Granted Patent B2

US 9,546,776 · App. 14/068,672 · Granted Jan 17, 2017

Abstract

Claims (29)

1. A luminaire comprising:

a luminaire body housing having a first body portion and a planar second body portion, the planar second body portion including a first aperture and two or more second apertures, wherein the first aperture and the two or more second apertures are coplanar;

the first aperture being sized to match a main lighting component;

at least one of the two or more second apertures being sized to match a first function module; and

at least another of the two or more second apertures being sized to match a second function module.

2. The luminaire of claim 1 , wherein the main lighting component is a first light emitting diode (LED) lamp.

3. The luminaire of claim 2 , wherein the first LED lamp emits a broad lighting pattern.

4. The luminaire of claim 1 , wherein the first function module being smaller than the main lighting component.

5. The luminaire of claim 4 , wherein the first function module comprises a second LED lamp, said second LED lamp emits a directed lighting pattern, the directed lighting pattern being narrower than a lighting pattern emitted by the main lighting component.

6. The luminaire of claim 1 , wherein one of the first function module and the second function module is one of a motion detector, a camera, and a communication unit.

7. The luminaire of claim 1 , wherein the first function module is a lamp.

8. The luminaire of claim 7 , wherein the second function module is a motion detector configured to detect motion adjacent to a roadway illuminated by the main lighting component, and to activate the first function module upon detection of motion adjacent to the roadway.

9. The luminaire of claim 7 , including a camera module in one of the two or more second apertures, wherein the second function module is a motion detector configured to detect motion on a roadway illuminated by the main lighting component, and configured to selectively activate the camera module upon detection of motion on the roadway.

10. The luminaire of claim 9 , wherein the selective activation is determined by a control unit within a function module, and the selective activation is based on one of a traffic infraction, license plate recognition, and an identity signal associated with a transponder.

11. The luminaire of claim 1 including:

three or more function modules, wherein a corresponding number of the two or more second apertures are sized to match respective sizes of the three or more function modules; and at least two of the three or more function modules each include a lamp.

12. The luminaire of claim 1 , wherein the two or more apertures are customizable by having perforated perimeters where aperture material within the perforated perimeter is removed based on a customized configuration.

13. A luminaire comprising:

a housing including a body portion comprising more than two apertures;

a light emitting diode light source that emits a lighting pattern adapted to provide lighting to at least a portion of a roadway, said light emitting diode light source accommodated in at least one of the more than two apertures;

camera module mounted in at least one other of the more than two apertures; and

a second function module selected from one of motion detector, camera module, and communication module mounted in at least another of the more than two apertures.

14. The luminaire of claim 13 , wherein the first function module comprises a camera module and the second function module comprises a motion detector,

wherein the motion detector is configured to detect motion on a roadway illuminated by the light emitting diode light source, and configured to selectively activate the camera module upon detection of motion on the roadway.

15. The luminaire of claim 14 , wherein the selective activation is based on one of a traffic infraction, license plate recognition, and an identity signal associated with a transponder.

16. The luminaire of claim 13 , wherein the first function module comprises a camera module and the second function module comprises a camera module.

17. The luminaire of claim 13 , wherein the first function module comprises a camera module and the second function module comprises a communication module that conducts communication with a remote server.

18. The luminaire of claim 13 , wherein the more than two apertures are coplanar.

19. The luminaire of claim 13 , wherein the more than two apertures are customizable by having perforated perimeters where aperture material within the perforated perimeter is removed based on a customized configuration.

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