Patent ID: 9723693
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06K,H04N,H05B,Y02B

Claim:
1. A lighting device, comprising: a light source configured to emit light for general illumination; an image sensor configured to acquire an image of an area illuminated by the light source during general illumination of the area by the light source; a controller coupled to control the image sensor and to receive the acquired image of the area illuminated by the light source from the image sensor; a memory coupled with the controller; and a wireless transceiver coupled with the controller, the controller being configured to operate the wireless transceiver to receive identification information from a wireless device in the area illuminated by the light source, wherein: the controller is further configured to automatically generate a visual signature comprising image information of a person or object obtained from the image of the area illuminated by the light source, and the controller also is configured to store the visual signature of the person or object in the memory in association with the wireless device identification information.