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US 11,052,836 B2Granted
Portable display device
OwnerDonald Curtis Eilandinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to illuminated display devices and methods of displaying indicia, advertisements, etc. on a changeable illuminated display. The display device comprises a frame structure having an open space. The display device further comprises a compact image display device operable to display an image, the compact image display device held and positioned relative to the frame structure such that the image, when displayed by the compact image display device, is visible through the open space. Additionally, control circuitry is coupled to the compact image display device.
Claims17
A portable device having a changeable illuminated display, the portable device comprising:
- a license plate frame structure,
- a plurality of openings being formed in the license plate frame structure, the plurality of openings comprising first and second open spaces disposed at top and bottom positions, respectively, of the license plate frame structure, and the plurality of openings further comprising a third open space disposed between the first and second open spaces;
- wherein the area of the first and second open spaces are approximately the same and the area of the third open space is at least three times the area of each of the first open space and the second open space, respectively;
- a compact image display device operable to display an image, the compact image display device held and positioned relative to the license plate frame structure such that first, second and third portions of the image, when displayed by the compact image display device, are visible through the first, second and third open spaces, respectively;
- a strap attached to the license plate frame structure;
- a control circuitry coupled to the compact image display device;
- and a Secure Digital Card interface coupled to the control circuitry;
- wherein a pedestal is formed at a back and lower portion of the license plate frame structure, wherein the license plate frame structure has a front structure and a back structure, the front structure being secured to the back structure by a number of screws, and wherein, when a surface of the compact image display device is illuminated, the first, second and third open spaces are sized and positioned to collectively expose a portion of the illuminated surface.
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A system, comprising:
- a wireless router when in operation has access to the Internet;
- a portable display device when in operation is communicatively coupled to the wireless router during operation;
- the portable display device comprising a license plate frame structure, a plurality of openings being formed in the license plate frame structure, the plurality of openings comprising first and second open spaces disposed at top and bottom positions, respectively, of the license plate frame structure, and the plurality of openings further comprising a third open space disposed between the first and second open spaces;
- a compact image display device operable to display an image, the compact image display device held and positioned relative to the license plate frame structure such that first, second and third portions of the image, when displayed by the compact image display device, are visible through the first, second and third open spaces, respectively;
- a strap attached to the license plate frame structure;
- a control circuitry coupled to the compact image display device;
- and a Secure Digital Card interface coupled to the control circuitry;
- wherein a pedestal is formed at a back and lower portion of the license plate frame structure, wherein the license plate frame structure has a front structure and a back structure, the front structure being secured to the back structure by a number of screws, and wherein, when a surface of the compact image display device is illuminated, the first, second and third open spaces are sized and positioned to collectively expose a portion of the illuminated surface;
- when in operation, the portable display device to display content related to a live event that is retrieved from the wireless router.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.