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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
May. 10, 2010
LI LI, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Christopher Lee Bohler, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Li Li, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Christopher Lee Bohler, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Cooper Technologies Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A lighting control system determines an optimal way to operate one or more lamps to achieve a desired light output and/or to control one or more parameters. The lighting control system includes a detection circuit and a control circuit. The control circuit performs a wide-scope scan and a narrow-scope scan to find the best way to operate the lamps. The wide-scope scan includes driving the lamp(s) using multiple output settings, evaluating the light output at each setting, and determining which setting produced the best results. The narrow-scope scan includes making small adjustments to the settings to better refine the light output. The detection circuit includes one or more sensors for providing measurements of the light output by the lamp(s) or of a controller parameter, such as power consumption, for each setting evaluated by the control circuit.