This invention relates to improved methods and apparatus concerning multiparameter theatre lighting fixtures.
Multiparameter theatre lighting fixtures are lighting fixtures, which illustratively have two or more individually remotely adjustable parameters such as focus, color, image, position, or other light characteristics. Multiparameter lighting fixtures are widely used in the lighting industry because they facilitate significant reductions in overall lighting system size and permit dynamic changes to the final lighting effect. Applications and events in which multiparameter lighting fixtures are used to great advantage include showrooms, television lighting, stage lighting, architectural lighting, live concerts, and theme parks.
Multiparameter theatre lighting fixtures are commonly constructed with a lamp housing that may pan and tilt in relation to a base housing so that light projected from the lamp housing can be remotely positioned to project on a stage surface. The lamp housing of the multiparameter light contains the optical components such as a lamp and may include color filters for varying the color of the projected light. Commonly a plurality of multiparameter lights are controlled by an operator from a central controller. The central controller is connected to communicate with the plurality of multiparameter lights via a communication system.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,962,687 to Belliveau, describes a variable color lighting system and instrument that uses an additive color mixing method to fade from one color to another. The lighting instrument is comprised of three lamps each emitting a different wavelength of light in the colors of red, green and blue that can be added together to vary the color of the projected light.
The use of dichroic filters to color the light projected by a multiparameter theatre lighting instrument is known in the art. U.S. Pat. No. 4,392,187 to Bornhost, discloses the use of dichroic filters in a multiparameter light. Bornhorst discloses “The dichroic filters transmit light incident thereon and reflect the complement of the color of the transmitted beam. Therefore, no light is absorbed and transformed to heat as found in the prior art use of celluloid gels. The use of a relatively low power projection lamp in lights 30 and 110 substantially reduces the generation of infrared radiation which causes high power consumption and heat buildup within prior art devices.” While the use of color wheels that support multiple wavelengths of dichroic filters to color the light of a multiparameter stage light is still in common practice, it is also common practice to construct a multiparameter light having variable density dichroic filter flags that gradually color the light using a subtractive color method. The subtractive color method may use the dichroic filter flag colors of cyan, magenta and yellow to gradually and continuously vary the color of today's multiparameter stage light producing a pleasing color fade when visualized by an audience. The gradual and continuous varying of cyan, magenta and yellow in the light path of a multiparameter light is referred to as “CMY color mixing” in the theatrical art.
Present day light sources for theatrical instruments are primarily comprised of light emitting diodes (LEDs). One such theatrical instrument using a high power white LED light source is the SolaWash 2000 by High End Systems of Austin, Tex. found at https://www.highend.com/products/lighting/solawash. This high power white LED lighting instrument varies the color of the projected light using a CMY color mixing system, which is known in the art.
Theatrical Lighting Designers are becoming increasingly critical of the requirement that the color(s) and intensity of the light emitted by a first theatre lighting device is visually and measurably the same as the light emitted by a second theatre lighting device. The advent of cost effective smart phone spectrometers in the hands of savvy lighting designers now allows the designers to directly compare and capture data by spectrometer for each theatre lighting device and forward that comparison data results to the manufacture sometimes with complaints. While it is virtually impossible to obtain a measured spectrum that is identical from theatre lighting device to theatre lighting device manufacturers do strive to make improvements to their manufacturing and specification process.
The intensity and color differences of each theatrical lighting device is comprised of many different light source tolerances, optical filter tolerances, mechanical tolerances, electronic component tolerances, and lens and antireflective coating tolerances. Unfortunately the human eye is extremely sensitive to color differences in side by side comparisons which is a common installation practice of theatrical lighting devices when used during a theatrical event. The human eye can differentiate approximately ten million colors but only in a side by side comparison. Studies on how sensitive the human eye is regarding color differences of light sources have been previously been conducted. For example, see “Paper #51 Just Perceivable Color Differences between Similar Light Sources in Display Lighting Applications”, Narendran, Vasconez, Boyce, and Eklund, Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,282,121 to Bornhorst discloses an intensity feedback device 224 and a color sensor or spectrum analyzer 280 as sensor components of the apparatus disclosed in
As stated in Bornhorst '121: “A light-sensitive electrical device, such as a photo diode or other suitable transducer can be used to sample the beam after it has been subjected to dimming by an intensity control mechanism, and provides intensity feedback signals to the local processor 285 for intensity control. In one embodiment, shown in
U.S. Pat. No. 6,211,627 to Callahan discloses: “A light/color meter provided with a data link link or interface to one can link to the corrector so that the beam can be automatically conformed to the specified values by appropriate adjustment of the scrolls, discs, and/or dowser”. (Callahan '627, col. 21, ln. 21-col. 21, ln. 25).
