INTELLIGENT LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A system for controlling the application of operating power to electrical loads, comprising:
- a network including communication media and a plurality of control modules coupled to the media, each control module configured to send, receive, and process program commands, information relating to module operating status and sensed environmental conditions to and from other control modules connected to the network;
each control module including stored parameters which determine its operating performance, and each control module being configured to set the value of each parameter to a value selected from a set of stored operational values in response to a program command communicated over the network;
each control module including a sensor for sensing an environmental condition selected from the group consisting of sunlight, artificial light, motion of a body within a defined zone of interest, temperature, vibration and sound;
each control module being configured to store device operational status information and information relating to a sensed environmental condition; and
each control module being configured to change the set value of one or more of its operating parameters to a different value selected from a set of stored operational values at least in part in response to environmental status information or device operational status information communicated over the network from one or more network-connected control modules.
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Abstract
Multiple control modules (14, 16, 18) provide various power control functions including occupancy sensing, ambient light level sensing, manual touch switch (push button) preset stations, light dimming and power control relay switching. The control modules (14, 16, 18) are interconnected in a conventional four-wire local area network for executing different power control functions in response to remote wireless commands as well as preset manual switch commands at the wall box level. The local area network (12) supplies DC operating power and communicates programming command and control module status information signals to all network control modules (14, 16, 18). One or more control modules (14, 16, 18) include an infrared signal sensor, a laser signal sensor, a signal decoder, a data microcontroller, a parameter lookup table and multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs). The LED diodes are used individually or in combination, in one or more colors and blink rate, to indicate the programming mode, or provide sensor feedback, or indicate device status, according to information contained in a command signal transmitted by a remote programming unit (58).
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15 Claims
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1. A system for controlling the application of operating power to electrical loads, comprising:
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a network including communication media and a plurality of control modules coupled to the media, each control module configured to send, receive, and process program commands, information relating to module operating status and sensed environmental conditions to and from other control modules connected to the network; each control module including stored parameters which determine its operating performance, and each control module being configured to set the value of each parameter to a value selected from a set of stored operational values in response to a program command communicated over the network; each control module including a sensor for sensing an environmental condition selected from the group consisting of sunlight, artificial light, motion of a body within a defined zone of interest, temperature, vibration and sound; each control module being configured to store device operational status information and information relating to a sensed environmental condition; and each control module being configured to change the set value of one or more of its operating parameters to a different value selected from a set of stored operational values at least in part in response to environmental status information or device operational status information communicated over the network from one or more network-connected control modules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A lighting control system for controlling the application of operating power to electrical loads, comprising:
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a network including communication media and a plurality of control modules coupled to the media, each control module being configured to send, receive, and process program commands, information relating to the operational status of the control module, and information relating to an environmental condition sensed by the control module to and from other control modules connected to the network; at least one of the control modules comprising a sensor capable of sensing the emission of light from at least one source in the photo-emitter group consisting of solar radiation, incandescent lighting, florescent lighting, infrared light beams and laser light beams, and the at least one control module is capable of communicating a module status signal containing information relating to a sensed photo emission to other control modules that are connected to the network; and at least one control module connected to the network is adapted to receive a module status signal communicated over the network and to respond to information contained in the status signal to perform an electrical load control function. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A lighting control system for controlling the application of operating power to electrical lighting loads, comprising:
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a network including communication media and a plurality of control modules coupled to the media, each control being configured to send, receive, and process digital data to and from other control modules connected to the network; at least one of the control modules comprising a multiple-channel photo sensor adapted for sensing sunlight, the photo sensor including one or more sensor channels capable of sensing light wavelengths primarily in the infra-red spectrum and one or more sensor channels capable of sensing light wavelengths primarily in the spectrum discernable by the human eye, and the at least one control module is capable of communicating a module status signal containing information relating to a sensed photo emission to other control modules that are connected to the network; and the at least one control module being configured for photo sensing operation of the at least one control module in a selected one of the sensor channels.
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