Patents Assigned to Lab Partners Associates, Inc.
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Publication number: 20220043329Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing a remote lighting device to a camera using a hot shoe connection and an external device connected via the hot shoe connector. The external device receives TTL data and a synchronization signal from the camera via the hot shoe connector. The external device wirelessly communicates using a radio frequency transmitter a synchronization signal from the external device to a remote lighting device. The external device also wirelessly communicates a TTL information to the remote lighting device for use in synchronizing the remote lighting device to image acquisition by the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Applicant: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Patent number: 10962861Abstract: Photographic lighting devices, systems, and methods having a plurality of electrical energy storage/discharge (EESD) elements and/or one or more light sources in a single photographic lighting device to perform one or more photographic lighting effects. EESD elements and one or more light sources can be configured to have multiple separate light emissions occur in a single image acquisition window. The multiple light emissions are separated in an image acquisition window by a time period that is about shutter speed exposure time/(N?1), where N is the number of light emissions. In one such example, two light emissions are separated by a time period that is about shutter speed exposure time/(N?1).Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Publication number: 20210048732Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing a photographic lighting device to image acquisition by a camera using light emission profile information to position a light emission profile at a desired location in an image acquisition window. A light energy balance point of a light emission profile can be used to position the balance point at a desired location in an image acquisition window.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicant: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Patent number: 10824053Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing a photographic lighting device to image acquisition by a camera using light emission profile information to position a light emission profile at a desired location in an image acquisition window. A light energy balance point of a light emission profile can be used to position the balance point at a desired location in an image acquisition window.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Publication number: 20200159087Abstract: Photographic lighting devices, systems, and methods having a plurality of electrical energy storage/discharge (EESD) elements and/or one or more light sources in a single photographic lighting device to perform one or more photographic lighting effects. EESD elements and one or more light sources can be configured to have multiple separate light emissions occur in a single image acquisition window. The multiple light emissions are separated in an image acquisition window by a time period that is about shutter speed exposure time/(N?1), where N is the number of light emissions. In one such example, two light emissions are separated by a time period that is about shutter speed exposure time/(N?1).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2020Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Patent number: 10578950Abstract: Photographic lighting devices, systems, and methods having a plurality of electrical energy storage/discharge (EESD) elements and/or one or more light sources in a single photographic lighting device to perform one or more photographic lighting effects. EESD elements and one or more light sources can be configured to have multiple separate light emissions occur in a single image acquisition window. The multiple light emissions are separated in an image acquisition window by a time period that is about shutter speed exposure time/(N?1), where N is the number of light emissions. In one such example, two light emissions are separated by a time period that is about shutter speed exposure time/(N?1).Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Publication number: 20200026164Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing a remote lighting device to a camera using a hot shoe connection and an external device connected via the hot shoe connector. The external device receives TTL data and a synchronization signal from the camera via the hot shoe connector. The external device wirelessly communicates using a radio frequency transmitter a synchronization signal from the external device to a remote lighting device. The external device also wirelessly communicates a TTL information to the remote lighting device for use in synchronizing the remote lighting device to image acquisition by the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Applicant: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Patent number: 10429724Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing a remote lighting device to a camera using a hot shoe connection and an external device connected via the hot shoe connector. The external device receives TTL data and a synchronization signal from the camera via the hot shoe connector. The external device wirelessly communicates using a radio frequency transmitter an exposure compensation value from the external device to a remote lighting device. The external device also wirelessly communicates a synchronization signal and a TTL information to the remote lighting device for use in synchronizing the remote lighting device to image acquisition by the camera.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Publication number: 20190121218Abstract: Photographic lighting devices, systems, and methods having a plurality of electrical energy storage/discharge (EESD) elements and/or one or more light sources in a single photographic lighting device to perform one or more photographic lighting effects. EESD elements and one or more light sources can be configured to have multiple separate light emissions occur in a single image acquisition window. The multiple light emissions are separated in an image acquisition window by a time period that is about shutter speed exposure time/(N?1), where N is the number of light emissions. In one such example, two light emissions are separated by a time period that is about shutter speed exposure time/(N?1).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Patent number: 10156774Abstract: Photographic lighting devices, systems, and methods having multiple electrical energy storage/discharge (EESD) elements and/or multiple light sources in a single photographic lighting device to perform one or more photographic lighting effects. Multiple EESD elements and multiple light sources can be configured to have two separate light emissions occur in a single image acquisition window. In one exemplary aspect, independent control of one or more light sources connected to a first EESD bank and another one or more light sources connected to a second EESD bank, such as via control circuitry, may be utilized in producing various lighting effects.