CN1199212A - Method for presenting large scrolling display along window of building and apparatus therefor - Google Patents
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A method and an apparatus for presenting a large scrolling display from an inside of a building through a window opening portion of the building is disclosed. Tirty two (32) sets of display units, each of which including sixty four (64) pieces of LEDs arranged in alignment at least one window of a building at substantially constant intervals greater than the above fine interval. The display units are arranged so that lights of the LEDs thereof are perceived clearly from a predetermined area in the outside of the building. The above arranged display units form a strip form display region along the window and are driven according to a bitmap image data. At every moment, (64 X 32) pieces of the LEDs are activated by providing a bitmap data of (64 X 32) dots depicted every ten columns from among the bitmap image data of (64 X 32) dots on the strip form display region.
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The present invention relates to a kind of inside from buildings by window to the method and apparatus that crowd (as the pedestrian of buildings outside) the presenting large scrolling formula of buildings outside shows, can display string when specifically relating to a kind of scrolling and/or the technology of graphic image.
Now, can see various display device along the street and the buildings in city, they are used to advertise or release news to commodity and service.Undoubtedly, display screen is big more, and the advertising results that it produced are also just good more.Consider this relation, when the constant information of issue had the image of character or photo as a width of cloth, it was just enough to load onto bulb for a large-scale sign board.But, show variablely during with continually varying information, just should use the dot matrix CRT display device that can show continually varying character and motion video.
The oversize dot matrix display device that is installed on the buildings roof or on the metope is very expensive.Except display device itself, the structure of making support display device and the cost of installment work are also very high.Because the existence of these problems, the dot matrix display device of this oversize does not extensively adopt.In addition, it is impossible especially to adopt a kind of like this display device to carry out the advertising campaign of finite time.
As everyone knows, when desiring to show a big as far as possible advertisement so that minimum cost is interim, flag is often used as the medium of large-scale advertisement.Give an example, the flag of metope suspension along buildings is printing big words such as " price cuttings in spring " above.Obviously, the cost of this advertising method is relatively very low, but the shortcoming that is accompanied by is to show continually varying information.When this flag is set on the metope of a buildings with many windows, some window will be covered by cloth, and the ambiance in the room that those windows are covered by cloth is with variation.Be that the window of buildings is muffled unacceptable especially in the facility (as restaurant, dining room) of characteristic by cloth with sunlight of injecting from window and the scenery of seeing from window particularly at those.In addition, with and the unengaging flag magnificent main entrance that covers some buildingss such as restaurant, museum also be unallowed because their moving part just is outward appearance.
The method and apparatus that the opening portion presenting large scrolling formula that the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of inside from buildings to pass through window shows, wherein, need not to be provided with any fixture on the metope of buildings, therefore, the function of the window on the metope can not be affected.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of inside from buildings to pass through the method and apparatus of the opening portion presenting large scrolling formula demonstration of its window, and this method and apparatus can show various characters and/or image, and advanced visual effect is provided.
Of the present invention also have a purpose to be to provide a kind of inside from buildings to pass through the method and apparatus of the opening portion presenting large scrolling formula demonstration of its window, and this method and apparatus can be realized above-mentioned displaying with relatively low cost.
In order to realize above-mentioned and other purposes of the present invention, the method that shows by the opening portion presenting large scrolling formula of its window from the inside of buildings according to an aspect of the present invention comprises the following steps:
(a) provide a plurality of light-emitting device array sections with many light-emitting components that are provided with small interval, above-mentioned array segment along the inner edge of at least one window opening portion of buildings with greater than above-mentioned slight gap than the large-spacing setting,
(b) each above-mentioned light-emitting device array section is set by this way, the luminous energy that sends from its light-emitting component is clear that from the presumptive area outside the window opening part of this buildings,
(c) above-mentioned light-emitting device array section is partly constituted a bar shaped viewing area along the window opening of this buildings, many above-mentioned light-emitting components that are arranged in this bar shaped viewing area are driven according to bitmap image data, thereby the image that makes above-mentioned bitmap image data representative along above-mentioned bar shaped viewing area from one end scrolling to the other end
(d) the bitmap image data of the image formed by column direction m point, line direction w point of one of preparation expression, wherein n the above-mentioned array segment with m display unit constituted above-mentioned bar shaped viewing area, described display unit has m on column direction, have n on line direction; W is an integer of several times greater than n, and
(e) at any one time, by to be considered as by (the above-mentioned bar shaped viewing area of the virtual viewing area that the individual point of m * w) is formed provide one from above-mentioned (select discretely the bitmap image data that m * w) individual point constitutes one (data bitmap of individual point of m * n) encourages above-mentioned (the individual light-emitting component of m * n).
