Artificial fireplace for displaying an artificial fire pattern
AssigneeNetzero Fireplaces Inc.
InventorsMichael Petrus Van Schie, Beyko Martijn Eli Van Melick
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a display device for an artificial fireplace, configured to display a fireplace video that at least comprises flames. The display devise comprises a backlight source, which comprises a plurality of LEDs, which are disposed in an LED pattern, wherein the backlight source is configured to emit light with the LEDs, and an LCD-panel, which is configured to selectively transmit and/or modulate light from the backlight source, in order to display the fireplace video. An edge of the LED pattern thereby substantially corresponds to a flame top edge of a flame area in which the flames are imaged in the fireplace video.
Claims20
Artificial fireplace for displaying an artificial fire pattern, comprising:
- a fireplace video showing flames, and
- a display device, configured to display the fireplace video, wherein the display device comprises:
- a backlight source, which comprises a plurality of LEDs, wherein the backlight source is configured to emit light with the LEDs, and
- an LCD-panel, which is configured to selectively transmit or modulate light from the backlight source, in order to display the fireplace video,
- wherein the LEDs of the backlight source only emit light onto the LCD-panel where the flames are to be displayed.
Method for displaying a fireplace video with an artificial fireplace that comprises a display device, comprising:
- providing a fireplace video, which at least comprises flames,
- emitting light with a backlight source of the display device,
- illuminating an LCD-panel with the light,
- selectively transmitting or modulating the light with the LCD-panel to display the fireplace video,
- wherein,
- the backlight source comprises a plurality of LEDs for the emitting of the light,
- wherein the LEDs of the blacklight source only emit light onto the LCD-panel where the flames are to be displayed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.