Methods and improvements to spectral monitoring of theatre lighting devices
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprisinga theatre lighting device comprising:
- a lamp housing;
a base housing;
and an internal spectral sensor;
wherein the lamp housing is rotationally mounted to the base housing;
wherein the lamp housing is comprised of a plurality of light sources, and a plurality of lenses wherein the plurality of light sources and the plurality of lenses cooperate to project a final output light;
wherein residual light is received by the internal spectral sensor from internal reflections of a first lens of the plurality of lenses and the residual light is converted to spectral data by the internal spectral sensor.
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Abstract
An apparatus including a theater lighting device including a lamp housing; a base housing; and an internal spectral sensor. The lamp housing is rotationally mounted to the base housing; and includes a plurality of light sources, and lenses which cooperate to project a final output light; and wherein residual light is received by the internal spectral sensor from internal reflections of a first lens of the plurality of lenses and the residual light is converted to spectral data. The spectral sensor is a multispectral filter array type. The theater lighting device further includes a microprocessor; and a memory, wherein the memory stores a first set of data for a plurality of electronically adjustable parameters of the theater lighting device. The microprocessor is programmed to receive a first command and in response put the theater lighting device in a first state.
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52 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising
a theatre lighting device comprising: -
a lamp housing; a base housing; and an internal spectral sensor; wherein the lamp housing is rotationally mounted to the base housing; wherein the lamp housing is comprised of a plurality of light sources, and a plurality of lenses wherein the plurality of light sources and the plurality of lenses cooperate to project a final output light;
wherein residual light is received by the internal spectral sensor from internal reflections of a first lens of the plurality of lenses and the residual light is converted to spectral data by the internal spectral sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A theatre lighting device comprising
a lamp housing; -
a base housing; and a spectral sensor; wherein the lamp housing is rotationally mounted to the base housing; wherein the lamp housing is comprised of a plurality of light sources, and a plurality of lenses; wherein the plurality of light sources and the plurality of lenses are configured to cooperate to project a final output light; wherein residual light is received by the spectral sensor from internal reflections created between a first lens and a second lens of the plurality of lenses; and wherein the residual light is converted to spectral data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A theatre lighting device comprising:
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a lamp housing; a plurality of light sources; and a plurality of lenses; a spectral sensor; wherein the plurality of light sources and the plurality of lenses are configured to cooperate to project a final output light; wherein residual light is received by the spectral sensor from the internal reflections created by a first lens of the plurality of lenses; wherein the spectral sensor is located within the lamp housing; wherein the spectral sensor is fixed to the edge of the first lens of the plurality of lenses and wherein the spectral sensor is a multispectral filter array type.
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19. A theatre lighting device comprising:
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a lamp housing; a plurality of light sources; a plurality of lenses; a spectral sensor; a microprocessor; a memory; a user interface comprising a visual display; and a lens tube; and wherein residual light is received by the spectral sensor from the internal reflections created between a first lens and a second lens of the plurality of lenses; wherein the spectral sensor converts the received residual light to spectral data; wherein the microprocessor is programmed to cause the spectral data to be stored in the memory; wherein the visual display is configured to display the spectral data. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A theatre lighting device comprising:
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a lamp housing; and a base housing, wherein the lamp housing is rotationally mounted to the base housing; a plurality of light sources; a lens; a microprocessor; a memory; an output window; a spectral sensor; a user interface comprising a visual display; wherein the plurality of light sources, the lens, and the output window are configured to cooperate to project a final output light; wherein residual light is received by the spectral sensor from the internal reflections created by the output window; wherein the spectral sensor converts the residual light to spectral data; wherein the memory stores a first set of data for controlling a plurality of electronically adjustable parameters for the theatre lighting device; and wherein the microprocessor is programmed by computer software to receive a first command and in response to the first command to cause the microprocessor to put the theatre lighting device in a first state in which the plurality of electronically adjustable parameters are set in accordance with the first set of data; and wherein the first set of data is a measurement of the spectral data. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. A theatre lighting device comprising:
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a lamp housing; and a base housing, wherein the lamp housing is rotationally mounted to the base housing; a plurality of light sources; a plurality of lenses; a memory; an output window; a spectral sensor; a user interface comprising a visual display; wherein the plurality of light sources and the plurality of lenses, are configured to cooperate to project a final output light; wherein residual light is received by the spectral sensor from internal reflections; wherein the spectral sensor converts the residual light to spectral data; and wherein the spectral sensor in comprised of a plurality of interference filters. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method comprising
projecting a final output light from a theatre lighting device by using a plurality of light sources and the plurality of lenses of the theatre lighting device; - and
receiving residual light by an internal spectral sensor, internal to the theatre lighting device, from internal reflections of a first lens of the plurality of lenses and converting the residual light to spectral data by use of the internal spectral sensor. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method comprising
projecting a final output light from a cooperation of a plurality of light sources and a plurality of lenses; -
receiving residual light from internal reflections created between a first lens and a second lens of the plurality of lenses; and converting the residual light to spectral data by use of a spectral sensor. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method comprising
projecting a final output light from a cooperation of a plurality of light sources and a plurality of lenses; -
receiving residual light by a spectral sensor from internal reflections created by a first lens of the plurality of lenses; wherein the spectral sensor is located within a lamp housing; wherein the spectral sensor is fixed to the edge of the first lens of the plurality of lenses and wherein the spectral sensor is a multispectral filter array type.
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