WO2014128635A1

WO2014128635A1 - Lighting system for internal rooms

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Publication number: WO2014128635A1
Application number: PCT/IB2014/059117
Authority: WO
Inventors: Emanuele PUGNALE
Original assignee: Pugnale Emanuele
Priority date: 2013-02-20
Filing date: 2014-02-20
Publication date: 2014-08-28
Also published as: EP2959749A1; ITUD20130022A1

Abstract

A lighting system for lighting one or more internal rooms (12) of a building (11) comprises at least one lighting device (13) provided with at least one light emission source defined by one or more light modules (16) of the organic light emitting diode type (OLED), and a control unit (17). The control unit (17) is connected to each of the light modules (16) by means of conductor cables (115) and comprises a containing body (117), distinct from said one or more support elements (15), disposed remote with respect to the light modules (16) and integrates, inside said containing body (117), at least a transceiver device (18), control module (118), and an electronic drive module (119).

Description

LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL ROOMS

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention concerns a lighting system usable in the field of furnishing for interiors for lighting one or more rooms in a building, whether it is domestic, public or for industrial use.

In particular the present invention concerns a lighting system comprising at least a lighting device able to light the room both with a monochromatic or polychromatic light, and through the reproduction of an image or a succession of images, whether these are static, for example polychromatic compositions or photographs, or dynamic, for example films.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

It is known that in the field of design of furnishings for interiors there is a need to have margins as wide as possible in terms of creative flexibility and personalization of the objects to be created. This need is met by a continuous search for innovative solutions, systems or materials, intended to reduce those technological restraints which work against the production of multipurpose objects, technologically advanced and having the most varied forms.

It is also known that domotic management systems are increasingly applied in man-made environments, in particular domestic ones, which provide to adopt solutions of a computerized or electronic type. Systems of domotic management are in fact known in the field of air conditioning or domestic appliances, or room security, for example by monitoring some parameters. Systems are also known for the domotic and automated management of the lighting apparatuses of a dwelling, that can allow, for example, to time or manage the lighting characteristics by remote control by the user.

The need is also known, in the field of lighting, for both civil and industrial use, to use lighting apparatuses with greater efficiency and longer working life, so as to reduce management and energy costs, and to reduce both consumption and the production of waste.

Indeed, known lighting apparatuses use light sources, for example, incandescent, halogen or fluorescent, which have the disadvantage of limited efficiency and high consumption. T IB2014/059117

A further disadvantage of known lighting apparatuses is that they are not veiy versatile or personalizable, due for example to the type of construction, the materials and the bulk of the lighting devices.

From the document US-A-2009/009103 (US' 103) a lighting unit and system are known, comprising a plurality of light emitting elements, for example Light Emitting Diodes - "LED", or Organic Light Emitting Diodes - "OLED", installed on a common substrate to define a modular subunit. Each subunit is provided with one or more drive elements installed on board the same substrate on which the light emitting elements are located, and connected to the latter. The drive elements receive and/or transmit signals from/to a remote control unit physically remote from the substrate according to wireless protocols. The function of the drive elements is to process the aforesaid signals in order to determine the selective activation/deactivation and modulation of the lighting and control functions of the light emitting elements.

The unit and the lighting system described in document US' 103 have the disadvantage of being bulky and not very versatile, in particular limited in the variety of shapes obtainable for the lighting unit. The solution adopted by US' 103, studied for large surfaces of light emission, is not suitable to make objects which base their architectural importance and their esthetic quality on , essential, light and dynamic forms, including modular ones, with minimum bulk.

Document US-A-2012/0283878 (US '878) describes a lighting device provided with flexible panels of the OLED type, and in particular the methods of controlling and managing the intensity, shape, color, blurring characteristics or the emissivity of the light emitted by the flexible panels. Document US'878 exploits the possibility of modifying the characteristics and the mechanical conformation of the panels through selective modulation of electric signals sent to them and using a motor and a mechanical deformation device.

This solution has the drawback that it is extremely complex both as regards making the lighting device and also for the number of components needed to deform each single panel.

On the basis of the above, one purpose of the present invention is to make a lighting system for interiors that confers a desired degree of luminosity to at least one room and which allows to control said luminosity both easily and quickly by the user.

