Tactical light with automated lighting controls and systems including the same

A method of controlling a light to illuminate a portion of a visual field of an operator,

• the visual field being a portion of a field of vision of the operator, the method comprising:
• detecting a first pitch of a central axis of the light with respect to a direction of the force of gravity when the light is in a first position;
• illuminating the visual field with an illumination means when the operator is facing a forward direction and when the light is in the first position;
• detecting a second pitch of the central axis of the light with respect to the direction of the force of gravity when the light is in a second position;
• and
• modifying the illumination means to maintain illumination of the visual field of the operator when the light is in the second position.

A method of controlling a light to illuminate a portion of a visual field of an operator,

• the visual field being a portion a field of the vision of the operator, the method comprising:
• detecting a first position of a central axis of the light with respect to a direction of the force of gravity when the light is in a first position thereof;
• illuminating the visual field of the operator with a light beam emitted from an illumination means when the operator is facing a forward direction and when the light is in the first position;
• detecting a second position of the central axis of the light with respect to the direction of the force of gravity when the light is in a second position thereof, and
• altering a property of the light beam emitted from the illumination means, the property of the light beam including a beam brightness, a beam angle, a beam color, or combinations thereof.

A method of controlling a light to illuminate a portion of a visual field of an operator of a weapons system, the visual field being a portion of a field of vision of the operator, the method comprising:

• holding the weapons system in a first posture in which an illumination means of the light is in an on state thereof, the illumination means illuminating the visual field of the operator when the operator is facing a forward direction;
• moving the weapons system to a second posture in which the visual field of the operator and a field of fire of the weapons system overlap;
• and
• modifying the illumination means of the light when the weapons system is in the second posture to maintain illumination of the visual field of the operator and to illuminate the field of fire of the weapons system.