Patent ID: 9485399
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A63D,F21S,F21V,F21Y,H04N,H05B,Y02B

Claim Text:
1. A lighting apparatus for lighting a billiard table surface, the apparatus comprising: a frame configured to support one or more lights above the billiard table surface; the one or more lights comprising a light source or sources mounted in the frame in a configuration to provide substantially uniform illumination of the billiard table surface; a middle frame portion spanning across a middle portion of the frame corresponding to a middle portion of the billiard table surface when mounted above the billiard table surface, the middle portion of the frame configured to support a middle camera directed to record images of the billiard table surface; an end portion of the frame corresponding to a head or foot end portion of the billiard table surface when mounted above the billiard table surface, the end portion of the frame configured to support an end camera directed to record images of at least a portion of the billiard table surface and an area surrounding a head or foot end portion of the billiard table surface; a processing device in operative communication to receive the images recorded by the middle camera, wherein the processing device is configured to: determine whether balls on the billiard table surface are in motion or non-motion based on the images recorded by the middle camera, and in response to determining non-motion of balls on the billiard table surface, both: stop recording or stop provision of images from the middle camera, and effect a combination of storing or providing images from the end camera together with an image from the middle camera to provide a picture in picture image.