971results about "Vessel signalling devices" patented technology

A vehicle system is disclosed that includes a vehicle lamp assembly including a plurality of LEDs that emit white light so as to function as an illuminator light. The lamp assembly also may include a plurality of LEDs that emit colored light to function as a signal light. The lamp assembly may include a camera. The lamp assembly may serve as a CHMSL or as a tail light. The system also includes a controller that rapidly pulses the LEDs at a rate that is imperceivable by the human eye. The pulsing intervals of the LEDs may be related to the readout intervals of the camera sensor array. In this manner, the LEDs may be pulsed on during camera readout to increase the illumination while the camera is capturing an image, or may be pulsed off during camera readout to prevent feedback glare from interfering with image capture by the camera.

A submersible LED illumination system may include an array of LEDs, with a first portion of the LEDs capable of emitting white light and a second portion of the LEDs capable of emitting light of a single color. The system may further include a plurality of reflectors surrounding a corresponding one of the LEDs, where a first portion of the reflectors may be configured to provide a far field relatively narrow beam of illumination and a second portion of the reflectors may be configured to provide a near field relatively wide beam of illumination. A housing may enclose the array of LEDs and the reflectors. A transparent window may be disposed in the housing, an an optically clear material may be disposed between the LEDs, reflectors, and transparent window.

A portable wireless communication device includes a case having a waterproof structure and floating on water, an operation portion arranged in a front face of the case; and a wireless communication processing portion arranged inside the case, wherein a position of the center of gravity in the case is shifted to a rear face side opposite to the front face with respect to a center of the case, in a state where all components including the wireless communication processing portion are housed.

An illuminated ball formed by two substantially identical mating elements. Each mating element has an exterior surface bounded by an edge, an annular surface joined to said exterior surface at the edge, two opposed radial recesses formed in the annular surface, a well abutting a portion of the annular surface and one of the recesses, and an alignment guide abutting a portion of the annular surface and the other of the recesses. The alignment guide extends away from the exterior surface and includes a hole therethrough in alignment with the recesses. The mating element is matable with a second, substantially identical mating element by the well of each mating element receiving the alignment guide of the other element. The channel formed by the cooperation of the recesses and holes of both mating elements is sized to contain a light source.

The invention relates to a marine ship collision preventation warning technology and discloses a method for warning of a warning region of a shipborne automatic identification system, aiming at solving the problems that the warning type of an automatic identification system in the traditional technology is not flexible and the degree of safety is low. The technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows: the warning region is dynamically divided according to the speed of a ship, when other ships enter the warning region, the danger classes of target ships are determined, and warning messages respectively sent to the ship and the target ships based on the emergency first rule according to different danger classes, wherein the warning messages can be flexibly sent in Chinese or English according to different nations of the target ships. The method provided by the invention has the advantages that the warning is flexible and the safety is high; and the method is applicable to marine ship collision preventation.

The invention provides an unmanned aerial vehicle mixed system carried by an unmanned ship. The system comprises the unmanned ship, an unmanned aerial vehicle and a mixed communication system. The unmanned ship serves as a water domain movable platform for the unmanned aerial vehicle, and mainly comprises a ship body, a ship-borne control system arranged on the ship body, a ship-borne power device and a ship-borne application device. The unmanned aerial vehicle comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle body and a vehicle-mounted coordinating system. The unmanned aerial vehicle body is provided with a vehicle-mounted navigation device, a vehicle-mounted obstacle-avoiding device, a vehicle-mounted control device, a vehicle-mounted power device and a vehicle-mounted application device. The mixed communication system comprises a ship-borne communication device and a vehicle-mounted communication device. The ship-borne control system of the unmanned ship and the vehicle-mounted control device of the unmanned aerial vehicle body exchange data through the mixed communication system; the ship-borne control system serves as the core for the mixed communication system, and the unmanned ship and the unmanned aerial vehicle are controlled uniformly by an internal bus and a communication board card to work in cooperation. By means of the mixed system, the unmanned ship and the unmanned aerial vehicle can effectively supplement each other in water domain and space domain functions, and meanwhile the disadvantages of the water domain unmanned ship during space domain perpendicular work are compensated for.

