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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Siemens Industry, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Axel Beier, Schildow, DE;
Jeffrey Smith, Chippenham, GB;
Siemens Mobility, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A light emitting diode (LED) shielding and monitoring system includes multiple light emitting diodes (LEDs) (), multiple optical detectors () for detecting a light output of the plurality of LEDs (), and a LED shield () with multiple compartments () for receiving the multiple optical detectors (). The LED shield () is configured such that each compartment () receives an optical detector (), and wherein each compartment () is configured such that the optical detector () within the compartment () detects the light output of a LED () of the multiple LEDs () without detecting light output other than the light output of the LED (). Further, wayside LED signals including a LED shielding and monitoring system are provided.