Patent ID: 8452426
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G06F,H05B

Abstract:
1. A lighting control console for controlling a lighting system, wherein digital adjustment commands are generated in the lighting control console and are transmitted to the lighting devices of the lighting system via data connections, and wherein the lighting control console comprises: at least one digital processor and at least one digital memory for generating, managing and storing the adjustment commands; and at least one display unit including a display surface made of an at least partially transparent material, wherein the display unit is switchable between a transparency mode and a display mode, and wherein in the transparency mode, the display unit is at least partially transparent in a region of the at least partially transparent material of the display surface allowing an operator to look through the display surface, and wherein in the display mode, the display unit displays graphical elements on the display surface, wherein the at least one display unit is formed by a projection unit having at least one projector and at least one projection surface including the display surface, wherein the at least one projection surface is switchable between a transparent state and an intransparent state, and wherein when the projection surface is switched into the intransparent state, the graphical elements are projected onto the at least one projection surface by the at least one projector.