Vehicle projection systems and method

• US 9,584,783 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2012
• Issued: 02/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omri Kriezman
• Original Assignee: Omri Kriezman
• Inventors: Kriezman, Omri
• Primary Examiner(s): Feild, Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mahase, Pameshanand
• Application Number:
  US13/476,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20130307706A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,744 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/5035 electronic displays
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 1/543 for indicating other states or conditions of the vehicle indicating taxis' state of hire or fare G07B13/045
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/60 characterised by the nature of the surface
• 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 21/04 by land vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/08 Arrangements within a display terminal for setting, manually or automatically, display parameters of the display terminal
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/10 Special adaptations of display systems for operation with variable images
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/10 Mixing of images, i.e. displayed pixel being the result of an operation, e.g. adding, on the corresponding input pixels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/10 Automotive applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/002 to project the image of a two-dimensional display, such as an array of light emitting or modulating elements or a CRT
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41422 located in transportation means, e.g. personal vehicle arrangements specially adapted for transportation systems in broadcast systems H04H20/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3141 Constructional details thereof details not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3194 including sensor feedback

Abstract

A system for displaying visually sensible patterns onto a surface of a vehicle including a display control subsystem responsive to an operational state of the vehicle, and a display device, operative in response to an input from the display control subsystem, to display a visually sensible pattern onto the surface. Preferably, the visually sensible pattern is visible from the exterior of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A system for synchronizing display of visually sensible patterns onto at least one surface of each of a plurality of vehicles, the system comprising:

a plurality of vehicle display control subsystems, each of said vehicle display control subsystems being associated with at least one of said plurality of vehicles, each of said vehicle display control subsystems being operative to collect data pertaining to an operational state of said at least one of said plurality of vehicles;

a plurality of display devices, each of said display devices being operative, in response to an input from a corresponding one of said display control subsystems, to display a visually sensible pattern onto at least one surface of said at least one of said plurality of vehicles; and

a display synchronizing subsystem operative in response to said data received from said plurality of vehicle display control subsystems to employ said plurality of vehicle display control subsystems to instruct said plurality of display devices to display at least one visually sensible pattern onto at least one surface of each of said plurality of vehicles,

each of said at least one surface of each of said plurality of vehicles comprising at least one activatable rear projection surface,

said plurality of vehicle display control subsystems controlling activation and deactivation of said at least one activatable rear projection surface of a corresponding one of said plurality of vehicles responsive to said operational state of said corresponding one of said plurality of vehicles.

2. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said at least one visually sensible pattern is visible from the exterior of said plurality of vehicles.

3. A system according to claim 1 and wherein at least one of said plurality of display devices is a projector mounted inside one of said plurality of vehicles.

4. A system according to claim 3 and wherein communication between each of said display control subsystems and a corresponding one of said projectors is at least one of wired and wireless communication.

5. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said at least one surface of each of said plurality of vehicles is at least one of an interior surface and an exterior surface of at least one of a rear windshield and a side window of each of said plurality of vehicles.

6. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said at least one activatable rear projection surface comprises a surface coated with an activatable rear projection film.

7. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said at least one activatable rear projection surface comprises a surface formed with an activatable rear projection material embedded therewithin.

8. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said at least one activatable rear projection surface comprises a frame housing an activatable rear projection film which is mounted in close proximity to one of a rear windshield and a side window of a corresponding one of said vehicles.

9. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said at least one visually sensible pattern comprises at least one of graphic images, video images and text.

10. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said at least one visually sensible pattern is stored on a digital storage device associated with said display synchronizing subsystem.

11. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said at least one visually sensible pattern is stored on a digital storage device associated with at least one of said vehicle display control subsystems.

12. A system according to claim 1 and said wherein said operational state of said at least one of said plurality of vehicles corresponds to the operational state of a braking system of said at least one of said plurality of vehicles.

13. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said operational state of said at least one of said plurality of vehicles is ascertained by utilizing location data of said at least one of said plurality of vehicles.

14. A system according to claim 13 and wherein said location data is received from a GPS location system of said at least one of said plurality of vehicles.

15. A system according to claim 13 and wherein said location data is received from a GPS location system embedded in a media player having a multi-display synchronization mode located in said at least one of said plurality of vehicles.

16. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said at least one visually sensible pattern comprises data pertaining to an operational state of at least one of said plurality of vehicles.

17. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said at least one visually sensible pattern is stored and provided by one of a USB flash drive and a solid state memory device located in one of said plurality of vehicles and is displayed by one of said display devices which comprises internal viewer capabilities which communicates with said one of a USB flash drive and a solid state memory device.

18. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said at least one visually sensible pattern is stored and provided by a computer located in one of said plurality of vehicles.

19. A system according to claim 1 and also comprising cellular telephone communication functionality operative to wireles sly obtain said at least one visually sensible pattern via a cellular telephone network.

