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US 11,536,542 B2Granted
Lighting system
AssigneeUniversity of Miami
InventorBrian Arwari
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Abstract
Systems and devices for temporarily disabling an assailant or other target using disabling flashes of light from a light-emitting device. A tactical lighting system also includes protective eyewear that is paired with the light-emitting device and configured to shutter in synchronization with the pattern of disabling light flashes to protect the wearer's eyes while disabling an assailant or other target.
Claims13
A lighting system comprising:
- at least one light-emitting device, the at least one light-emitting device being configured to emit a pattern of a plurality of disabling light flashes, the at least one light-emitting device including a first identification module and a random seed generator configured to generate a random pattern;
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- at least one item of protective eyewear in wireless communication with and synchronized with the light-emitting device, the at least one item of protective eyewear including a second identification module and being configured to transition between a first state and a second state according to a signal received from the light-emitting device,
- the at least one light-emitting device being configured to transmit a signal to the at least one item of protective eyewear only when the first identification module recognizes the second identification module as being associated with an authorized device, the signal including the random pattern.
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