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Device for the presentation of images to the passengers of moving vehicles

US5580140A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 16, 1993
Grant dateDec 3, 1996
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Expiry dateFeb 16, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09F2019/221
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for projecting images, advertisements and the like to passengers of moving vehicles. A projector is placed on the vehicle and it projects an image on the walls of a train tunnel, clouds near an airplane, etc. as the vehicle moves. A technique is provided for correcting distortion caused by the positional changes between the vehicle and the projection surface.

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