Industry Patents

Patent: 7764026

Systems and Methods for Digital Entertainment

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Patent Number: 7764026 
Title: Systems and Methods for Digital Entertainment 
Abstract: In computer games, there is typically a display that represents a view into a virtual world of some type. There is also typically a user in a real world environment that surrounds the display screen interacting with the virtual world. Disclosed herein are systems and methods for using lighting systems, in particular LED based lighting systems, to allow a user to receive information from the virtual world in coordination with, in addition to, and/or instead of the information received from the display.  
Country of Issue: US 
First Named Inventor: Dowling, Davis, Mueller, Lys 
Assignee: Philips SSL 
Continuation or Divisional of: 6888322 
International Classification: G05F 1/00 
US Classification: 315/307 
Issue Date: 07-27-2010 
Filing Date: 10-23-2001 
Application : 10/045604 
Notes:  
Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: 7764026 at Freepatentsonline 
Link to World Patent Family1: World Patent Family at European Patent Office 
Link to Google Patents1: 7764026 at Google Patents 

 

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