Automatic lighting equipment and automatic lighting system using said equipment

An automatic lighting system for lighting a subject area, comprising:

• a plurality of lighting means;
• support means for supporting said plurality of lighting means proximate said subject area;
• means for movably mounting said plurality of lighting means to said support means;
• said means for movably mounting including means for permitting a range of motion of lighting means relative to a fixed reference location in said subject area operable to allow selective orientation of said lighting means, each of said lighting means being locatable at a selected one of a plurality of discrete spacial coordinates remote from said fixed reference location;
• a plurality of light sensors mounted on a support structure disposable within said subject area, said support structure orienting each of said plurality of light sensors at discrete positions for detecting a distribution of light from said lighting means;
• said plurality of light sensors producing a plurality of intensity signals representative of said distribution;
• means for storing and recalling levels of said intensity signals;
• and
• lighting control means for selectively and remotely setting intensity levels of individual ones of said plurality of lighting means and for automatically controlling said intensity levels to effect substantial correspondence between real-time levels of said intensity signals with recalled levels of said intensity signals.