Smart LED lighting is changing people's past light experience

The maturity of LED lighting applications makes "lights" no longer just a tool to provide people with enough light. LED gradually replaces traditional lighting, and is also combined with smart lighting to change people's past experiences and feelings about light, including enhancing the light source's contribution to mood and health. The international lighting manufacturer Philips launched the Hue series in 2013. With the market's resounding response, this product can be remotely controlled by the mobile device app, providing users with the light source needed for different situations.

In the past, traditional light sources were used to illuminate indoor products. The design of light tones was not particularly particular. Light bulbs mostly offered only white, cool white and warm white light. However, with the evolution of the light source, the user's perception of the light source is slowly changing, such as the need to assist different color light sources in different occasions. The international lighting giants Philips and Osram have also talked about the effects of color temperature on health, mood and productivity in recent research.

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According to the research, the light source affects both human physiology and psychology, and affects people's physiological clock conditions. The timely and appropriate amount of light source, as well as proper sunshine and night distribution are also the key factors affecting human body operation. From a Swedish study comparing the effects of blue light and caffeine on people's cognitive function and alertness, the brain's response to blue light is much higher than that of caffeine. It can be observed in the two groups of control groups. High alertness and correctness. In contrast, a group that only uses white light but consumes caffeine has a relatively low alertness and correctness.

In addition, research indicates that natural light is positive for employee productivity and good for both mood and health. Therefore, the office's light source can be adjusted with changes in sunlight, which will enable employee productivity to be synchronized with job satisfaction. Upgrade.

Smart lighting is on the rise of users' awareness of the use of light sources. Philips' Hue series is the pioneer of smart lighting products in 2013. Hue can provide users with the ability to change the color of the light source or adjust it with time. Experience in using light sources, etc. After Hue swept the LED lighting market, there were not many manufacturers that introduced smart lighting. For example, LIFX and Digital Lumen also launched LED smart bulb products similar to Hue.

There are also many manufacturers launching newer smart lighting products. AwoX recently launched the new StriimLight LED bulb , which even has a built-in Bluetooth speaker. The development of control chips has also helped accelerate the implementation of this smart lighting. Goldee has released a smart lighting control system that turns the traditional lighting switch into a sensor that will adjust the light source depending on the light. It is not difficult to see that smart lighting has become an important area for traditional lighting manufacturers to seek more added value.

In addition, LED bulbs can even be a source of data transmission, such as LED bulbs that incorporate Li-Fi functionality. Li-Fi can be used to replace Wi-Fi. It uses visible spectrum for data transmission, and the transmission speed can even exceed the current broadband between the United States and China. The study is from Harold Hass, a professor at the University of Edinburgh, but the technology is still in the early stages of development.

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The role of the future light source will no longer be just a illuminating effect, and the intelligent lighting will bring more comfort and convenience to the lighting, and also bring more comfort to the user. The future use and development of smart lighting in the future is the medium of information transmission. Smart lighting is definitely a major trend in the next few years, and the maturity of technology and the acceptance of users are the key to the smooth penetration of smart lighting penetration.