Visual display for hand dryer
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1. A hand dryer, comprising:
- a housing;
a fan located within said housing;
a heater located within said housing, said fan drawing air past said heater to heat said air and to dispense said air from within said housing externally of said housing to dry a user'"'"'s hands;
a display screen mounted to said housing and viewable by a user while drying hands of the user;
an on board computer system located within said housing and in signal-communication with said display screen;
a high-speed link in signal-communication with said computer system and an external data source;
wherein said data source communicates with said computer system to change the image displayed on said display screen.
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Abstract
The invention provides a synergistic combination of a plurality of hand dryers, each with a programmed computer display, and all communicating to a central location via a high speed link system. A display screen is mounted to each of the hand dryers and viewable by a user while drying the user'"'"'s hands. A processor is located within the housing and is in signal-communication with the display screen. The high-speed link system is in signal-communication with each processor and an external data source, wherein the data source communicates with the processor to change the image displayed on the display screen.
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1. A hand dryer, comprising:
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a housing;
a fan located within said housing;
a heater located within said housing, said fan drawing air past said heater to heat said air and to dispense said air from within said housing externally of said housing to dry a user'"'"'s hands;
a display screen mounted to said housing and viewable by a user while drying hands of the user;
an on board computer system located within said housing and in signal-communication with said display screen;
a high-speed link in signal-communication with said computer system and an external data source;
wherein said data source communicates with said computer system to change the image displayed on said display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A communications system comprising:
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a central data source;
a plurality of powered hand dryers, each of said hand dryers including a display screen mounted to a front thereof and viewable by a user while drying hands of the user;
each of said hand dryers including a display processor located therein and in signal-communication with said display screen; and
each of said hand dryers including a high-speed link in signal-communication with said display processor and said central data source. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of entering, storing and displaying media information, comprising the steps of:
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entering and storing media information into an information management application, wherein media information is stored according to advertising time blocks for each display application;
providing a plurality of information display applications, each located in a different location;
providing an information instruction server application for communicating information from said information management application to said information display applications;
using said information management application, determining an open time block in a particular information display application and entering a media information data associated with the time block for display at said information display application.
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- 13. The method according to claim 13, wherein said information display application comprises the step of using a LAN to communicate to a plurality of information display applications at a site.
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