41 |
Photovoltaic module with display indicator |
US18817 |
1998-02-04 |
US6107998A |
2000-08-22 |
David Kulik; Martin Charles; Morton Schiff |
A photovoltaic module capable of being oriented by hand with respect to the sun, including an infinitely adjustable stand system for locating the module at its optimum orientation with respect to the sun and a multi-volt controller for regulating the power flow between the module and one or more powered devices. |
42 |
Photovoltaic module with display indicator |
US990406 |
1997-12-15 |
US5847794A |
1998-12-08 |
David Kulik; Martin Charles; Morton Schiff; John Calhoun |
A photovoltaic module capable of being oriented by hand with respect to the sun including an electrically activated display device for generating a visual informational display which indicates at least the power generating effectiveness of the module for its instantaneous orientation with respect to the sun, and an array of photovoltaic cells for generating a first power output for a load and a second power output for activating the display device and a third power output signal for the display device indicating the power generating effectiveness of the module. |
43 |
Opto-electronic measuring receiver and method for controlling the
opto-electronic measuring receiver |
US827166 |
1986-02-07 |
US4693598A |
1987-09-15 |
Willibald Sehr |
The present invention relates to an opto-electronic measuring receiver for determining the relative position of the measuring receiver with respect to a radiation plane established by an optical transmitter. The measuring receiver comprises a plurality of opto-electronic receiving units for generating an output signal indicative of the impingement of the radiation plane on a respective receiving unit. Known opto-electronic measuring receivers having a great number of receiving units require a correspondingly extensive circuitry. For avoiding this disadvantage, the invention provides that each receiving unit is connected to a controlled commutator element, that there is provided a control circuit in connection with the commutator elements, that the first and second outputs of each commutator element are connected respectively to the first and second inputs of the control circuit, and that the control circuit includes memory means for storing an information relating to any one of the receiving units. |
44 |
System for controlling the direction of the momentum vector of a
geosynchronous satellite |
US118847 |
1980-02-05 |
US4325124A |
1982-04-13 |
Udo Renner |
A system for compensating the disturbance torques applied to a satellite, which eliminates the requirement for a thruster control loop. The disturbance torque itself is used as the compensating torque in order to super-impose to the incidental misalignment of the solar panel arrays an artificial misalignment that can cause the momentum vector to be adjusted to the desired direction in order to restore the correct attitude of the satellite. The direction of the momentum vector is controlled in orbit only by solar sailing, that is by organizing at prescribed times suitable manoeuvres of one of the solar panels in order to adjust the solar panel array configuration when the roll angle of the satellite exceeds a determined threshold value. |
45 |
Retro-reflecting laser responser and data modulator |
US532516 |
1974-12-13 |
US3989942A |
1976-11-02 |
Ray O. Waddoups |
A retro-reflecting laser responser for applications such as IFF and other secure data link applications. A remote (airborne for example) responser, either manually directed or with automatic search and tracking functions, orients its relatively narrow aperture toward the source (a ground laser beacon, for example) of coded interrogation laser beam signals. The remote equipment includes a telescope, preferably of the Cassegrainian type, two-coordinate tracking features, means for recognizing the received beacon coding and for enabling the telescope to reflect the ground transmission. An electro-optic modulation is provided so that the reflected laser energy may be modulated to provide a communication data link back to the source of the laser pulse transmissions. |
46 |
Light beam guiding device |
US3707330D |
1971-02-05 |
US3707330A |
1972-12-26 |
PINE MARMON |
A light beam guiding device for a tunneling machine includes a light source for emitting a beam of light, a first target, and a second target. The first target includes means for passing a light pattern to the second target which is dependent upon the position of the first target relative to the light beam. The second target includes means for indicating the location of the light pattern thereon. Proper alignment of the tunneling machine relative to the light beam is determined by a predetermined light pattern from the first target falling on a predetermined location of the second target. Each target is mounted on the tunneling machine by a mounting means, each of which includes a means to adjustably position its associated target relative to the tunneling machine to compensate for machine roll.
