公开(公告)号：US08514095B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-20

申请号：US12370732

申请日：2009-02-13

申请人： Kerry L. Greer ,  Chung T. Tong ,  Kaiyu Wu ,  Claudio Cassina ,  Francis M. Jaruszewski ,  Anthony Jackson-Pownall

发明人： Kerry L. Greer ,  Chung T. Tong ,  Kaiyu Wu ,  Claudio Cassina ,  Francis M. Jaruszewski ,  Anthony Jackson-Pownall

IPC分类号： G08B5/22

CPC分类号： G08B25/016 ,  B63B49/00 ,  G01S1/68 ,  G01S5/0027 ,  G01S19/17

摘要： An Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) comprising an integrated wireless receiver, a graphical display device, capability to utilize both internal and external GPS coordinate sources, an infrared background lighting adjustment algorithm, and a multi-LED strobe light array. The receiver provides a return communications path back to the beacon, which is used to acknowledge the receipt of the beacon's outgoing emergency signal by Search and Rescue satellites. The display is used to visually display various operational status information as well as any received messages coming back into the receiver. The GPS receiver system switches between internally derived and/or externally supplied GPS coordinates. The present invention also incorporates an Automatic Background Light Adjustment (ABLA) algorithm to compensate for the maximum range of light intensity encountered by infrared communications LEDs during daytime and nighttime operation. Additionally, a multi-LED array is used to flash a signaling strobe in a universal hemispherical pattern.

摘要翻译： 包括集成无线接收器，图形显示装置，利用内部和外部GPS坐标源的能力，红外线背景照明调整算法和多LED闪光灯阵列的紧急位置指示无线电信标（EPIRB）。 接收机提供返回到信标的返回通信路径，其用于通过搜索和救援卫星来确认信标的输出紧急信号的接收。 该显示器用于可视地显示各种操作状态信息以及返回到接收器中的任何接收到的消息。 GPS接收机系统在内部导出和/或外部提供的GPS坐标之间切换。 本发明还包括自动背景光调整（ABLA）算法，以补偿在白天和夜间操作期间由红外通信LED遇到的最大光强范围。 另外，多LED阵列用于以通用半球形图案闪烁信号选通。

公开(公告)号：US20090209227A1

公开(公告)日：2009-08-20

申请号：US12370732

申请日：2009-02-13

申请人： KERRY L. GREER ,  CHUNG T. TONG ,  KAIYU WU ,  CLAUDIO CASSINA ,  FRANCIS M. JARUSZEWSKI ,  ANTHONY JACKSON-POWNALL

发明人： KERRY L. GREER ,  CHUNG T. TONG ,  KAIYU WU ,  CLAUDIO CASSINA ,  FRANCIS M. JARUSZEWSKI ,  ANTHONY JACKSON-POWNALL

IPC分类号： H04M11/04

CPC分类号： G08B25/016 ,  B63B49/00 ,  G01S1/68 ,  G01S5/0027 ,  G01S19/17

摘要： An Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) comprising an integrated wireless receiver, a graphical display device, capability to utilize both internal and external GPS coordinate sources, an infrared background lighting adjustment algorithm, and a multi-LED strobe light array. The receiver provides a return communications path back to the beacon, which is used to acknowledge the receipt of the beacon's outgoing emergency signal by Search and Rescue satellites. The display is used to visually display various operational status information as well as any received messages coming back into the receiver. The GPS receiver system switches between internally derived and/or externally supplied GPS coordinates. The present invention also incorporates an Automatic Background Light Adjustment (ABLA) algorithm to compensate for the maximum range of light intensity encountered by infrared communications LEDs during daytime and nighttime operation. Additionally, a multi-LED array is used to flash a signaling strobe in a universal hemispherical pattern.

摘要翻译： 包括集成无线接收器，图形显示装置，利用内部和外部GPS坐标源的能力，红外线背景照明调整算法和多LED闪光灯阵列的紧急位置指示无线电信标（EPIRB）。 接收机提供返回到信标的返回通信路径，其用于通过搜索和救援卫星来确认信标的输出紧急信号的接收。 该显示器用于可视地显示各种操作状态信息以及返回到接收器中的任何接收到的消息。 GPS接收机系统在内部导出和/或外部提供的GPS坐标之间切换。 本发明还包括自动背景光调整（ABLA）算法，以补偿在白天和夜间操作期间由红外通信LED遇到的最大光强范围。 另外，多LED阵列用于以通用半球形图案闪烁信号选通。