Disclosed are a safety communication system and a method thereof that provide a risk occurrence position and a notification function, and more particularly, disclosed is communication technology including a sensor based lighting for rapidly responding to a risk situation. The safety communication system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a device sensing a risk situation; a lighting crime prevention system analyzing risk situation data received from the device and including a position ID to generate situation data; and a lighting control system controlling an operation of a lighting depending on the situation data.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining the location of a terminal are disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a reception unit, an initiation unit, a selection unit, and a correction unit. The reception unit receives the location identifications (IDs) of one or more illumination lights. The initiation unit initiates the location coordinates of a receiving terminal to the coordinates of an illumination light corresponding to the most frequently received location identification (ID). The selection unit selects the coordinates of an illumination light corresponding to the second-most frequently received location ID. The correction unit calculates the reception ratio of reception from the coordinates of the initiated illumination light to reception from the coordinates of the selected illumination light, and then corrects the coordinates of the receiving terminal based on the calculated reception ratio.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for integrally controlling lighting according to the status of power reserve stages. The apparatus for integrally controlling lighting according to power reserve stage, comprises: a lighting control result receiver for receiving lighting control result data generated by integrating a lighting identification number and control result information of the LED light source the brightness of which is controlled according to power reserve stage-based lighting control information; a power reserve stage determination unit for determining a power reserve stage based on the received lighting control result data; and a power reserve stage issuer for transmitting the determined power reserve stage to the lighting controller in real time.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for controlling a lighting network. The apparatus for controlling lighting network includes a control device and a plurality of control gears. The control device generates and transfers commands to control lighting. The plurality of control gears receives the commands from the control device and control lighting. The control device assigns a right to use a lighting network to the control gears, and the control gears send information about a change in a lighting state or error details to the control device using the right to use a lighting network.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a Zigbee lighting control apparatus and method. The Zigbee lighting control method includes checking whether a Zigbee switch to which a Zigbee lighting control apparatus is applied is in a reset state, performing a broadcast-based link connection a number of times identical to a number of currently installed Zigbee lighting devices if the Zigbee switch is in the reset state, performing a broadcast-based link connection a number of times identical to a preset number of Zigbee lighting devices if it is checked that the Zigbee switch is not in the reset state, performing a unicast-based link connection on remaining Zigbee lighting devices that are not connected to a link, among Zigbee lighting devices within a preset range upon performing the broadcast-based link connection, and controlling Zigbee lighting devices that have been connected via the broadcast-based link connection or the unicast-based link connection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an inter-vehicle communication apparatus and method using visible light communication. The inter-vehicle communication apparatus using visible light communication includes a spreading code application unit for applying a spreading code to transmission data desired to be transmitted, and a transmission unit for generating a transmission frame based on the transmission data to which the spreading code is applied, and transmitting the transmission frame via a lighting lamp of a vehicle. The transmission frame includes a preamble field required to synchronize the transmission frame, a data field required to transmit the transmission data, and a position field required to provide hopping information of the transmission data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an intelligent lighting control apparatus and method, which control an intelligent lighting unit including multiple sensors depending on time, place, scene, environment, or the like, based on the results of sensing by the sensors. The intelligent lighting control apparatus includes a multi-sensor unit including multiple sensors, the multi-sensor unit sensing motion of a person or an object within a set sensing area using at least one of the multiple sensors. A lighting control unit controls an operation of a lighting unit based on frequency data corresponding to results of sensing by the multi-sensor unit and a class of lighting type corresponding to the frequency data.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling lighting are disclosed. The apparatus includes a reception unit, a determination unit, a state determination unit, and a lighting control command transmission unit. The reception unit receives an event message from a light sensor. The determination unit determines whether the event message is an event message attributable to a change in luminance or an event message related to a DALI system. If it is determined that the event message is the event message attributable to a change in the luminance, the state determination unit determines the luminance change state of a lit space using the event message attributable to a change in the luminance. The lighting control command transmission unit sends a lighting control command corresponding to the luminance change state using a control group address.

Abstract: A shop management apparatus and method are disclosed therein. The apparatus includes an input unit, a product information management unit, a communication unit, and a shop management unit. The input unit receives product information and discount event information within a shop. The product information management unit compares the product information and the discount event information with previously stored information, sends changed product information and changed discount event information, acquired based on a result of the comparison, to a lighting control scheduler, and receives a corresponding reception Ack message. The communication unit receives VLC data and illuminance information for each light ID, corresponding to the product information and the discount event information, from a portable manager device. The shop management unit checks an error of the VLC data, checks the illuminance of a corresponding LED light within the shop based on the illuminance information, and then manages the shop.

Abstract: A lighting control device and method are disclosed herein. The lighting control device includes a control unit and a control request unit. The control unit sets up a virtual multiple lighting control unit corresponding to a lighting control command received from a lighting management device. The control request unit selects a wireless light fixture corresponding to a light fixture ID included in the lighting control command, and makes a lighting control request to the selected wireless light fixture. The control unit transfers a response to the lighting control request to the lighting management device, and thus allows a corresponding lighting switch to control the wireless light fixture.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling Zigbee wireless lighting are disclosed. The apparatus for controlling Zigbee wireless lighting includes an address management unit, a packet conversion unit, and a client unit. The address management unit detects a Zigbee wireless address, corresponding to a light ID included in a command received from a user terminal, in an address management table. The packet conversion unit converts the command into a Zigbee light link (ZLL)-based packet. The client unit transfers the ZLL-based packet to Zigbee wireless illumination light corresponding to the Zigbee wireless address in order to control the Zigbee wireless illumination light.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for controlling a fault in a lighting network. The apparatus includes power selection units respectively provided in a plurality of lighting units connected to one another over a network, each power selection unit being configured to compare a reference voltage with an output voltage sensed from power supply signals input from power supply units respectively provided in a lighting unit, located ahead of a faulty lighting unit, and the faulty lighting unit if a fault occurs in the lighting unit, and to select supply power to be supplied to the faulty lighting unit. Lighting control units control driving of the faulty lighting unit using the selected supply power.

Abstract: A transmitting apparatus using visible light communication generates transmission data into a two-dimensional data code according to a predetermined code method between the transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus and transmits the two-dimensional data code through a plurality of light emitting diodes (LED) that are arranged in a two-dimensional form. Therefore, the receiving apparatus senses light from a plurality of LEDs as an image using an image sensor, demodulates the image into a two-dimensional data code, decodes the two-dimensional data code using a code book, and restores data.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing indoor location information are disclosed herein. The apparatus includes a signal reception unit, a global positioning system (GPS) data reception unit, a frame generation unit, a scheduling unit, and a signal transmission unit. The signal reception unit receives a lighting control frame from a lighting control device. The GPS data reception unit receives location data from GPS satellites. The frame generation unit generates a location data frame by extracting the location of an illumination light stored in a lighting arrangement storage unit, modifying the location data and adding a header to the modified location data. The scheduling unit schedules the lighting control frame or the location data frame. The signal transmission unit transfers the lighting control frame or the location data frame to the corresponding illumination light based on the results of the scheduling of the scheduling unit.