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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael James Hartman, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Bruce Gordon Barnett, Niskayuna, NY (US);
John Erik Hershey, Ballston, NY (US);
Michael Joseph Dell'Anno, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Stanislava Soro, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 3/00 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); G01S 11/06 (2006.01); G08G 1/087 (2006.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01); G01R 22/06 (2006.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); F21W 131/103 (2006.01); G01S 11/02 (2010.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); G01S 11/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); G01P 15/18 (2013.01); G01R 22/06 (2013.01); G01S 11/06 (2013.01); G08B 21/18 (2013.01); G08G 1/087 (2013.01); H04W 4/046 (2013.01); H05B 37/0263 (2013.01); H05B 37/0272 (2013.01); F21V 33/00 (2013.01); F21W 2131/103 (2013.01); G01S 11/02 (2013.01); G01S 11/12 (2013.01); Y02B 20/72 (2013.01);
Abstract
A street lighting fixture and street lamp used in street lighting containing an accelerometer that is used to detect and characterize acceleration events on a street lighting fixture. The accelerometer readings may be combined with GPS technology to determine a relocation of the street lighting fixture.