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LIGHT SHIELDING DEVICE AND LIGHT SHIELDING METHOD

  • US 20120069464A1
  • Filed: 10/19/2009
  • Published: 03/22/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A light shielding device, comprising:

  • a shielding member configured to shield a spectrum of sunlight at a predetermined altitude so as to change weather,the predetermined altitude being a high altitude no lower than 100 m above the ground, and the shielding member having a function of reflecting and radiating a part or all of sunlight to itself toward a cosmic space; and

    a buoyant force imparting unit configured to impart buoyant force to the shielding member, the buoyant force being imparted in a direction opposite of an own weight of the shielding member,the buoyant force imparting unitincluding a plurality of buoyant members provided for the light shielding device in a distributed manner and each filled with gas lighter than air, andbeing configured to maintain the shielding member and an object that is engaged with the shielding member in a floating state in which the shielding member and the object are in a non-contact state with a surface of the ground, whereina part or all of the buoyant members constitute a main body of the light shielding device.

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