Light, Mirror, Or Image Projector Included In Display Or Demonstration Patents (Class 434/76)
  • Patent number: 8525784
    Abstract: A methods and systems for use of an input device with a display system are disclosed. In an example embodiment, a projection device configured to project a displayed image is provided where the displayed image includes one or more selectable items. The projection system further includes an input device which may be movable in free space and may be configured to point to the selectable items. The input device may be enabled to provide a double-click input to effect one or more changes in a graphical user interface that corresponds with a selection of a particular one of the selectable items at which the input device is pointed. The double click input may be identified such that movement of the input device after initiation of the double-click input may be ignored by the graphical user interface until completion of the double click input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Benenson
  • Patent number: 7949295
    Abstract: A method and system for performing automated training environment monitoring and evaluation. The training environment may include a mixed reality elements to enhance a training experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: SRI International
    Inventors: Rakesh Kumar, Aydin Arpa, Hui Cheng, Vincent Paragano, Keith J. Hanna
  • Patent number: 7497588
    Abstract: A system and method for the display of solar-powered light fixtures in a commercial setting is disclosed in the instant application. The solar-powered light fixture is contained within a box which minimizes the effect of the ambient light from the light fixtures illuminating the commercial establishment. A window is constructed in the box to permit a potential buyer to observe the operation of the solar light fixture. When ready to observe the operation of the solar light fixture, the potential buyer pushes a button which activates an electrical circuit, causing the solar light fixture to emit light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: International Development Corporation
    Inventor: John Browder
  • Patent number: 6524107
    Abstract: A device for displaying room wall and floor covering arrangements for selection by a purchaser includes a frame assembly having display panel support members for supporting at least one display panel in a display condition, the frame assembly being configured to resemble, along with at least one supported display panel positioned in the display condition, at least one room; and at least two surface covering display panels being mutually different in at least one appearance or composition characteristic, such at least one appearance or composition characteristic including at least one of color, pattern, material, texture, and geometrical composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Inventor: Michael E. Brown
  • Patent number: 4898560
    Abstract: An amusement device having a plurality of mirror blocks of the same size and configuration, each of the blocks having a mirror face adapted to face upwardly when the blocks are supported on a flat horizontal supporting surface, and a plurality of pattern-bearing elements each bearing a partial section of an overall pattern and selectively positionable with respect to the mirror faces of the blocks to reconstruct the overall pattern by reflections from the mirror faces of the mirror blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Inventor: Ivan Moscovich
  • Patent number: 4445870
    Abstract: An apparatus for allowing purchasers of framed photographs, paintings, or the like to observe how the framed photograph or painting will appear in its ultimate environment by providing a table surface for the item to sit on, the table surface having interchangeable colors or patterns, and a reflective or mirrored surface to make the reflective surface appear to be a vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1984
    Inventor: Gary G. Grana