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1. A method for illuminating a housing of a general purpose computer system, said method comprising:
- providing a housing for enclosing a device of the general purpose computer system, the housing being separated into a plurality of independent illuminable zones, the housing also enclosing a plurality of light elements each of which is positioned proximate to an associated illuminable zone and arranged to transmit light through the housing and illuminate substantially only the associated illuminable zone;
monitoring events associated with the computer system, wherein at least one of said monitored events includes providing a display on a display screen of the computer system, wherein the display may include a moving image, said display screen being proximate to the housing;
sampling a plurality of regions of the display on the display screen to acquire color indicators for the plurality of regions;
associating particular events with corresponding particular illuminable zones;
determining driving signals for the light elements in accordance with the monitored events, wherein one or more of the driving signals is determined based on the color indicators of one or more sampled regions of the display on the display screen; and
controlling the light elements using the driving signals such that each light element illuminates an associated particular illuminable zone of the housing proximate to a sampled region in order to significantly affect the ornamental appearance of the illuminable zone of the housing such that the feel of the display on the display screen is extended to the illuminable zone of the housing proximate to the screen display by illuminating an associated particular illuminable zone such that it exudes a light effect similar to the moving image of the display as the image moves into the associated sampled region proximate to the associated illuminable zone.
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Abstract
A computing device is disclosed. The computing device includes a housing having an illuminable portion. The computing device also includes a light device disposed inside the housing. The light device is configured to illuminate the illuminable portion.
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1. A method for illuminating a housing of a general purpose computer system, said method comprising:
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providing a housing for enclosing a device of the general purpose computer system, the housing being separated into a plurality of independent illuminable zones, the housing also enclosing a plurality of light elements each of which is positioned proximate to an associated illuminable zone and arranged to transmit light through the housing and illuminate substantially only the associated illuminable zone; monitoring events associated with the computer system, wherein at least one of said monitored events includes providing a display on a display screen of the computer system, wherein the display may include a moving image, said display screen being proximate to the housing; sampling a plurality of regions of the display on the display screen to acquire color indicators for the plurality of regions; associating particular events with corresponding particular illuminable zones; determining driving signals for the light elements in accordance with the monitored events, wherein one or more of the driving signals is determined based on the color indicators of one or more sampled regions of the display on the display screen; and controlling the light elements using the driving signals such that each light element illuminates an associated particular illuminable zone of the housing proximate to a sampled region in order to significantly affect the ornamental appearance of the illuminable zone of the housing such that the feel of the display on the display screen is extended to the illuminable zone of the housing proximate to the screen display by illuminating an associated particular illuminable zone such that it exudes a light effect similar to the moving image of the display as the image moves into the associated sampled region proximate to the associated illuminable zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer system, comprising:
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a housing for enclosing a component of the computer system, the housing being separated into a plurality of independent illuminable zones; an event monitor configured to track computer events associated with said computer system, wherein at least one of said tracked events includes a providing a display on a display screen of the computer system, wherein the display may include a moving image, said display screen being proximate to the housing, and wherein said event monitor is further configured to sample a plurality of regions of the display on the display screen to acquire color indicators for the plurality of regions; a light effect manager operatively coupled to said event monitor, said light effect manager being configured to generate light control signals when said computer events are executed by said computer system, said light effect manager being further configured to associate particular events with associated particular illuminable zones, wherein one or more of the light control signals is determined based on the color indicators of one or more sampled regions of the display on the display screen; and a light arrangement operatively coupled to said light effect manager and enclosed by said housing, said light arrangement including a plurality of light elements, each light element being positioned proximate to an associated illuminable zone and arranged to transmit light through the housing and to illuminate the associated illuminable zone proximate to a sampled region, said light arrangement being configured to work in conjunction with said light effect manager to dynamically change the ornamental appearance of the illuminable zone of said housing such that the feel of the display on the display screen is extended to the illuminable zone of the housing proximate to the screen display by illuminating an associated illuminable zone such that it exudes a light effect similar to the moving image of the display as the image moves into the associated sampled region proximate to the associated illuminable zone. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer system, comprising:
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a housing adapted to enclose a plurality of computer system components therein, the housing including a plurality of independent illuminable zones; a display screen situated proximate to said housing, the display screen being configured to provide a display that may include a moving image; a sampling device operatively coupled to the display screen and adapted to sample a plurality of regions of the display provided on the display screen to acquire color indicators for the plurality of regions; a light effect manager operatively coupled to said sampling device, said light effect manager being configured to generate light control signals based on the color indicators of one or more sampled regions of the display on the display screen; and a light arrangement operatively coupled to said light effect manager and enclosed by said housing, said light arrangement including a plurality of light elements configured to transmit light through the housing, each light element positioned proximate to an associated illuminable zone and said light arrangement being configured to work in conjunction with said light effect manager to illuminate a particular area of said illuminable housing proximate to a sampled region so as to dynamically change the ornamental appearance of said housing based on the color indicators of the one or more sampled regions, such that the feel of the display on the display screen is extended to the illuminable zone of the housing proximate to the screen display by illuminating an associated illuminable zone such that it exudes a light effect similar to the moving image of the display as the image moves into the sampled region proximate to the associated illuminable zone.
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