Lightboard system

A lightboard system providing the multiple advantages required by a presenter to an audience, the system comprising:

• a base;
• a plurality of wheels supporting the base and rendering the base mobile;
• a frame supported by the base, defining an opening, and including a pair of vertical struts and a pair of corresponding vertical tubes, the tubes sliding along the struts in a telescoping movement to raise and lower the total height of the frame;
• a clear screen fixed within the opening defined by the frame so that the height of the screen is adjusted as the frame telescopes, the screen having a front face configured to display content from the presenter, having an opposing rear face, and inducing paths for and scattering of light to highlight the content;
• a dimmable light source embedded in the frame and illuminating the screen;
• at least one linear actuator facilitating the telescoping movement between the tubes and the struts, wherein the at least one linear actuator is located inside one of the vertical tubes and raises and lowers the vertical tubes relative to the vertical struts, the stroke of the linear actuator defining the amount by which the height of the screen can be adjusted;
• a telescoping camera mount attached to the frame, wherein at least one of the base, the frame, and the camera mount are formed of aluminum and have a black matte finish;
• a video camera attached to the camera mount and directed toward the rear face of the screen, the video camera streaming or recording the content displayed on the screen to create images and automatically flipping the images for viewing by the audience;
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• a power cord configured to engage a power supply and deliver electricity from the power supply to the lightboard system.

A lightboard system providing the multiple advantages required by a presenter to an audience, the system comprising:

• a base configured to form a compartment adapted to house and protect other components;
• at least one power supply housed in the base;
• a plurality of wheels supporting the base and rendering the base mobile;
• a frame supported by the base, defining an opening, and including a pair of vertical struts and a pair of corresponding vertical tubes, the tubes sliding along the struts in a telescoping movement to raise and lower the total height of the frame;
• a clear screen fixed within the opening defined by the frame so that the height of the screen is adjusted as the frame telescopes, the screen having a front face configured to display content from the presenter, having an opposing rear face, and inducing paths for and scattering of light to highlight the content;
• a dimmable light source embedded in the frame and illuminating the screen;
• at least one linear actuator facilitating the telescoping movement between the tubes and the struts, wherein the at least one linear actuator is located inside one of the vertical tubes and raises and lowers the vertical tubes relative to the vertical struts, the stroke of the linear actuator defining the amount by which the height of the screen can be adjusted;
• a computer stand mounted to the frame;
• a personal computer supported on the computer stand, the computer adapted to allow the presenter to view the screen, move the location of the screen, and change the information that appears on the screen;
• a telescoping camera mount attached to the frame, wherein at least one of the base, the frame, and the camera mount are formed of aluminum and have a black matte finish;
• a video camera attached to the camera mount and directed toward the rear face of the screen, the video camera streaming or recording the content displayed on the screen to create images and automatically flipping the images for viewing by the audience;
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• a power cord configured to engage a power supply and deliver electricity from the power supply to the lightboard system.