Philips Lighting Holding B.v.

Tianqi Wang

Dagnachew Birru

A method and system for monitoring sensors of a lighting control system. The method comprises performing a training of a plurality of sensors of the lighting control system () to determine a joint probability distribution function (PDF) of the illuminance at a given time t; collecting parameters from the training and storing the parameters in a prior data storage (S); observing illuminance of the plurality of sensors (S); determining if there is at least a faulty sensor from among the plurality of sensors based in part on the parameters stored prior data storage (S); and locating a faulty sensor based on the determination of the existence of the at least a faulty sensor and the prior data (S, S).

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Tianqi Wang