NL2025216B1 - System for checking a luminaire status and method thereof - Google Patents

System for checking a luminaire status and method thereof Download PDF

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NL2025216B1
NL2025216B1 NL2025216A NL2025216A NL2025216B1 NL 2025216 B1 NL2025216 B1 NL 2025216B1 NL 2025216 A NL2025216 A NL 2025216A NL 2025216 A NL2025216 A NL 2025216A NL 2025216 B1 NL2025216 B1 NL 2025216B1
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A method for checking a status of a luminaire using a mobile terminal in a Vicinity of the luminaire, wherein the mobile terminal includes a sensing means, a memory, and a communication means, comprising: obtaining, by the mobile terminal, an identifier of the luminaire; determining, based on the obtained identifier of the luminaire, a measure of the status of the luminaire to be acquired; acquiring, by the sensing means of the mobile terminal, the measure of the luminaire status; storing, in the memory of the mobile terminal, data about the acquired measure of the luminaire status, said data being associated to the identifier of the luminaire.

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SYSTEM FOR CHECKING A LUMINAIRE STATUS AND METHOD THEREOF
FIELD OF INVENTION The present invention relates to methods and systems for checking a luminaire status, in particular using a mobile terminal.
BACKGROUND It is known to provide a luminaire with a control and communication circuit with at least one sensor adapted to measure a quantity related to, for example, a status of the luminaire corresponding to the angular positioning of the luminaire. The at least one sensor allows the control and communication device to send to a remote server a datum relative to the angular positioning, or an angular positioning change, of the luminaire. For example, the at least one sensor is an acceleration sensor. The measurements provided by the at least one sensor can for example be processed locally but, alternatively or in addition, can also be processed in the remote server. Thanks to the provision of the at least one sensor, the control and communication circuit can remotely communicate data related to the angular positioning of the luminaire, associate this data to the related luminaire, and detect an accidental change of angular positioning due for example to the action of the weather or environmental conditions, such as, for example, the wind or vegetation, that vary the angular positioning with respect to the angular positioning conditions set in the installation step or a change of angular positioning due for example to the support being knocked down by a traffic accident or an change of angular positioning due to the subsidence of the foundation base. The control and communication device may store a datum related to the angular positioning set during the installation step, for example, acquired via the at least one sensor, to estimate variations of angular positioning (via the at least one sensor) and to send to the remote server messages and/or alarms related to variations of inclination that, exceeding a predetermined threshold, require maintenance of the lighting apparatus and/or the support pole. The angular positioning may be defined by one or more tilt angle of the luminaire, said tilt angle corresponding to a yaw angle, a pitch angle, or a roll angle. The above example is directed to the angular positioning of the luminaire but can be applied similarly to other sensors provided to the luminaire. By providing the luminaire with the control and communication circuit and the at least one sensor, a given luminaire status may be readily obtained. Nonetheless, it is to be noted that providing sensors and/or communication means {0 every luminaire may prove to be costly for a customer. Also, the required sensor to perform a predetermined measure may be absent from the luminaire and/or the required sensor of the luminaire may be malfunctioning. Hence, there is a need for a system and method capable of checking a luminaire status solving these issues.
SUMMARY The object of embodiments of the invention is to provide an improved system and method for checking a status of a luminaire, more in particular using a mobile terminal. More specifically, IO embodiments of the invention aim to provide a system and method which allow a field operator for checking the luminaire status in a flexible and user-friendly manner, and keep a trace of the measure performed such that it can be directly linked to the related luminaire.
According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for checking a status of a luminaire. The method uses a mobile terminal in a vicinity of the luminaire. The mobile terminal includes a sensing means, a memory, and a communication means. The method comprises the steps of: - obtaining, by the mobile terminal, an identifier of the luminaire; - determining, based on the obtained identifier of the luminaire, a measure of the status of the luminaire to be acquired; - acquiring, by the sensing means of the mobile terminal, the measure of the luminaire status; - storing, in the memory of the mobile terminal, data about the acquired measure of the laminaire status, said data being associated to the identifier of the luminaire.
Embodiments of the invention are based inter alia on the insight that with the accelerated emergence of multifunctional luminaires and increase in the customization of the luminaires, requirements in the compliance of the luminaire relative to various parameters, as well as the variety of said various parameters, have increased. However, despite the usefulness of being able to monitor precisely the status of a given luminaire with respect to various parameters, providing sensors to every luminaires for monitoring all luminaires statuses can be costly, malfunctioning of sensors can occur, and retrofitting of luminaires to make them “smarter” can be cumbersome. This problem is overcome by a method as defined above.
During maintenance or installation of the luminaire, a field operator may need to check the status of the luminaire. The status of the luminaire may correspond to a measurable characteristic characterizing the luminaire, an environment of the luminaire, or a subpart of the luminaire. For example, the measurable characteristic of the luminaire may be any one of, but not limited to: angular positioning of a luminaire head of the luminaire, geo-localization of the luminaire, arrangement of the components in the luminaire head of the luminaire, connectivity of a communication unit of the luminaire, sound level in the surrounding environment of the luminaire, amount of light at a time of the day in proximity of the luminaire, light distribution of the luminaire head of the luminaire, status of a component being part of the luminaire, etc.
The luminaire is associated to an identifier. The identifier may be a unique identifier. Due to the association of the identifier and the luminaire, any measure obtained via the mobile terminal may be easily linked to the corresponding luminaire using the identifier. Also, thanks to the identifier, the field operator may establish which luminaire status is to be determined, and thus which measure is to be performed.
In embodiments of the invention, the method uses a mobile terminal in a vicinity of the luminaire to be able to rely on a sensing means included in the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal may be, e.g. a laptop, a smartphone, a tablet, wearable device, or a dedicated mobile terminal. The measure of the luminaire status is acquired using the sensing means of the mobile terminal. Depending on the sensing means, the field operator may measure parameters not otherwise available to sensors of the luminaire, thereby increasing the flexibility of the process of luminaire status determination. Additionally, even if a sensor of the luminaire may acquire a measure of the same kind as the measure performed by the sensing means of the mobile terminal, the measure performed by the sensing means may allow improvement in the measure precision and/or in the measure reliability.
After acquisition of the measure, data related to said measure is linked to the unique identifier of the luminaire when stored, allowing for easy post-processing and sorting. Additional data may be joined when storing data about the acquired measure associated to the identifier, e.g. a time stamp of the checking of the luminaire status, and/or a location stamp of the checking of the luminaire status, and/or an identification of the field operator having performing the checking of the luminaire status using the mobile terminal. When carrying out maintenance or installation of a plurality of luminaires, the inherent portability of the mobile terminal gives user-friendliness in repeating the method across the plurality of luminaires.
It is to be noted that, in the context of the present invention, the vicinity of the luminaire may be defined as a distance from the laminaire allowing to acquire a representative measure of the desired luminaire status.
