SHOPPING MALL WITH VEHICLE-ACCESSIBLE ENTERTAINMENT AREA, AND METHODS OF OPERATING SAME

• US 20080127574A1
• Filed: 12/04/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chol H. Yi
• Original Assignee: Chol H. Yi
• Inventors: Yi, Chol H.
• Application Number:
  US11/949,948
• Publication Number:
  US 20080127574A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 52/8
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 3/02 Hotels; Motels; Coffee-houses; Restaurants; Shops; Department stores
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 6/10 without mechanical means for shifting or lifting vehicles, e.g. with helically-arranged fixed ramps, with movable ramps

Abstract

A shopping mall combined with an entertainment facility includes a drive-in area with a large video display screen adapted to provide visibility of images displayed thereon during daylight hours. A centralized parking lot has a multiplicity of parking spaces oriented towards the screen, and retail stores are situated adjacent edge portions of the centralized parking lot. When entertainment is projected on the screen, a transmitter sends corresponding audio signals to audio receivers in cars parked in the lot. The retail stores are in a number of interconnected buildings, arranged substantially in a U-shape, which may also include offices, residential suites, hotels, or other functional uses. The large screen is situated inside a central portion of the profile. Optionally, a cruising track may surround the centralized parking lot. The mall may also include a restaurant, fueling station and/or a decorative arrangement aligned with the large screen.

Claims

1. In combination, a shopping mall and a drive-in theater, comprising:

a large display screen adapted to provide visibility of images displayed thereon during daylight hours;

a centralized parking lot having a multiplicity of parking spaces therein which are oriented so that vehicles may be parked therein facing toward the display screen;

a plurality of retail stores situated adjacent edge portions of the centralized parking lot; and

a transmitter for sending audio signals to cars parked in said parking lot, where said audio signals correspond in real time to video images displayed on said screen.

2. A shopping mall and a drive-in theater according to claim 1, wherein said transmitter transmits audio signals at predetermined frequencies to audio receivers of said cars.

3. A shopping mall and a drive-in theater according to claim 1, wherein the shopping mall has a generally automotive theme.

4. A shopping mall and a drive-in theater according to claim 1, wherein said large display screen is at least 20 feet wide.

5. A shopping mall and a drive-in theater according to claim 1, further comprising a drivable track extending around the perimeter of the centralized parking lot.

6. A shopping mall and a drive-in theater according to claim 1, further comprising a restaurant located at one end of the centralized parking lot, wherein one side of said restaurant faces toward the large screen.

7. A shopping mall and a drive-in theater according to claim 1, further comprising a stage platform situated below said screen.

8. A shopping mall and a drive-in theater according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of retail stores are housed in buildings arranged substantially in a U-shaped profile around the centralized parking lot.

9. A shopping mall comprising:

a plurality of interconnected buildings arranged in a substantially U-shaped profile;

said U-shaped profile having a pair of side portions, and a central portion extending between said side portions;

a large display screen situated adjacent and inside the central portion of the U-shaped profile;

said large display screen adapted to provide visibility of images displayed thereon during daylight hours;

a platform situated below said display screen;

a transmitter which transmits audio signals in real time corresponding to video images displayed on said display screen; and

a centralized parking lot surrounded by the U-shaped profile;

said parking lot having a first end portion and a second end portion.

10. A shopping mall according to claim 9, further comprising:

a decorative arrangement situated towards the second end portion of the centralized parking lot;

a restaurant situated adjacent the decorative arrangement;

a fueling station situated adjacent the restaurant;

a plurality of parking lots formed around an outside portion of the U-shaped profile;

each of said plurality of parking lots having multiple automobile parking spaces; and

a plurality of passages formed in between the interconnected buildings;

said plurality of passages providing access between said plurality of parking lots formed around said outside portion of the U-shaped profile and said centralized parking lot;

wherein said central portion of the U-shaped profile, said large display screen, said centralized parking lot, said restaurant and said fueling station are substantially aligned with one another.

11. A shopping mall according to claim 9, further comprising at least one row of automobile parking spaces disposed inside of the U-shaped profile.

12. A shopping mall according to claim 9, further comprising an overhanging roof extending from said plurality of interconnected buildings toward the centralized parking lot;

and wherein said interconnected buildings are multi-floor buildings.

13. A shopping mall according to claim 9, wherein said centralized parking lot includes a multiplicity of automobile parking spaces therein which are oriented such that vehicles may be parked therein facing toward said large display screen.

14. A shopping mall according to claim 9, wherein said transmitter transmits audio signals at specified frequencies corresponding to audio receivers carried by persons using the mall.

15. A method of video display in a shopping mall comprising a centralized parking lot and a plurality of retail stores situated adjacent edge portions of said centralized parking lot;

said method comprising the steps of;

providing a large screen adapted to provide visibility of images displayed thereon during daylight hours;

assembling cars along with occupants in the centralized parking lot;

displaying entertainment/advertisement images on the large screen to the occupants of assembled cars; and

transmitting audio signals to cars parked in the centralized parking lot to correspond in real time to video images displayed on the screen;

wherein said centralized parking lot includes a multiplicity of parking spaces therein which are oriented facing toward the screen.

16. A method of video display in a shopping mall according to claim 15, wherein said themed mall further comprises a restaurant situated at one end portion of the centralized parking lot.

17. A method of video display in a shopping mall according to claim 15, wherein said transmitter further transmits audio signals at specified frequencies to audio receiver carried by persons using the shopping mall.

18. A method of video display in a shopping mall according to claim 15, wherein said centralized parking lot has a substantially oval-shaped profile;

and wherein said screen has an aspect ratio of one of 16;

9, 4;

3 and 2.35;

1 and has a width of at least 20 feet.

19. A method of video display in a shopping mall according to claim 15, wherein said retail stores are housed in a plurality of interconnected buildings arranged in a substantially U-shaped profile around the centralized parking lot.

20. A method of video display in a shopping mall according to claim 19, wherein said plurality of interconnected building are further adapted to house one or more of offices, residential units, and hotels.