Patent ID: 8954170
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H05B,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A method of determining a power level for powering a lighting fixture to illuminate an environment, the method comprising: A) receiving an occupancy input signal, indicative of an occupancy of the environment, from an occupancy sensor; B) receiving an ambient light level input signal, indicative of an ambient light level of the environment, from an ambient light sensor; C) archiving data representative of the occupancy input signal received in A) and the ambient light level input signal received in B); D) processing previously archived data representative of at least one previous occupancy E) receiving a control input signal; and F) arbitrating, based at least in part on the previously archived data processed in D), among the occupancy input signal, the ambient light level input signal, and the control input signal to determine the power level to power the lighting fixture.