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US 10,163,377 B2Granted
Programmable base to hold and illuminate a panel assembly
AssigneeLaser's Edge, LLC
InventorCraig E. Mullett
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Abstract
A universal base for one or more panel assemblies has a processor that receives and processes instructions from at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The instructions direct an illumination sequence to be executed by the processor to illuminate lights in the base. The at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium is removably connected to the base such that when it is removed and a different second non-transitory computer readable storage medium is connected with the base, the lights are illuminated in a second illumination sequence in accordance with a set of second illumination instructions.
Claims15
A display system comprising:
- a first panel assembly having an etched design to be illuminated, wherein the first panel assembly is at least partially formed from an acrylic polymer;
- a base carrying a plurality of individually controllable and independent lights disposed proximate an upwardly open channel sized to repeatably receive a portion of the first panel assembly;
- at least one processor carried by the base and electrically connected to the plurality of individually controllable and independent lights;
- at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium selectively connected with the at least one processor, the storage medium having first instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, results in illuminating the panel assembly with the plurality of individually controllable and independent lights by directing one of a color change, an intensity change, an alternate start time, and an alternate interval time of at least two different lights from the plurality in a first sequenced manner, and wherein the at least one processor receives the instructions and executes an illumination sequence in the first sequenced manner responsive to receiving the instructions;
- wherein the first instructions are associated with the first panel assembly so as to allow the base to be universally utilized by other panel assemblies when the other panel assemblies are to be illuminated by the plurality of individually controllable and independent lights while connected with the base, wherein the illumination of the other panel assemblies occurs in a second sequenced manner and is based on other instructions from a different non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
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- a spacer on the first panel assembly or the other panel assemblies, wherein lights in a row below the spacer are turned off in response to the spacer being attached to the first panel assembly or the other panel assemblies.
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A method comprising the steps of:
- providing a base defining an upwardly open channel sized to receive a first panel assembly formed from a plurality of individual acrylic panels having an etched design thereon, and the base including a plurality of individually controllable and independent lights configured to illuminate the first panel assembly;
- inserting the first panel assembly into the channel;
- providing a set of first instructions encoded on a first non-transitory computer readable storage medium that when executed by at least one processor, results in illuminating the first panel assembly with the plurality of individually controllable and independent lights by directing one of a color change, an intensity change, an alternate start time, and an alternate interval time of at least two different lights from the plurality in a first sequenced manner;
- selectively connecting the first non-transitory computer readable storage medium to the at least one processor;
- executing the set of first instructions in the at least one processor;
- illuminating the first panel assembly with the plurality of individually controllable and independent lights in the first sequenced manner in accordance with the set of first instructions;
- removing the first panel assembly from the channel and disconnecting the first non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
- inserting a second panel assembly into the channel;
- providing a set of second instructions encoded on a second non-transitory computer readable storage medium that when executed by the at least one processor, results in illuminating the second panel assembly with the plurality of individually controllable and independent lights by directing one of a color change, an intensity change, an alternate start time, and an alternate interval time of at least two different lights from the plurality in a second sequenced manner;
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- wherein when a spacer is present on the first panel assembly or the second panel assembly, then turning off lights in a row below the spacer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.