Light Display Production Strategy And Device Control
AssigneeCentral Technology, Inc.
InventorsKenneth R. Czapla, Ernest Fipps
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Abstract
Producing a light display for entertainment at a venue includes broadcasting a sonic timing signal, and driving internal timers on mobile handheld electronic devices at the venue toward a synchronous state via the sonic timing signal. Producing the light display further includes triggering illumination of the devices at different times each determined by the corresponding internal timer and contingent upon a location at the venue, to generate a light display. Related control methodology and control logic is also disclosed.
Claims19
A method of producing a light display for entertainment at a venue comprising the steps of:
- broadcasting a sonic timing signal to a plurality of mobile handheld electronic devices each having a different location at the venue;
- driving a plurality of internal timers on the plurality of mobile handheld electronic devices from an asynchronous state toward a synchronous state via the sonic timing signal;
- triggering illumination of the plurality of mobile handheld electronic devices at a plurality of different times each determined by the corresponding internal timers in the synchronous state and contingent upon the location at the venue;
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- generating a light display at the venue via the triggered illumination of the plurality of mobile handheld electronic devices.
A method of controlling a mobile handheld electronic device for participation in the production of a light display for entertainment at a venue comprising the steps of:
- receiving a sonic timing signal broadcast to the mobile handheld electronic device;
- adjusting an internal timer on the mobile handheld electronic device responsive to the sonic timing signal, to synchronize the internal timer with internal timers on a plurality of other mobile handheld electronic devices at the venue;
- receiving data indicative of a location of the mobile handheld electronic device;
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- illuminating the mobile handheld electronic device at a time determined by the adjusted internal timer and contingent upon the indicated location, for generating a part of a light display at the venue.
A mobile handheld electronic device comprising:
- a sonic receiver configured to receive a sonic timing signal broadcast to the mobile handheld electronic device;
- an internal timer;
- a locating mechanism configured to receive data indicative of a location of the mobile handheld electronic device at a venue;
- an illumination mechanism;
- a computing device coupled with the sonic receiver, the locating mechanism, the internal timer, and the illumination mechanism;
- the computing device being configured to adjust the internal timer responsive to the sonic timing signal, to synchronize the internal timer with internal timers on a plurality of other mobile handheld electronic devices at the venue;
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- the computing device being further configured to controllably illuminate the illumination mechanism at a time determined by the adjusted internal timer and contingent upon the indicated location, to generate a part of a light display at the venue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.