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US 7,007,417 B2Granted
Audio-visual display device for pictorial artwork
AssigneeM.H. Segan Limited Partnership
InventorsMarc H. Segan, Richard Awad
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Abstract
An audio-visual display device for pictorial artwork is disclosed. The preferred embodiment has a universal backbox which contains a lightboard capable of lighting up any and/or all sections of a pictorial artwork placed above it, a hidden electric eye for detecting when the viewer wishes to see a snippet of an audio-visual sequence, a speaker, a memory for storing snippets of an audio sequence, and a microprocessor which receives signals from the electric eye and controls the speaker and the lightboard in accordance with an audio-visual sequence which brings to life the pictorial artwork.
Claims52
A electronic display device comprising:
- a housing;
- a lightboard removably attached to said housing, said lightboard comprising a reflector having a plurality of light sockets, wherein a light source is located in at least one light socket;
- at least one processor located in said housing, said at least one processor for controlling the light sources in said lightboard;
- and
- a sensor located in the housing, said sensor for detecting at least one of an object or motion within a certain range of said sensor, wherein the at least one processor is connected to said sensor and receives a signal from said sensor when at least one of an object or motion is detected;
- wherein said housing is configured to allow a pictorial artwork to be removably attached to said housing above said lightboard, whereby at least one section of the pictorial artwork is lit up by one or more light sources located in light sockets directly beneath the at least one section without substantially lighting other sections of the pictorial artwork;
- and
- wherein said at least one processor is uniquely programmed to control the light sources in said lightboard in a manner appropriate to whichever pictorial artwork is attached to said housing.
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An electronic display device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a lightboard removably attached to said housing, said lightboard comprising a reflector having a plurality of light sockets, wherein a light source is located in at least one light socket;
- and
- at least one processor located in said housing, said at least one processor for controlling the light sources in said lightboard;
- wherein said housing is configured to allow a pictorial artwork to be removably attached to said housing above said lightboard, whereby at least one section of the pictorial artwork is lit up by one or more light sources located in light sockets directly beneath the at least one section without substantially lighting other sections of the pictorial artwork;
- wherein said al least one processor is uniquely programmed to control the light sources in said lightboard in a manner appropriate to whichever pictorial artwork is attached to said housing;
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- wherein at least one light source is controllable by the at least one processor independently from the remaining light sources.
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An electronic display device comprising:
- a housing;
- a lightboard removably attached to said housing, said lightboard comprising a reflector having a plurality of light sockets, wherein a plurality of light sources are located in the plural light sockets;
- a speaker located in said housing;
- a sensor located in said housing, said sensor for detecting at least one of an object or motion within a certain range of said sensor;
- and
- at least one processor located in said housing, said at least one processor for controlling the speaker and at least one light source of the plural light sources in said lightboard, wherein the at least one light source is controllable independently from the remaining light sources of the plural light sources, and wherein said at least one processor receives a signal from said sensor when at least one of an object or motion is detected;
- wherein said housing is configured to allow a pictorial artwork to be removably attached to said housing above said lightboard, whereby at least one section of the pictorial artwork is lit up by one or more light sources located in light sockets directly beneath the at least one section without substantially lighting other sections of the pictorial artwork;
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- wherein at least one audio-visual sequence is programmed into the at least one processor and activated when said at least one processor receives the signal from said sensor, and wherein, in said at least one audio-visual sequence, at least one section of the pictorial artwork is lit by at least one light source in the lightboard while sound corresponding to said at least one section is reproduced by the speaker.
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A method of providing an electronic display device comprising the steps of:
- manufacturing a housing;
- manufacturing a lightboard which can be removably attached to said housing, said lightboard comprising a reflector having a plurality of light sockets, wherein a light source is located in at least one light socket;
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- providing at least one processor, said at least one processor for controlling the light sources in said lightboard;
- providing a sensor located in the housing, said sensor for detecting at least one of an object or motion within a certain range of said sensor, wherein the at least one processor is connected to said sensor and receives a signal from said sensor when at least one of an object or motion is detected;
- wherein said housing is configured to allow a pictorial artwork to be removably attached to said housing above said lightboard, whereby at least one section of the pictorial artwork is lit up by one or more light sources located in light sockets directly beneath the at least one section without substantially lighting other sections of the pictorial artwork;
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- wherein said at least one processor is uniquely programmed to control the light sources in said lightboard in a manner appropriate to whichever pictorial artwork is attached to said housing.
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A method of assembling an electronic display device comprising the step of:
- assembling a universal backbox, said universal backbox comprising:
- a housing;
- a lightboard removably attached to said housing, said lightboard comprising a reflector having a plurality of light sockets, wherein a light source is located in at least one light socket;
- and
- at least one processor located in said housing, said at least one processor for controlling the light sources in said lightboard;
- a sensor located in the housing, said sensor for detecting at least one of an object or motion within a certain range of said sensor, wherein the at least one processor is connected to said sensor and receives a signal from said sensor when at least one of an object or motion is detected;
- wherein said universal backbox is configured to allow a pictorial artwork to be removably attached to said universal backbox above said lightboard, whereby at least one section of the pictorial artwork is lit up by one or more light sources located in light sockets directly beneath the at least one section without substantially lighting other sections of the pictorial artwork;
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- wherein said at least one processor is uniquely programmed to control the light sources in said lightboard in a manner appropriate to whichever pictorial artwork is attached to said housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.