Patent ID: 9693426
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: F21K,F21V,F21Y,H05B,Y02B

Claim:
1. A method executed on a computing device to control an operation of a lighting device, wherein the lighting device includes an illumination source and a light sensor, the method comprising: determining a mode of operation of the illumination source, wherein the mode of operation includes one of an on mode of operation and an off mode of operation; detecting the illumination source as operating in the off mode of operation; pulsing the illumination source to the on mode of operation to generate a light pulse; compressively sensing, using the light sensor, a light level associated with an area illuminated by the light pulse; sensing a color temperature associated with the area illuminated by the light pulse; measuring, using the light sensor, an illumination intensity of the illumination source and a color of light to emit from the illumination source; and activating the illumination source to the on mode of operation.