According to another aspect of the present invention, a kind of inside from buildings of the present invention sees through the window opening portion and shows that a large scrolling device shown comprises: provide the control circuit of the driving order that control signal determines the light-emitting component each array segment thereby have a plurality of light-emitting device array sections of many light-emitting components that are provided with small interval and one to each light-emitting device array section.Above-mentioned array segment along the inner edge of at least one window opening portion of buildings with bigger spacing setting greater than above-mentioned slight gap, thereby constitute a bar shaped viewing area.Each above-mentioned light-emitting device array section is provided with by this way, and just the luminous energy that sends of its light-emitting component is clear that from the presumptive area of the window opening part outside of this buildings.Many above-mentioned light-emitting components are driven according to bitmap image data, the image that makes above-mentioned bitmap image data representative along above-mentioned bar shaped viewing area from one end scrolling to the other end.Above-mentioned control circuit is storing the pictorial data as an image of being made up of column direction m point, line direction w point, wherein n the above-mentioned array segment with m display unit constituted above-mentioned bar shaped viewing area, described display unit has m on column direction, have n on line direction; W is an integer of several times greater than n.At any one time, by to being considered as by (the above-mentioned bar shaped viewing area of the virtual viewing area that the individual point of m * w) is formed provides of selecting with interval from above-mentioned pictorial data on the scrolling direction (data bitmap of individual point of m * n) encourages above-mentioned (the individual light-emitting component of m * n).
Can obtain following advantage from said method of the present invention and device:
(a) by window opening internal edge partly a plurality of light-emitting device array sections are set, make that making large-sized bar shaped viewing area becomes a reality along buildings.
(b) can with very low cost with various information rollings be presented on the large-scale viewing area, reason is representative information, can be used as the pictorial data that contains character and/or figure to the image that the people stays profound influence has a personal computer or word processor to produce easily.
(c) owing to almost need be arranged on the outside of buildings without any device or equipment, so the outward appearance of buildings can not be affected.
(d) because array segment is the opening portion inside that is arranged on window with certain spacing, so the introducing light of window or the basic function of looking around landscape can not be subjected to very big influence.
(e) each display unit all is very light midget plant, and is therefore, very easy in the inner mounting or dismounting of the opening portion light-emitting device array section of window.This array segment can be arranged on the buildings as required in short time, and the operating period removes later immediately.These array segments and other equipment or parts can use repeatedly.These characteristics have ease for use and economy when make implementing scroll display method of the present invention.
(f) because light-emitting device array section and other equipment are mounted in the inside of the window opening part of buildings, therefore, needn't require them to have waterproof or corrosion resistance.
Skilled person in the present technique field can understand some other purpose of the present invention and advantage at an easy rate from following detailed.In the following detailed description, just implement optimal mode of the present invention by discussing simply, illustrate and described most preferred embodiment of the present invention.From as can be seen following, the present invention can have other different embodiments, and its a plurality of detail sections can improve under the prerequisite of not leaving scope of the present invention in many aspects.Therefore, following accompanying drawing and description are exemplary from being considered to be in essence, rather than restrictive.
Fig. 1 is the vertical plane figure of the display unit in one embodiment of the present of invention.
Fig. 2 is mounted in the general perspective of one embodiment of the present of invention device on the building window.
Fig. 3 is the situation of the device among Fig. 2 when showing a character string.
Fig. 4 is the schematic block diagram of the display control circuit that adopted among the embodiment among Fig. 1 to Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is the process flow diagram of each step of the display control program of the display control unit in the presentation graphs 4.
Fig. 6 is the synoptic diagram of the DISPLAY ORDER in the expression separate type scroll display method of the present invention.
