Dynamic piling-emplaceable lighting for docks and piers
Disclosed herein are several implementations for an emplaceable dock-piling light comprising variations, combinations, and permutations of the following components: a light compartment comprising a light-emitting source, a control processor, a remote control signal receiver, and a solar-rechargeable battery; an engagement base coupled to the base of the light compartment, said engagement base comprising a post sleeve for engaging the top of a post piling in a manner sufficient to maintain the light compartment atop said post piling; and a compartment top coupled to the light compartment, the compartment top comprising a solar panel for charging the solar-rechargeable battery.
1 . A system for an emplaceable dock piling light, the system comprising:
an engagement base for emplacement over the top of a vertical dock piling and oriented vertically relative to said vertical dock piling;
a light compartment physically coupled to the engagement base, said light compartment comprising a light-emitting source comprising four bar-style directional light-emitting diodes (LEDs) configured in an overlapping crisscross configuration (OCCC) and oriented at consecutive ninety-degree angles on a horizontal plane relative to the vertical dock piling to provide four-directional non-overlapping light emissions;
a power generator electrically coupled to the system, the power generator being capable of producing storable power, the power generator comprising at least one uncovered solar panel that operates to prevent bird landings without utilizing protuberances; and
a power store electrically coupled to the power generator, said power store capable of storing the storable power produced by the power generator and providing the stored power to the light-emitting source.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one solar panel is oriented horizontal to the vertical dock piling.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the at least one solar panel is located on top of the light compartment.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the system further comprises an operational controller for at least controlling operations of the light-emitting source.
5 . The system of claim 4 , wherein controlling the light-emitting source comprises at least one from among the group comprising turning on, turning off, changing intensity, changing color, providing a light emission pattern, and processing an interrupt.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the light compartment comprises at least four sides through which emitted light may pass, and at least four filters for filtering said emitted light through the at least four sides.
7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein at least one side from among the at least four sides may be removed and replaced with a substitute side, or wherein at least one filter from among the at least four filters may be removed and replaced with a substitute filter.