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Remote monitoring and control of LED based street lights

  • US 8,803,662 B2
  • Filed: 01/04/2011
  • Issued: 08/12/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for remotely collecting information via a light emitting diode (LED) based street light, comprising:

  • collecting the information via the LED based street light from a utility meter coupled to a home,wherein the LED based street light is a part of an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI);

    establishing a two-way communication path via a communication module to a central office,wherein the communication module is coupled to the LED based street light, andwherein the LED based street light comprises a plurality of independently controllable groups of LEDs;

    sending the information from the utility meter to the central office via the two-way communication path,wherein said two-way communication path traverses the AMI;

    receiving, at the communication module, at least one a first control signal from the central office to control the utility meter and a second control signal to control the LED based street light,wherein the at least one first control signal turns off the utility meter and the second control signal turns on only a subset of the plurality of independently controllable groups of LEDs; and

    sending, by the communication module, the first control signal to the utility meter to turn off the utility meter.

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