As shown in Figure 1, the rolling type display device that has typical structure in the present embodiment comprises display unit 200, indicative control unit 300 and power supply unit 400.Display unit 200 is corresponding to a light-emitting device array part, and it has a light emitting diode (LED) 250 that comprises 64 marshallings and the cylinder 200a of the driving circuit DS that will describe in detail below in conjunction with Fig. 5.LED250 quantity can change according to counting of vertical direction needs.In the present embodiment, the interval between the adjacent LED250 is set to about 3cm.Can insert an optical device that is used for the broadening viewing angle in the front of the array of LED250.LED250 and drive circuit unit DS are set at respectively in a top cabinet 202 and the bottom cabinet 204.Upper and lower part cabinet 202 and 204 firmly fixes by web member 206 each other is in the same place, and constitutes above-mentioned cylinder 200a.Each head portion of cylinder 200a is fixed by the end cap parts 210 with erecting equipment.The erecting equipment that is used for installing display unit 200 comprises: upper and lower bottom parts 214, adjust screw 212 and sucker 218.Upper and lower bottom parts 214 can be fixed on respectively on ceiling, window frame or the floor, thereby can cylinder 200a be supported on the fabric structure securely by tightening each adjustment screw 212.After display unit 200 installations, the shell parts 216 that each adjustment screw 212 is made by cast synthetic resin cover hide.Be provided with a pair of sucker 218 on each end cap parts 210.Each sucker 218 is fixed thereon by compressing facing to glass pane.Like this, the cylinder 202a of display unit 200 is supported on fabric structure and the glass pane respectively securely by upper and lower bottom parts 214 and sucker 218.
Set up a demarcation strip 208 on each lateral section of cylinder 200a, this demarcation strip 208 is set up with the orientation of LED250 and becomes parallel relation.Demarcation strip 208 prevents that the light that LED250 penetrates from arriving the sharpness deterioration that causes shown scrolling image on the adjacent display unit 200.
A personal computer can be used as indicative control unit 300, is used for passing through control signal cable 350 and control signal connector 220a according to the pictorial data that is stored in unit, and 220b provides display control signal to display unit 200.Except personal computer, other concrete control module also can be used as the indicative control unit in the present embodiment, and it is quite obvious.Power supply unit 400 is that AC power (as AC100V, 50,60Hz) is converted to the drive current of LED250 and is added to device on the LED by cable 450 and power connector 222.
Can connect 32 groups of display units 200 with the chrysanthemum chain on the indicative control unit 300.Simultaneously, except being undertaken the communication of control signal by cable 350, can load onto a wireless communication unit (not shown) on indicative control unit 300 and each display unit 200, thereby between indicative control unit 300 and display unit 200, can realize the radio communication of display control signal.In such formation, each display unit 200 is to realize power supply by an independent feed cable 450 separately.
In Fig. 2, rolling type display device according to an embodiment of the invention is to install along the window on the side wall of a building B 100.More particularly, this rolling type display device comprises 32 groups of display units 200 that are provided with predetermined interval along the inner edge of window 100, as the light-emitting device array section.In other words, each display unit 200 vertically is arranged on around the inside surface of glass of window 100.In the present embodiment, be spaced apart 1m between the adjacent display cell 200.This there is no need to set accurate steady state value at interval.Owing to mounting condition may become along with the situation of the inner space that display unit 200 is set, the difference between allows within the specific limits at interval.When a plurality of windows 100 that separated by pillar and/or wall were provided with, display unit 200 just can not be installed on these pillars and the wall at display unit 200.As a result, some part in display unit 200 strings just can blackening.But these defectives in the display unit 200 can not produce influence fundamentally to the function of device.Display unit 200 can be arranged on like this glass pane inside surface around, make that at least some is arranged to radially or triangle along glass pane in the display unit 200.
The pedestrian 550 that the rolling type display device of present embodiment as shown in Figure 3 is designed to walking the pavement 500 on road 510 along the street especially transmits display message.Therefore, in each display unit 200, settled 64 LED250, and be arranged to identical towards so that can be seen clearly by the pedestrian on the street 510 550.32 groups of display units 200 are also determined direction, are made exactly that the optical axis that is arranged on LED250 wherein points to the pavement 510 on the opposite street 500 like this.In the present embodiment, along having demonstrated " the character string of Spring Sale on the scrolling direction of 200 strings of the display unit shown in Fig. 3.[example structure of rolling type display device]
Form with schematic block diagram among Fig. 4 shows display control circuit according to an embodiment of the invention.As mentioned above, each display unit 200 has the light-emitting device array Ai and the 64 bit driver circuit DSi that are used for driving LED array Ai that comprise 64 with the LED250 of predetermined slight gap arrangement, the i here is the integer of the arrangement progression of expression display unit 200, so i=1,2,3 ..., 32.Driving circuit DSi comprises 260, one 64 latch cicuits 270 of one 64 bit shift register and one 64 bit driver circuit 280.At first be sent in the shift register 260 with a display unit 200 corresponding 64 video datas, these video datas are moved into and are maintained in the latch cicuit 270 then.Driving circuit 280 is lighted 64 LED250 according to these video datas.
32 groups of display units 200 are serially connected mutually.Each display unit 200 also links to each other with indicative control unit 300 simultaneously.More particularly, 32 64 bit shift register 260 that are included among the driving circuit DSi are serially connected mutually, constitute the shift register of (64 * a 32) position as shown in Figure 4 generally.This (64 * 32) bit shift register links to each other with indicative control unit 300.
Indicative control unit 300 comprises a processor 310, an image memory 320 and a shift register 330.Storing a height in the image memory 320 and be 64 data bitmap.The width of these data can arbitrarily be determined.Here, we call column data to 64 bit data of each row in the pictorial data.Each column data is by serial number, and the column data sequence is read as D1, D2, D3 or the like.Therefore, make a general reference any column data with Dj here.Image memory 320 is configured to 64 positions corresponding to a word, and column data Dj then is stored on the j of address.
The processor 310 of indicative control unit 300 is read data in the image memory 320 in following mode.The shift register 330 that the column data Dj that reads as 64 bit parallel data from image memory 320 is used to parallel data is converted to serial data converts serial data to.The serial data that converts to is imported in (64 * 32) bit shift register that is made of 64 bit shift register 260 of 32 serial connections above-mentioned.When 32 column data are encased in this (64 * 32) bit shift register serially from indicative control unit 300, provide one 64 to rank data for each 64 bit shift register 260.At this moment, indicative control unit 300 is sent a latch signal to each driving circuit DSi, moves in the latch cicuit 270 and remains on wherein being stored in data in the shift register 260.64 LED250 in each display unit 200 are just driven by these latched data.Meanwhile, the data in each shift register 260 then are updated.[the demonstration control sequence in the present embodiment]
Process flow diagram among Fig. 5 shows processor 310 pictorial data is read into read-in process the indicative control unit 300 from image memory 320.In the 601st step, initial pointer P is placed in zero.In the 602nd step, the value of initial pointer P is sent to an address pointer j.Like this, in this step, j and P equal zero.In the 603rd step, column counter C is by zero setting.
In ensuing the 604th step, the address j of the address pointer j indication in the image memory 320 is conducted interviews, and send out a column data Dj with serial mode from this address j.In the 605th step, address pointer j increases by 10.The step of this " address pointer j increases by 10 " is a characteristic feature in this display control program.
In the 606th step, column counter C increases by 1.In the 607th step, column counter is checked whether reached end point values (for example 32) with the value of confirming this column counter.If should value less than 32, program turned back to for the 604th step, according to the address pointer j that has upgraded in the 605th step image memory 320 was read.If the value of counter C equals 32, packed in each of 32 groups of shift registers 260 with regard to the decidable column data.At this moment, that crosses as described above is such, produces a latch signal in the 608th step.
In ensuing the 609th step, initial pointer P increases by 1, prepares to make the image to be shown point that advances on the scrolling direction.In the 610th step, initial pointer P is checked whether reached the value MAX of a representing images end with the value of confirming pointer P.If the value of pointer P is less than MAX, then program turned back to for the 602nd step, proceeded the scrolling of image.If the value of pointer P reaches MAX, then program turned back to for the 601st step, began to restart the scrolling of image from the start-up portion of image.
