Funeral home display monitor apparatus
First Claim
1. Apparatus located in a funeral establishment for displaying information about a deceased person whose visitation is in the funeral establishment comprising:
- display terminal means for displaying visual images and audio recordings of the deceased, and textual information about the deceased;
a stand for the display terminal means, said stand allowing the display terminal means to be viewed by people both standing and sitting;
memory means for storing visual images, audio recordings, and textual information about a decedent;
information entry means for enabling people to add audio, visual, or textual information about the decedent to the memory means for permanent storage and display to subsequent users on said terminal means; and
,selection means for allowing a person to select which of a number of decedents'"'"' information should be displayed, said selection means further allowing the person to select visual images, audio recordings, or textual information, and for allowing the person to select from a plurality of images, audio recordings and information segments which to view or listen to.
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Abstract
An apparatus located in a funeral establishment for displaying information about a deceased person whose visitation is or was in the funeral establishment. The apparatus includes a terminal display with one or more visual displays for visually displaying images of the deceased and textual information about the deceased, and audio capabilities to play sound recordings of or about the deceased. The terminal display is mounted in or on a stand for viewing by both standing and sitting people. Further included in the apparatus, a storage memory stores audio recordings, visual images, and textual information about the decedent. Additional sound recordings, visual images, and textual information stored on audio and video cassettes may be received by the apparatus for inclusion in the memory storage through a cassette player. Similarly, information stored on CD-ROM and magnetic discs may be received for storage by the apparatus through respective player units. People both at the funeral establishment and out-of-town may add additional information about the decedent to the storage memory. The apparatus allows information about the decedent stored in the memory to be duplicated for permanent recording.
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15 Claims
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1. Apparatus located in a funeral establishment for displaying information about a deceased person whose visitation is in the funeral establishment comprising:
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display terminal means for displaying visual images and audio recordings of the deceased, and textual information about the deceased; a stand for the display terminal means, said stand allowing the display terminal means to be viewed by people both standing and sitting; memory means for storing visual images, audio recordings, and textual information about a decedent; information entry means for enabling people to add audio, visual, or textual information about the decedent to the memory means for permanent storage and display to subsequent users on said terminal means; and
,selection means for allowing a person to select which of a number of decedents'"'"' information should be displayed, said selection means further allowing the person to select visual images, audio recordings, or textual information, and for allowing the person to select from a plurality of images, audio recordings and information segments which to view or listen to. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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