Industry Patents

Patent: 7450085

Intelligent Lighting Module and Method of Operation of Such an Intelligent Lighting Module

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Patent Number:	7450085
Title:	Intelligent Lighting Module and Method of Operation of Such an Intelligent Lighting Module
Abstract:	An intelligent lighting module for use in a lighting or display module system which is composed of an array of lighting modules, each of the lighting modules being provided with a display board with an array of individual pixel lighting elements and with a control board capable of controlling serial input data from a video source for displaying video as well as of controlling digital communication input data from a lighting console for creating digital lighting effects, wherein the display board includes a drive buffer and an array of pulse-width modulation (PWM) drivers which are connected to the lighting elements.
Country of Issue:	US
First Named Inventor:	Thielemans, Willem, Tanghe
Assignee:	Barco
Continuation or Divisional of:
International Classification:	G09G 5/00
US Classification:	345/1.1
Issue Date:	11-11-2008
Filing Date:	02-08-2005
Application :	11/052057
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Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com:	7450085 at Freepatentsonline
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Link to Google Patents¹:	7450085 at Google Patents

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