公开(公告)号：US09814069B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-07

申请号：US13141524

申请日：2009-12-02

申请人： Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti ,  Jianfeng Wang

发明人： Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti ,  Jianfeng Wang

IPC分类号： H04W4/00 ,  H04W74/04 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W74/02 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W88/18

CPC分类号： H04W74/04 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W74/02 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W88/182

摘要： Channel access time slots are reserved in a wireless network employing a flexible medium access control (MAC) protocol. At least a type and a mode of the channel reservation are determined (S310). A reservation request frame is generated (S320) based on the determined type and mode of the channel reservation. The reservation request frame is sent to a reservation proxy device (S330). In response to the reservation request frame, a reservation response frame is received from the reservation proxy device (220-RP). Usage of an allocated time slot is announced if a channel reservation request is confirmed in the reservation response frame (S382).

公开(公告)号：US09253847B2

公开(公告)日：2016-02-02

申请号：US14123415

申请日：2012-06-11

申请人： Hongqiang Zhai ,  Jianfeng Wang ,  Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti ,  Kiran Srinivas Challapali ,  Tommaso Gritti

发明人： Hongqiang Zhai ,  Jianfeng Wang ,  Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti ,  Kiran Srinivas Challapali ,  Tommaso Gritti

IPC分类号： H05B37/02 ,  H05B33/08

CPC分类号： H05B33/0854 ,  H05B33/0872 ,  H05B37/0245 ,  Y02B20/72

摘要： A lighting system (100) including at least one controller (102) and a memory (104) containing program portions which configure the controller (102) to obtain weather forecast information including one or more of current and expected weather conditions over a period of time; determine one or more lighting settings based upon the weather forecast information; form lighting setting information in accordance with the determined lighting settings; and transmit the lighting setting information. The system (100) may include an illumination source (106) to provide illumination in accordance with the lighting setting information The system may change characteristics (e.g., illumination pattern, illumination intensity, illumination spectrum, illumination polarization,) of the illuminated source (106). The process may form lighting setting information to control one or more filters (130) in accordance with a desired lighting setting.

摘要翻译： 一种照明系统（100），包括至少一个控制器（102）和存储器（104），所述控制器（102）和存储器（104）包含程序部分，其配置所述控制器（102）以获得天气预报信息，所述天气预报信息包括一段时间内的当前和预期天气状况 ; 基于天气预报信息确定一个或多个照明设置; 根据确定的照明设置形成照明设置信息; 并发送照明设置信息。 系统（100）可以包括根据照明设置信息提供照明的照明源（106）。系统可以改变照明源（106）的特性（例如，照明图案，照明强度，照明光谱，照明偏振） ）。 该过程可以形成照明设置信息，以根据期望的照明设置来控制一个或多个过滤器（130）。

公开(公告)号：US20140285107A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-25

申请号：US14126089

申请日：2012-06-25

申请人： Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti ,  Jianfeng Wang ,  Stefanie Brauers ,  Jens Friedemann Marschner ,  Kiran Srinivas Challapali

发明人： Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti ,  Jianfeng Wang ,  Stefanie Brauers ,  Jens Friedemann Marschner ,  Kiran Srinivas Challapali

IPC分类号： H05B33/08

CPC分类号： H05B33/0842 ,  H05B37/0245

摘要： An OLN lighting requirements generation system and method including a lighting requirements generation system for an outdoor lighting network (OLN, 90) having lighting units (82), the system having a central control apparatus (40); a plurality of lighting unit control apparatus (50); and a communication system (60) operably connecting the central control apparatus (40) and the lighting unit control apparatus (50). The central control apparatus (40) is operable to: acquire location-based data; define clusters from the location-based data; define lighting requirements for each of the clusters; associate the lighting units (82) to the clusters from location information for the lighting units; map the lighting units (82) to the lighting requirements; and implement the lighting requirements of the clusters associated with each of the lighting units (82).

