360 video/photo production light apparatus
OwnerThomas Edward Bruntinventor
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Abstract
A lighting apparatus designed for the 360 degree videography/photography/virtual reality market, comprising an annular light emitter which distributes even light in a 360 degree pattern supporting all camera viewpoints yet avoids lens flares and is invisible to the camera lenses by way of a disk shielding the camera from the annular light emitter. The slope of the annular light emitter allows light to distribute upwards, downwards and outward while masking light from the camera lenses. The apparatus is capable of supplying continuous light or may be used as a photo flash.
Claims15
A lighting instrument and camera mount for 360 degree photography/videography comprising:
- a cylindrical body having a plurality of light emitters wherein the body is capable of producing light around its circumference;
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- a top having a camera-facing side and a body-facing side wherein said camera-facing side is configured to mount a camera;
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- wherein said top has a camera mount protruding from said camera-facing side at the center of said top;
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- wherein said body-facing side is configured to block light emitted from said light emitters so that they are not visible to the camera;
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- a base;
- wherein said top has a first diameter, the center of said body has a second diameter and said base has a third diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.