Patent ID: 8433426
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: H05B,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A controller configured for adaptive monitoring and control of a lighting system, the controller comprising: a communication interface configured to communicate with a multiplicity of geographically distributed light fixtures, the multiplicity of geographically distributed light fixtures operable to provide general lumination to a geographical area; a memory for storing software routines and information associated with each of the multiplicity of geographically distributed light fixtures, wherein a portion of the information is obtained, via the communication interface, from the each of the multiplicity of geographically distributed light fixtures; and a processor coupled to the memory and the communication interface, and configured to execute the software routines and selectively communicate with each of the multiplicity of geographically distributed light fixtures to adaptively establish lighting parameters for each of the multiplicity of geographically distributed light fixtures based on lighting information corresponding to the light fixture, wherein the processor is further configured to adaptively establish different lighting parameters for at least a different one of the multiplicity of geographically distributed light fixtures based on different lighting information associated with the at least a different one of the multiplicity of geographically distributed light fixtures, the lighting parameters establish a lighting level that is compensated for degradation of one or more components of the at least one of the multiplicity of geographically distributed light fixtures.