Three-dimensional large screen display

• US 20020105480A1
• Filed: 01/18/2002
• Published: 08/08/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mediapull Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Transvision, Inc.
• Inventors: Lowry, Brian C., Lowry, Jerald F., Wimer, Evan
• Application Number:
  US10/051,212
• Publication Number:
  US 20020105480A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/6
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/305 being the ends of optical fibres G09F9/302 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/026 Video wall, i.e. juxtaposition of a plurality of screens to create a display screen of bigger dimensions

Abstract

A large screen display system includes a mounting grid and an array of electro-optical display tile modules arranged to form a three-dimensional shape. The system includes a mounting frame formed into a three-dimensional configuration such as a whole or partial cylinder, sphere, cone, pyramid, box, or combinations thereof, or any other three-dimensional geometric configuration. The array of electro-optical display tile modules is in electrical communication with a computing or electronic processing device, such as a computer. The computer is equipped with a specialized video card for apportioning a composite video image into a plurality of segments and communicating each video image segment to a corresponding electro-optical display tile module such that the array of electro-optical display tile modules reconstitutes and displays the composite video image.

Claims

1. A large screen display, comprising:

a three-dimensional mounting structure;

a plurality of electro-optical display tile modules attached to the mounting structure, the plurality of tile modules forming a display surface having a three dimensional shape; and

a computing device in electronic communication with the tile modules.

2. The display of claim 1 wherein:

the computing device includes a processor and a video card;

the processor and video card are capable of apportioning a video image into a plurality of video segments and delivering each of the video segments to one of the tile modules; and

the tile modules are capable of displaying the video segments so that the tile modules collectively reconstitute the video image to form a reconstructed video image.

3. The display of claim 1 wherein the three dimensional shape comprises a whole or partial cylinder, pyramid, egg-shape, cone, truncated cone, box, sphere, or any combination thereof.

4. The display of claim 1 further comprising a base assembly on which the three-dimensional mounting structure is supported.

5. The display of claim 4 wherein the base assembly is capable of moving the mounting structure.

6. The display of claim 4 wherein the base assembly is capable of rotating the mounting structure.

7. The display of claim 1 wherein the plurality of electro-optical display tile modules is detachably affixed to the mounting structure.

8. The display of claim 2 wherein the processor and video card are further capable of systematically cycling the plurality of video segments from one tile module to another so that the reconstituted video image, when formed on the display, appears to be moving.

9. The display of claim 1 wherein each electro-optical display tile module comprises:

a display surface;

an array of optical fibers in optical communication with the display surface; and

a micro-display in electronic communication with a video input cable.

10. The display of claim 9 wherein the display surface of each tile module is contoured to match a contour of the mounting structure.

11. The display of claim 9 wherein each micro-display is capable of converting a video signal received from the video input cable into light and transmitting the light to the array of optical fibers.

13. The display of claim 12 wherein the computing device includes a processor and a video card, and the processor and video card are capable of apportioning a video image into a plurality of video segments and delivering each of the video segments to one of the tile modules, and the tile modules are capable of displaying the video segments so that the modules collectively reconstitute the video image to form a reconstituted video image.

14. The display of claim 13 wherein the processor and video card are further capable of systematically cycling the plurality of video segments from one tile module to another so that the reconstituted video image, when formed on the display, appears to be moving.

16. The display of claim 15 wherein the processor and video card are further capable of systematically cycling the plurality of video segments from one time module to another so that the reconstituted video image, when formed on the display, appears to be moving.

12. A three-dimensional large screen display, comprising:

a three-dimensional mounting structure;

a base assembly which supports the mounting structure;

a plurality of electro-optical display tile modules detachably affixed to the mounting structure, each electro-optical display tile module comprising a display surface, an array of optical fibers in optical communication with the display surface, and a micro-display in electronic communication with a video input cable, the plurality of tile modules forming a display surface having a three dimensional shape; and

a computing device in electronic communication with the tile modules.

15. A three-dimensional large screen display, comprising:

a three-dimensional mounting structure;

a plurality of electro-optical display tile modules affixed to the mounting structure, each electro-optical display tile module comprising a display surface, an array of optical fibers in optical communication with the display surface, and a micro-display in electronic communication with a video input cable, the plurality of tile modules forming a display surface having a three dimensional shape; and

a computing device in electronic communication with the tile modules, the computing device including a processor and a video card that are capable of apportioning a video image into a plurality of segments and delivering each of the segments to one of the tile modules.