The pictorial data itself that is stored in the image memory 320 is made up of a sequence column data such as Dj, D (j+1), D (j+2), D (j+3), D (j+4), D (j+5) and D (j+6) etc.But in scroll display method of the present invention, column data C takes out 10 column data at every turn from the pictorial data of storage.Therefore, as shown in Figure 4, column data sequence D j, D (j+10), D (j+20), D (j+30) and D (j+40) are fed among driving circuit DS32, DS31, DS30, DS29 and the DS28 in the adjacent display unit.[example 1]
An example of scroll display method of the present invention is described below in conjunction with Fig. 3.
(a) established a bar shaped viewing area that m point * n is ordered along the window 100 of building B.This viewing area is made up of 32 display units 200, and 200 of each display units have 64 LEDs 250.That is to say that in the present embodiment, m and n are set to 64 and 32 respectively.On the other hand, the bitmap image data of preparing in image memory 320 are considered as the virtual viewing area that high m point * wide w is ordered with this bar shaped viewing area.In the present embodiment, m is set equal to 64 points, and w then equals (11 * n)-10=342 point.
(b) in the bar shaped viewing area of the virtual viewing area that is regarded as (64 * 342) point, at a time show the data of from the pictorial data of (64 * 342) point, putting every (64 * 32) that 10 row are read.In other words, the data of (64 * 32) individual point of being selected from the pictorial data of storing all the time of (64 * 32) individual diode (LED) 250 drive.[example 2]
Another example of scroll display method of the present invention is roughly described below with reference to Fig. 6.This exemplary viewing area is made up of 6 display units 200, and each display unit 200 has 16 light-emitting component LED250.Will show the bitmap image data of expression character string " マ Le " in this bar shaped viewing area that is made of 6 light-emitting device array section A1 to A6, マ here and Le are the kana character in the Japanese.Each character all is to obtain from 16 * 16 matrix.Blacking circle correspondence among Fig. 6 point and the mutual position that overlaps of the light-emitting component among the array segment Ai of forming character, and corresponding light-emitting component LED250 is being driven constantly with the circle of blacking.To shown in 6 (f), the point data that obtains from 16 * 16 top matrix data is sent to element arrays section A1 to A6 as Fig. 6 (a).Column data pointwise successively licks each element arrays section A1 to A6.Therefore, at each constantly, all the part of a character display in the bar shaped viewing area.But if when representing the pictorial data of character with the speed scrolling of 4 characters of per second, it is 16 * 16 matrix character that displayed image can be recognized.
Above this identification effect realize that by means of " persistence of vision " phenomenon this phenomenon is person's retina and the function of optic centre according to the observation, the part of the vacancy between the display column data of separating is replenished.In the most preferred embodiment of Fig. 1 to Fig. 5, the spacing between the adjacent display unit 200 is set to relatively long 1m.Because the spacing between the display unit 200 is longer, so just can obtain an image in the scrolling by increasing counting of a character of formation.In the present embodiment, constitute counting of a character and be engraved in 11 times more than of the column data that shows in the element length when a certain.Meanwhile, also require scrolling speed is made as one than higher value, thereby make the observer can see predetermined image.
In another embodiment of the present invention, many display units 200 are flatly arranged, and are provided with bigger interval in vertical direction.For example, to bottom a plurality of display units 200 are set from the top layer of a building skyscraper, the length direction of each display unit 200 is a horizontal direction, is arranged near the inside surface of every layer of window.Constituted a bar shaped viewing area by tens display units 200 with 50 intervals, be equivalent to every layer and be provided with 3 to 6 display units 200 to window 100cm.In the same function of embodiment shown in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, present embodiment can be along demonstrating an image with scroll mode on the vertical direction of building side wall by the front.
In Fig. 4 and display control program shown in Figure 5, change the image of from image memory 320, reading by utilizing an additional disposal system, just can demonstrate an animated image in the scrolling.In addition, in Fig. 4 and embodiment shown in Figure 5, the visual column data of being read from image memory 320 discretely by processor 310 is to be sent to serially in each display unit 200.Yet, the present invention also can adopt other processing mode, make each display unit 200 receive column data discretely, and pictorial data can be read continuously with serial mode from image memory 320, and in each display unit display unit 200, postponed.
