Lightweight LED illumination enclosure for concurrent use with lightweight camera module
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1. Apparatus comprising:
- a hollow parallelepiped shaped enclosure defining a front wall defining a center point, a non-circular aperture being formed in the front wall, the aperture defining a center offset from the center point of the front wall;
a hollow heat sink ring disposed within the aperture;
a focus element juxtaposed with the heat sink ring, wherein the heat sink ring and focus element together block the aperture in the front wall;
at least one lamp disposed in the enclosure behind the aperture and positioned to emit light through the focus element;
a manipulable actuation toggle on the enclosure to activate and deactivate the at least one lamp, wherein a single click to the actuation toggle toggles a state of the lamp, a press and hold of the actuation toggling initiates a dimming sequence in which the lamp continuously brightens from a current brightness until it reaches a maximum brightness, wherein responsive to maximum brightness being reached, the lamp is caused to flash once and then begin to dim.
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Abstract
A lightweight housing with a mount that can be attached to a user, sports equipment, or vehicle contains an illumination assembly but no camera. The illumination assembly may communicate via Bluetooth with a similarly-configured nearby camera module to provide illumination for subjects being imaged by the camera module.
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1. Apparatus comprising:
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a hollow parallelepiped shaped enclosure defining a front wall defining a center point, a non-circular aperture being formed in the front wall, the aperture defining a center offset from the center point of the front wall; a hollow heat sink ring disposed within the aperture; a focus element juxtaposed with the heat sink ring, wherein the heat sink ring and focus element together block the aperture in the front wall; at least one lamp disposed in the enclosure behind the aperture and positioned to emit light through the focus element; a manipulable actuation toggle on the enclosure to activate and deactivate the at least one lamp, wherein a single click to the actuation toggle toggles a state of the lamp, a press and hold of the actuation toggling initiates a dimming sequence in which the lamp continuously brightens from a current brightness until it reaches a maximum brightness, wherein responsive to maximum brightness being reached, the lamp is caused to flash once and then begin to dim. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system, comprising:
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at least one hollow illumination enclosure comprising at least one wireless transceiver and at least one lamp; at least one remote control (RC) comprising at least one transceiver; at least one camera module comprising at least one camera and at least one receiver to receive commands from the RC to control the camera, the illumination enclosure wirelessly communicating with at least the RC or the camera module; and a manipulable actuation toggle on the enclosure to activate and deactivate the at least one lamp, wherein a single click to the actuation toggle toggles a state of the lamp, a press and hold of the actuation toggling initiates a dimming sequence in which the lamp continuously brightens from a current brightness until it reaches a maximum brightness, wherein responsive to maximum brightness being reached, the lamp is caused to flash once and then begin to dim. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A device, comprising:
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a lamp enclosure defining a front wall in turn defining a center point; an aperture formed in the front wall, a center of the aperture being is offset from the center point of the front wall; a hollow heat sink assembly disposed in the aperture such that an entire endless periphery of the aperture abuts a complementarily-shaped endless periphery of the heat sink assembly, a through-passageway of the heat sink assembly being completely filled with a focus element such that the heat sink assembly and focus element together completely block the aperture in the front wall; at least one lamp disposed in the enclosure behind the aperture and positioned to emit light through the focus element; a manipulable power toggle on the enclosure to energize and deenergize electrical components in the enclosure; and a manipulable actuation toggle on the enclosure to activate and deactivate the at least one lamp, wherein a single click to the actuation toggle toggles a state of the lamp, a press and hold of the actuation toggling initiates a dimming sequence in which the lamp continuously brightens from a current brightness until it reaches a maximum brightness, wherein responsive to maximum brightness being reached, the lamp is caused to flash once and then begin to dim. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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