Industry Patents
Patent: 5010459
Console/Lamp Unit Coordination and Communication in Lighting Systems
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| Patent Number: |
5010459 |
| Title: |
Console/Lamp Unit Coordination and Communication in Lighting Systems |
| Abstract: |
A stage lighting system has a plurality of automated lamp units which can
vary the parameters of a light beam for pan, tilt, brightness, intensity
and size. A control console is connected to each of the lamp units via a
bidirectional data link. A communication system provides for the exchange
of information between the lamps and the console control system,
permitting the console controller to selectively and coordinately test and
control the individual lamps. To this end, each of the lamp units includes
a microprocessor and a memory where lighting cues may be stored for recall
and execution. Control programs for driving each of the lamp parameters
are also stored in the memory as are various routines for initializing,
testing and diagnosing the lamps. The console includes a microprocessor as
well as memory. Commands entered at the console to change the lighting
effect produce signals broadcast to all of the lamp units, each of which
responds individually and independently to change the light parameters
based upon its own operating programs and current state. Programs in the
console controller provide for lamp polling and the execution of
comprehensive testing regimes to insure a trouble free performance.
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| Country of Issue: |
US |
| First Named Inventor: |
Taylor, Walsh |
| Assignee: |
Vari-Lite |
| Continuation or Divisional of: |
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| International Classification: |
F21V 33/00 |
| US Classification: |
362/85 |
| Issue Date: |
04-23-1991 |
| Filing Date: |
07-18-1990 |
| Application : |
555121 |
| Notes: |
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| Link to Google Patents1: |
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