Automated Lighting Commissioning via Spatial User Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current digitally controllable lighting systems in retail and hospitality environments face high costs and inefficiencies due to manual commissioning and recommissioning processes, which are necessary for adapting lighting scenes to changing store layouts and customer dynamics.
Innovation Solution
An automated system that uses a positioning system to detect the spatial distribution of people and objects, grouping luminaires accordingly and storing their IDs in a commissioning database, allowing for dynamic control of lighting based on real-time usage patterns and predicted distributions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manual commissioning and recommissioning procedures are used to adapt lighting scenes to changing store layouts, then lighting atmosphere can be customized for different retail needs, but the process becomes costly and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic commissioning where the lighting system self-configures based on positioning data from mobile devices. The controller automatically groups luminaires and creates lighting scenes without manual intervention, allowing the system to serve itself in adapting to store layouts and customer distributions.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical commissioning processes with an automated digital system. Positioning systems detect mobile device locations, and controllers automatically process this data to configure lighting groups and scenes, substituting human operators with automated computational processes.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual commissioning procedures are used for frequent store reconfigurations, then lighting can be adapted to new promotions and furniture arrangements, but costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects changes in store layout through positioning data from mobile devices and self-reconfigures lighting groups accordingly. This eliminates the need for expensive manual recommissioning when stores are reconfigured for new promotions or furniture arrangements.
Solution Approach 2:
The positioning system serves multiple functions: it tracks customer locations for lighting control, detects store layout changes, and enables automatic commissioning. This multi-functional approach reduces the need for separate systems and manual processes, lowering overall costs.
3Reliability
If fixed lighting scenes are created based on intended usage, then lighting can provide functional illumination, but the system lacks flexibility when store layouts change
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from static fixed lighting scenes to dynamic adaptive scenes. Lighting groups and scenes automatically adjust based on real-time positioning data from mobile devices, allowing the system to maintain functional illumination while adapting to changing store layouts and customer distributions.
Solution Approach 2:
The system continuously receives positioning data from mobile devices and uses this feedback to automatically adjust lighting configurations. This closed-loop feedback mechanism ensures lighting remains functionally appropriate while adapting to current store conditions and layouts.
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AI summary
A method of automatically commissioning a lighting system comprising a plurality of luminaires for illuminating one or more regions within a space. The method comprises: receiving signals from a positioning system, indicating a respective location within the space at which each of a plurality of physical entities is detected by the positioning system, each of the entities being a person or a movable nonhuman object. The method further comprises determining a spatial distribution of at least some of the entities based on the locations indicated by the signals from the positioning system, and determining a region within the space corresponding to this spatial distribution. The method then comprises identifying a group of the luminaires that are arranged to illuminate the determined region and storing identifiers of those luminaires together as a group in a commissioning database.