Patent ID: 9730298
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: F24F,G05B,G06F,G08C,H02J,H04B,H04L,H04W,H05B,Y02B,Y02P,Y04S

Claim:
1. An occupancy sensing lighting unit, comprising: one or more light sources; one or more occupancy sensors; and a control module configured to: receive, from the one or more occupancy sensors, a signal indicative of detection, by the one or more occupancy sensors, of occupancy near the occupancy sensing lighting unit; determine one or more occupancy states of one or more remote lighting units within a given proximity of the occupancy sensing lighting unit; determine an occupancy history associated with the occupancy sensing lighting unit; calculate, based on the one or more occupancy states and the detected occupancy history, a likelihood that the detection of occupancy by the one or more occupancy sensors is legitimate; and set an occupancy state of the occupancy sensing lighting unit based on the calculated likelihood.