Remote control electronic display system
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Abstract
A remotely controlled electronic display sign which operates with a plasma display and which provides for humidity and heat control and the like allowing the sign to be used in various environments. The sign is essentially self-contained and includes those components necessary for enabling a display of desired material from a remote control source or one located at the sign. A controller in or associated with the sign is accessible either electrically, or through satellite transmission or other wireless transmission from the remote source which allows the display of the sign to be changed at will. Thus, an operator at a remote source may, with the aid of a pre-prepared graphic design, transmit that design to the controller at or associated with the sign for display of that graphic information and potentially with sound.
37 Citations
35 Claims
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8. A display apparatus capable of generating a display from electronic signals generated and transmitted to said apparatus from a remote source, said display apparatus being operable at any of a plurality of fixed locations and comprising:
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a) an outer housing having an interior compartment;
b) a relatively thin high resolution display panel on said housing and being observable to a group of viewers; and
c) self-contained computer controlled processor means associated with said housing and receiving electronic signals from a remote source, said electronic signals containing data representative of the displays to be generated, said processor means causing generation of displays in the display panel based on the signals received from the remote source. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A display system for generating a display on a display apparatus and capable of enhancing the image of the product or service which may be displayed thereon, said display system comprising:
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a) and outer housing;
b) a display paned on said housing and being observable to a viewer; and
c) a computer means in proximity of said housing dedicated to the operation of the display system, said computer means operating on the basis of a series of sequential programmed instructions at a predetermined time or on a real time basis and controlling the display presented on said display panel, said computer means capable of altering the direction and manner in which a display is generated on the display panel as well as providing computer generated effects to the display to be presented on the display panel. - View Dependent Claims (18, 22, 23)
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19. A process for generating a display on a display apparatus from a remote source, said process comprising:
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a) providing a stand-alone, self-contained display apparatus having a high resolution display panel and a dedicated computer processor means associated with said display panel at a generally fixed location such that said display panel has viewing accessibility, b) generating a display at a remote source and converting the display as generated to equivalent digital electronic signals representative of said display;
c) transmitting said electronic signals to a the dedicated computer processor means of said display apparatus; and
d) causing the presentation of a display on said display panel based on the transmitted electronic signals. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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24. A display apparatus for presenting a display in the form of successively displayed images at a generally fixed location, said display apparatus comprising:
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a) an electronically operable flat panel display panel with wide angle viewing for displaying said successively displayed images which may comprise advertising and other information;
b) self-contained computer operated processing means associated with said display apparatus for generating the display from electronic signals containing information relating to the images and which electronic signals are received from a remote source; and
c) memory means associated with said display apparatus and forming part of said processing means for storing the electonic signals received from the remote source in the form of digital data and allowing the digital data to be reconverted to visible images which are displayed on the display panel of the display apparatus, said memory means being capable of storing a large number of different displays which may be presented at time selected periods independently of external electronic signals from a remote source. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for generating a plurality of individual displays at a remote source and electronically transmitting the displays to a readily transportable display apparatus located at a substantial distance from the remote source for presentation, said method comprising:
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a) generating a plurality of displays at a display generating source with each display in the form of or capable of presentation as at least one visual image;
b) if not already in electronic form, converting the visual images to corresponding electronic signals at the display generating device;
c) transmitting sequentially, collectively or at different times, the electronic signals representative of the images to a self-contained computer processing means associated with the display apparatus;
d) storing the electronic signals in the form of digitial signals in a mermory means associated with said computer processing means; and
e) causing said computer processor means to access the stored digital signals and process the same so as to effectuate the presentation of the visual image on a display panel associated with said display apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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