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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
May. 11, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Ralf René Shu-Zhong Cabos, Lower Saxony, DE;
Nils Kneuper, Bergkamen, DE;
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for redirecting sunlight to a mobile platform includes a satellite and a mobile platform including a first RF antenna that transmits a message including a position and velocity of the mobile platform on the path, along with a time of transmission, and a photovoltaic cell that receives and converts light into electrical energy. The satellite includes a second RF antenna that receives the message, an optical channel, a collector system coupled to the optical channel and that gathers sunlight into the optical channel, a diffuser system coupled to the optical channel and that diffuses light therefrom to generate a beam of light, and a processor coupled to the second RF antenna. The processor computes a target position of the mobile platform based on the position, the velocity, and the time of transmission, and instructs the diffuser system to direct the beam to the target position.