“The light/color meter and/or the ‘corrector’ can communicate via a hard-wired serial channel and/or a broadcast link. The measured values can be read at a location remote from the light meter(s), including at the fixture, and the user can actuate the scrolls, discs, or dowser from a variety of remote locations.” (Callahan '627, col. 21, lns. 25-31).
U.S. Pat. No. 7,014,336 to Ducharme discloses: “ . . . the calibration system includes a lighting fixture (2010) that is connected to a processor (2020) and which receives input from a light sensor or transducer (2034). The processor (2020) may be processor (316) or may be an additional or alternative processor. The sensor (2034) measures color characteristics, and optionally brightness, of the light output by the lighting fixture (2010) and/or the ambient light, and the processor (2020) varies the output of the lighting fixture (2010). Between these two devices modulating the brightness or color of the output and measuring the brightness and color of the output, the lighting fixture can be calibrated where the relative settings of the component illumination sources (or processor settings (2020)) are directly related to the output of the fixture (2010) (the light sensor (2034) settings). Since the sensor (2034) can detect the net spectrum produced by the lighting fixture, it can be used to provide a direct mapping by relating the output of the lighting fixture to the settings of the component LEDs.” (Ducharme '336, col. 15, ln. 46-col. 15, ln. 65).
U.S. Pat. No. 5,282,121 to Bornhorst shows the position of light sensitive electrical device 224 that may be positioned in the shadow of a gobo or other projected image. (Bornhorst, col., 17, lns. 50-55). Further a second color sensor or spectrum analyzer 280 may be located as to intercept light through an aperture 236a of mirror 236. (Bornhorst, '121, col. 17, ln. 63-col. 18, ln. 2)
It is known in the art that the light beams created by theatrical lights are seldom perfectly homogenous across the entire projected light. There can be differences in Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) by as much as two hundred and fifty degrees Kelvin from the center to the edge of the projected light beam. Unfortunately a sensor placed in the middle of beam is subject to only being able to measure a center sample of the light beam. The center of the light beam may have a visible significant color difference compared to the edge of the light beam. In this case any calibration or reference of the overall average color of the projected light of the theatre device would suffer the corresponding inaccuracies.
It is also know by the disclosure of U.S. Pat. No. 5,282,121 to Bornhorst the method of suspending a spectral sensor in the center of a theatrical light beam may cause the sensor to be positioned in a shadow or image. Finally a sensor positioned in the center of a light beam is subject to sensing only light from the center area of the light beam.
One or more embodiments of the present invention provide theatrical lighting devices that are comprised of spectral sensors that can detect and regulate the spectral composition and intensity of the light output of a theatre lighting device while providing reports on the performance and quality of the light emitted by the theatrical lighting device over its lifetime. This is advantageous to a theatrical lighting device manufacturer and a theatrical lighting designer.
One or more embodiments of the present invention provide an innovative way to apply an integrated spectral sensor as close to the final output of the projected light of a theatre device, yet also finds a way to homogenize the light received by the spectral sensor, without causing additional distracting artifacts in the projected beam light path.
Another object of the present invention in one or more embodiments is to calibrate the internal spectral sensor to an external spectral sensor during the manufacturing process.
Another object of the present invention in one or more embodiments is to report a light producing fault to a user of a central control system when recognized by the internal spectral sensor that the theatre light of the invention is not performing as expected during a show or rehearsal.
Another object of the present invention in one or more embodiments is report to the central controller the available color coordinates of the theatre lighting device of the invention so that the central controllers can map the available color coordinates.
Another object of the present invention in one or more embodiments is a “release” calibration method that allows an operator of the central controller to temporarily release a pre-specified calibration to allow the full and maximum output of the theatre light of the invention.
