Gobo virtual machine
First Claim
1. A computer system, comprising:
- a first port, receiving information indicative of a light effect to be projected;
an image producing device which produces an output based on said light effect, where said information includes multiple combined parts including at least one video part and at least one effect for said video part, wherein said image producing device produces a first output indicative of said information at a first brightness, and produces a second output indicative of a media to be viewed at a reduced brightness, wherein both said first output and said second output are indicative of all of said multiple combined parts are produced and are output simultaneously such that both first and second outputs show said at least one video part as modified by said effect for said video part, and where said effect modifies a look of said video part on both of said first and second outputs, wherein said image producing device produces both said first output, and also produces a dimming output indicative of an amount of dimming; and
further comprising an analog multiplier that receives said dimming output, and multiplies said first output by said dimming output to produce said second output.
4 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Producing complicated effects based on image processing operations. The image processing operations are defined for a processor which may be different than the processor which is actually used. The processor that is actually used runs an interpreter that interprets the information into its own language, and then runs the image processing. The actual information is formed according to a plurality of layers which are combined in some way so that each layer can effect the layers below it. For example, the layers may add to, subtract from, or form transparency to the layer below it or make color filtering the layer below it. This enables many different effects computed and precompiled for a hypothetical processor, and a different processor can be used to combine and render those effects.
-
Citations
23 Claims
-
1. A computer system, comprising:
a first port, receiving information indicative of a light effect to be projected;
an image producing device which produces an output based on said light effect, where said information includes multiple combined parts including at least one video part and at least one effect for said video part, wherein said image producing device produces a first output indicative of said information at a first brightness, and produces a second output indicative of a media to be viewed at a reduced brightness, wherein both said first output and said second output are indicative of all of said multiple combined parts are produced and are output simultaneously such that both first and second outputs show said at least one video part as modified by said effect for said video part, and where said effect modifies a look of said video part on both of said first and second outputs, wherein said image producing device produces both said first output, and also produces a dimming output indicative of an amount of dimming; and
further comprising an analog multiplier that receives said dimming output, and multiplies said first output by said dimming output to produce said second output.
-
2. A computer system, comprising:
a first port, receiving information indicative of a light effect to be projected;
an image producing device which produces an output based on said light effect, where said information includes multiple combined parts including at least one video part and at least one effect for said video part, wherein said image producing device produces a first output indicative of said information at a first brightness, and produces a second output indicative of a media to be viewed at a reduced brightness, wherein both said first output and said second output are indicative of all said multiple combined parts are produced and are output simultaneously such that both of said first and second outputs show said at least one video part as modified by said effect for said video part, and where said effects modifies a look of said video part on both of said first and second outputs, wherein said video part and said effect form multiple layers which is combined to produce both said first and second outputs.- View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
-
8. A computer system, comprising:
a first port, receiving information indicative of a light effect to be projected;
an image producing device which produces an output based on said light effect, where said information includes multiple combined parts including at least one video part and at least one effect for said video part, wherein said image producing device produces a first output indicative of said information at a first brightness, and produces a second output indicative of a media to be viewed at a reduced brightness, wherein both said first output and said second output are indicative of all of said multiple combined parts are produced and are output simultaneously such that both of said first and second outputs show said at least one video part as modified by said effect for said video part, and where said effect modifies a look of said video part on both of said first and second outputs, wherein said image producing device stores a shape which forms a perimeter of a projected image.
-
9. A system, comprising:
-
a computer-based part which produces an image output, and which produces a dimming output indicative of an amount of dimming to be carried out on said image output, said computer-based part including a port for said image output which is adapted to be connected to a display that displays but does not project; a dimmer, receiving said dimming output, and also receiving said image output, and operating to produce a dimmed output by dimming said image output by an amount indicative of said dimming output, and where said dimmed output is produced on a port that is adapted to be connected to a projecting lamp that projects light, where both said image output and said dimmed output are indicative of a same information; and said computer based part including an input for a control from a remote console which allows controlling image output to one of a plurality of different image outputs. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
-
-
19. A method, comprising:
-
receiving an input for a control from a remote unit, where said input selects from among multiple different image outputs; producing an image output; producing a dimming output indicative of an amount of dimming to be carried out on said image output; displaying said image output at a full brightness on a display that does not project; using said dimming output to produce a dimmed version of said image output; and projecting said dimmed version of said image using a projector which projects at a target, at the same time as said displaying said image output, where both said image output and said dimming output are indicative of a same image. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
-
Specification