Methods and systems for controlling addressable lighting units
First Claim
1. A method to control addressable lighting units in one or more buildings, the method comprising:
- identifying an individual accessing the one or more buildings;
associating the individual with a work point, the work point comprising a collection of individual lighting units required by the individual when accessing a location outside of working hours;
determining from the work point at least two work cells associated with the individual in the one or more buildings, each of the two work cells comprising an area that the individual may access in the one or more buildings;
generate a work cell definition comprising at least one work cell lighting instruction for a first set of addressable lighting units associated with one or all of the at least two work cells;
determining a work path comprising an area that connects the at least two work cells;
generating a work path definition comprising at least one work path lighting instruction for a second set of addressable lighting units associated with the work path, wherein the first set of addressable lighting units are different than the second set of addressable lighting units; and
activating the first and second sets of addressable lighting units located in the at least two work cells and the work path according to the work cell definition and the work path definition.
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Abstract
Systems and methods that provide improved control of addressable lighting fixtures. Individual lighting units have assigned schedules defining the power levels for the unit at various times of the day. Adjustments to a scheduled level for each unit may be made depending on predefined exceptions, ambient daylight, conservation commands, override instructions, and boost signals. Individual occupants of the building are associated with sets of individual lighting units. An override command received by the system and associated with a particular individual occupant is applied to the individual lighting units with which the individual occupant is associated.
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17 Claims
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1. A method to control addressable lighting units in one or more buildings, the method comprising:
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identifying an individual accessing the one or more buildings; associating the individual with a work point, the work point comprising a collection of individual lighting units required by the individual when accessing a location outside of working hours; determining from the work point at least two work cells associated with the individual in the one or more buildings, each of the two work cells comprising an area that the individual may access in the one or more buildings; generate a work cell definition comprising at least one work cell lighting instruction for a first set of addressable lighting units associated with one or all of the at least two work cells; determining a work path comprising an area that connects the at least two work cells; generating a work path definition comprising at least one work path lighting instruction for a second set of addressable lighting units associated with the work path, wherein the first set of addressable lighting units are different than the second set of addressable lighting units; and activating the first and second sets of addressable lighting units located in the at least two work cells and the work path according to the work cell definition and the work path definition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for controlling addressable lighting units within a building, the system comprising:
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a memory device to store an identification of an individual accessing the building; an identification of at least two work cells associated with the individual in the building, each of the two work cells comprising an area that the individual may access in the building outside of working hours; a work cell definition comprising at least one work cell lighting instruction for a first set of addressable lighting units associated with one or all of the at least two work cells, an identification of a work path comprising an area that connects the at least two work cells; a work path definition comprising at least one work path lighting instruction for a second set of addressable lighting units associated with the work path wherein the first set of addressable lighting units are different than the second set of addressable lighting units; a work point definition comprising the work path definition and the work cell definition; and a controller programmed to activate the first and second sets of addressable lighting units located in the at least two work cells and the work path according to the work cell definition and the work path definition. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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