Novel Artistic Display and Method of Display

Abstract

An artistic display system and method of using the system is provided whereby the system includes a display stone, a parallel art object, an image capture device, and an image display device, wherein said parallel art object is displayed on said image display stone.

Claims

1. A visual display system comprising: at least one stone display; at least one parallel art object; at least one image capture device, constructed and arranged to capture an image of said at least one parallel art object; at least one image display device operatively associated with said image capture device whereby said image display device is constructed and arranged to display an image on said stone display.

2. The visual display system of claim 1, wherein said stone display is selected from granite, onyx wood, or other natural surface.

3. The visual display system of claim 1, wherein said stone display has a viewing surface prepared for use in said visual display.

4. The visual display system of claim 1, wherein said stone display has a viewing surface prepared for use in said visual display, said preparation optionally includes altering or forming topological features on said viewing surface.

5. The visual display system of claim 1, wherein said parallel art object is a two dimensional object.

6. The visual display system of claim 1, wherein said parallel art object is a three dimensional object.

7. The visual display system of claim 1, wherein said image capture device is a camera.

8. The visual display system of claim 1, wherein said image capture device captures non-visible light components.

9. The visual display system of claim 1, wherein said image capture device is operatively associated with a computer microprocessor constructed and arranged to capture an image from said parallel art object.

10. The visual display system of claim 1, wherein said image display device is operatively associated with said image capture device whereby said image display device is constructed and arranged to display an image onto said display stone.

11. The visual display system of claim 1, wherein said image display device is operatively associated with said image capture device whereby said image display device is constructed and arranged to display an entire image of said parallel art object onto said display stone.

12. The visual display system of claim 1, wherein said image display device is operatively associated with said image capture device whereby said image display device is constructed and arranged to display a user selected or user modified portion of an image of said parallel art object onto said display stone.

13. (canceled)

14. A visual display system comprising: at least one display surface having topological features; at least one image capture device, constructed and arranged to capture an image of said topological features; at least one image display device operatively associated with said image capture device whereby said image display device is constructed and arranged to display an image on said stone display.

15. (canceled)

16. (canceled)

17. The visual display system of claim 14, wherein said display surface has a viewing surface prepared for use in said visual display, said preparation including altering or forming topological features on said viewing surface.

18. The visual display system of claim 14, wherein said image capture device is a camera.

19. (canceled)

20. The visual display system of claim 14, wherein said image capture device is operatively associated with a computer microprocessor constructed and arranged to capture an image from said display surface.

21. The visual display system of claim 14, wherein said image display device is operatively associated with said image capture device whereby said image display device is constructed and arranged to display an image onto said display stone.

22. The visual display system of claim 14, wherein said image display device is operatively associated with said image capture device whereby said image display device is constructed and arranged to display an entire image of said parallel art object onto said display stone.

23. The visual display system of claim 14, wherein said image display device is operatively associated with said image capture device whereby said image display device is constructed and arranged to display a user selected portion of an image of said parallel art object onto said display surface.

24. A method for displaying an image, said method comprising: providing a display surface having at least one viewing surface; providing a parallel art object; providing an image capture device; capturing an image from said display surface with said image capture device; processing said captured image with a microprocessor outputting said captured image to an image display device; projecting said output image from said image display device onto the viewing surface of the display surface.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

[0094] The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed in color. Copies of this patent or patent application publication with color drawings will be provided by the Office upon request and payment of the necessary fee.

[0095] FIG. 1 is a graphic display demonstrating a parallel art object and the face of a display stone.

[0096] FIG. 2 is a graphic display from FIG. 1 whereby part of a single image from the parallel art object is projected onto the display stone.

[0097] FIG. 3 is a graphic display from FIG. 1 whereby a complete single image from the parallel art object is projected onto the display stone.

[0098] FIG. 4 is a graphic display from FIG. 1 whereby complete of a single image from the parallel art object is projected onto the display stone.

[0099] FIG. 5 is a graphic display from FIG. 1 whereby multiple individual images from the parallel art object is projected onto the display stone.

[0100] FIG. 6 is a graphic display from FIG. 1 whereby a complete image of the parallel art object is projected onto the display stone, yet lowered in opacity so that the combination of the stone and the lighting overlay mimics the art object.

[0101] FIG. 7 demonstrates preparation of a parallel art object prepared for projection onto a display stone.

[0102] FIG. 8 is demonstrative of a parallel art object presented as a sculpture to be projected onto a display stone.

