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The columbarium design with vertical shelves, altar panel, and projection mapping addresses the space and respect issues of locker-type columbariums, offering a dignified and personalized memorial experience.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- JP2023109157
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2023-07-03
- Publication Date
- 2025-01-17
AI Technical Summary
Modern columbariums, particularly locker-type, lack space for offerings and decorations during memorial services, creating an uncomfortable and cheap atmosphere, and existing solutions like urn transport robots are costly and disrespectful to the deceased.
A columbarium design with vertical and horizontal shelves, an altar with a panel for displaying memories, and projection mapping for creating a serene atmosphere, combined with a monitor and operation panel for personalizing the memorial experience.
Enhances the memorial experience by allowing face-to-face interaction with the deceased, providing a dignified and personalized space that overcomes the limitations of traditional locker-type columbariums.
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Abstract
Description
[Technical field]
[0001] The present invention relates to a ossuary system that aims to eliminate the complaints of buyers that recent ossuaries are mainly Buddhist altar-style, locker-style, or multi-storey parking-style movable types, which are inevitably dark and mechanical. This ossuary system is designed to eliminate such complaints. It is a ossuary with a locker-type ossuary platform that can efficiently store a large number of urns, which allows memorial services to be held as if one were face-to-face with the deceased, and furthermore, eliminates the atmosphere of the conventional locker-type ossuaries, which are narrow and cheap. [Background technology]
[0002] In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for locker-type ossuaries that can efficiently store a large number of urns in a small space, especially in urban areas where the shortage of cemeteries is becoming more serious. In locker-type ossuaries, there is no space to place offerings or decorations during memorial services, Buddhist memorial services, and festivals, and it would be awkward to hold memorial services facing the lockers. As a result, memorial services are usually held at a communal gravestone / common altar set up in a separate location within the ossuary. However, holding a memorial service in such a location away from the urn gives the impression that no memorial service has been held for the deceased, and this poses the problem of not providing a satisfactory feeling of memorial service. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]
[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent Publication No. 5-118167 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]
[0004] To solve this problem, the ossuary described in JP 5-118167 A has a guide rail installed from the bone container storage area to the altar for worship, and a transport robot that moves along this guide rail transports the urn from the bone container storage area to the altar for worship during the memorial service, allowing the memorial service to be performed while facing the urn.
[0005] However, the cost of installing a ossuary equipped with the above-mentioned urn transport robot is very high, and it is difficult to install it in an existing building, etc. In addition, the remains of the deceased are handled carelessly, as if they were luggage to be sorted, which is not very desirable from the perspective of memorial services for the deceased. [Means for solving the problem]
[0006] The present invention has been made with a focus on the above problems, and its purpose is to provide a columbarium that allows one to have a satisfying feeling of memorial service, as if they were face-to-face with the deceased, while eliminating the cramped and cheap-feeling atmosphere of conventional locker-type columbariums. Effect of the Invention
[0007] In order to achieve the above-mentioned objective, the ossuary described in claim 1 comprises an ossuary platform formed by lining up a number of ossuary shelves vertically and horizontally, and an altar with a movable panel installed on the floor in front of the ossuary platform. When the person offering prayer enters data into the operation panel, photographs of the deceased, memories and other data are displayed on the panel.
[0008] The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that in the ossuary described in claim 1 or 2, a monitor is provided on the altar.
[0009] The invention described in claim 1 is characterized by projecting images onto the front or the front and both side walls of the ossuary room using projection mapping, and creating a beautiful space in the room by switching the images and background music depending on the season and conditions. [Brief description of the drawings]
[0010] [Figure 1] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the ossuary of the first embodiment. [Diagram 2] FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a ossuary. [Diagram 3] A development showing the ossuary: DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0011] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. <Embodiment 1> Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an ossuary in embodiment 5, and Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the ossuary. Fig. 3 is a plan view. As shown in the figures, the ossuary A in this embodiment is mainly composed of an ossuary platform 5 and an altar 2. The ossuary platform 5 has ossuary shelves 3 for storing urns arranged in rows vertically and horizontally.
[0012] When you visit the ossuary, various landscapes and flowers are projected on the front of the ossuary (1) by projection mapping, and background music is played, creating a beautiful atmosphere inside the ossuary, as if you were in another world. The urn (3) is taken in and out from the back of the ossuary (5). For this purpose, the ossuary door (6) is installed.
[0013] The altar 2 is used by those who come to the memorial service when they pray. This altar 2 is equipped with a monitor and an operation panel 4, and by operating the operation panel, various data about the deceased protected by security and memorable photos can be displayed, enhancing the atmosphere of the memorial service and deepening feelings not only for the deceased but also for family members and ancestors.
[0014] Upon entering the ossuary, you will be greeted by a room where beautiful music and images are projected onto the ossuary using projection mapping, allowing you to look at memorable photographs and other items and deepen your feelings for your family and ancestors. [Explanation of symbols]
[0015] A ossuary 1. Front panel of the ossuary 2 altar 3 Urn 4 Altar operation panel, monitor 5 Back of the ossuary 6. Bone altar door
Claims
1. The system is characterized by projecting images onto the front wall of the ossuary room or onto the front wall and both side walls using projection mapping, and by switching the images and background music according to the season and other conditions, creating a beautiful space in the room.
2. A charnel stand is set up on the back side, consisting of multiple ossuaries arranged vertically and horizontally, to store the remains. The ossuary is equipped with an altar equipped with a movable monitor and an operation panel, and when data is entered into the authentication panel, personal photos and other information are displayed.
3. 3. The ossuary according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a monitor and an operation panel are provided on the altar.
Citation Information
Patent Citations
Family vault
JP1993118167A