METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING ADDRESSABLE LIGHTING UNITS
First Claim
1. A system for controlling addressable lighting units within a building, the building having at least one tenant, the tenant being associated with a plurality of occupants, the units each having one or more light fixtures, each unit having an addressable switch connected to a control bus, the system comprising:
- a controller having one or more control outputs for transmitting commands to the units via the control bus and being configured to receive an instruction associated with one of the occupants; and
a memory device storinga unit record for each unit, each record specifying unit-specific properties,an occupant record for each of the occupants, each occupant record identifying one of said occupants and associating a subset of the units with the occupant,wherein the controller is configured to generate the commands to the subset of the units in response to the light instruction and based on the association in the occupant record between said one of the occupants and the subset of the units.
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Abstract
Systems and methods that provide improved control of addressable lighting fixtures. Individual lighting units have assigned schedules defining the power levels for the unit at various times of the day. Adjustments to a scheduled level for each unit may be made depending on predefined exceptions, ambient daylight, conservation commands, override instructions, and boost signals. Individual occupants of the building are associated with sets of individual lighting units. An override command received by the system and associated with a particular individual occupant is applied to the individual lighting units with which the individual occupant is associated.
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30 Claims
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1. A system for controlling addressable lighting units within a building, the building having at least one tenant, the tenant being associated with a plurality of occupants, the units each having one or more light fixtures, each unit having an addressable switch connected to a control bus, the system comprising:
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a controller having one or more control outputs for transmitting commands to the units via the control bus and being configured to receive an instruction associated with one of the occupants; and a memory device storing a unit record for each unit, each record specifying unit-specific properties, an occupant record for each of the occupants, each occupant record identifying one of said occupants and associating a subset of the units with the occupant, wherein the controller is configured to generate the commands to the subset of the units in response to the light instruction and based on the association in the occupant record between said one of the occupants and the subset of the units. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for setting light levels for addressable lighting units within a building, the building having at least one tenant, the tenant being associated with a plurality of occupants, the units each having one or more light fixtures, each unit having an addressable switch connected to a control bus, the method comprising:
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receiving a lighting instruction associated with one of the occupants; reading an occupant record identifying said one of the occupants and associating said one of the occupants with a subset of the units; and generating commands to the set of units in response to the lighting instruction and based on the association in the occupant record. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for setting light levels for addressable lighting units within a building, the method comprising:
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associating a schedule with each lighting unit, each associated schedule defining power levels for the unit for specific times of day; and for each lighting unit, determining a current power level for the unit based on its associated schedule and a current time of day, and instructing the unit to use the current power level. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A system for setting light levels for addressable lighting units within a building, the system comprising:
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means for associating a schedule with each lighting unit, each associated schedule defining power levels for the unit for specific times of day; means for determining, for each lighting unit, a current power level for the unit based on its associated schedule and a current time of day; and means for instructing the unit to use the current power level.
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29. A system for controlling addressable lighting units within a building, the units each having one or more light fixtures, each unit having an addressable switch connected to a control bus, the system comprising:
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a light control interface having one or more control outputs for transmitting commands to the units via the control bus; a control module for determining a power level for each unit and for causing said light control interface to send power level commands to said units; a light sensor located external to the building and having an output in communication with said control module for providing light level data to said controller; and a memory device storing a unit record for each unit, each record specifying unit-specific properties including a daylight savings weight, wherein the daylight savings weight associates light levels with power levels for the unit, wherein said control module include a component for determining a daylight level based on said light level data and a component for determining said power level for each unit based upon said daylight level wherein said power level is based on one of said light levels corresponding to said daylight level.
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30. A system for controlling addressable lighting units within a building, the units each having one or more light fixtures, each unit having an addressable switch connected to a control bus, the system comprising:
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a light control interface having one or more control outputs for transmitting commands to the units via the control bus; a control module for determining a power level for each unit and for causing said light control interface to send power level commands to said units; a memory device storing a unit record for each unit, each record specifying unit-specific properties including a load shedding weight, wherein the load shedding weight associates emergency levels with power levels for the unit; and a conservation demand module for implementing conservation demand instructions, the module comprising a component for receiving a conservation demand associated with a selected one of said emergency levels, and for causing said control module to set said power levels for at least some of said units based upon said power levels associated with said selected one of said emergency levels.
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