Automated memorial system
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1. A memorial display system comprising:
- at least one memorial device having a plurality light fixtures;
each light fixture having at least one light source;
a controller in electrical communication with each of said at least one light source that automatically activates and deactivates said at least one light source;
said controller includes memory having stored therein at least one anniversary date that corresponds to at least one light fixture and an anniversary duration indicating the time period that the anniversary is observed;
said at least one memorial device includes at least one plaque having indicia printed near said at least one light fixture wherein the indicia provides anniversary information;
said controller further includes a display engine for illuminating the at least one light fixture; and
said controller is operative to illuminate the light fixture via said display engine corresponding to an anniversary date and a duration period stored in said memory.
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Abstract
A memorial display system is described including at least one memorial device having a plurality light fixtures with each light fixture having at least one light source. Each of the light sources are in electrical communication with a controller circuit that automatically activates and deactivates the at least one light source of each light fixture according to at least one anniversary date and for a duration period stored in the memory. In one embodiment, each light source is part of a light bar with up to 5 lights. The light bars are commonly strung together to create various runs of lighting opportunities allowing for different overall sizes of the automated memorial system.
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1. A memorial display system comprising:
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at least one memorial device having a plurality light fixtures; each light fixture having at least one light source; a controller in electrical communication with each of said at least one light source that automatically activates and deactivates said at least one light source; said controller includes memory having stored therein at least one anniversary date that corresponds to at least one light fixture and an anniversary duration indicating the time period that the anniversary is observed; said at least one memorial device includes at least one plaque having indicia printed near said at least one light fixture wherein the indicia provides anniversary information; said controller further includes a display engine for illuminating the at least one light fixture; and said controller is operative to illuminate the light fixture via said display engine corresponding to an anniversary date and a duration period stored in said memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A memorial display system comprising:
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at least one memorial device having a plurality of light fixtures; each light fixture having at least one light source; at least one light bar supporting a plurality of said at least one light source, where each of said at least one light source is individually addressable; a latch circuit responsive to an address corresponding to one of said at least one light sources supported by said at least one light bar to activate or deactivate said corresponding at least one light source; a controller in electrical communication with said latch circuit on said at least one light bar that automatically activates and deactivates said at least one light source; said controller includes memory having stored therein at least one anniversary date that corresponds to at least one light fixture and an anniversary duration indicating the time period that the anniversary is observed. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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