Another purpose of the present invention is to make a lighting system that is easy to produce, also answering specific needs or requirements of the user, that is highly personalizable and suitable for architectural applications in which an appearance and esthetic quality are required whose worth is based on essential, ethereal and light forms. All this within a multipurpose perspective, in order, for example, to supply the user with multimedia services, in a context which is both useful and relaxing.

Another purpose is to make a lighting system that allows to adjust and control a plurality of functioning characteristics of one or more lighting devices also by remote control, and also programmably.

The Applicant has devised, tested and embodied the present invention to overcome the shortcomings of the state of the art and to obtain these and other purposes and advantages.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is set forth and characterized in the independent claim, while the dependent claims describe other characteristics of the invention or variants to the main inventive idea.

In accordance with the above purposes, a lighting system according to the present invention is usable to light the inside of one or more rooms made for human needs, whether they are for domestic, public or industrial use.

According to some forms of embodiment, the lighting system comprises, for each of said rooms, at least one lighting device provided with at least a source of light emission, or light module, of the organic light emitting diode (OLED) type, assembled singly or in groups on one or more support elements, and a control unit connected to light modules by means of conductor cables.

The control unit comprises a containing body disposed remote from the aforesaid light modules and integrates, inside the containing body, at least a transceiver device configured to receive from remote and to send data, according to a wireless protocol or by conveyed waves, said data corresponding at least to the setting, at least in time and/or light emission terms, of the selective functioning of one or more of the light modules, at least a control module configured to interpret the information contained in said data and to selectively 059117

send said information to at least an electronic drive module electrically connected to the light modules through the aforesaid conductor cables and configured to process the information and translate it into activation signals for the controlled and modulated activation of the light modules.

By the term "OLED", here and hereafter and in the claims, we mean all technologies based on organic light emitters, such as for example AMOLED (Active Matrix OLED), POLED (Polymeric OLED), PHOLED (Phosphorescent OLED), SM-OLED (Small-molecules OLED), SOLED (Stacked OLED), or TOLED (Transparent Organic Light Emitting Device), or other similar or comparable technologies.

The choice of light modules of the OLED type is particularly advantageous, since OLED emitters or screens are able to produce their own light and do not need auxiliary lighting devices, which means the light modules can have reduced sizes and thicknesses.

Another advantage is that the flexibility and wide angle of visibility of OLED screens do not impose limits, or at least considerably reduce them, on the possible shapes which the lighting devices which use them can assume.

With the physical separation between the control unit and the light modules, except for the connection cables, the advantage is obtained of being able to exploit the esthetic versatility and mechanical flexibility of the light modules in order to made lighting devices with potentially any shape, in particular essential, ethereal, thin shapes, with a dynamic appearance and limitlessly personalizable configurations.

These shapes are not constrained to the size, which can even be bulky, of the control unit, which can be partly or even completely hidden from view, because it can be distanced as desired from the light modules. The esthetic effect and the architectural result of the lighting devices, therefore, are entrusted to the geometric configuration of the support elements of the light modules.

These components, unlike the control unit, are freely conformable to achieve the aforesaid effect of essentiality and lightness.

Another advantage of the present invention is linked to the fact that the light modules, since they can be real and proper screens or displays, can be used for a standard type of lighting for rooms, that is, with the emission of monochromatic or polychromatic light, and also for the reproduction of images or films, or in any case for the reproduction of multimedia contents, for example sounds, messages, either pre-recorded or streamed, static and dynamic images, presentations etc.

The control unit advantageously allows to control and set by remote control the functioning of the individual lighting devices or of the lighting apparatus in its entirety, allowing a user to manage the lighting of a building even when he/she is out of the building, or distant from it.

By managing the lighting we mean for example the selective switching on/off times of one or more light modules, and/or the modulation of the emission intensity of one or more light modules.

According to features of the present invention, each lighting device can include at least a sound reproduction device connected to, and driven by, the electronic drive module by means of conductor cables, and controlled by the control module of the control unit.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other characteristics of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of a preferential form of embodiment, given as a non-restrictive example with reference to the attached drawings wherein:

- fig. 1 shows one form of embodiment of a lighting system according to the present invention;

- fig. 2 is a lateral view of another form of embodiment of a lighting device of the system in fig. 1 ;

- fig. 3 is a variant of the lighting device in fig. 2;

- fig. 4 is a lateral view of another form of embodiment of a lighting device of the system in fig. 1 ;

- fig. 5 shows another form of embodiment of the apparatus in fig. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SOME FORMS OF EMBODIMENT

With reference to fig. 1, a system for lighting one or more internal rooms made for human needs is indicated in its entirety by the reference number 10.

