Spherical information presentation device, for visualizing data relating to earth, has flexible active matrix display placed over globe and addressed by control unit with coordinate converter

摘要

The display device is based on a supporting surface (1), which is either spherical or part of a sphere, over which is placed a flexible active matrix display (2) which is connected to a controller (3). This includes an interface (4), preferably part of a micro-computer, and a adaptation device (5) which calculates the position in spherical coordinates of data to be shown on the screen, which may originally be in Cartesian form.