Device and method of displaying images

Claim 1

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit, so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein each of said display units comprises: a mount panel concave on one surface thereof from the top to the bottom, thus having an arc-shaped surface; a plurality of display elements regularly arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on said arc-shaped surface of the mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix and emitting light beams at multiple angles; and a plurality of partition walls positioned between the rows of display elements, thus separating the rows of display elements from each other and allowing the light beams, emitted from the display elements, to be radiated at multiple angles.

Claim 2

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit, so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein each of said display units comprises: a mount panel concave on one surface thereof from the top to the bottom, thus having an arc-shaped surface; a plurality of display elements regularly arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on said arc-shaped surface of the mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix and emitting light beams at multiple angles; and a plurality of partition walls positioned between the rows of display elements, thus separating the rows of display elements from each other and allowing the light beams, emitted from the display elements, to be radiated at multiple angles.

Claim 9

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein each of said display units comprises: a flat mount panel; and a plurality of display elements regularly arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on one surface of said flat mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix with a plurality of partition walls being positioned between the rows of display elements, said rows of display elements along with the partition walls being symmetrically inclined so as to emit light beams at multiple angles.

Claim 10

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein each of said display units comprises: a flat mount panel; and a plurality of display elements regularly arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on one surface of said flat mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix with a plurality of partition walls being positioned between the rows of display elements, said rows of display elements along with the partition walls being symmetrically inclined so as to emit light beams at multiple angles.

Claim 11

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein each of said display units comprises: a mount panel concave on one surface thereof from the top to the bottom, thus having an arc-shaped surface; a plurality of display elements regularly and symmetrically arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on the arc-shaped surface of the mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix and emitting light beams at multiple angles; and two partition walls mounted on said mount panel at both side edges of the arc-shaped surface so as to form a slot between them, said slot having a predetermined width and allowing the light beams, emitted from the display elements, to be radiated at multiple angles.

Claim 12

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein each of said display units comprises: a mount panel concave on one surface thereof from the top to the bottom, thus having an arc-shaped surface; a plurality of display elements regularly and symmetrically arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on the arc-shaped surface of the mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix and emitting light beams at multiple angles; and two partition walls mounted on said mount panel at both side edges of the arc-shaped surface so as to form a slot between them, said slot having a predetermined width and allowing the light beams, emitted from the display elements, to be radiated at multiple angles.

Claim 13

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein each of said display units comprises: a flat mount panel; a plurality of display elements regularly arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on said flat mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix and emitting light beams at multiple angles; and two partition walls mounted on said flat mount panel at both side edges of the panel while being inclined inwardly at an angle of inclination, thus forming a slot between them, said slot having a predetermined width and allowing the light beams, emitted from the display elements, to be radiated at multiple angles.

Claim 14

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein each of said display units comprises: a flat mount panel; a plurality of display elements regularly arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on said flat mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix and emitting light beams at multiple angles; and two partition walls mounted on said flat mount panel at both side edges of the panel while being inclined inwardly at an angle of inclination, thus forming a slot between them, said slot having a predetermined width and allowing the light beams, emitted from the display elements, to be radiated at multiple angles.

Claim 15

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein each of said display units comprises: a flat mount panel; a plurality of display elements regularly arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on one surface of said flat mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix and emitting light beams in normal directions; a polarizing plate covering the display elements so as to polarize the light beams emitted from the display elements; and a plurality of partition walls regularly and symmetrically arranged on said polarizing plate so as to radiate the polarized light beams at multiple angles.

Claim 16

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein each of said display units comprises: a flat mount panel; a plurality of display elements regularly arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on one surface of said flat mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix and emitting light beams in normal directions; a polarizing plate covering the display elements so as to polarize the light beams emitted from the display elements; and a plurality of partition walls regularly and symmetrically arranged on said polarizing plate so as to radiate the polarized light beams at multiple angles.

Claim 17

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein said display units of the rotary display assembly are arranged on the assembly so as to display images inside the assembly, and wherein each of said display units comprises: a mount panel concave on one surface thereof from the top to the bottom, thus having an arc-shaped surface; a plurality of display elements regularly arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on said arc-shaped surface of the mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix and emitting light beams at multiple angles; and a plurality of partition walls positioned between the rows of display elements, thus separating the rows of display elements from each other and allowing the light beams, emitted from the display elements, to be radiated at multiple angles.