Another object of the present invention in one or more embodiments is show a comparison of the calibrated influenced light output to the original uncalibrated light output so a technician can determine if it is justifiable to calibrate the original intensity and wavelength.
Another object of the present invention in one or more embodiments is to calibrate the light source of the theatre light of the invention by altering the resultant intensity and or color spectrum by introducing color filter medial into the light path.
Another object of the present invention in one or more embodiments is to notify an operator to the decline of intensity of one or more of the light sources that may allow the operator to remove or repair the light source before a catastrophic failure during a theatrical event.
Another object of the present invention in one or more embodiments is to show a history of the intensity and spectral performance of the light sources of the theatre light of the one or more embodiments of the present invention that is stored in the memory of the theatre light.
Another object of the present invention in one or more embodiments is to transmit history data of the intensity and spectral performance of the light sources of a theatre light to a central control system.
Another object of the present invention in one or more embodiments is to establish a first predetermined state of the theater lighting device. The theatre lighting device responsive to a first command to place the theatre light into a predetermined first state for setting the parameters of the theatre lighting device to facilitate spectral and or intensity measurements.
In at least one embodiment an apparatus is provided comprising a theatre lighting device comprising a lamp housing; a base housing; and an internal spectral sensor. The lamp housing may be rotationally mounted to the base housing. The lamp housing may be comprised of a plurality of light sources, and a plurality of lenses wherein the plurality of light sources and the plurality of lenses cooperate to project a final output light; and wherein residual light is received by the internal spectral sensor from internal reflections of a first lens of the plurality of lenses and the residual light is converted to spectral data.
The spectral sensor may be a multispectral filter array type. The theatre lighting device may be further comprised of a microprocessor; and a memory. The memory may store a first set of data for a plurality of electronically adjustable parameters of the theatre lighting device. The microprocessor may be programmed to receive a first command and in response to the first command to put the theatre lighting device in a first state in which the plurality of electronically adjustable parameters are set in accordance with the first set of data. The apparatus may be further comprised of an external spectral sensor which is external to the theatre lighting device. In at least one embodiment, when the theatre lighting device is in the first state, the external spectral sensor, takes a first measurement of the final light output.
The internal spectral sensor may be configured to take a second measurement of the residual light and the microprocessor may be programmed by computer software to act upon the operational software in memory to store the second measurement within the memory.
The theatre lighting device may be further comprised of a communications port; wherein the communications port is configured to gather the first input data from the external sensor first measurement and the microprocessor is programmed to cause the first measurement to be stored within the memory. The communications port may be a wireless communication port.
The microprocessor may be programmed by operational software stored in the memory to calibrate the first measurement with the second measurement.
The theatre lighting device may be comprised of a lamp housing; a base housing; and a spectral sensor; wherein the lamp housing is rotationally mounted to the base housing; wherein the lamp housing is comprised of a plurality of light sources, and a plurality of lenses; wherein the plurality of light sources and the plurality of lenses are configured to cooperate to project a final output light; wherein residual light is received by the spectral sensor from internal reflections created between a first lens and a second lens of the plurality of lenses; and wherein the residual light is converted to spectral data. The spectral sensor may be a multispectral filter array type.
The theatre lighting device may be further comprised of a microprocessor; a memory; and wherein the spectral data is stored within the memory. The theatre lighting device may further include a user interface comprising a visual display. The microprocessor may be configured to format the spectral data into pixel control information to be displayed on the visual display. The pixel control information may display hue and saturation information; color temperature information; International Commission on Illumination information; color rendering index information; and TM30 standard information.
In at least one embodiment, the theatre lighting device may be comprised of a lamp housing; a plurality of light sources; a plurality of lenses; and a spectral sensor; wherein the plurality of light sources and the plurality of lenses are configured to cooperate to project a final output light; and wherein residual light is received by the spectral sensor from the internal reflections created by a first lens of the plurality of lenses; wherein the spectral sensor is located within the lamp housing; and wherein the spectral sensor is fixed to the edge of the first lens of the plurality of lenses and wherein the spectral sensor is a multispectral filter array type.
