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Intelligent lighting management and building control system

  • US 8,457,793 B2
  • Filed: 09/05/2009
  • Issued: 06/04/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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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:

  • 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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