Video gateway having movable screens

• Main Authors: LILJEGREN; GORDON E, SMITH; CHRISTOPHER BRIAN, SPENCER; DAVID W, PETERSON; MICHAEL H, WASSELL; JAMES S, UPDYKE, JR.; DONALD L, ADAMSON; WILLIAM G
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.01.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; ADVERTISING; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CINEMATOGRAPHY; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; DISPLAYING; EDUCATION; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; SEALS; SIGNS

Multiple large screens on movable arms form a gateway beneath which viewers may walk. The screens slide up or down, i.e., toward or away from, the viewers walking below. The screens also pivot in a circular arc to sweep toward, or away from, the viewers. In one embodiment a number of vertical suppor...