Intelligent and coordinated lighting of a lighting device
First Claim
1. A method for lighting a lighting device, the method comprising:
- setting, by a data processing system, a lighting intensity level of a lighting element located in the lighting device to a first lighting intensity level, wherein the lighting element includes a plurality of different types of lighting intensity level bulbs, each bulb in the plurality of different types of lighting intensity level bulbs produces a different color temperature;
responsive to the data processing system determining that an approaching object is within a lighting interval of the lighting device, setting, by the data processing system, the lighting intensity level of the lighting element to a second lighting intensity level; and
selecting, by the data processing system, a set of one or more bulbs in the plurality of different types of lighting intensity level bulbs to complement a color temperature produced by the approaching object.
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Abstract
Intelligent lighting is provided to motorists traveling down a stretch of road by sequentially turning on adjacent lighting devices in a lighting segment only when required, such as when vehicles are approaching the lighting devices, and turning off the lighting devices or decreasing a light intensity output of the lighting devices to a predefined minimum lighting intensity output level when no vehicles are present. In addition, which bulb to use in a multi-bulb lighting device is determined, as well as the optimal lighting intensity level of the selected bulb. Further, it is determined which lighting devices in a lighting segment may be turned off or dimmed while maintaining a predefined minimum safe light/brightness level along a pathway associated with the lighting segment.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for lighting a lighting device, the method comprising:
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setting, by a data processing system, a lighting intensity level of a lighting element located in the lighting device to a first lighting intensity level, wherein the lighting element includes a plurality of different types of lighting intensity level bulbs, each bulb in the plurality of different types of lighting intensity level bulbs produces a different color temperature; responsive to the data processing system determining that an approaching object is within a lighting interval of the lighting device, setting, by the data processing system, the lighting intensity level of the lighting element to a second lighting intensity level; and selecting, by the data processing system, a set of one or more bulbs in the plurality of different types of lighting intensity level bulbs to complement a color temperature produced by the approaching object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A data processing system for lighting a lighting device, the data processing system comprising:
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a bus system; a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device stores computer readable program code; and a processor connected to the bus system, wherein the processor executes the computer readable program code to; set a lighting intensity level of a lighting element located in the lighting device to a first lighting intensity level, wherein the lighting element includes a plurality of different types of lighting intensity level bulbs, each bulb in the plurality of different types of lighting intensity level bulbs produces a different color temperature; set the lighting intensity level of the lighting element to a second lighting intensity level in response to determining that an approaching object is within a lighting interval of the lighting device; and select a set of one or more bulbs in the plurality of different types of lighting intensity level bulbs to complement a color temperature produced by the approaching object. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A computer program product for lighting a lighting device, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a data processing system to cause the data processing system to perform a method comprising:
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setting, by the data processing system, a lighting intensity level of a lighting element located in the lighting device to a first lighting intensity level, wherein the lighting element includes a plurality of different types of lighting intensity level bulbs, each bulb in the plurality of different types of lighting intensity level bulbs produces a different color temperature; responsive to the data processing system determining that an approaching object is within a lighting interval of the lighting device, setting, by the data processing system, the lighting intensity level of the lighting element to a second lighting intensity level; and selecting, by the data processing system, a set of one or more bulbs in the plurality of different types of lighting intensity level bulbs to complement a color temperature produced by the approaching object. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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