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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2013
Philips Lighting Holding B.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Kiran Srinivas Challapali, New City, NY (US);
Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti, Mahopac, NY (US);
Jianfeng Wang, Ossining, NY (US);
PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A lighting network () and methods therefore are disclosed. The lighting network () includes a plurality of lighting units (LU-LU) each including a wireless receiver () arranged to obtain a wireless signal from an object () to be tracked and a communication interface (). The lighting network () also includes a control unit () including a communication unit () that is arranged to communicate with at least one of the plurality of lighting units (LU-LU) to obtain tracking data based upon the wireless signal. The tracking data is processed by the control unit () using a topology table (FIG.). The topology table (FIG.) is based upon the geographic locations of the plurality of lighting units and mapping data.