LED light control and management system

• US 9,655,189 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2016
• Issued: 05/16/2017
• 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:
  US15/042,830
• Publication Number:
  US 20160165694A1
• Time in Patent Office: 459 Days
• Field of Search: 315246, 315250, 315291, 315294, 315307, 315308, 315312
• 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 fixture control unit, a plurality of light emitting diodes, and at least one photodetector, said plurality of light emitting diodes generating light as illumination, said fixture control unit being in communication with said plurality of light emitting diodes and said at least one photodetector, said fixture control unit being constructed and arranged for transmission of at least one transmitted communication signal embedded within said illumination as rapid flashes of light having a frequency which is not observable to an individual, and said at least one photodetector being constructed and arranged for receipt of at least one received communication signal comprising rapid flashes of light having a frequency which is not observable to an individual, said fixture control unit further comprising at least one fixture control unit location identifier, said at least one transmitted communication signal comprising said at least one fixture control unit location identifier, said at least one received communication signal comprising at least one destination fixture control unit location identifier, said fixture control unit being further constructed and arranged to process said at least one destination fixture control unit location identifier and to accept or to transmit said at least one received communication signal; and

b. at least one facility control unit in communication with said fixture control unit, said at least one facility control unit being constructed and arranged to communicate at least one command communication signal to said fixture control unit, said at least one facility control unit comprising at least one facility control unit identifier, said at least one facility control unit further comprising a website wherein said website permits an individual to generate at least one command communication signal.

2. The assembly and system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one command communication signal is transmitted as a portion of said at least one received communication signal or within a broadband over power line communication signal, said at least one command communication signal altering a setting for at least one of said plurality of light emitting diodes or said light emitting diode light fixtures.

3. The assembly and system according to claim 2, further comprising at least one control server, said at least one control server being in communication with said at least one facility control unit, said at least one control server monitoring energy being provided to at least one of said light emitting diode light fixtures.

4. The assembly and system according to claim 3, said at least one control server being constructed and arranged to calculate photons of light emitted from at least one of said plurality of light emitting diode light fixtures and to calculate data lumen hours or data lumen minutes.

5. The assembly and system according to claim 3, said at least one control server further comprising a control server website, wherein said control server website is in communication with said at least one facility control unit.

6. The assembly and system according to claim 2, 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.

7. The assembly and system according to claim 6, 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.

8. The assembly and system according to claim 6, wherein at least one of said plurality of sensors senses an environmental lighting condition or occupants within a space and generates a sensed communication signal for communication to said fixture control unit to dim illumination provided by at least one of said plurality of light emitting diode light fixtures.

9. The assembly and system according to claim 1, said at least one transmitted communication signal comprising at least one data packet, said fixture control unit being constructed and arranged to assign said fixture control unit location identifier to said at least one data packet.

10. The assembly and system according to claim 9, said at least one data packet comprising global positioning system routing information.

11. The assembly and system according to claim 10, said at least one received communication signal comprising at least one data packet.

12. The assembly and system according to claim 11, said at least one received communication signal data packet comprising global positioning system (GPS) location information.

13. The assembly and system according to claim 11, said at least one received communication signal data packet comprising at least one of the group consisting of a header, a validation, a payload, said destination fixture control unit location identifier, an acknowledgment, and a packet verification.

14. The assembly and system according to claim 11, wherein said fixture control unit interrogates each of said at least one received communication signal data packets to identify a last known identifier and said destination fixture control unit location identifier for comparison to said fixture control unit location identifier.

15. The assembly and system according to claim 11, wherein said at least one facility control unit interrogates each of said at least one received communication signal data packets to identify a last known identifier and said destination fixture control unit location identifier for comparison to said fixture control unit location identifier.

16. The assembly and system according to claim 9, said fixture control unit or said at least one facility 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 fixture control unit location identifier or said at least one facility control unit identifier.

17. The assembly and system according to claim 9, said at least one transmitted communication signal data packet comprising at least one of the group consisting of a header, a validation, a payload, said destination fixture control unit location identifier, an acknowledgment, and a packet verification.

18. The assembly and system according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of system control elements disposed throughout a structure, each of said system control elements being in communication with said fixture control unit, each of said system control elements comprising at least one light emitting diode, said at least one light emitting diode being constructed and arranged to communicate with at least one of said fixture control units, wherein said at least one command communication signal permits an individual to alter the status of at least one of said system control elements.

19. The assembly and system according to claim 1, at least one of said plurality of light emitting diode light fixtures further comprising a camera, a microphone, and a speaker.

20. An assembly and system comprising:

a plurality of light emitting diode light fixtures or system control elements disposed throughout a facility each of said light emitting diode light fixtures or system control elements comprising a unique light emitting diode light device identifier, at least one light emitting diode, and at least one photodetector, said at least one light emitting diode generating light as illumination; and

at least one facility control unit in communication with said plurality of light emitting diode light fixtures or system control elements, said at least one facility control unit being in communication with said at least one light emitting diode and said at least one photodetector, said facility control unit being constructed and arranged for transmission of at least one transmitted communication signal embedded within said illumination as rapid flashes of light having a frequency which is not observable to an individual, and said at least one photodetector being constructed and arranged for receipt of at least one received communication signal comprising rapid flashes of light having a frequency which is not observable to an individual, said facility control unit further comprising at least one facility control unit location identifier, said at least one transmitted communication signal comprising said unique light emitting diode light device identifier and said at least one facility control unit location identifier, said at least one received communication signal comprising at least one unique light emitting diode light device destination identifier, said facility control unit being further constructed and arranged to process said at least one unique light emitting diode light device destination identifier and to accept or to transmit said at least one received communication signal, said at least one facility control unit being further constructed and arranged to communicate at least one command communication signal to at least one of said light emitting diode light fixtures or system control elements, said at least one facility control unit further comprising a website wherein said website permits an individual to generate at least one command communication signal to at least one of said light emitting diode light fixtures or system control elements.