Claims:We claim
1. A Remote health test and monitoring system (100) for plurality of communication enabled lighting devices (200), having an external power input (202), power converter (204), a power switch (206), a LED driver (208), a LED luminaire (210), a battery charger (212), a battery (214), and a local indicator (220), wherein the improvement comprising:
a control unit (216) with built in wireless transceiver that runs a set of instructions, stores the set of instructions and a data set, and electrically and communicatively connected to the external power input (202), the power converter (204), the power switch (206), the LED driver (208), the LED luminaire (210), the battery charger (212), the battery (214), and the local indicator (220);
a mobile device (102) wirelessly paired to one of the pluralities of control units (216) of the lighting device (200) in the communication range;
a mobile application with user interface installed in the mobile device (102), communicates with the control unit (216) with an authenticated communication method and configured to perform the health test and monitoring tasks.

2. The control unit as claimed in claim 1, communicates with the mobile device by wireless communication technologies comprising, Bluetooth low energy, Zigbee, LoRa, NFC, WiFi.

3. The control unit as claimed in claim 1, executes health monitoring tests, as programmed in the set of instructions, communicates the test results and the anomalies if any to the mobile device and cloud computing.

4. The data set as claimed in claim 1, further comprises identification data, authentication data, calibration data, performance parameters threshold data, health test reports and monitoring reports of the lighting device (200).

5. The mobile device as claimed in claim 1, includes but not limited to mobile phone, tablet, laptop, digital watch or any other device with wireless communication capability to communicate with control device, internet capability to communicate with cloud computing and run the mobile application.

6. A Remote health test and monitoring system 100 for plurality of communication enabled lighting devices (200), having an external power input (202), power converter (204), a power switch (206), a LED driver (208), a LED luminaire (210), a battery charger (212), a battery (214), and a local indicator (220), wherein the improvement comprising:
a control unit 216 with built in wireless transceiver that runs a set of instructions, stores the set of instructions and a data set, and electrically and communicatively connected to the external power input (202), the power converter (204), the power switch (206), the LED driver (208), the LED luminaire (210), the battery charger (212), the battery (214), and the local indicator (220);
a mobile device (102) wirelessly paired to one of the pluralities of control units (216) of the lighting device (200) in the communication range;
a mobile application with user interface installed in the mobile device (102), communicates with the control unit (216) with authenticated communication method and configured to perform the health test and monitoring tasks.
a cloud computing (104) communicatively connected to the mobile device (102) by an authenticated communication mode;
a remote device (106) with user interface to access and operate the cloud computing (104); and
a remote application installed in the cloud computing (104) is configured
to communicate with mobile device (102) by cloud communication protocol, receive the data set from the mobile device (102), store the data set and allow to access, review and management of the data set by the remote device (106) user interface.
7. A remote health test and monitoring system 110 for plurality of communication enabled lighting devices (200), having an external power input (202),a power converter (204), a power switch (206), a LED driver 208, a LED luminaire 210, a battery charger (212), a battery (214), and a local indicator (220), wherein the improvement comprising:
a control unit (216) with built in wireless transceiver that runs a set of instructions, stores the set of instructions and a data set, and electrically and communicatively connected to the external power input (202), the power converter (204), the power switch (206), the LED driver (208), the LED luminaire (210), the battery charger (212), the battery (214), and the local indicator (220);
a mobile device (112) wirelessly paired to one of the pluralities of control units (216) of the lighting device (200) in the communication range;
a mobile application with user interface installed in the mobile device (112), communicates with the control unit (216) with authenticated communication method;
a cloud computing (114) communicatively connected to the mobile device (112) by an authenticated communication mode;
a remote device (116) with user interface to access and operate the cloud computing (114); and
a remote application installed in the cloud computing (114) communicates with the control unit (216) with authenticated communication method and configured to perform the health test and monitoring tasks;
wherein the control unit (216) and cloud computing (114) are configured to communicate to each other, (a) by cloud communication protocol, between cloud computing (114) and Mobile device (112), (b) by wireless technology between mobile device (112) and control unit (216), using mobile device (112) as gateway, to establish direct connection between cloud computing (114) and control unit (216) to perform the health test and monitoring tasks from the user interface of remote device (116) and remote application at the cloud computing (114).

