Title:
PORTABLE, ADAPTABLE SET LIGHTING SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002084172
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A portable, adaptable, modular lighting system for use in television and movie sets and locations and other similar applications is described. The system comprises a horizontal framework (20) that is disposed on a plurality of vertical members (30) in such a way as to allow the framework to move up and down relative to the vertical members. Lights, lighting fixtures, and other similar fixtures (50, 52) are attached to the framework in such a way as to enable the system to be remotely controlled. Specifically, in an embodiment of the invention, the lights, fixtures, and/or framework are computer controlled. As such, the operation, intensity, angle, height, and other similar specifications of the system can be pre-programmed, and the rig remotely operated, as needed. The system is portable, as the vertical members are equipped with moving means, such as rollers, that allow the entire rig to be moved from one set to another. The system suggests and embodies an "assembly line production" process in which sets are separately constructed to allow the rig to move between and among them.
Inventors:
WESTHOFEN MICHAEL
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/011633
Publication Date:
June 10, 2004
Filing Date:
April 11, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
FARSIGHT LLC (US)
International Classes:
F21S10/00; F21L14/04; F21S2/00; F21S8/00; F21V21/16; F21V21/38; F21V21/15; F21W131/406; F21Y101/00; (IPC1-7): F21V33/00
Foreign References:
| US4980806A | 1990-12-25 | |||
| US5432691A | 1995-07-11 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 1444463A4
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