Visual advertising apparatus for gateway

• US 20080079908A1
• Filed: 10/02/2006
• Published: 04/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hae-Yong Choi
• Original Assignee: Hae-Yong Choi
• Inventors: Choi, Hae-Yong
• Application Number:
  US11/540,521
• Publication Number:
  US 20080079908A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 353/79
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/10 Projectors with built-in or built-on screen
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/145 Housing details, e.g. position adjustments thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/56 Projection screens

Abstract

A visual advertising apparatus for a gateway is disclosed. The apparatus includes a screen which includes a reflecting surface having a reflectance of 5% to 40% and reflecting lines formed on the reflecting surface in either a vertical or horizontal direction, the reflecting lines having a reflectance of 0.5% to 20%, and a projector for projecting light to the screen. Accordingly, the brightness of the screen is increased by five to forty times, viewers can see the clear image while moving around within the extended vertical and horizontal viewing angles of 30° to 4.5°, and the weight of the screen and the projector can be reduced, which makes it possible to install the large screen.

Claims

1. A visual advertising apparatus for a gateway comprising:

a screen which includes a reflecting surface having a reflectance of 5% to 40%, and reflecting lines formed on the reflecting surface in either a vertical or horizontal direction, the reflecting lines having a reflectance of 0.5% to 20%; and

a projector for projecting light to the screen,

wherein the screen and the projector are mounted to an entrance, a gate or an escalator of a store or a building.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the screen includes a screen base which is made from a film or a plastic material, a reflecting layer which is formed by depositing aluminum on the screen base, and a protecting surface which is formed by coating urethane or epoxy on the reflecting layer.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the screen has a vertical viewing angle of 10°

to 30° and

a horizontal viewing angle of 4.5°

to 20°

.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the screen is a permeable screen.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a supporting frame for fixing the screen and the projector in a unitary system.

4. The apparatus according to claim 11 further comprising:

a mirror which is mounted in front of the projector.