Patent ID: 8796935

Claim:
A lighting system comprising: a plurality of lights placed within a working environment configured for illuminating said working environment with both white light and blue light; a processing module, comprising a processor operatively coupled with a memory; a plurality of sub-modules operatively coupled with said processing module and configured for gathering data related to the lighting needs of said working environment and for communicating said data to said processing module; wherein said sub-modules comprise at least one of: a time regulator module configured for at least one of gathering shift times for personnel or gathering local times of remote areas monitored by personnel; a task regulator module configured for gathering data on movement of personnel into and out of said working environment; an awareness regulator module configured for gathering data from one or more alertness sensors; and a photosensor regulator module configured for gathering data from one or more photosensors positioned within said working environment; wherein said processor is configured for receiving data gathered from sub-modules, forming one or more lighting control signals based on one or more stored lighting optimization instructions, and transmitting said lighting control signals to vary the intensity of at least one light from among said plurality of said lights.