Echo light

• US 8,391,776 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2009
• Issued: 03/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Babak Taherloo
• Original Assignee: Babak Taherloo
• Inventors: Taherloo, Babak
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tu X
• Application Number:
  US12/455,795
• Publication Number:
  US 20100311344A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,366 Days
• Field of Search: 455/569.2, 455/569.9, 455/69, 455/152.1, 455/297, 455/345, 455/575.9, 455/99, 455/96, 455/3.06
• US Class Current: 455/3.06
• 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 19/22 Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2019/221 on tunnel walls for underground trains
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/04 by land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 27/00 Combined visual and audible advertising or displaying, e.g. for public address
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A Projector mounted on a means of transport, henceforth vessel, displaying visual media on the surroundings of the vessel, and broadcasting a wireless audio signal which allows the users of the vessel to receive the sound associated with the visual media being displayed.

The data for the visual and audio media content is sent by a central server to a server aboard the vessel, which then transmits the visual media content to the projectors mounted on the vessel, to be displayed on the surroundings, and the audio signal to be transmitted wirelessly to the users of the vessel.

Claims

1. A projector system, comprising:

a projector mounted on a moving vessel, said vessel comprising one of a tool, a machine, a vehicle, a train, a ship, and a utility used for transport, the projector displaying a visual media content on a wall of a ground based structural surrounding the vessel, and transmitting to a user a wireless audio signal associated with visual media information;

a receiver for wirelessly receive the visual media content and the audio from a server aboard the vessel;

a transmitter to wirelessly transmit to a cell phone or a bluetooth devices of the user the audio associated with the visual media content displayed on the wall by the projector;

the server aboard the vessel comprising a receiver to receive the visual media content and the audio from the central server, a transmitter to transmit the visual media content and the audio to the projector, a processor to process the visual content and the audio; and

a central server comprising a receiver and a transmitter to communicate with the server aboard the vessel for update, schedule, and maintenance purposes, and for sending the visual media content and the audio to the server aboard vessel,

wherein the projector displays the visual media on the ground based structural while the vessel passes through the ground based structural, and

wherein the projector stops and starts transmitting the visual media content based on schedule instructions from the server aboard the vessel depending on a location of the vessel with respect to the ground based structural.

2. the projector system of claim 1, wherein the ground based structural comprises a tunnel that the vessel passes through.

3. A projector system, comprising:

a projector mounted on a moving vehicle, the projector displaying a visual media, which is viewed by a user of the vehicle, on a ground based structural surroundings the vehicle;

a wireless audio transmitter that transmits to the user an audio associated with the visual media displayed by the projector;

a server aboard the vehicle that transmits the visual media to the projector and the audio to the wireless audio transmitter; and

a central server that communicate with the server aboard the vehicle for updating, scheduling, and maintenance of the server abroad the vehicle, and sends the visual media and the audio to the server aboard the vehicle,

wherein the ground based structural comprises a tunnel that the vehicle passes through,

wherein the vehicle comprises one of a train, a vessel, a ship, and a utility device for transportation,

wherein the projector displays the visual media on the ground based structural while the vehicle passes through the ground based structural, and

wherein the projector stops and starts transmitting the visual media based on schedule instructions from the server aboard the vehicle.

4. The projector system of claim 3, wherein the user receives the audio via a cell phone or a Bluetooth device.

5. A projector system, comprising:

a projector mounted on a moving vehicle, the projector displaying a visual media, which is viewed by a user of the vehicle, on a ground based structural surroundings the vehicle;

a wireless audio transmitter that transmits to the user an audio associated with the visual media displayed by the projector;

a server aboard the vehicle that transmits the visual media to the projector and the audio to the wireless audio transmitter; and

a central server that communicate with the server aboard the vehicle for updating, scheduling, and maintenance of the server abroad the vehicle, and sends the visual media and the audio to the server aboard the vehicle,

wherein the ground based structural comprises a tunnel that the vehicle passes through,

wherein the vehicle comprises one of a train, a vessel, a ship, and a utility device for transportation,

wherein the projector displays the visual media on the ground based structural while the vehicle passes through the ground based structural, and

wherein the projector stops and starts transmitting the visual media based on schedule instructions from the server aboard the vehicle depending on a location of the vehicle with respect to the ground based structural.