Patent ID: 9578717
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H05B

Claim:
1. A monitoring and control device, applicable to an illumination apparatus comprising a lighting unit which outputs a signal representative of a status of the lighting unit, the illumination apparatus comprising an apparatus identifier, the monitoring and control device comprising: a monitoring circuit, electrically coupled to the lighting unit and adapted for receiving the signal and determining whether the illumination apparatus needs to be replaced in response to the signal satisfying a condition; a controller, electrically coupled to the monitoring circuit; and a receiving/transmitting unit, electrically coupled to the controller, wherein the controller controls the receiving/transmitting unit to transmit the apparatus identifier of the illumination apparatus to be replaced in response to the illumination apparatus being determined to be replaced, wherein the receiving/transmitting unit comprises a radio-frequency (RF) transceiver, and the illumination apparatus comprises a LED lamp, a light bulb, a fluorescent lamp, a street lamp, or an indicating lamp and further comprising a switch electrically coupled to the controller and the receiving/transmitting unit, wherein the lighting unit comprises an ampere-meter outputting the signal representative of the status of the lighting unit, wherein the monitoring circuit comprises an ampere monitor.