8. The control unit as claimed in claim 1, further upon request from the mobile device, runs the set of instruction to perform health test and monitoring of the lighting device, analyses the test results, stores and transmits the said test data set to the mobile device.

9. The control unit as claimed in claim 7, further upon request from the cloud computing runs the set of instruction to perform health test and monitoring of lighting device, analyses the test results, stores and transmits the said test data set to the cloud computing.

10. A method (300) of remote health test and monitoring of pluralities of communication enabled lighting devices (200) from mobile device (102, 112) comprising steps of;
opening of the mobile application (step 302) in the mobile device (102, 112);
activating the mobile application with user interface by secured authentication process (step 304);
selecting of the operation mode (Step 306) to application mode (step 312) to run the remote health test and monitoring options of the lighting device from mobile device (102) or,
selecting the operation mode (step 306) to gate gateway mode (322) to establish the direct communication between control unit (216) and cloud computing (114)) to run the remote heath test and monitoring options of the lighting device from remote device (116) and cloud computing (114).

11. A method (400) of remote health test and monitoring of pluralities of communication enabled lighting devices (200) from cloud computing (114) in conjunction with remote device (116) comprising steps of;
opening (step 402) the remote application from the remote device (116) and cloud computing (114);
activating the remote application with user interface by secured authentication process (404);
selecting the operation mode (step 406) to application mode (step 412) to run the remote heath test and monitoring options from the cloud computing (114) and remote device (116); or
selecting the operation mode (step 406) to the data mode (422) to receive the data set from mobile device (102)

12. The application mode (steps 312 or 412) and data mode (step 422) as claimed in claims 9 and 10 , further comprising steps (502) of detecting the control unit (216) of pluralities of lighting devices (200) within the wireless range of the mobile device (102 or 112), thereby establishing the wireless communication between the mobile device and the pluralities of lighting devices;
selecting and pairing (step 504) with one control unit of the pluralities of lighting devices;
selecting the tasks (step 506) to perform from the of the pluralities of health test and monitoring task options such as;
option 1 (step 512) to install and configure the paired lighting device; or
option 2 (step 542) to execute the health test of the paired lighting device; or
option 3 (step 552) to execute the live health monitoring of the paired lighting device; or
option 4 (step 562) to fetch the data set or reports from the paired lighting device at user interface of mobile device (102 or 112) or at remote device (106 or 116).

13. The installation and configuration option 1 (step 512) as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:
selecting the option (step 514) to read the existing data from the control unit (steps 516);
configuring the read data (step 518) from the control unit in the application or;
receiving the new configuration data (step 522) through user interface; configuring (step 524) the paired lighting device (200), the mobile and remote application with new device configuration data, to tag the data set of the paired lighting device saved in cloud computing (104 or 114), mobile device (102,112) and control unit (216); and
uploading (step 570) the configuration data to cloud computing for future use.

14. The health test option 2 (step 542) as claimed in claim 12, further comprising: selecting the plurality of test durations from the options available;
sending the request to control unit (216) of the paired lighting device (200), executing the health test sequence (544) by the control unit;
generating the test data or reports (546) by the control unit;
saving the test date at control unit, sharing the test data to mobile device and cloud computing (steps 548 & 570) for further, access review and management.

15. The health monitoring option 3 (step 552) as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:
sending the request to control unit (216) of the paired lighting device (200); executing the monitoring sequence (step 554) by control unit;
generating the real time health monitoring data (556) by control unit;
comparing the live monitoring data with threshold performance values; displaying the deviations at the user interface, sharing the monitoring data to mobile device and cloud computing (steps 558, 570) for further, access, review and management.

16. The data request option 4 (step 562) as claimed in claim 12, further comprising: sending the request to control unit (216) of the paired lighting device (200);
responding with the list of data or reports available (step 564) by the control unit;
choosing the required data (step 566) by the user;
fetching the chosen date (step 568) from the control unit;
uploading fetched data to (step (570) at mobile device and cloud computing for further, access, review and management.