In at least one embodiment, the theatre lighting device may be comprised of a lamp housing; a plurality of light sources; a plurality of lenses; a spectral sensor; a microprocessor; a memory; a user interface comprising a visual display; and a lens tube; wherein residual light is received by the spectral sensor from the internal reflections created between a first lens and a second lens of the plurality of lenses; wherein the spectral sensor converts the received residual light to spectral data; wherein the microprocessor is programmed to cause the spectral data to be stored in the memory; and wherein the visual display is configured to display the spectral data.
The first lens and second lens may be fixed within the lens tube. The residual light may be received by the spectral sensor passes through a port in the lens tube. The spectral data may be displayed as a visible spectral plot. The spectral data may be hue and saturation; color temperature; International Commission on Illumination chromaticity coordinates; color rendering index data; and TM30 standard data.
In at least one embodiment, the theatre lighting device may include a lamp housing; and a base housing, wherein the lamp housing is rotationally mounted to the base housing. The theatre lighting device may further include a plurality of light sources; a lens; a microprocessor; a memory; an output window; a spectral sensor; and a user interface comprising a visual display. The plurality of light sources, the lens, and the output window are configured to cooperate to project a final output light. The residual light may be received by the spectral sensor from the internal reflections created by the output window. The spectral sensor may convert the residual light to spectral data. The memory may store a first set of data for controlling a plurality of electronically adjustable parameters for the theatre lighting device; wherein the microprocessor is programmed by computer software to receive a first command and in response to the first command to cause the microprocessor to put the theatre lighting device in a first state in which the plurality of electronically adjustable parameters are set in accordance with the first set of data; and wherein the first set of data is a measurement of spectral data.
In at least one embodiment, the theatre lighting device is further comprised of a communications port; wherein the communications port receives spectral data from an external spectral sensor and wherein the microprocessor is programmed by computer software to store the spectral data in the memory.
The light from the light path as shown by arrow 3 is received by focus lens 30. Focus lens 30 then passes the light in the direction of arrow 4. A zoom lens 32 is shown. Light from the light path as shown by arrow 4 passes though the zoom lens 32 and continues on in the direction of arrow 5. A final output lens or window 34 is shown. Light from the light path as shown by arrow 5 passes into the final output lens or window 34 and travels inside 34 as shown by arrow or light path 6, then exits the final output lens 34 in the direction of arrow 7. An external spectrometer 80 intersects the output light path traveling in the direction of arrow 7.
The final output lens 34 has an optical coupler 36 fixed in any suitable way for collecting residual light from the lens edge 34a and for coupling a fiber optic cable 38. The fiber optic cable 38 receives residual light from the internal reflections propagated within the lens as shown in
A lamp housing 101 shown by dotted line contains the various optical components as described above. A base housing 51 shown by dotted line contains the various electronic and power components as will be described. The lamp housing 101 may rotate or pan and tilt in relation to the base housing 51 by motors, a yoke, and bearings not shown here for simplification but is well known in the art of multiparameter theatre lighting. The lamp housing 101 is rotated in relation to the base housing 51 to allow the projected light 6 to be remotely projected upon different targets on a theatrical stage.
A spectral sensor 40 is shown connected to the fiber optic cable 38 for receiving the residual light supplied by the final output lens 34. The spectral sensor 40 can convert visible spectrum energy into data that is supplied to the microprocessor 50. The spectral sensor 40 of
The microprocessor 50 is connected to the light source electronic drivers 56 that control the amount of electrical energy separately and independently to the light sources 10, 11, 12 and 13. The microprocessor 50 is connected to a motor driven electronic supply 54 that drives the motors for the theatre lighting device 100 including the CMY color mixing system motors 18, 19 and 20. The microprocessor 50 is also connected to an electronic memory 52 that stores the operational software, including any calibration software data, intensity data and spectral data. A user interface 60 is also connected to the microprocessor 50 and has a display screen 60d and user input buttons 60a, 60b, and 60c. A power input connection 53a is shown for receiving input power that may be AC (alternating current) or DC (direct current) and a power supply 53 converts the input power to the correct voltage for the electronic components necessary for the operation of the theatre device 100.
