LIGHTING DEVICE MONITOR AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS

• US 20150257229A1
• Filed: 05/11/2015
• Published: 09/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2011
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: ALSI Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Appalachian Lighting Systems, Inc. (ALSI Holdings LLC)
• Inventors: WASSEL, James J., RONEY, John R.
• Application Number:
  US14/708,851
• Publication Number:
  US 20150257229A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/14 using electrical feedback from LEDs or from LED modules
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/10 Controlling the light source
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 20/40 Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

Abstract

A smart metered light fixture including a light source. The light fixture includes a surge protection device with a monitor that indicates when surge protection fails. The light fixture includes a power supply monitor configured to collect real-time AC current, voltage, and power factor measurements from a power supply. An operational characteristic monitor monitors an operational characteristic of the light source, such as current consumption, wattage, real-time temperature, a brightness level, and/or an efficiency of the light fixture. A communication device positioned between the power supply receives information from the monitors and wirelessly transmits information regarding the monitored operational characteristic and information and/or power supply measurements to a remote user equipment. The communications device may also receive control instructions from the remote user equipment for controlling aspects of the light source.

Claims

1. A light fixture monitoring and communication device, the device comprising:

a monitor for monitoring an operational characteristic of a light source comprised in the light fixture;

a communication component positioned in the light fixture between the power supply device and the light source, the communication component including;

a wireless transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit information regarding the monitored operational characteristic to a remote management device.