In an embodiment, the identifier of the luminaire is unique to the luminaire and data related to the luminaire is associated to the identifier. Additionally, there may be one or more additional identifier, said additional identifiers being associated to different parts of the luminaire, e.g. one identifier per luminaire head of a luminaire including a plurality of laminaire heads, one identifier per component of the luminaire. The data about the acquired measure may be associated to the relevant identifier of the luminaire part in addition to the identifier of the luminaire. The identifier may be provided directly to a surface of the luminaire head or of the luminaire support in case of a visually readable identifier, or may be obtained within a certain range of RF communication centered on the tuminaire. The skilled person will understand that there are various ways to assign a unique identifier to a specific object such as a luminaire, ¢.g. geo-localization coordinates, bar code, QR code, serial number, unique symbol or image, NFC-transmitted code such as a RFID tag.
According to a preferred embodiment, the determining of the measure of the luminaire status to be acquired includes: - transmitting to a remote terminal, by the communication means of the mobile terminal, the obtained identifier of the luminaire; and - receiving from the remote terminal, by the communication means of the mobile terminal, an instruction about the measure of the luminaire status to be acquired based on the obtained identifier of the luminaire. In this manner, the mobile terminal may be communicating with a remote terminal to obtain directly what is inquired regarding the luminaire status. The remote terminal may be a terminal, said terminal including a communication means, a processing means, and a memory, located at a distance from the luminaire and being apt for communicating with the luminaire, e.g. another tuminaire, another mobile terminal, a remote server. Preferably the remote terminal is a remote server for centrally handling a plurality of luminaires, preferably in a luminaire network.
Communication with the remote terminal may be established wirelessly or in a wired manner. Data may be sent via a wireless network operating over short-range or long-range communication, e.g. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, LORA (oT), IR, cellular, or via a wired network, e.g. Ethernet, DALI, DMX, RS485, USB.
The instruction about the measure received from the remote terminal may comprise an indication about one or more measurement required in order to obtain the measure, e.g. a specific tilt angle of the luminaire head, a sound level, a light amplitude, a photo of wirings within the luminaire head, and/or may comprise one or more guideline on how to accomplish the one or more measurement required to obtain the measure.
According to an exemplary embodiment, the determining of the measure of the luminaire status to be acquired includes:
- retrieving, from the memory of the mobile terminal, an instruction about the measure of the luminaire status to be acquired based on the obtained identifier of the luminaire. In this way, the mobile terminal can operate in a standalone manner in order to determine the 5 measure of the luminaire status to be acquired.
Note that the retrieving of the instruction from the memory of the mobile terminal is not exclusive of the receiving of the instruction from the remote terminal. For example, part of the instruction about the measure to be acquired may be available from the memory of the mobile terminal and another part of the instruction about the measure to be acquired may be available from the memory of the remote terminal; both the part and the another part of the instruction may be gathered such that the measure of the luminaire status to be acquired is determined.
According to a preferred embodiment, the method further comprises: - transmitting, preferably to a remote terminal, by the communication means of the mobile terminal, the data about the acquired measure of the luminaire status associated to the identifier of the luminaire. In this manner, most of the data related to luminaire statuses of a plurality of luminaires in a luminaire network can be centralized in the remote terminal for further processing and/or sorting.
According to an exemplary embodiment, the method further comprises: - determining, based on the acquired measure of the luminaire status, the luminaire status.
In this way, the luminaire status is established. The determination of the luminaire status based on the acquired measure may be achieved with or without processing the acquired measure in the mobile terminal and/or at the remote terminal.
In an embodiment, a certain amount of light may be measured by a light sensing means of the mobile terminal on the premises of the luminaire. This amount of light may be processed to remove white noise from the measured amount of light, said white noise originating from a sensor of the light sensing means, in order to obtain the luminaire status corresponding to the luminaire environmental light.
In embodiments of the luminaire comprising a photocell to control the switching of the main lighting unit, the photocell of the luminaire may have aged and there may be a need to check whether the measurement from the photocell is still accurate. To check the status of the photocell, the amount of light measured by the sensing means of the mobile terminal may be compared to the amount of light measured by the photocell. In another embodiment, the light sensing means of the mobile terminal may measure the amount of light on the premises of the luminaire to determine the background light level status of the luminaire; and the determined background light level status of the luminaire may be used to adapt the switching threshold controlled by the photocell of the luminaire.
In yet another embodiment, the field operator may capture with the mobile terminal an image of a light distribution of the luminaire on a surface to be illuminated to check the light distribution status of the main lighting unit. In still another embodiment, the field operator may capture with the mobile terminal an image of the luminaire with the main lighting unit switched on to check the mains connection status of the luminaire.
The skilled person will understand that various kinds of acquired measures may be processed accordingly to determine the luminaire status. As part of the overall monitoring and supervising of a luminaire network, the determined luminaire status may serve as a basis for future actions.
According to a typical embodiment, the method further comprises: - obtaining information indicating whether the luminaire status is correct based on the determined luminaire status and a reference status, said information optionally comprising a required correction, By this approach, comparison of the determined luminaire status is executed, the result of which may be the basis for future actions on the luminaire. More specifically, the luminaire status may be compared with the reference status, said reference status corresponding, for example, to an expected value or state of the luminaire status. Depending on the difference between the luminaire status and the reference status, the luminaire status may be estimated as correct or incorrect depending whether the laminaire status deviates out of a predetermined range away from the reference status. An indication of the luminaire status being incorrect may lead to, e.g. a maintenance operation by the field operator, the checking of another luminaire status, and/or a further action by the remote terminal.
According to a preferred embodiment, the luminaire includes a luminaire head. The sensing means of the mobile terminal comprises an accelerometer. The acquiring of the measure of the luminaire status comprises: - providing the mobile terminal to a predetermined surface of the luminaire head; and - acquiring, via the accelerometer of the mobile terminal, a measure for at least one tilt angle representative for an angular positioning of the luminaire head.
In this manner, the field operator may conveniently check the luminaire status corresponding to the angular positioning of the luminaire head of the laminaire using the mobile terminal only, or may complement available data about the luminaire head angular positioning.
The angular positioning may be defined by one or more tilt angle, said tilt angle corresponding to a yaw angle, a pitch angle, or a roll angle of the luminaire head.
The predetermined surface of the luminaire head may be a substantially flat surface configured for cooperating with a corresponding external surface of the mobile terminal, optionally with a holder configured for holding in place the mobile terminal.
The predetermined surface of the luminaire head may be an external surface of the housing of the luminaire head or a surface inside the housing of the luminaire head.
The predetermined surface of the luminaire head may be defined with a predetermined inclination with respect to a horizontal plane, said predetermined inclination being defined by a yaw, pitch, and/or roll angle, allowing to determine the luminaire status corresponding to the luminaire head angular positioning based on the acquired measure and taking into account the predetermined inclination of the predetermined surface.
According to an exemplary embodiment, the mobile terminal comprises an output means.
The obtaining of information indicating whether the luminaire status is correct comprises: - obtaining information comprising the required correction; and - outputting, by the output means of the mobile terminal, an information correlated with the required correction.
In this way, the field operator may be assisted when performing different manipulations of the mobile terminal and/or of the luminaire during the implementation of the method in order to facilitate some of these manipulations.
The output means may be at least one of: a display, a speaker, a vibration unit, and/or a light source of the mobile terminal.
In an embodiment, the field operator may be performing correction and the correlation in signal outputted by the output means may vary as the luminaire status improves or worsens.
