Methods and apparatus for information management and control of outdoor lighting networks
First Claim
1. A light management information system for an outdoor lighting network system, comprising:
- a plurality of outdoor light units each including at least one sensor type, where each of the outdoor light units communicates with at least one other outdoor light unit;
at least one user input/output device in communication with at one or more of said outdoor light units;
a central management system in communication with outdoor light units, said central management system sends control commands and/or information to one or more of said outdoor light units, in response to received outdoor light unit status/sensor information from one or more of said outdoor light units or received user information requests from said user input/output device;
a resource server in communication with said central management system;
wherein the central management system uses the outdoor light unit status/sensor information and/or resources from the resource server to provide information to the user input/output device and reconfigure one or more of the lights units,wherein the at least one user input/output device sends/receives wireless signals to said the plurality of outdoor light units, said wireless signals having a user identity;
said central management system having a user database for storing the user related information, including user specified requests and relative location to respective outdoor light units as the user'"'"'s location changes;
wherein respective outdoor light units maintain taxi request information for a user, and wherein a taxi request is made using the at least one user input/output device, wherein one of the plurality of outdoor light units communicates the taxi request to another one of the plurality of outdoor light units within a predetermined region and sends the taxi request to taxies within the predetermined region and/or the at least one user input/output device provides an indicator signal for a taxi/car service and wherein the predetermined region is determined using a location of the taxi request using the outdoor light units and traffic status using the sensors.
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Abstract
The invention provides a light management information system for an outdoor lighting network system, having a plurality of outdoor light units each including at least one sensor type, where each of the light units communicates with at least one other light unit, at least one user input/output device in communication with at one or more of said outdoor light units, a central management system in communication with light units, said central management system sends control commands and/or information to one or more of said outdoor light units, in response to received outdoor light unit status/sensor information from one or more of said outdoor light units or received user information requests from said user input/output device, a resource server in communication with said central management system, wherein the central management system uses the light unit status/sensor information and resources from the resource server to provide information to the user input/output device and/or reconfigure one or more of the lights units.
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11 Claims
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1. A light management information system for an outdoor lighting network system, comprising:
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a plurality of outdoor light units each including at least one sensor type, where each of the outdoor light units communicates with at least one other outdoor light unit; at least one user input/output device in communication with at one or more of said outdoor light units; a central management system in communication with outdoor light units, said central management system sends control commands and/or information to one or more of said outdoor light units, in response to received outdoor light unit status/sensor information from one or more of said outdoor light units or received user information requests from said user input/output device; a resource server in communication with said central management system; wherein the central management system uses the outdoor light unit status/sensor information and/or resources from the resource server to provide information to the user input/output device and reconfigure one or more of the lights units, wherein the at least one user input/output device sends/receives wireless signals to said the plurality of outdoor light units, said wireless signals having a user identity; said central management system having a user database for storing the user related information, including user specified requests and relative location to respective outdoor light units as the user'"'"'s location changes; wherein respective outdoor light units maintain taxi request information for a user, and wherein a taxi request is made using the at least one user input/output device, wherein one of the plurality of outdoor light units communicates the taxi request to another one of the plurality of outdoor light units within a predetermined region and sends the taxi request to taxies within the predetermined region and/or the at least one user input/output device provides an indicator signal for a taxi/car service and wherein the predetermined region is determined using a location of the taxi request using the outdoor light units and traffic status using the sensors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of light management for outdoor lighting network system, the outdoor lighting network having a plurality of outdoor light units each including at least one sensor type and each outdoor light unit in communication with at least one other outdoor light unit, at least one user input/output device and a central management system in communication with the outdoor light units, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, in the central management system, status/sensor information from the at least one sensor type and resources from the resource server; sending, by the central management system, control commands to one or more of said outdoor light units, wherein the central management system uses the outdoor light unit status/sensor information and resources from the resource server to provide information to the user input/output device and/or reconfigure one or more of the lights units, wherein the at least one user input/output device sends/receives wireless signals to said the plurality of outdoor light units, said wireless signals having a user identity; storing user related information in a user database in said central management system, said information including user specified requests and relative location to respective outdoor light units as the user location changes; wherein respective outdoor light units maintain taxi request information for a user, and wherein a taxi request is made using the at least one user input/output device, wherein one of the plurality of outdoor light units communicates the taxi request to another one of the plurality of outdoor light units within a predetermined region and sends the taxi request to taxies within the predetermined region and/or the at least one user input/output device provides an indicator signal for a taxi/car service and wherein the predetermined region is determined using a location of the taxi request using the outdoor light units and traffic status using the sensors. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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