Patent ID: 6988805

Claim:
A central controller for controlling a plurality of image projection lighting devices each of the plurality of image projection lighting devices comprising: a base, a lamp housing, and a communications port; wherein the lamp housing is remotely positioned in relation to the base by a motor; the lamp housing comprising a lamp, a light valve, and a projection lens; wherein the central controller is comprised of an input keypad; and a first input device; wherein an operator of the central controller can input an address of a first image projection lighting device of the plurality of image projection lighting devices with the input keypad to be sent over a communications system to the plurality of image projection lighting devices and the first image projection lighting device responds by accepting commands; and wherein the central controller sends commands over the communications system to the first image projection lighting device for controlling a first separate colored image projected from the first image projection lighting device; and wherein the first input device provides the operator of the central controller with the ability to incrementally fade up the projected first separate colored image projected by the first image projection lighting device to form a projected first separate colored light that is void of an image.