摘要翻译： 一种OLN照明要求生成系统和方法，包括具有照明单元（82）的室外照明网络（OLN90）的照明要求生成系统，所述系统具有中央控制装置（40）; 多个照明单元控制装置（50）; 以及可操作地连接中央控制装置（40）和照明单元控制装置（50）的通信系统（60）。 中央控制装置（40）可操作以：获取基于位置的数据; 从基于位置的数据定义集群; 为每个集群定义照明要求; 将所述照明单元（82）与所述照明单元的位置信息相关联; 将照明单元（82）映射到照明要求; 并且实现与每个照明单元（82）相关联的群集的照明要求。

公开(公告)号：US20140028216A1

公开(公告)日：2014-01-30

申请号：US14009533

申请日：2012-04-10

申请人： Jianfeng Wang ,  Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti ,  Hongqiang Zhai ,  Kiran Srinivas Challapali

发明人： Jianfeng Wang ,  Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti ,  Hongqiang Zhai ,  Kiran Srinivas Challapali

IPC分类号： H05B33/08

CPC分类号： H05B33/08 ,  H05B37/0245 ,  Y02B20/72

摘要： Light management system for an outdoor lighting network (OLN) having lighting units, the system including a central control apparatus (40); lighting unit control apparatus (50); and a communication system (60). The central control apparatus (40) is operable to receive a configuration request; receive optimization objectives/constraints; identify the lighting units operably connected to the plurality of lighting unit control apparatus (50) associated with the configuration request; determine whether at least one of lighting requirements, illuminance model, and cost model have changed; update the lighting requirements, the illuminance and the cost model when at least one of the lighting requirements, the illuminance model, and the cost model have changed; optimize operation of the identified lighting units as a function of the optimization objectives/constraints, the lighting requirements, the illuminance and the cost model; and send an operation instruction to the lighting control apparatus (50).

摘要翻译： 具有照明单元的室外照明网络（OLN）的灯管理系统，该系统包括中央控制装置（40）; 照明单元控制装置（50）; 和通信系统（60）。 中央控制装置（40）可操作以接收配置请求; 接受优化目标/约束; 识别可操作地连接到与配置请求相关联的多个照明单元控制装置（50）的照明单元; 确定照明要求，照度模型和成本模式中的至少一个是否已经改变; 当照明要求，照度模型和成本模型中的至少一个已经改变时，更新照明要求，照度和成本模型; 根据优化目标/约束，照明要求，照度和成本模型优化所识别的照明单元的操作; 并将操作指令发送到照明控制装置（50）。

公开(公告)号：US20110261793A1

公开(公告)日：2011-10-27

申请号：US13141524

申请日：2009-12-02

申请人： Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti ,  Jianfeng Wang

发明人： Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti ,  Jianfeng Wang

IPC分类号： H04W72/04 ,  H04J3/00

CPC分类号： H04W74/04 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W74/02 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W88/182

摘要： Channel access time slots are reserved in a wireless network employing a flexible medium access control (MAC) protocol. At least a type and a mode of the channel reservation are determined (S310). A reservation request frame is generated (S320) based on the determined type and mode of the channel reservation. The reservation request frame is sent to a reservation proxy device (S330). In response to the reservation request frame, a reservation response frame is received from the reservation proxy device (220-RP). Usage of an allocated time slot is announced if a channel reservation request is confirmed in the reservation response frame (S382).

摘要翻译： 在采用灵活介质访问控制（MAC）协议的无线网络中保留信道接入时隙。 至少确定通道预约的类型和模式（S310）。 基于确定的频道预约的类型和模式，生成预约请求帧（S320）。 预约请求帧被发送到预约代理设备（S330）。 响应于预约请求帧，从预约代理设备（220-RP）接收到预约响应帧。 如果在预留响应帧中确认了信道预约请求，则宣布分配的时隙的使用（S382）。

公开(公告)号：US20110255500A1

公开(公告)日：2011-10-20

申请号：US13141495

申请日：2009-12-09

申请人： Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti ,  Jianfeng Wang

发明人： Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti ,  Jianfeng Wang

IPC分类号： H04W80/00 ,  H04W72/04

CPC分类号： H04W16/14 ,  H04W88/085

摘要： A method (300) for enabling self-coexistence of devices in a flexible wireless system (200) that includes first and second wireless networks sharing a frequency band. The method includes discovering a second device operable in the second wireless network that overlaps with the first wireless network (S310); reporting the discovered second device to a first device operable in the first wireless network (S320); determining if an adjustment is needed between a first beacon period of the first device and a second beacon period of the second device (S330); and adjusting a first beacon period start time (BPST) of the first device with a second BPST of the second device (S370) if the adjustment is needed.

