SBIR/STTR Research Award
A MULTI-ANGLE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PHOTOMETER
Award amount
$224,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Transportation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Lighting Sciences Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
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- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
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Research abstract
A PORTABLE PHOTOMETER IS PROPOSED CONSISTING OF A DEVICE WHICH IS PLACED OVER THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL LENS. AN INTERNAL OPTICAL SYSTEM ALLOWS MEASUREMENT OF THE SIGNAL CANDLEPOWER AT VARIOUS ANGLES OF INTEREST. THE INSTRUMENT ELECTRONICS AND LIGHT EMITTING DIODES PROVIDE A PASS/FAIL INDICATION FOREACH MEASUREMENT ANGLE, WITH THE GO/NO-GO SET POINT BEING AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTED TO DIFFERENT CANDLEPOWER VALUES FOR RED, AMBER AND GREEN. USING AN EXTENDABLE ARM, THE METER MAY BE USED BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT GROUND LEVEL.
Technology keywords
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