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US 12,345,406 B2Granted
Interactive LED system for enhancing billiard gameplay
AssigneeBlake Martin
InventorBlake Robert Martin
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Abstract
A system for use with a billiards table may include addressable multicolor LED strips, a controller and a user device. The controller may be configured to send signals through the LED strips to control which one or more pixels are activated and one or more colors of light to be produced by corresponding one or more LEDs for the one or more activated pixels. The user device may communicate with the controller and may implement a program configured to enable a user of the user device to send lighting commands to the controller during gameplay. The lighting commands may indicate user-desired changes to lighting provided by the addressable multi-color LED strips. The controller may send corresponding signals to the addressable multi-color LED light strips to implement the changes to the lighting.
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A system for use with a billiards table, comprising:
- addressable multi-color LED strips, each of the LED strips having a length corresponding to a length of a bumper of the billiards table, wherein each bumper of the billiards table corresponds to one of the addressable multi-color LED strips, wherein each the LED strips are electrically connected in series, and wherein each of the LED strips includes a plurality of LEDs and a plurality of addressable pixels, and each of the addressable pixels including one or more of the plurality of LEDs;
- a controller connected to an end of the series-connected LED strips, wherein the controller is configured to send signals through the LED strips to control which one or more pixels are activated and one or more colors of light to be produced by corresponding one or more LEDs for the one or more activated pixels;
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- a user device configured to communicate with the controller and to implement a program configured to enable a user of the user device to send lighting commands to the controller during gameplay, wherein the lighting commands are indicative of user-desired changes to lighting provided by the addressable multi-color LED strips, and the controller is configured to implement the commands by sending corresponding signals to the addressable multi-color LED light strips to implement the changes to the lighting.
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A method, comprising:
- placing corresponding ones of six LED strips on, in or near corresponding ones of six bumpers of a billiards table, and electrically connecting the LED strips in series, wherein each of the LED strips includes a plurality of LEDs and a plurality of addressable pixels, and each of the addressable pixels includes one or more of the plurality of LEDs;
- connecting a controller to an end of the series-connected LED strips, wherein the controller is configured to send signals through the LED strips to control which one or more pixels are activated and one or more colors of light to be produced by the corresponding LEDs;
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- implementing a program on a user device that is configured to communicate with the controller, wherein the program is implemented to enable a user of the user device to send lighting commands to the controller during gameplay, wherein the lighting commands are indicative of user-desired changes to lighting provided by the addressable multi-color LED strips, and the controller is configured to implement the commands by sending corresponding signals to the addressable multi-color LED light strips to implement the changes to the lighting.
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A kit for a billiards table having six bumpers of a known length, the kit comprising:
- addressable multi-color LED strips including at least a first LED strip for substantially spanning the known length, at least a second LED strip for substantially spanning the known length, at least a third LED strip for substantially spanning the known length, at least a fourth LED strip for substantially spanning the known length, at least a fifth LED strip for substantially spanning the known length, and at least a sixth LED strip for substantially spanning the known length, wherein each of the LED strips includes a plurality of LEDs and a plurality of addressable pixels, and each of the addressable pixels including one or more of the plurality of LEDs, wherein each of the LED strips include a plurality of addressable LED controllers to control a pixel of LEDS, a power conductor and a reference potential conductor connected to each of the plurality of addressable LED controllers, and a signal conductor serially connecting the plurality of addressable LED controllers;
- a system controller configured for use to provide control signals to the addressable multi-color LED light strips for controlling which one or more pixels are activated and one or more colors of light to be produced by the corresponding LEDs;
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- connectors configured for use to
- connect the system controller to the at least the first LED strip, including connect a power output of the system controller to the power conductor of the at least the first LED strip, connect a reference potential output of the system controller to the reference potential conductor of the at least the first LED strip, and connect a signal output to the signal conductor of the at least the first LED strip;
- serially connect the at least the first and the at least the second LED strips, including connect the power conductors together, connecting the reference potential conductors together and connecting the signal conductors together;
- serially connect the at least the second and the at least the third LED strips, including connect the power conductors together, connecting the reference potential conductors together and connecting the signal conductors together;
- serially connect the at least the third and the at least the fourth LED strips, including connect the power conductors together, connecting the reference potential conductors together and connecting the signal conductors together;
- serially connect the at least the fourth and the at least the fifth LED strips, including connect the power conductors together, connecting the reference potential conductors together and connecting the signal conductors together;
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- serially connect the at least the fifth and the at least the sixth LED strips, including connect the power conductors together, connecting the reference potential conductors together and connecting the signal conductors together.
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