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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2011
Applicant:
George O. Podd, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Inventor:
George O. Podd, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09F 13/04 (2006.01); G09F 13/22 (2006.01); G09F 13/18 (2006.01); G09F 21/04 (2006.01); A47G 1/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A light film apparatus having an illuminated graphics panel with at least two segments that can be individually powered. A controller manages a power which is delivered from a power supply to each of the segments, so that each of the segments is either powered on, powered off or powered to an intermediate level. With the independent control of power to the different segments, it is possible to create a three-dimensional appearance of a moving image from a generally two-dimensional panel arrangement. A housing can be mounted so that the graphics panel abuts or is closely mounted to a mounting surface.