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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2016
Goodrich Lighting Systems Gmbh, Lippstadt, DE;
Christian Schoen, Mainz, DE;
Andre Hessling-von Heimendahl, Koblenz, DE;
Anil Kumar Jha, Lippstadt, DE;
Christo Tsibadze, Lippstadt, DE;
GOODRICH LIGHTING SYSTEMS GMBH, Lippstadt, DE;
Abstract
An exterior helicopter light unit () with a dynamic output light intensity distribution includes a plurality of LEDs (), and an optical system () for shaping the output light intensity distribution from light emitted by the plurality of LEDs (), wherein each of the plurality of LEDs () contributes to the output light intensity distribution in an LED-specific output direction region, wherein at least a portion of the plurality of LEDs () are individually dimmable, with a level of dimming for each of said portion of the plurality of LEDs () in operation being set depending on a distance of the exterior helicopter light unit () to ground () in the respective LED-specific output direction region.