Dated this 30th Day of May 2019

For SUNLUX TECHNOVATIONS PVT LTD.,

~digitally signed~
Basavarajappa NT
IN/PA-2509
Agent for the applicant
, Description:FORM 2
THE PATENT ACT 1970
(39 of 1970)
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The Patents Rules, 2003
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
(See Section 10 and rule 13)

TITLE OF THE INVENTION

Remote health test and monitoring system and methods for lighting devices

APPLICANT
Sunlux Technovations Private Limited
No 174, 19th Main Road, 4th Sector,
HSR Layout, Bangalore - 560102 Karnataka, India.

NATIONALITY
INDIAN

The following specification particularly describes and ascertains the nature of this invention and the manner in which it is to be performed:

Remote health test and monitoring system and methods for lighting devices

Field of the Invention
[1] This invention relates to remote health test and monitoring system and methods for lighting device, in particular for emergency lighting and signage lighting systems.

Background of the invention
[2] Emergency lights, signage lights or standby lights are important and effective life saving measures, installed in buildings, to guide the people when there is a need to escape quickly during emergencies. Emergency lighting and signage lighting systems are being a lifesaving equipment’s, the Governments across the world have been clearly established the requirements by various laws and regulations. These have been amended and updated on continuous basis, to meet the changing requirements, advancement in science and technology and utilization conditions. Accordingly, the standards have been set by national and international standard setting organizations to complaint with the legal requirements. These standards provide the specific guidelines to be followed by product developers, manufacturers, architects, consultants, builders, licensing and certifying authorities, and building management departments. The guidelines determine specific locations, minimum illumination levels, installation, maintenance, health testing and monitoring, management requirements, and product quality. All the stake holders are required to be aware of their respective roles, responsibilities and obligations relating to emergency lighting system and to be strictly complied.
[3] The building owners or the occupants are bound to be in complaint with the government regulations, established standards and processes, must install emergency lights and signage lights at all the points properly, at defined and identified escape routes. Also ensure that these lights are maintained and monitored in accordance with the safety norms, relevant standards and manufacturer instructions. So, to guarantee the working of an emergency light and signage light system with alternate power source in case of failure of the main power supply, facilitating quick and safe escape of personnel from the building, in an emergency. It is an assurance for the safety of the life of the occupied people, as well as property in the building.
[4] Various standards and manufacturer instructions describes the methods to conduct automatic health test and performance monitoring activities of all emergency lighting systems installed, to ensure the continued and satisfactory operation of emergency lights, post installation and commissioning.
[5] Standard functionality tests are to be performed at regular intervals. These tests may include simple ON-OFF tests to full functionality tests for specified duration, or more complex tests that determine capability of the system to perform, according to some or all its full performance specification. These tests are conducted manually by the maintenance staff or automatically by the centralized computer by triggering the test command to all the lighting units through elaborate networked system. The manual test is a tedious process, require highly skilled manpower, access to lighting systems which are usually mounted at height, not accessible without an additional platform or a ladder. Working at height, observing the functionality of the units, recording the functional values is time consuming, subjected to human errors and high risk for the personnel. As such emergency lights are installed in critical locations and pathways, long duration tests disturb the normal works of the employees in office buildings and may cause inconvenience to customers in commercial complexes. Sometimes these activities need to be carried out during nonworking hours, by paying increased wages, deprived rest/holidays to the maintenance personnel. The manual process always contributes too human errors as well as missed schedule and labor intensive.
[6] The other method available in the prior art are the fully automated systems, with all the lighting units having communication capability, connected to central servers/computers through elaborate wireless or wired network, requiring huge initial investment in infrastructure and continued high operation and maintenance cost for the network, computer systems and related accessories. Being a lifesaving measures, need to build redundant network and centralizing computer system, adding additional cost.
[7] There are other semi-automatic systems available for testing of the emergency lights, with handheld Infra-Red or IR communicable device, which does not need the elaborate network system with centralized computer, and no need to access the button to at the light to initiate the test. The IR handheld devices are capable of initiating the tests, display, download the test results and reports to computers for further analysis and storage. The main disadvantages of the IR devices are, they are special devices for the purpose, add additional cost, to be carried along with the person for testing, and are not internet compatible.
[8] Clearly there exists a need for an improved health test and monitoring system and method for emergency lighting system which, do not need to physically access the lighting devices for manual procedure or need any special devices designed and manufactured for the specific purpose or need a costly network and computer infrastructure for centralized automatic procedure.

