Sensor-based lighting system with integrated wireless signal repeater
AssigneeSignify Holding B.V.
InventorsNam Chin Cho, Parth Joshi
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Abstract
A lighting fixture that provides an illumination light includes a wireless signal repeater configured to receive an input wireless signal and to transmit an output wireless signal that corresponds to the input wireless signal. The lighting fixture further includes an occupancy sensor configured to monitor a space and to output occupancy detection information indicating whether the space is occupied. The wireless signal repeater is configured to operate based on the occupancy detection information.
Claims20
A lighting fixture that provides an illumination light, the lighting fixture comprising:
- a wireless signal repeater configured to receive an input wireless signal from a transmitting device external to the lighting fixture, configured to amplify the input wireless signal, and configured to transmit an output wireless signal that corresponds to the amplified input wireless signal;
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- at least one occupancy sensor configured to monitor a space and to output occupancy detection information, from any one or more given sensors of the at least one sensor, indicating whether the space is occupied, wherein the wireless signal repeater is configured to operate based on the occupancy detection information, wherein the wireless signal repeater is configured to start transmitting the output wireless signal corresponding to the input wireless signal, or increase a power of the output wireless signal, only if the occupancy detection information indicates that the space is occupied.
A lighting fixture, comprising:
- a light source that provides an illumination light;
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- a wireless signal repeater configured to receive an input wireless signal from a transmitting device external to the lighting fixture, configured to amplify the input wireless signal, and configured to transmit an output wireless signal that corresponds to the amplified input wireless signal, wherein the light source and the wireless signal repeater are configured to operate based on occupancy detection information from any one or more given occupancy sensors of at least one occupancy sensor and wherein the occupancy detection information indicates whether a space monitored by the at least one occupancy sensor is occupied and wherein the wireless signal repeater is configured to start transmitting the output wireless signal, or increase a power of the output wireless signal, only if the occupancy detection information indicates that the space is occupied.
A method of expanding a coverage of a wireless network, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a wireless signal repeater of a lighting fixture, an input wireless signal from a transmitting device arranged external to the lighting fixture;
- amplifying the input wireless signal;
- by the wireless signal repeater, starting transmission of an output wireless signal, or increasing a power of the output wireless signal, only if occupancy detection information from any one or more given occupancy sensors of at least one occupancy sensor indicates that a space monitored by the at least one occupancy sensor is occupied, wherein the output wireless signal corresponds to the amplified input wireless signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.