Intelligent lighting management and building control system

• US 20120086363A1
• Filed: 09/05/2009
• Published: 04/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Building Robotics, Inc. (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Enlighted, Inc. (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Sanzgiri, Ajit, Golding, Jonathan
• Granted Patent: US 8,457,793 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 315/312
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/105 in response to determined parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/17 Operational modes, e.g. switching from manual to automatic mode or prohibiting specific operations
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/18 via data-bus transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/199 Commissioning of light sources
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

A method of controlling and managing a plurality of system managers, a plurality of lights and devices, including human interfaces and building automation devices is disclosed. The method includes a system manager collecting data from the plurality of lights and devices. The system manager uses the collected data to determine an adjacency of lights and devices. The system manager dynamically places the plurality of lights and devices into zones and binding human interface devices to the zones, and a dynamically configures the devices to control the zones. The devices perform self-calibration and self-commissioning. The system manager and devices perform ongoing calibration and commissioning. The system manager and devices operate resiliently in case of failure of the system manager, other devices, or software or hardware failures in the devices. The system manager and the devices operate on the collected data to determine usage patterns, and to efficiently manage the plurality of lights and devices.

Claims

1. A method of controlling and managing a plurality of system managers, a plurality of lights and devices, including human interfaces and building automation devices;

comprising;

a system manager collecting data from the plurality of lights and devices, the system manager using the collected data to determine an adjacency of lights and devices;

the system manager dynamically placing the plurality of lights and devices into zones and binding human interface devices to the zones, and a dynamic configuration of the devices to control the zones;

the devices performing self-calibration and self-commissioning;

the system manager and devices performing ongoing calibration and commissioning;

the system manager and devices operating resiliently in case of failure of the system manager, other devices, or software or hardware failures in the devices;

the system manager and the devices operating on the collected data to determine usage patterns, and to efficiently manage the plurality of lights and devices.