Objects of the invention:
[9] Emergency light or signage lighting systems, being classified as lifesaving equipment’s, illuminates walkways, or exit, or evacuation paths. These lighting systems should work, flawlessly, to evacuate people from the building during emergencies. These equipment’s are to be kept with regular health testing and monitoring for their healthiness and ensured that, they are available during emergencies. It is very critical to carry out the health test and functionality parameters monitoring of these equipment’s periodically, in compliant with standards and regulatory requirements. These activities should not be an undue burden, like huge capital investment, operation, maintenance and service costs, safety of the operation and of maintenance personnel. And, it should be easy to acquire and follow the processes and use, at convenience.
[10] The principal object of the present invention is to disclose remote health test and monitoring system and method for emergency lighting or signage devices having bidirectional wireless communication capability, with built in capability to execute self-testing processes, and live health monitoring options and facilitates to check the functional conditions of various parts and a system as a whole, generate performance values and test reports, on an instruction from hand held device mobile device or from cloud computing from anywhere in the world through the mobile device with unique software applications.
[11] Another object of invention is to compare the live health monitoring parameters with the threshold performance values, indicate the deviation if any, to enable to take necessary corrective actions.
[12] Another object of invention is to disclose the mobile device, which has the communication capability, to communicate with lighting devices through wireless communication medium and capability to communicate with cloud computing and any other computing devices with wire or wireless communication mode.
[13] A further object of the invention is to disclose the method to carry out the health test and live health monitoring of the emergency lighting devices using mobile device, which are connected to lighting devices by an authenticated wireless communication mode.
[14] A further object of the invention is to disclose the method to carry out the health test and monitoring of the emergency lighting devices using a remote device, in conjunction with cloud computing and using mobile device as a gateway to connect to the lighting devices, which are connected to lighting devices by an authenticated wireless communication mode there by establishing a direct communication with lighting device from anywhere in the world and perform all the activities, that are possible from the mobile device.
[15] A further object of the invention is to disclose the method to generate and store the reports locally in the mobile device, and at cloud computing or internet storage place, and capability to access, review and management of the same at convenience.
[16] A further object of the invention is to disclose the method to establish connectivity to lighting device by mobile device or through cloud computing/remote device only by an authenticated communication system.
Summary of the invention
[17] The present invention provides a remote health test and monitoring system and method for lighting devices. The lighting device is provided with a control unit, integrated with control logic unit, memory storage unit and wireless transceiver. The memory stores the set of instructions and data sets related to lighting devices.
[18] In another embodiment of the present invention, a mobile device with internet capabilities disclosed, which is wirelessly connected with control units of pluralities lighting devices.
[19] In an another embodiment an application software with user interface is provided in the mobile device, which is configured to detect the control units in the wireless signal proximity, establish a authenticated communication with control unit, to install, configure, conduct health test and real time health monitoring tasks, and fetch resultant reports from the control unit. Further the mobile application stores the health test and monitoring reports locally, display at user interface screen, and uploads to cloud computing or any other devices for further access, analysis and management of the reports from remote locations.
[20] In an another embodiment an application software with user interface is provided in the remote device and cloud computing, which is configured to establish a authenticated communication with control unit, via mobile device, having mobile device acting as a gateway, to install, configure, conduct health test and real time health monitoring tasks, and fetch resultant reports from the control unit. Further the remote application stores the health test and monitoring reports locally, display at user interface screen, downloads to cloud computing or any other devices for further access, analysis and management of the reports from remote locations.
[21] In another embodiment, lighting device perform periodic self-tests, stores the reports locally in the memory of the control unit, and made these reports available to mobile or remote devices to download to cloud computing or any other devices for further access, analysis and management of the reports from remote locations.
[22] Other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description, appended claims taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
[23] These aspects, features, and advantages of the present invention will be better understood, when the following detailed description is read with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Brief description of the drawings
