Wireless-enabled lighting fixture

Abstract

A lighting management system includes communications circuitry, processing circuitry, and a memory. The memory stores instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the lighting management system to receive a message from a lighting fixture via the communications circuitry, the message indicating a proximal presence of a detected mobile device to the lighting fixture, and performing one or more actions in response to receipt of the message. By performing the one or more actions upon receipt of the message as described above, a lighting system may be provided with additional functionality that enhances the lighting system.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A lighting management system comprising:
 communications circuitry;   processing circuitry; and   a memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the lighting management system to:
 receive a message from a lighting fixture via the communications circuitry, the message indicating a proximal presence of a detected mobile device to the lighting fixture; and 
 perform one or more actions in response to receipt of the message. 
   
     
     
         2 . The lighting management system of  claim 1  wherein the one or more actions comprise logging an event indicating the detection of the proximal presence of the detected mobile device by the lighting fixture. 
     
     
         3 . The lighting management system of  claim 2  wherein the lighting fixture is associated with fixture location information describing a location of the lighting fixture. 
     
     
         4 . The lighting management system of  claim 3  wherein the message includes mobile device distance information describing a distance of the detected mobile device relative to the lighting fixture. 
     
     
         5 . The lighting management system of  claim 4  wherein logging the event indicating the detection of the proximal presence of the detected mobile device comprises storing a time that the detected mobile device was detected by the lighting fixture and the mobile device distance information. 
     
     
         6 . The lighting management system of  claim 4  wherein the memory stores further instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the lighting management system to instruct a display to provide a user interface displaying a visual representation showing an approximate location of the detected mobile device with relation to the lighting fixture over time. 
     
     
         7 . The lighting management system of  claim 6  wherein the visual representation is an indicator on a map. 
     
     
         8 . The lighting management system of  claim 4  wherein the memory stores further instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the lighting management system to instruct a display to provide a user interface displaying a visual representation illustrating a number of detected mobile devices detected by the lighting fixture in a period of time. 
     
     
         9 . The lighting management system of  claim 4  wherein the memory stores further instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the lighting management system to instruct a display to provide a user interface displaying a visual representation of a frequency of detection of one or more mobile devices detected by the lighting fixture in a period of time. 
     
     
         10 . The lighting management system of  claim 9  wherein the one or more actions comprise:
 determining if the detected mobile device is associated with a settings profile indicating one or more desired actions to be taken upon detection of the proximal presence of the detected mobile device; and 
 upon determining that the detected mobile device is associated with the settings profile indicating the one or more desired actions to be taken upon detection of the proximal presence of the detected mobile device, performing the one or more desired actions indicated by the settings profile. 
 
     
     
         11 . The lighting management system of  claim 10  wherein the one or more desired actions further comprise forwarding at least a portion of the one or more desired actions to one or more additional lighting fixtures. 
     
     
         12 . The lighting management system of  claim 10  wherein the one or more desired actions further comprise forwarding at least a portion of the one or more desired actions to one or more additional devices. 
     
     
         13 . The lighting management system of  claim 10  wherein the one or more desired actions include an action to adjust one or more light output parameters of the lighting fixture. 
     
     
         14 . The lighting management system of  claim 13  wherein performing the one or more desired actions comprises sending a message to the lighting fixture with instructions to adjust a light output thereof. 
     
     
         15 . The lighting management system of  claim 14  wherein the one or more light output parameters comprise a light intensity, a color, and a color temperature. 
     
     
         16 . The lighting management system of  claim 14  wherein the one or more desired actions further comprise sending a message to one or more additional lighting fixtures with instructions to adjust a light output thereof. 
     
     
         17 . A lighting management system comprising:
 communications circuitry;   processing circuitry; and   a memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the lighting management system to:
 receive a message from each one of a plurality of lighting fixtures via the communications circuitry, wherein the plurality of lighting fixtures are distributed throughout a space such that a location of each one of the lighting fixtures is known and each one of the messages indicates a proximal presence of a detected mobile device to the one of the plurality of lighting fixtures from which the message was received; and 
 analyze the messages to determine an approximate location of the detected mobile device in the space. 
   
     
     
         18 . The lighting management system of  claim 17  wherein the memory stores further instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the lighting management system to store the approximate location of the detected mobile device. 
     
     
         19 . The lighting management system of  claim 18  wherein the memory stores further instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the lighting management system to instruct a display to provide a user interface showing the approximate location of the detected mobile device in the space overtime. 
     
     
         20 . The lighting management system of  claim 18  wherein the memory stores an approximate location of one or more areas of interest with respect to the plurality of lighting fixtures. 
     
     
         21 . The lighting management system of  claim 20  wherein the memory stores further instructions, which, when executed by the processing circuitry cause the lighting management system to analyze a plurality of stored location information for the detected mobile device in order to determine a level of interest associated 
     
     
         22 . The lighting management system of  claim 21  wherein analyzing the plurality of stored location information for the detected mobile device in order to determine the level of interest associated with one or more features of interest comprises determining an amount of time the detected mobile device remains in the proximal presence of the one or more areas of interest.