APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT ON A VEHICLE

• US 20130231828A1
• Filed: 03/01/2013
• Published: 09/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitch Demon, Llc
• Original Assignee: Hitch Demon, Llc
• Inventors: Seal, Trevor
• Granted Patent: US 9,865,186 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/36
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/18 involving the use of optical projection means, e.g. projection of images on clouds projection apparatus per se G03B
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/04 by land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/048 Advertisement panels on sides, front or back of vehicles

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for displaying or projecting images on a vehicle are described herein. The methods include receiving location data of a vehicle, determining content corresponding to the location, and providing images corresponding to the content to projectors for display on a side of a vehicle. The systems include a vehicle, projectors mounted on the vehicle such that an image created by the projector is cast on a surface of the vehicle, and a control module configured to provide images to the one or more projectors for display on a side of the vehicle. The apparatuses include a location module that determines a current location of a vehicle, a content selection module that determines a content corresponding to the current location, and a display module that provides images corresponding to the content to one or more projectors for display on a side of a vehicle.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a vehicle;

one or more projectors, each of the one or more projectors mounted on the vehicle such that an image created by the projector is cast on a surface of the vehicle; and

a control module configured to provide images to the one or more projectors for display on a side of the vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the control module is configured to provide image information corresponding to the images.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more projectors is coupled to the vehicle with a mounting mechanism.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the mounting mechanism comprises an adjustable arm.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the control module comprises a skew module for compensating for a non-perpendicular angle of projection.

6. An apparatus comprising:

a location module that determines a current location of a vehicle;

a content selection module that determines a content corresponding to the current location; and

a display module that provides images corresponding to the content to one or more projectors for display on a side of a vehicle.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a movement module that determines whether the vehicle is moving.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein when the movement module determines that the vehicle is moving the display module is limited to displaying still images.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the location module receives location information from a global positioning system (GPS) enabled device.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the location module comprises a global positioning system (GPS) enabled device.

11. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the apparatus comprises a phone.

12. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a communication module for communicating with one or more devices.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the communication module is configured to communicate with a phone.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the phone comprises an application for interfacing with the communication module.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the communication module is configured to communicate wirelessly.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a storage module for accessing content data on a storage device.

17. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the display module provides different images to different projectors at substantially simultaneous display.

18. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer usable program code executable to perform operations, the operations of the computer program product comprising:

receiving location data indicating a current location of a vehicle;

determining content corresponding to the current location; and

providing images corresponding to the content to one or more projectors for display on a side of a vehicle.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the content for display based on a location of the vehicle

20. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise displaying static images when the vehicle is moving.