[24] Figure. 1 illustrates the overview of the remote health test and live health monitoring system by mobile device for pluralities of lighting devices.
[25] Figure. 1A illustrates the overview of the remote health test and live health monitoring system by remote device for pluralities of lighting devices.
[26] Figure. 2 illustrates the block diagram of lighting device with control unit integrated with wireless transceivers.
[27] Figure. 3 illustrates the method of activating the application with authentication and selection of different operations modes at mobile device.
[28] Figure. 4 illustrates the method of activating the application with authentication and selection of different operations modes at remote device and cloud computing.
[29] Figure. 5 illustrates the methods of health test, monitoring and related activities of the pluralities of lighting devices.
[30] While the invention is described in conjunction with the preferred embodiments given as a way of mere examples. It is to be understood that they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention to such embodiments. On the contrary, it is intended to cover all possible alternatives, modifications, and/or technical equivalents, with the present invention could be used and may be useful as apparent to a person skilled in the art.
Detailed description:
[31] It shall be observed that systems, components and methods described in accordance with exemplary embodiments have been represented by known symbols in the figures, showing only specific details that are relevant for an understanding of the present disclosure. Further, details that are readily apparent to those skilled in the art may not have been disclosed.
[32] It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The presently disclosed embodiments are therefore considered in all respects to be illustrative and not restricted. The scope of the invention is indicated by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description and all changes that come within the meaning and range and equivalence thereof are intended to be embraced therein.
[33] In one embodiment of the present invention, wireless health test and live health monitoring system 100 is disclosed. The system comprises of plurality of emergency lighting devices 200, a mobile device 102, a cloud computing or internet storage 104 in conjunction with remote device 106 as illustrated in figure 1. The emergency lighting or signage lighting device 200 is further comprises control unit 216 with built in wireless communication capability and configured to communicate with mobile device 102 through wireless communication medium. The control unit is configured to conduct periodic self- health tests, remote health test and live health monitoring of the lighting device 200, generate the test reports, communicate the same with mobile device upon on request from the mobile device. The mobile device with user interface, communicates with control unit, facilitates the user to initiate the health test and monitoring sequences and fetch the test reports from the control unit. Further, the mobile device is provided with internet capability, upload the, test reports and health monitoring data to cloud computing or internet storage 104. If there is no internet connectivity the data follows the store and forward philosophy of data flow. The test reports generated, and device related data is also stored at control unit 216. The reports and data stored at cloud computing or internet storage is available to access anywhere in the world, through remote device with user interface application installed. In one of the embodiments, the mobile device with application software and user interface function is configured to communicate with pluralities of lighting devices 200 in wireless communication mode. The mobile device 102 further configured to initiate the heat test and monitoring tasks only one lighting device at a time among the plurality of lighting devices within the wireless communication range. The communication between the lighting device and mobile device is established through user defined authentication process with unique, customer selected login name and password.
[34] In one embodiment of the invention, the wireless communication medium between the control unit and the mobile device includes the Bluetooth low energy, ZigBee, LoRa, WiFi technology or any other Near Field Communication (NFC) technologies.
[35] In another embodiment, the mobile device may be a smart phone, laptop, notepad or any other computing device with internet and Bluetooth communication capability.
[36] Further the Cloud computing 104, in conjunction with remote device 106, communicatively coupled remote device, fetches real time or delayed health test and monitoring reports of the lighting device from mobile device or from control unit as the case may be, save the same and display for the users to review. In another embodiment, the remote device 106 may be a smart phone, laptop, notepad or a built-in screen or a computer monitor communicatively connected to cloud computing to facilitate the user interface with cloud computing.
