Lamp monitoring and control system and method

• US 20070032990A1
• Filed: 10/10/2006
• Published: 02/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1997
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: A.L. Air Data, Inc.
• Original Assignee: A L Air Data Incorporated
• Inventors: Young, Michael, Williams, Larry
• Application Number:
  US11/544,869
• Publication Number:
  US 20070032990A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/188
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/175 by remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/22 with communication between the lamps and a central unit

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.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

at least one remote transmit/receive unit located substantially near a top of a lamp pole for receiving and transmitting data;

at least one fixed transmit/receive station configured to transmit and receive said data from the at least one transmit and receive unit;

a network communication server in communication with the at least one fixed transmit and receive station; and

at least one user interface unit in communication with the at least one remote transmit/receive unit or the at least one fixed transmit/receive station.