Device, system and method for controlling operation of lighting units

A system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims including a further controller module configured for partially or entirely controllably adjusting the output lighting emission of the illumination module within the target environment until, based on the further comparison by the processor module, the sensed lighting condition within the target environment is determined by the processor module or a further processor module to be indicative of the predefined lighting condition by reference to the predefined threshold criteria, said further processor module including at least one of a controller module of the lighting unit, a server-side controller module and a cloud-based controller module communicably connected with the mobile electronic device.

A system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the data store module includes at least one of a data store module of the mobile electronic device, a data store module of the lighting unit, a server-side data store module and a cloud-based data store module communicably connected with the mobile electronic device.

A system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the sensor module includes at least one of a CMOS-type sensor, a CCD-type sensor, a LiveMOS type sensor, an ambient light sensor, a photoelectric sensor, a thermal sensor, a temperature sensor, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, proximity sensor, and a GPS sensor.

A system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the communication module of the lighting unit includes a wireless protocol communication module.

A system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the predefined lighting condition data indicative of the predefined lighting condition includes data indicative of at least one of a brightness condition, a colour temperature condition, a dimming condition, a white light condition, and a warm light condition, a colour rendition index condition, and a saturation condition.

A system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the data store is configured for storing a plurality of predefined lighting condition datas each being indicative of one of a plurality of corresponding predefined lighting conditions.

A system as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the mobile electronic device includes:

• an output module configured for electronically displaying indicia indicative of the plurality of target environment types;
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• an input module configured for receiving as an input, a selection associated with an indicia indicative of one of the plurality of target environment types, whereby responsive to the selection, the processor module is configured for comparing the sensed data indicative of the lighting condition within the target environment against the predefined lighting condition data indicative of the predefined lighting condition associated with the corresponding target environment type selected via the input module, and, whereby, responsive to the comparison, the controller module is configured for communicating with the lighting unit via the communication link to controllably adjust the output lighting emission of the illumination module within the target environment until, based on further comparison by the processor module, the sensed lighting data indicative of the lighting condition within the target environment is determined by the processor module to be indicative of the predefined lighting condition data by reference to a predefined threshold criteria.

A device as claimed in any one of 14 to 23 claims wherein the device includes:

• an output module configured for electronically displaying indicia indicative of the plurality of target environment types;
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• an input module configured for receiving as an input, a selection associated with an indicia indicative of one of the plurality of target environment types, whereby responsive to the selection, the processor module is configured for comparing the sensed data indicative of the lighting condition within the target environment against the predefined lighting condition data indicative of the predefined lighting condition associated with the corresponding target environment type selected via the input module, and, whereby, responsive to the comparison, the controller module is configured for communicating with the lighting unit via the communication link to controllably adjust the output lighting emission of the illumination module within the target environment until, based on further comparison by the processor module, the sensed lighting data indicative of the lighting condition within the target environment is determined by the processor module to be indicative of the predefined lighting condition data by reference to a predefined threshold criteria.