摘要翻译： 一种用于实现包括共享频带的第一和第二无线网络的灵活无线系统（200）中的设备的自共存的方法（300）。 该方法包括发现在与第一无线网络重叠的第二无线网络中可操作的第二设备（S310）; 将所发现的第二设备报告给在第一无线网络中可操作的第一设备（S320）; 确定在所述第一设备的第一信标周期和所述第二设备的第二信标周期之间是否需要调整（S330）; 以及如果需要进行调整，则用第二设备的第二BPST调整第一设备的第一信标周期开始时间（BPST）（S370）。

公开(公告)号：US20140198216A1

公开(公告)日：2014-07-17

申请号：US14238275

申请日：2012-09-13

申请人： Hongqiang Zhai ,  Kiran Srinivas Challapali ,  Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti ,  Jiangeng Wang

发明人： Hongqiang Zhai ,  Kiran Srinivas Challapali ,  Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti ,  Jiangeng Wang

IPC分类号： H04N7/18

CPC分类号： H04N7/181 ,  H05B37/0245

摘要： A system and methods to provide imaging service using outdoor lighting networks. The system uses outdoor lighting networks to manage/control video/image sensors connected to the network, e.g. hosted at lighting units, and coordinates the capture of useful video/image data associated with events. The system also provides an information search platform for users to retrieve only the relevant video/image data associated with events of interest. Furthermore, the system controls when and how to retrieve video/image data at lighting units across the whole network according to user requests, the priority of the events, and available bandwidth.

摘要翻译： 使用户外照明网络提供成像服务的系统和方法。 该系统使用室外照明网络来管理/控制连接到网络的视频/图像传感器，例如， 托管在照明单位，并协调捕获与事件相关的有用的视频/图像数据。 该系统还提供一个信息搜索平台，供用户仅检索与感兴趣的事件相关的相关视频/图像数据。 此外，系统根据用户请求，事件的优先级和可用带宽控制何时以及如何在整个网络的照明单元处检索视频/图像数据。

公开(公告)号：US20120203841A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-09

申请号：US13500952

申请日：2010-10-08

申请人： Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti

发明人： Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti

IPC分类号： G06F15/16

CPC分类号： H04L12/2807 ,  G05B19/4185 ,  H04L12/2838 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/125 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04L67/303 ,  H04L69/28 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W48/20 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W84/20 ,  H05B37/0245 ,  Y02P80/114

摘要： This invention relates to a method of associating or re-associating devices in a control network including control zones to respective zone controllers (ZCs) controlling the control zones. In a first step, an associating or re-associating timer (ZC_REASSC_TIMER) window is initialized at the (ZCs) defining the time during which said associating or re-associating of the devices takes place. In a second step, during the (ZC_REASSC_TIMER) window zone specific information (ZN_SPEC) message sage is transmitted, the (ZN_SPEC) message including information about the devices expected to be in the zones controlled by the (ZCs). In a third step, it is compared whether the zone specific information contained in the (ZN_SPEC) received by the devices includes device specific information that match with local device specific information associated to the devices. In case the comparing results in that a pre-defined matching criteria is fulfilled an association or re-association request message (RA_REQ) is sent from the devices to the zone controllers (ZCs) where the pre-defined matching criteria was met. The (RA_REQ) message including device description parameters and indicates a request from the devices to join the control zones controlled by said (ZCs). Finally, it is determined whether the association or re-association of the respective devices is to be confirmed by means of comparing, by the respective (ZCs) receiving the (RA_REQ) message, the device description parameters included in the (RA_REQ) message match with zone specific information included in the (ZN_SPEC).

