Learning capable lighting equipment

A lighting device, comprising:

• a processor;
• a source of light, the source of light being configured to output visible light for general illumination in a manner permitting control of a plurality of parameters of the visible light output, responsive to control by the processor;
• a camera configured to capture images;
• an occupancy sensor accessible to the processor and configured to detect that an individual has entered the space serviced by the lighting device;
• a data communication interface, controlled by the processor, configured for communication of data from and to the lighting device over a network;
• a microphone accessible to the processor and configured to detect audio user input activity;
• a storage device accessible by the processor;
• and
• a program in the storage device, wherein execution of the program by the processor configures the lighting device to implement functions, including functions to:
• identify at least one of the plurality of respective occupants by:
• detecting, based on occupancy sensed by the occupancy sensor, the camera, or the microphone, that the individual has entered the space serviced by the lighting device;
• and
• biometrically identifying that the individual is a particular identified occupant from the captured images from the camera by:
• (i) applying facial recognition, (ii) determining relative dimensions of the individual in comparison to one or more objects in the space, or (iii) recognizing gestures from the individual;
• for each respective identified occupant:
• retrieve a profile of the respective identified occupant, the profile including a lighting control function established for the respective identified occupant;
• determine a control setting for at least one of the plurality of parameters of the visible light output from the lighting control function established for the respective identified occupant;
• access, via communication over the network, information about the respective identified occupant from an on-line social media service;
• responsive to the accessed information about the respective identified occupant, determine a social media status of the respective identified occupant;
• detect a condition in a space illuminated by the lighting device based on the captured images, the condition relating to an activity of an occupant when within the space;
• process the condition responsive input from the captured images from the camera to determine an activity status that recognizes a task being performed by the respective identified occupant while in the space;
• detect via voice recognition a current mood status of the identified occupant from the audio user input activity of the microphone;
• and
• in response to:
• (i) determining the social media status, (ii) determining the activity status that recognizes the task being performed by the identified occupant while in the space, and (iii) detecting the mood status of the respective identified occupant from the audio user input activity, adjust the control setting, the adjustment resulting in an adjusted lighting control function for the respective identified occupant;
• and
• operate the light source to illuminate the space for general illumination in accordance with a composite lighting control function, the composite lighting control function based on a contribution from each respective identified occupant's adjusted lighting control function.