IMAGING SERVICE USING OUTDOOR LIGHTING NETWORKS

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.

主权项

1. An outdoor lighting network (OLN) comprising:
lighting units equipped with capabilities to communicate with other lighting units 12 in the OLN, said lighting units comprising: a. a storage device, b. a control module for controlling various lighting unit functions, and c. a communication module; an imaging device, the imaging device configured to communicate with the communication module of at least one of the lighting units; a sensor module, the sensor module configured to communicate with the communication module of at least one of the lighting units; and,
a lighting manager that communicates with and controls the lighting units, wherein in the lighting manager includes a list of predetermined events that trigger the lighting units data collection by image device;wherein the control module assigns a n event type and a priority to the collected data and automatically sends the collected data of selected events or a predetermined priority to the lighting manager.