Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Signify Holding B.v.

Philips Lighting Holding B.v.

Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti

Jianfeng Wang

Kiran Srinivas Challapali

Hongqiang Zhai

Dan Jiang

Hongxin Chen

Talmai Brandão De Oliveira

Marcin Krzysztof Szczodrak

Yong Yang

Qing Li

Fulong Ma

Yi Qiang Yu

Michael Alex Van Hartskamp

Zhong Huang

Daniel Jozef Piotrowski

Qin Zhao

Xianneng Peng

Martin Elixmann

Liang Jia

Amjad Ali Soomro

Dzmitry Viktorovich Aliakseyeu

Marcin Gramza

Marek Zbigniew Szczerba

Berent Willem Meerbeek

Hui Li

Jonathan David Mason

Sanae Chraibi

Andrew Ulrich Rutgers

John Brean Mills

Yuan Shu

Neveen Shlayan

Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis

Ihor A Lys

Philip Steven Newton

Frederick Marshall Morgan

Kevin Dowling

Michael Blackwell

Tommaso Gritti

Dong Han

Jens Friedemann Marschner

Stefanie Brauers

Talmai BrandÃo De Oliveira

The invention provides a light management information system for an outdoor lighting network system, having a plurality of outdoor light units each including at least one sensor type, where each of the light units communicates with at least one other light unit, at least one user input/output device in communication with at one or more of said outdoor light units, a central management system in communication with light units, said central management system sends control commands and/or information to one or more of said outdoor light units, in response to received outdoor light unit status/sensor information from one or more of said outdoor light units or received user information requests from said user input/output device, a resource server in communication with said central management system, wherein the central management system uses the light unit status/sensor information and resources from the resource server to provide information to the user input/output device and/or reconfigure one or more of the lights units.

Methods and apparatus for information management and control of outdoor lighting networks

A method () for enabling self-coexistence of devices in a flexible wireless system () that includes first and second wireless networks sharing a frequency band. The method includes discovering a second device operable in the second wireless network that overlaps with the first wireless network (S); reporting the discovered second device to a first device operable in the first wireless network (S); determining if an adjustment is needed between a first beacon period of the first device and a second beacon period of the second device (S); and adjusting a first beacon period start time (BPST) of the first device with a second BPST of the second device (S) if the adjustment is needed.

Self-coexistence of devices in a flexible wireless system including two or more wireless networks that share a frequency band

A system for guiding a driver of a vehicle is disclosed. The system comprises a light sensor configured to detect light; and a processor configured to determine a position of vehicle on a roadway based on a characteristic of the detected light.

Vehicle positioning and guidance system

A method and corresponding system is disclosed for use in a Networked Lighting Control System whereby communication costs (e.g. costs associated with LTE technologies), variable electric rates and traffic models are analyzed to maximize cost savings. In one example, the system consists of receiving cellular usage rates, electric usage rates, and generated traffic models or statistics to manage transmission and broadcast of usage rates to lighting poles. An apparatus associated with the lighting pole can then use this information to determine frequency of sending lighting commands to nearby poles.

Lighting system optimized for cost reduction

Methods and systems for providing enhanced augmented reality features and enhancements are disclosed such as an AR support system () using lighting units (LU) in a lighting system () to improve performance of augmented reality devices (). The lighting system () may also take advantage of features of the augmented reality devices () to improve the safety and performance of the lighting system (). The lighting units (LU) include sensors and communication capabilities that detect situations as to when the augmented device would need to be assisted by the lighting network. Finally a method to provide assistance information to the augmented reality device while optimizing energy savings is also described.

System and method for augmented reality support using a lighting system's sensor data

An autonomous vehicle support system, including a lighting network () having, a plurality of light units (--N) wherein at least one light unit includes at least one sensor type (--N), and a centralized or distributed controller (--N), wherein a first light unit (--N) receives sensor data from its sensor type (--N), wherein the controller (--) forms a local environmental perception of an area local to the first light unit (--N), using the received sensor data from light unit, and receives sensor measurement data from an autonomous vehicle relating to at least a portion of the area, and cross-validates the local environmental perception of the area and the sensor measurement data from the autonomous vehicle.

System and methods to support autonomous vehicles via environmental perception and sensor calibration and verification

This invention describes a system and method to provide a service to advertisers and businesses that enables adaptation of advertising priorities using information collected by a lighting infrastructure. The system uses outdoor lighting networks to manage/control data sensors connected to a network, e.g. hosted at lighting units. This invention enables new business scenarios where operators and/or owners of the city's lighting infrastructure can provide a value added service or generate revenue from ad providers and local businesses by leveraging the data acquired through the lighting and adjacent infrastructure (e.g. sensors) to help the businesses to increase their advertising performance/targets; particularly, with respect to Location Based Services (LBS).

Targeted content delivery using outdoor lighting networks (OLNs)

Obtaining a target location of a user associated with a body worn device () that receiving information related to a condition of user and communicates an indication of the condition to a server () over a network (). The method including: providing a network () formed of a plurality of lighting units () and a database () for maintaining information describing a geographic location of each of the plurality of lighting units, each lighting unit transmitting a unique identifier; providing the body worn device with a lighting unit identifier sensor (), the sensor receiving lighting unit identifiers of at least one of the plurality of lighting units; the body worn device communicating the received lighting unit identifiers with the indication in a message to the server via the network; and the database providing a geographic location of the one or more lighting units, the geographic location corresponding to the target location of the body worn device.

Emergency response and tracking using lighting networks

Inventive methods and apparatus for management of outdoor lighting networks. In particular, methods and apparatus are provided that enable the operation and management of outdoor lighting infrastructure leveraging an ITS infrastructure and connected devices, as well provided parking and payment services to users.

System and method for outdoor lighting operation and management using its protocols and connectivity infrastructure

A system and methods to provide imaging service using outdoor lighting networks. The system uses outdoor lighting networks to manage/control video/image sensors connected to the network, e.g. hosted at lighting units, and coordinates the capture of useful video/image data associated with events. The system also provides an information search platform for users to retrieve only the relevant video/image data associated with events of interest. Furthermore, the system controls when and how to retrieve video/image data at lighting units across the whole network according to user requests, the priority of the events, and available bandwidth.

Imaging service using outdoor lighting networks

A method and system to extend the coverage of Outdoor Lighting Networks (OLNs) through the use of authorized mobile devices travelling around to establish a virtual connectivity link (i. e., storing data and, when in reach, using short-range wireless communication protocols) between isolated light points (or groups of light points) and connected light points so that lighting commands and data can be exchanged between the two sets of lighting points is disclosed.

Extending coverage in an outdoor lighting system by using a mobile device and short-range wireless communications

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Mahopac, NY, United States of America

Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti