US 12,253,791 B2
Light box for photography and videography
Raphaël Henry, Carouge (CH)
Assigned to Visiodome SA, Carouge (CH)
Appl. No. 18/275,113
Filed by Visiodome SA, Carouge (CH)
PCT Filed Jan. 27, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/051848
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 31, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/162044, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 00086/21 (CH), filed on Jan. 29, 2021; and application No. 21154304 (EP), filed on Jan. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0118591 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G03B 15/07 (2021.01)
CPC G03B 15/07 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light box for photography or videography of an object, comprising:
a casing comprising a plurality of walls defining an inner volume as well as an access provided on a face of the casing and intended to be directed towards a user, the access being shaped to allow the user to insert at least one hand therethrough; and
an illumination and visualization system housed inside the casing and defining a working volume in communication with the access,
wherein the illumination and visualization system comprises:
at least one light diffuser element which is located at a predetermined distance from at least one of the walls in order to define a gap between the light diffuser element and the at least one of the walls, the light diffuser element delineating at least partly the working volume;
at least one light source located in the gap and configured to illuminate the working volume in a diffuse manner through the light diffuser element;
at least one switchable, maskable or removable point light source configured to illuminate directly the working volume; and
at least one digital camera mounted inside the casing and configured to allow photographing of at least a part of the working volume,
wherein the digital camera is mounted on the light diffuser element in the gap, the light diffuser element exhibiting an aperture aligned with the optical axis of the digital camera,
and wherein the light box further comprises a color gradient zone located on the light diffuser element around the aperture facing the working volume, the color gradient zone having a color tending to that of the light diffuser element on its outer part and having a color tending to black on its inner part.