Synchronized light control over a wireless network

A mobile communications device, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a camera module configured to capture one or more images of a plurality of LED based illumination devices within an environment;
• and
• a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
• identify a presence of the plurality of LED based illumination devices based on the one or more images;
• and
• communicate a signal indicative of at least one light control rule to each of the plurality of LED based illumination devices, wherein the at least one light control rule is indicative of a desired lighting response of each of the plurality of LED based illumination devices to a signal received from the sensor module indicative of a triggering event detected by a sensor module.

An LED based illumination device, comprising:

• an LED based light engine configured to generate an amount of illumination light;
• and
• a light control and data interface module, comprising:
• one or more processors;
• a transceiver is a radio frequency configured to receive a first communication signal from one or more sensor modules, the first communication signal including an indication of an identity of the one or more sensor modules and a first elapsed time since a triggering event was detected by the one or more sensor modules;
• and
• a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to:
• receive the first communication signal from the transceiver;
• determine a delay time to trigger a lighting control response based on a difference between a desired delay time to trigger the lighting control response and the first elapsed time;
• and
• transmit a command signal that implements the lighting control response to a power converter coupled to the light control and data interface module after the delay time to trigger the lighting control response has elapsed, wherein the power converter is configured to supply an electrical current to the LED based light engine in response to the command signal.