| US 7,546,168 B2 | ||
| Owner/operator control of a light management system using networked intelligent luminaire managers | ||
| Jeff D. Walters, Marshfield, Mass. (US); Charles J. Darnell, Decatur, Ga. (US); Zachary S. Gibler, Granville, Ohio (US); and David A. Henderson, Granville, Ohio (US) | ||
| Assigned to ABL IP Holding LLC, Conyers, Ga. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 11, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/518,494. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/715584, filed on Sep. 12, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0091623 A1, Apr. 26, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G05B 15/00 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 700—17 [700/19; 700/20; 700/83; 340/3.1] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A method for controlling a plurality of luminaires, comprising:
receiving information for a plurality of luminaires, including a first luminaire, from a plurality of networked intelligent
luminaire managers, each networked intelligent luminaire manager coupled to an associated luminaire of the plurality of luminaires,
and configured to monitor and communicate a status, including a routine status or an alarm condition status, of the associated
luminaire, wherein a first networked intelligent luminaire manager of the plurality of networked intelligent luminaire managers
is configured to communicate a routine status associated with the first luminaire according to a routine forwarding schedule
and to communicate an alarm condition status associated with the first luminaire according to a high-priority basis apart
from the routine forwarding schedule;
recording the status of one or more luminaires of the plurality of luminaires, including the alarm condition status associated
with monitoring the first luminaire; and
executing a predetermined program to initiate an action responsive to the received alarm condition status associated with
monitoring the first luminaire.
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