Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an aircraft having such a constitution as enabling flexible application widely in a plurality of fields. SOLUTION: The aircraft is equipped with a fuselage 12, disc-shaped main wings 16 positioned on the fuselage 12, and a second wing 18 fitted with a movable part intersecting the fuselage 12 and for controlling the aircraft 10. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
An electro-optical system capable of being embarked aboard mobile ground or flying units, to determine the optical flow generated by obstacles in relative motion with respect to the mobile unit. The system comprises radiation (5), receiver means (1) for converting the radiation reflected by the objects into electrical signals and means (8) for processing the signals generated by the receiver means. The receiver means (1) are based on vision sensors with matrix configuration. The emitter means (5, 6) shape the radiation beam in such a way that the radiation reflected by the objects and collected by the receiver means impacts at least on a part of the receiver matrix. The processing means compute the optical flow only on the elements of the receiver matrix that are impacted by the radiation.
Abstract:
A reflector (10) for a vehicle headlight is described, capable of illuminating the surrounding space according to a predetermined light distribution. The reflector (10) is formed of a plurality of sectors (11) capable of reflecting the light beam emitted by a light source (20) of the headlight and directing it into predetermined regions of said light distribution. The major part of the sectors (11) of the reflector (10) is delimited at least in part by an edge (12) in which the divergence value (&thetas;) of the light beam reflected at said edge portions (12) is constant. The sectors (11) delimited by edge portions (12) having lower values of the angle of spread (&thetas;) are arranged to direct the light beam reflected thereby into the regions of the light distribution having a higher spatial gradient of illuminance.
Abstract:
A reflector (10) for a vehicle headlight is described, capable of illuminating the surrounding space according to a predetermined light distribution. The reflector (10) is formed of a plurality of sectors (11) capable of reflecting the light beam emitted by a light source (20) of the headlight and directing it into predetermined regions of said light distribution. The major part of the sectors (11) of the reflector (10) is delimited at least in part by an edge (12) in which the divergence value (&thetas;) of the light beam reflected at said edge portions (12) is constant. The sectors (11) delimited by edge portions (12) having lower values of the angle of spread (&thetas;) are arranged to direct the light beam reflected thereby into the regions of the light distribution having a higher spatial gradient of illuminance.
Abstract:
The lighting device (1) comprises a light source (2) and an associated hollow reflector (3) of transparent material having an internal surface (4) and an external surface (5) which are close to and far away from the source (2) respectively. The inner surface (4) of the reflector (3) has in cross section at least one transverse plane passing through the source (2) a discontinuous profile forming a plurality of adjacent steps (6) each of which has a first face (6a) through which rays originating from the source (2) can pass and a second face (6b) essentially parallel to the rays originating from the source. The outer surface (5) of the reflector (3) has a profile comprising one or more arcs of curves (5a,5b). The reflector (3) is constructed and positioned in such a way that in the said transverse plane most of the rays emitted by the source (2) are refracted through the first face (6a) of the steps (6) on its inner surface (4) and strike its outer surface (5) undergoing total internal reflection and after passing back through the reflector (3) emerge from it through the second faces (6b) of the steps (6) on its inner surface (4) undergoing a second refraction.