Entrance ticket with lighting effect

• US 9,109,763 B1
• Filed: 04/10/2014
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael Wein
• Original Assignee: Michael Wein
• Inventors: Wein, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): ULANDAY, MEGHAN K
• Application Number:
  US14/250,074
• Time in Patent Office: 495 Days
• Field of Search: 362/183, 362/184, 362/190, 362/249.01, 235/382, 235/494
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 37/00 Jokes; Confetti, streamers, or other dance favours ; Cracker bonbons or the like
• CPC Class Codes: F21L 4/02 characterised by the provision of two or more light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21L 4/08 characterised by means for in situ recharging of the batteries or cells
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/00 Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/008 Leisure, hobby or sport articles, e.g. toys, games or first-aid kits; Hand tools; Toolboxes
• CPC Class Codes: F21W 2121/06 for personal wear
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/04 characterised by the shape
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/0297 including a machine-readable marking, e.g. a bar code digitally marked record carriers in general G06K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/12 by detecting audible sound
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/155 Coordinated control of two or more light sources
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 47/19 via wireless transmission

Abstract

An apparatus having an embedded processor in a substrate for creating a synchronous lighting effect at a controlled access venue and a method for creating a lighting effect at a controlled access venue while controlling access to the venue simultaneously using the apparatus that coordinates with the performance allowing a holder of the apparatus to perform with the performance.

Claims

1. An apparatus for creating a lighting effect in a controlled access venue, wherein the apparatus comprises:

a. a flexible substrate comprising at least one of;

a stiff paper, a flexible crystalline plastic, a cardboard sheet, a thin aluminum plate, a flexible metal plate, a rubberized plate or a 2 millimeter thin plate of a flexible and shape supporting synthetic material;

b. a power source connected with the substrate, wherein the power source is a DC battery, a lithium ion battery, a printable battery, a solar cell battery, any commercially available battery, or combinations thereof;

c. at least one light emitting device electrically connected to the power source, wherein the at least one light emitting device is configured to provide a lighting effect, wherein the at least one light emitting device is a light emitting diode (LED), a fluorescent light, a halogen light, a neon light, an organic light emitting diode, a luminescent or combinations thereof;

d. a controller disposed in the flexible substrate, wherein the controller comprises a processor and a data storage; and

e. a network transmitter in communication with a network and the controller, wherein the network transmitter transmits telemetry messages to the controller.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one light emitting device is an electroluminescent coating printed on the substrate in electrical communication with the power source.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of light emitting devices connected in series, in parallel, or combinations thereof, to the power source.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the power source is rechargeable.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the power source is replaceable.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lighting effect is modified based on a specific frequency or sound from a specific instrument.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the flexible substrate comprises an identification code.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the identification code is a bar code, a numerical code, an alphanumeric code, a radio frequency identification tag, a series of “

check digits”

used to verify a code, or combinations thereof.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one light emitting device is an electroluminescent coating, an electroluminescent wire, or a chemi-luminescent paint.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is in communication with a sound receiver which detects a sound or receives a signal from a performance transmitter and initiates the lighting effect.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a pull tab, wherein the pull tab does not allow power to be delivered from the power source, and further wherein the pull tab can be removed to allow power to be delivered from the power source.

7. A method for creating a lighting effect in a controlled access venue comprising:

a. providing an apparatus for creating the lighting effect in the controlled access venue, wherein the apparatus comprises;

(i) a flexible substrate comprising at least one of;

a stiff paper, a flexible crystalline plastic, a cardboard sheet, a thin aluminum plate, a flexible metal plate, a rubberized plate or a 2 millimeter thin plate of a flexible and shape supporting synthetic material;

(ii) a power source connected with the substrate, wherein the power source is a DC battery, a lithium ion battery, a printable battery, a solar cell battery, any commercially available battery, or combinations thereof;

(iii) at least one light emitting device electrically connected to a power source, wherein the at least one light emitting device is configured to provide a lighting effect, wherein the at least one light emitting device is a light emitting diode (LED), a fluorescent light, a halogen light, a neon light, an organic light emitting diode, a luminescent or combinations thereof;

(iv) a controller disposed in the flexible substrate, wherein the controller comprises a processor and a data storage; and

(v) a network transmitter in communication with a network and the controller, wherein the network transmitter transmits telemetry messages to the controller; and

b. providing a first set of apparatus to a first set of attendees and providing a second set of apparatus which are configured to respond to different telemetry than the first set of apparatus to a second set of attendees.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising causing manipulation of the light emitting device to create the lighting effect.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising modifying the lighting effect of the first set of apparatus according to sound emitted from a first instrument, and modifying the second set of apparatus according to sound emitted from a second instrument.

15. The method of claim 7, further comprising providing an expiration date for deactivating the apparatus for creating the lighting effect.

16. The method of claim 7, wherein telemetry messages are generated by a user or an operator.

17. The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one light emitting device is a sticker.

18. The method of claim 7, wherein the lighting effect is an image created by manipulation of the at least one light emitting device.

19. The method of claim 7, further comprising distributing at least a portion of the apparatus for creating the lighting effect at the controlled access venue.

20. The method of claim 7, wherein telemetry messages from a remote performance are received by the apparatus for creating the lighting effect.