The variations in the outputted signal correlated with the required correction may be a variation in intensity of the signal, frequency of the signal, in an image-based signal such as variation in color, and/or spoken or written language outputted.
According to a preferred embodiment, the sensing means of the mobile terminal comprises an image capturing means.
The obtaining of the identifier comprises:
- acquiring, via the image capturing means of the mobile terminal, a visual representation, preferably a QR code or a barcode, of the identifier, said visual representation being provided to a surface in proximity to the luminaire; and - obtaining, by the mobile terminal, the identifier of the luminaire based on the acquired visual representation.
In this manner, the identifier can be provided to any existing or new luminaire easily, for example by sticking a label with the visual representation on the surface in proximity to the luminaire.
The visual representation may be generated quickly.
The visual representation may be arranged on the luminaire support, e.g. a pole of the luminaire, on an internal surface of the luminaire accessible to the field operator, on a surface of the luminaire head, on any component inside the luminaire head, or on any module of the luminaire.
The skilled person will understand that the hereinabove described technical considerations and advantages for method embodiments also apply to the below described corresponding system embodiments, mutatis mutandis.
According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided a system including a mobile terminal and a luminaire.
The system is for checking a status of the luminaire using the mobile terminal in a vicinity of the luminaire.
The mobile terminal comprises: - asensing means; - amemory; - a communication means; and - acontrolling means, said controlling means being configured for controlling the steps of the method of any one of the method embodiments above mentioned.
According to an exemplary embodiment, the luminaire comprises a luminaire head with a predetermined surface.
The predetermined surface of the luminaire head may be an external surface of the housing of the luminaire head or a surface inside the housing of the luminaire head.
The sensing means of the mobile terminal comprises an accelerometer.
The predetermined surface is configured for receiving the mobile terminal.
After providing the mobile terminal to the predetermined surface of the luminaire head, the controlling means, to acquire the measure of the luminaire status, controls the mobile terminal to acquire, via the accelerometer, a measure of at least one tilt angle representative for an angular positioning of the luminaire head.
Additionally, the mobile terminal may comprise an output means, and the controlling means may control the mobile terminal to:
- obtain information comprising a required correction of the luminaire status; and - output, by the outputs means of the mobile terminal, an information correlated with the required correction, According to a preferred embodiment, the mobile terminal comprises an output means. The controlling means is further configured for controlling the output means such that controlling the steps of the method of any one of the method embodiments above mentioned is at least partially assisted by information outputted by the output means.
In this way, performing the steps of the method and manipulating the mobile terminal during the implementation of the method may be made easier by the at least partial output of information through the output means. The output means of the mobile terminal may comprise a display, a speaker, a vibration unit, an augmented-reality device, and/or a light source. In an embodiment, the outputted information may be information correlated to the required correction to the luminaire status. In another embodiment, the outputted information may be a video assistance on the display of the mobile terminal showing to the field operator how to manipulate the mobile terminal during the implementation of the method. The skilled person will understand that assistance may be provided through numerous ways to the field operator depending on the output means available.
According to an exemplary embodiment, the mobile terminal comprises an input means. The controlling means is further configured for controlling the input means such that controlling the steps of the method of any one of the method embodiments above mentioned is at least partially assisted by command inputted via the input means.
In this manner, performing the steps of the method and manipulating the mobile terminal during the implementation of the method may be made easier by the at least partial input of commands through the input means. The input means of the mobile terminal may comprise at least one of: a touch-enabled input panel, a touchscreen, a keyboard, a switch or button, an image capturing means, and/or a sound capturing means. In addition, the mobile terminal may also comprise the output means and performing the steps of the method by the controlling means is such that it is also at least partially assisted by information outputted by the output means. In an embodiment, the mobile terminal may comprise a speaker and a sound-capturing means allowing for an at least partially speech controlled implementation of the method. In another embodiment, the field operator may complete any of the steps of the method by a manual entry of information on the mobile terminal via the keyboard or the touch-enabled input panel of the mobile terminal.
According to a preferred embodiment, the mobile terminal further comprises a display. The controlling means is further configured for controlling the display to display information about the controlling performed by the controlling means.
In this way, the user-friendliness in implementing the method for checking the luminaire status is improved by visual assistance. The information displayed may be, ¢.g. one or more guideline to assist the field operator in conducting the steps of the method using the mobile terminal, informing the field operator about the progress of the checking of the luminaire status, an input demand from the mobile terminal to be inputted by the field operator via the input means of the mobile terminal.
According to an exemplary embodiment, the controlling means is configured to display a geographical map indicating the luminaire for which checking of the luminaire status is required, prior to performing the step of obtaining the identifier.
In this manner, there is a clear map overview of the geographical positioning of the laminaires needing attention, and the field operator can plan accordingly. According to a preferred embodiment, the controlling means is configured to display an overview of the measure of the luminaire status to be acquired and the associated identifier of the luminaire, prior to performing the step of obtaining the identifier. In this way, there is a clear overview for the field operator of the tasks at hand for planning. According to an exemplary embodiment, the sensing means of the mobile terminal includes at least one of: an accelerometer, an image capturing means, a light sensing means, a sound capturing means, a geo-localization means, a temperature sensing means, an antenna. In this manner, the mobile terminal may be able to be used for a broad range of measurements relative to the luminaire status.
The skilled person will understand that the hereinabove described technical considerations and advantages for method and system embodiments also apply to the below described corresponding embodiments of a method for installing a luminaire, mutatis mutandis.
According to a third aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for installing a luminaire. The method uses a mobile terminal in a vicinity of the luminaire. The method comprises:
- mounting a luminaire head of the luminaire; - performing, using the mobile terminal, the steps of the method of any one of the method embodiments above mentioned; - optionally, performing a required correction; wherein the required information is obtained when obtaining information indicating whether the luminaire status is correct based on the determined luminaire status, said information comprising the required cotrection.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES This and other aspects of the present invention will now be described in more detail, with reference to the appended drawings showing a currently preferred embodiment of the invention. Like numbers refer to like features throughout the drawings. Figure 1 schematically illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a method for checking a status of a luminaire according to the invention; Figures 2A-2B schematically illustrate two alternative embodiments, respectively, of sub-steps of a method for checking a status of a luminaire according to the invention; Figure 3 schematically illustrates another exemplary embodiment of a method for checking a status of a luminaire according to the invention; Figure 4 shows an illustrative view of a system for checking a status of a luminaire according to the invention.
DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Figure 1 schematically illustrates an exemplary embodiment of a method for checking a status of a luminaire according to the present invention. The method is to be applied in a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal is used in a vicinity of the luminaire. The luminaire may comprise a main lighting unit and optionally a functional module. In an embodiment, the main lighting unit and optionally the functional module may be incorporated in a tuminaire head of the luminaire. In another embodiment, the functional module may be separated from the luminaire head of the luminaire. The luminaire may comprise one or more luminaire heads. The functional module may comprise functional circuitry. Examples of functional circuitry which may be included in the functional module may be any one or more of the following: - base station circuitry;
- power management circuitry comprising, e.g. one or more of: a power meter, a fuse, a line protection, a circuit breaker, an electrical connection for multiple power lines, a clock, an astroclock, a power supply module, an PLC, a computer, a communication module, display circuitry, etc.; preferably the power management circuitry is configured to manage the provision of power to multiple luminaires, preferably at least three luminaires, e.g. more than ten luminaires. In such embodiments power connection cables pass from the fanctional module through a support of the tuminaire to other luminaires, e.g. underground; - telecommunication circuitry which can comprise at least one of: an optical fiber connection, a fiber to copper interface, a fiber patch panel, a modem, a router, a switch, a patch panel, a network video recorder (NVR), a computer; - audio system management circuitry which can comprise at least one of: an amplifier, a transformer, a media player (connected to network or not), electrical connections for multiple loudspeaker lines, a computer; - WiFi circuitry, wherein an antenna for receiving WiFi signals may be integrated either in the {5 functional module or in a separate antenna module as in the exemplary embodiment of the fuminaire with a base station module; - charger circuitry, e.g. phone charger circuitry or vehicle charger circuitry; - an environmental sensor such as a microphone, or a detector of CO2, NOx, smoke, etc., and the associated circuitry; - a human interface device (HID) and the associated circuitry, e.g. a camera, a loudspeaker, a button, etc.
The mobile terminal comprises a sensing means, a communication means, a controlling means, and a memory. Detailed embodiments of a system including the mobile terminal and the luminaire will be described with respect to Figure 4, Additionally the system may farther comprise aremote terminal. The remote terminal may be a terminal, said terminal including a communication means, a processing means, and a memory, located at a distance from the luminaire and being apt for communicating with the luminaire, ¢.g. another luminaire, another mobile terminal, a remote server. Preferably the remote terminal is a remote server for centrally handling a plurality of luminaires, preferably in a luminaire network.
In a first step S110 there is an obtaining, by the mobile terminal, of an identifier of the luminaire. The identifier may be a unique attribute of the luminaire. The identifier may be of different kinds and represented in a physical form, e.g. serial number, barcode, symbol, or obtainable electronically, e.g. RFID tag, geo-localization position. Depending on the kind of the identifier, step S110 may be divided in a plurality of sub-steps.
In an embodiment, the identifier is a visual representation, e.g. a QR code, on a surface in proximity of the laminaire and step S110 may comprise: acquiring, via an image capturing means of the mobile terminal, the visual representation of the identifier; and obtaining, by the mobile terminal, the identifier of the luminaire based on the acquired visual representation. The determining of the identifier of the luminaire based on the acquired visual representation may be done by a processing means of the mobile terminal. Alternatively, the mobile terminal may transmit, via the communication means of the mobile terminal, the visual representation of the identifier to the remote terminal, and then receive, from the remote terminal, the identifier based on the visual representation. In another embodiment, the identifier of the luminaire may be a geo- localization position of the luminaire obtained by a geo-localization means of the mobile terminal. The skilled person will understand that numerous means can be implemented to assign a unique identifier to the laminaire and then obtain it using the mobile terminal.
In addition, another identifier of the luminaire may be obtained by the mobile. The another identifier may be of a similar kind or of a different kind than the identifier of the luminaire. The another identifier may correspond to a subpart of the luminaire, e.g. the luminaire head, a driving means of the luminaire, one of the functional modules of the luminaire.
In a second step S120, there is a determining, based on the obtained identifier of the luminaire, of a measure of the status of the luminaire to be acquired. Detailed embodiments of the determining of the measure of the luminaire status will be described with respect to Figures 2A and 2B. By luminaire status, it is meant a measurable characteristic characterizing the luminaire, an environment of the luminaire, or a subpart of the luminaire. For example, the measurable characteristic of the luminaire may be any one of, but not limited to: angular positioning of a luminaire head of the luminaire, geo-localization of the luminaire, arrangement of the electronic components in the luminaire head of the luminaire, connectivity of a communication unit of the luminaire, sound level in the surrounding environment of the luminaire, amount of light at a time of the day in proximity of the luminaire, light distribution of the laminaire head of the luminaire, status of an electronic component being part of the luminaire, etc. In the context of the present invention, applying the method in the mobile terminal in the vicinity of the luminaire may be understood as providing the mobile terminal at a distance from the luminaire allowing to acquire a representative measure of the desired luminaire status.
In a third step S130, there is an acquiring, by the sensing means of the mobile terminal, of the measure of the luminaire status. The acquiring of the measure may be dependent on the kind of the sensing means of the mobile terminal. The sensing means of the mobile terminal may be at least one of: an accelerometer, an image capturing means, a light sensing means, a sound capturing means, a geo-localization means, a temperature sensing means, an antenna. The acquiring of the measure may include one or more manipulation of the mobile terminal and/or of the luminaire. For example, in an embodiment, the luminaire may include the luminaire head, the sensing means of the mobile terminal may comprise an accelerometer, and the acquiring of the measure of the luminaire status may comprise the steps of: providing the mobile terminal to a predetermined surface of the laminaire head; and acquiring, via the accelerometer of the mobile terminal, a measure for at least one tilt angle representative for an angular positioning of the luminaire head. In another embodiment, acquiring the measure may require measurements from more than one sensing means to be fully obtained or may require a manual entry on the mobile terminal by a field operator. Additionally or alternatively, a similar measure as the required measure may be available in the memory of the mobile terminal or in the remote terminal and acquiring the measure may allow to complement or detract the available similar measure.
In a fourth step $140, there is a storing, in the memory of the mobile terminal, of data IO about the acquired measure of the luminaire status, said data being associated to the identifier of the luminaire. Additional data may be joined when storing data about the acquired measure associated to the identifier, e.g. a time stamp of the checking of the luminaire status, and/or a location stamp of the checking of the luminaire status, and/or an identification of the field operator having performing the checking of the luminaire status using the mobile terminal. The memory of the mobile terminal may be a temporary memory, e.g. a buffer memory, or a long-term memory, e.g. a hard disk memory. The association of the data about the acquired measure of the luminaire status and the identifier of the luminaire may allow for a convenient sorting of the data, or in view of a further processing. In an embodiment, the measure of the luminaire status is more specifically related to a subpart of the luminaire and the subpart of the luminaire has an associated identifier which has been obtained by the mobile terminal; the mobile terminal may store the data about the acquired measure and associate it to both the identifier of the luminaire and the identifier of the subpart of the luminaire.
Figures 2A and 2B schematically illustrate two alternative embodiments, respectively, of sub-steps of a method for checking a status of a luminaire according to the present invention. Figures 2A and 2B illustrate sub-steps of step S120 of Figure 1.
In a step S121, as illustrated in Figure 2A, there is a retrieving, from the memory of the mobile terminal, of an instruction about the measure of the luminaire status to be acquired based on the obtained identifier of the luminaire. The instruction about the measure retrieved from the memory of the mobile terminal may comprise an indication about one or more measurement required in order to obtain the measure, e.g. a specific tilt angle of the luminaire head, a sound level, a light amplitude, a photo of wirings within the luminaire head, and/or may comprise one or more guideline on how to accomplish the one or more measurement required to obtain the measure.
In an embodiment, the mobile terminal may comprise a display and the retrieved instruction may correspond to a written instruction or an image-based instruction indicating how to obtain the required measure. In another embodiment, the retrieved instruction may, upon obtaining the identifier, correspond to the launch of a program on the mobile terminal allowing to perform the acquisition of the measure. In yet another embodiment, the retrieved instruction may comprise one or more guideline such as preparatory steps to be conducted with respect to the luminaire and/or the mobile terminal prior to the acquiring of the measure.
