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US3898643A
US3898643A US391481A US39148173A US3898643A US 3898643 A US3898643 A US 3898643A US 391481 A US391481 A US 391481A US 39148173 A US39148173 A US 39148173A US 3898643 A US3898643 A US 3898643A
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  • ABSTRACT PP 391,481 An electronic display controlled lighting system and Related Us.
  • Application Data method for controlling a large number of theatrical 63 stage lights including data storage apparatus for storlcg 7nlirriaticzjnqngart of Ser. No. 134,97 Apnl ing information representing sequences of Stage ligh d an one ing cues, data processing apparatus for modifying, re-
  • Cited formation representing the circuit values to be applied to each lighting circuit to be controlled in accordance UNITED STATES PATENTS with the stored lighting cues and a light pen selecting 3,448,338 6/1969 Bentham et al 315/312 device for activating system functions according to the 3,784,875 l/l974 Baker et Ell. 3l5/3l6 portion of the character matrix designated the operator.
  • FIG. 6A 3 PATENTEU AUG 51975 INTERRUPT SHEET PEN 4-- FDR SELECTION 89 AND CONTROL
  • FIG. 9B ENABLE *1 FOR PBS HALF 77 b BKO 78 l; vAL
  • MENU I KEYBOARD F l READ
  • 3RD CHARACTER CLEAR 1 NO 266 l 269 2H Y S is TRANSFER AB E FDR A S 0 TO DISPLAY PRoPER L ZERO BUFFER NO NO IS YES 2 D FDR B )0 AT ZERO -L/--27O IS NO X,Y -b FDR AT YES M I zERo N0 N0 272 l 27?,
  • FIG 20B INITIALIZE SFEDE 20 To FIRST FDR L328 320 FDR AT YES ZERO HIGHER THAN PREVIOUS YES STORE AS NEw HIGH HIGHEST VALUE FOR VALUE NO "w MULTIPLY CIRCUIT VALUE 332 BY FDR VALUE ADD TO TENTATIvE 333 r- VALUE ⁇ No V ADVANCE TO 335 NEXT FDR 336 v 2 TENTATIvE YES VALUE HIGHER THAN HIGHEST FDR VALUE SHEET ELECTRONIC DISPLAY CONTROLLED STAGE LIGHTING SYSTEM This application is a continuation-in-part of my copending application Ser. No. 134,979 filed Apr. I8, 1971, now abandoned.
  • This invention relates to apparatus and a method for controlling theatrical stage lamps, and, more particularly to a stage lighting system in which the stage lights are controlled by an operator through an electronic display controller and associated data processing apparatus.
  • Each individual lighting effect in the sequence is commonly called a cue.
  • Each individual lighting cue is created by activating a plurality of stage lights according to a predetermined plan. For some types of theatrical presentations, there may be as many as 300 individual lighting circuits and as many as 200 lighting cues which must be activated in sequence.
  • stage lighting technology the lighting dim mer, which is essentially a power amplifier for converting a low-power control signal to a high-power output signal for operating a stage lamp.
  • stage lighting technology the lighting dim mer, which is essentially a power amplifier for converting a low-power control signal to a high-power output signal for operating a stage lamp.
  • This development permitted the use of an array of small-sized controllers, such as low-power potentiometers, to control the dimmers which then, in turn, controlled the stage lamps. It also made practical the use of several arrays of controllers which could be manually preset and then selectively activated to produce a sequence of lighting effects or cues.
  • the predetermined lighting control information is stored as a matrix or array of voltage values from which the individual lighting cues may be called forth in sequence.
  • Such systems have the advantage of being able to economically store larger numbers of individual lighting cues than the older manually preset systems.
  • Another problem of the prior art systems using electronic data storage is that the apparatus for displaying the array of lighting circuit levels in effect at a particular moment when the system is under control of the electronic memory is separate and distinct from the apparatus used to adjust the lighting circuit levels by immediate access to any individual circuit or group or circuits. Instead, it is necessary to manually set a control lever to a position which matches the level at which the lighting circuit is currently set by the electronic memory control, and then to transfer control of the lighting circuit to the manual control lever to make the adjustment.
