Patent ID: 9185364
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B60Q,B63B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for retrofitting a subsurface marine light comprising: manufacturing a lighting element of a sub-surface marine light unit with an integrated camera, wherein the lighting element comprises of at least one light emitting component able to illuminate an area within a sub-surface environment and a camera configured to provide a view within an illuminated sub-surface area illuminated by the at least one light emitting component, wherein the camera is housed within the enclosure of the lighting element, wherein the light unit is at least one of a thru hull marine light affixed to the sub-surface portion of a hull of a marine vessel and a movable light affixed to an apparatus of a marine vessel, wherein the lighting element with an integrated camera is a retrofit for a traditional sub-surface marine light of the marine vessel, wherein the traditional sub-surface marine light lacks the integrated camera, wherein the retrofit with the lighting element and the integrated camera interfaces with a LIDAR based system to assist the LIDAR based system, wherein images received by the integrated camera are processed by the LIDAR based system.