Obstruction light having wireless status transmission capability
AssigneeSPX Corporation
InventorsMark Lane, Russell Bruner, Scott Fulton, David Duryea, Christopher Range
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Abstract
An obstruction light system includes a light and lens configured to output light. The system further includes a plurality of sensors associated with the light, a processor configured to receive outputs from the plurality of sensors and determine a status of the light based on the output from the plurality of sensors, and a wireless transmitter configured to transmit the status from the processor.
Claims18
An obstruction light system and obstruction lighting monitoring system comprising:
- a light and lens configured to output light;
- a plurality of sensors associated with components of the obstruction light system, wherein the plurality of sensors comprise the following:
- an ambient light sensor, a voltage sensor, a current sensor, and a temperature sensor;
- a processor configured to receive an output from the plurality of sensors;
- a storage device configured to store the output from the plurality of sensors in the storage device;
- the processor further configured to generate diagnostics of the components of the obstruction light system from the stored output of the plurality of sensors;
- and
- a wireless transmitter configured to transmit the diagnostics,
- wherein the wireless transmitter is a wireless fidelity transmitter that generates a wireless fidelity hotspot.
A method of operating an obstruction light system and obstruction light monitoring system comprising:
- sensing, with a plurality of sensors associated with components of an obstruction light, at least the following:
- an ambient light, a voltage, a current, and a temperature;
- receiving output from the plurality of sensors with a processor;
- storing the output from the plurality of sensors in a storage device;
- generating diagnostics of the components of the obstruction lighting system from the stored output of the plurality of sensors with the processor;
- and
- transmitting the diagnostics from the processor with a wireless transmitter,
- wherein the wireless transmitter is a wireless fidelity transmitter that generates a wireless fidelity hotspot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.