Patent Application
20140267729
1. Field of the Invention
This invention is related to a surveillance camera having a commercial display, especially for commercials or warning massages which is displayed on the billboards configured on the outside of a camera. Moreover, lighting components are configured around the camera to provide light to the billboards to make the commercial content obvious to the public.
2. Description of the Related Art
In the present world, information is flooding everywhere and traditionally, paper is a conventional medium for delivering information, and the commercial and advertisement papers are posted and seen everywhere, such as public payphones, utility poles, public transportation stations, fire hydrants, traffic light poles . . . etc. Certainly, it influences the appearance of the city if such commercial and advertisement papers are everywhere in our daily lives. Hence, there are laws prohibiting this behavior to ensure a clean city environment.
However, using commercial flyers or posters stuck to the walls is cheap in cost and has great returns, so it is difficult to completely prevent these types of commercial and advertisement papers posted everywhere despite laws for punishing these behaviors.
In view of related art, here is an idea for combining the commercial display with public devices, such as a surveillance camera or the like. Then, the camera has not only observation but also advertising display function.
To approach the aforementioned purpose, a camera structure is provided, which includes a camera, a frame defining a space to partially contain the camera, at least one plate connected to the frame to cover the camera, luminous elements securely fixed on the surface of the camera and providing light to the plate and a display pivotally connected to the frame, wherein the luminous elements provide light to the plate which is used as a billboard showing commercial messages or other slogans, such as “ANNIVERSARY SALE”, “ON SALE”, “NO SMOKING”, “NO TRASH”, “WELCOME”, “COME AGAIN”, “EXIT” . . . etc., the display is capable of showing other kinds of contents, such that the camera is not only providing the observation but also the advertising to the passersby around the camera.
The invention, as well as its many advantages, may be further understood by the following detailed description and drawings in which:
With reference to
In the first embodiment of the present invention, a billboard is constructed with the aforementioned combination of the third plates 15 and the medium 151, where the medium 151 shows, for example, commercial massages, warning slogans or others, such as “ANNIVERSARY SALE”, “ON SALE”, “NO SMOKING”, “NO TRASH”, “WELCOME”, “COME AGAIN”, “EXIT” and etc. Actually, more than one billboard is able to be used, it depends on the number of the shafts 14, that is, more billboards are able to be fitted in the grooves 141 of the shafts 14 to provide multiple commercials. Moreover, the display 18 is selected from a group consisted of LCD, OLED and LED, and the display 18 shows the contents, such as “RECORDING” or “YOU ARE ON CAMERA”, to alert the personnel.
With the reference to
In the second embodiment of the present invention, the box 21 is now used as a billboard, where a side face of the box 21 shows, for example, commercial massages, warning slogans or others, such as “ANNIVERSARY SALE”, “ON SALE”, “NO SMOKING”, “NO TRASH”, “WELCOME”, “COME AGAIN”, “EXIT” and etc. Actually, more than one billboard is able to be used to provide multiple commercials, it depends on the area size of the camera surface. Same with the first embodiment, the display 18 is selected from a group consisted of LCD, OLED and LED, and the display 18 shows the contents, such as “RECORDING” or “YOU ARE ON CAMERA”, to alert the personnel.
With reference to
In the third embodiment of the present invention, the arcuate plate 22 is used as a billboard, where the surface of the arcuate plate 22 shows, for example, commercial massages, warning slogans or others, such as “ANNIVERSARY SALE”, “ON SALE”, “NO SMOKING”, “NO TRASH”, “WELCOME”, “COME AGAIN”, “EXIT” and etc. Actually, more billboards are able to be used to be hold by the shafts 14 to provide multiple commercials. Same with the first embodiment, the display 18 is selected from a group consisted of LCD, OLED and LED, and the display 18 shows the contents, such as “RECORDING” or “YOU ARE ON CAMERA”, to alert the personnel.
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Many changes and modifications in the above described preferred embodiment of the invention can, of course, be carried out without departing from the scope thereof. Accordingly, to promote the progress in science and the useful arts, the invention is disclosed and is intended to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.
