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EP1831600B1
EP1831600B1 EP05818253.6A EP05818253A EP1831600B1 EP 1831600 B1 EP1831600 B1 EP 1831600B1 EP 05818253 A EP05818253 A EP 05818253A EP 1831600 B1 EP1831600 B1 EP 1831600B1
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Lars Mansner
Kari Taskula
Sven Kurin
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • F21V11/16—Screens not covered by groups F21V1/00, F21V3/00, F21V7/00 or F21V9/00 using sheets without apertures, e.g. fixed
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21W—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO USES OR APPLICATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS
    • F21W2111/00—Use or application of lighting devices or systems for signalling, marking or indicating, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00
    • F21W2111/04—Use or application of lighting devices or systems for signalling, marking or indicating, not provided for in codes F21W2102/00 – F21W2107/00 for waterways
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
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  • the present invention relates to a sector beacon for use in the control of waterborne traffic.
  • a sector beacon for use in the control of waterborne traffic.
  • US 2004/0057234 One known solution of a beacon is presented in US 2004/0057234 .
  • sector beacons based on incandescent light sources are used especially in the control of waterborne traffic.
  • Sector beacons based on incandescent lamps and other corresponding light sources involve the problem that, in addition to a high power requirement and a relatively short service life, currently used sector beacons based on incandescent lamps generally involve problems related to the mechanical arrangements of sector plates, which cannot be incorporated in the actual illuminator device if precision is required. Instead, they have to be arranged outside the illuminator device, and therefore in practice the entire beacon is mounted inside the beacon building. The installation and adjustment of sector glasses are precision mechanical tasks. The beacon building is also expensive to construct and maintain.
  • the ambiguity area should be as small as possible, so that the boundary between sectors at different distances from the sector beacon is precise even when seen from larger distances and determination of location etc. using sector beacons is thus safe and reliable.
  • the colored light sectors are formed by filtering from white light, using colored glass plates as filters.
  • the use of filters reduces the luminous intensity of red and green colors typically to as low a level as 25% as compared to the luminous intensity of white light.
  • Prior-art methods of using LED technology in sector beacons are based on an arrangement where a plurality of low-power LEDs are placed in a circle so that the optical axis of the LEDs is parallel to a horizontal plane.
  • the LEDs are usually mounted inside a drum lens, which allows the vertical angle of the light to be reduced.
  • the sectors are created by placing different colored LEDs on the same circle and mounting opaque partition plates between LED areas of different colors to form sector boundaries, the partition plates being oriented in the direction of the radius starting from the center of the sector beacon.
  • This method too, is subject to several limitations and problems. Already during manufacture it is necessary to mount different colored LEDs for each sector on a circuit board, so there is no possibility of adjustment in the field.
  • partition plates have to be mounted both inside and outside the drum lens of the illuminator device, and the external partition plates as well as the structures supporting them have to be built individually for each sector beacon.
  • the minimum angle of an individual color sector is typically larger than 20° in order that a sufficient luminous efficiency and a sufficient uniformity of luminous efficiency are achieved in the area of the color sector in question.
  • the inaccuracy of the sector boundary is typically of the order of 1° or more, and in addition the luminous intensity of the color area typically falls as the sector boundary is approached.
  • the solution of the invention is intended to eliminate or reduce the problems of prior art, to create a sector beacon that has very exact sector boundaries and is simple and highly reliable in operation, especially designed for use in the control of waterborne traffic.
  • the sector beacon of the invention is based on high-power LEDs. It has one or more LEDs for each color.
  • the sector beacon is constructed vertically, each color being placed on a separate level. For each level (color), the number of sectors and their width are freely selectable, so that, using sector plates mounted around the LEDs, a desired width and position of the sector are obtained by moving the sector plates.
  • the number of sector plates is freely selectable.
  • the sector plates are readily movable, and therefore the sector plates can also be adjusted in the field even in difficult circumstances.
  • the high-power LED in the sector beacon typically having a power rating of 1W or more, is placed on a horizontal plane and directed straight upwards or downwards.
  • the LED is used in combination with an optical lens or reflector that deflects the light in the direction of the horizontal plane with a desired vertical distribution of light.
  • the light radiates in the horizontal plane symmetrically over a range of 360°.
  • the lens or reflector can also be used to control the vertical angle of opening of the light.
  • the lens or reflector is either discrete or integrated as part of the high-power LED.
  • the performance of the device is based on the shape of the light visible through the lens or via the reflector.
  • the light source i.e. the LED has a vertical narrow shape. The narrower the light source is, the more exact is the sector boundary.
  • An individual sector is created by using opaque sector plates placed around the light source, i.e. the LED.
  • sector plates are omitted.
  • the light of the light source is deflected uniformly to the whole horizontal plane (360°), and only in that sector where light is to be radiated out is an opening left in the sector plates for the light.
  • Each color on its respective level always radiates through 360° inside the illuminator device, but sector plates are used to define the directions where light is needed.