Alternatively or additionally, as illustrated in Figure 2B, in a step S121’, there is a transmitting to a remote terminal, by the communication means of the mobile terminal, of the obtained identifier of the luminaire. The mobile terminal may be communicating with the remote terminal to obtain directly what is inquired regarding the luminaire status. Communication with the IO remote terminal may be established wirelessly or in a wired manner. Data may be sent via a wireless network operating over short-range or long-range communication, e.g. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, LORA (oT), IR, cellular, or via a wired network, e.g. Ethernet, DALI DMX, RS485, USB.
In a step S122’, there is a receiving, by a communication means of the remote terminal, of the obtained identifier. In a step S123’, there is a retrieving, from a memory of the remote terminal, of an instruction about the measure of the luminaire status to be acquired based on the obtained identifier of the luminaire. In a step S124’, there is a transmitting to the mobile terminal, by the communication means of the remote terminal, of the retrieved instruction. In a step S125’, there is a receiving, by the communication means of the mobile terminal, of the retrieved instruction about the measure of the luminaire status to be acquired.
The steps described with respect to Figure 2A and Figure 2B may be executed as alternatives to one another or in complement to one another. For example, part of the instruction about the measure to be acquired may be available from the memory of the mobile terminal and another part of the instruction about the measure to be acquired may be available from the memory of the remote terminal; both the part and the another part of the instruction may be gathered such that the measure of the luminaire status to be acquired is determined.
Figure 3 schematically illustrates another exemplary embodiment of a method for checking a status of a luminaire according to the present invention. In the embodiment of Figure 3, steps S210, S220, S230, and S240 may be similar to steps S110, S120, S130, and S140 of Figure 1.
In a step S245, there is a transmitting, preferably to a remote terminal, by the communication means of the mobile terminal, of the data about the acquired measure of the luminaire status associated to the identifier of the luminaire. The transmitting of the data may be to the same remote terminal as for step S121” of Figure 2B or to another remote terminal. In the embodiment of Figure 3, the step S245 may be executed in parallel with the step S240). In another embodiment, the step S245 may be executed prior to the step S240. In yet another embodiment, the step $240 may be executed prior to the step S245.
In a step S250, there is a determining, based on the acquired measure of the luminaire status, of the luminaire status. The determining of the luminaire status based on the acquired measure may be achieved with or without processing the acquired measure in the mobile terminal and/or the remote terminal. For example, the acquired measure may serve to complement or detract an available measure and the acquired measure may be processed while taking into account the available measure.
In an embodiment, a certain amount of light may be measured by a light sensing means of the mobile terminal on the premises of the luminaire. This amount of light may be processed to remove white noise from the measured amount of light, said white noise originating from a sensor of the light sensing means, in order to obtain the luminaire status corresponding to the luminaire environmental light.
In embodiments of the luminaire comprising a photocell to control the switching of the main lighting unit, the photocell of the luminaire may have aged and there may be a need to check whether the measurement from the photocell is still accurate. To check the status of the photocell, the amount of light measured by the sensing means of the mobile terminal may be compared to the amount of light measured by the photocell. In another embodiment, the light sensing means of the mobile terminal may measure the amount of light on the premises of the luminaire to determine the background light level status of the luminaire; and the determined background light level status of the luminaire may be used to adapt the switching threshold controlled by the photocell of the laminaire.
In yet another embodiment, the field operator may capture with the mobile terminal an image of a light distribution of the luminaire on a surface to be illuminated to check the light distribution status of the main lighting unit. In still another embodiment, the field operator may capture with the mobile terminal an image of the luminaire with the main lighting unit switched on to check the mains connection status of the luminaire.
The skilled person will understand that various kinds of acquired measures may be processed accordingly to determine the luminaire status. As part of the overall monitoring and supervising of a luminaire network, for example by the remote terminal, the determined luminaire status may serve as a basis for future actions.
In another embodiment, a measure for at least one tilt angle representative for an angular positioning of a luminaire head of the luminaire may be measured by an accelerometer of the mobile terminal, said mobile terminal being provided to a predetermined surface of the luminaire head. The angular positioning may be defined by one or more tilt angle, said tilt angle corresponding to a yaw angle, a pitch angle, or a roll angle of the luminaire head. The predetermined surface of the luminaire head may be a substantially flat surface configured for cooperating with a corresponding external surface of the mobile terminal, optionally with a holder configured for holding in place the mobile terminal. The predetermined surface of the luminaire head may be an external surface of the housing of the luminaire head or a surface inside the housing of the luminaire head. The predetermined surface of the luminaire head may be defined with a predetermined inclination with respect to a horizontal plane, said predetermined inclination being defined by a yaw, pitch, and/or roll angle, allowing to determine the luminaire status corresponding to the luminaire head angular positioning based on the acquired measure and taking into account the predetermined inclination of the predetermined surface.
In a step S260, there is an obtaining of information indicating whether the luminaire status is correct based on the determined luminaire status and a reference status, said information optionally comprising a required correction. To conclude whether the luminaire status is correct the determined laminaire status in step S250 may be compared to the reference status; the result of said comparison may be the basis for future actions on the luminaire. More specifically, the luminaire status may be compared with the reference status, said reference status corresponding, for example, to an expected value or state of the luminaire status. Depending on the difference between the fuminaire status and the reference status, the luminaire status may be estimated as correct or incorrect depending whether the luminaire status deviates out of a predetermined range away from the reference status. An indication of the luminaire status being incorrect may lead to, e.g. a maintenance operation by the field operator, the checking of another luminaire status, and/or a further action by the remote terminal.
Similarly as the determining of the measure to be acquired in step S220, the obtaining of information in step S260 may rely on a retrieving of the information from the memory of the mobile terminal, or may involve a transmitting of the luminaire status to the remote terminal followed by a receiving from the remote terminal of information indicating whether the luminaire status is correct. Alternatively, the remote terminal may, upon receiving the data of the acquired measure of the luminaire status following the execution of step S245, directly transmit to the mobile terminal the information indicating whether the luminaire status is correct based on the determined luminaire status. In this case, applying the step S250 in the mobile terminal may be avoided and take place instead in the remote terminal.
In an embodiment, the mobile terminal may comprises an output means. Applying the step 5260 in the mobile terminal may comprise: obtaining information comprising the required correction; and outputting, by the output means of the mobile terminal, an information correlated with the required correction. In this way, performing the steps of the method and manipulating the mobile terminal during the implementation of the method may be made easier by the assistance provided when outputting the information correlated with the required correction through the output means. The output means of the mobile terminal may comprise a display, a speaker, a vibration unit, an angmented-reality device, and/or a light source. The correlation in signal outputted by the output means with the required correction may be correlation in intensity of the signal, frequency of the signal, color of the signal, and/or spoken or written language outputted.
The skilled person will understand that assistance may be provided through numerous ways to the field operator depending on the output means available. Figure 4 shows an illustrative view of a system for checking a status of a luminaire according to the present invention. The system includes a mobile terminal 10 and a luminaire 20. The system is for checking a status of the luminaire using the mobile terminal 10 in a vicinity of the luminaire 20.
