Patent ID: 7761186
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G05B,H05B,Y02B

Abstract:
1. An automated control system, comprising: a plurality of lighting zone controllers, each lighting zone controller including a central processor, a memory and an I/O port, and operative to control a plurality of lights within a zone based on a motion signal from a motion detector received by the I/O port, each lighting zone controller being operative to independently control the plurality of lights without external program control, to measure a first amount of energy utilized by the plurality of lights within the zone, determine a difference between the first amount of energy and a second amount of energy representing energy utilized by the plurality of lights without each lighting zone controller, and computing a savings amount based on multiplying the difference by a power company energy rate; a master controller for providing external program control of at least the plurality of lighting zone controllers; and a communications controller for managing data flow between the master controller and the plurality of lighting zone controllers.