Patent ID: 8517566
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: F21K,F21S,F21V,F21W,F21Y,G02B,H05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of lighting one or more lanes of traffic, each lane having a designated direction of travel and estimated eye height of drivers above the lane, comprising: a. mounting one or more solid-state light sources along the lane and at or near said estimated eye height for a said lane; b. aiming the one or more solid-state light sources at or below said estimated eye height relative a vertical plane to deter direct view of the one or more solid-state light sources by drivers passing in the direction of travel of the lane; c. aiming the one or more solid-state lights sources angularly forward in the direction of travel relative to a horizontal plane to deter direct view of the one or more solid-state light sources by drivers passing in the direction of travel of the lane; and d. controlling at least a portion of the light projected from the one or more solid-state light sources so to illuminate the one or more lanes of traffic according to predetermined criteria.