The emerging LED technology not only elevates the original LED technology to a new level, but also affects and changes human life in a way that is closest to life. It is a sign of independent innovation. It is also a manifestation of social progress.
The development of LED semiconductor lighting is actually an inevitable product of the development of the times to a certain stage, and the new technologies produced in this process promote the development of LED lighting from different aspects. In the future, LED lighting will not only satisfy the demand for light sources, but will also develop in a more intelligent and humane direction. Ai Xiaoming, CEO of OSRAM China, has a clear view on this. He compared the LED industry to the automotive industry and pointed out that the automotive industry is an early practitioner of independent innovation. From the earliest mobile needs to the current driving needs, from continuous improvement to technological innovation, this is a big progress. The same is true for the LED lighting industry. From the earliest pursuit of light sources to the emergence of various emerging technologies, LED lighting is developing in a more intelligent direction.
Ai Xiaoming emphasized that today’s politics, economy, and society are constantly changing, and as a decision-maker, only by understanding the changes can we grasp the laws of lighting development and control the entire lighting development trend. The technological development trends of related industries have actually allowed lighting applications to enter new fields to a certain extent. For example, speech recognition and 3D printing, although these seemingly unrelated new technologies can be integrated into lighting applications, they will create new opportunities for lighting. He proposed that the development of three new LED technologies will bring new business opportunities. It is believed that the current development trend of LED lighting should be the echo and superposition of technology and market trends.
The founding members of the alliance are Osram, Philips, GE Lighting, Lutron, Panasonic and Toshiba. The initial purpose of the alliance was to promote and encourage the development of open standard wireless lighting solutions with the goal of providing maximum interoperability. This is a global alliance dedicated to promoting the adoption and promotion of interoperable wireless lighting solutions worldwide.
The ultimate goal of the alliance is to develop robust wireless lighting control systems that enable interoperability of solutions with wireless lighting products and ease of operation.
Osram is one of the founding members of the alliance and has naturally spared no effort in developing mobile Internet. The products developed by Osram were also fully displayed at the Frankfurt exhibition. Using application software as a carrier, you can change the lighting settings at home as you like; in the office, you can also maximize resource conservation according to your own needs, achieve more efficient and energy-saving lighting needs, and can also be connected to different network applications.
Only through the media function of smart software, smart device solutions for safe, comfortable, and healthy living can be realized, which can realize real-time monitoring and optimization of energy consumption, that is, intelligent management.
Another alliance member - Philips - has a greater advantage in technological innovation in the field of connected lighting. At the Frankfurt Exhibition, the global lighting industry event, Philips made a wonderful appearance with its own intelligent equipment. Philips' "City Touch" intelligent lighting management system can realize remote control of city street lights. This emerging technology enables remote monitoring of LED street lights through the Internet. Under this control system, each LED street light can be programmed and successfully controlled remotely. If this system can be widely used, it will save 70% of energy for urban lighting. In the Philips City Touch system, users can learn the details of all street lights, just like each street light has its own ID card, including its model and usage status, etc., at a glance. As long as you move the mouse in your hand, you can turn on, turn off, dim and other actions on the city street lights. This allows for precise lighting based on actual conditions.
Internet lighting is actually a derivative of intelligent lighting. The meaning of Internet lighting is to realize the intelligent control of LED lamps through the combination of application solutions and Internet products through the Internet. With the continuous introduction of new technologies, the prospects of Internet lighting will be brighter and will be more widely used in home, business, engineering and other fields.
Biological lighting
"Visual lighting" to "healthy lighting"
In a wide-ranging survey, researchers from the New York Light Right Consortium (Light Right Consortium) found that a good lighting environment can improve work efficiency. Light can make people active and uplifting, but it can also make people completely relaxed and enjoy tranquility. Light can also be used in medical activities, not only to improve people's concentration when working or studying in the workplace or school, but also to relax passengers on long-distance flights. Many research teams around the world have conducted in-depth analyzes of the biological effects of light from various aspects, and a series of conclusions related to the biological effects of light have been scientifically confirmed in investigations and studies. These conclusions have been applied in some cutting-edge projects.
So far, these scientific studies have reached some conclusions, and the biological effects of light from lighting that covers a wide range and contain blue light are most significant. Light with a higher blue light content can more effectively reach the activation center of the human brain and the control center of the biological clock, thereby improving people's alertness, attention and concentration in daily work.
But how does the biological effect of light work in practice? Is it really the same as the conclusion of the study, and can it also improve people's attention, health and quality of life in reality?
OSRAM has conducted a lot of research and scientific verification in this project. Through tests in various situations, such as schools and physical therapy centers, it has confirmed the important role of light on people. And there is a significant improvement. Because sunlight helps increase people's activity and promotes people's physical and mental health. When people work in a closed room, natural light must be replaced by artificial light sources. By combining LED lighting with biological effects, people can control the lighting system so that light intensity, color temperature, and dynamic changes are consistent with natural light. This can greatly improve people's work ability, enthusiasm and efficiency.
Based on these research results, Ai Xiaoming confidently believes that the implementation of new technologies can improve people's cognitive abilities and nighttime resuscitation abilities, support biological clocks, reduce nocturnal jet lag and compensate for rhythm disorders, help patients reduce treatment time in the hospital, improve worker output and quality, and achieve appropriate lighting at the right time and in the right place.
The lighting products with biological effects launched by Osram have made major breakthroughs in technology and will be used in a wider range of applications in the future. In the future, the daylight control systems of office buildings and indoor buildings will be intelligently dimmed according to changes in the outside world. This is a very beautiful vision. If it can be realized, it will be a major change in future social development.
3. Network lighting for commercial buildings
“Lighting management” to “lighting service”
With the development of modern society, products are far from meeting people’s needs. At the same time, the services supporting products will be the key to people’s attention in the future.
The intelligent lighting control system of commercial buildings allows the lighting design of the entire commercial building to be under the control of the system, allowing the lighting system to work in a fully automatic state. The system will work according to the pre-designed basic states in the network, and these states can be switched between each other. This will be the mainstream trend in the development of architectural lighting in the future.
Ai Xiaoming said that the integrated solution of advanced lighting management and intelligent sensing technology can realize energy-saving potential services other than lighting (such as heating, cooling, ventilation, maintenance, etc.), and can realize more additional services such as security, positioning, consulting, etc.
He also emphasized that new lighting applications will create more business opportunities. In addition, the development of new LED technologies has just begun and will make greater achievements in the future. The emergence of various new technologies has allowed intelligence to enter people's lives faster. In the future, LEDs will have an immeasurable influence, and new technologies will truly change people's lifestyles.
Ai Xiaoming said that in the face of future challenges, openness, collaboration, and cross-industry cooperation will become the key. The development of the LED industry has become an irresistible historical trend, and how to allow it to develop healthily is an issue we must consider.
Every era will have its own specific development products, and the future era will belong to LED. We have reason to believe that with the joint efforts of people from all walks of life, the development of LED new technology will definitely reach a new level and will change our lives at a speed that we did not expect.
This is a bright industry, and LED will be more widely used in the future. However, we cannot yet imagine what new technologies will emerge, but the times will give us the answer. The future era belongs to LED. To paraphrase a sentence, as big as the heart is, the stage is as big as it is. If you dare to think it, you can do it. Because technology is always moving forward and innovation never ends.
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