Display devices

• US 9,885,466 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2017
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Second Harvest Asia Ltd., The Coca-Cola Company
• Original Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
• Inventors: Jurewicz, William Jefferson, Squires, James Allen, Haroldson, Barrett David, Duarte, Lawrence Alexander, Hueske, Jeremiah Matthew, Kwong, Lo Chi, Roske, Shawn, Obelleiro, Julio, Perkins, Mervin, West, Ryan, Revelas, Peter, Kirschner, Jonathan, Marchbanks, Lisa R., Presten, Marjorie, Brown, Katherine Marie, Billig, Jeremy D., Bryant, Gregory Oren
• Primary Examiner(s): Edun, Muhammad N
• Application Number:
  US15/469,863
• Publication Number:
  US 20170198890A1
• Time in Patent Office: 316 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/22 telescopic
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/18 Image warping, e.g. rearranging pixels individually
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/00 Illuminated signs; Luminous advertising G09F9/00, G09F11/00 take precedence; control of displays in general using static means to present variable information G09G
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/005 Illumination controller or illuminated signs including an illumination control system
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/0454 Slidable panels or parts
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/30 with moving light sources, e.g. rotating luminous tubes
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 13/34 with light sources co-operating with movable members, e.g. with shutters to cover or uncover the light source apparatus wherein advertising or display material is moved in a continuous or intermittent succession G09F11/00; construction or details of lighting devices F21V11/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2013/189 Three dimensional effects
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2013/222 with LEDs
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/00 Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the variable information is permanently attached to a movable support G09F11/00; abacus G06C1/00; slide-rules G06G1/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/3026 Video wall, i.e. stackable semiconductor matrix display modules video wall control systems G06F3/1446, G09G2300/026
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/33 being semiconductor devices, e.g. diodes
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 9/372 the positions of the elements being controlled by the application of an electric field
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/026 Video wall, i.e. juxtaposition of a plurality of screens to create a display screen of bigger dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0426 Layout of electrodes and connections
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0613 The adjustment depending on the type of the information to be displayed
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/144 : the light being ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/06 : Remotely controlled electronic signs other than labels
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3433 : using light modulating elements actuated by an electric field and being other than liquid crystal devices and electrochromic devices using liquid crystal devices G09G3/36; using electrochromic devices G09G3/38
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3648 : using an active matrix G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/02 : characterised by the way in which colour is displayed details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/10 : Intensity circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/00 : Constructional details common to different types of electric apparatus casings, cabinets, drawers H05K5/00

Abstract

A display device includes a base structure, a plurality of modules coupled to the base structure, where each of the modules include a plurality of actuator assemblies. Each of the actuator assemblies is individually controllable to move the actuator assemblies between a retracted state and a plurality of extended states. A controller is coupled to each of the modules and is programmed to control the actuator assemblies to move the actuator assemblies between the retracted state and the plurality of extended states.

Claims

1. A moving structure of an actuator assembly for a display device, the moving structure comprising:

a plurality of panels removably coupled to one another and sized to be positioned about a holding structure of the actuator assembly; and

a light module coupled to the moving structure;

wherein the moving structure is configured to be coupled to an actuator configured to slide the moving structure along the holding structure between a retracted state and a plurality of extended states.

2. The moving structure of claim 1, wherein the plurality of panels form a cube that is positioned about the holding structure.

3. The moving structure of claim 2, wherein the holding structure is a tube.

4. The moving structure of claim 1, wherein the light module includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes.

5. The moving structure of claim 4, wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting diodes provides a plurality of colors.

6. The moving structure of claim 1, wherein the actuator is a linear actuator.

7. The moving structure of claim 6, wherein the linear actuator includes a servo motor positioned to slide the moving structure along the holding structure between the retracted state and the plurality of extended states.

8. The moving structure of claim 1, further comprising a controller programmed to control the moving structure as the moving structure slides along the holding structure between the retracted state and the plurality of extended states.

9. The moving structure of claim 1, wherein the holding structure is coupled to a stationary core.

10. A moving structure of an actuator assembly for a display device, the moving structure comprising:

a plurality of panels including a top panel, a bottom panel, and two side panels, the top panel, bottom panel, and two side panels each being separately coupled to one another to form a cube that is sized to be positioned about a holding tube of the actuator assembly; and

a light module coupled to the moving structure, wherein the light module includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes, with each of the plurality of light-emitting diodes providing a plurality of colors;

wherein the moving structure is configured to be coupled to a linear actuator, the linear actuator configured to slide the cube along the holding tube between a retracted state and a plurality of extended states.

11. The moving structure of claim 10, wherein the linear actuator includes a servo motor positioned to slide the cube along the holding tube between the retracted state and the plurality of extended states.

12. The moving structure of claim 10, further comprising a controller programmed to control the cube as the cube slides along the holding tube between the retracted state and the plurality of extended states.

13. The moving structure of claim 10, wherein the holding tube is coupled to a stationary core.

14. An actuator assembly for a display device, the actuator assembly comprising:

a moving structure comprising a plurality of panels including a top panel, a bottom panel, and two side panels, each one of the plurality of panels being separately coupled to one another to form a perimeter wall that is sized to be positioned about a holding structure of the actuator assembly, and a light module coupled to the moving structure;

an actuator positioned to slide the moving structure along the holding structure between a retracted state and a plurality of extended states.

15. The actuator assembly of claim 14, wherein the plurality of panels form a cube that is positioned about the holding structure.

16. The actuator assembly of claim 14, wherein the light module includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes.

17. The actuator assembly of claim 14, wherein the actuator is a linear actuator.

18. The actuator assembly of claim 17, wherein the linear actuator includes a servo motor positioned to slide the moving structure along the holding structure between the retracted state and the plurality of extended states.

19. The actuator assembly of claim 14, further comprising a controller programmed to control the moving structure as the moving structure slides along the holding structure between the retracted state and the plurality of extended states.

20. The actuator assembly of claim 14, wherein the holding structure is coupled to a stationary core.