Mirror display message board

• US 20040098137A1
• Filed: 11/15/2002
• Published: 05/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Hollemans, Gerrit
• Application Number:
  US10/295,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20040098137A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/1
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 27/00 Combined visual and audible advertising or displaying, e.g. for public address

Abstract

A mirrored electronic message board having a display portion and a recognition system. The recognition system has a processor, an identity input, and a memory. The identity input receives identity information relating to the identity of a user in proximity to the mirrored electronic message board. The processor analyzes the identity information to determine the identity of the user. The processor then utilizes the determined identity to retrieve data associated with the identified. user from the memory. The retrieved data is then provided to the display portion of the mirrored electronic message board for review by the identified user.

Claims

1. An electronic message board comprising:

a mirror having a display portion; and

a recognition system operationally coupled to the display portion, wherein the recognition system is configured to identify an identity of a user in proximity to the mirror and is configured to provide data associated with the identified user to the display portion.

2. The electronic message board of claim 1, wherein the recognition system comprises:

an identity input;

a processor; and

a memory, wherein the processor is operationally coupled to the identity input and the memory and wherein the processor is configured to receive identity information from the identity input, determine the identity of the user, and retrieve the data associated with the identified user.

3. The electronic message board of claim 2, wherein the identity input is a camera input configured to receive images of the proximity around the mirror and the processor is configured to compare images stored in the memory of known users to the received images to determine the identity of the user.

4. The electronic message board of claim 2, wherein the identity input is an audio input configured to receive audio data originating from the proximity around the mirror and the processor is configured to compare audio signatures stored in the memory of known users to the received audio data to determine the identity of the user.

5. The electronic message board of claim 2, wherein the mirror comprises a selection area and wherein the identity input is a touch sensitive input configured to receive user identity selection.

6. The electronic message board of claim 2, wherein the memory is configured to store identity information for a plurality of users and corresponding data associated with each of the plurality of users.

7. An electronic method of providing data corresponding to a particular one of a plurality of users, the method comprising the acts of:

identifying a user in close proximity to a mirrored electronic message board;

retrieving data associated with the identified user; and

displaying the data associated with the identified user on the mirrored electronic message board.