Systems and methods for glare-free adaptive lighting

A method for operating a luminaire, comprising:

• receiving an image of an area illuminated by the luminaire, the luminaire located within the area and comprising a plurality of light sources;
• determining a position of an occupant within the area based on the received image;
• determining a direction that the occupant is facing relative to the luminaire based on the received image;
• determining a position of one or more indirect glare sources within the area;
• and
• adjusting a light intensity of the plurality of light sources of the luminaire to reduce glare experienced by the occupant from one or more glare sources based on the determined position of the occupant and the determined direction that the occupant is facing, wherein:
• when the one or more glare sources includes direct glare from the luminaire, the light intensity of a first set of the plurality of light sources is adjusted to a first light intensity in order to reduce direct glare experienced by the occupant from the luminaire;
• and
• when the one or more glare sources includes at least one of the one or more indirect glare sources, for each indirect glare source the occupant is facing the light intensity of a subset of the plurality of light sources is adjusted to a second light intensity in order to reduce indirect glare experienced by the occupant from that indirect glare source.

A computer program product including one or more non-transitory machine readable mediums having a plurality of instructions encoded thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause a process to be carried out, the process comprising:

• determining a position of an occupant within an area illuminated by a luminaire, the luminaire located within the area and including a plurality of light sources;
• determining a direction in which an occupant is facing relative to the luminaire;
• determining a position of one or more indirect glare sources within the area;
• and
• adjusting a light intensity of the plurality of light sources of the luminaire to reduce glare experienced by the occupant from one or more glare sources based on the determined position of the occupant and the determined direction that the occupant is facing, wherein:
• when the one or more glare sources includes direct glare from the luminaire, the light intensity of a first set of the plurality of light sources is adjusted to a first light intensity in order to reduce direct glare experienced by the occupant from the luminaire;
• and
• when the one or more glare sources includes at least one of the one or more indirect glare sources, for each indirect glare source the occupant is facing the light intensity of a subset of the plurality of light sources is adjusted to a second light intensity in order to reduce indirect glare experienced by the occupant from that indirect glare source.