Patents Assigned to Whitegate Partners, LLC
  • Patent number: 7494243
    Abstract: An illumination apparatus configured to generate multi-color light and that may be operated in a variety of visual modes. The illumination apparatus may have, e.g., a housing having a display surface, first and second multi-color light sources directing light onto the display surface, and a perforated shield coupled to the housing. At least a portion of the light from each of the first and second multi-color light sources may be reflected from the display surface and pass through the shield. The illumination apparatus may further include one or more speakers that may operate in a variety of audio modes. The illumination apparatus may further produce full-spectrum white light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Whitegate Partners, LLC
    Inventor: Mason E. Murphy
  • Patent number: 7230392
    Abstract: Analog control of a plurality of light sources, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs), to generate multiple colors of light. An electronic circuit controls three or more analog outputs in response to a single analog input, each of the analog outputs controlling a different one of the light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Whitegate Partners, LLC
    Inventors: Brett G. Clark, David W. Sellers