Eye-bot reading light
AssigneeGoodrich Lighting Systems GmbH
InventorsSambasiva Rao Kodati, Arun Kumar Asoka Kumar, Praveen Kumar Busaji
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Abstract
A light assembly includes a mounting bracket, a light coupled to the mounting bracket, a guide sensor coupled to the mounting bracket, a movement mechanism coupled to the mounting bracket, and a controller operably coupled to the light assembly. The controller is configured to receive data from the guide sensor and command actuation of the movement mechanism in response to the data received from the guide sensor.
Claims18
A light assembly comprising:
- a mounting bracket;
- a light coupled to the mounting bracket;
- a guide sensor coupled to the mounting bracket;
- a movement mechanism coupled to the mounting bracket, wherein the movement mechanism comprises:
- a first support bracket having a first flange, a second flange opposite the first flange, and a third flange, the first and second flanges configured to be coupled to the mounting bracket;
- a second support bracket having a first surface extending along a first plane and a second surface extending along a second plane perpendicular to the first plane, the first surface configured to be coupled to the third flange of the first support bracket;
- and
- a third support bracket having a first foot and a second foot, the first foot and the second foot both extending from a same edge of the third support bracket and along a same plane, the second surface of the second support bracket configured to be coupled to an area between the first foot and the second foot;
- and
- a controller operably coupled to the light assembly, the controller configured to:
- receive data from the guide sensor;
- and
- command actuation of the movement mechanism in response to the data received from the guide sensor.
A method of operating a light assembly, the method comprising:
- receiving data from a guide sensor coupled to a mounting bracket to a controller;
- interpreting, by the controller, the data from the guide sensor;
- and
- automatically actuating, by the controller, a movement mechanism coupled to the mounting bracket in response to data received from the guide sensor, wherein the movement mechanism comprises:
- a first support bracket having a first flange, a second flange opposite the first flange, and a third flange, the first and second flanges configured to be coupled to the mounting bracket;
- a second support bracket having a first surface extending along a first plane and a second surface extending along a second plane perpendicular to the first plane, the first surface configured to be coupled to the third flange of the first support bracket;
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- a third support bracket having a first foot and a second foot, the first foot and the second foot both extending from a same edge of the third support bracket and along a same plane, the second surface of the second support bracket configured to be coupled to an area between the first foot and the second foot.
An article of manufacture including a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon for controlling a light assembly that, in response to execution by a controller, cause the controller to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, by the controller and from a guide sensor, data from a guide sensor coupled to a mounting bracket;
- interpreting, by the controller, the data from the guide sensor;
- and
- commanding, by the controller, actuation of a movement mechanism coupled to the mounting bracket in response to data received from the guide sensor, wherein the movement mechanism comprises:
- a first support bracket having a first flange, a second flange opposite the first flange, and a third flange, the first and second flanges configured to be coupled to the mounting bracket;
- a second support bracket having a first surface extending along a first plane and a second surface extending along a second plane perpendicular to the first plane, the first surface configured to be coupled to the third flange of the first support bracket;
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- a third support bracket having a first foot and a second foot, the first foot and the second foot both extending from a same edge of the third support bracket and along a same plane, the second surface of the second support bracket configured to be coupled to an area between the first foot and the second foot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.