The lighting system 10 is associated to a building 1 1, which can be for domestic or public use, with at least one room 12, and can include one or more lighting devices 13 for each room 12.

In the case shown by way of example in fig. 1, four rooms 12 are shown, in each of which a lighting device 13 is positioned.

Moreover, the lighting devices 13 in the attached drawings are the suspended type, but this choice is only indicative and not restrictive, meaning that the following description is valid for lighting devices 13 of other types, for example wall lights, ceiling lights, standard lamps, table lamps or those integrated in the floor.

In some forms of embodiment, a support 14 is associated to each lighting device 13 with the function of supporting the lighting device 13 and/or allowing it to be attached or anchored to the walls of the room 12.

In this case, this support 14 can be a rod, a cable, a plate, a box-like body, or any other element suitable to attach the lighting device 13 to a wall of the room 12, or suitable to rest the lighting device 13 on any rest surface.

One or more support elements 15 can be connected, directly or indirectly, to the support 14, to each of which at least a light source can be attached, defined by a light module 16, or by a plurality of light modules 16.

In particular, the light modules 16 consist of emitters or screens of the organic light emitting diode (OLED) type, or any other derived technology (AMOLED, POLED, PHOLED, SM-OLED, SOLED, TOLED) and are therefore able to emit their own light, if subjected to a difference in potential from said electric connections.

The choice of light modules 16 of the OLED type is particularly advantageous with regard to the personalization of the shapes and functions of the light modules 16, and consequently of the lighting devices 13.

Indeed, OLED emitter screens able to produce their own light do not need auxiliary lighting devices and therefore allow the light modules 16 to have reduced sizes and thicknesses.

It is therefore possible to obtain light modules 16 with thicknesses of even about 2 mm or less and with properties such as flexibility and wide angle of visibility, which do not impose any limits, or at least considerably reduce them, on the possible shapes which the lighting devices 13 can assume.

Moreover, since the light modules 16 can be real and proper screens or displays, they can be used as a standard lighting for the rooms 12, that is, with the emission of monochromatic or polychromatic light, and for the reproduction of polychromatic compositions, or patterns, motifs or images, pre-recorded or not. The images that can be reproduced by the light modules 16 can be the static type, for example photographs, or the dynamic type, for example videos or films, which can be pre-recorded, or deriving from decoders of television signals or other sources of continuous broadcasting through direct reproduction, also known as streaming sources.

In this way, due to this possibility of reproducing light and multimedia graphic contents, the lighting devices 13 obtain their multifunction purpose.

Each lighting device 13 includes a control unit 17, electronically connected to the light modules 16 by means of conductor cables 1 15 and configured both to power them electrically and also to control and manage their drive and functioning.

The control unit 17 includes a containing body 1 17, remote and separate from the light modules 16 and containing at least a control module 118, a transceiver device 18 and an electronic drive module 1 19.

Examples of positioning the control unit 17 are shown in fig. 1 : at the top the containing body 1 17 is attached to the support 14, remaining separate from the light modules 16, while at the bottom forms of embodiment are shown in which the control unit 17 is remote from the support 14 and, consequently, also from the light modules 16.

In some forms of embodiment, the control unit 17 is connected to each of the light modules 16 by means of a respective conductor cable 1 15 in order to transmit data to them by means of conveyed waves or electric signals.

In possible implementations, it can be provided to feed and manage the functioning of each of the light modules 16 independently from each other.

Alternative forms of embodiment provide that the control unit 17 is configured to manage the functioning of the light modules 16 simultaneously, through conductor cables 1 15 connecting thereto.

Other forms of embodiment provide that the control unit 17 is configured to independently manage the functioning of groups of light modules 16.

In some forms of embodiment, the support elements 15 can house, support, or hide from view the connection cables 1 15 that connect the respective light modules 16 to the drive module 119 of the control unit 17. In variant forms, connection bodies 15a can be provided that connect the support elements 15 and the support 14.

In some solutions, the connection bodies 15a can be configured to connect the support elements 15 to the remote containing body 1 17.

In possible implementations, the connection bodies 15a can contain or integrate the connection cables 1 15.

