Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intelligent and coordinated lighting of a lighting device
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Application No.: US14819555Application Date: 2015-08-06
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Publication No.: US09854645B2Publication Date: 2017-12-26
- Inventor: Jason L. Anderson , Gregory J. Boss , Jeffrey L. Coveyduc , Stefan A. G. van der Stockt
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Agent Stephen R. Yoder
- Main IPC: H05B37/02
- IPC: H05B37/02 ; H05B37/03

Abstract:
Intelligent lighting is provided to motorists traveling down a stretch of road by sequentially turning on adjacent lighting devices in a lighting segment only when required, such as when vehicles are approaching the lighting devices, and turning off the lighting devices or decreasing a light intensity output of the lighting devices to a predefined minimum lighting intensity output level when no vehicles are present. In addition, which bulb to use in a multi-bulb lighting device is determined, as well as the optimal lighting intensity level of the selected bulb. Further, it is determined which lighting devices in a lighting segment may be turned off or dimmed while maintaining a predefined minimum safe light/brightness level along a pathway associated with the lighting segment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150342007A1 INTELLIGENT AND COORDINATED LIGHTING OF A LIGHTING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2015-11-26
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