Patent ID: 8823714

Claim:
A music-reactive fire display that creates visual patterns of fire in response to perceptual aspects of music in real-time comprising: a signal analyzer that converts an audio signal representing music into a visualization signal representing perceptual aspects of the music in real-time, and a plurality of variable valves controlling fuel flow rate in a plurality of flow paths leading to one or more discrete flame elements; modulators for said variable valves, wherein said modulators are capable of modulating said variable valves at a sufficiently fast rate of at least 2 times per second utilizing pressurization fuel supply lines to convey pressurized fuel within the plurality of flow paths leading to the one or more discrete flame elements which capture perceptual aspects of the music in the visual patterns of fire as it plays, the visual patterns including a variation in flame height among the one or more discrete flame elements; a communication system between the signal analyzer and the discrete flame elements, wherein multiple discrete flame elements are in communication with the signal analyzer, and wherein said discrete flame elements operate based on said visualization signal conveyed by said communication system to provide the visual patterns of fire in response to the perceptual aspects of the music in real-time reliance of the audio signal; and a compensation system wherein the compensation system actively adjusts input to the modulators to independently control a desired fuel flow rate in the plurality of flow paths leading to the one or more discrete flame elements based on flame detection hardware and the visualization signal to continuously provide sufficient flame height to maintain flame under variable indoor and outdoor conditions that could otherwise disrupt the visual patterns of the music-reactive fire display.