Display unit with orientation based operation
AssigneeManufacturing Resources International, Inc.
InventorWilliam Dunn
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Abstract
Display units for digital out of home advertising with orientation monitoring features are disclosed. The units include an electronic display, an orientation detection device, and a controller. The controller receives orientation data from the orientation detection device, determines a baseline orientation of the display unit, and where a subsequently detected orientation is not within a predetermined margin of the baseline orientation, electronically generates an alert.
Claims20
A display unit for fixed installation at a surface to provide digital out of home advertising, said display unit comprising:
- an electronic display;
- an orientation detection device;
- and
- a controller in electronic communication with said orientation detection device, wherein said controller is configured to:
- receive orientation data from said orientation detection device;
- determine a baseline orientation of said display unit, at least in part from a portion of the orientation data;
- and
- where a later detected orientation of the display unit, determined, at least in part, from a later received portion of the orientation data, indicates that the display unit is not within a predetermined margin of said baseline orientation, electronically generate an alert.
A display unit for digital out of home advertising, said display unit comprising:
- a structural framework for fixed installation at a surface;
- a side assembly comprising an electronic display moveably connected to the structural framework;
- an orientation detection device connected to the side assembly for movement therewith;
- and
- a controller in electronic communication with said orientation detection device, wherein said controller comprises software instructions stored at one or more non-transitory electronic storage devices of the controller, which when executed, configure one or more processors of the controller to:
- receive orientation data from said orientation detection device;
- determine a baseline orientation of said display unit, at least in part from a first received portion of the orientation data received after said fixed installation of said display unit at said surface;
- and
- where a subsequently detected orientation, determined, at least in part, from a second, later received portion of the orientation data while said display unit remains fixedly installed at said surface, indicates a current orientation not within a predetermined margin of the baseline orientation, electronically generate an alert indicating that the side assembly is in an opened positioned.
A display unit for fixed installation at a surface to provide digital out of home advertising, said display unit comprising:
- an electronic display;
- an orientation detection device;
- at least one of a shock sensor and a vibration sensor;
- and
- a controller in electronic communication with said orientation detection device and said at least one of said shock sensor and said vibration sensor, wherein said controller comprises software instructions stored at one or more non-transitory electronic storage devices of the controller, which when executed, configure one or more processors of the controller to:
- receive shock data or vibration data from said at least one of said shock sensor and said vibration sensor;
- receive orientation data from said orientation detection device;
- determined a baseline orientation of said display unit;
- and
- where said shock data or said vibration data is above a predetermined threshold and a later detected orientation of the display unit, determined from at least a later received portion of said orientation data indicated that the display unit is not within a predetermined margin of the baseline orientation, electronically generate an alert indicating damage to the display unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.