Multifunctional dual-mode formation lighting system

Abstract

The invention discloses a multifunctional dual-mode formation lighting system. The multifunctional dual-mode formation lighting system comprises a Mini LED formation lamp and a lighting controller, wherein the Mini LED formation lamp is composed of G / IR-Mini LED light source modules, and the lighting controller is used for controlling the Mini LED formation lamp to work. The Mini LED formation lamp has a normal working mode and a hidden working mode. The method has the beneficial effects that clear long aircraft attitude and orientation visual information is provided through the layout and size of the light-emitting surface during formation flight, and meanwhile, a running water and graph display function is added, so that the flight direction is visually identified, and the formation information can be quickly received by the unmanned aerial vehicle through mechanical vision.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to a formation lighting system, in particular to a multifunctional dual-mode formation lighting system. Background Art

[0002] In modern warfare, the impact and deterrence of night air raids are stronger than those of daytime air raids. Therefore, improving the night combat capability of aircraft has become an urgent priority. However, the external lighting system with only visible light illumination can no longer meet the needs of night combat. The emergence of the night vision imaging system NVIS is one of the most effective ways to improve the night combat capability of various aircraft. Countries around the world are developing night vision imaging technology and transforming existing aircraft to enhance night combat capabilities. Therefore, external lighting with two working modes, visible light illumination (friendly mode) and infrared illumination (concealed mode), has begun to develop. Formation lighting systems have also begun to develop towards dual modes. Summary of the invention

[0003] The purpose of the present invention is to solve the problems in the prior art and to provide a novel multifunctional dual-mode formation lighting system.

[0004] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention provides a technical solution: a multifunctional dual-mode formation lighting system, comprising: a MiniLED formation light composed of a G / IR-MiniLED light source module, and a lighting controller for controlling the operation of the MiniLED formation light, the MiniLED formation light having two working modes: normal and concealed.

[0005] As a preferred solution for the multifunctional dual-mode formation lighting system, the normal working modes include constant light, flowing water, and graphic sub-modes. The constant light sub-mode is stable full light, the flowing water sub-mode is bright in the same direction as the heading / counter-heading, and the graphic sub-mode is a stable display of the heading / counter-heading arrow graphics.

[0006] As a preferred solution of the multifunctional dual-mode formation lighting system, the lighting controller has a filtering module, a power module, a communication interface module, a microcontroller module, a collection module, and a constant current driving module. The power module is respectively connected to the communication interface module, the microcontroller module, the collection module, and the constant current driving module. The microcontroller module is also respectively connected to the communication interface module, the collection module, the constant current driving module, and the MiniLED formation light. The constant current driving module is further connected to the MiniLED formation light. An external aircraft DC power supply is connected to the power module through the filtering module. The power module is used to convert the aircraft DC The current power supply is converted into the working power supply of the communication interface module, the microcontroller module, the acquisition module and the constant current driving module. The communication interface module is connected to an external remote interface unit (RIU) through a bus. The communication interface module is used to output control information from the remote interface unit (RIU) to the microcontroller module. The control information includes: working mode, distance between machines, etc. The microcontroller module is used to output corresponding dimming information to the constant current driving module and corresponding coded signals to the MiniLED formation lights according to the control information. The constant current driving module is used to output dimming signals to the MiniLED formation lights according to the dimming information.

[0007] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are at least that: when realizing formation flight, the layout and size of the luminous surface provide clear visual information on the leader's attitude and orientation, while adding flow and graphic display functions, intuitively marking the flight direction, and also facilitating the UAV's mechanical vision to quickly receive formation information. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0008] Figure 1 It is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

[0009] Figure 2 1 is a control principle diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. Implementation

[0010] The present invention is further described in detail below by means of specific embodiments in combination with the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the description of these embodiments is used to help understand the present invention, but does not constitute a limitation of the present invention. In addition, the technical features involved in each embodiment of the present invention described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

