Lamp monitoring and control system and method
AssigneeA.L. Air Data, Inc.
InventorsLarry Williams, Michael F. Young, Hunter V. Jones
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Abstract
A system and method for remotely monitoring and/or controlling an apparatus and specifically for remotely monitoring and/or controlling street lamps. The lamp monitoring and control system comprises lamp monitoring and control units, each coupled to a respective lamp to monitor and control, and each transmitting monitoring data having at least an ID field and a status field; and at least one base station, coupled to a group of the lamp monitoring and control units, for receiving the monitoring data, wherein each of the base stations includes an ID and status processing unit for processing the ID field of the monitoring data.
Claims22
A lamp monitoring and control system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of lamps, comprising:
- a plurality of lamp monitoring and control units, each coupled to a respective lamp of the plurality of lamps to monitor and control, and each transmitting monitoring data having at least an ID field and a status field;
- and
- at least one base station, coupled to a group of said plurality of lamp monitoring and control units, for receiving the monitoring data, wherein each of said at least one base station includes an ID and status processing unit for processing the ID field of the monitoring data.
A lamp monitoring and control system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of lamps, comprising:
- a plurality of lamp monitoring and control units, each coupled to a respective lamp of the plurality of lamps to monitor and control, and each transmitting monitoring data having at least an ID field and a status field;
- and
- at least one base station, coupled to a group of said plurality of lamp monitoring and control units, for receiving the monitoring data, wherein each of said at least one base station includes an ID and status processing unit for processing the ID field of the monitoring data,
- wherein the monitoring data from the plurality of lamp monitoring and control units is staggered in time to avoid collisions.
A lamp monitoring and control system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of lamps, comprising:
- a plurality of lamp monitoring and control units, each coupled to a respective lamp of the plurality of lamps to monitor and control, and each transmitting monitoring data having at least an ID field and a status field, and
- at least one base station, coupled to a group of said plurality of lamp monitoring and control units, for receiving the monitoring data, wherein each of said at least one base station includes an ID and status processing unit for processing the ID field of the monitoring data,
- wherein the monitoring data from the plurality of lamp monitoring and control units is staggered in frequency to avoid collisions.
A method for monitoring the status of a plurality of lamps, comprising the steps of:
- collecting monitoring data for each of the plurality of lamps;
- and
- individually transmitting the monitoring data for a particular lamp by broadcasting from the particular lamp.
A method for monitoring the status of a plurality of lamps, comprising the steps of:
- collecting monitoring data for the lamps;
- and
- transmitting the monitoring data,
- wherein the step of transmitting comprises the sub-steps of:
- randomizing a reporting start delay time;
- further randomizing a reporting delta time;
- and
- redundantly sending the monitoring data in accordance with the reporting start delay time and the reporting delta time.
A method for monitoring the status of a plurality of lamps, comprising the steps of:
- collecting monitoring data for the lamps;
- and
- transmitting the monitoring data,
- wherein the step of transmitting comprises the sub-steps of:
- randomizing a randomized TX channel;
- and
- redundantly sending the monitoring data on the randomized TX channel.
A method for monitoring the status of a plurality of lamps, comprising the steps of:
- collecting monitoring data for the lamps;
- and
- transmitting the monitoring data,
- wherein the step of transmitting comprises the sub-steps of:
- randomizing a TX channel;
- and
- redundantly sending the monitoring data a first and a last time on a fixed TX channel and all other times on the randomized TX channel.
A method of making a lamp monitoring and control system for monitoring and controlling a plurality of lamps, comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of lamp monitoring and control units, each coupled a to at least one of the plurality of lamps for monitoring and control, and each transmitting monitoring data having at least an ID field and a status field;
- and
- coupling at least one base station to a group of said plurality of lamp monitoring and control units, for receiving the monitoring data, wherein each of said at least one base station includes an ID and status processing unit for processing the ID field of the monitoring data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.