Lighting entertainment system
First Claim
1. A signal processing system for illumination signals, comprising:
- a decoder for decoding a combined signal; and
a connection for delivering a portion of the combined signal to an illumination source, which source is capable of generating an illumination condition from the portion of the combined signal.
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Abstract
Provided herein are methods and systems for signal processing for illumination control signals, which may include a decoder for decoding a combined signal and a connection for delivering a portion of the combined signal to an illumination source, which source is capable of generating an illumination condition from the portion of the combined signal. The system may also include an encoder for encoding the combined signal from and illumination control signal and a second signal. The combined signal may include any signal, such as a video signal, a radio frequency signal, an electrical signal, an infrared signal, an acoustic signal, and audio signal, and an optical signal. The encoder may send signals to the decoder by any known method or system, such as broadcast, cable, network, circuit, or the like. The system may include a controlled illumination source and another device, which may be any electrical device, such as an entertainment device. The device may be a television, a computer, a compact disc player, a stereo, a radio, a video cassette player, a DVD player, a toy, a CD-ROM drive, a film projector, a surround sound system, a dolby sound system, a THX sound system, and a tape player. The decoder may be connected to the controlled devices by any connection, such as a circuit, a network, a data bus, a cable, a wire, a radio frequency transmitter and receiver, an infrared transmitter and receiver, a broadcast transmitter and receiver, an optical transmitter and receiver, an acoustic transmitter and receiver, a microwave transmitter and receiver, and a circuit. The system may also include a signal generator for generating signal that controls the other device and an illumination control driver for generating the illumination control signal for the illumination source. The illumination source may be an LED system that is controlled by a microprocessor to vary at least one of the color and intensity of the illumination produced by the illumination source in response to the illumination control signal.
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49 Claims
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1. A signal processing system for illumination signals, comprising:
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a decoder for decoding a combined signal; and
a connection for delivering a portion of the combined signal to an illumination source, which source is capable of generating an illumination condition from the portion of the combined signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 48, 49)
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27. A method of signal processing for illumination signals, comprising:
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decoding an illumination control signal from a combined signal; and
delivering the illumination control signal to an illumination source that is capable of generating an illumination condition from the illumination control signal.
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46. An entertainment system, comprising:
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an illumination source, the illumination source including an LED system that is controlled by a microprocessor to vary at least one of the color and intensity of the illumination produced by the illumination source in response to a control signal;
a receiver of the illumination source for receiving a control signal;
an entertainment signal generator for generating an entertainment signal, wherein the entertainment signal is at least one of a video signal, an audio signal, and a data packet;
an entertainment device for producing entertainment using the entertainment signal, wherein the entertainment device is at least one of a television, a computer, a compact disc player, a stereo, a radio, a video cassette player, a DVD player, a CD-ROM drive, a film projector, a surround sound system, a dolby sound system, a THX sound system, and a tape player;
an illumination control driver for generating the control signal for the illumination source;
an encoder for encoding the control signal with the entertainment signal;
a connection for delivering the encoded signal to the location of at least one of the illumination source and the entertainment device;
a decoder for decoding the control signal from the encoded signal;
a connection for delivering the entertainment signal to the entertainment device; and
a connection for delivering the control signal to the receiver of the illumination source.
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47. An encoder for a signal processing system for illumination signals, comprising:
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an input for receiving an illumination control signal;
an input for receiving a second signal; and
a timing and control circuit for combining the illumination control signal with the second signal.
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