Patent ID: 8696178
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: F21K,F21S,F21V,F21W,F21Y,G02B,H05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lighting system for lighting one or more lanes of traffic on a road in an outdoor environment comprising: a. a plurality of lighting fixtures, each fixture comprising: b. one or more supporting structures to which the lighting fixtures are attached, the supporting structures adapted to shield said means for providing electrical power from environmental conditions; c. one or more sensors proximate the one or more lanes of traffic and adapted to measure at least one factor related to the outdoor environment, the one or more sensors further adapted to wirelessly communicate the measurements; d. a remotely located control center, the control center adapted to wirelessly instruct control of the electrical power provided to the plurality of solid-state light sources in response to either (i) user preference or (ii) measurements from the one or more sensors.