Claim 18

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein said display units of the rotary display assembly are arranged on the assembly so as to display images inside the assembly, and wherein each of said display units comprises: a mount panel concave on one surface thereof from the top to the bottom, thus having an arc-shaped surface; a plurality of display elements regularly arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on said arc-shaped surface of the mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix and emitting light beams at multiple angles; and a plurality of partition walls positioned between the rows of display elements, thus separating the rows of display elements from each other and allowing the light beams, emitted from the display elements, to be radiated at multiple angles.

Claim 25

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein said display units of the rotary display assembly are arranged on the assembly so as to display images inside the assembly, and wherein each of said display units comprises: a flat mount panel; and a plurality of display elements regularly arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on one surface of said flat mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix with a plurality of partition walls being positioned between the rows of display elements, said rows of display elements along with the partition walls being symmetrically inclined so as to emit light beams at multiple angles.

Claim 26

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein said display units of the rotary display assembly are arranged on the assembly so as to display images inside the assembly, and wherein each of said display units comprises: a flat mount panel; and a plurality of display elements regularly arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on one surface of said flat mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix with a plurality of partition walls being positioned between the rows of display elements, said rows of display elements along with the partition walls being symmetrically inclined so as to emit light beams at multiple angles.

Claim 27

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein said display units of the rotary display assembly are arranged on the assembly so as to display images inside the assembly, and wherein each of said display units comprises: a mount panel concave on one surface thereof from the top to the bottom, thus having an arc-shaped surface; a plurality of display elements regularly and symmetrically arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on the arc-shaped surface of the mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix and emitting light beams at multiple angles; and two partition walls mounted on said mount panel at both side edges of the arc-shaped surface so as to form a slot between them, said slot having a predetermined width and allowing the light beams, emitted from the display elements, to be radiated at multiple angles.

Claim 28

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein said display units of the rotary display assembly are arranged on the assembly so as to display images inside the assembly, and wherein each of said display units comprises: a mount panel concave on one surface thereof from the top to the bottom, thus having an arc-shaped surface; a plurality of display elements regularly and symmetrically arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on the arc-shaped surface of the mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix and emitting light beams at multiple angles; and two partition walls mounted on said mount panel at both side edges of the arc-shaped surface so as to form a slot between them, said slot having a predetermined width and allowing the light beams, emitted from the display elements, to be radiated at multiple angles.

Claim 29

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein said display units of the rotary display assembly are arranged on the assembly so as to display images inside the assembly, and wherein each of said display units comprises: a flat mount panel; a plurality of display elements regularly arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on said flat mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix and emitting light beams at multiple angles; and two partition walls mounted on said flat mount panel at both side edges of the panel while being inclined inwardly at an angle of inclination, thus forming a slot between them, said slot having a predetermined width and allowing the light beams, emitted from the display elements, to be radiated at multiple angles.

Claim 30

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein said display units of the rotary display assembly are arranged on the assembly so as to display images inside the assembly, and wherein each of said display units comprises: a flat mount panel; a plurality of display elements regularly arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on said flat mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix and emitting light beams at multiple angles; and two partition walls mounted on said flat mount panel at both side edges of the panel while being inclined inwardly at an angle of inclination, thus forming a slot between them, said slot having a predetermined width and allowing the light beams, emitted from the display elements, to be radiated at multiple angles.

Claim 31

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein said display units of the rotary display assembly are arranged on the assembly so as to display images inside the assembly, and wherein each of said display units comprises: a flat mount panel; a plurality of display elements regularly arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on one surface of said flat mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix and emitting light beams in normal directions; a polarizing plate covering the display elements so as to polarize the light beams emitted from the display elements; and a plurality of partition walls regularly and symmetrically arranged on said polarizing plate so as to radiate the polarized light beams at multiple angles.

Claim 32

A device for displaying images, comprising: a controller selectively processing image data output from an image processing unit so as to generate an image display control signal, said controller also generating a motor control signal; a drive motor unit selectively rotated at a speed in response to the motor control signal output from said controller; and a rotary display assembly comprising a plurality of image display units capable of individually emitting light beams at multiple, partitioned angle ranges, said assembly being rotatable at a speed by drive motor unit and selectively displaying images on said display units in response to image display control signal output from the controller, wherein said display units of the rotary display assembly are arranged on the assembly so as to display images inside the assembly, and wherein each of said display units comprises: a flat mount panel; a plurality of display elements regularly arranged along a plurality of parallel and vertical rows on one surface of said flat mount panel, thus forming a display element matrix and emitting light beams in normal directions; a polarizing plate covering the display elements so as to polarize the light beams emitted from the display elements; and a plurality of partition walls regularly and symmetrically arranged on said polarizing plate so as to radiate the polarized light beams at multiple angles.