Patent ID: 6535139
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A47G,G09B,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
An electronic picture frame device comprising:a housing having a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls, each of said side walls having a back edge and a front edge wherein said back edges abut said back wall; a display means for displaying an electronic image, said display means having a backside and a viewing side, said back side being integrally coupled to said front edges of said housing such that a central portion of a bottom edge of said backside is abutting said bottom wall of said housing; a control means for controlling a video signal to said display means being operationally coupled to the display means, said control means being positioned in said housing; a power supply being operationally coupled to said control means; an interface means for interfacing a plurality of peripherals with the control means, said interface means being positioned in one of said side walls of said housing and operationally coupled to said control means; wherein said display means displays an electronic image received from said peripherals; and wherein said backside of said display means extends outwardly from said front edges of said housing for facilitating concealment of said housing behind said display means to a viewer positioned indirectly in front of said viewing side of said display means.