The mobile terminal 10 may be used by a field operator performing installation or maintenance of the luminaire 20.
The mobile terminal 10 comprises: a sensing means, a memory (not shown), a communication means (not shown), and a controlling means (not shown). The sensing means may {5 be at least one of: an accelerometer, an image capturing means, a light sensing means, a sound capturing means, a geo-localization means, a temperature sensing means, an antenna. The sensing means of Figure 4 comprises at least a sound capturing means 13, an image capturing means 16, and an accelerometer (not shown). The controlling means is configured for controlling the steps of the method as described in Figures 1-3. The mobile terminal 10 may be, e.g. a laptop, a smartphone, a tablet, wearable device, or a dedicated mobile terminal.
The luminaire 20 may comprise one or more luminaire head 21a, 21b, 21c, said one or more luminaire head 21a, 21b, 21c being affixed to a support 23. The support 23 may be a pole, a wall, or an external surface of a tunnel. The one or more luminaire head 21a, 21b, 21c may comprise a main lighting unit. Optionally the luminaire 20 may further comprise a functional module as detailed in Figure 1.
The luminaire 20 may be an outdoor luminaire. By outdoor luminaire, it is meant luminaires which are installed on roads, tunnels, industrial plants, stadiums, airports, harbors, rail stations, campuses, parks, cycle paths, pedestrian paths, or in pedestrian zones for example, and which can be used notably for the lighting of an outdoor area, such as roads and residential areas in the public domain, private parking areas and access roads to private building infrastructures, etc. In the embodiment of Figure 4, there is a plurality of luminaires 20 positioned between a road 31 and a cycle path 32. The luminaire 20 in the foreground of Figure 4 comprises a first luminaire head 21a configured for illuminating the cycle path 32, and a second luminaire head 21b configured for illuminating the road 31, said first and second luminaire heads 21a, 21b being mounted on a first pole 23. The luminaire 20 in the background of Figure 4 comprises a single third luminaire head
21c configured for illuminating the road 31, said single third luminaire head 21c being mounted on a second pole 23.
The first pole 23 of the foreground luminaire 20 of Figure 4 may be provided with a first identifier 24 of the luminaire, said first identifier 24 uniquely identifying the foreground luminaire
20. In the context of the present invention, luminaire identifiers 24, 24°, 24” may be considered as a unique attribute of the luminaire. The identifiers 24, 24°, 24” may be of different kinds and represented in a physical form, e.g. serial namber, barcode, symbol, or obtainable electronically, e.g. RFID tag, geo-localization position.
The first identifier 24 of Figure 4 is a barcode arranged on an external surface of the first pole 23. In another embodiment, the first identifier 24 may be arranged on an internal surface of the first pole 23 accessible by a service door or may be located on a surface of a cabinet in proximity of the foreground luminaire 20. In yet another embodiment, a luminaire head of the luminaire is provided to a support other than a pole and the identifier of the laminaire is located in proximity of the luminaire head.
The first luminaire head 21a of the foreground luminaire 20 may be provided with a second identifier 24°, The second identifier 24’ may be a QR code arranged on an external surface of the first luminaire head 21a. The second identifier 24’ may be an identifier uniquely identifying the first luminaire head 21a. Additionally or alternatively, the second identifier 24’ may be arranged on an internal surface of the first luminaire head 21a.
The second pole 23 of the background luminaire 20 of Figure 4 may be provided with a third identifier 24”. The third identifier 24” may be a RFID tag readable by a reading means {not shown) of the mobile terminal 10.
The mobile terminal 10 may comprise an output means. The output means may be at least one of: a display, a speaker, a vibration unit, and/or a light source. The output means of Figure 4 comprises at least a display 11 and a speaker 12. The mobile terminal 10 may further comprise an input means. The input means may be at least one of: a touch-enabled input panel, a touchscreen, a keyboard, a switch or button, and image capturing means, and/or a sound capturing means. The input means of Figure 4 comprises at least a touchscreen 11 also acting as the display 11 and a sound capturing means 13 also acting as the sound capturing means 13 of the sensing means.
The controlling means of the mobile terminal 10 may be configured for controlling the output means such that controlling the steps of the method according to any of the embodiments of Figures 1-3 may be at least partially assisted by information outputted by the output means. In an embodiment, the outputted information may be information correlated to a required correction to the luminaire status, and the field operator may proceed with the correction assisted by information outputted by the output means.
In another embodiment, the mobile terminal 10 comprises the display 11 and the controlling means may be configured for controlling the display 11 to display information about the controlling performed by the controlling means.
The information displayed by the display 11 may be, e.g. one or more guideline to assist the field operator in conducting the steps of the method using the mobile terminal 10, informing the field operator about the progress of the checking of the luminaire status, an input demand from the mobile terminal 10 to be inputted by the field operator via the input means of the mobile terminal 10. For example, the outputted information may be an image-based or a written assistance on the display 11 of the mobile terminal showing to the field operator how to manipulate the mobile terminal 10 during the implementation of the method.
The assistance provided on the display 11 may be replaced or complemented by a vocal assistance provided through the speaker 12 of the mobile terminal.
The skilled person will understand that assistance may be provided through numerous ways to the field operator depending on the output means available.
In the embodiment of Figure 4, the controlling means is configured to display a geographical map 14 on the display 11 indicating the luminaire 20 for which checking of the luminaire status is required, prior to performing the step of obtaining the identifier 24, 24°, 24”. The indication of the luminaire 20 for which checking of the luminaire status is required may be at the luminaire level or at a sub-level corresponding to a subpart of the luminaire 20, at the luminaire head-level in Figure 4. The indication may take the form of a dark spot on the geographical map 14 when checking is required, and a clear spot when it is not.
The skilled person will understand that the present invention is not restricted to this specific type of indication.
In the embodiment of Figure 4, the controlling means is configured to display an overview 15 on the display 11 of the measure of the luminaire status to be acquired and the associated identifier 24, 24’, 24” of the luminaire, prior to performing the step of obtaining the identifier 24, 24’, 24”. The identifiers 24, 24°, 24” may correspond to identifications 1D2, ID1, and 1D3, respectively, on the overview 15 displayed on the display 11 of the mobile terminal.
The overview 15 may, in correspondence with the identifications ID1, ID2, and 1D3, indicates which measures are required to be acquired.
For example, the measure of at least one tilt angle may be required for the second luminaire head 21b associated to the identifier 24’ and corresponding to identification IDI.
The acquiring of the at least one tilt angle may be executed by first providing the mobile terminal 10 to a predetermined surface 22 of the second laminaire head 21b, a predetermined external surface 22 in the embodiment of Figure 4. Additionally, in the embodiment of Figure 4, the overview 15 may indicate that the measure of an environmental condition of the luminaire 20, a sound level, may be required for the third luminaire head 21c associated to the identifier 24” and corresponding to identification 1D3. The measure of the sound level may be used, for example, to correlate with a sound level captured by a sound capturing sensor of the background luminaire 20 and thereafter determining a status of the sound capturing sensor part of the background luminaire 20, i.e, working or out of order.
