Watertight Container Systems Having Transparent Display
AssigneeNewtonoid Technologies, L.L.C.
InventorsFielding B. Staton, David Strumpf
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Abstract
One container system includes a transparent display, a projector for providing image data on the display, and a floor defining part of a watertight cavity. The display is non-perpendicularly angled from horizontal and has proximal and distal ends. And a closure device is provided for use with a watertight container. The closure device is configured to selectively seal an opening in the watertight container and includes coupling structure (a plug, a flange, and/or threading) for selectively coupling the closure device to the watertight container to seal the opening. The closure device further includes non-transitory computer memory, at least one sensor, and a processor in data communication with the memory and the at least one sensor.
Claims20
A method of using a drinking vessel having a floor defining part of a watertight cavity;
- an open upper end;
- and a transparent display having a plurality of generally planar transparent panels, the transparent panels each having a first end relatively near the floor and a second end relatively near the upper end, the transparent panel first ends collectively defining a first end of the transparent display, the transparent panel second ends collectively defining a second end of the transparent display, the first end of the transparent display having a perimeter that is smaller than a perimeter of the second end of the transparent display, the watertight cavity extending between the transparent panels;
- the method comprising:
- upwardly projecting image data onto the transparent display from outside the perimeter of the first end of the transparent display to create a three-dimensional viewing experience.
A method of using a drinking vessel having a floor defining part of a watertight cavity;
- an open upper end;
- and a frusto-pyramidal transparent display having a plurality of generally planar transparent panels abutting one another, the transparent panels each having a first end relatively near the floor and a second end relatively near the upper end, the transparent panel first ends collectively defining a first end of the transparent display, the transparent panel second ends collectively defining a second end of the transparent display, the first end of the transparent display having a perimeter that is smaller than a perimeter of the second end of the transparent display, the watertight cavity extending between the transparent panels;
- the method comprising:
- positioning the floor atop a projector;
- and
- upwardly projecting image data onto the transparent display from outside the perimeter of the first end of the transparent display to create a three-dimensional viewing experience.
A method of using a drinking vessel having a floor defining part of a watertight cavity;
- an open upper end;
- and a frusto-pyramidal transparent display having a plurality of generally planar transparent panels, the transparent panels each having a first end relatively near the floor and a second end relatively near the upper end, the transparent panel first ends collectively defining a first end of the transparent display, the transparent panel second ends collectively defining a second end of the transparent display, the first end of the transparent display having a perimeter that is smaller than a perimeter of the second end of the transparent display, the watertight cavity extending between the transparent panels;
- the method comprising:
- positioning the floor atop a projector;
- automatically determining whether the projector should be actuated based on sensed data;
- and
- upon automatically determining that the projector should be actuated, upwardly projecting image data onto the transparent display from outside the perimeter of the first end of the transparent display to create a three-dimensional viewing experience.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.