US Patent Issued to Production Resource Group on Nov. 18 for "Remotely controlled and monitored followspot" (Texas, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,640, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Production Resource Group LLC (New Windsor, N.Y.).

"Remotely controlled and monitored followspot" was invented by Christopher D. Conti (Rutherford, N.J.), Ian Clarke (Grapevine, Texas), Dale Polansky (Duncanville, Texas) and Diane Miller (Grapevine, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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...