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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2019
Marche International Llc, Lawrence, KS (US);
Christopher Ostrander, Lawrence, KS (US);
MARCHE INTERNATIONAL LLC, Lawrence, KS (US);
Abstract
A system and method for lighting effects, including simulating a flame, a spark, or a perpetual middle, is disclosed. One or multiple three dimensional substrates include one or multiple arrays of light sources, such as LED, mounted on or into them. A control circuit can actuate the light sources in a manner to simulate different light effects including rising and contracting sparks within a flame and a center of the flame whose properties adjust to sparks traveling through and above it. The control circuit can further actuate the light sources to simulate a real flame effect by combing a simulated spark and a simulated perpetual middle. This system can include a light engine in a light fixture such as an architectural fixture.