Intelligent luminaire
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10314144B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-04

    申请号:US15767728

    申请日:2016-09-28

    Abstract: A luminaire comprising: at least one light source for emitting light to illuminate an environment; an optical sensor comprising an array of photodetectors, the sensor configured to output image data indicative of the intensity of light incident on the photodetectors; and a controller arranged to receive the image data, the controller comprising: a presence detection module configured to process the image data to detect whether a being is present in said environment, and control the light emitted by the light source(s) responsive to said detection; a light sensing module configured to process the image data to determine a light level in said environment and control the light emitted by the light source(s) based on said light level; and a commissioning module configured to control the controller to operate in a commissioning mode based on the image data; and configure the luminaire in accordance with a commissioning command received whilst the controller is operating in the commissioning mode.

    Noise-flow monitoring and sound localization via intelligent lighting

    公开(公告)号:US10813194B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-20

    申请号:US16614104

    申请日:2018-05-04

    Abstract: A method (500) for monitoring sound within an environment (100) using a lighting network (300, 400) comprising a processor (26, 220), a plurality of sound sensors (32), a plurality of environmental sensors (36), and a plurality of lighting units (10), includes the steps of: obtaining (520), by at least one of the plurality of sound sensors, real-time sound data from within the environment; obtaining (530), by at least one of the plurality of environmental sensors, real-time environmental data from within the environment; combining (560) the real-time sound data, the real-time environmental data, and topographical information about the environment to create a propagation map of the sound data; and localizing (570), from the propagation map of the sound data, a source of the sound data.

    Adaptive lighting based on skill level

    公开(公告)号:US10681789B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-09

    申请号:US16321062

    申请日:2017-07-12

    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus are described herein for adjusting one or more lighting properties based on skill level of one or more players of a game. In various embodiments, (502) a skill disparity between at least two players of a game may be identified (502). A lighting scheme may be selected (504) to reduce an impact the skill disparity has on an outcome of the game. One or more light sources (104, 304) may be operated (508) to emit light in accordance with the lighting scheme.

    Precipitation sensing via intelligent lighting

    公开(公告)号:US11168854B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-09

    申请号:US16464399

    申请日:2017-11-22

    Abstract: A method (400) for identifying precipitation (50) includes the steps of: providing (410) a lighting unit (10) having a first photosensor (32), a second photosensor (34), and a controller (22), where the first and second photosensors are vertically spaced by a first distance; receiving (430), by the first photosensor, a first light signal from the precipitation at a first time point (T1); receiving (440) by the second photosensor, a second light signal from the precipitation at a second time point (T2); calculating (450) the amount of time between the first light signal and the second light signal; and calculating (460), based on the first distance and the calculated amount of time between the first light signal and the second light signal, a velocity of the precipitation.

    Pitch illumination
    5.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10582582B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-03

    申请号:US16096647

    申请日:2017-05-15

    Abstract: A control system for a stadium lighting system comprising a plurality of luminaires installed within the stadium to illuminate a pitch within the stadium in accordance with a light plan containing aiming information for each luminaire is disclosed. The control system comprises a data storage device storing the light plan and a controller communicatively coupled to the data storage device, the controller being responsive to object tracking information for an object travelling across the pitch. The controller is adapted to determine a direction of travel of the object from the object tracking information; evaluate the aiming information for each luminaire to identify if at least one luminaire is arranged to generate a luminous output in an aiming direction coinciding with said direction of travel; and generate a dimming level adjustment signal for the at least one identified luminaire to reduce the intensity of said luminous output. A stadium lighting system including such a control system, a method of controlling such a stadium lighting system and a computer program product for implement such a method are also disclosed.

    Area illumination system and method

    公开(公告)号:US10292246B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-14

    申请号:US15567096

    申请日:2016-04-20

    Abstract: Disclosed is an illumination system (100) and method (600) for generating a predefined illumination pattern on an area (10). The system comprises a plurality of luminaires (110), each luminaire having an orientation adjustment mechanism and being arranged to generate a contribution (210, 210′) to said illumination pattern on a part of said area; a plurality of cameras (120), each camera associated with one of said luminaires for capturing an image of an illuminated part of said area including the contribution generated by said associated luminaire; and a control unit (130) adapted to facilitate the generation of the predefined illumination pattern by evaluating one of said images to determine a deviation from the predefined illumination pattern for the illuminated part of said area captured in said image; selecting a luminaire from said plurality of luminaires from information contained in a light plan and generating an orientation adjustment signal for the selected luminaire based on the determined deviation.

    Systems and methods for free space optical communication using active beam steering

    公开(公告)号:US11177879B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-16

    申请号:US17050711

    申请日:2019-04-18

    Abstract: A system and method for performing free space optical communication with a plurality of streetlamp assemblies. The method includes transmitting a light beam from a first free space optical (FSO) unit of a first streetlamp assembly to a second FSO unit of a second streetlamp assembly along a transmission path. A transmission error is detected while transmitting the light beam along the transmission path. A location of one or more smart minors is obtained. An alternate transmission path is determined from the first FSO unit to the second FSO unit or a third FSO unit. The alternate transmission path includes a reflection of the light beam from the one or more smart minors. The first FSO unit is oriented with respect to the alternate transmission path. The light beam is transmitted from the first FSO unit along the alternate transmission path.

    Depth queue by thermal sensing
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10743389B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-11

    申请号:US16338089

    申请日:2017-09-18

    Abstract: A method (300) for characterizing a lighting environment using thermal imaging includes the steps of: providing (310) a lighting unit (10) comprising a light source (12), a thermal imager (32), and a controller (22); obtaining (330), using the thermal imager, one or more thermal images of one or more surfaces (52) within the lighting environment; extracting (340), by the controller using the one or more thermal images, a thermal shadow (54) on one or more surfaces within the lighting environment; determining (360), from the thermal shadow, a depth queue for an object (52) associated with the thermal shadow; and characterizing (370), by the controller using the determined depth queue, the object.

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