Patent ID: 6492963
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: B62J,G09F

Abstract:
A light display apparatus for mounting on a wheel attached to a fixed frame, comprising:an elongated housing having two ends and including a single master array of lights, the elongated housing radially mounted on the wheel such that one end of the elongated housing is proximate a hub of the wheel and another end is proximate a rim of the wheel; a sensor mounted on the elongated housing for sensing a velocity of the wheel with respect to the fixed frame, the sensor is attached to a single induction wire coil; a magnet is mounted on the fixed frame; and a microprocessor, mounted on the elongated housing and connected to the master array of lights and the sensor, including a memory storing a plurality of display patterns, the microprocessor modulating the master array of lights according to a selected one of the plurality of display patterns and the sensed velocity of the wheel to form an image using persistence of vision of a viewer.