INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• Main Authors: MINCHEVA, ADRIANA, SCHANBERGER, ERIC, DOWLING, KEVIN, MORGAN, FREDERICK, LYS, IHOR, BLANC, CHRISTIAN, P, EL, BRIAN, DUCHARME, ALFRED
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 25.05.2016
• Subjects: ADVERTISING; AMUSEMENTS; ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING ORSUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES INGENERAL; ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICESUSING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION; BLASTING; CALCULATING; CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; COMPUTING; COUNTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; DISPLAYING; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HEATING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21Sand F21V, RELATING TO THEFORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THELIGHT EMITTED; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SEALS; SIGNS; SPORTS; SYSTEMS THEREOF; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLEEXTERIORS; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VIDEO GAMES; WEAPONS

An embodiment of this invention relates to a system for indicating a condition of an item. The system comprises an illumination system for providing illumination suitable for conveying information and capable of receiving input from an information system; and an information system for providing input to the illumination system; wherein the information system provides information about the item and the illumination system is controlled to provide illumination that indicates the information.