Detection and correction of faulty photo controls in outdoor luminaires
First Claim
1. A method of operation for a processor-based device to control a plurality of remotely located area lighting luminaires, each of the area lighting luminaires including a locally installed illumination control system, the method comprising:
- receiving, by at least one central control processor, illumination control system fault data that identifies one or more of the locally installed illumination control systems associated with one or more respective luminaires as a faulty illumination control system;
receiving, by the at least one central control processor, illumination data relating to at least one of ambient illumination or time of day;
generating, at the at least one central control processor, an illumination command based at least in part on the received illumination data; and
distributing the illumination command to the one or more luminaires identified as having a faulty illumination control system through a data communications network.
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Abstract
Systems, methods and articles for providing centralized control of area lighting hours of illumination. An area illumination system includes a central control system operatively coupled to a plurality of luminaires through a data communications network. In some implementations, the data communications network may include a power-line power distribution system and/or a wired or wireless communications network. Each of the plurality of luminaires includes a local illumination control system, which may include a photosensor. The central control system identifies one or more luminaires as having a faulty local illumination control system and issues illumination commands to such luminaires through the data communications network so that the luminaires continue to operate normally without a working local illumination control system. The central control system may store data relating to luminaires having faulty illumination control systems, such as addresses, map data, routing data, or the like.
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70 Claims
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1. A method of operation for a processor-based device to control a plurality of remotely located area lighting luminaires, each of the area lighting luminaires including a locally installed illumination control system, the method comprising:
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receiving, by at least one central control processor, illumination control system fault data that identifies one or more of the locally installed illumination control systems associated with one or more respective luminaires as a faulty illumination control system; receiving, by the at least one central control processor, illumination data relating to at least one of ambient illumination or time of day; generating, at the at least one central control processor, an illumination command based at least in part on the received illumination data; and distributing the illumination command to the one or more luminaires identified as having a faulty illumination control system through a data communications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19)
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17. An illumination system, comprising:
at least one central control system comprising; at least one central control processor; at least one illumination data source operatively coupled to the at least one central control processor; a central transceiver operatively coupled to the at least one central control processor and a data communications network; and at least one nontransitory processor-readable storage medium operatively coupled to the at least one central control processor and storing at least one of data or instructions which, when executed by the at least one central control processor, cause the at least one central control processor to; identify at least one luminaire coupled to the power-line distribution system as having a faulty illumination control system; receive illumination data from the at least one illumination data source relating to at least one of ambient illumination or time of day; generate an illumination command based at least in part on the received illumination data; and distribute the illumination command through the data communications network via the central transceiver to the at least one luminaire identified as having a faulty illumination control system. - View Dependent Claims (18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of operation for a processor-based device to control a plurality of remotely located area lighting luminaires, each of the plurality of area lighting luminaires including a locally installed illumination control system, the method comprising:
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receiving, by at least one central control processor, illumination control system fault data that identifies one or more locally installed illumination control systems associated with one or more respective luminaires as a faulty illumination control system; receiving, by the at least one central control processor, illumination data relating to at least one of ambient illumination or time of day; generating, at the at least one central control processor, an illumination command based at least in part on the received illumination data; and causing the illumination command to be distributed through a data communications network; wherein each of the plurality of luminaires receives the illumination command through the data communications network, and each of the one or more luminaires identified as having a faulty illumination control system execute the received illumination command. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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32. An illumination system to control the operation of a plurality of area lighting luminaires, the illumination system comprising:
at least one central control system comprising; at least one central control processor; at least one illumination data source operatively coupled to the at least one central control processor; a central transceiver operatively coupled to the at least one central control processor and a data communications network; and at least one nontransitory processor-readable storage medium operatively coupled to the at least one central control processor and storing at least one of data or instructions which, when executed by the at least one central control processor, cause the at least one central control processor to; receive illumination control system fault data that identifies one or more locally installed illumination control systems associated with one or more respective area lighting luminaires as a faulty illumination control system; receive illumination data from the at least one illumination data source relating to at least one of ambient illumination or time of day; generate an illumination command based at least in part on the received illumination data; and cause the illumination command to be distributed through the data communications network via the central transceiver to the plurality of area lighting luminaires, each of the plurality of area lighting luminaires receives the illumination command through the data communications network, and each of the one or more area lighting luminaires identified as having a faulty illumination control system execute the received illumination command.
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33. A method of operation for a processor-based device to control a plurality of remotely located area lighting luminaires of an area lighting system, each of the area lighting luminaires including a locally installed illumination control system, the method comprising:
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receiving, by at least one central control processor, illumination control system fault data from one of the luminaires of the area lighting system, the illumination control system fault data signifies the illumination control system of the one of the luminaires is a faulty illumination control system; identifying, by the at least one central control processor, at least one proximate luminaire of the plurality of luminaires of the area lighting system as being physically proximate the luminaire identified as having a faulty illumination control system; from time-to-time, receiving, by the at least one central control processor, illumination data from a respective illumination control system of the at least one identified proximate luminaire, the illumination data including at least one of ambient illumination data or illumination state data; generating, at the at least one central control processor, an illumination command based at least in part on the received illumination data; and distributing the illumination command to the luminaire of the area lighting system identified as having a faulty illumination control system through a data communications channel. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. An area illumination system, comprising:
at least one central control system comprising; at least one central control processor; at least one illumination data source operatively coupled to the at least one central control processor; at least one central transceiver operatively coupled to the at least one central control processor and a data communications network; and at least one nontransitory processor-readable storage medium operatively coupled to the at least one central control processor and storing at least one of data or instructions which, when executed by the at least one central control processor, cause the at least one central control processor to; receive, via the at least one central transceiver, illumination control system fault data from one of a plurality of area lighting luminaires of the area illumination system, the illumination control system fault data signifies the illumination control system of the one of the plurality of area lighting luminaires of the area illumination system is a faulty illumination control system; identify at least one proximate luminaire of the plurality of area lighting luminaires as being physically proximate the luminaire of the area illumination system identified as having a faulty illumination control system; from time-to-time, receive, via the at least one central transceiver, illumination data from a respective illumination control system of the at least one identified proximate luminaire, the illumination data including at least one of ambient illumination data or illumination state data; generate an illumination command based at least in part on the received illumination data; and distribute, via the at least one central transceiver, the illumination command to the luminaire of the area illumination system identified as having a faulty illumination control system through a data communications channel. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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