With the physical separation between the control unit 17 and the light modules 16, except for the connection cables 1 15 and the possible connection bodies 15a, the advantage is obtained of being able to exploit the esthetic versatility and mechanical flexibility of the light modules 16 to make lighting devices 13 with potentially any shape, in particular also essential shapes, ethereal, thin, with a dynamic appearance and limitless personalizable configuration.

These shapes, in fact, are not constrained to the size, which can also be bulky, of the control unit 17, which can be partly or even completely hidden from view, since it can be distanced as desired from the light modules 16. The esthetic effect and the architectural result of the lighting devices 13, therefore, are entrusted to the geometric configuration of the support elements 15, the support 14, the light modules 16 and possibly the connection bodies 15a.

These components, unlike the control unit 17, are freely conformable to obtain the effect of essentiality and lightness mentioned above.

The transceiver device 18 is configured to receive and send data relating to the functioning of the light modules 16.

The data can be received by the transceiver device 18 according to a wireless protocol, and transmitted by means of the same protocol, or by means of waves conveyed via cable.

The lighting system 10 can include a remote command terminal 19, configured to be connected wirelessly to the control unit 17 and to carry out an interchange of said data with the latter, either continuously or in answer to a command by a user 23.

The remote command terminal 19 can be any electronic device whatsoever, provided with a wireless communication module 20, for example a remote control, a personal computer, either fixed or portable, a mobile telephone apparatus, such as a smartphone or a tablet, or other devices with similar functions.

The wireless communication module 20 can exchange data with the control unit 17 by means of radio waves, for example using a Wi-Fi protocol, or Bluetooth or protocols normally used with mobile phones, or by means of sound waves, audible or ultrasound, or again by means of light waves, either visible or infrared.

The remote command terminal 19 can also include a memorization unit 21 , such as for example a programmable electronic card, or a hard disc, or again a fixed or volatile memory card, in which functions or programming relating to the functioning of the lighting system 10 can be memorized.

In some forms of embodiment, the remote command terminal 19 can also include a user interface 22, defined for example by a screen or keyboard of a remote control device or PC, or by a touch screen display of a cell phone. Through the user interface 22, the user 23 can set and control the functioning parameters of each lighting device 13.

To this purpose, a method has been perfected according to the present invention to control the lighting system 10.

The method allows the user 23 to carry out, even remotely from the room 12, or from the building 1 1, an operation or a sequence of operations to control the functioning of each lighting device 13, and consequently of the lighting system 10.

It is also possible, by means of the control method, to program a series of operations so that they are carried out by the control unit 17 of each lighting device 13 at times and in ways pre-established by the user 23.

The method first provides to configure the remote command terminal 19, for example by memorizing functions or control algorithms, in the memorization unit 21.

The transceiver device 18 of the control unit 17 of each lighting device 13 and the wireless communication module 20 of the remote command terminal 19 are also configured to communicate with each other.

This operation can be carried out by the user 23 acting on the user interface 22 after the installation of each lighting device 13. By simultaneously activating the wireless communication module 20 and the transceiver device 18, the user 23 can make them recognize the reciprocal frequencies and contact each other. Again, through the user interface 22, the user 23 can register the frequency of the corresponding lighting device 13 in the memorization unit 21.

In some forms of embodiment of the method, the configuration and registration operations can also be carried out automatically by the wireless communication module 20, for example using a self-learning algorithm. The algorithm can provide an environmental scanning and subsequent recognition by the wireless communication module 20 of the frequencies of the transceiver devices 18 present in a room 12 or in the whole building 11. Then, the wireless communication module 20 can access the memorization unit 21 to fix therein the corresponding frequencies recognized.

When the above preliminary operations are finished, using the user interface 22, the user 23 can access the functions and the control algorithms contained in the memorization unit 21.

These functions and algorithms can, for example, allow the user 23 to verify and/or display, or set, the on/off condition of each lighting device 13. This is allowed by the interchange of data between the control unit 17 and the remote command terminal 19, which also allows, through the user interface 22, to display the functioning data of the lighting devices 13.

Upon an impulse given by the user 23 by means of the user interface 22, to carry out a change in the functioning state of the lighting devices 13, the remote command terminal 19 can transmit said change to the control unit 17, which executes it by acting on the light modules 16 concerned.

The control method of the present invention also allows the user 23 to program all the functions of the lighting devices 13, for example timing the switching on or modulating the intensity of light of the light modules 16, according to his/her own needs.

