Method for controlling the light intensity of a facility, and associated system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10887969-B2
Application number	US-201816646214-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2018
Priority date	Sep 15, 2017
Publication date	Jan 5, 2021
Grant date	Jan 5, 2021

Abstract

A method that includes the following steps: determination of predictive meteorological data in a region surrounding the facility; querying of a database about the presence of birds in the region surrounding the facility; calculation, by a prediction unit, of the probability of birds passing opposite the facility as a function of time, on the basis of the predictive meteorological data and data relating to the presence of birds in the region surrounding the facility; and control, by a control unit, of at least one light source of the facility, on a basis of the probability of passage, calculated by the prediction unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a light intensity of a facility, comprising:
determining predictive meteorological data in a region surrounding the facility;
querying a birds presence database comprising data of presence of birds in the region surrounding the facility;
calculating, via a prediction calculator, a probability of passage of birds passing opposite the facility as a function of time, based on the predictive meteorological data and on data of presence of birds in the region surrounding the facility;
controlling, via a controller, at least one light source of the facility, based on the probability of passage calculated by the prediction calculator.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein controlling the at least one light source of the facility comprises reducing the light intensity of the at least one light source of the facility when the probability of passage calculated by the prediction calculator increases.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein controlling the at least one light source of the facility comprises maintaining a minimal light intensity of the at least one light source of the facility, irrespective of the probability of passage calculated by the prediction calculator.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein controlling the at least one light source of the facility comprises, in case of emergency, activating at least one light source of the facility at a backup intensity by a backup unit, independently of the probability of passage calculated by the prediction calculator.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining predictive meteorological data comprises measuring local meteorological parameters at the facility via a weather station, and establishing predictive meteorological data in the region via a determining application, from local meteorological parameters measured at the facility.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining predictive meteorological data comprises querying a database containing online predictive meteorological data.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein determining predictive meteorological data comprises querying a database containing online predictive meteorological data, determining predictive meteorological data also comprising comparing the predictive meteorological data obtained from measured local meteorological parameters, and the predictive meteorological data obtained from the database containing online predictive meteorological data.

8. The method according to claim 1 , comprising querying a maintenance database of the facility in order to determine at least one potential maintenance date and/or time scheduled on the facility, and recovering the probability of passage calculated by the prediction calculator on the potential maintenance date and/or time.

9. A system for controlling a light intensity of a facility, including:
a birds presence database comprising data of presence of birds in the region surrounding the facility;
a prediction calculator configured to determine predictive meteorological data in a region surrounding the facility, the prediction calculator being configured to query the birds presence database in order to calculate a probability of passage of birds passing opposite the facility as a function of time, based on predictive meteorological data, and on data of presence of birds in the region surrounding the facility;
a controller of at least one light source of the facility, based on the probability of passage, calculated by the prediction calculator.

10. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the controller of the at least one light source of the facility is configured to reduce the light intensity of the at least one light source of the facility when the probability of passage calculated by the prediction calculator increases.

11. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the controller of the at least one light source of the facility is configured to maintain a light intensity of the at least one light source of the facility irrespective of the probability of passage calculated by the prediction calculator.

12. The system according to claim 10 , comprising a security unit configured to activate the at least one light source of the facility independently of the probability of passage calculated by the prediction calculator.

13. The system according to claim 9 , comprising a meteorological data collector including a weather station configured to measure local meteorological parameters at the facility, and a meteorological tracking system, the prediction calculator being configured to determine predictive meteorological data in the region located around the facility from measured local meteorological parameters.

14. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the prediction calculator is configured to query a database containing online predictive meteorological data.

15. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the controller is configured to query a maintenance database of the facility in order to determine at least one potential maintenance date and/or time scheduled on the facility, the controller being configured to recover the probability of passage calculated by the prediction calculator on the potential maintenance date and/or time.

Assignees

• Technip France

Inventors

• Mollet Céline
• Dreschel Claude

Classifications

• A01M29/10 Primary

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• H05B47/115

  by determining the presence or movement of objects or living beings · CPC title

• Y02B20/40

  Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection · CPC title

• A01K29/00

  Other apparatus for animal husbandry · CPC title

• A01K45/00

  Other aviculture appliances, e.g. devices for determining whether a bird is about to lay · CPC title