The controlling means of the mobile terminal 10 may be configured for controlling the input means such that controlling the steps of the method according to any of the embodiments of Figures 1-3 may be at least partially assisted by command inputted via the input means.
In an embodiment, the mobile terminal 10 may comprise the speaker 13 and a command may be vocally inputted via the speaker to assist one of the steps of the method.
In another embodiment, the mobile terminal 10 may comprise the speaker 12 and the sound-capturing means 13 allowing for an at least partially speech controlled implementation of the method including both vocal commands and vocal assistance.
In yet another embodiment, the field operator may complete any of the steps of the method by a manual entry of information on the mobile terminal 10 via the touchscreen 11 of the mobile terminal.
The skilled person will understand that commands may be provided through numerous ways by the field operator depending on the input means available.
The mobile terminal 10 of Figure 4 may be communicating, via the communication means of the mobile terminal 10, with a remote terminal.
Communication with the remote terminal may be established wirelessly or in a wired manner.
Data may be sent via a wireless network operating over short-range or long-range communication, e.g.
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, LORA (IoT), IR, cellular, or via a wired network, e.g.
Ethernet, DALI, DMX, RS485, USB.
The memory of the mobile terminal 10 may be a temporary memory, e.g. a buffer memory, or a long-term memory, eg. a hard disk memory.
Use of the memory of the mobile terminal 10 and the communication with the remote terminal may be similar to the description of embodiments of the method with respect to any one of Figures 1-3. Whilst the principles of the invention have been set out above in connection with specific embodiments, it is to be understood that this description is merely made by way of example and not as a limitation of the scope of protection which is determined by the appended claims.

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ConclusiesConclusions 1. Een werkwijze voor het checken van een status van een verlichtingsarmatuur gebruik makend van een mobiele terminal in een nabijheid van de verlichtingsarmatuur, waarbij de mobiele terminal een detectiemiddel, een geheugen, en een communicatiemiddel bevat, de methode omvattende: - het door middel van de mobiele terminal verkrijgen van een kenteken van de verlichtingsarmatuur (S110, S210); - het op basis van het verkregen kenteken van de verlichtingsarmatuur bepalen van een te verwerven waarde van de status van de verlichtingsarmatuur (S120, S220); - het door middel van het detectiemiddel van de mobiele terminal verwerven van een waarde van de verlichtingsarmatuurstatus (S130, S230); - het in het geheugen van de mobiele terminal opslaan van data over de verworven waarde van de verlichtingsarmatuurstatus, waarbij de data met het kenteken van de verlichtingsarmatuur wordt geassocieerd (S140, S240).A method for checking a status of a lighting fixture using a mobile terminal in a vicinity of the lighting fixture, the mobile terminal including a detection means, a memory, and a communication means, the method comprising: obtaining the mobile terminal a license plate of the lighting fixture (S110, S210); - determining a value to be acquired of the status of the lighting fixture (S120, S220) on the basis of the obtained mark of the lighting fixture; - acquiring a value of the lighting fixture status (S130, S230) by means of the mobile terminal's detection means; - storing in the memory of the mobile terminal data on the acquired value of the lighting fixture status, the data being associated with the identification number of the lighting fixture (S140, S240). 2. De werkwijze volgens conclusie 1, waarbij het bepalen van de te verwerven waarde van de verlichtingsarmatuurstatus bevat: - het door het communicatiemiddel van de mobiele terminal uitsturen van het verkregen kenteken van de verlichtingsarmatuur (S121°) naar een terminal op afstand; en - het door het communicatiemiddel van de mobiele terminal ontvangen van een instructie over de waarde van de te verwerven verlichtingsarmatuurstatus op basis van het verkregen kenteken van de verlichtingsarmatuur (S125’), van de terminal op afstand.The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the value of the lighting fixture status to be acquired comprises: - transmitting by the communication means of the mobile terminal the obtained signature of the lighting fixture (S121°) to a remote terminal; and - receiving by the communication means of the mobile terminal an instruction on the value of the lighting fixture status to be acquired based on the obtained lighting fixture identification number (S125'), from the remote terminal. 3. De werkwijze van conclusie 1 of 2, waarbij het bepalen van de te verwerven waarde van de verlichtingsarmatuurstatus bevat: - het uit het geheugen van de mobiele terminal ophalen van een instructie over de waarde van de te verwerven verlichtingsarmatuurstatus op basis van het verkregen kenteken van de verlichtingsarmatuur (S121),The method of claim 1 or 2, wherein determining the value of the lighting fixture status to be acquired comprises: - retrieving from the memory of the mobile terminal an instruction on the value of the lighting fixture status to be acquired based on the obtained signature of the lighting fixture (S121), 4. De werkwijze volgens één der conclusies 1-3, waarbij de werkwijze verder omvat: - het door het communicatiemiddel van de mobiele terminal uitsturen, bij voorkeur naar een terminal op afstand, van de data over de verworven waarde van de verlichtingsarmatuurstatus welke met het kenteken van de verlichtingsarmatuur is geassocieerd (5245).The method according to any one of claims 1-3, the method further comprising: - transmitting by the communication means of the mobile terminal, preferably to a remote terminal, the data on the acquired value of the lighting fixture status associated with the license plate of the lighting fixture is associated (5245). 5. De werkwijze volgens één der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de methode verder omvat:The method of any preceding claim, wherein the method further comprises: - het op basis van de verworven waarde van de verlichtingsarmatuurstatus bepalen van de verlichtingsarmatuurstatus (S250).- determining the lighting fixture status (S250) based on the acquired value of the lighting fixture status. 6. De werkwijze volgens conclusie 5, waarbij de werkwijze verder omvat: - het verkrijgen van informatie die aangeeft of de verlichtingsarmatuurstatus correct is op basis van de bepaalde verlichtingsarmatuurstatus en een referentiestatus, waarbij de informatie optioneel een nodige correctie omvat (S260).The method according to claim 5, the method further comprising: - obtaining information indicating whether the lighting fixture status is correct based on the determined lighting fixture status and a reference status, the information optionally including a necessary correction (S260). 7. De werkwijze volgens één der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij de verlichtingsarmatuur een verlichtingsarmatuurkop omvat, waarbij het detectiemiddel van de mobiele terminal een accelerometer omvat; en waarbij de verwerving van de waarde van de verlichtingsarmatuurstatus (S130, S230) omvat: - het voorzien van de mobiele terminal op een vooraf bepaald oppervlak van de verlichtingsarmatuurkop; en - het via de accelerometer van de mobiele terminal verwerven van een waarde voor ten minste één kantelhoek die representatief is voor een hoekpositionering van de verlichtingsarmatuurkop.The method of any preceding claim, wherein the lighting fixture comprises a lighting fixture head, the mobile terminal detecting means comprising an accelerometer; and wherein the acquisition of the value of the lighting fixture status (S130, S230) comprises: - providing the mobile terminal on a predetermined area of the lighting fixture head; and - acquiring via the accelerometer of the mobile terminal a value for at least one tilt angle representative of an angular positioning of the lighting fixture head. 8. De werkwijze volgens conclusie 6, optioneel in combinatie met conclusie 7, waarbij de mobiele terminal een uitvoermiddel omvat, en waarbij het verkrijgen van informatie die aangeeft of de verlichtingsarmatuurstatus correct is (S260) omvat: - het verkrijgen van informatie die de nodige correctie omvat; en - het door het uitvoermiddel van de mobiele terminal uitvoeren van een informatie die met de nodige correctie is gecorreleerd.The method according to claim 6, optionally in combination with claim 7, wherein the mobile terminal comprises an output means, and wherein obtaining information indicating whether the lighting fixture status is correct (S260) comprises: - obtaining information containing the necessary correction includes; and - outputting by the output means of the mobile terminal an information correlated with the necessary correction. 