US 11,938,502 B2
Pixelated water display and design tools therefor
Mark Fuller, Sun Valley, CA (US); and Gautam Rangan, Sun Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to WET, Sun Valley, CA (US)
Filed by WET, Sun Valley, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/717,841.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/401,103, filed on Sep. 28, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2018/0111152 A1, Apr. 26, 2018
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B05B 17/08 (2006.01); B05B 1/02 (2006.01); B05B 1/16 (2006.01); B05B 12/02 (2006.01); B05B 12/04 (2006.01); F21S 8/00 (2006.01); F21S 10/00 (2006.01); F21W 121/02 (2006.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01); H05B 47/155 (2020.01); B05B 1/12 (2006.01); B05B 15/65 (2018.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC B05B 17/08 (2013.01) [B05B 1/16 (2013.01); B05B 1/169 (2013.01); B05B 12/02 (2013.01); B05B 12/04 (2013.01); H05B 47/115 (2020.01); B05B 1/02 (2013.01); B05B 1/12 (2013.01); B05B 15/65 (2018.02); F21S 8/032 (2013.01); F21S 10/002 (2013.01); F21W 2121/02 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08); H05B 47/155 (2020.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display, comprising:
a plurality of pixels that are arranged in a grid according to a layout determined by a user through a design tool having one or more graphical user interfaces (GUIs) with which the user interacts, wherein the plurality of pixels each includes a nozzle that emits a stream of water, wherein the layout identifies the nozzle for each pixel and specifies a top portion for each stream of water, and wherein the one or more GUIs enable the user to determine the layout by selecting a number of pixels and their spacing, by selecting the nozzle for each pixel, and by selecting a height for the top portion of each stream of water; and
a control system operatively coupled to the plurality of pixels, wherein the control system controls the height of the top portions of each of the streams of water emitted from the plurality of pixels based on the layout determined by the user through the design tool by interacting with the one or more GUIs;
wherein the plurality of pixels are spaced in sufficiently close proximity to each other, based on the layout, that the streams of water visually blend together so that the top portions of the streams of water form a top of a water waveform.