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Multilayer control of gobo shape

  • US 9,894,251 B2
  • Filed: 01/08/2013
  • Issued: 02/13/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A controller system for a lighting device, comprising:

  • a computing device having a user interface;

    a gobo selection device which is operative to select one of a plurality of different gobos, on said user interface, each of said gobos including an image that is selected from said user interface,said gobo selection device selecting gobos that are self animating gobos that are self animated to change at different times,wherein said gobos include a gobo definition that loads and executes computer code in said computer, with variables to cause said computer to form an animation of the image, said animation defining the gobo, and causes the lighting device to display the animation, where said gobo definition includes an area to hold variables associated with the gobo, and where the gobo is changed at different times by the computer, as the animating by the computer modifying values of the variables, said animating causing the gobo to change its appearance in a random manner, wherein said output signals represent a light beam whose outer shape is defined by the gobo, wherein said gobo definition comprises an electronic file indicative of an image formed of a plurality of different layers, said plurality of layers including a first layer which includes a gobo image that shapes an outer perimeter of a light beam, and a second layer which defines a function of the gobo other than the gobo shaping.

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