Three communication ports 52d, 52e and 52w are shown as described by U.S. Pat. No. 6,570,348 to Belliveau, which is incorporated by reference herein. Communication port 52d is compatible with the DMX standard as described https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMX512 and communication port 52e is compatible with the Ethernet standard and may use the Artnet protocol as described at http://art-net.org.uk/ Communications port 52w is a wireless communication port and makes use of the Bluetooth wireless system https://www.bluetooth.com/ or a WLAN standard such as IEEE 802.11 as shown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11 or a wireless DMX standard such as W-DMX a shown http://wirelessdmx.com/?gclid=EAlalQobChMlkpy7397S1glVnLXACh3gpguDEAAYAyAAEgL-gfD_BwE One or all three of the communication ports 52d, 52e or 52w may support updates or uploads of the operating software contained in the memory 52 and may support receiving spectral data from the external spectrometer 80. The external spectral data received by communication ports 52d, 52e or 52w can be stored in the memory 52 and operated on by the microprocessor 50 and the operational software stored in the memory 52.
One or all three of the communication nodes 52d, 52e and 52w can connect to a central control system 70 for receiving commands for the operation of the theatre lighting device 100 by an operator, technician or lighting director. All three of the communication nodes 52d, 52e and 52w can support bidirectional communication so that the central controller 70 receives spectral information and light source intensity, as sensed by the spectral sensor 40 of
The external spectrometer 80 which is not an attached component of the theater lighting device 100 measures the spectral qualities (including spectral information and intensity information) of the light emitted in path 6 from the output lens or output window 34.
The spectral sensor 40 is connected by a bidirectional bus shown as 41r and 41b of
The inventor has discovered an additional method of capturing residual light by an internal reflection as shown by
The sensor 40 of
The internal spectral sensor 40 of
To increase the accuracy of the internal spectral sensor 40, sensor 304, or sensor 630 when the theatre lighting device is located in high ambient conditions such as an outdoor event a shutter system for the sensor can be employed. The sensor can be equipped with a light source or a plurality of light sources operating at a specified spectral wavelengths that set the internal spectral sensor 40, 304, or 630 into a known condition.
The driving action of the shutter motor or actuator 1012 of
The shutter 1010 may be a shutter blade as shown in
The internal spectral sensor 40 of
Because the theatre light 100 has various optical components such as focus lens 30, zoom lens 32, CMY color mixing flags 18a, 18b, 19a, 19b, 20a and 20b that can vary their position in the light path and light sources 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 that can vary their intensity, the theatre lighting device 100 has multiple variable parameters. It is necessary to establish a first predetermined state (position and/or intensity) for the variable parameters for a pre-optimized measurement of the visible spectrum and intensity of the final output light as indicated in the direction of arrow 6 and measured by the external sensor 80. The first predetermined state is stored in the memory 52. The first state places and/or sets levels of the parameters of the theatre light 100 to the first predetermined state. A first command to set the variable parameters of the theatre lighting device 100 to the first predetermined state can be issued by the technician by inputting to the user interface 60 by inputting at the user input buttons 60a, 60b or 60c. A first command to set the first predetermined sate can be issued by the technician by inputting to the central controller 70 by inputting to the user input keys 70a, 70b and or 70c. The theatre light 100 can be placed into the first state at any time before or during operation by a technician so that a measurement by either the internal spectral sensor 40 of
When the theatre lighting device 100 is in the first state, the external sensor 80 can be used to measure the spectrum and intensity of the exiting light at a predetermined distance shown by arrow 6d of
With the theater lighting device 100 in the first sate the internal sensor 40 of
With the internal sensor 40 of
During the production and manufacturing of the theatre lighting device 100 it may be found that the pre-optimized spectral and or intensity from a first theatre lighting device 100 in the first state does not meet a predetermined specification of spectral and or intensity characteristics compared to other theatre lighting devices of the same type as theater lighting device 100. A technician may determine that one or more intensities of the light sources 10, 11, 12 or 13 may need to be adjusted to meet the predetermined spectral and or intensity manufacturing requirements when the theatre lighting device 100 is placed into the first state. This can be accomplished by the technician entering into an editing mode for the theater lighting device 100 by either inputing. to the user interface 60 and using input keys 60a, 60b and or 60c or alternatively entering into an editing mode by sending edit commands by the central controller 70 input keys 70a, 70b and or 70c. Once the edit mode is realized by the theatre lighting device 100 the technician can adjust the intensity of any individual the light source 10, 11, 12 or 13 in the first state of the theatre lighting device 100 and commit that adjustment to the memory 52 to be realized as an optimized second state. Another alternative way to realize a predetermined spectral and or intensity optimized second state for the theatre lighting device 100 is the mechanical adjustment of the CMY color system. The entering of an edit mode for the CMY mechanical color mixing system is similar to the entering of the edit mode for control of the light intensities of the light sources. The Y (yellow) color mixing flags may alternatively be color corrector flags comprised of correct to orange (CTO) filter media that acts as a color correction system.
