System and methods of intelligent on/off modes and dimming functionality for lighting devices
OwnerJyotirmoy Chakravarty, Sarosij Senguptainventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system for intelligently controlling the ON/OFF modes and dimming functionality for lighting devices with built in redundancy. The system comprises: a plurality of sensor banks having a plurality of sensors capable of operating over exclusive ambient light levels and creating redundancy; and a micro-controller configured to add dimming functionality and automatically detecting faulty sensing situations and sudden change in the light level, wherein computing logics are adapted with the help of a high end micro-controller to increase sensitivity of the system.
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A system for intelligently controlling the ON/OFF modes and dimming functionality for lighting devices with built in redundancy, comprising:
- at least a sensor bank having a plurality of sensors capable of operating over exclusive ambient light levels and creating redundancy;
- at least a micro-controller configured to add dimming functionality and automatically detecting faulty sensing situations and sudden change in the light level;
- a polling module capable of detecting the conditions of the sensors and building redundancy;
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- a sampling module capable of controlling light output based on detected ambient light conditions and ambiguous false detections conditions,
- wherein a time based dimming module is capable of working as disaster recovery in case of failure of all sensors, wherein the micro-controller uses the sampling module to average out the results captured over a period of approximate 15-30 seconds to remove all possibilities of false reading captured due to sudden light level changes.
A method for intelligently controlling the ON/OFF modes and dimming functionality for lighting devices with built in redundancy, comprising the steps of:
- initializing a data memory and digital and analog pins;
- running polling module;
- initializing and switching to time based dimming in case the sensor bank is not working;
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- running a sampling module if the sensor bank is working,
- wherein the polling module is capable of detecting the conditions of the sensors and building redundancy, wherein the sampling module is capable of controlling light output based on detected ambient light conditions and ambiguous false detections conditions, wherein the time based module is adapted to used as disaster recovery in case of failure of the sensors.
A system for intelligently controlling the ON/OFF modes and dimming functionality for lighting devices with built in redundancy, comprising:
- a plurality of sensor banks having a plurality of sensors capable of operating over exclusive ambient light levels and creating redundancy;
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- a micro-controller configured to add dimming functionality and automatically detecting faulty sensing situations and sudden change in the light level,
- wherein the system is embedded with computing logics with the help of a high end micro-controller to increase sensitivity of the system, wherein the system is capable of generating varying DC voltages depending upon the prevailing ambient light situation.
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