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47 |
System for detecting small light sources in presence of large ones using plurality of detectors |
US3518443D |
1966-12-07 |
US3518443A |
1970-06-30 |
ENGELMANN RICHARD H |
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48 |
Photosensitive semiconductor device for obtaining light source position data |
US3445667D |
1965-09-20 |
US3445667A |
1969-05-20 |
DILLMAN NORMAN G |
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49 |
Autocollimator for measuring angle of incident light beam |
US53149355 |
1955-08-30 |
US2870671A |
1959-01-27 |
FALCONI OSCAR R |
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50 |
Search and orientation system |
US68295746 |
1946-07-11 |
US2538063A |
1951-01-16 |
GUY TOUVET |
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51 |
Nocturnal antiaircraft fire control system |
US3380335 |
1935-07-30 |
US2131952A |
1938-10-04 |
HOUSE FRANK R |
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52 |
Apparatus for indicating the course of aircraft |
US69010224 |
1924-02-01 |
US1593089A |
1926-07-20 |
JULES MARCELIN ANDRE |
|
53 |
Telescope. |
US1907380031 |
1907-06-21 |
US959179A |
1910-05-24 |
SWASEY AMBROSE |
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54 |
Method and apparatus for efficient solar power collection |
US15337619 |
2016-10-28 |
US10116252B2 |
2018-10-30 |
Robert S. Drwal |
A method of seasonally positioning a solar panel to improve energy capture and/or reduce space needed for multiple panel installations. The solar panel is maintained in a fixed horizontal position during a first period of time, such as including summer months, and then follows a tracking procedure during a second period of time, such as including winter months. |
55 |
A LIGHTING PLAN GENERATOR |
US15568033 |
2016-04-18 |
US20180144213A1 |
2018-05-24 |
ERIC JOHANNES HENDRICUS CORNELIS MARIA NIEUWLANDS; SHIQUAN WANG; QIN ZHAO |
A lighting plan generator configured to generate a lighting plan comprising a map of locations of a plurality of light units located on a ceiling of an interior space, the lighting plan generator being configured to generate the lighting plan from overlapping images captured by a mobile device from different locations as the mobile device moves through the interior space. The lighting plan generator comprises: an input configured to receive at least two images, the at least two images comprising at least partially overlapping areas; an image rectifier (160) configured to rectify the at least two images; an image data combiner (406) configured to combine data from the rectified at least two images, wherein a lighting plan (413, 415) is generated from the combined data from the rectified at least two images. |
56 |
LUMINAIRE LOCATING DEVICE, LUMINAIRE, AND LUMINAIRE CONFIGURING AND COMMISSIONING DEVICE |
US14959075 |
2015-12-04 |
US20170160371A1 |
2017-06-08 |
Raphael Böckle; Mathias Burger; Karl Jonsson; Stefan Kohlgrüber; Christian Moormann; Stephane Vasse |
A luminaire locating device may be used to automatically determine positions of luminaires of a lighting system. The luminaire locating device may have an interface to receive intensity information captured by a plurality of optical sensors. The luminaire locating device may have an electronic processing device to process the intensity information captured by the plurality of optical sensors to determine the positions of the luminaires. |
57 |
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC INTELLIGENCE (ELINT) AND RADAR TRACKING DATA |
US14684616 |
2015-04-13 |
US20160299223A1 |
2016-10-13 |
Loretta A. Testa; Samuel S. Blackman; Ray B. Huffaker; Catherine Durand; Kristine Hacobian |
A system and method for tracking an object receive electronic intelligence (ELINT) track information related to the object and radar track information. A first likelihood that the radar track information is also related to the object is determined at a first time of the ELINT track information and a first time of the radar track information. A second likelihood that the radar track information is also related to the object is determined at a second time of the ELINT track information and a second time of the radar track information. The first likelihood and the second likelihood are processed to determine whether the ELINT track information and the radar track information should be associated as both being related to the object. |
58 |
Optical angular measurement sensors |
US14216459 |
2014-03-17 |
US09341517B1 |
2016-05-17 |
Thomas W. Stone |
Systems that enable observing celestial bodies during daylight or in under cloudy conditions. |
59 |
MOVABLE PIXELATED FILTER ARRAY |
US13599633 |
2012-08-30 |
US20140063299A1 |
2014-03-06 |
Eric Fest; Michael P. Schaub; Page E. King |
An optical imaging system and method including a movable pixelated filter array, a shutter mechanism to which the pixelated filter array is attached, and a controller configured to implement a data reduction algorithm. The shutter mechanism is configured to move the pixelated filter array into and out of the optical path, and the data reduction algorithm allows the controller to account for axial and/or lateral misalignment of the filter array relative to the imaging detector array or its conjugate. In certain examples, the controller is further configured to use the data reduction algorithms also to perform wavefront sensing, for example to estimate wavefront error. |
60 |
SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE POSITION AND MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT |
US13985907 |
2012-02-17 |
US20140043622A1 |
2014-02-13 |
Geert Vandenhoudt; Patrick Blanckaert; Hans Thielemans |
The disclosure relates to a system for measuring the position of an object in a measurement volume, including: an optical angular measurement device, disposed with static optics, configured for measurement of the an azimuth and elevation angle of the object in the measurement volume with respect to the optical angular measurement device, a range measurement device, disposed with static component, configured for measurement of the range of the object in the measurement volume. It further relates to a use of the system and a measurement method. |