US 2018/0003561 A1 · SENSOR CLIP AND METHOD OF USING

Abstract

The present system provides a sensor clip system that can be clipped to luminaires of a plurality of shapes and sizes and method of using the sensor clip. Some of the sensors are upward looking (into the luminaire) while others are downward looking (away from the luminaire); and thus face in substantially opposite directions. The sensor clip is adjustable in one, two or three dimensions to be able to easily fit with different sized and shaped luminaires, such that the upward looking sensors may face the incoming light and downward looking sensors face away from the light. The sensor clip system may also provide attenuation of the luminous intensity of the emitted light coming out of the luminaires and extends the longevity and usability of the embedded sensor.

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Dependent claims

A luminaire sensor clip system, comprising:

a housing having at least one light-receiving opening therein;
a color sensor positioned within the housing, the color sensor being optically aligned with the light-receiving opening in the housing such that light from a luminaire is directly received by the color sensor;
an environment sensor mounted on the housing in a position such that light from the luminaire is indirectly received by the environment sensor;
and
an attachment member for connecting the housing onto the luminaire, wherein the attachment member comprises a vertical leg, the vertical leg configured to receive a sliding member, and an attachment arm disposed at a substantially right angle to the vertical leg, the attachment arm configured for attachment to a luminaire.

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