Lamp monitoring and control system and method

A street lamp monitoring system, comprising:

• a plurality of street lamp monitoring devices each configured to be disposed at a location of a respective street lamp, each street lamp monitoring device comprising:
• a processing circuit,
• a transmit circuit, and
• an optical sensor comprising an array of light sensitive pixels configured to be directed at the street lamp and collect image data associated with the street lamp, wherein each lamp monitoring device is adapted to wirelessly transmit the image data associated with an image collected by the optical sensor, wherein the image data comprises color information and time information or brightness information and the time information;
• and
• a main station configured to receive the image data from a number of the street lamp monitoring devices, wherein the main station is configured to determine a characteristic of an object of interest from the image data collected by the optical sensor.

A street lamp monitoring system, comprising:

• at least one street lamp monitoring device configured to be disposed at a location of a street lamp, the street lamp monitoring device comprising:
• a processing circuit,
• a transmit circuit,
• an optical sensor configured to be directed at the street lamp and collect image data associated with the street lamp, wherein the at least one street lamp monitoring device is adapted to wirelessly transmit the image data associated with an image collected by the optical sensor, wherein the image data comprises color information and time information or brightness information;
• and
• a remote device configured to receive the image data, the remote device comprising an algorithm configured to detect if the street lamp is on or off, if a surface of a solar panel is obstructed, or if an environment in proximity to the street lamp is changing, or if there is a utility outage.