False window unit and false window
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsRyou Shimotaya, Takashi Higashida
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Abstract
A false window unit includes: a window frame which is disposed in a wall and includes an opening; an image display device which is disposed facing the opening of the window frame, and displays a landscape image toward the indoor space through the opening of the window frame; a light source which is disposed between the window frame and the image display device, and emits light simulating sunlight toward the indoor space through the opening of the window frame; and a sash frame which blocks part of the light from the light source.
Claims20
A false window unit which is installed in a wall of an indoor space, the false window unit comprising:
- a window frame which is disposed along a peripheral edge of a through-hole in the wall and includes an opening;
- an image display device including a display surface which is disposed facing the through-hole in the wall and the opening of the window frame and displays a landscape image toward the indoor space through the opening of the window frame;
- a light source which is disposed between the window frame and the image display device and emits light simulating sunlight toward the indoor space through the opening of the window frame;
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- a controller which controls the light source, based on shooting condition information related to a shooting condition of the landscape image transmitted from a camera.
A false window system, comprising:
- a window frame which is disposed along a peripheral edge of a through-hole in a wall of an indoor space and includes an opening;
- a camera which captures an image;
- an image display device including a display surface which is disposed facing the through-hole in the wall and the opening of the window frame and displays the image transmitted from the camera such that the landscape image is viewable through the opening of the window frame;
- a light source which is disposed between the window frame and the image display device and emits light simulating sunlight through the opening of the window frame;
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- a controller which controls at least one of an illuminance or a color temperature of light from the light source, based on shooting condition information related to a shooting condition of the landscape image transmitted from the camera.
A method of operating a false window system which includes a window frame disposed along a peripheral edge of a through-hole in a wall of an indoor space and having an opening, the method comprising:
- obtaining a landscape image by a camera;
- displaying the landscape image transmitted from the camera on a display surface of an image display device such that the landscape image is viewable through the opening of the window frame, the display surface being disposed facing the through-hole in the wall and the opening of the window frame;
- emitting, from a light source which is disposed between the window frame and the image display device, light simulating sunlight toward through the opening of the window frame;
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- a controlling the light source based on shooting condition information related to a shooting condition of the landscape image transmitted from the camera.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.