[0011] See also Figure 1 and 2, shown in the figure is a multifunctional dual-mode formation lighting system. The formation lighting system mainly provides pilots in formation flight with external indication lighting of aircraft attitude and position, and ensures the safety of formation flight at night. The formation lighting system is particularly suitable for external lighting of military aircraft. The formation lighting system adaptively adjusts the brightness of the formation lights according to the distance between aircraft in formation flight. In addition, it can also provide a graphic display function, that is, by displaying graphics such as flowing water and arrows to intuitively indicate the direction, which is conducive to the execution of air formation interaction or ground interaction instructions. The formation lighting system includes: a MiniLED formation light 1 composed of a G / IR-MiniLED light source module 11, a lighting controller 2 for controlling the operation of the MiniLED formation light, etc. The MiniLED formation light has two working modes: normal and concealed. Among them, the normal working mode may include sub-modes such as constant light, flowing water, and graphics. The constant light sub-mode is stable full light. The flowing water sub-mode is bright in the same direction as the heading / counter-heading flow. The graphics sub-mode is a stable display of the same direction / counter-heading arrow graphics.

[0012] The lighting controller 2 has a filter module 21, a power module 22, a communication interface module 23, a microcontroller module 24, a collection module 25, a constant current drive module 26, etc. The power module 22 is connected to the communication interface module 23, the microcontroller module 24, the collection module 25, and the constant current drive module 26. The microcontroller module 24 is also connected to the communication interface module 23, the collection module 25, the constant current drive module 26, and the MiniLED formation light 2. The constant current drive module 26 is further connected to the MiniLED formation light 2.

[0013] The external aircraft DC power supply is connected to the power module 22 through the filter module 21. The power module 22 is used to convert the aircraft DC power supply into the working power supply of the communication interface module 23, the microcontroller module 24, the acquisition module 25, the constant current driver module 26, etc. The communication interface module 23 is connected to the external remote interface unit (RIU) through a bus (such as RS422). The communication interface module 23 is used to output the control information from the remote interface unit (RIU) to the microcontroller module 24. The control information includes: working mode, distance between machines, etc. The microcontroller module 24 is used to output the corresponding dimming information to the constant current driver module 26 and the corresponding coded signal to the MiniLED formation light 1 according to the control information. The constant current driver module 26 is used to output a dimming signal (brightness signal or display information) to the MiniLED formation light 2 according to the dimming information, so as to realize the function of adaptively adjusting the light brightness according to the distance of the formation target machine and improve the efficiency of formation information transmission.

[0014] The above only expresses the implementation mode of the present invention, and its description is relatively specific and detailed, but it cannot be understood as limiting the scope of the invention patent. It should be pointed out that for ordinary technicians in this field, several modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the concept of the present invention, which all belong to the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the patent of the present invention shall be based on the attached claims.

Claims

1. A multifunctional dual-mode formation lighting system, characterized in that: include: A MiniLED formation light composed of a G / IR-MiniLED light source module and a lighting controller for controlling the operation of the MiniLED formation light, wherein the MiniLED formation light has two working modes: normal and concealed.

2. The multifunctional dual-mode formation lighting system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The normal working modes include constant light, flowing water, and graphic sub-modes. The constant light sub-mode is stable full light, the flowing water sub-mode is bright in the forward / reverse heading direction, and the graphic sub-mode is stable display of forward / reverse heading arrow graphics.

3. The multifunctional dual-mode formation lighting system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lighting controller comprises a filtering module, a power module, a communication interface module, a microcontroller module, a collection module, and a constant current driving module. The power module is respectively connected to the communication interface module, the microcontroller module, the collection module, and the constant current driving module. The microcontroller module is also respectively connected to the communication interface module, the collection module, the constant current driving module, and the MiniLED formation light. The constant current driving module is further connected to the MiniLED formation light. An external aircraft DC power supply is connected to the power module through the filtering module. The power module is used to convert the aircraft DC power supply into the communication The interface module, the microcontroller module, the acquisition module, and the working power supply of the constant current drive module, the communication interface module is connected to the external remote interface unit (RIU) through a bus, and the communication interface module is used to output the control information from the remote interface unit (RIU) to the microcontroller module, and the control information includes: working mode, distance between machines, etc. The microcontroller module is used to output corresponding dimming information to the constant current drive module and corresponding coding signal to the MiniLED formation light according to the control information, and the constant current drive module is used to output a dimming signal to the MiniLED formation light according to the dimming information.

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