Patent ID: 9497393
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04N,H05B,Y02B

Claim Text:
1. An illumination system, comprising: a light source which in use provides at least two levels of illumination; a two-dimensional non-Passive Infrared (non-PIR) imager which in use images an area and to produce image data representative of images across at least part of a visible portion of an electromagnetic spectrum; and a controller communicatively coupled to the non-PIR imager, the controller receives the image data from the non-PIR imager, wherein the controller performs one or more machine-vision object recognition techniques with respect to the received image data to detect one or more visual features within the received image data and determines a match between the one or more visual features and one or more defined features representative of a defined type of object to detect a presence of the defined type of object in the area, and the controller coupled to control operation of the light source based on at least in part detection of objects of the defined type of object in the area, wherein the controller adjusts the level of illumination provided to the area from the light source to a first level when a level of ambient light is greater than a threshold level, adjusts the level of illumination provided to the area from the light source to a second level that is greater than the first level when the level of ambient light is less than the threshold level, and adjusts the level of illumination provided to the area from the light source to a third level that is greater than the second level in response to detection of at least one object of the defined type object in the area.