Electronic painting

Abstract

An electronic painting comprising a display unit which is provided with a display element, an energy supply and a control unit, having a rigidly installed, non-replaceable storage medium, wherein non-changeable information which is used to control the display unit is stored. The electronic painting assumes the functions of a traditional painting which represents only one idea and is unique by virtue of the fact that the content of the storage medium is constant. The painting has a flat display which is also suitable for mounting on walls as traditional paintings. The electronic painting can also be provided with housing frame. Advantageously, a current or battery-driven electronic painting can also represent dimensions and time. The storage medium may contain a determined sequence of electronically generated images or a video, and movements can, for example, also be directly represented. Stored sound sequences can also be emitted via optional loud speakers.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The invention relates to an electronic painting having a display unit with at least one display element, a power supply and a control unit for driving the display unit. Paintings for depicting art have been known for centuries. In the case of oil paintings, for example, abstract or figurative depictions are applied to canvas using oil paints and the canvas, which is usually surrounded by a frame, is fixed to a wall of a room. Paintings are unique items which, depending on the artist, may have a very high material value in addition to the non-material value. They are portable and “function” independently, that is to say they speak for themselves alone. The disadvantage of conventional paintings is that they cannot depict the time dimension. A painting only ever shows the same image, the same scene. [0002] Displays based on liquid crystals, light-emitting diodes, organic light-emitting diodes or plasma displays are also known. They are distinguished,...

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Benefits of technology

[0005] One particular advantage of the invention resides in the fact that the content of the storage medium cannot be changed. An electronic painting according to an embodiment of the present invention can therefore assume the function of a conventional painting which likewise displays only one content and is a unique item. In other words, an electronic painting according to an embodiment of the present invention is adapted to display precisely one electronically generated image or precisely one sequence of electronically generated images to be displayed in the form of an electronic painting. In addition, however, a plurality of electronic paintings may also display the same memory content on the display for industrial mass production. In this form, the electronic paintings would correspond to conventional prints. Duplicates of electronic paintings may also have the same memory content.

Problems solved by technology

The disadvantage of conventional paintings is that they cannot depict the time dimension.

However, the disadvantage of this is that displays interact with an external storage medium or a data transmission unit and are not intended to exclusively display precisely one content.

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