Integrated electronic display

• US 20030067418A1
• Filed: 10/08/2002
• Published: 04/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Imagearray Limited
• Original Assignee: Imagearray Limited
• Inventors: McClintock, Dale Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 6,956,541 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1605 Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1607 Arrangements to support accessories mechanically attached to the display housing G06F1/1603, G06F1/1605 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/20 Cooling means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1612 Flat panel monitor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1438 using more than one graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/30 in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements panels comprising a number of electrodes in a single cell controlling light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. electro-optical or magneto-optical cell, G02F1/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/06 Remotely controlled electronic signs other than labels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/12 Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players

Abstract

An electronic display is disclosed for displaying a visual presentation. One described electronic display includes a plurality of digital playback devices. Each digital playback device includes a display device comprising a portion of a display area of the electronic display. Each digital playback device further includes a processor, persistent memory, video data representing a video presentation stored within the persistent memory, and control logic for controlling playback of the video presentation.

Claims

1. An electronic display comprising:

a plurality of digital playback devices, each digital playback device including a display device comprising a portion of a display area of the electronic display, each digital playback device further including a processor, persistent memory, video data representing a video presentation stored within the persistent memory, and control logic for controlling playback of the video presentation.

12. The electronic display of claim 1, wherein each digital playback device further includes a network communication subsystem, and the control logic for each digital playback device is operative to manage communications between the associated digital playback device and an external controller.

13. The electronic display of claim 12, wherein the video data is received via the network communication subsystem.

2. An electronic display comprising:

a display enclosure forming a plurality of display apertures; and

a plurality of digital playback devices, each digital playback device disposed within one of the display apertures and supported by the display enclosure, each digital playback device including a processor, persistent memory, video data representing a video presentation stored within the persistent memory, and control logic for controlling playback of the video presentation.

3. The electronic display of claim 2, wherein the display enclosure further forms a cold air aperture, a warm air aperture, and a ventilation path directing air between the cold air aperture and the warm air aperture, the ventilation path formed to direct air past at least one digital playback device.

4. The electronic display of claim 2, further including an audio playback device supported by the display enclosure.

5. The electronic display of claim 2, wherein at least one of the digital playback devices include audio data representing an audio presentation stored within the persistent memory and an audio subsystem operative to playback the audio presentation.

6. The electronic display of claim 5, wherein each digital playback device further includes a network communication subsystem, the control logic for each digital playback device is operative to manage communications between the associated digital playback device and an external controller, and the audio data is received from the external controller via the network communication subsystem.

7. The electronic display of claim 2, wherein each digital playback device further includes schedule data representing a schedule for playing the video presentation, and wherein the control logic of each digital playback device is operative to direct playback of the video presentation based on the schedule data.

8. The electronic display of claim 5, wherein each digital playback device further includes a network communication subsystem, the control logic for each digital playback device is operative to manage communications between the associated digital playback device and an external controller, and the schedule data is received from the external controller via the network communication subsystem.

9. The electronic display of claim 2, wherein the control logic for each digital playback device is further operative to synchronize the playback of the video presentation with one or more of the other digital playback devices.

10. The electronic display of claim 9, wherein the control logic employs internally generated time information.

11. The electronic display of claim 9, wherein the control logic employs externally generated time information.