Centralized control of area lighting hours of illumination
First Claim
1. A method of operation for a processor-based device to control a plurality of remotely located luminaires, the method comprising:
- receiving, by 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, a set of illumination commands based at least in part on the received illumination data, each one of the illumination commands in the set directed to a different subset of a plurality of luminaires; and
sequentially distributing each of the illumination commands in the set of illumination commands through a power-line power distribution system.
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Abstract
Systems, methods and articles for providing centralized control of area lighting hours of illumination. An illumination system includes a central control system operatively coupled to a plurality of luminaires through a power-line power distribution system. The central control system issues illumination commands to the plurality of luminaires through the power-line power distribution system. The central control system may generate commands directed to all luminaires in an illumination system, or to one or more subsets of luminaires in the lamination system. The central control system may sequentially turn on luminaires in the illumination system to reduce power surges that would otherwise occur.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of operation for a processor-based device to control a plurality of remotely located luminaires, the method comprising:
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receiving, by 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, a set of illumination commands based at least in part on the received illumination data, each one of the illumination commands in the set directed to a different subset of a plurality of luminaires; and sequentially distributing each of the illumination commands in the set of illumination commands through a power-line power distribution system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. 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 power-line power distribution system; 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 data from the at least one illumination data source relating to at least one of ambient illumination or time of day; generate a set of illumination commands based at least in part on the received illumination data, each one of the illumination commands in the set directed to a different subset of a plurality of luminaires; and sequentially distribute each of the illumination commands in the set of illumination commands through the power-line power distribution system via the central transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of operation for a processor-based device to control a plurality of remotely located luminaires, the method comprising:
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receiving, by 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, a set of illumination commands based at least in part on the received illumination data, each one of the illumination commands in the set directed to a different subset of a plurality of luminaires; and sequentially distributing each of the illumination commands in the set of illumination commands through a power-line power distribution system to the plurality of luminaires; wherein each of the plurality of luminaires receives at least one respective illumination command in the set of illumination commands through the power-line power distribution system and controls the operation of each respective luminaire based at least in part on the at least one received respective illumination command. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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25. An illumination system to control the operation of a plurality of 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 power-line power distribution system; 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 data from the at least one illumination data source relating to at least one of ambient illumination or time of day; generate a set of illumination commands based at least in part on the received illumination data, each one of the illumination commands in the set directed to a different subset of a plurality of luminaires; and sequentially distribute each of the illumination commands in the set of illumination commands through the power-line power distribution system via the central transceiver to the plurality of luminaires, each of the plurality of luminaires receives at least one respective illumination command in the set of illumination commands through the power-line power distribution system and controls the operation of each respective luminaire based at least in part on the at least one received respective illumination command. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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