Patent ID: 7893948
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: G06T,G09F,G09G,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A graphical display assembly, comprising: a plurality of flexible pixel strings, each flexible pixel string including a plurality of pixel units serially connected by a flexible connection, the flexible connection including one or more of electrical, data, or activation connections configured to pass electrical power or graphical image data to and from one or more of the pixel units, wherein each pixel unit includes at least one lighting element oriented to transmit light in a direction perpendicular to the viewing surface of the graphical display and at least one control circuit; wherein the plurality of flexible pixel strings are arranged so that the plurality of pixel units are formed in a non-grid-like pattern to define an arbitrary shape configured into at least a portion of a channel letter display, wherein a periphery of the channel letter display is defined by a flexible pixel string adjacent a region having no pixels; and wherein the channel letter display is configured to present multicolor, moving images.