System and method for nonintrusive commissioning of elements to an indoor positioning system
View Patent ↗A system for commissioning a smart luminaire ( 122 A, 122 B) in an indoor positioning system ( 100 ) includes a mobile device ( 110 ) including a mobile device control processor ( 112 ) in communication with a commissioning application ( 117 ), the commissioning application configured to communicate with one or more position beacons ( 120 A, 120 B) distributed throughout a spatial volume of a structure, the one or more position beacons configured to broadcast a unique identifier within the spatial volume via a wireless communication protocol, and to receive a transmission from the mobile device; a wireless transceiver ( 118 ) in the mobile device configured to receive the broadcasted positions, and to transmit data to the one or more position beacons, and the commissioning application configured to authenticate itself to the position beacon, and to programmatically change the unique identifier. A method for commissioning smart luminaires and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing executable instructions is also disclosed.
1. A system for commissioning a smart luminaire ( 122 A, 122 B) in an indoor positioning system ( 100 ), the system comprising:
a mobile device ( 110 ) including a mobile device control processor ( 112 ) in communication with a commissioning application ( 117 );
the commissioning application configured to communicate with one or more position beacons ( 120 A, 120 B) distributed throughout a spatial volume of a structure;
the one or more position beacons configured to broadcast a unique identifier within the spatial volume via a wireless communication protocol, and to receive a transmission from the mobile device;
a wireless transceiver ( 118 ) in the mobile device configured to receive the broadcasted positions, and to transmit data to the one or more position beacons;
the commissioning application configured to authenticate itself to the position beacon, and to programmatically change the unique identifier;
the commissioning application configured to identify a location of a non-commissioned smart luminaire having a position unknown to the indoor positioning system, the non-commissioned smart luminaire location based on a proximity to a known position of the mobile device;
the commissioning application configured to link a codeword broadcast by the smart luminaire to a position on an internal map of the structure viewable on a display of the mobile device; and
based on a determination that the broadcasted codeword is inadequate, the commissioning application configured to provide a valid encryption key to the smart luminaire via a secure transmission.
2. The system of claim 1 , including each of the one or more position beacons associated with a respective smart luminaire, and located in one of close proximity to and as an integral part of the smart luminaire.
3. The system of claim 1 , including the wireless communication protocol being one of Bluetooth, low energy Bluetooth, iBeacon, near field communication, visible light communication, and airplay.
4. The system of claim 1 , including the beacons configured to broadcast the unique identifier simultaneously using low energy Bluetooth and visible light communication wireless communication protocols.
5. The system of claim 1 , including the mobile device including an image sensor ( 108 ) to conduct the visible light communication.
6. The system of claim 5 , including the image sensor having a light source to transmit a visible light communication to the smart luminaire.
7. The system of claim 1 , including the commissioning application providing mapping data to the indoor positioning system, the mapping data locating a position of the smart luminaire on a map of the spatial volume.
8. The system of claim 1 , including the commissioning application configured to locate the position of the mobile device on a map of the spatial volume presented on a mobile device display, the mobile device position based on a received broadcast from the positioning beacon.
9. The system of claim 1 , including the commissioning application configured to identify the known position of the mobile device, the mobile device known position determined from beacon signals received from one or more commissioned smart luminaires.
10. A method for commissioning a smart luminaire ( 122 A, 122 B) in an indoor positioning system ( 100 ), the method comprising:
providing a commissioning application ( 117 ) for a mobile device ( 110 ), the commissioning application configured to commission one or more position beacons ( 120 A, 120 B) distributed throughout a spatial volume of a structure;
charting an indoor positioning system map ( 200 ) of at least a portion of the spatial volume;
receiving at the commissioning application a broadcast beacon identifier from the one or more position beacons;
selecting in the commissioning application a location of the smart luminaire within the spatial volume;
associating the broadcast beacon identifier and the smart luminaire location in a data store record;
the commissioning application identifying a location of a non-commissioned smart luminaire having a position unknown to the indoor positioning system, the non-commissioned smart luminaire location based on a proximity to a known position of the mobile device;
the commissioning application linking a codeword broadcast by the smart luminaire to a position on the indoor positioning system map viewable on a display of the mobile device; and
based on a determination that the broadcasted codeword is inadequate, the commissioning application providing a valid encryption key to the smart luminaire via a secure transmission.
11. The method of claim 10 , including the indoor positioning system map including defining details of a floorplan layout of the structure.
12. The method of claim 10 , including the broadcast beacons being transmitted via a wireless communication protocol.
13. The method of claim 12 , including the broadcast beacons broadcasting the unique identifier simultaneously using low energy Bluetooth and visible light communication wireless communication protocols.
14. The method of claim 10 , including the commissioning application assigning and then transmitting the unique identifier to the one or more position beacon.
15. The method of claim 10 , including associating each of the one or more position beacons associated with a respective smart luminaire.
16. The method of claim 10 , including the commissioning application identifying the known position of the mobile device, the mobile device known position determined from beacon signals received from one or more commissioned smart luminaires.
17. The method of claim 10 , including authenticating the commissioning application to the position beacon, and programmatically changing the unique identifier.
18. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing computer-readable instructions stored therein for causing a control processor to perform operations of commissioning a smart luminaire ( 122 A, 122 B) in an indoor positioning system ( 100 ), the operations comprising:
providing a commissioning application ( 117 ) for a mobile device ( 110 ), the commissioning application configured to commission one or more position beacons ( 120 A, 120 B) distributed throughout a spatial volume of a structure;
charting an indoor positioning system map ( 200 ) of at least a portion of the spatial volume;
receiving at the commissioning application a broadcast beacon identifier from the one or more position beacons;
selecting in the commissioning application a location of the smart luminaire within the spatial volume; and
associating the broadcast beacon identifier and the smart luminaire location in a data store record;
the commissioning application identifying a location of a non-commissioned smart luminaire having a position unknown to the indoor positioning system, the non-commissioned smart luminaire location based on a proximity to a known position of the mobile device;
the commissioning application linking a codeword broadcast by the smart luminaire to a position on the indoor positioning system map viewable on a display of the mobile device; and
based on a determination that the broadcasted codeword is inadequate, the commissioning application providing a valid encryption key to the smart luminaire via a secure transmission.
19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , including executable instructions that cause the control processor to control the one or more position beacons to broadcast a unique identifier simultaneously using low energy Bluetooth and visible light communication wireless communication protocols.
20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , including executable instructions that cause the control processor to transmit an assigned unique identifier to the position beacon.
21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , including executable instructions that cause the control processor to perform the step of the commissioning application identifying the known position of the mobile device, the mobile device known position determined from beacon signals received from one or more commissioned smart luminaires.
22. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18 , including executable instructions that cause the control processor to perform the step of authenticating the commissioning application to the position beacon, and programmatically changing the unique identifier.