Patent ID: 11910096
Assignee: LIGHT & MOTION INDUSTRIES
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A method for operating a burst light source to obtain a photo image with a camera connected to the light source, comprising:
providing a self-contained continuous/burst LED light source with regulating circuitry enabling the light source to be operated in a primary continuous lighting mode or, when selected, a burst mode with a much greater power output to the LED, and capable of a rapid series of bursts,
the LED light source being connected to a camera such that signals from the camera will be sent to the light source to control the light source,
with the LED light source set to produce bursts, setting the camera at a selected long exposure, and
with a subject in the image frame, tripping a camera trigger to open a shutter of the camera and to cause the LED light unit to produce rapid light bursts at a rate of at least five per second, for a series of exposures of the subject as the subject moves within a single image frame, such that a series of consecutive images of the moving subject are contained within the single image frame, each consecutive image being in a different position so as to indicate motion of the subject, while the background is correctly exposed in the image frame.