  • stage lighting system which permits sequences of stage lighting cues to be quickly and easily designed and executed by a single operator.
  • the present invention provides an improved stage lighting system including data storage apparatus for storing information representing sequences of stage lighting cues, data processing apparatus for creating, storging, retrieving, modifying, rearranging, and otherwise manipulating information representing stage lighting cues, display apparatus, such as a cathode ray tube monitor, for simultaneously displaying information representing the operating status of the data processing apparatus and information representing stage lighting cues stored in the data storage apaparatus, a selecting device, such as a light pen, for designating selected portions of the displayed information under control of the operator and a device for activating the data processing apparatus to perform selected functions in accordance with the portion of the display designated by the selecting device.
  • display apparatus such as a cathode ray tube monitor
  • display apparatus such as a cathode ray tube monitor
  • a selecting device such as a light pen
  • the stage lighting system of the present invention is capable of controlling large numbers of high-voltage stage lamps through suitable low voltagecontrolled power amplifiers known as dimmers.
  • a practical advantage of the present electronic display controlled stage lighting system is that it enables a single operator to control larger numbers of dimmer circuits than has been possible in prior art systems.
  • a related advantage of the present electronic display controlled stage lighting system is that, because it enables a single operator to control larger numbers of dimmer circuits, it eliminates the need for power patching several stage lamps or other lighting effects for control by a single dimmer circuit.
  • Another advantage of the present electronic display controlled stage lighting system is that it enables the voltage values applied to the lamps on stage to be quickly and easily modified at any time regardless of the status of the system.
  • Still another advantage of the present electronic display controlled lighting system is that the structure and content of the information presented to the operator by the display device can be changed under control of the operator in order to more clearly present the range of decision options available to the operator depending on the status of the system.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the general layout of a stage lighting system suitable for electronic display control according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cathode ray tube monitor and light pen of the preferred form of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the interrelationship of the major components of the electronic display controlled stage lighting system of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 shows the layout of the information displayed on the cathode ray tube monitor of the preferred form of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 5A, B and C show the setting value portion of the display illustrating various changes accompanying system operations initiated by light pen activation of this portion of the display.
  • FIGS. 6A through 6G show a section of the status display portion of the display illustrating various settings of dimmer control circuits.
  • FIGS. 7A through 7D show the cue designating" section of the display illustrating changes accompanying various system operations initiated by light pen activation of this portion of the display.
  • FIGS. 8A and B show the stage/preview mode selecting portion of the display illustrating changes accompanying light pen activation of this portion.
  • FIG. 9A is a block diagram of the preferred form of the present invention showing the interrelationship of the system controls and portions of the data processing apparatus for carrying out various functions of the present electronic display controlled stage lighting system.
  • FIG. 9B is a detailed block diagram of the selection and control section of the data processing apparatus of the system according to the present invention.
  • FIGS. 10A and 10B are a detailed block diagram of the portion of the data processing apparatus for carrying out functions initiated by light pen activation of the portion of the display which shows the individual lighting channel settings and for carrying out the blackout function.
  • FIG. 11 is a detailed block diagram of the portion of the data processing apparatus for carrying out functions initiated by light pen activation of the setting value portion of the display shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 A-C.
  • FIG. 12 is a detailed block diagram of the portion of the data processing apparatus for carrying out functions initiated by light pen activation of the stage portion of the display shown in FIGS. 4 and 8A, B.
  • FIG. 13 is a detailed block diagram of the portion of the data processing apparatus for carrying out functions initiated by light pen activation of the preview portion of the display shown in FIGS. 4 and 8A, B.
  • FIG. 14 is a detailed block diagram of the portion of the data processing apparatus for carrying out functions initiated by light pen activation of the cue designating portion of the display shown in FIGS. 4 and 7AD.
  • FIG. 15 is a detailed block diagram of the portion of the data processing apparatus for carrying out functions initiated by light pen activation of the store portion of the display shown in FIGS. 7C and 7D and the call, next, and back portions of the display shown in FIG. 7D.
  • FIG. 16 is a detailed block diagram of the portion of the data processing apparatus for carrying out functions initiated by light pen activation of the cancel portion of the display shown in FIG. 7D.
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