[37] In one embodiment of the present invention, as illustrated in figure 1A, remote health test and live health monitoring system 110 is disclosed. The system comprises of plurality of emergency lighting devices 200, a mobile device 112, a cloud computing or internet storage 114 and a remote device 116. The emergency lighting or signage lighting device 200 is further comprises control unit 216 with built in wireless communication capability and configured to communicate with mobile device 112 through wireless communication medium. The control unit is configured to conduct periodic self- health tests, remote health test and live health monitoring of the lighting device 200, generate the test reports, communicate the same with cloud computing 114 device upon on request from the cloud computing. Further the mobile unit 112 acts as gateway to connect cloud computing 114 and control unit 216. Further the mobile device 112 communicates with the cloud computing through internet connectivity, by any cloud communication protocol mode. The cloud computing 114, with user interface of remote device 116, communicates with control unit 216, with mobile device acting as a gateway, facilitates the user to initiate the health test, monitoring sequences and fetch the test reports and the device data from the control unit, just similar to all the activities described above with mobile device with user interface. The reports and data stored at cloud computing or internet storage is available to access anywhere in the world, through remote device 116 functioning as user interface with remote application installed. The cloud computing in conjunction with remote device with application software and user interface function is configured to communicate with lighting device 200 using mobile device working in a gateway mode. The mobile device 102 communicates with only one lighting device at a time among the plurality of lighting devices within the wireless communication range. The communication between the lighting device and cloud computing is established through user defined authentication process with unique, customer selected login name and password.
[38] Figure 2 illustrates an embodiment of an emergency lighting or signage lighting device 200. The lighting device 200 comprises an external power input 202, a power conversion unit 204, an energy storage device or a battery 214, a battery charger circuit 212, power switch 206, LED luminaire 210, LED driver circuit 208, a control unit with built in wireless transceiver 216 and local indicator 220. The external power input may be either alternate current (AC) or Direct current (DC) power supply the power to the lighting device. The power conversion unit electrically connected to external power input converts incoming power to a DC power of required voltage. The battery charger circuit, receives the power from the power converter, charges the energy storage device or the battery when there is an external power input available. The energy stored in the battery is delivered to LED luminaire, when there is no external power available. The power supply to LED luminaire is controlled by LED driver circuit. Further an electrically operated, Power switch 206 is provided to select the input power to LED driver, among the external power input and energy storage device. The Power switch is operated by control unit 216. Normally the power to LED luminaire is supplied from the external power input, when it is not available, the control unit operates the Power switch to supply power from battery.
[39] Further the lighting device is provided tri color LED local indicator 220, operated by the control unit 216. The indications of the local indicator 220 are programmable with different combinations of color and blinking frequency of the LED do differentiate multiple indications. The indications include but not limited to conditions and performance parameters of all the functional systems and components of the test and monitoring system, like operating status, healthiness, internal errors, communication modes, etc.,
[40] Further control unit comprises an inbuilt wireless transceiver, a control logic unit and a memory storage. The control unit is communicatively connected to external input power, power converter, battery charger, battery, power switch, LED driver, LED luminaire, and local Indicator. The control unit further senses the various health testing and monitoring parameters such as voltage, current, temperature of the connected devices. Records these parameters as reports with date and time stamp as per the scheduled routine self-test tasks or as requested from the mobile device (102, 112) or cloud computing (104, 114) in conjunction with remote device (106,116). Further these reports are stored internally and made available for the remote device and cloud computing to access and download with authenticated communication.
[41] In one of the embodiments of the present invention, the control unit is configured to store in its memory a set of instructions or application software, to perform predefined tasks. Also, the memory storage is further configured to store data sets or data. The data set comprise lighting device identification data such as unit serial number, location details, user login name and passwords, organization details, technical specification, internal and communication error reports, the lighting performance threshold values, reports generated by periodic self-tests, test and monitoring reports initiated from mobile and cloud computing as described earlier. Further the control unit is also configured to fetch and store the real time functional parameters values of the lighting device on request from Mobile or cloud computing devices. The functional parameter values of different components and subsystems of lighting device such as current, voltage, temperature values, of external power input, battery charger, battery and LED luminaires. The reports are stored against time and date stamp with inbuilt real time clock. The control unit is further configured to communicate with the mobile device and cloud computing to perform the tasks comprising, to receive and install and configure device related data of the lighting device, receive instructions and interpret and execute related sequences, generate reports, send the report to mobile device and cloud computing.
