A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT USING LIGHTING NETWORKS

• Main Authors: CAVALCANTI, Dave Alberto Tavares, WANG, Jianfeng, CHALLAPALI, Kiran Srinivas
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 04.02.2015
• Subjects: BLASTING; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; PHYSICS; SIGNALLING; SYSTEMS THEREOF; TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLEEXTERIORS; WEAPONS

A lighting network (100) and methods therefore are disclosed. The lighting network (100) includes a plurality of lighting units (LU0-LU10) each including a wireless receiver (12) arranged to obtain a wireless signal from an object (30) to be tracked and a communication interface (14). The lighting network (100) also includes a control unit (20) including a communication unit (22) that is arranged to communicate with at least one of the plurality of lighting units (LU0-LU10) to obtain tracking data based upon the wireless signal. The tracking data is processed by the control unit (20) using a topology table (FIG. 1b). The topology table (FIG. 1b) is based upon the geographic locations of the plurality of lighting units and mapping data.