Patents by Inventor Christopher D. Conti

Christopher D. Conti has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260107363
    Abstract: A remote follow spot system includes a remote controller that has a body movable in pan and tilt directions, and an attached display. Movements of the body in the pan and tilt directions are translated into signals sent to a light to cause the light to move in the same directions as the body. The display receives a video feed from a camera mounted on the controlled light. The display hence shows the field of view where the light is pointing. In this way, an operator of the follow spot can control the light without physically being near the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Christopher D. Conti, Ian Clarke, Dale Polansky, Diane Miller
  • Patent number: 12477640
    Abstract: A remote follow spot system includes a remote controller that has a body movable in pan and tilt directions, and an attached display. Movements of the body in the pan and tilt directions are translated into signals sent to a light to cause the light to move in the same directions as the body. The display receives a video feed from a camera mounted on the controlled light. The display hence shows the field of view where the light is pointing. In this way, an operator of the follow spot can control the light without physically being near the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: Production Resource Group, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Conti, Ian Clarke, Dale Polansky, Diane Miller
  • Publication number: 20250220101
    Abstract: Fast wireless communicators are used to carry out functions in a stage lighting display environment. LED tiles can be equipped with fast internet such as 5G, and each of a number of LED tiles in an array can define an address that represents a part of the array. The video processor can break up an image into different parts for each LED tile of the array and send those different parts to the array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventor: Christopher D. Conti
  • Publication number: 20250144542
    Abstract: A modular staging system and method includes an overhead hoist grid for lifting staging modules providing for a vast variety of combinations of the truss components for making many different kinds and shapes. This design is flexible, scalable and can be reconfigured in an accelerated manner resulting is substantial cost savings for a production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Baldassari, Christopher D. Conti, James M. Lehner, III
  • Publication number: 20240422883
    Abstract: A remote follow spot system includes a remote controller that has a body movable in pan and tilt directions, and an attached display. Movements of the body in the pan and tilt directions are translated into signals sent to a light to cause the light to move in the same directions as the body. The display receives a video feed from a camera mounted on the controlled light. The display hence shows the field of view where the light is pointing. In this way, an operator of the follow spot can control the light without physically being near the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher D. Conti, Ian Clarke, Dale Polansky, Diane Miller
  • Patent number: 12128328
    Abstract: A modular staging system and method includes an overhead hoist grid for lifting staging modules providing for a vast variety of combinations of the truss components for making many different kinds and shapes. This design is flexible, scalable and can be reconfigured in an accelerated manner resulting is substantial cost savings for a production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: Production Resource Group, L.L.C., MIKE-O-MATIC Industries LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Baldassari, Christopher D. Conti, James M. Lehner, III
  • Publication number: 20230067712
    Abstract: An LED wall system, with a camera for imaging an area that is illuminated by the LED wall system. The LEDs have a plurality of emitting pixels, each emitting pixel formed of at least one LED, the emitting pixels having primary colors, and also having at least one secondary color other than primary color pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Christopher D. Conti
  • Publication number: 20220385754
    Abstract: Fast wireless communicators are used to carry out functions in a stage lighting display environment. LED tiles can be equipped with fast Internet such as 5G, and each of a number of LED tiles in an array can define an address that represents a part of the array. The video processor can break up an image into different parts for each LED tile of the array and send those different parts to the array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Christopher D. Conti
  • Publication number: 20220266163
    Abstract: A modular staging system and method includes an overhead hoist grid for lifting staging modules providing for a vast variety of combinations of the truss components for making many different kinds and shapes. This design is flexible, scalable and can be reconfigured in an accelerated manner resulting is substantial cost savings for a production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Michael J. Baldassari, Christopher D. Conti, James M. Lehner, III
  • Publication number: 20180135839
    Abstract: A remote follow spot system includes a remote controller that has separately movable parts that are movable in two orthogonal directions, and a display attached to one of said two separately movable parts. The display receives a video feed from a controlled light, that is controlled to move in the same directions as remote controller. The display hence shows the field of view where the light is pointing. In this way, an operator of the follow spot can control the light without physically being near the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Christopher D. Conti, Ian Clarke, Dale Polansky, Diane Miller
  • Publication number: 20170045210
    Abstract: A remote follow spot system includes a remote controller that has separately movable parts that are movable in two orthogonal directions, and a display attached to one of said two separately movable parts. The display receives a video feed from a controlled light, that is controlled to move in the same directions as remote controller. The display hence shows the field of view where the light is pointing. In this way, an operator of the follow spot can control the light without physically being near the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher D. Conti, Ian Clarke, Dale Polansky, Diane Miller
  • Publication number: 20170045211
    Abstract: A remote follow spot system includes a remote controller that has separately movable parts that are movable in two orthogonal directions, and a display attached to one of said two separately movable parts. The display receives a video feed from a controlled light, that is controlled to move in the same directions as remote controller. The display hence shows the field of view where the light is pointing. In this way, an operator of the follow spot can control the light without physically being near the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher D. Conti, Ian Clarke, Dale Polansky, Diane Miller
  • Publication number: 20170009969
    Abstract: A remote follow spot system includes a remote controller that has separately movable parts that are movable in two orthogonal directions, and a display attached to one of said two separately movable parts. The display receives a video feed from a controlled light, that is controlled to move in the same directions as remote controller. The display hence shows the field of view where the light is pointing. In this way, an operator of the follow spot can control the light without physically being near the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher D. Conti, Ian Clarke, Dale Polansky, Diane Miller