Digital signage retrofit for vending machine
Embodiments of the disclosure include a vending machine retrofitted with digital signage. According to an embodiment, a display panel is affixed to the window; a media player is coupled to the display panel; a cellular wide area network (WAN) radio is coupled to the media player; and a cellular antenna is coupled to the cellular WAN radio and affixed to the top surface of the vending machine.
1. A digital signage vending machine retrofit kit, comprising:
a touchscreen display panel and an AC power cable;
a media player and power supply therefor;
a cellular wide area network (WAN) radio and power supply therefor;
a cellular antenna;
an antenna cable;
one or more strips of double-stick foam tape;
an installation kit with an adhesive primer, a cleaning cloth, an alcohol cleaning wipe, assorted adhesive tie-wrap blocks, assorted tie wraps, and hook and loop fastener strips; and
printed installation instructions.
2. The digital signage vending machine retrofit kit according to claim 1 , further comprising T-Taps and AC power cord for tapping into existing AC power.
3. The digital signage vending machine retrofit kit according to claim 1 , further comprising a video cable.
4. The digital signage vending machine retrofit kit according to claim 1 , further comprising an Ethernet cable.
5. The digital signage vending machine retrofit kit according to claim 1 , further comprising a universal serial bus (USB) cable.
6. The digital signage vending machine retrofit kit according to claim 1 , where the display panel comprises a touchscreen display panel.
7. The digital signage vending machine retrofit kit according to claim 6 , where the touchscreen display panel comprises a touchscreen LCD display using projected capacitive touch sensing.
8. The digital signage vending machine retrofit kit according to claim 6 , where the touchscreen display panel comprises a touchscreen LCD display.
9. A digital signage vending machine retrofit kit, comprising:
a touchscreen display panel and an AC power cable;
a media player and power supply therefor;
a cellular wide area network (WAN) radio and power supply therefor;
a cellular antenna;
an antenna cable;
a video cable;
a universal serial bus (USB) cable;
an Ethernet cable;
T-Taps and an AC power cord for tapping into existing AC power;
one or more strips of double-stick foam tape;
an installation kit with an adhesive primer, a cleaning cloth, an alcohol cleaning wipe, assorted adhesive tie-wrap blocks, assorted tie wraps, and hook and loop fastener strips; and
printed installation instructions.
10. A vending machine with digital signage, comprising:
a vending machine having a door with a window in the door, where the door closes to form an interior compartment and where the vending machine has a top surface;
a display panel affixed to the window from the interior compartment so that images displayed on the display panel are visible through the window;
a media player coupled to the display panel to play video content on the display panel;
a cellular wide area network (WAN) radio coupled to the media player to receive video content via the cellular WAN; and
a cellular antenna coupled to the cellular WAN radio and affixed to the top surface of the vending machine.
11. The vending machine according to claim 10 , where the display panel comprises a touchscreen display panel and where the display panel detects touches through the window.
12. The vending machine according to claim 11 , where the touchscreen display panel comprises a touchscreen LCD display panel using projected capacitive touch sensing.
13. The vending machine according to claim 11 , where the touchscreen display panel comprises a touchscreen LCD display.
14. The vending machine according to claim 10 , where the display panel is affixed to the window using double-stick tape.
15. The vending machine according to claim 14 , where the display panel is affixed to the window using three strips of double-stick tape, one adjacent to a top edge, and two adjacent to the left and right sides of the display panel respectively.
16. The vending machine according to claim 14 , where the double-stick tape comprises double stick foam tape.
17. A vending machine with digital signage, comprising:
a vending machine having a door with a window in the door, where the door closes to form an interior compartment and where the vending machine has a top surface;
a touchscreen display panel affixed to the window by double-stick foam tape from the interior compartment so that images displayed on the display panel are visible through the window and where the display panel detects touches through the window; and
where the touchscreen display panel comprises a touchscreen LCD display using projected capacitive touch sensing;
a media player coupled to the display panel to play video content on the display panel;
a cellular wide area network (WAN) radio coupled to the media player to receive video content via the cellular WAN; and
a cellular antenna coupled to the cellular WAN radio and affixed to the top surface of the vending machine.
18. The vending machine according to claim 17 , where the display panel is affixed to the window using three strips of double-stick tape, one adjacent to a top edge, and two adjacent to the left and right sides of the display panel respectively.