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及将包括控制区域的控制网络中的设备关联或重新关联到控制控制区域的相应区域控制器（ZC）的方法。 在第一步骤中，在（ZC）处初始化关联或重新关联定时器（ZC_REASSC_TIMER）窗口，该ZC定义了发生设备的所述关联或重新关联的时间。 在第二步骤中，在（ZC_REASSC_TIMER）窗口区域特定信息（ZN_SPEC）消息传送期间，（ZN_SPEC）消息包括关于期望在由（ZC）控制的区域中的设备的信息。 在第三步骤中，比较由设备接收到的（ZN_SPEC）中包含的区域特定信息是否包括与设备相关联的本地设备特定信息匹配的设备特定信息。 在满足预定义匹配标准的比较结果的情况下，将关联或重新关联请求消息（RA_REQ）从设备发送到满足预定义匹配标准的区域控制器（ZC）。 （RA_REQ）消息包括设备描述参数，并且指示来自设备加入由所述（ZC）控制的控制区域的请求。 最后，确定是否通过接收（RA_REQ）消息的各个（ZC）通过比较包括在（RA_REQ）消息匹配中的设备描述参数来确认各个设备的关联或重新关联 区域特定信息包含在（ZN_SPEC）中。

公开(公告)号：US09049038B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-02

申请号：US13500952

申请日：2010-10-08

申请人： Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti

发明人： Dave Alberto Tavares Cavalcanti

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  H04L12/28 ,  G05B19/418 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04W8/00 ,  H04W84/20 ,  H05B37/02 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04W48/20 ,  H04W84/18

CPC分类号： H04L12/2807 ,  G05B19/4185 ,  H04L12/2838 ,  H04L41/0806 ,  H04L41/0893 ,  H04L67/12 ,  H04L67/125 ,  H04L67/18 ,  H04L67/303 ,  H04L69/28 ,  H04W8/005 ,  H04W48/20 ,  H04W84/18 ,  H04W84/20 ,  H05B37/0245 ,  Y02P80/114

摘要： This invention relates to a method of associating or re-associating devices in a control network including control zones to respective zone controllers (ZCs) controlling the control zones. In a first step, an associating or re-associating timer (ZC_REASSC_TIMER) window is initialized at the (ZCs) defining the time during which said associating or re-associating of the devices takes place. In a second step, during the (ZC_REASSC_TIMER) window zone specific information (ZN_SPEC) message sage is transmitted, the (ZN_SPEC) message including information about the devices expected to be in the zones controlled by the (ZCs). In a third step, it is compared whether the zone specific information contained in the (ZN_SPEC) received by the devices includes device specific information that match with local device specific information associated to the devices. In case the comparing results in that a pre-defined matching criteria is fulfilled an association or re-association request message (RA_REQ) is sent from the devices to the zone controllers (ZCs) where the pre-defined matching criteria was met. The (RA_REQ) message including device description parameters and indicates a request from the devices to join the control zones controlled by said (ZCs). Finally, it is determined whether the association or re-association of the respective devices is to be confirmed by means of comparing, by the respective (ZCs) receiving the (RA_REQ) message, the device description parameters included in the (RA_REQ) message match with zone specific information included in the (ZN_SPEC).

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及将包括控制区域的控制网络中的设备关联或重新关联到控制控制区域的相应区域控制器（ZC）的方法。 在第一步骤中，在（ZC）处初始化关联或重新关联定时器（ZC_REASSC_TIMER）窗口，该ZC定义了发生设备的所述关联或重新关联的时间。 在第二步骤中，在（ZC_REASSC_TIMER）窗口区域特定信息（ZN_SPEC）消息传送期间，（ZN_SPEC）消息包括关于期望在由（ZC）控制的区域中的设备的信息。 在第三步骤中，比较由设备接收到的（ZN_SPEC）中包含的区域特定信息是否包括与设备相关联的本地设备特定信息匹配的设备特定信息。 在满足预定义匹配标准的比较结果的情况下，将关联或重新关联请求消息（RA_REQ）从设备发送到满足预定义匹配标准的区域控制器（ZC）。 （RA_REQ）消息包括设备描述参数，并且指示来自设备加入由所述（ZC）控制的控制区域的请求。 最后，确定是否通过接收（RA_REQ）消息的各个（ZC）通过比较包括在（RA_REQ）消息匹配中的设备描述参数来确认各个设备的关联或重新关联 区域特定信息包含在（ZN_SPEC）中。