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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2013
Lellan, Inc, Redwood City, CA (US);
Dean Ekkaia, Emeryville, CA (US);
Frank Halasz, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Richard Alfons Wimmer, Redwood City, CA (US);
Lellan, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A device and method of providing a versatile illuminated panel for walls, product displays, and other surfaces is described. Panels are constructed from a variable number of rectangular illuminated tiles, where the tiles mate edge-to-edge so as to create a nearly seamless visual panel effect. Illumination within each tile is uniform to also create a nearly seamless visual panel effect. End-users may create panels of varying sizes and shapes by using different quantities of a standard tile. The software within the invention automatically determines the number and arrangement of tiles within each assembled panel. Each tile comprises a plurality of illuminators, an optical means to distribute light from the illuminators uniformly across the tile, and at least one communication interface. In one embodiment the tiles are linked into a communications tree-structure; and the location of each tile within the tree constitutes its logical address.