Industry Patents

Patent: 7486339

Image Projection Lighting Device Displays and Interactive Images

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Patent Number:	7486339
Title:	Image Projection Lighting Device Displays and Interactive Images
Abstract:	An improved multiparameter lighting fixture is provided comprising a base, a yoke, a lamp housing, and a communication port for receiving address and command signals. The lamp housing may be comprised of a lamp, a light valve, and a lens. The lamp, the light valve and the lens may cooperate to project, for example, an ownership image, a fixture identifier image, a time identifier image, a show identifier image, a content identifier image, or an effects identifier image. The lamp, the light valve and the lens may cooperate to produce a first image on a projection surface and a second image may be created from the first image by applying an interactive effect to the first image in response to an image captured by a camera.
Country of Issue:	US
First Named Inventor:	Belliveau
Assignee:
Continuation or Divisional of:	7391482
International Classification:	H04N 9/31
US Classification:	348/744
Issue Date:	02-03-2009
Filing Date:	03-14-2008
Application :	12/048319
Notes:
Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com:	7486339 at Freepatentsonline
Link to World Patent Family¹:	World Patent Family at European Patent Office
Link to Google Patents¹:	7486339 at Google Patents

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