20. A system according to claim 19 and wherein at least one of said display devices is a projector phone having cellular telephone communication functionality operative to wirelessly obtain said at least one visually sensible pattern via a cellular telephone network.

21. A system according to claim 1 and also comprising wireless television reception functionality operative to wirelessly obtain said at least one visually sensible pattern via a wireless television broadcasting network.

22. A system according to claim 1 and also comprising terrestrial television reception functionality operative to wirelessly obtain said at least one visually sensible pattern via a terrestrial television broadcasting network.

23. A system according to claim 1 and also comprising satellite television reception functionality operative to wirelessly obtain said at least one visually sensible pattern via a satellite television broadcasting network.

24. A system according to claim 1 and also comprising cable television reception functionality operative to wirelessly obtain said at least one visually sensible pattern via a cable television broadcasting network.

25. A system according to claim 1 and also comprising wireless internet functionality operative to wirelessly obtain said at least one visually sensible pattern via a wireless internet network.

26. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said at least one visually sensible pattern is stored and provided by a digital media streaming device located in one of said plurality of vehicles.

27. A system according to claim 1 and also comprising IP television reception functionality operative to wirelessly obtain said at least one visually sensible pattern via at least one of a wireless IP network and a wired IP network.

28. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said at least one visually sensible pattern is stored and provided by a DVD player located in one of said plurality of vehicles.

29. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said at least one visually sensible pattern is stored and provided by a Blu-ray player located in one of said plurality of vehicles.

30. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said at least one visually sensible pattern is stored and provided by a media player located in one of said plurality of vehicles.

31. A system according to claim 1 and wherein said display synchronizing subsystem is also operative in response to said data received from said plurality of vehicle display control subsystems to employ at least some of said plurality of vehicle display control subsystems to instruct at least one display device associated therewith to synchronizably display mutually different segments of a visually sensible pattern onto said at least one surface of each of said plurality of vehicles, whereby said mutually different segments together comprise said visually sensible pattern.

32. A system according to claim 1 and also comprising a plurality of vehicles.

33. A system for synchronizing display of visually sensible patterns onto at least one surface of each of a plurality of vehicles, the system comprising:

a plurality of vehicle display control subsystems, each of said vehicle display control subsystems being associated with at least one of said plurality of vehicles, each of said vehicle display control subsystems being operative to collect data pertaining to an operational state of said at least one of said plurality of vehicles;

a plurality of display devices, each of said display devices being operative, in response to an input from a corresponding one of said display control subsystems, to display a visually sensible pattern onto at least one surface of said at least one of said plurality of vehicles; and

a display synchronizing subsystem operative in response to said data received from said plurality of vehicle display control subsystems to employ said plurality of vehicle display control subsystems to instruct said plurality of display devices to display at least one visually sensible pattern onto at least one surface of each of said plurality of vehicles,

at least one of said at least one surface of each of said plurality of vehicles being a deployable semi-opaque projection film which is mounted in close proximity to at least one of a rear windshield and a side window of each of said plurality of vehicles,

said display control subsystems being operative to deploy and retract said deployable semi-opaque projection film of corresponding ones of said at least some of said vehicles, responsive to said operational state of said corresponding vehicle.

34. A system for synchronizing display of visually sensible patterns onto at least one surface of each of a plurality of vehicles, the system comprising:

a plurality of vehicle display control subsystems, each of said vehicle display control subsystems being associated with at least one of said plurality of vehicles, each of said vehicle display control subsystems being operative to collect data pertaining to an operational state of said at least one of said plurality of vehicles;

a plurality of display devices, each of said display devices being operative, in response to an input from a corresponding one of said display control subsystems, to display a visually sensible pattern onto at least one surface of said at least one of said plurality of vehicles; and

a display synchronizing subsystem operative in response to said data received from said plurality of vehicle display control subsystems to employ said plurality of vehicle display control subsystems to instruct said plurality of display devices to display at least one visually sensible pattern onto at least one surface of each of said plurality of vehicles,

at least one of said plurality of display devices being a deployable emissive display which is mounted in close proximity to one of a rear windshield and a side window of at least one of said plurality of vehicles,

a corresponding one of said plurality of display control subsystems being operative to deploy and retract said deployable emissive display responsive to said operational state of said corresponding vehicle.

35. A method for synchronizing display of visually sensible patterns onto at least one surface of each of a plurality of vehicles, the method comprising:

collecting data pertaining to an operational state of said plurality of vehicles; and

in response to said, data pertaining to an operational state of said plurality of vehicles;

controlling activation and deactivation of a plurality of activatable rear projection surfaces, each of said plurality of activatable rear projection surfaces being associated with at least one surface of each of said plurality of vehicles; and

instructing each of a plurality of display devices associated with said plurality of vehicles to display a visually sensible pattern onto a corresponding one of said plurality of activatable rear projection surfaces, said visually sensible pattern being visible from the exterior of said plurality of vehicles.