Colorful advertising device with real article display

• US 5,123,192 A
• Filed: 05/14/1991
• Issued: 06/23/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chi-Sheng Hsieh
• Original Assignee: Chi-Sheng Hsieh
• Inventors: Hsieh, Chi-Sheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorner, Kenneth J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): GREEN, BRIAN
• Application Number:
  US07/699,729
• Time in Patent Office: 406 Days
• Field of Search: 40/443, 40/442, 40/541, 40/444, 40/560, 40/455, 40/448, 40/466, 340/784, 359/36, 359/84, 359/85
• US Class Current: 40/442
• 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

Abstract

A show window includes a liquid crystal display plate which is alternatingly caused to become transparent in order to permit viewing of a static object displayed behind the window, and translucent in order to form a screen for projection of a slide onto the window in order to permit viewing of the slide through the window.

Claims

1. A colorful advertising device including a real article display, comprising:

a show window;

a power supply;

a controller connected with said power supply and including a program switch, a microprocessor controller, and a switch device, said program switch including means for setting an alternating time and a slide replacing time, said microprocessor controller including means for controlling said switch device to transmit power from said power supply to respective components of said advertising device;

sensor means located at an outer upper portion of the show window and including a sensor and stepper motor for receiving a pulse sent from said microprocessor controller and, in response to said pulse, activating said stepper motor to rotate the sensor through a predetermined angle for controlling a detecting angle of said sensor, and means for sending an interrupting signal to said microprocessor controller when said sensor detects a passing human body;

means including a projecting light for illuminating a real article to be displayed;

a first liquid crystal display plate located on an inner layer of said show window, said first liquid crystal display plate being connected to means for causing said first liquid crystal display plate to change from a state of translucence to a state of transparency in response to switching of said switch device under control by said microprocessor controller;

slide projection means for causing a slide to be projected from a slide projector onto said first liquid crystal display plate when said liquid crystal display plate is in a translucent state; and

a second liquid crystal display plate which assumes a transparent state to permit said slide to be projected onto said first liquid crystal display plate when said first liquid crystal display plate is in said translucent state;

wherein the power supplied to the first display plate is switched on or off whenever said sensor detects a human body passing near, or whenever said alternating time has elapsed, to thereby cause said display device to alternatively display said real article when said first liquid crystal display plate is in said transparent state and to display said slide when said first liquid crystal display plate is in said translucent state and said second liquid crystal display plate is in a tranparent state, and

wherein a new slide is projected by said slide projector whenever said slide replacing time has elapsed.

2. An advertising device as claimed in claim 1, wherein when either of said first and second liquid crystal display plates is supplied with power and thereby turned on, liquid crystal molecules in said turned-on display plate are arranged regularly so that said turnedon display plate is transparent, while when power is cut off, the liquid crystal molecules are arranged irregularly so that said display plates are translucent.

3. An advertising device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising means including an audio player and speaker for aurally describing features of said real article.