ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,980, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TAIT TOWERS MANUFACTURING LLC (Lititz, Pa.).
"Automation and motion control system" was invented by David Alexander Alfano (Lancaster, Pa.) and Paul M. Sapsis (Philadelphia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automation and motion control system and method to control a plurality of theatrical objects. The control system includes a plurality of nodes and an operator console node in communication with each other over a real time network. The node corresponds to a device for control of a theatrical object. Each node of the plurality of nodes and the operator console node include a microprocessor and...