This modulation can be functional to the needs of the user 23, who can program each lighting device 13 to obtain areas of the room 12 that are more illuminated than others, also depending on his/her own position.

The memorization unit 21 of the remote command terminal 19 can also contain images, or films and videos in digital electronic format, which can therefore be sent by means of the wireless communication module 20 to the control unit 17, so they can be reproduced by the light modules 16.

By means of the user interface 22, the user 23 can select the different possible functions of the lighting devices 13, choosing, for example, between standard lighting or said function of reproducing images or films.

Indeed, once the data corresponding to the functioning of each lighting device 13 have been set in the remote command terminal 19, they are sent by the wireless communication module 20 to the transceiver device 18 of the control unit 17. The transceiver device 18 transmits the data to the control module 118, a microprocessor for example, that has the function of interpreting the information contained in said data and concerning, for example, how many and which light modules 16 to activate, the type of lighting effect to be obtained, the duration of the effect, and to selectively send the information to the drive module 1 19. The latter processes the information received and translates it into electric activation signals that it transmits, in a controlled and modulated way through the conductor cables 115, to the light modules 16 in order to control the drive thereof, depending on what the user 23 has programmed.

The control module 1 18 also has the function of controlling, possibly in feedback, the behavior of the drive module 1 19, for example the response of the latter to the information received, and the behavior of the light modules 16 with reference to the original data.

One form of embodiment of the invention provides that, through the user interface 22, the user 23 can set a sequence of images or films in the remote command terminal 19, and that this sequence is sent to the control unit 17 in order to be reproduced by the light modules 16.

In alternative forms of embodiment, shown by way of example in figs. 2 and 3, the lighting device 13 can also include one (fig. 2) or more (fig. 3) audio reproduction devices 24, connected to the control unit 17.

In these forms of embodiment, the lighting device 13 is configured to reproduce, for example, a musical excerpt or a sequence of excerpts pre- memorized by the user 23 in the memorization unit 21 of the remote command terminal 19.

Moreover, by means of the combination of OLED light modules 16 and the audio reproduction devices 24, the lighting device 13 is able to reproduce audiovisual multimedia contents such as, for example, presentations, videos or films similar to those cited above, but with soundtrack, or even films or TV adaptations or transmissions in direct streaming.

Moreover, by using the user interface 22 of the remote command terminal 19, the user 23 can control in real time, for example, the volume and the equalization of the audio excerpts reproduced.

Algorithms to control the lighting of the light modules 16 in a rhythmic manner coordinated with the rhythm of the audio excerpts reproduced can be implemented in the memorization unit 21.

In the forms of embodiment shown by way of example in fig. 3, the control unit 17 comprises a memory module 25 that can contain the data relating to the timed programming of the switching on of the lighting device 13, or the sequences of images or films to be reproduced by means of the light modules 16, or music to be reproduced by the audio reproduction devices 24.

Figs. 4 and 5 show other forms of embodiment of the lighting system 10, which can be combined with forms of embodiment described above, in which the lighting device 13 also includes one or more movement devices 26 connected mechanically to the light modules 16 in order to move them.

In some forms of embodiment a movement device 26 is provided for each light module 16.

In alternative forms of embodiment, a movement device 26 is provided configured to move a plurality of light modules 16.

This movement occurs following signals transmitted by the control unit 17, in particular by the drive module 119 connected by conductor cables 115 to each of the movement devices 26. In this case, the control method provides that, by means of the user interface 22, the user 23 sets a series of commands in the memorization unit 21 relating to the kinetics of the light modules 16 and that he/she transmits the corresponding signals to the transceiver device 18 of the control unit 17 by means of the wireless communication module 20.

The transceiver device 18 receives said signals from the remote command terminal 19 and transmits them to the corresponding movement devices 26, which consequently move the light modules 16 as programmed.

Algorithms to manage the motion of the light modules 16 in a rhythmic manner, coordinated to the rhythm of the audio excerpts reproduced by the audio reproduction devices 24, can also be set in the memorization unit 24.

Since the light modules 16 are the OLED type, and thus thin, flexible and light, the movement devices 26, which can be electric motors for example, can advantageously have reduced sizes and minimum current absorptions.

