Patent ID: 9161419
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H05B,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A method for lighting a lighting device, the method comprising: responsive to determining, by a data processing system located in the lighting device, that an ambient light level is less than or equal to a predetermined minimum ambient light level threshold value, setting, by the data processing system, a lighting intensity level of a lighting element located in the lighting device to a first lighting intensity level, wherein the lighting element includes a plurality of different types of lighting intensity level bulbs, each bulb in the plurality of different types of lighting intensity level bulbs emits a different type of light at a different lighting intensity output level, and wherein each bulb in the plurality of different types of lighting intensity level bulbs produces a different color temperature; receiving, by the data processing system, information regarding an approaching object from a peer lighting device within a plurality of peer lighting devices associated with the lighting device; determining, by the data processing system, whether the approaching object is within a lighting interval of the lighting device based on the information regarding the approaching object received from the peer lighting device; responsive to determining, by the data processing system, that the approaching object is within the lighting interval of the lighting device based on the information regarding the approaching object received from the peer lighting device, setting, by the data processing system, the lighting intensity level of the lighting element to a second lighting intensity level; and selecting, by the data processing system, a set of one or more bulbs in the plurality of different types of lighting intensity level bulbs to complement a color temperature produced by the approaching object.