LAMP MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A lamp monitoring and control system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of lamps, comprising:
- a plurality of lamp monitoring and control units, each coupled to a respective lamp of the plurality of lamps to monitor and control, and each transmitting monitoring data having at least an ID field and a status field; and
at least one base station, coupled to a group of said plurality of lamp monitoring and control units, for receiving the monitoring data, wherein each of said at least one base station includes an ID and status processing unit for processing the ID field of the monitoring data.
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Abstract
A system and method for remotely monitoring and/or controlling an apparatus and specifically for remotely monitoring and/or controlling street lamps. The lamp monitoring and control system comprises lamp monitoring and control units, each coupled to a respective lamp to monitor and control, and each transmitting monitoring data having at least an ID field and a status field; and at least one base station, coupled to a group of the lamp monitoring and control units, for receiving the monitoring data, wherein each of the base stations includes an ID and status processing unit for processing the ID field of the monitoring data.
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48 Claims
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1. A lamp monitoring and control system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of lamps, comprising:
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a plurality of lamp monitoring and control units, each coupled to a respective lamp of the plurality of lamps to monitor and control, and each transmitting monitoring data having at least an ID field and a status field; and
at least one base station, coupled to a group of said plurality of lamp monitoring and control units, for receiving the monitoring data, wherein each of said at least one base station includes an ID and status processing unit for processing the ID field of the monitoring data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A remote device monitoring and control system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of remote devices, comprising:
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a plurality of remote device monitoring and control units, each coupled to a respective remote device of the plurality of remote devices to monitor and control, and each transmitting monitoring data having at least an ID field and a status field; and
at least one base station, coupled to a group of said plurality of remote device monitoring and control units, for receiving the monitoring data, wherein each of said at least one base station includes an ID and status processing unit for processing the ID field of the monitoring data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A base station for monitoring a plurality of lamps by receiving RF monitoring data having an ID field and a status field, comprising:
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an RX antenna system for receiving the RF monitoring data;
a receiving system front end, coupled to said RX antenna system, for receiving the RF monitoring data and outputting received RF monitoring data;
a multi-port splitter, coupled to said receiving system front end, for receiving the received RF monitoring data and outputting split RF monitoring data;
a plurality of RX modems, coupled to said multi-port splitter, each for receiving and demodulating the split RF monitoring data and outputting a received data signal;
a computing system, coupled to said plurality of RX modems, for receiving the received data signal from each of said plurality of RX modems; and
an ID and status processing unit, within said computing system, for processing the ID field of the received data signal. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method for monitoring the status of a plurality of lamps, comprising the steps of:
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collecting monitoring data for the lamps; and
transmitting the monitoring data. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method of making a lamp monitoring and control system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of lamps, comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of lamp monitoring and control units, each coupled to at least one of the plurality of lamps for monitoring and control, and each transmitting monitoring data having at least an ID field and a status field; and
coupling at least one base station to a group of said plurality of lamp monitoring and control units, for receiving the monitoring data, wherein each of said at least one base station includes an ID and status processing unit for processing the ID field of the monitoring data.
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47. A method of making a remote device monitoring and control system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of remote devices, comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of remote device monitoring and control units, each coupled to at least one of the plurality of remote devices for monitoring and control, and each transmitting monitoring data having at least an ID field and a status field; and
coupling at least one base station to a group of said plurality of remote device monitoring and control units, for receiving the monitoring data, wherein each of said at least one base station includes an ID and status processing unit for processing the ID field of the monitoring data.
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48. A method of making a base station for monitoring a plurality of lamps by receiving RF monitoring data having an ID field and a status field, comprising the steps of:
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providing an RX antenna system for receiving the RF monitoring data and outputting a received RF monitoring data;
coupling a multi-port splitter to said receiving system front end, for receiving the received RF monitoring data and outputting split RF monitoring data;
further coupling a plurality of RX modems to said multi-port splitter, each for receiving and demodulating the split RF monitoring data and outputting a received data signal;
further providing a computing system, coupled to said plurality of RX modems, for receiving the received data signal from each of said plurality of RX modems; and
arranging an ID and status processing unit, within said computing system, for processing the ID field of the received data signal.
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