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US 7,852,348 · App. 11/979,258 · Granted Dec 14, 2010

System and method for enhancing the visual effect of a video display

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,852,348
App. No.
11/979,258
Granted
Dec 14, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and method for enhancing the visual effect of a video display. Such a system includes a video display that displays moving images and a light source connected to the video display for providing a light effect that softens visual boundaries of the video display and enhances overall visual effect, wherein the light source illuminates one or more surfaces adjacent to the video display.

Claims (7)

1. A system for enhancing the visual effect of a video display, comprising:

a video display that displays moving images, the video display comprising a video surface having an outside edge; and

a light source connected to the video display for providing a light effect to visually smooth the outside edge of the video surface and enhances overall visual effect, wherein the light source illuminates one or more surfaces adjacent to the video display and is capable of providing illumination of different color and intensity, and the light effect includes colors that are sympathetic to colors displayed in the moving images on the video display.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the sympathetic lighting color is a color that matches a color at a border portion of the video display.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the sympathetic lighting color is a color that is in agreement with a color at a border portion of the video display.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the light source includes a rear projection device, wherein the moving images are generated by the rear projection device.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a computer system comprising a processor for controlling the light source.

Continuity (4)
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