The theatre lighting device counts hours of operation as known in the art. The theatre lighting device 100 of the invention should store initial spectral and or intensity data (for example within the first few hours of operation) as provided by the internal sensor 40 or 304 or 630 and the theatre device 100 at intervals compare the spectral and or intensity data with the current spectral and or intensity data as provided by internal sensor 40 or 304 or 630. In this way if the theatre lighting device 100 has determined by monitoring it's spectral and or intensity data that one or more of the light sources 10, 11, 12 and 13 are failing by unexpected color shift or low intensity as compared to the initial spectral and or intensity data a service message can be displayed on visual display screen 60d of user interface 60 or visual display screen 70d of central controller 70.
After adjustment to an optimized second state that has been saved in the memory 52 the theatre lighting device can be operated in the normal manner of creating theatre shows. It is also good to have a third pre-optimized operational state that temporarily by a command “releases” the optimized settings of the light sources 10, 11, 12 and 13 or any optimizing position of the CMY color flag positions or CTO position to allow the theatre lighting device 100 to maximize its light output. Commands therefor excepted by the theatre lighting device are:
Any of the above three commands can be received by any of the communications ports 52d, 52e, and 52w and acted upon by the theatre lighting device 100. Also a technician may also enter commands by inputs to the user interface 60 such as input keys 60a, 60b or 60c.
The memory 52 also has the stored data of optimized spectral and or intensity information. The optimized spectral and or intensity information can be sent to the central controller upon initial power up or startup of the theatre light 100 by any of the communication ports 52d, 52e or 52w. In this way the optimized data sent to central controller can allow the central controller to create an optimized control surface. For example if theatre light 100 has only one light source that may be a white LED light source and CMY color mixing the control surface of the central controller can be set up for white LED light source and CMY color mixing attributes. The spectral characteristics and or intensity data of the white LED light source and the spectral characteristics of the CMY color mixing flags can also be sent to the central controller 70. This allows the central controller to create an accurate display of the available color space on the display 60d or report to the operator the CRI (color rendering index) or TM30 data values on the display 60d.
Light integrating pipe 1100 may be used in substitution of the light integrating pipe 14 of the theatre apparatus 100 of
A wire or conductor is shown attached to the sensor 1102
To simplify, the drawing
Alternatively if the light integrating pipe 1100 is formed of an optical glass the sensor 1102 can be fixed to the side of the light integrating pipe 1100 to capture residual reflected light from the internal reflections that one skilled in the art would recognize would leak from the sides of the light integrating pipe 1100. The aperture or port 1116 may be formed of an abrasion of the glass surface that further causes residual light to leak from the side 1112. The sensing of residual light from the sides 1112 and 1114 of the light pipe 1100 prevent a shadow from being formed in the direct path of the light traveling in the direction of arrow AO. Another advantage is that the sensing of residual light from the sides 1112 and 1114 of the light pipe 1100 allow the overall of the efficiency of the light integrating pipe 1100 to remain as high as possible without capturing to much unnecessary light as in a situation where the spectral sensor 1102 is placed within the direct path of the light traveling in the direction of arrow AO.
The light integrating pipe 1100 may be described as including all of the components 1102, 1104, 1106, 1108, 1110, 1112, 1114, and 116, or those components may be described as attached to, incorporated with, or integrated with the pipe 1100.
In at least one embodiment of the present invention, components shown in
Although the invention has been described by reference to particular illustrative embodiments thereof, many changes and modifications of the invention may become apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It is therefore intended to include within this patent all such changes and modifications as may reasonably and properly be included within the scope of the present invention's contribution to the art.
The present application is a continuation in part of and claims the priority of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/786,360, titled “METHODS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO SPECTRAL MONITORING OF THEATRE LIGHTING DEVICES”, filed on Oct. 17, 2017, inventor and applicant Richard S. Belliveau.
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