Patents Assigned to Iontank, Ltd.
  • Display apparatus including a transparent electronic monitor
    Patent number: 9946335
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a transparent electronic display such as a non-backlit LCD screen, a display area disposed behind the transparent electronic display, and a light source for illuminating the display area. When the light source is activated, the pixels of the LCD screen, and objects behind the screen, become visible. Various examples of the display apparatus include additional enhancements to the visual image and/or functionality. These enhancements include additional monitors for coordinated displays, user-controlled turntables with coordinated informational displays, parallax compensation, RFID sensors for identifying objects to be displayed, and switchable liquid crystal films and/or polarized mirror coatings to further control revealing and concealing of objects behind the screen. Some examples of the display apparatus may include an animal habitat. The animal habitat may be selectively revealed or concealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: IONTANK, LTD.
    Inventors: Stephen Streibig, Robert de la Cretaz
  • Display apparatus including a transparent electronic monitor including a polarized mirror in front of the monitor
    Patent number: 9753341
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a transparent electronic display such as a non-backlit LCD screen, a display area disposed behind the transparent electronic display, and a light source for illuminating the display area. When the light source is activated, the pixels of the LCD screen, and objects behind the screen, become visible. Various examples of the display apparatus include additional enhancements to the visual image and/or functionality. These enhancements include additional monitors for coordinated displays, user-controlled turntables with coordinated informational displays, parallax compensation, RFID sensors for identifying objects to be displayed, and switchable liquid crystal films and/or polarized mirror coatings to further control revealing and concealing of objects behind the screen. Some examples of the display apparatus may include an animal habitat. The animal habitat may be selectively revealed or concealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: IONTANK, LTD.
    Inventors: Stephen Streibig, Robert de la Cretaz
  • Display apparatus including a transparent electronic monitor
    Patent number: 9635305
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a transparent electronic display such as a non-backlit LCD screen, a display area disposed behind the transparent electronic display, and a light source for illuminating the display area. When the light source is activated, the pixels of the LCD screen, and objects behind the screen, become visible. Various examples of the display apparatus include additional enhancements to the visual image and/or functionality. These enhancements include additional monitors for coordinated displays, user-controlled turntables with coordinated informational displays, parallax compensation, RFID sensors for identifying objects to be displayed, and switchable liquid crystal films and/or polarized mirror coatings to further control revealing and concealing of objects behind the screen. Some examples of the display apparatus may include an animal habitat. The animal habitat may be selectively revealed or concealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Iontank, Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen Streibig, Robert de la Cretaz