Interactive LED system for enhancing billiard gameplay

A system for use with a billiards table having rails, comprising:

• addressable multi-color strips of LEDs positioned within grooves formed in the rails of the billiards table, wherein the strips of LEDs are configured to emit light along portions of the rails;
• the strips of LEDs being electrically connected in series;
• diffusers positioned over the strips of LEDs, wherein the diffusers are configured to diffuse light emitted by the LEDs to provide uniform illumination along the rails;
• a controller configured to send signals to the addressable multi-color strips of LEDs to control which one or more LEDs are activated and one or more colors of light to be produced by the activated LEDs;
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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 strips of LEDs, and the controller is configured to implement the commands by sending corresponding signals to the addressable multi-color strips of LEDs to implement the changes to the lighting.

A system, comprising:

• a billiards table including a playing surface and rails positioned along a perimeter of the playing surface;
• addressable LEDs positioned on or in the rails of the billiards table, wherein the LEDs are configured to emit light along portions of the rails;
• a controller configured to send signals to the addressable LEDs to control which one or more LEDs are activated;
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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 LEDs, and the controller is configured to implement the commands by sending corresponding signals to the addressable LEDs to implement the changes to the lighting.