Lighting fixture having an environmental detection system
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsDouglas Matthew Hamilton, Blake Ashton Nickles
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Abstract
A lighting fixture is provided. The lighting fixture includes a light source and an environmental detection system. The environmental detection system is coupled to a continuous supply of electrical power. The environmental detection system includes one or more sensors operable to detect a parameter associated with a space in which the lighting fixture is located.
Claims16
A lighting fixture, comprising:
- a light source selectively coupled to a continuous supply of electrical power via a switching device;
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- an environmental detection system coupled to the continuous supply of electrical power via the switching device, the environmental detection system comprising one or more sensors operable to detect an environmental parameter associated with a space in which the lighting fixture is located,
- wherein when the switching device is in a first configuration, the environmental detection system is coupled to the continuous supply of electrical power and the light source is decoupled from the continuous supply of electrical power and, and
- wherein when the switching device is in a second configuration that is different than the first configuration, the light source and the environmental detection system are each coupled to the continuous supply of electrical power.
A method for using an environmental detection system of a lighting fixture to detect an environmental condition associated with a room or area in which the lighting fixture is located, the method comprising:
- receiving, at one or more control devices, data from a sensor of the environmental detection system, the sensor coupled to a continuous supply of electrical power, the data indicative of an environmental parameter associated with the room or area;
- determining, by the one or more control devices, whether the environmental parameter is within a predefined range of values associated with the environmental parameter;
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- responsive to determining the environmental parameter is not within the predefined range of values, providing one or more control actions associated with controlling operation of a light source of the lighting fixture.
A system for detecting an environmental condition associated with a room or area, the system comprising:
- a lighting fixture disposed within the room or area, the lighting fixture comprising a light source selectively coupled to a continuous supply of electrical power via a switching device;
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- an environmental detection system disposed within the room or area, the environmental detection system coupled to the continuous supply of electrical power via the switching device, the environmental detection system comprising one or more sensors operable to detect an environmental parameter associated with the room or area,
- wherein when the switching device is in a first configuration, the environmental detection system is coupled to the continuous supply of electrical power and the light source is decoupled from the continuous supply of electrical power, and
- wherein when the switching device is in a second configuration that is different than the first configuration, the light source and the environmental detection system are each coupled to the continuous supply of electrical power.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.