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US 2019/0057627 A1Published application
Programmable base to hold and illuminate a panel assembly
AssigneeLaser's Edge, LLC
InventorCraig E. Mullett
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Abstract
A universal base for one or more panel assemblies has a processor that receives and processes instructions from at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium. The instructions direct an illumination sequence to be executed by the processor to illuminate lights in the base. The at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium is removably connected to the base such that when it is removed and a different second non-transitory computer readable storage medium is connected with the base, the lights are illuminated in a second illumination sequence in accordance with a set of second illumination instructions.
Claims17
A base for receiving a panel assembly to be illuminated, the base comprising:
- a plurality of individually controllable and independent lights positioned within an upwardly open channel formed in the base;
- a portion of the upwardly open channel is sized to support an etched acrylic panel assembly to be illuminated, wherein the etched acrylic panel assembly is formed from a plurality of individual acrylic panels that are aligned tandemly;
- wherein the plurality of individually controllable and independent lights are arranged in rows below each one of the acrylic panels and each light is positioned to direct light upwardly into one panel;
- a first processor in operative communication with a plurality of second processors, each second processor coupled to one light within the plurality of lights receiving a set of instructions encoded in an at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
- a receiving port that releasably connects with the at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium to pass the instructions therethrough as the instructions are sent to the first processor and the plurality of second processors;
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- wherein the instructions are sent with a number of bytes from the first processor to the plurality of second processors that dictate an illumination sequence for the plurality of individually controllable and independent lights to illuminate the etched acrylic panel assembly by directing one of a color change, an intensity change, an alternate start time, and an alternate interval time of at least two different lights from the plurality in a first sequenced manner.
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A method comprising:
- providing a base defining a channel sized to receive a first panel assembly formed from an at least one acrylic-based panel having a design thereon, and the base including a plurality of individually controllable and independent lights configured to illuminate the first panel assembly;
- inserting the first panel assembly into the channel;
- providing a set of first instructions encoded on a first non-transitory computer readable storage medium that, when executed by a first processor, results in sending a number of bytes to a second processor coupled to one light within the plurality of lights;
- selectively connecting the first non-transitory computer readable storage medium to the first processor;
- executing the set of first instructions in the first processor;
- receiving, in the second processor, the number of bytes from the first processor;
- illuminating the first panel assembly with the plurality of individually controllable and independent lights in the first sequenced manner in accordance with the set of first instructions;
- removing the first panel assembly from the channel;
- inserting a second panel assembly into the channel;
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- providing a set of second instructions encoded on one of the first second non-transitory computer readable storage mediums and a second non-transitory computer readable storage medium that, when executed by the first processor, results sending a different number of bytes to the second processor to illuminate the second panel assembly in a second sequenced manner.
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A method comprising:
- providing a base defining a channel sized to receive a first panel assembly formed from at least one first panel having a design thereon, and the base including a plurality of individually controllable and independent lights configured to illuminate the at least one first panel;
- inserting the at least one first panel into the channel;
- providing a set of first instructions encoded on a first non-transitory computer readable storage medium that when executed by at least one processor, results in illuminating the at least one first panel with the plurality of individually controllable and independent lights by directing one of a color change, an intensity change, an alternate start time, and an alternate interval time of at least two different lights from the plurality in a first sequenced manner;
- selectively connecting the first non-transitory computer readable storage medium to the at least one processor;
- executing the set of first instructions in the at least one processor;
- illuminating the at least one first panel with the plurality of individually controllable and independent lights in the first sequenced manner in accordance with the set of first instructions;
- removing the at least one first panel from the channel and disconnecting the first non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
- inserting at least one second panel into the channel;
- providing a set of second instructions encoded on a second non-transitory computer readable storage medium that when executed by the at least one processor, results in illuminating the at least one second panel with the plurality of individually controllable and independent lights by directing one of a color change, an intensity change, an alternate start time, and an alternate interval time of at least two different lights from the plurality in a second sequenced manner;
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- wherein when a spacer is connected to the at least one first panel or the at least one second panel, then turning off lights in a row below the spacer, and when the spacer is absent from the at least one first panel or the at least one second panel, then illuminating the plurality of individually controllable and independent lights in accordance with the set of first instructions or the set of second instructions, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.