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Patent No.:

US 12477640 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 26, 2024

Remotely controlled and monitored followspot

Applicant:

Production Resource Group, L.l.c., 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, L.L.C., New Windsor, NY (US);

Attorney:

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Primary Examiner:

William N Harris

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 47/155 (2020.01); F21V 9/00 (2018.01); F21V 9/08 (2018.01); F21V 9/40 (2018.01); F21V 21/15 (2006.01); F21V 21/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); H05B 47/175 (2020.01); H05B 47/18 (2020.01); F21W 131/406 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 47/155 (2020.01); F21V 9/00 (2013.01); F21V 9/08 (2013.01); F21V 9/40 (2018.02); F21V 21/15 (2013.01); F21V 21/30 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2013.01); H04N 5/77 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); H04N 23/45 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/661 (2023.01); H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); H05B 47/175 (2020.01); H05B 47/18 (2020.01); F21W 2131/406 (2013.01); H05B 47/184 (2024.01);
Abstract

A remote follow spot system includes a remote controller that has a body movable in pan and tilt directions, and an attached display. Movements of the body in the pan and tilt directions are translated into signals sent to a light to cause the light to move in the same directions as the body. The display receives a video feed from a camera mounted on the controlled light. 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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