Flood location and notification via intelligent lighting

摘要

A method (300) for detecting a hazardous environmental condition in a lighting environment (100) provides a lighting network (200) having a plurality of lighting units (10) each comprising a light source (12) (310). ) Wherein at least some lighting units of the plurality of lighting units include a range sensor (32), obtaining range information by the range sensor (330); Determining, at least in part, a depth of precipitation or accumulation in the first lighting unit (360), and determining a hazardous environmental condition in the first lighting unit based on the determined depth. Step (370). FIG.