Patent ID: 8854400

Claim:
A method of controlling light of a lighting apparatus by using an image code, the method comprising: displaying an image code on a display unit; acquiring information relating to light settings from the image code; determining whether the acquired information relating to light settings includes apparatus information and lighting state information; when it is determined that the acquired information relating to light settings includes apparatus information and lighting state information, acquiring the apparatus information and lighting state information from the information relating to the light settings; when it is determined that the acquired information relating to light settings includes apparatus information and does not include lighting state information, acquiring the lighting state information from a lighting apparatus having the apparatus information; determining whether there are a plurality of lighting apparatuses generating light, and, when it is determined that there are a plurality of lighting apparatuses generating light, displaying a list of the plurality of lighting apparatuses generating the light; and transmitting a light request message for requesting light settings corresponding to the lighting state information to the lighting apparatus having the apparatus information.