Failure modeling and management of an aerial light fixture

A method performed by a processor of a computing device, the method comprising:

• obtaining sensor data from a plurality of smart sensor devices, each smart sensor device being coupled to a respective streetlight fixture of a plurality of streetlight fixtures;
• aggregating the data to generate a current data signature;
• comparing the current data signature to a plurality of known signatures;
• identifying an incident affecting one or more of the plurality of streetlight fixtures based on the comparison between the current data signature and the plurality of known signatures;
• determining that the identified incident is a failing light source in a first streetlight fixture of the plurality of streetlight fixtures;
• identifying a first smart sensor device of the plurality of smart sensor devices, the first smart sensor device being coupled to the first streetlight fixture;
• identifying a second smart sensor device of the plurality of smart sensor devices, the second smart sensor device being coupled to a second streetlight fixture of the plurality of streetlight fixtures and being near the first smart sensor device, the second streetlight fixture including a working light source;
• instructing the first smart sensor device to reduce an amount of time in which the failing light source is illuminated at night;
• and
• instructing the second smart sensor device to increase an intensity of the working light source during a time when the failing light source is not illuminated at night.

A system comprising:

• a plurality of smart sensor devices coupled to respective streetlight fixtures of a plurality of streetlight fixtures, wherein each smart sensor device includes:
• a processor-based monitoring circuit arranged to receive data captured by one or more sensors;
• and
• a memory arranged to store the received data;
• and
• a computing device that includes:
• a memory arranged to store data received from the plurality of smart sensor devices;
• and
• a processor arranged to execute computer instructions that cause the processor to:
• aggregate the stored data from the plurality of smart sensor devices;
• generate a current data signature from the aggregated data;
• compare the current data signature to a plurality of known signatures;
• identify an incident affecting at least one of the plurality of streetlight fixtures based on the comparison between the current data signature and the plurality of known signatures;
• determine that the identified incident is a weather incident affecting at least a subset of the plurality of streetlight fixtures;
• identify a first smart sensor device of the plurality of smart sensor devices that captures data associated with the weather incident during a first time period;
• identify a second smart sensor device of the plurality of smart sensor devices that captures data associated with the weather incident during a second time period that is after the first time period;
• and
• determine an estimated path of the weather incident based on a first location of the first smart sensor device relative to a second location of the second smart sensor device.