US 10,098,212 B2Granted

Systems and methods for controlling outdoor luminaire wireless network using smart appliance

AssigneeExpress Imaging Systems, LLC

InventorsDonald Arthur Vendetti, William G. Reed

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Abstract

Systems and methods which utilize luminaires that include wireless communication capabilities that allow the luminaires to be controlled by a wireless-enabled mobile system disposed proximate the luminaires. Control of a network of wireless-enabled luminaires is provided via a single mobile system utilizing wireless communication through at least one gateway luminaire without requiring connection between the luminaires and a central management system (CMS). Information sent to or collected from the luminaires through the mobile system may be transferred via a mobile network interface from or to a CMS. The luminaires may use their wireless communication ability to obtain data from nearby wireless sensors, which data may be collected by the mobile system from luminaires in the network of luminaires when the mobile system is positioned proximate at least one of the luminaires. The sensor data and/or other data may be uploaded to the central management system in a non-real-time period.

Claims32

Dependent claims

An illumination system, comprising:

a plurality of terminal luminaires, each of the terminal luminaires comprising:
at least one terminal luminaire processor;
at least one light source operatively coupled to the at least one terminal luminaire processor;
a terminal luminaire transceiver operatively coupled to the at least one terminal luminaire processor, in operation the terminal luminaire transceiver communicates via a first communications protocol;
and
at least one nontransitory processor-readable storage medium operatively coupled to the at least one terminal luminaire processor and storing at least one of data or instructions;
a gateway luminaire comprising:
at least one gateway luminaire processor;
at least one light source operatively coupled to the at least one gateway luminaire processor;
a first gateway luminaire transceiver operatively coupled to the at least one gateway luminaire processor, in operation the first gateway luminaire transceiver communicates via the first communications protocol;
a second gateway luminaire transceiver operatively coupled to the at least one gateway luminaire processor, in operation the second gateway luminaire transceiver communicates via a second communications protocol, the second communications protocol different from the first communications protocol;
and
at least one nontransitory processor-readable storage medium operatively coupled to the at least one gateway luminaire processor and storing at least one of data or instructions which, when executed by the at least one gateway luminaire processor, cause the at least one gateway luminaire processor to:
receive, via the second gateway luminaire transceiver, at least one of instructions or data from at least one mobile system;
and
send, via the first gateway luminaire transceiver, the received at least one of instructions or data to at least one of the plurality of terminal luminaires.

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Facts

Application: 15/895,439Filed 13 Feb 2018 · us provisional application
Priority: 14 Feb 2017
Published: US 2018/0235060 A116 Aug 2018
Granted: 9 Oct 2018
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

H04W 4/38
Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes: for collecting sensor information
H04W 72/0446
Based on the type of the allocated resource: resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
H04W 72/53
Allocation or scheduling criteria for wireless resources: based on regulatory allocation policies
H04W 84/18
Network topologies: self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks