NOVEL PORTABLE DEVICE HAVING A CHANGEABLE ILLUMINATED DISPLAYAND COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM

• US 20170349119A1
• Filed: 04/20/2017
• Published: 12/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eiland Enterprises LLC
• Original Assignee: Donald Curtis Eiland
• Inventors: Eiland, Donald Curtis
• Granted Patent: US 10,449,913 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/105 Licence- or registration plates, provided with mounting means, e.g. frames, holders, retainers, brackets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1633 Protecting arrangement for the entire housing of the computer
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/044 Signs, boards or panels mounted on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2007/1865 on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2007/1869 plates fixed to instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/04 by land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/048 Advertisement panels on sides, front or back of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/049 giving information to passengers inside the vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/18 Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to illuminated display devices and methods of displaying indicia, advertisements, etc. on a changeable illuminated display. The display device comprises a frame structure, a plurality of openings formed in the frame structure, the plurality of openings comprising first and second open spaces disposed at top and bottom positions, respectively, of the frame structure, and the plurality of openings further comprising a third open space disposed between the first and second open spaces. The display device further comprises a compact image display device operable to display an image, the compact image display device held and positioned relative to the frame structure such that first, second, and third different portions of the image, when displayed by the compact image display device, are visible through the plurality of openings first, second, and third open spaces, respectively. Additionally, control circuitry is coupled to the compact image display device.

Claims

1. A portable device having a changeable illuminated display, the portable device comprising:

a frame structure, a plurality of openings being formed in the frame structure, the plurality of openings comprising first and second open spaces disposed at top and bottom positions, respectively, of the frame structure, and the plurality of openings further comprising a third open space disposed between the first and second open spaces;

a compact image display device operable to display an image, the compact image display device held and positioned relative to the frame structure such that first, second, and third different portions of the image, when displayed by the compact image display device, are visible through the plurality of openings first, second, and third open spaces, respectively;

wireless electronics circuitry when employed enables wireless communications with an external computing device; and

a control circuitry coupled to the compact image display device.

2. The portable device of claim 1, wherein a pedestal is formed at a back and lower portion of the frame structure, wherein the frame structure has a front structure and a back structure, the front structure being secured to the back structure by a number of screws, and

wherein, when a surface of the compact image display device is illuminated, the first, second, and third open spaces are sized and positioned to collectively expose a portion of the illuminated surface.

3. The portable device of claim 1, wherein the frame structure is a license plate frame structure.

4. The portable device of claim 1, further comprising:

a USB interface coupled to the control circuitry.

5. The portable device of claim 2, wherein the first and second open spaces are of equal area and generally rectangular shape, wherein the first and second open spaces are disposed at a center top position and a center bottom position, respectively, of the frame structure and wherein the third open space is a larger open space of generally rectangular shape.

6. The portable device of claim 5 further comprising:

a control circuitry coupled to the compact image display device, the control circuitry is held within the frame structure back structure.

7. The portable device of claim 2, wherein the first and second plurality of openings formed in the frame structure front structure comprise two open spaces are of equal area and generally rectangular shape, wherein the first and second open spaces are disposed at a center top position and a center bottom position, respectively, of the frame structure front structure, and wherein the third open space is a larger open space of generally rectangular shape disposed between the two open spaces.

8. The portable device of claim 2, wherein the compact image display is configured to display a digital image, and wherein the plurality of openings formed in the frame structure comprise first and second open spaces are sized and positioned such that an entire first word in the digital image is visible through the first open space, and such that an entire second word in the digital image is visible through the second open space.

9. The portable device of claim 2, wherein the compact image display is configured to display a digital image including a picture and a word, and wherein the plurality of openings formed in the frame structure comprise first and second open spaces are sized and positioned such that an entirety of the word is visible through the first open space, and such that at least a portion of the picture is visible through the second open space.

10. The portable device of claim 2, wherein the compact image display is configured to display a digital image, and wherein the plurality of openings formed in the plate frame structure comprise first and second open spaces are sized and positioned such that an entire first word in the digital image is visible through the first open space, and such that an entire second word in the digital image is visible through the second open space.

11. The portable device of claim 1 further comprising a strap attached to the frame structure.

12. A method, comprising:

at a venue and during a live event, receiving digital image data by wireless transmission;

wherein the digital image data includes content related to the live event; and

transmitting digital image data by wireless transmission from a first device to a plurality of devices proximate thereto.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the live event is a sports event.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the digital image data is received by a portable device.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the digital image data is received by a smartphone device.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising employing haptics during the display of the digital image data.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the wireless transmission is accomplished by at least one of Bluetooth, Zigbee, or infrared transmission technology.

18. A system, comprising:

a wireless router when in operation has access to the Internet;

a portable display device when in operation is communicatively coupled to the wireless router during operation; and

a smartphone device that is to be communicatively coupled to the wireless router and the portable device during operation;

when in operation, the portable display device and the smartphone device are to display content related to a live event that is retrieved from the wireless router.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the portable display device comprises:

a frame structure, a plurality of openings being formed in the frame structure, the plurality of openings comprising first and second open spaces disposed at top and bottom positions, respectively, of the frame structure, and the plurality of openings further comprising a third open space disposed between the first and second open spaces;

a compact image display device operable to display an image, the compact image display device held and positioned relative to the frame structure such that first, second and third different portions of the image, when displayed by the compact image display device, are visible through the plurality of openings first, second and third open spaces, respectively;

wireless electronics circuitry when employed enables wireless communications with an external computing device; and

a control circuitry coupled to the compact image display device.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the smartphone comprises haptics output capability.