Patent ID: 7736023

Claim:
A multiparameter lighting apparatus comprising a base; a lamp housing; wherein the lamp housing is remotely positionable in relation to the base housing by a motor, the lamp housing comprising a lamp, a rotating gobo system, and a a projection lens, wherein the lamp produces a light having a light path; and further comprising a communications port, a processing system, and a memory; the rotating gobo system comprising a plurality of rotatable gobos, including a first rotatable gobo; wherein the first rotatable gobo can be selected to be in the light path by the rotating gobo system, wherein the light is projected through the first rotatable gobo and through the projection lens onto a projection surface; wherein a first command received by the communications port causes the first rotatable gobo to rotate in a first state such that the first rotatable gobo rotates in a substantially smooth manner about a three hundred sixty degree rotation, such that in response to the first command, the first rotatable gobo rotates continuously from a first rotational position through a second rotational position to a third rotational position, wherein a second command received by the communications port causes the first rotatable gobo to rotate in a second state such that the first rotatable gobo rotates in an incremental manner about a three hundred sixty degree rotation, such that in response to the second command, the first rotatable gobo: rotates from the first rotational position to the second rotational position continuously; stops rotating for a dwell time after reaching the second rotational position; rotates from the second rotational position to the third rotational position continuously; and stops rotating for the dwell time after reaching the third rotational position; wherein the difference between the first rotational position and the second rotational position is an increment, and the difference between the second rotational position and the third rotational position is the increment; and wherein the second command includes the dwell time and the increment.