ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CHANGING OPERATIONAL SETTINGS USING OPTICALLY-DETECTED INFORMATION

An assembly includes a lighting fixture, an optical sensor (e.g., a camera), and control circuitry. The optical sensor is configured to optically detect information printed or displayed on an object located a distance away from the sensor. The information represents an operational setting for a component of the assembly. The control circuitry is configured to use the detected information to change the operational setting of the component of the assembly, wherein the component of the assembly is one or more of the optical sensor and the lighting fixture, and wherein the operational setting is one or more of an instruction to turn on or off, an aperture and/or f-stop value of the optical sensor, and a brightness of light to be generated by the lighting fixture. According to one exemplary embodiment, the assembly is a street light and the lighting fixture illuminates a field of view of the optical sensor.