Method for setting up and operating a network of luminaires

US11497105B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schreder · BE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 12, 2020
• Grant date: Nov 8, 2022
• Expiry date: Oct 12, 2040

Classification

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

Abstract

Described herein is method for setting up a network of luminaires and their subsequent operation. A plurality of luminaires are located on a street (24, 29), and each luminaire comprises a control module (23, 28). The method for setting up the network comprises, for each control module, scanning the environment and providing environmental information to a central server, which, allocates the control modules and their associated luminaires into groups (A, B). A group controller (23′, 28′, 31, 32) is allocated for each group which has long-distance communication with the server and short-distance communication with control modules within its group. Each group controller and control modules within the group form a network which can operate autonomously or under the control of the server. Some of the control modules may include sensors (S1, S2) which provide signals indicative of changes in the environment allowing the network to adapt its operation in accordance with those changes.