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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12069774 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024

Filed:

Dec. 21, 2017

Remotely controlled and monitored followspot

Applicant:

Production Resource Group, Llc, New Windsor, NY (US);

Inventors:

Christopher D Conti, Rutherford, NJ (US);

Ian Clarke, Grapevine, TX (US);

Dale Polansky, Duncanville, TX (US);

Diane Miller, Grapevine, TX (US);

Assignee:

Production Resource Group, LLC, New Windsor, NY (US);

Attorney:

Law Office of Scott C Harris, Inc

Primary Examiner:

Bao Q Truong

Assistant Examiner:

Glenn D Zimmerman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 21/15 (2006.01); F21V 9/00 (2018.01); F21V 9/08 (2018.01); F21V 9/40 (2018.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H05B 37/02 (2006.01); F21W 131/406 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 21/15 (2013.01); F21V 9/00 (2013.01); F21V 9/08 (2013.01); F21V 9/40 (2018.02); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); H04N 5/2258 (2013.01); H04N 5/23203 (2013.01); H04N 5/23206 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01); H04N 5/23296 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01); H04N 5/77 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); H05B 37/0227 (2013.01); H05B 37/0245 (2013.01); H05B 37/0272 (2013.01); H05B 37/029 (2013.01); F21W 2131/406 (2013.01);
Abstract

A remote follow spot system includes a remote controller that has separately movable parts that are movable in two orthogonal directions, and a display attached to one of said two separately movable parts. The display receives a video feed from a controlled light, that is controlled to move in the same directions as remote controller. The display hence shows the field of view where the light is pointing. In this way, an operator of the follow spot can control the light without physically being near the light.

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