The exemplary embodiment of the present invention integrates a two-way communications device into a personal floatation device (“PFD”; sometimes also referred to herein as a “life vest”). Integration of the two-way communications device in the exemplary PFD embodiment would provide water ingress protection (water-proofing) of at least International Standard CEI / IEC 529: 1989:IPX7. In the exemplary embodiment, the two-way communications device integrated in the PFD would provide an antenna integrated into a shoulder of the PFD. The exemplary embodiment would further provide an advanced microphone, and an ear bud speaker. The exemplary embodiment would further provide signal processing to mitigate ambient noise and to enhance transmission of true vocal content. The exemplary transceiver of the exemplary embodiment of the present invention would be environmentally hardened and would be operable to communicate radio frequencies in a range between 462.5625 MHz and 467.7125 MHz.

A decorative light system includes a base and a portable light device capable of communicating with each other to generate a light show. The system includes a base defining a receptacle and including a microcontroller, a transceiver operably coupled to the microcontroller and adapted to generate a control signal, a first power source operably coupled to the microcontroller, and a user interface operably coupled to the microcontroller and including at least one switch for activating the microcontroller. The portable light device has a lower end sized for removable insertion into the base receptacle and includes a housing having at least a portion formed of a translucent material, a first receiver disposed within the housing and responsive to the control signal transmitted by the base transceiver, a first light source disposed within the housing, operably coupled to the receiver, and adapted to direct light toward the translucent portion of the housing, and a second power source disposed within the housing and operably coupled to the light source.

A decorative light system includes a base and a portable light device capable of communicating with each other to generate a light show. The system includes a base defining a receptacle and including a microcontroller, a transceiver operably coupled to the microcontroller and adapted to generate a control signal, a first power source operably coupled to the microcontroller, and a user interface operably coupled to the microcontroller and including at least one switch for activating the microcontroller. The portable light device has a lower end sized for removable insertion into the base receptacle and includes a housing having at least a portion formed of a translucent material, a first receiver disposed within the housing and responsive to the control signal transmitted by the base transceiver, a first light source disposed within the housing, operably coupled to the receiver, and adapted to direct light toward the translucent portion of the housing, and a second power source disposed within the housing and operably coupled to the light source.

A robotic ocean farm includes a plant support means such as a grid, with a submersible towing system incorporating means for navigation of the support grid in the open ocean, and means for positioning of the support grid in a first surfaced position for sunlight exposure of the plants and a second submerged position for nutrient gathering by the plants. The submersible towing system incorporates one or more tow boats connected to a forward periphery of the grid, each of the tow boats incorporating a propulsion system for navigation of the grid and maintaining lateral tension in the forward periphery of the grid. Additionally, one or more reaction boats are connected to an aft periphery of the grid. Each of the reaction boats incorporates a propulsion system for maintaining lateral tension in the aft periphery of the grid and reacting in concert with the tow boats to maintain longitudinal tension in the grid. A system for harvesting multiple independently operating farms incorporates a harvesting station which is placed or positions itself to meet the farms at predetermined locations during their voyage to harvest and replenish the plants carried on the farm grid. Base stations, separately or as a part of the harvesting station, communicate with the farms provide mutual support and informational exchange for optimized operation of the farms.

The invention discloses an underwater rescue robot which comprises a frame structure, an electronic cabin group, a searchlighting system, a monitoring system, a positioning system, an operating system, a propelling system and a floatage module, wherein the propelling system comprises a left-front horizontal propeller, a right-front horizontal propeller, a left-back horizontal propeller, a right-back horizontal propeller, and a vertical propeller located at the middle of the robot, and the propelling system is used for providing power to the robot. By using the four horizontal propellers, the underwater rescue robot realizes advancing and retreating, turning and side-moving actions. The underwater rescue robot has the beneficial effects that the robot is simple in structure, flexible in movement and strong in power, and can be widely applied to resource exploration, routing inspection of structures and facility equipment, detection of channels, barrier removal, rescue of persons falling in water, searching of shipwrecks in water, fishing of vehicles and articles falling in water, and finding of underwater appointed articles after disaster accidents occur.

A freeze resistant buoy system includes a tail-tube buoy having a thermally insulated section disposed predominantly above a waterline, and a thermo-siphon disposed predominantly below the waterline.

A pole mounting device has a rod with a ball at one end and a clamp at the opposite end, and a holder tube with a ball socket that forms a ball joint with the ball on the end of the rod. The holder tube rotates relative to the rod about two transverse axes. A pole is held in one end of the tube and a set screw in the other end adjusts rotational resistance of the ball joint. The mounting device can mount flag poles, and with an adapter, mobile electronic devices or other articles.

