Computer regulated and controlled ignition and combustion pyrotechnic display apparatus and method

A computer regulated and controlled ignition and combustion pyrotechnic display apparatus comprising:

• a graticulate arrangement of flue members disposed to align an ignition end congruent within a common plane;
• an electrical sparking nexus disposed at the ignition end of each flue member, said sparking nexus disposed in operative communication with the computing apparatus and electrically productive of a spark when an electric current is passed therethrough;
• a conduit connecting each flue member to a pressurized source of combustible fuel;
• at least one variable aperture disposed at each flue member, said at least one variable aperture mechanically effective between a maximum opening and a minimum opening;
• and
• a computing apparatus having at least one processor and running a driver, said computing apparatus disposed in controlling communication with each variable aperture and each electrical sparking nexus;
• wherein digitized signals are translatable to effect selective ignition of each electrical sparking nexus in conjunction with variance of the diameter of each of the at least one variable apertures dispositional between the minimum and maximum opening, to thereby effect a thermal potential of each flue member by controllable introduction of combustible fuel thereinto, whereby controlled ignition of regulated flows of combustible fuel is enabled interior to each flue member and coordinated and modulated fiery displays are thereby controllable in programmable reaction and desired synchrony to the production of said digitized signals.

A method enabling computer regulated and controlled ignition and combustion of a programmable pyrotechnic display comprising the steps of:

• digitizing signals into a set of discrete values;
• delivering said digital signals as electrical impulses to at least one flue member remotely disposed relative a source of said signals;
• enabling mechanical action of at least one variable aperture disposed at said at least one flue member between a minimum opening and a maximum opening, whereby a flow of combustible fuel is controllably introducible thereinto in desired response to delivery of said digitized signals;
• effecting timed and selective ignition of an electrical sparking nexus disposed to ignite a volume of fuel introduced into an associated at least one flue member;
• and
• admixing co-solvents with the fuel to vary flame color;
• wherein programmable pyrotechnic displays are remotely controllable coordinated to signals including rhythms, melodies, and other audio and video signals, whereby flames are producible at various magnitudes and positions appropriate to the creation of visual stimuli consonant with a performance production.