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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2017
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yuto Hidaka, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Sugawara, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a lighting system which includes: luminaires; a controller which manages the luminaires; and interfaces which relay communication between the luminaires and the controller, and groups the luminaires into groups. The interface has one or more ports to each of which corresponding one or more of the luminaires are connected. The controller receives a selection of one of a first option for grouping, into a group, one or more sets of luminaires connected respectively to one or more interfaces included in the interfaces or a second option for grouping, into a group, one or more sets of luminaires connected respectively to one or more ports included in the plurality of ports of the interfaces. The controller determines that the grouping is performed according to the one of the first and second options selected in the receiving; and displays information indicating a result of the grouping on a display.