Patents by Inventor Matt Halberstadt

Matt Halberstadt 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).

  • Patent number: 11835997
    Abstract: A system for determining a location of a lighting fixture in a venue includes a camera and a controller. The camera captures images of the lighting fixture. The controller is operatively coupled to the camera. The controller designates a first position of the camera, receives a first image of the lighting fixture from the camera in the first position, determines a first distance vector between the first position and the lighting fixture based on the first image, designates a second position of the camera, receives a second image of the lighting fixture from the camera in the second position, determines a second distance vector between the second position and the lighting fixture based on the second image, determines a vector relationship location to be a location nearest both the first distance vector and the second distance vector, and designates the vector relationship location as the location of the lighting fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Halberstadt, Josh Jordan, Zoe Wolter, Dennis Varian, Lowell Olcott
  • Patent number: 10973106
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for directing a lighting fixture in a venue. A user device is paired with a three-dimensional model space that represents a physical space of the venue. A lighting beam destination is indicated with the user device using a position and an orientation of the user device. The indicated lighting beam destination is converted into coordinates in the three-dimensional model space. A lighting fixture orientation value to direct a lighting beam of the lighting fixture to the lighting beam destination in the physical space of the venue is determined based on the coordinates of the lighting beam destination in the three-dimensional model space of the venue. A motor associated with the lighting fixture is actuated to move the lighting fixture to a lighting fixture orientation in the physical space of the venue based on the lighting fixture orientation values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Chelsea Sanders, Christopher Mizerak, Dan Duffy, Matt Halberstadt
  • Publication number: 20210097214
    Abstract: A system for determining a location of a lighting fixture in a venue includes a camera and a controller. The camera captures images of the lighting fixture. The controller is operatively coupled to the camera. The controller designates a first position of the camera, receives a first image of the lighting fixture from the camera in the first position, determines a first distance vector between the first position and the lighting fixture based on the first image, designates a second position of the camera, receives a second image of the lighting fixture from the camera in the second position, determines a second distance vector between the second position and the lighting fixture based on the second image, determines a vector relationship location to be a location nearest both the first distance vector and the second distance vector, and designates the vector relationship location as the location of the lighting fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Matt Halberstadt, Josh Jordan, Zoe Wolter, Dennis Varian, Lowell Olcott
  • Publication number: 20200187333
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for directing a lighting fixture in a venue. A user device is paired with a three-dimensional model space that represents a physical space of the venue. A lighting beam destination is indicated with the user device using a position and an orientation of the user device. The indicated lighting beam destination is converted into coordinates in the three-dimensional model space. A lighting fixture orientation value to direct a lighting beam of the lighting fixture to the lighting beam destination in the physical space of the venue is determined based on the coordinates of the lighting beam destination in the three-dimensional model space of the venue. A motor associated with the lighting fixture is actuated to move the lighting fixture to a lighting fixture orientation in the physical space of the venue based on the lighting fixture orientation values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Chelsea Sanders, Christopher Mizerak, Dan Duffy, Matt Halberstadt