Fill lighting apparatus
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising a length of strip light populated with a plurality of light fixtures, the apparatus configured to be removably attachable to an external surface of an imaging device,wherein, when the apparatus is attached to the imaging device:
- the apparatus surrounds the imaging device but does not occlude one or more cameras of the imaging device that are located about the imaging device, such that the apparatus and light emitted by the strip light do not obscure or distort a respective field of view of the one or more cameras;
the plurality of light fixtures of the strip light are controllable to selectively emit light into the environment that surrounds the imaging device; and
the plurality of light fixtures are individually addressable and controllable to set or adjust one or more attributes of the light emitted by the strip light based at least in part upon an output from a control system, said control system comprising a decoder-driver unit in communication with a controller, said strip light being configured to be connected to an output of said decoder-driver unit so that the plurality of light fixtures are individually addressable and controllable.
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Abstract
An apparatus comprising a length of strip light populated with a plurality of light fixtures, the apparatus configured to be removably attachable to an imaging device; wherein, when the apparatus is attached to the imaging device: the apparatus surrounds the imaging device but does not occlude one or more cameras of the imaging device that are located about the imaging device, such that the apparatus and light emitted by the strip light do not obscure or distort a respective field of view of the one or more cameras; and the plurality of light fixtures of the strip light are controllable to selectively emit light into the environment that surrounds the imaging device.
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1. An apparatus comprising a length of strip light populated with a plurality of light fixtures, the apparatus configured to be removably attachable to an external surface of an imaging device,
wherein, when the apparatus is attached to the imaging device: -
the apparatus surrounds the imaging device but does not occlude one or more cameras of the imaging device that are located about the imaging device, such that the apparatus and light emitted by the strip light do not obscure or distort a respective field of view of the one or more cameras; the plurality of light fixtures of the strip light are controllable to selectively emit light into the environment that surrounds the imaging device; and the plurality of light fixtures are individually addressable and controllable to set or adjust one or more attributes of the light emitted by the strip light based at least in part upon an output from a control system, said control system comprising a decoder-driver unit in communication with a controller, said strip light being configured to be connected to an output of said decoder-driver unit so that the plurality of light fixtures are individually addressable and controllable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising:
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a length of strip light configured to be housed within a flexible tube structure, the length of strip light populated with a plurality of light fixtures, the apparatus configured to be removably attachable to an external surface of an imaging device; and one or more opaque light blocking elements configured to be removably attachable to a respective one or more portions of an external surface of the flexible tube structure, wherein, when the apparatus is attached to the imaging device; the apparatus surrounds the imaging device but does not occlude one or more cameras of the imaging device that are located about the imaging device, such that the apparatus and light emitted by the strip light do not obscure or distort a respective field of view of the one or more cameras; the plurality of light fixtures of the strip light are controllable to selectively emit light into the environment that surrounds the imaging device; and the one or more light blocking elements are configured, when attached to the external surface of the flexible tube structure, to block light from being emitted via the respective one or more portions of the external surface of the flexible tube structure.
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