A device and a method are disclosed for detecting the danger of a person drowning in a body of water. The device includes a breast belt and a life jacket. The breast belt has at least one physiological condition sensor affixed thereto while the life jacket has an expandable chamber connected to a compressed gas supply via an activating mechanism. As the compressed gas enters the expandable chamber, the life jacket increases in buoyancy. The life jacket also has a water contact sensor, a global positioning system device, first and second body orientation sensors, a transmitter which is capable of sending a signal to a remote receiver, and a control unit capable of receiving real time signals from each of the sensors and evaluating and comparing the real time signals against corresponding ranges of preset acceptable values to determine if the person wearing the life jacket is in danger of drowning. The control unit is capable of forwarding a signal to both the activating mechanism and to the transmitter when a signal from the water contact sensor indicates the person is in the water and the real time signals from the other sensors are outside of corresponding ranges of preset acceptable values. The signal to the activating mechanism opens the compressed gas supply while the signal to the transmitter is relayed to the remote receiver which sounds an audible alarm.

A self-powered illumination device includes an illumination source protruding from its lower surface for projecting light into a body of water to provide light that is emitted preferentially outwardly to illuminate the sides of a pool. Light emitted with an upward angle of inclination strikes the underside surface of the water-air interface surrounding the device and is reflected outwardly and laterally away the from the light source after striking such underside surface. Preferably, the illumination source has a length that extends downwardly that is commensurate or greater than its width and may be in the form of a fluorescent tube. The illumination device is fully self righting when inverted on the surface of a body of water.

There is elucidated a safety system for a marine vessel. The vessel includes two engines coupled to propellers for propelling the vessel through water. The vessel is provided with a digital anchor in communication with the two engines for maintaining the vessel substantially at a defined location when the anchor is activated. The safety system includes a sensor assembly coupled to a data processing assembly for sensing a region of said water at least partially surrounding the vessel for detecting one or more persons present in the region and for modifying operation of the digital anchor is response to the one or more persons being detected. The invention is of advantage in that the digital anchor is capable of responding to the one or more persons being present in the water and thereby reducing a risk of injury or loss of life when the digital anchor is employed.

The invention discloses a swimsuit type anti-drowning intelligent life jacket. The swimsuit type anti-drowning intelligent life jacket comprises a swimsuit type life jacket body, air bags, air tubes and an air storage bottle. The air bags and the air storage bottle are connected through the air tubes. The air bags, the air storage bottle and the air tubes are fixedly arranged on the life jacket body. Electromagnetic valves are arranged at the joints of a bottle opening of the air storage bottle and the air tubes. The life jacket body further comprises an intelligent controller. The intelligent controller is connected with a drowning induction switch on swim goggles through a wire. The intelligent controller comprises a single-chip microcomputer, a drowning inductor, a power module, a pressure sensor, a sound-light alarm, an electromagnetic valve controller, an operating display screen, a GPS positioning module and a satellite communication module or mobile phone communication module. The single-chip microcomputer controls the electromagnetic valves to be switched on according to time of the drowning induction switch immersed in water, and the air storage bottle inflates the air bags. Meanwhile, the sound-light alarm gives out sound and light, and the satellite communication module or mobile phone communication module sends rescue signals and geographic position information outside.

The invention provides a life-saving device including means for allowing the wearer to be found easily, and a body temperature adjuster for maintaining the body temperature of the wearer at a proper body temperature by fine-adjusting the body temperature of the wearer depending on the outside temperature or the body temperature until the wearer is rescued. The life-saving device includes heating members disposed so as to contact both sides of the neck where common carotid arteries run through and both armpits where axillary arteries run through when the main body of the life-saving device is worn, a power source for supplying electricity to the heating members, a body temperature detecting means for detecting the body temperature, an outside temperature detecting means for detecting the outside temperature, and a temperature controller for adjusting the temperature of the heating members in response to the temperature detected by the body temperature detecting means and the outside temperature detecting means, so that the body temperature of the wearer can be maintained at a proper temperature in case of emergency.

