Light management system having networked intelligent luminaire managers
First Claim
1. A management system for managing a plurality of luminaires, comprising:
- a plurality of intelligent luminaire managers, each intelligent luminaire manager being collocated with an associated luminaire and configured to monitor and transmit status information for the associated luminaire, the status information including at least an indication of a bad fixture condition upon occurrence of a bad fixture condition, wherein the bad fixture condition is determined by an intelligent luminaire manager calculating real power for an associated luminaire and determining whether the calculated real power exceeds a threshold value; and
a network server within a network operation center for receiving transmitted status information from the plurality of intelligent luminaire managers and for communicating at least a portion of the status information to a computer of an operator of the plurality of luminaires.
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Abstract
A light management system having networked intelligent luminaire managers. A plurality of networked luminaire managers, each collocated with a respective luminaire, monitor the status of their respective luminaires. The luminaire managers include transmitters for transmitting status information about their respective luminaires such as, for example, a lamp out condition upon occurrence of such a lamp out condition, to a network server. The network server forwards the received status information from the networked luminaire managers to a computer of an owner/operator of the plurality of luminaires. The luminaire managers communicate with each other, whereby they form a network.
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20 Claims
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1. A management system for managing a plurality of luminaires, comprising:
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a plurality of intelligent luminaire managers, each intelligent luminaire manager being collocated with an associated luminaire and configured to monitor and transmit status information for the associated luminaire, the status information including at least an indication of a bad fixture condition upon occurrence of a bad fixture condition, wherein the bad fixture condition is determined by an intelligent luminaire manager calculating real power for an associated luminaire and determining whether the calculated real power exceeds a threshold value; and a network server within a network operation center for receiving transmitted status information from the plurality of intelligent luminaire managers and for communicating at least a portion of the status information to a computer of an operator of the plurality of luminaires. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An intelligent luminaire manager, comprising:
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a voltage sensor for measuring a voltage provided to a luminaire; a current sensor for measuring a current provided to the luminaire; a controller coupled to the voltage sensor and the current sensor; and a luminaire diagnostic program stored in a memory of the controller, wherein the luminaire diagnostic program calculates real power for the luminaire based upon the measured voltage and measured current, and generates a bad fixture message based at least in part on whether the calculated real power exceeds a threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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