LED light control and management system

• US 9,265,112 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2014
• Issued: 02/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Federal Law Enforcement Development Services, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Federal Law Enforcement Development Services, Inc.
• Inventors: Pederson, John C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Tung X
• Application Number:
  US14/208,129
• Publication Number:
  US 20140265920A1
• Time in Patent Office: 705 Days
• Field of Search: 315/246, 315/250, 315/291, 315/294, 315/307, 315/308, 315/312
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/116 Visible light communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/502 LED transmitters
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/10 Controlling the intensity of the light
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 45/3578 Emulating the electrical or functional characteristics of discharge lamps
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/185 via power line carrier transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

An LED light and communication system is in communication with a broadband over power line communications system. The LED light and communication system includes at least one optical transceiver light fixture. The optical transceiver light fixture includes a plurality of light emitting diodes, at least one photodetector, and a processor. A facility management unit is in communication with the processor. The facility management unit is constructed and arranged to control the operation of the optical transceiver light fixture.

Claims

1. An assembly and system comprising:

a. a plurality of light emitting diode light fixtures disposed throughout a facility, each of said light emitting diode light fixtures comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes and a unique light emitting diode light fixture identifier, said plurality of light emitting diodes generating illumination, said illumination comprising a plurality of flashes of illumination, said flashes of illumination not being observable to the unaided eyes of an individual;

b. a processor in communication with the at least one light emitting diode light fixture and said plurality of light emitting diodes, the processor being constructed and arranged to regulate said plurality of flashes of illumination into at least one pulsed light communication signal, said at least one pulsed light communication signal comprising said unique light emitting diode light fixture identifier;

c. at least one power unit constructed and arranged to provide power to said plurality of light emitting diode light fixtures; and

d. a control unit in communication with the plurality light emitting diode light fixtures, said control unit comprising a unique control unit identifier, said control unit being constructed and arranged to communicate at least one communication signal to said processor, said at least one communication signal comprising said unique light emitting diode light fixture identifier or said unique control unit identifier, said control unit further comprising a website, wherein said website permits an individual to control at least one of said light emitting diode light fixtures and to monitor energy being provided to at least one of said light emitting diode light fixtures, and further wherein said website functions as an interface to enable an individual to issue commands to at least one of said plurality of power units to change an amount of electricity provided to at least one of said plurality of light emitting diodes, or light emitting diode light fixtures.

2. The assembly and system according to claim 1 further comprising a plurality of sensors and switches in communication with at least one of said plurality of light emitting diode light fixtures, said sensors being constructed and arranged to sense the status of said plurality of light emitting diodes or said plurality of light emitting diode light fixtures, and to communicate said sensed status to said website for display on a display, said website further comprising a touchscreen said touchscreen being constructed and arranged to manipulate switches or to alter the status of at least one of said light emitting diodes or said light emitting diode light fixtures.

3. The assembly and system according to claim 1, said at least one power unit comprising a unique power unit identifier.

4. The assembly and system according to claim 3, said plurality of light emitting diode light fixtures being constructed and arranged to assign said unique light emitting diode light fixture identifier to a data packet.

5. The assembly and system according to claim 4, said control unit being constructed and arranged to assign said unique control unit identifier to said data packet.

6. The assembly and system according to claim 5, said power unit being constructed and arranged to assign said unique power unit identifier to said data packet.

7. The assembly and system according to claim 6, each unique power unit identifier comprising global positioning system routing information.

8. The assembly and system according to claim 5, said unique control unit identifier comprising global positioning system routing information.

9. The assembly and system according to claim 8, said control unit comprising a time assignment system, said time assignment system being constructed and arranged to assign at least one time to said data packet.

10. The assembly and system according to claim 9, said control unit comprising at least one data packet security system, said at least one data packet security system being constructed and arranged to verify said unique control unit identifier and said assigned time for said data packet.

11. The assembly and system according to claim 4, each unique light emitting diode light fixture identifier comprising global positioning system routing information.

12. The assembly and system according to claim 11, each of said plurality of light emitting diode light fixtures comprising a time assignment system, said time assignment system being constructed and arranged to assign at least one time to said data packet.

13. The assembly and system according to claim 12, each of said plurality of light emitting diode light fixtures comprising at least one data packet security system, said at least one data packet security system being constructed and arranged to verify said unique light emitting diode light fixture identifier and said assigned time for said data packet.

14. An assembly and system comprising:

a. a plurality of light emitting diode light fixtures disposed throughout a facility, each of said light emitting diode light fixtures comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes, each of said plurality of light emitting diode light fixtures further comprising a processor and a photodetector, said processor being in communication with said plurality of light emitting diodes, said plurality of light emitting diodes generating illumination, said illumination comprising a plurality of flashes of illumination, said flashes of illumination not being observable to the unaided eyes of an individual, said processor being constructed and arranged to regulate said plurality of flashes of illumination into at least one pulsed light communication signal;

b. a plurality of system control elements disposed throughout a structure each of said system control elements being in communication with a facility system, each of said system control elements comprising at least one light emitting diode and at least one photodetector, said at least one photodetector being constructed and arranged to receive said at least one pulsed light communication signal, said at least one pulsed light communication signal comprising at least one embedded pulsed light system control communication;

c. at least one power unit constructed and arranged to provide power to said plurality of light emitting diode light fixtures and said plurality of system control elements; and

d. a control unit in communication with the plurality light emitting diode light fixtures, said control unit comprising a processor and a website wherein said website permits an individual to alter the status of at least one of said system control elements.