[42] In another embodiment of the disclosed invention, the mobile device is provided with an application software, with user interface and configured to communicate with lighting device with wireless communication technology and with other computing device and cloud computing with internet connection. Further configured to function as a gateway to direct access of the control unit of lighting device by cloud computing. The mobile unit further configured to receive and store lighting device data set, provide access to user through user interface.
[43] In another embodiment of the disclosed invention, the cloud computing in conjunction with remote device is provided with an application software, with user interface and configured to communicate with mobile device through internet, in any cloud communication protocol mode and with lighting device with mobile device functioning as gateway between lighting device and cloud computing. Further the cloud computing is configured to receive and store lighting device data set, provide access to user through remote device user interface.
[44] In another embodiment of the present invention, the method of performing health test and monitoring method is disclosed. Further as per of the embodiments, test and monitoring activities can be carried out with mobile device using mobile software application as illustrated in figure 1. Further the test data or reports are stored at control unit, mobile device and uploaded to cloud computing. In another embodiment, test and monitoring activities can be carried out with remote device in conjunction with cloud computing, using remote software application from anywhere in the world as illustrated in figure 1A. Further the test data is stored at the control unit and the cloud computing. The detailed methods for the both the embodiments are described in the following descriptions.
[45] The method involves the downloading and installing of the respective software applications in the mobile device and the cloud computing or cloud platform. The software applications are available to down from the internet. Further, activating applications by providing user specific unique username and password. Application installation and configuration of user credentials is a one-time activity for a particular mobile device or cloudcomputing. During subsequent use, user can login, with user name and password as provided at the time of installation, any wrong input of credentials, will take the user back to re-enter the credentials again, till application receives the correct pre-registered user name and password or locks the application after certain, predetermined wrong attempts.
[46] As illustrated in the flow chart of figure 3, the method 300 provides steps involved in initiating the mobile software application with user interface installed in the mobile device (102 or 112). Step 302 involves the opening of the application on mobile device, further steps 304, comprises the authentication process with login name or username and password previously stored in the mobile application. On authentication of the user, steps 306 provides the option to select the mode of operation of the mobile application either in application mode, (step 312) or the gateway mode (step 322). The application mode step 312, further leads to method 500 as illustrated in figure 5. Further in gateway mode (step 322), the mobile application configures the mobile device to function as gateway, ready to establish or establishes the direct connection to cloud computing by cloud communication protocol depending on the readiness of the cloud computing.
[47] In another embodiment, as illustrated in the flow chart of figure 4, the method 400 provides steps involved in initiating the remote software application installed in the cloud computing (104 or 114). Step 402 involves the opening the application at remote device (106 or 116) with user interface in conjunction with cloud computing. Further steps 404, comprises the authentication process with login name or username and password previously stored in the remote application. On authentication of the user, steps 406 provides the options to select the mode of operation of the remote application either in application mode, (step 412) or the data mode (step 422).
[48] Further to selection of application mode (step 412), establishes or ready to establish the connection between cloud computing and mobile device by cloud communication protocol (step 414) through internet connectivity. On the other hand, selection of data mode (step 422), establishes or ready to establish the connection between cloud computing and mobile device by cloud communication protocol (step 424) through internet connectivity.
[49] Further step 324 in gateway mode (step 322) of method 300, from mobile device and step 414 in application mode (step 412) of method 400, from remote device facilities remote testing and monitoring of the lighting device by cloud computing similar function (step 312) from the mobile device. Selection of either of the operation modes (steps 412 or 422) of method 400 further leads to method 500 as illustrated in figure 5.
[50] Further as illustrated in the flow chart of figure. 5, method 500 provides options to perform various tasks either from remote device or from cous computing. Further to selection applications mode option (steps 312 412) and Data mode (step 422) leads to step 502, scanning the available pluralities of lighting device 200 within the wireless range of remote device (102 or 112), and displays at the user interface, to select and pair (step 504) with any one control unit 216 of the lighting device 200. Further to pairing with one of the control unit 216, the application provides the list of tasks (step 506) which can be performed. The list of the available optional task comprises, installation and configuration task (step 512), health test (step 542), live heath monitoring (Step 552) and data request (step 562) tasks for the paired lighting device.
