Pseudo bit-depth system for dynamic billboards
AssigneeNovus Communication Technologies, Inc.
InventorScott D. Wampler
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Abstract
A dynamic device for billboard advertising is disclosed. An advertising billboard device in accordance with the present invention comprises a display controller adapted to receive and display dynamic-content. At least one content display unit is in communication with the display controller, wherein the content display unit visually displays the information from the dynamic-content. Dynamic content having a bit-depth greater than the bit-depth of the content display unit is parsed into sub-pixels for display on the content display unit. The combination of sub-pixels, when viewed, appears to have a bit-depth greater than the bit-depth of the content display unit material.
Claims20
An advertising billboard device comprising:
- a plurality of servers, wherein the servers of said plurality of servers store dynamic content;
- a display controller in communication with said plurality of servers, wherein said display controller comprises a hierarchical control scheme, wherein said hierarchical control scheme defines a prioritization of said plurality of servers, wherein said display controller is adapted to receive and display dynamic-content from a server selected according to the hierarchical control scheme;
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- at least one passive content display unit in communication with said display controller, wherein said passive content display unit visually displays the information from said dynamic-content, wherein said passive content display unit comprises a pseudo bit-depth color scheme.
An advertising billboard system comprising:
- a plurality of servers, wherein the servers of said plurality of servers store dynamic content;
- a plurality of display controllers, wherein each of said plurality of display controllers is adapted to receive and display dynamic-content from at least one of said plurality of servers, wherein said dynamic-content is divided into sub-pixels forming a pseudo bit-depth color scheme;
- at least one content display unit in communication with each of said plurality of display controllers, wherein said at least one content display unit visually displays the information from said dynamic-content;
- said advertising billboard system comprising a timing means, wherein at least one of said plurality of display controllers alters the visual display of said at least one content display unit as a function of the time from said timing means;
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- wherein at least one of said plurality of display controllers is adapted to receive, store, and display dynamic-content from at least two of said plurality of servers, wherein said at least one of said plurality of display controllers comprises a hierarchical control scheme, wherein said hierarchical control scheme defines a prioritization of the plurality of servers to at least one of the display controllers, wherein the display controller is configured to select a server from said plurality of servers in accordance with the hierarchical control scheme.
A method of displaying dynamic content comprising the steps of:
- A) providing a content display unit;
- B) providing a plurality of servers, wherein each server of the plurality of servers has a digital image;
- C) providing a hierarchical control scheme, wherein the hierarchical control scheme defines a prioritization of the plurality of servers;
- D) selecting a server from the plurality of servers in accordance with the hierarchical control scheme;
- E) retrieving a digital image from the selected server, wherein the retrieved digital image has single pixels having bit-depth;
- F) converting the retrieved digital image from single pixels having bit-depth to a multiple pixel pseudo-bit-depth format;
- G) displaying said converted multiple pixel pseudo-bit-depth format image on said content display unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.