An inflatable life-saving swimming garment for a swimmer that comprises an inflatable part for floating the swimmer while being in distress and for creating, when inflated, volume difference between upper body part and lower body part of the swimmer. The garment includes an inflating system that consists of a gas tank with compressed gas for inflating, whenever required, the inflatable part; a controllable valve connecting between the air tank and the inflatable part, for allowing, whenever required, the compressed gas to inflate the inflatable part; a controller for analyzing the swimmer's status underwater and opening the valve after the swimmer has been in an actual or impending distress for a predetermined time; and a battery for supplying power for the operation of the controller and the valve.

This invention relates to emergency flotation devices, particularly to a wearable device in the form of a collar; and most particularly to a device suitable for wear by a pet or young child which may be worn during watersports, and which will not deploy until predetermined nominal safety parameters have been exceeded. The present invention provides a personal flotation device, suitable for children, pets or the like, which will activate automatically in response to changes in pressure, e.g. water depth, time of submersion, or a combination thereof. As the device senses the change in pressure or time of prolonged submersion, the internal triggering mechanism punctures a hole permitting the compressed gas reservoir contained therein to be released, thereby inflating the device's inner flotation member.

The present invention proposes a buoy with a self-generating device using wave force. The buoy consists of a buoy floating on the sea and a lower feeding part that vertically passes through the guide sleeve at the center of the buoy. Above the floating body, the rack on the upper part of the lower feeding part meshes with the gear on the engine to convert the linear reciprocating motion of the lower feeding part into the rotary motion of the generator, so that the generator generates electricity; the upper support on the floating body is a support It is used for the lower feeding part; a beacon light is set on the buoy, which uses the electric energy generated by the generator to mark the position of the buoy.

A virtual radar system. In one embodiment, the system includes a vehicle-based mobile device subsystem, said vehicle-based mobile device subsystem located in a vehicle; a control station subsystem, and a cloud-based data subsystem comprising a cloud-based database for holding data regarding a plurality of locations of a plurality of vehicles and a plurality of cloud transaction processors in communication with the cloud-based database. In another embodiment, said cloud transaction processors calculate the positions of the plurality of vehicles, their trajectories, and the probability of a collision between vehicles and issue a warning to the vehicles in response thereto.

A vehicle evacuation system for aiding the escape of a person trapped in a motor vehicle having a vehicle seat, a vehicle seat belt and vehicle windows, which has entered a body of water, includes a cutting tool for cutting through a vehicle seat belt; a glass breaking tool for breaking a glass vehicle window for escape; a combined compressed breathable air tank and mouthpiece; an inflatable buoy bag and compressed gas cartridge for lifting the person to the water surface; a distress and position indicating signal generating mechanism for sending an alarm signal to a receiving station, the alarm signal being trackable by a tracking device; and an element unification structure for holding elements of the system together in a readily accessible configuration prior to and during use.

This invention relates to a universal financial product and enables to use it for managing money resources, e.g., sums being on a personal account. The housing of the pay card may be made of a precious or rare metal, bone, finewood; the elements of the features of a pay system and an issuing bank as well as those of protection and personalization are also made of the said materials, including precious stones, by engraving and inlaying. A place is provided for a standard electronic chip, which may be replaced. Periods of use of the pay card and the reliability of its level of protection against imitating and counterfeiting are increased.

An extendable spar buoy sea-based communication system includes a spar buoy having a retracted configuration deployable from an underwater vessel and an extended configuration after deployment, and a communication subsystem mounted to the top of the spar buoy and supported thereby.

The water provides a water signal generating device. With the water signal generating device adopted, a power source is not required, and a signal generating unit can be powered through utilizing water mechanical energy. The water signal generating device includes a contact type generator made of a flexible material and a signal generating unit; and a wavy electrode layer and a friction layer of the contact type generator can contact with and leave away from each other under the impact of the mechanical energy of water, and contact charges can be generated at the surfaces of the wavy electrode layer and the friction layer, so that electric signals can be generated between an electrode layer arranged on the friction layer and the wavy electrode layer, wherein the electric signals are adopted as a power source of the signal generating unit so as to drive a signal generating component in the signal generating unit to emit light signals or wireless signals. According to the underwater signal generating device, a static electricity friction generator can be integrated on the contact type generator, so that the static electricity friction energy of a liquid-solid interface and the mechanical energy of water wave slapping can be utilized at the same time. The signal generating device can be integrated on a lifesaving device such as a life jacket, so that a body floating on water can automatically send out distress signals.