The positioning of the light modules 16 by means of the movement devices 26 is governed by the control unit 17 and can be functional to the needs of the user 23. For example, the movement of the light modules 16 can be programmed to be coordinated with the modulation of the light intensity, in order to dispose the light modules 16 nearest to him/her facing the user 23, and at the same time to fade out or switch off the light modules 16 farthest away.

Fig. 4 shows an example of a possible implementation of this solution in which the light modules 16 are constrained to slide along guides 27 made in the support elements 15.

Another implementation, shown in fig. 5, provides that each of the support elements 15 is connected to the containing body 117 of the control unit 17 by means of a corresponding connection body 15a, and that the movement devices 26 comprise a motor 28 and a spherical joint 29 configured to make the light modules 16 rotate at one end of the connection bodies 15 a.

It can also be provided (fig. 5) that at least one presence sensor 30 is associated to the control unit 17, to detect the presence and movements of the user 23, and sends signals corresponding to the position of the latter to the control unit 17. The control unit 17 then processes the signals by means of its own control module 1 18 and transmits them to the drive module 1 19 in order to orientate the light modules 16, by means of the movement devices 26, and position them facing the position where the user 23 has been detected.

The same drive module 1 19 of the control unit 17 can, at the same time, send signals to the light modules 16 in order to intensify or reduce, dynamically, the light emission respectively of the light modules 16 nearest the user 23 and those most distant.

This also guarantees optimum visibility of the multimedia contents to the user 23 who moves around the room 12.

It is clear that modifications and/or additions of parts may be made to the lighting system 10 and to the control method as described heretofore, without departing from the field and scope of the present invention.

It is also clear that, although the present invention has been described with reference to some specific examples, a person of skill in the art shall certainly be able to achieve many other equivalent forms of lighting system and method, having the characteristics as set forth in the claims and hence all coming within the field of protection defined thereby.

Claims

1. Lighting system for lighting one or more internal rooms (12) of a building (1 1), comprising at least one lighting device (13) for each of said rooms (12), each lighting device (13) being provided with at least one light emission source defined by one or more light modules (16), of the organic light emitting diode type (OLED), mounted singly or in groups on one or more support elements (15), and with a control unit (17) connected to said light modules (16), characterized in that said control unit (17) is connected to each of said light modules (16) by means of conductor cables (1 15) and comprises a containing body (1 17), distinct from said one or more support elements (15), disposed remote with respect to said light modules (16) and integrates, inside said containing body (117), at least one transceiver device (18) configured to receive from remote and to send data, according to a wireless protocol or a conveyed waves protocol, relating at least to the setting, at least in terms of time and/or light emission, of the selective functioning of one or more of the light modules (16), at least one control module (1 18), configured to interpret the information contained in said data and to selectively send said information to at least one electronic drive module (119) electrically connected to said light modules (16) through said conductor cables (1 15) and configured to process said information and translate it into activation signals to activate said light modules (16) in a controlled and modulated manner.

2. Lighting system as in claim 1, characterized in that said electronic drive module (1 19) is configured to transmit said activation signals to the light modules (16) through said conductor cables (115) by means of conveyed waves or electric signals.

3. Lighting system as in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said at least one lighting device (13) includes at least an audio reproduction device (24), connected to and driven by said electronic drive module (1 19) by means of conductor cables (115) and controlled by the control module (1 18) of said control unit (17)

4. Lighting system as in claim 2, characterized in that said control unit (17) also comprises a memory module (25), integrated inside said containing body (1 17) and connected to said control module (1 18) for the memorization of data relating to the functioning of said light modules (16) or of said at least one audio reproduction device (24).

5. Lighting system as in claim 3 or 4, characterized in that it comprises a remote command terminal (19) provided at least with one wireless communication module (20) communicating with the transceiver device (18) of said control unit (17) of each lighting device (13) by means of a wireless protocol chosen from a group comprising radio waves, light waves and sound waves protocols, in order to send to said control unit (17) data relating to the setting of the functioning of said light modules (16), or of said at least one audio reproduction device (24).

6. Lighting system as in any claim hereinbefore, characterized in that said at least one lighting device (13) comprises one or more connection bodies (15a) that connect said support elements (15) to said containing body (1 17) of the remote control unit (17).

7. Lighting system as in claim 6, characterized in that each of said connection bodies (15a) comprises said conductor cable (1 15).

8. Lighting system as in claim 6 or 7, characterized in that said connection body (15a) integrates said conductor cable (1 15).