Three-dimensional advertisement device

• US 10,741,106 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2016
• Issued: 08/11/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: P&I System Co.
• Original Assignee: P&I System Co.
• Inventors: Youn, Eun Seok
• Primary Examiner(s): Davis, Cassandra
• Application Number:
  US16/471,278
• Publication Number:
  US 20190318671A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,331 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/02 Signs, boards, or panels, illuminated by artificial light sources positioned in front of the insignia
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/125 Stereoscopic displays; 3D displays
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/14 displaying different signs depending upon the view-point of the observer
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/22 Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/375 the position of the elements being controlled by the application of a magnetic field
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/40 in which the desired character is selected from a number of characters arranged one beside the other, e.g. on a common carrier plate

Abstract

Disclosed is a three-dimensional advertisement device. The present invention includes: a frame having a predetermined shape; a plurality of unit cells supported by the frame and arrayed in an X-Y matrix; and a controller for selectively driving the unit cells according to an external input signal, wherein the unit cell includes: a cell plate having a magnet on a rear surface thereof and having an upper end hinge-coupled to the frame, the cell plate being vertically disposed; and an electromagnet arranged to face the magnet of the cell plate to enable the cell plate to rotate forward when power is applied thereto according to a signal of a controller. The cell plate of the unit cells includes a reflection plate such that advertisement text is three-dimensionally expressed through a combination of the cell plates which rotate to be opened.

Claims

1. A three-dimensional advertising device comprising:

a frame configured to have a predetermined shape;

a plurality of unit cells arranged on the frame in a form of an X-Y matrix so as to be supported by the frame; and

a controller for controlling a power supply device in response to an external input signal to selectively supply electric power to selected ones of the unit cells such that the unit cells are selectively driven, wherein

each of the unit cells comprises;

a cell plate having a magnet disposed at a rear surface thereof, an upper end of the cell plate being hingedly coupled to the frame such that the cell plate is disposed vertically; and

an electromagnet disposed so as to be opposite the magnet of the cell plate while having a same polarity, the electromagnet being configured to turn the cell plate forwards by repulsive force when electric power is supplied to the electromagnet according to a signal from the controller,

wherein the cell plate of each of the unit cells comprises;

a main body having a front surface colored with a dark color, and an upper end hinge-coupled to the frame; and

a plurality of blades provided at a front surface of the main body so as to be disposed at a uniform interval in a vertical direction, the blades being installed so as to be inclined downwards in order to cover the front surface of the main body, wherein a front surface of each of the blades is colored with a bright color.

2. The three-dimensional advertising device according to claim 1, wherein the cell plate of each of the unit cells is made of a reflective plate.

3. The three-dimensional advertising device according to claim 2, wherein the controller adjusts an intensity of the electromagnet of each of the unit cells in response to the external input signal in order to change a turning angle of the cell plate.

4. The three-dimensional advertising device according to claim 1, wherein the controller adjusts an intensity of the electromagnet of each of the unit cells in response to the external input signal in order to change a turning angle of the cell plate.

5. The three-dimensional advertising device according to claim 1, further comprising an illumination means supported at the frame for illuminating the unit cells.