Shelf-like display machine and image display method
First Claim
1. A shelf-like display machine comprising:
- a light source for outputting an image;
a first reflector member for reflecting the image projected from said light source;
a first shelf plate and a second shelf plate in which light can be transmitted through their inner portions;
a rear member supporting said first and second shelf plates in which light can be transmitted at their inner portions;
a second reflector member for guiding the image reflected by said first reflector member and guided through said rear member to said first shelf plate; and
a third reflector plate for guiding the image reflected by said first reflector member and guided through said rear member to said second shelf plate;
wherein;
said image has a first image and a second image,and said light source outputs said first image and said second image upon performing a correction processing to said first image and said second image in correspondence with an optical path length 1 ranging from said light source to the end of said first shelf plate and an optical path length 2 ranging from said light source to the end of said second shelf plate in such a way that said first image is displayed at the end of said first shelf plate opposite to said rear member and said second image is displayed at the end of said second shelf plate opposite to said rear member.
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Abstract
The prior art in this field had a display portion of electronic paper at a part of a shelf and showed a problem that the display portion and the goods were hardly co-related to each other in response to an arrangement of the goods. In addition, it was necessary to prepare a special display substrate for changing all the shelf lengths into a display portion and its price was expensive. It was necessary to provide a signal line and a wiring for power supply up to the display portion and so it was necessary to perform a wiring at the shelf surface with opaque raw material or perform a connecting work for the wiring every time when the shelf was transferred. In view of the foregoing, plural images (either still images or animations) arranged in response to the number of stages of the shelves to be displayed are irradiated with a light source after each of the images is corrected in correspondence with the optical path length ranging from the light source to the end of each of the shelves, each of the images is guided to the end of each of the shelves by plural reflector members and then the images are displayed at the ends. In addition, each of the images is guided to the end of each of the shelves by plural reflector members and the images are displayed at the ends after plural images (either still images or animations) arranged in response to the number of stages of shelves to be displayed are irradiated by the light source and the optical path lengths ranging from the light source to the end of each of the shelves are set to be substantially the same to each other.
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18 Claims
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1. A shelf-like display machine comprising:
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a light source for outputting an image; a first reflector member for reflecting the image projected from said light source; a first shelf plate and a second shelf plate in which light can be transmitted through their inner portions; a rear member supporting said first and second shelf plates in which light can be transmitted at their inner portions; a second reflector member for guiding the image reflected by said first reflector member and guided through said rear member to said first shelf plate; and a third reflector plate for guiding the image reflected by said first reflector member and guided through said rear member to said second shelf plate; wherein; said image has a first image and a second image, and said light source outputs said first image and said second image upon performing a correction processing to said first image and said second image in correspondence with an optical path length 1 ranging from said light source to the end of said first shelf plate and an optical path length 2 ranging from said light source to the end of said second shelf plate in such a way that said first image is displayed at the end of said first shelf plate opposite to said rear member and said second image is displayed at the end of said second shelf plate opposite to said rear member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A shelf-like display machine comprising:
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a light source for outputting an image; a first reflector member for reflecting the image projected from said light source; a first shelf plate and a second shelf plate in which light can be transmitted through their inner portions; a rear member supporting said first and second shelf plates in which light can be transmitted at their inner portions; a second reflector member for guiding the image reflected by said first reflector member and guided through said rear member to said first shelf plate; and a third reflector plate for guiding the image reflected by said first reflector member and guided through said rear member to said second shelf plate;
wherein;said image has a first image and a second image, and an optical path length 1 ranging from said light source to the end of said first shelf plate and an optical path length 2 ranging from said light source to the end of said second shelf plate become substantially the same to each other in such a way that said first image is displayed at the end of said first shelf plate opposite to said rear member and said second image is displayed at the end of said second shelf plate opposite to the rear member. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An image display method for displaying an image on the spaced-apart first and second screens comprising the steps of:
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extracting a first region of which shape is similar to that of said first screen and a second region of which shape is similar to that of said second screen from said image while keeping a positional relation between said first and second screens; extracting said first region and said second region from said image while scrolling them at a predetermined speed in a direction where said first region and said second region are connected; correcting a difference in magnifying power caused by different optical path lengths ranging from a light source for projecting said image to each of the screens and correcting to expand or reduce said first region and/or said second region; and projecting said first region to said first screen and said second region to said second screen.
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Specification