Method of lighting
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1. A method comprising:
- apportioning a video display screen into a content portion which displays video content, wherein a content lighting level is provided by the content portion;
providing auxiliary lighting when at least one light portion is energized to illuminate a subject adjacent the video display screen, wherein the auxiliary lighting is provided as long as the video display screen displays the video content; and
calibrating, to a predetermined desired lighting level, the auxiliary lighting by measuring the content lighting level adjacent the video display screen with a video camera when the video display screen displays a predetermined test image and adjusting the auxiliary lighting until the predetermined desired lighting level is obtained.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method of lighting is disclosed which includes apportioning a video display screen into a content portion and at least one light portion. The content portion displays video content and the light portion provides auxiliary lighting when energized to illuminate a subject adjacent the video display screen.
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1. A method comprising:
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apportioning a video display screen into a content portion which displays video content, wherein a content lighting level is provided by the content portion; providing auxiliary lighting when at least one light portion is energized to illuminate a subject adjacent the video display screen, wherein the auxiliary lighting is provided as long as the video display screen displays the video content; and calibrating, to a predetermined desired lighting level, the auxiliary lighting by measuring the content lighting level adjacent the video display screen with a video camera when the video display screen displays a predetermined test image and adjusting the auxiliary lighting until the predetermined desired lighting level is obtained. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a video signal composer which composes a video signal containing video content to be transmitted to a video display screen to be received and displayed thereby; and logic controller which is operable to control the composition of the video signal so that when the video signal is received and displayed by the video display screen, the video display screen is apportioned into a content portion which displays the video content and at least one light portion which provides variable auxiliary lighting when energized to illuminate a subject adjacent the video display screen, wherein the variable auxiliary lighting is provided as long as the video display screen displays the video content. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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recording video of a subject adjacent a video display screen with a video camera; apportioning the video display screen into a content portion which displays video content and at least one light portion which provides variable auxiliary lighting when energized; measuring the lighting level adjacent the video display screen with the video camera; dynamically adjusting the luminescence and color of the auxiliary lighting emitted from the light portion of the video display screen so that the lighting level adjacent the video display screen strives towards a predetermined desired lighting level, wherein the dynamically adjusted auxiliary lighting is provided as long as the video display screen displays the video content; and transmitting the video via a communications network.
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