METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING EFFECTS IN A MOVING MEDIUM
First Claim
1. A microlight for gloving, comprising:
- a casing configured to enclose a control chip having an integrated circuit and adapted to control a multicolor LED bulb, the casing sized to fit within a glove and adjacent a fingernail of a user wearing the glove; and
the casing having a top surface, a bottom surface and a generally rigid shell portion;
wherein a flexible bottom member is provided at the bottom surface of the casing, the flexible bottom member being more flexible than the rigid shell portion and configured to conform to a shape of a user'"'"'s fingernail.
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Abstract
A device for creating moving light effects has a light source that is configured to pulse a light ON and OFF according to a desired pattern so as to create a moving light effect that is visible when the light source is moved. Some such devices can be programmed to custom-select color sets that are pulsed ON and OFF according to the desired pattern. Other such devices enable the user to custom select one or more patterns. Some devices can control a duty cycle of and LED of the light source by applying an eight bit octet over each duty cycle time in which the LED is pulsed ON or OFF based on a binary “1” or “0” of the octet. A microlight for use in artistic moving light shows such as gloving can employ such moving light effects, and some such microlights can be operated and programmed using a single actuator button.
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18 Claims
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1. A microlight for gloving, comprising:
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a casing configured to enclose a control chip having an integrated circuit and adapted to control a multicolor LED bulb, the casing sized to fit within a glove and adjacent a fingernail of a user wearing the glove; and the casing having a top surface, a bottom surface and a generally rigid shell portion; wherein a flexible bottom member is provided at the bottom surface of the casing, the flexible bottom member being more flexible than the rigid shell portion and configured to conform to a shape of a user'"'"'s fingernail. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of controlling a duty cycle of a light emitting diode (LED), comprising:
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determining a desired duty cycle ON time per cycle for the LED; dividing the ON and OFF time of the LED into at least one octet, the octet comprising 8 bits, each bit having a binary 1 corresponding to ON or a binary 0 corresponding to OFF, the total ON time of the octet corresponding to the desired ON duty cycle time; and pulsing the LED ON during bits having a binary 1 and OFF during bits having a binary 0. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of controlling a duty cycle of a light emitting diode (LED), comprising:
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determining a desired duty cycle ON time per time cycle for the LED; dividing the time cycle of the LED into a plurality of discrete successive time periods assigning an ON or OFF instruction to each discrete time period so that the cumulative ON time per cycle equals the desired duty cycle ON time; and performing the instruction of each discrete successive time period in order; wherein performing the instruction comprises pulsing the LED ON only during time periods having the ON instruction. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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