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US 2012/0230175 A1Published application
Visual Enhancement for Turntable Playback
OwnerJoseph Wardinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for enhancing media playback on a turntable, such as an audio record turntable, includes an illumination apparatus. The illumination apparatus is generally placed on the turntable's platter, beneath a record to be played. The record may be transparent or semi-transparent. The illumination apparatus includes a light source that projects light up through the record for producing a visual effect.
Claims20
An apparatus for enhancing media playback on a turntable, comprising:
- a disk-shaped body having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a central hole through the body;
- and
- a powered light source within the body for projecting light upwards through the top surface.
A system for media playback, comprising:
- a turntable having a base, a platter, and a spindle;
- a powered apparatus with a central hole, the powered apparatus disposed on the platter with the spindle extending through the central hole, the powered apparatus having a top surface and a powered light source for projecting light upwards through the top surface.
A method of enhancing media playback, comprising:
- placing an apparatus having an internal, powered light source on a playback turntable;
- placing a non-opaque record disk over the apparatus;
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- projecting light from the apparatus up and through the non-opaque record disk, thereby producing a visual effect.
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