Computerized illumination system
First Claim
1. An illumination control system for a plurality of lamps and optical elements arranged to emit at least three different colors of lights, comprising:
- a high frequency clock;
a first binary counter connected to the output of the high frequency clock;
a low frequency clock; and
, a plurality of electronic control circuits, each individual control circuit controlling the emission of one color of light, each control circuit comprising a second binary counter connected to the output of the low frequency clock, a digital comparator for comparing the counts in the first and second binary counters, and means for controlling the intensity of the emission of said one color of light in response to the output of said comparator.
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Abstract
The invention consists mainly of two major sub-systems, ie, three colored lamps and a solid state digital computer. The three lamp colors are green, blue and red. The Computer consists of several TTL devices, diodes, capacitors and resistors. The computer electronics generate the trigger pulses for controlling the firing of triacs which are power devices controlling the amount of power delivered to the lamps. Each lamp is driven by one triac. However, each triac has the power capability to drive several lamps. These lamps generally are immersed in water but could also be used out of water.
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1. An illumination control system for a plurality of lamps and optical elements arranged to emit at least three different colors of lights, comprising:
a high frequency clock;
a first binary counter connected to the output of the high frequency clock;
a low frequency clock; and
, a plurality of electronic control circuits, each individual control circuit controlling the emission of one color of light, each control circuit comprising a second binary counter connected to the output of the low frequency clock, a digital comparator for comparing the counts in the first and second binary counters, and means for controlling the intensity of the emission of said one color of light in response to the output of said comparator.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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