[0103] FIG. 9 is a graphic display from FIG. 8 whereby the parallel art object sculpture is lined up with the display stone.

[0104] FIG. 10 is demonstrative of a parallel art object sculpture projected onto a display stone with the said parallel art object sculpture in the foreground.

[0105] FIG. 11 is a chart demonstrating steps of the display and method of the present invention.

[0106] FIG. 12 is a flow chart demonstrative of steps in one embodiment of the present invention regarding the resolution matching that is required to make the slab a live monitor.

[0107] FIG. 13 is a flow chart demonstrative of steps in relation to components, in one embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0108] The present invention relates to a novel display and a method of creating the novel display.

[0109] A display stone 10 is positioned as desired for persons to view display stone 10. Although the drawings accompanying this disclosure relates to a single parallel art object, it is contemplated that in one embodiment, there is a single parallel art object and a single display.

[0110] In another embodiment, there are multiple parallel objects that are projected onto one or more display stones. In the embodiment demonstrated in FIGS. 1-5, and 11, parallel art object 12 has a first image 14 and a second image 16 displayed thereon.

[0111] An image capture device 40 is constructed and arranged to selectively electronically capture an image from parallel object 12. A user can select the entirety of parallel art object 12, or a particularized portion.

[0112] Image capture device 40 is operatively associated with a computer microprocessor which is further associated with image projection device 50.

[0113] In one embodiment, as demonstrated in FIG. 2 second image 16 is captured utilizing image capture device 40 and a portion of this image becomes display image 20 projected onto display stone 10.

[0114] In another embodiment, as demonstrated in FIG. 3, second image 16 is captured utilizing image capture device 40 and a more complete image of second image 16 becomes display image 22 projected onto display stone 10 having at least one display surface 13.

[0115] In another embodiment, as demonstrated in FIG. 4, first image 14 is captured utilizing image capture device 40 and becomes image display 24 projected onto display stone 10.

[0116] In another embodiment, as demonstrated in FIG. 5, each of first image 14 and second image 16 are captured and the images without background are projected onto display stone 10.

[0117] In another embodiment, as demonstrated in FIG. 6, a substantially complete copy of all visual depictions on art object 12 are captured utilizing image capture device 40 and projected using image projection device 50 onto display stone 10.

[0118] In another embodiment of the present invention, as demonstrated in FIG. 7, parallel art object 13 is captured utilizing image capture device 40 and prepared as a transparent, semitransparent, or translucent article whereby the subsequent image is projected using image projection device 50 onto display stone 10 enable a viewer's perception the previously unseen image.

[0119] In another embodiment of the present invention, as depicted in FIGS. 8, 9, and 10, the parallel art object is a three dimensional sculpture 30 that has an image of sculpture 30 captured utilizing image capture device 40 and subsequently projected using image projection device 50 onto display stone 10.

[0120] Technology has provided that there are many components available in order to practice the present invention. For example, the image capture device is one or more camera devices operatively associated with the various components of the present invention. However, the camera device can be paired with one or more additional image capturing devices utilizing nonvisible light such as ultraviolet or infrared detectors whereby ultraviolet and infrared detectable material is used in the parallel art object. This is but one example and the present invention contemplates utilization of cameras for visual light image capture and nonvisual lights components that are captured using appropriate image capture devices.

[0121] In another embodiment, it is contemplated using display components such as lasers, LED or other targeted lighting to portray the art image on the stone display, to accomplish the same, just without using a projector.

[0122] As generally understood, the display and method of the present invention can use one or more parallel art objects, whereby their images are displayed on a single stone display.

[0123] In another embodiment, the display and method of the present invention can utilize multiple stone displays.

[0124] In one embodiment, the present invention includes an analysis of the viewing surface of the display stone to analyze various physical and topological features that are utilized along with displaying the image on the viewing surface.

[0125] In one non-limiting example, a relatively smooth surface on the viewing surface of the display stone is selected for display of a particular image or portion of an image from the parallel art object.

[0126] In utilizing the analysis of the viewing surface, the artistic creation can utilize various components and characteristics of the surface in order to enhance a particularized display.

[0127] In one embodiment, the projected image is from a file created from mapping topological features of a projection surface.

[0128] While the invention has been described in its preferred form or embodiment with some degree of particularity, it is understood that this description has been given only by way of example and that numerous changes in the details of construction, fabrication, and use, including the combination and arrangement of parts, may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.