  • a guideline by IALA International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse authorities, Guideline to Sector Lights, published in 2004
  • IALA International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse authorities, Guideline to Sector Lights, published in 2004
  • sector ambiguity is a function of the width of the light source / illuminator device and the distance of the sector plate. If the light of the LED is seen as having a width of 1 mm and the sector plates are placed at a distance of 150mm, then the ambiguity angle is about 0.4°. By moving the sector plates farther away, the ambiguity angle can be reduced.
  • this calculation model it is clear that even a reasonably small distance allows sufficiently exact sector boundaries to be achieved, which is made possible by the integration of the plates in the mechanical structure of the illuminator device, i.e. sector beacon.
  • Beside other LEDs e.g. the high-power LED 'Luxeon I Side Emitter' manufactured by Lumileds and provided with optics for lateral deflection of the light, can even be used directly as a part in the solution of the invention.
  • the invention makes it possible to achieve a sector beacon that has very exact sector boundaries and is simple and highly reliable in operation and that is especially applicable for use in the control of waterborne traffic.
  • the sector beacon has at least one level for each color, and each level contains one or more vertically radiating and high-power LEDs 10 having a power of at least 1 W, the light of which is deflected by a lens or mirror so that at least the main part of it is directed horizontally, and each level is provided with at least one opaque black-out wall (1, 2), which serves to conceal part of the horizontal light so as to leave the desired sector or sectors, i.e. light openings (3, 4) free, through which the light is visible in the desired direction on each level.
  • each level contains one or more vertically radiating and high-power LEDs 10 having a power of at least 1 W, the light of which is deflected by a lens or mirror so that at least the main part of it is directed horizontally, and each level is provided with at least one opaque black-out wall (1, 2), which serves to conceal part of the horizontal light so as to leave the desired sector or sectors, i.e. light openings (3, 4) free, through which the light is visible in the desired direction on
  • the position and number of the black-out walls 1, 2 in the sector beacon are adjustable, allowing the width and direction of the light opening 3, 4 to be varied, and the minimum width of the light opening is about 1°.
  • the LED 10 whose radiation beam is symmetrical with respect to the optical axis, is so mounted in the sector beacon that its optical axis is vertically oriented, i.e. directed straight upwards or straight downwards.
  • the LED 10 is additionally mounted at the middle of the black-out walls and so that the distance of the LED from the black-out walls can vary according to the sector precision required, said distance being typically the same from each black-out wall.
  • the sector beacon it is possible to use additional optics in the area of the light openings 3, 4 located between the black-out walls 1, 2 to allow the width of the vertical light distribution of the light sector radiated through each light opening to be decreased or increased as necessary.
  • the LED 10 is so mounted in the sector beacon that its optical axis is vertically oriented, i.e. directed straight upwards or straight downwards.
  • the LED is mounted on a circuit board 5, and the circuit board is mounted on a cooling plate 12.
  • the circuit board is often made of aluminum or a ceramic material, but it is also possible to use a conventional glass-fiber circuit board.
  • the LEDs can also be mounted directly on the surface of the cooling plate 12.
  • an optical lens or conical mirror 11 Mounted separately on top of the light source radiating in a vertical main direction of the LED 10 or integrated with the LED is an optical lens or conical mirror 11, which deflects the light to a horizontal plane.
  • the light beam directed towards the observer has a width of "d". Depending on the optics, this width is typically below 2 mm. The narrower the light beam is, the better.
  • the sector beacon comprises three different levels, each of which is provided with black-out walls 6 and 6' with an opening 7, 8 and 9 between them, through which the light is visible. Different colors are visible through the openings at different levels, preferably so that white color is seen through the opening 8 at the middle, green color 7 through the opening on the right and red light through the opening 9 on the left. However, it is also possible to provide other colors besides green, red and white.
  • the openings are usually so arranged that they are in closely staggered positions, but they may also be so arranged that a certain distance exists between the openings, as illustrated in the figure. There may also be more than one opening for each level.
  • the volume of light radiated by each color level can be optically monitored, and if the light production on one color level is found to have fallen in relation to the other color levels, an automatic monitoring system can turn off the light emitting diodes on all levels or alternatively adjust the light production on the other color levels to a volume corresponding to the reduced light production on the deficient color level.
  • the number or width of the light openings on each level has no effect on the energy consumption of the sector beacon.
  • Each LED can also be monitored if necessary, and if a fault appears in one LED, then the automatic monitoring system will turn off the other LEDs.

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EP05818253.6A 2004-12-31 2005-12-05 Sector beacon Expired - Lifetime EP1831600B1 (en)

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PL05818253T PL1831600T3 (pl) 2004-12-31 2005-12-05 Sektorowa latarnia kierunkowa

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FI (1) FI117064B (pl)
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WO2006070050A1 (en) 2006-07-06
FI20041703A0 (fi) 2004-12-31
NO340886B1 (no) 2017-07-10
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ES2719222T3 (es) 2019-07-09
DK1831600T3 (en) 2019-04-23

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