INDICATING A CONDITION OF AN ITEM

• Main Authors: Downling, Kevin, Schanberger, Eric, Morgen, Frederick, Mincheva, Adriana, Ducharme, Alfred, Lys, Ihor, Chemel, Brian, Blanc, Christian, P
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 31.05.2017
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; 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; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; COUNTING; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; DISPLAYING; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMSTHEREOF; GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; 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; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; SEALS; SIGNS; SPORTS; STORING; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHERARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; 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.