Intelligent lighting management and building control system
First Claim
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 manage using the collected data to determine an adjacency of lights and devices;
the system manager dynamically placing the plurality of lights and device into zones and binding human interfaces to the zones, and a dynamic configuration of the devices to control the zones, wherein at least one of the human interfaces comprises a personal digital assistant (PDA), and light levels are used to confirm a location of the PDA;
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.
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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.
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12 Claims
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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:
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a system manager collecting data from the plurality of lights and devices, the system manage using the collected data to determine an adjacency of lights and devices; the system manager dynamically placing the plurality of lights and device into zones and binding human interfaces to the zones, and a dynamic configuration of the devices to control the zones, wherein at least one of the human interfaces comprises a personal digital assistant (PDA), and light levels are used to confirm a location of the PDA; 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A central management system for controlling and managing a plurality of lights and devices, including human interfaces and building automation devices, comprising:
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the central management system collecting data from the plurality of lights and devices, the system manage using the collected data to determine an adjacency of lights and devices; the central management system dynamically placing the plurality of lights and device into zones and binding human interfaces to the zones, and a dynamic configuration of the devices to control the zones, wherein at least one of the human interfaces comprises a personal digital assistant (PDA), and light levels are used to confirm a location of the PDA; the devices performing self-calibration and self-commissioning; the central management system and devices performing ongoing calibration and commissioning; the central management system and devices operating resiliently in case of failure of the system manager, other devices, or software or hardware failures in the devices; the central management system and the devices operating on the collected data to determine usage patterns, and to efficiently manage the plurality of lights and devices.
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