US 6,611,244 B1Granted

Illuminated, decorative led-display wearable safety device with different modes of motion and color

OwnerSteven P. W. Guritzinventor

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Abstract

A relatively small, illuminated, wearable-safety device or item that may also serve as an item of jewelry or ornamental apparel attachment item of jewelry or ornamental apparel attachment which incorporates a series of LED's packages, with each LED package being made of three individual LED's, one of blue, one of green, and one of red, whereby a continuous range of colors may be emitted by selected energizing of each individual LED of an LED package. The LED packages are capable of being flashed in various modes of operation, such as sequential, random, continuous, and the like. The LED packages are also controlled where the colors emitted by each LED package may also have various modes of operation, such as sequential, random, continuous, and the like, where the color emitted by each LED package may be altered according to a fixed or random pattern, all of which are controlled by one microprocessor.

An illuminated item to be worn on a person or clothing comprising a main body portion configured as one of the following:

a small, illuminated, wearable-safety device, item of jewelry, or ornamental apparel attachment;
and an illuminated lighting display means mounted on said main body portion,
said lighting display comprising:
a plurality of LED-packages, each said LED package comprising three, separate LED's, one green LED, one red LED, and one blue LED;
a microcontroller for controlling the actuation and time span of actuation of each of said three, separate LED's of each said LED package;
said microcontroller comprising memory means;
said memory means having software means stored therein, said software means comprising a first means for causing said microcontroller to produce control signals for each of said three, separate LED's of each said LED package, in order to generate a selected color to be visible from each said LED package;
said software means comprising second means for controlling said first means to display a desired mode of color display of said LED packages, said second means controlling said first means to change the color to be displayed by each said LED package, whereby a plurality of color modes may be generated whereby each LED package will have its displayed color changed after a predetermined, pre-selected duration of time according to a specified color pattern;
said software means comprising third means controlling said LED packages to vary the actuation and illumination thereof to vary the mode of said LED packages from one pattern of apparent movement to another pattern of apparent movement;
control means for controlling the state of said microcontroller, said control means comprising a first actuation means for powering up said microcontroller, and a second actuation means for controlling said second means of said software means;
said second actuation means controlling said second means of said software means to change a selected color mode to a different color mode.

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