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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2012
Robert Henig, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Fowler, Union City, CA (US);
Jeremy Stieglitz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David Leonard, Danville, CA (US);
Mark Covaro, Sonoma, CA (US);
Robert Henig, Palo Alto, CA (US);
David Fowler, Union City, CA (US);
Jeremy Stieglitz, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David Leonard, Danville, CA (US);
Mark Covaro, Sonoma, CA (US);
Redwood Systems, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A lighting system for areal illumination is disclosed which includes a remote driver and a plurality of fixtures including luminaires, control devices, and/or standalone sensors. The luminaires include a light source whose output light level can be adjusted, a light sensor co-located therewith adapted to measure light received from adjacent fixtures, and a microcontroller capable of transmitting the output of the light sensor over wires to the remote driver. The remote driver is capable of bidirectional communication with the luminaires and provides independently controllable power for the light sources of the luminaires. A movable orb region containing luminaires can also be defined and the light levels of individual luminaires can be set according to their location within the orb region.