9. De werkwijze volgens één der voorgaande conclusies, waarbij het detectiemiddel van de mobiele terminal een beeldopnamemiddel omvat; en waarbij het verkrijgen van het kenteken {S110, S210) omvat: - het via het beeldopnamemiddel van de mobiele terminal verwerven van een visuele weergave van het kenteken, bij voorkeur een QR code of een barcode, waarbij de visuele weergave aan een oppervlak in de nabijheid van de verlichtingsarmatuur is voorzien; en - het door de mobiele terminal verkrijgen van het kenteken van de verlichtingsarmataur op basis van de verworven visuele weergave.The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the mobile terminal detecting means comprises an image recording means; and wherein obtaining the badge (S110, S210) comprises: - acquiring via the image recording means of the mobile terminal a visual representation of the badge, preferably a QR code or a barcode, the visual representation on a surface in the proximity to the lighting fixture is provided; and - obtaining by the mobile terminal the identification number of the lighting fixture based on the acquired visual display. 10. Een systeem omvattende een mobiele terminal (10) en een verlichtingsarmataur (20), voor het checken van een status van de verlichtingsarmatuur gebruik makend van de mobiele terminal in een nabijheid van de verlichtingsarmatuur, waarbij de mobiele terminal (10) omvat: - een detectiemiddel; - een geheugen; - een communicatiemiddel; en - een controlemiddel, waarbij het controlemiddel is ingericht om de stappen van de methode volgens één der conclusies 1-9 te controleren.A system comprising a mobile terminal (10) and a lighting fixture (20), for checking a status of the lighting fixture using the mobile terminal in a vicinity of the lighting fixture, the mobile terminal (10) comprising: - a detection means; - a memory; - a means of communication; and - a control means, wherein the control means is arranged to control the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1-9. 11. Het systeem volgens conclusie 10, waarbij de verlichtingsarmatuur (20) een verlichtingsarmatuurkop (21a, 21b, 21c) met een vooraf bepaald oppervlak (22) omvat; waarbij het detectiemiddel van de mobiele terminal cen accelerometer omvat; en waarbij het vooraf bepaald oppervlak (22) is ingericht voor het ontvangen van de mobiele terminal (10) wanneer het controlemiddel de stappen van de werkwijze van conclusie 7 uitvoert, optioneel in combinatie met conclusie 8.The system of claim 10, wherein the lighting fixture (20) comprises a lighting fixture head (21a, 21b, 21c) having a predetermined area (22); the mobile terminal detecting means comprising an accelerometer; and wherein the predetermined surface (22) is adapted to receive the mobile terminal (10) when the control means performs the steps of the method of claim 7, optionally in combination with claim 8. 12. Het systeem volgens conclusie 10 of 11, waarbij de mobiele terminal (10) een uitvoermiddel omvat; en waarbij het controlemiddel verder is ingericht om het uitvoermiddel te controleren zodanig dat het controleren van de stappen van de werkwijze volgens één der conclusies 1-9 voor tenminste een deel gebruik maakt van informatie welke door het uitvoermiddel is uitgestuurd.The system of claim 10 or 11, wherein the mobile terminal (10) comprises an output means; and wherein the control means is further arranged to control the output means such that controlling the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1-9 uses at least a portion of information output from the output means. 13. Het systeem volgens één der conclusies 10-12, waarbij de mobiele terminal (10) een invoermiddel omvat; en waarbij het controlemiddel verder is ingericht om het invoermiddel te controleren zodanig dat het controleren van de stappen van de werkwijze volgens één der conclusies 1-9 voor tenminste een deel gebruik maakt van een commando welke door het invoermiddel is ingevoerd.The system of any one of claims 10-12, wherein the mobile terminal (10) comprises an input means; and wherein the checking means is further arranged to check the input means such that controlling the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1-9 uses at least part of a command entered by the input means. 14. Het systeem volgens één der conclusies 19-13, waarbij de mobiele terminal (10) verder een scherm (11) omvat; en waarbij het controlemiddel verder is ingericht om het scherm te controleren om informatie weer te geven over het controleren welke door het controlemiddel is uitgevoerd.The system of any of claims 19-13, wherein the mobile terminal (10) further comprises a display (11); and wherein the checking means is further arranged to check the screen to display information about the checking performed by the checking means. 15. Het systeem volgens de voorgaande conclusie, waarbij het controlemiddel is ingericht om een geografische map (14) weer te geven welke de verlichtingsarmatuur aangeeft voor welke het checken van de verlichtingsarmatuurstatus nodig is, vóór het uitvoeren van de stap van het verkrijgen van het kenteken.The system of the preceding claim, wherein the checking means is arranged to display a geographic map (14) indicating the lighting fixture that requires checking the lighting fixture status before performing the step of obtaining the identification number . 16. Het system volgens conclusie 14 of 15, waarbij het controlemiddel is ingericht om een overzicht weer te geven (15) van de waarde van de te verwerven verlichtingsarmatuurstatus en het geassocieerde kenteken van de verlichtingsarmatuur, vóór het uitvoeren van de stap van het verkrijgen van het kenteken.The system of claim 14 or 15, wherein the checking means is arranged to display (15) a summary of the value of the lighting fixture status to be acquired and the associated identifier of the lighting fixture, before performing the step of obtaining the license plate. 17. Het systeem volgens conclusie 10-16, waarbij het detectiemiddel van de mobiele terminal ten minste één van het volgende bevat: een accelerometer, een beeldopnamemiddel (16), een tichtdetectiemiddel, een geluidopnamemiddel (13), een geo-lokalisatiemiddel, een temperatuurdetectiemiddel, een antenne.The system according to claim 10-16, wherein the mobile terminal detecting means comprises at least one of the following: an accelerometer, an image recording means (16), a light detecting means, a sound recording means (13), a geolocation means, a temperature detecting means , an antenna. 18. Een werkwijze voor het instaleren van een verlichtingsarmatuur (20) gebruik makend van een mobiele terminal (10) in een nabijheid van de verlichtingsarmatuur, waarbij de werkwijze omvat: - het monteren van een verlichtingsarmatuurkop (21a, 21b, 21c) van de verlichtingsarmatuur; - het uitvoeren van de stappen van de werkwijze volgens één der conclusies 1-9, gebruik makend van de mobiele terminal (10); - het optioneel, uitvoeren van de nodige correctie verkregen in de stappen van de werkwijze van conclusie 6.A method of installing a lighting fixture (20) using a mobile terminal (10) in a vicinity of the lighting fixture, the method comprising: - mounting a lighting fixture head (21a, 21b, 21c) of the lighting fixture ; - performing the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1-9, using the mobile terminal (10); - optionally, performing the necessary correction obtained in the steps of the method of claim 6.
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