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Patent No.:

US 10190879 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2016
Applicant:

Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;

Inventors:

Oscar Garcia Morchon, Aachen, DE;

Marc Aoun, Eindhoven, NL;

Miguel Elcano-Fuentes, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 15/04 (2006.01); G01S 19/09 (2010.01); G01S 19/39 (2010.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); G01S 19/51 (2010.01); G01C 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 15/04 (2013.01); G01S 19/09 (2013.01); G01S 19/39 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); G01S 19/51 (2013.01); G01C 15/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for detecting localized ground position changes makes use of plurality of lighting units, each fixed to the ground. Each lighting unit comprises a positioning system and a transmitter for transmitting positioning information to a remote central processing unit. The positioning information from the plurality of fixed lighting units is processed to identify local ground position changes. The infrastructure of a networked lighting system in this way enables ground information to be determined, for example for detecting ground movement in response to natural events or man-made activities (such as tunneling, building, extraction of natural resources etc.).


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