Outdoor luminaire for suspended mounting with sway compensation
AssigneeSignify Holding B.V.
InventorsRené Cornelis Reuser, Nicolaas Antonie Van Rijswijk
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Abstract
The invention relates to an outdoor luminaire (10) for suspended mounting from, or attached to a line (15), the luminaire (10) comprising a first modulation unit (45) and a first antenna unit (50), the modulation unit configured to operate as a communication node in a wireless data network. The antenna unit (50), having an anisotropic radiation pattern, mounted inside a cavity (55) of a luminaire housing (20). The luminaire further comprising a levelling unit (60) attached to the housing on the one hand and the antenna unit on the other, for maintaining an orientation of the antenna unit, when the luminaire is mounted on a line and sways under influence of the elements.
Claims14
An outdoor luminaire for suspended mounting from, or attached to, a line, the luminaire comprising:
- a housing of the luminaire having
- a first exit window for egress of illumination light and
- a second exit window for ingress and egress of a radio communication signals;
- mounting point attached to the housing for attaching the housing to the line;
- a power input for providing power to the luminaire;
- a levelling unit attached to the housing or to a member that is attached to the housing in a fixed manner, and to an antenna unit inside an interior cavity of the housing, the levelling unit configured to either passively, utilizing gravity, or actively, utilizing a rotational actuator, counter rotational movement of the luminaire along a rotational axis parallel to the line at the mounting point;
- a first modulation unit for use as a communication node in a wireless data network connected to the antenna unit, the first modulation unit configured to generate a first modulation signal;
- the antenna unit attached to the levelling unit, wherein the antenna unit comprises at least one antenna for:
- emitting a first radio signal based on the first modulation signal through the second exit window along a radiation pattern having a main lobe, when the luminaire is level, in line with a plane orthogonal to the gravitational axis when the luminaire is mounted and
- receiving a second radio signal through the second exit window;
- and
- a lighting unit comprising one or more light sources for emitting illumination light through the first exit window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.