Predicative lighting control system
First Claim
1. A light management system comprising a control module for controlling lighting based on detected motion or occupancy within a detection area of the control module along a pathway and for controlling the lighting when the detection area of the control module corresponds to a predicted direction of an object along the pathway based on the detected motion or occupancy from additional control modules positioned along the pathway.
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Abstract
A light management system is disclosed. The light management system includes networked control modules and computer devices that utilize object detection and geographical location information to predict a direction and/or determine speed of an object along a pathway. Based on the predicted direction and/or determined speed of the object along the pathway, the control modules turn on lighting in advance of the arrival of the object along the pathway. The light management system preferably also provides light usages data or operation data to the one or more remote computer devices.
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20 Claims
- 1. A light management system comprising a control module for controlling lighting based on detected motion or occupancy within a detection area of the control module along a pathway and for controlling the lighting when the detection area of the control module corresponds to a predicted direction of an object along the pathway based on the detected motion or occupancy from additional control modules positioned along the pathway.
- 7. A light management system comprising a set of control modules, wherein the control modules detect an object within detection areas along a pathway and communicate locations of the detected object along the pathway to other control modules within the set of control modules and wherein at least one of the control modules predicts a direction of the object along the pathway based on the locations and controls the lighting along a pathway based on the predicated direction of the object.
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13. A method of managing lighting comprising:
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a) determining locations of an object along a pathway; b) predicting a direction along the pathway based on the determined locations of the object; and c) turning on lighting for a period of time along the predicted direction of the pathway. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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