Method of Measuring and Provision of Lumens

摘要

Techniques are disclosed for compensating an LED light fixture/light source provider for generation of photons and data communications by one or more LED light fixtures used by a customer. The relationship including a requirement that the provider pay an electricity supplier for the electricity consumed by the LED light fixtures/light sources, determining, with the amount of electricity consumed by the LED light fixtures/light sources used by the customer over a period of time, and in response to the determination and on behalf of the customer, submitting payment to the customer's electricity supplier for the electricity consumed by the LED light fixtures/light sources used by the customer. The customer compensating the provider an agreed amount for use of each LED light fixture.

主权项

1. A method of tracking lumen generation and data communication and payment for lumen generation and data communication from at least one light emitting diode light fixture used by a customer, the method comprising:
providing at least one light emitting diode light fixture, the provider of the at least one light emitting diode light fixture receiving payment of a monetary amount as compensation for photons of illumination and data communication generated by the at least one light emitting diode light fixture for a period of time; measuring the light exiting the at least one light emitting diode light fixture over the period of time and storing in memory the measured light exiting the at least one light emitting diode light fixture over the period of time; automatically comparing the measured amount of light at each of the at least one light emitting diode light fixture for the period of time to data representative of a desired lumen illumination level wherein the at least one processor automatically adjusts electricity to be provided to each of the at least one light emitting diode light fixture to achieve the desired lumen illumination level; storing in said memory the electricity provided to each of the at least one light emitting diode light fixture for the period of time; determining at the computing device the amount of compensation to be paid to the customer's supplier of electricity for the data lumen hours or data lumen minutes for the at least one light emitting diode light fixture for the period of time; and submitting payment from the provider of the at least one light fixture to the customer's electricity supplier for the data lumen hours or data lumen minutes for the at least one light emitting diode light fixture for the period of time.