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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2019
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Khurram Moghal, Senoia, GA (US);
Walten Peter Owens, Chittenango, NY (US);
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
A lighting module includes a substrate, an obstruction sensor and a light source mounted on the substrate, and an optical assembly located over the light source. The obstruction sensor includes a transceiver to transmit radiation towards the optical assembly and receive radiation reflected by the optical assembly. The reflected radiation is indicative of one or more conditions of the optical assembly. The obstruction sensor may be an infrared (IR) sensor. The lighting module may also include a processor having programming instructions to receive information corresponding to the radiation reflected by the optical assembly from the obstruction detection sensor, analyze the received information to determine the presence of at least a threshold level of an obstruction or a deformity on the optical assembly, and in response to determining the presence of at least the threshold level of the obstruction or the deformity on the optical assembly, perform a restorative action.