Angle of arrival commissioning of lighting devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11729592-B2
Application number	US-202016831750-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2020
Priority date	Mar 26, 2020
Publication date	Aug 15, 2023
Grant date	Aug 15, 2023

Abstract

A technique for commissioning of light sources may include receiving data indicating planned geographic positions of the light sources and data representing commissioning information of the light sources, receiving data indicating an actual geographic position of an angle of arrival receiver relative to the planned geographic positions of the light sources, receiving, at the angle of arrival receiver, beacon signals carrying respective light source identifiers that uniquely identify respective light sources, calculating actual geographic positions of the light sources based on a) the actual geographic position of the angle of arrival receiver relative to the planned geographic positions of the light sources and b) respective angles of arrival of the beacon signals, comparing the planned geographic positions to the actual geographic positions to correlate the commissioning information to the light source identifiers, and transmitting the correlated light source identifiers and commissioning information to the respective light sources.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for commissioning of a light source, comprising:
an angle of arrival receiver configured to receive beacon signals;
a processor operably connected to the angle of arrival receiver and configured to receive:
data indicating planned geographic positions of light sources including a planned geographic position of the light source,
data representing commissioning information of the light sources including commissioning information of the light source, and
data indicating an actual geographic position of the angle of arrival receiver relative to the planned geographic positions of the light sources;

a lighting device including a first transmitter configured to transmit outgoing beacon signals, each outgoing beacon signal including a stored light source identifier that uniquely identifies the light source;
the angle of arrival receiver configured to receive beacon signals including the outgoing beacon signals, the beacon signals carrying respective light source identifiers that uniquely identify respective light sources, the outgoing beacon signals carrying the stored light source identifier;
the processor configured to calculate actual geographic positions of the light sources, including a calculated geographic position of the light source, based on a) the actual geographic position of the angle of arrival receiver relative to the planned geographic positions of the light sources and b) respective angles of arrival of the beacon signals, the processor further configured to compare the planned geographic positions to the actual geographic positions to correlate the commissioning information to the light source identifiers; and
a transmitting logic operably connected to the processor and configured to transmit the correlated light source identifiers and commissioning information to the respective light sources including the light source.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first transmitter includes a Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) Mesh device.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the commissioning information is predefined and stored, the transmitting logic having access to the commissioning information from a local memory or from communication with a remote storage.

4. The system of claim 1 , comprising:
a user interface configured to display a lighting plan mapping including the planned geographic positions of light sources and to receive user input indicating the actual geographic position of the angle of arrival receiver relative to the planned geographic positions of the light sources on the lighting plan mapping.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting logic includes a Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) Mesh device.

6. A system for commissioning of a light source, comprising:
an angle of arrival receiver configured to receive beacon signals;
a processor operably connected to the angle of arrival receiver and configured to receive:
data indicating planned geographic positions of light sources including a planned geographic position of the light source,
data representing commissioning information of the light sources including commissioning information of the light source, and
data indicating an actual geographic position of the angle of arrival receiver relative to the planned geographic positions of the light sources;

the angle of arrival receiver configured to receive beacon signals, the beacon signals carrying respective light source identifiers that uniquely identify respective light sources, the beacon signals including outgoing beacon signals transmitted by the light source, each outgoing beacon signal carrying a stored light source identifier that uniquely identifies the light source;
the processor configured to calculate actual geographic positions of the light sources, including a calculated geographic position of the light source, based on a) the actual geographic position of the angle of arrival receiver relative to the planned geographic positions of the light sources and b) respective angles of arrival of the beacon signals, the processor further configured to compare the planned geographic positions to the actual geographic positions to correlate the commissioning information to the light source identifiers; and
a transmitting logic operably connected to the processor and configured to transmit the correlated light source identifiers and commissioning information to the respective light sources including the light source.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the angle of arrival receiver is equipped with Bluetooth Direction Finding (BDF).

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the commissioning information is predefined and stored, the transmitting logic having access to the commissioning information from a local memory or from communication with a remote storage.

9. The system of claim 6 , comprising:
a user interface configured to display a lighting plan mapping including the planned geographic positions of light sources and to receive user input indicating the actual geographic position of the angle of arrival receiver relative to the planned geographic positions of the light sources on the lighting plan mapping.

Assignees

• Universal Lighting Tech Inc

Inventors

• Cavacuiti John
• Ikehara Masaaki

Classifications

• H05B47/196

  characterised by user interface arrangements · CPC title

• H05B47/199

  Commissioning of light sources · CPC title

• H05B47/19 Primary

  via wireless transmission · CPC title

• H04W4/80 Primary

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H05B45/30

  Driver circuits · CPC title