Lighting system with improved sensor control
AssigneeABL Holding Holding LLC
InventorsDonald Robert Sandell, Timothy Edward Monroe
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Abstract
A lighting system, including but not limited to security lighting systems, includes a light fixture having a housing and a light source supported on the housing. The light fixture may include an adjuster that is adjustable to control both an output level of the light source and an external light level at which the light source is activated. Additionally or alternatively, the light source may be a first light source, and the light fixture may include a second light source and a motion sensor housed within an installation cavity of the housing and behind an optic of the light fixture. The first light source may be supported on the housing outside of the installation cavity.
Claims10
A light fixture comprising:
- a housing;
- a light source supported on the housing, wherein the light source is capable of having at least two output levels;
- a sensor on the housing configured to detect an amount of light external to the light fixture and generate an activation signal for the light source based on the detected light being within a predefined activation range, wherein the predefined activation range is adjustable;
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- an adjuster on the housing and communicatively coupled to the light source and the sensor, the adjuster comprising a first adjustment dial configured to control the output level of the light source and a second adjustment dial configured to control the activation range of the sensor, wherein the first adjustment dial surrounds at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the second adjustment dial,
- wherein the first adjustment dial surrounds at least a portion of an outer edge of the sensor, and
- wherein the sensor further includes a lens positioned in a portion of the second adjustment dial.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.