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Patent number: 9918000Abstract: A method of synchronizing a remote device to image acquisition by a camera body including detecting a predictor signal of the camera body that occurs a known time prior to shutter opening and using that predictor signal to determine a synchronization time for synchronizing a remote lighting device. Wireless communication is used to synchronize the remote lighting device at the synchronization time. The determining of a synchronization time may occur before or after the wireless communication to the remote lighting device.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Publication number: 20180024418Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing a photographic lighting device to image acquisition by a camera using light emission profile information to position a light emission profile at a desired location in an image acquisition window. A light energy balance point of a light emission profile can be used to position the balance point at a desired location in an image acquisition window.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: January 25, 2018Applicant: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Publication number: 20170293204Abstract: Photographic lighting devices, systems, and methods having multiple electrical energy storage/discharge (EESD) elements and/or multiple light sources in a single photographic lighting device to perform one or more photographic lighting effects. Multiple EESD elements and multiple light sources can be configured to have two separate light emissions occur in a single image acquisition window. In one exemplary aspect, independent control of one or more light sources connected to a first EESD bank and another one or more light sources connected to a second EESD bank, such as via control circuitry, may be utilized in producing various lighting effects.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2017Publication date: October 12, 2017Applicant: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Publication number: 20170223253Abstract: A method of synchronizing a remote device to image acquisition by a camera body including detecting a predictor signal of the camera body that occurs a known time prior to shutter opening and using that predictor signal to determine a synchronization time for synchronizing a remote lighting device. Wireless communication is used to synchronize the remote lighting device at the synchronization time. The determining of a synchronization time may occur before or after the wireless communication to the remote lighting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Publication number: 20170201666Abstract: A system and method for synchronizing a remote lighting device to a camera using a hot shoe connection and an external device connected via the hot shoe connector. The external device receives TTL data and a synchronization signal from the camera via the hot shoe connector. The external device wirelessly communicates using a radio frequency transmitter an exposure compensation value from the external device to a remote lighting device. The external device also wirelessly communicates a synchronization signal and a TTL information to the remote lighting device for use in synchronizing the remote lighting device to image acquisition by the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2017Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Patent number: 9690169Abstract: Photographic lighting devices and systems having multiple electrical energy storage/discharge (EESD) elements and/or multiple light sources in a single photographic lighting device to perform one or more photographic lighting effects. In one exemplary aspect, independent control of one or more light sources connected to a first EESD bank and another one or more light sources connected to a second EESD bank, such as via control circuitry, may be utilized in producing various lighting effects.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Patent number: 9635233Abstract: A wireless communication device for connection to an external port of a camera that provides access to a power supply of the camera and at least one of a photographic synchronization signal and trigger release signal. A system including such a wireless communication device, a camera to which the wireless communication device is configured to be connected, and a remote device to receive wireless information from the camera via the wireless communication device. A method of wireless communication between a camera and a remote device using a wireless communication device for connecting to an external port of the camera that provides access to a power supply of the camera and at least one of a photographic synchronization signal and trigger release signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Patent number: 9602707Abstract: An external photographic wireless communication device and related systems including an external photographic wireless communication device for connection to a camera body having a hot shoe connector for connecting to the camera body and a hot shoe connector for connecting to one or more accessory devices. The device includes a processor. The processor is connected to one or more of the contacts of the camera side hot shoe connector and to one or more of the contacts of the accessory side hot shoe connectors without the same contacts being directly connected to each other. The processor controls communication over the connections between the contacts.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2016Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Publication number: 20160353002Abstract: A wireless communication device for connection to an external port of a camera that provides access to a power supply of the camera and at least one of a photographic synchronization signal and trigger release signal. A system including such a wireless communication device, a camera to which the wireless communication device is configured to be connected, and a remote device to receive wireless information from the camera via the wireless communication device. A method of wireless communication between a camera and a remote device using a wireless communication device for connecting to an external port of the camera that provides access to a power supply of the camera and at least one of a photographic synchronization signal and trigger release signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2016Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: Lab Partners Associates, Inc.Inventor: James E. Clark
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Patent number: 9420157Abstract: A method of synchronizing a remote device to image acquisition by a camera body including detecting a predictor signal of the camera body that occurs a known time prior to shutter opening. The detected predictor signal is used to determine a time to synchronize the remote device to image acquisition via wireless communication. For example, the detected predictor signal may be used to predict when the shutter of the camera will be open. A wireless communication system for synchronizing a remote device to a camera body may include a memory having information used to synchronize the remote device to image acquisition based on the detection of the predictor signal occurring prior to a shutter opening.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: LAB PARTNERS ASSOCIATES, INC.Inventor: James E. Clark