IP Library Granted Patent US 11,899,349
Granted Patent B1
US 11,899,349 · App. 18/195,719 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Systems for image projection

Inventors: Christopher Clinton Chappell (Lincoln, CA); McNamara Marlow Pope, III (Fair Oaks, CA); Rodney Daniel Sparks (Antelope, CA)
G03B21/16H05K7/20136H05K7/20272H05K7/20409
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Patent No.
US 11,899,349
App. No.
18/195,719
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B1
Abstract

An apparatus for image projection is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus may include an image projection device, a sealed housing, and a cooling system. A sealed housing may be configured to protect an image projection device from a foreign element. A sealed housing may include an image output window. A cooling system may include a cooling pad and a coolant reservoir. A cooling system may be configured to modulate the temperature of the image projection device.

Claims (42)

1. An apparatus for image projection, the apparatus comprising:

an image projection device;

a sealed housing configured to protect the image projection device from a foreign element, the sealed housing comprising an image output window; and

a cooling system, wherein the cooling system comprises a cooling pad, one or more fans, a plurality of heat exchangers, and a Peltier module, wherein:

the cooling system is configured to modulate a temperature of the image projection device;

each of the one or more fans is attached to one of the plurality of heat exchangers; and

the Peltier module is positioned between the heat exchanger and the cooling pad.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the Peltier module is configured to transfer heat from the interior of the sealed housing to the exterior of the sealed housing.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between the Peltier module and air inside the sealed housing.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger comprises a finned heat exchanger.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more fans is configured to blow air from inside the housing into the finned heat exchanger.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the cooling system further comprises an aluminum plate;

wherein the one or more fans is configured to blow air in the direction of the aluminum plate.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the cooling system further comprises a coolant reservoir, wherein the coolant reservoir comprises coolant, and

wherein the coolant comprises glycol.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the cooling system further comprises a coolant input and a coolant output;

wherein the coolant input is configured to deliver coolant to a coolant reservoir;

wherein the coolant output is configured to remove the coolant from the coolant reservoir.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sealed housing is waterproof and airtight.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an IO assembly.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the IO assembly comprises a thermostat, wherein the cooling system is communicatively connected to the thermostat.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the IO assembly comprises the thermostat and a controller;

wherein the thermostat is communicatively connected to the controller; and

wherein the controller is configured to regulate a cooling system activity as a function of a temperature datum received from the thermostat.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a mixing fan.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a digital signage player, the digital signage player comprising:

at least a processor; and

a memory communicatively connected to the at least processor, the memory containing instructions configuring the at least processor to:

transmit to the image projection device a datum configuring the image projection device to project an image.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a power supply.

16. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a power input port, a control input port, and an ethernet port, wherein the power input port, control input port, and ethernet port are each positioned on the exterior bottom surface of the sealed housing.

17. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a first mounting bracket and a second mounting bracket, wherein the first and second mounting brackets are positioned on opposite edges of the bottom of the exterior of the sealed housing.

18. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the image projection device is configured to project an image toward a windshield of a vehicle, such that the image is displayed on foam on the windshield of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle is in a car wash.

19. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the cooling system further comprises thermal grease, insulating foam, and an aluminum spacer, wherein the thermal grease, insulating foam and aluminum spacer are each positioned between a coolant reservoir and the Peltier module.

20. An apparatus for image projection, the apparatus comprising:

an image projection device;

a housing configured to protect the image projection device from a foreign element,

wherein the housing comprises a weep hole and an image output window,

wherein liquid inside the housing exits through the weep hole; and

a cooling system comprising a cooling pad;

wherein the cooling pad comprises a coolant reservoir;

wherein the cooling system is configured to modulate a temperature of the image projection device.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2024
From: QUICK QUACK CAR WASH HOLDINGS, LLC
To: GOLUB CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 067669/0577 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2024
From: CHAPPELL, CHRISTOPHER CLINTON; POPE, MCNAMARA MARLOW, III; SPARKS, RODNEY DANIEL
To: QUICK QUACK CAR WASH HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 066003/0432 →