Ambient and task level load control
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1. A system, comprising:
- a plurality of task-level sensor devices, each task-level sensor device including a sensor device that can sense a physical stimulus and to be positioned to monitor the physical stimulus of only a respective task area and generate task-level sensor data that reports a measured physical stimulus of the respective task area, wherein each of the task areas is a separate sub-portion of a controlled area such that the controlled area includes multiple task areas and an additional area outside of each task area, and each task-level sensor data provides measurements that are responsive to the physical stimulus occurring within the task area it monitors; and
a load controller in communication with the task-level sensor devices and a controlled area sensor, the controlled area sensor for monitoring the physical stimulus of the controlled area inclusive of the multiple task areas and the additional area outside of each task area, and provides measurements that are responsive to the physical stimulus occurring within the multiple task areas and the area outside of the multiple task areas included in the controlled area, and generating controlled area sensor data that reports a measured physical stimulus of the controlled area, wherein the controlled area sensor data are different from any given task-level sensor data, and the load controller performs operations comprising controlling the illumination level of each task area based on the task-level sensor data from the task-level sensor monitoring the task area and the controlled area sensor data.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for cooperatively controlling ambient level lighting in a controlled area, and task-level lighting for task areas in the controlled area, where each task area is a separate sub-area of the controlled area.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a plurality of task-level sensor devices, each task-level sensor device including a sensor device that can sense a physical stimulus and to be positioned to monitor the physical stimulus of only a respective task area and generate task-level sensor data that reports a measured physical stimulus of the respective task area, wherein each of the task areas is a separate sub-portion of a controlled area such that the controlled area includes multiple task areas and an additional area outside of each task area, and each task-level sensor data provides measurements that are responsive to the physical stimulus occurring within the task area it monitors; and a load controller in communication with the task-level sensor devices and a controlled area sensor, the controlled area sensor for monitoring the physical stimulus of the controlled area inclusive of the multiple task areas and the additional area outside of each task area, and provides measurements that are responsive to the physical stimulus occurring within the multiple task areas and the area outside of the multiple task areas included in the controlled area, and generating controlled area sensor data that reports a measured physical stimulus of the controlled area, wherein the controlled area sensor data are different from any given task-level sensor data, and the load controller performs operations comprising controlling the illumination level of each task area based on the task-level sensor data from the task-level sensor monitoring the task area and the controlled area sensor data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method performed by a data processing apparatus, comprising:
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receiving a physical stimulus from a plurality of task-level sensor devices, each task-level sensor device including a sensor device that can sense the physical stimulus and to be positioned to monitor the physical stimulus of only a respective task area and generate task-level sensor data that reports a measured physical stimulus of the respective task area, wherein each of the task areas is a separate sub-portion of a controlled area such that the controlled area includes multiple task areas and an additional area outside of each task area, and each task-level sensor data provides measurements that are responsive to the physical stimulus occurring within the task area it monitors; receiving controlled area sensor data that reports a measured physical stimulus of the controlled area inclusive of the multiple task areas and the additional area outside of each task area, and that provides measurements that are responsive to the physical stimulus occurring within the plurality of the task areas and the area outside of the multiple task areas included in the controlled area, wherein the controlled area sensor data are different from any given task-level sensor data; and controlling the illumination level of each task area based on the task-level sensor data from the task-level sensor monitoring the task area and the controlled area sensor data˜ wherein the method further comprises; the task-level sensor device comprises a task-level photo sensor and a task-level occupancy sensor, and the physical stimuli include an illumination level of the task area and an occupancy of the task area; the controlled area sensor comprises a controlled area photo sensor, and the physical stimulus is an illumination level of the controlled area; and further comprising; determining task areas that are occupied; and for each occupied task area; determining an illumination level for the task area; in response to determining that an illumination level for a task area is above a predefined illumination level, instructing a task area light source to decrease the illumination level for the task area until the illumination level of the task area is at the predefined illumination level; and in response to determining that an illumination level for a task area is below the predefined illumination level, instructing the task area light source to increase the illumination level for the task area. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A system, comprising:
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means for receiving a physical stimulus from a plurality of task-level sensor devices, each task-level sensor device including a sensor device that can sense the physical stimulus and to be positioned to monitor the physical stimulus of only a respective task area and generate task-level sensor data that reports a measured physical stimulus of the respective task area, wherein each of the task areas is a separate sub-portion of a controlled area such that the controlled area includes multiple task areas and an additional area outside of each task area, and each task-level sensor data provides measurements that are responsive to the physical stimulus occurring within the task area it monitors, and for receiving controlled area sensor data that reports a measured physical stimulus of the controlled area inclusive of the multiple task areas and the additional area outside of each task area, and provides measurements that are responsive to the physical stimulus occurring within the plurality of the task areas and the area outside of the multiple task areas included in the controlled area, the controlled area sensor data being different from any given task-level sensor data; and means for controlling the illumination level of each task area and the illumination level of the additional area outside of each task area based on the task-level sensor data from the task-level sensor monitoring the task area and the controlled area sensor data.
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