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

Claim 0:
1. 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,
operating the camera and the connected LED light source to produce light bursts for a series of consecutive images, at a rate of at least five bursts per second and at a sequence of different light illumination levels, with a gradation from a lowest burst of light to a highest burst of light, to produce a series of separate, similar images but with different levels of illumination of the subject,
presenting the series of images with different illumination levels to a user and prompting the user to select a preferred image with a preferred light level,
after the user selects an image from the series with an input to the camera, sending a signal from the camera to the LED light source to set the illumination level for an image to be taken, and
taking an image of the subject with the illumination level setting as set by the camera.