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RC4 Wireless, a privately held firm based in Raleigh, NC, announced the issue of patent US9924584B2 by the US Patent Office. The patent covers a method of pixel control — keyframing and RC4 Custom Pixel Profiles (CPP) — which reduces the number of DMX control channels required for generation of artistic pixel patterns displayed on a large number of pixel LEDs. “I’m particularly proud of this IP because of the control it provides to lighting designers and programmers,” explains James David Smith, Chief Product Designer at RC4 Wireless. This is the firm’s second patent.
Keyframing is an integral part of three RC4 Wireless pixel-driver products: the RC4Magic DMXpix Dual Pixel String Driver in both 2.4GHz and 900MHz and the LumenDimPIX for LumenRadio CRMX; the latter operates on the Lumen Radio wireless platform. “Unlike...