[51] The installation and configuration task (step 512) of method 500 comprise an option (step 516) to read the factory stored configuration data and device performance threshold values from the control unit 216 of the lighting device 200. Further, data read from the control unit (step 516) is stored and configured (step 518) against the paired device the application software. Alternatively, the option to feed or input (step 522) new device identification data and device performance threshold values by the user. The applications receive the new data (step 524, stores and configures application in mobile device or cloud computing and in the paired control unit 216 of the lighting device 200. This concludes the installation and configuration method of the lighting device 200 and the mobile device or cloud computing of the remote health test and health monitoring system.
[52] The health test task (step 542) of the method 500, provide the option select at least one test from the plurality of the time durations tests to run the self diagnostic test of the paired light device 200. Selection of the test time duration send the instructions to control unit 216 to execute the requested test sequence, the control unit execute the corresponding test sequence in the lighting device, on completion of the test, generates the test data or report (step 546), stores the reports locally and communicate it to mobile device or cloud computing, as the case may for further display at the user interface and stores the data at mobile device and upload to cloud computing. The time duration test options in the health test tasks may include, 30-minute test, 60-minute test, 90-minute test or may be as defined in the instructions set stored in the control unit.
[53] In another embodiment of the method 500, on selection of health monitoring (step 552) task, the control unit receive the request from the application, executes the corresponding monitoring sequences (step 554), simultaneously generate (step 556) and transmits the real time performance parameter values. Also compares the real time values with the threshold performance values stored in the control unit and share the deviations if any to mobile device or cloud computing, to display at user interface and generate the final test reports, on completion of the test sequence. Further, at step 558, the monitoring values are displayed at the user interface as transmitted by the paired control unit 216 of the lighting device 200. Further the control unit, mobile device or the cloud computing stores reports for future access. The reports stored at mobile device are uploaded (step 570) to the cloud computing for further access.
[54] In another embodiment of the method 500, data request (step 562) task, comprises application at mobile device or at cloud computing to request data set from the control unit 216. On request for data, the control unit is configured to display all the available data set stored at the user interface (step 564). Further step 566 allows the user to choose the data displayed of interest. Step 568 fetches chosen data from the control unit and stores at mobile device or cloud computing.
[55] Further step 570 comprises, the mobile device and control unit uploading or pushing data set or the reports to the cloud storage or internet storage on real time basis. In case of absence of internet connectivity during the test period, the data follows the store and forward philosophy of data flow.
[56] In another embodiment of the invention disclosed, the date and reports uploaded by the mobile device or the control unit to cloud computing or internet storage of the remote heath test and monitoring system (100 or 110) is available for remote access at any time anywhere in the world to monitor, assess, review and management of the reports of the pluralities the lighting devices 200.
[57] In another embodiment of the invention, the control unit 216 is configured to perform the periodic self-tests on its own. Further the reports generated by the periodic self-test by the control unit are accessible to fetch from the mobile or remote applications by execution data request steps 562 to 570 of method 500, further, to selecting option 422 of method 400.
[58] In another embodiment of the invention, the control unit 216 is configured to perform and complete the health test (steps 542-546) and health monitoring tasks (552-556) once the request is initiated from the application and received by control unit, irrespective of continuity of the communication with mobile or cloud computing thereafter. Further the control units store these test data or reports, and these reports are accessible to mobile or remote applications by execution of data request steps 562 to 570 of method 500 further, to selecting option 422 of method 400.
[59] In another embodiment of the present invention, after sending request to first control unit 216 of the of the pluralities of lighting devices 200, to perform health test step 542 or health monitoring step 552, the application may initiate to pair with second control unit 216 of the pluralities of the lighting devices 200, as soon as the application pairs with the second control unit, the first control unit disconnects from the application, but the test sequence execution continues by the first control unit and the reports available on completion to access and fetch as described in one of the above embodiments.
[60] It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The presently disclosed embodiments are therefore considered in all respects to be illustrative and not restricted. The scope of the invention is indicated by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description and all changes that come within the meaning and range and equivalence thereof are intended to be embraced therein.