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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Bart Andre Salters, Eindhoven, NL;
Roelant Boudewijn Hietbrink, Utrecht, NL;
Kininklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Anti-fouling lighting system () for preventing or reducing bio fouling on a fouling surface () of an object (), by providing an anti-fouling light () via an optical medium () to said fouling surface, the anti-fouling lighting () system comprising: (a) a lighting module () comprising (i) a light source () configured to generate an anti-fouling light (), and (ii) said optical medium () configured to receive at least part of the anti-fouling light (), the optical medium () comprising an emission surface () configured to provide at least part of said anti-fouling light (); and (b) a control system () configured to control an intensity of the anti-fouling light () as function of one or more of (i) a feedback signal related to a biofouling risk and (ii) a timer for time-based varying the intensity of the anti-fouling light ().