CA2363559A1 - A color changeable fiber-optic illuminated display - Google Patents

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CA2363559A1
CA2363559A1 CA002363559A CA2363559A CA2363559A1 CA 2363559 A1 CA2363559 A1 CA 2363559A1 CA 002363559 A CA002363559 A CA 002363559A CA 2363559 A CA2363559 A CA 2363559A CA 2363559 A1 CA2363559 A1 CA 2363559A1
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Harry Lee Wainwright
David W. Karr
Stanley A. Bochenski, Jr.
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D27/00—Details of garments or of their making
    • A41D27/08—Trimmings; Ornaments
    • A41D27/085—Luminous ornaments
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F21/00—Mobile visual advertising
    • G09F21/02—Mobile visual advertising by a carrier person or animal
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F9/00—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements
    • G09F9/30—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements
    • G09F9/305—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements being the ends of optical fibres
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H05B45/20—Controlling the colour of the light

Abstract

An illuminated display (21) makes use of optical fibers (29) and a programmable controller (33) for varying the brightness intensity and colors emitted by color changeable LEDs (25) through the optical fibers (29). The illuminated fiber optic display (21) is carried on a planar suface (23) and may be incorporated on an article of clothing. By using color-variable LEDs (25) suitably connected to the corresponding fiber optic bundles (27), eye-catching, color-changing displays can be created with fewer interconnections, fewer light sources (25), and fewer optical fibers (29).
CA002363559A 1999-03-04 2000-03-02 A color changeable fiber-optic illuminated display Expired - Fee Related CA2363559C (en)

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US09/262,224 1999-03-04
US09/262,224 US6217188B1 (en) 1999-03-04 1999-03-04 Color changeable fiber-optic illuminated display
PCT/US2000/005561 WO2000052385A1 (en) 1999-03-04 2000-03-02 A color changeable fiber-optic illuminated display

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EP (1) EP1171739A4 (en)
JP (1) JP2002542503A (en)
CN (1) CN1218139C (en)
AU (1) AU3393700A (en)
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WO (1) WO2000052385A1 (en)

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