Patent ID: 9173276
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H05B

Abstract:
1. A plurality of light sources each having a plurality of light elements and a control system for controlling said plurality of light elements each of, said light sources comprising: a plurality of light element controllers, each of said light element controllers connected to a corresponding light element, and a light element driver arranged to provide said corresponding light element with a light element drive signal based on a lighting feedback signal and a general command; a bus interface, said bus interface connected to said plurality of light element controllers via a light source bus, wherein said bus interface is arranged to provide said light element controllers with said general command and has a bus interface tag interpreter; a luminaire controller configured to communicate with a room controller and having a symbol tag interpreter, the luminaire controller in communication with a luminaire bus, the bus interface in communication with the luminaire bus; a light sensor, said light sensor connected to said light source bus, wherein said light sensor is arranged to provide said light source bus with said light feedback signal based on an output of said corresponding light elements; the light feedback signal includes data representative of a cumulative total output of the plurality of light elements; each of the plurality of the light element controllers operable to extract contributions from a singular of the plurality of light elements.