Method for the operation and expansion of a network of lights

US10561002B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schreder · BE

Inventors

• Helmut Schröder · Grefrath, DE
• Daniel Brand · Cologne, DE
• Didier Wellens · Kraainem, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 5, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 11, 2020
• Expiry date: Jan 5, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02B20/40
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Method for the operation and the expansion of a network of lights, each light in the network including a control module which is assigned to a group, each control module being in communication with a group controller as well as control modules in the same group. The network can be expanded by installing (19) new lights with their associated control modules, and each new control module scans (20) its environment and transmits environmental information to a central server where the environmental information is analysed and the new control modules are allocated (21) into groups. After allocation to a group in which control modules may be moved from one group to another or a new group is formed, the new control modules are available for normal operation. This process is repeated for each new light and associated control module.