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1. the inside from buildings sees through the method that the window opening portion shows that a large scrolling shows, this method comprises the following steps:
A plurality of light-emitting device array sections with many light-emitting components that are provided with small spacing are provided, above-mentioned array segment along the inner edge of at least one window opening portion of buildings with big spacing setting greater than above-mentioned fine pitch,
Each above-mentioned light-emitting device array section is set by this way, the luminous energy that sends from its light-emitting component is clear that from the presumptive area outside the window opening part of this buildings,
Above-mentioned light-emitting device array section is partly constituted a bar shaped viewing area along the window opening of this buildings, many above-mentioned light-emitting components that are arranged in this bar shaped viewing area are driven according to bitmap image data, thereby the image that makes above-mentioned bitmap image data representative along above-mentioned bar shaped viewing area from one end scrolling to the other end
The bitmap image data of the image that one of preparation expression is made up of column direction m point, line direction w point, wherein n the above-mentioned array segment with m display unit constituted above-mentioned bar shaped viewing area, described display unit has m on column direction, have n on line direction; W is an integer of several times greater than n, and
At any one time, by to be considered as by (the above-mentioned bar shaped viewing area of the virtual viewing area that the individual point of m * w) is formed provide one from above-mentioned (select discretely the bitmap image data that m * w) individual point constitutes one (data bitmap of individual point of m * n) encourages above-mentioned (the individual light-emitting component of m * n).
2。Scroll display method described in claim 1, wherein said light-emitting device array section are to be substantially parallel relation with substantially invariable spacing to be provided with.
3。Scroll display method described in claim 1, wherein said light-emitting device array section are not to be substantially parallel relation with regard to different spacings simultaneously with present position in above-mentioned bar shaped viewing area to be provided with.
4. the scroll display method described in claim 3, wherein, from the segment that is used as above-mentioned bitmap image data, drive with the corresponding m point range figure image data of to send out the element arrays section first shown by one pixel that the identical m point range figure image data of the first light-emitting device array Duan Zhiyong drives that the required time interval of the second adjacent light-emitting device array section is controlled so as to and above-mentioned first, second light-emitting device array section between spacing proportional.
5。Scroll display method described in claim 1 has at least a part to be arranged to radial along a common surface in the wherein said light-emitting device array section.
6。Scroll display method described in claim 1 has at least a part to be arranged to the triangular wave shape in the wherein said light-emitting device array section.
7。Scroll display method described in claim 1, wherein read be stored in the memory, be used for driving (during the bitmap image data of the individual above-mentioned light-emitting component of m * n), it is carried out extraction operation, this extraction operation is carried out in the following manner:
(above-mentioned bitmap image data are set up in the virtual pixel zone of the pixel structure of m * w) virtually for above-mentionedly being considered as having;
The pictorial data of setting up is above covered on above-mentioned a plurality of light-emitting device array sections virtually;
Extract the data of locational m point of m the light-emitting component that covers in each light-emitting device array section;
Wherein, behind the covering position on the above-mentioned virtual viewing area, repeat above-mentioned data pick-up operation in mobile slightly above-mentioned pictorial data on the scrolling direction.
8。Scroll display method described in claim 1 comprises the dynamic image factor that changes in proper order in time in the wherein said data bitmap.
9。A kind of inside from buildings sees through the method that the window opening portion shows that a large scrolling shows, this method comprises the following steps:
Be provided with by a plurality of light-emitting components being separated with one first spacing and being aimed at ground, constitute a light-emitting device array section;
A plurality of light-emitting device array Duan Yiyi second spacings bigger than the first above-mentioned spacing are separated setting, constitute a display plane along the window opening part of above-mentioned buildings;
The storage representative will be presented at the pictorial data of the image on the above-mentioned display plane;
Read a plurality of segments in the above-mentioned pictorial data, each described data fragments is corresponding to the visual segment that shows on an independent light-emitting device array section, and according to the visual segment that will show in the space of correspondence second spacing data fragments narrowed down; And
In each display cycle, the image on the above-mentioned display plane is moved a predetermined amplitude, thereby demonstrate above-mentioned image with scroll mode with a scrolling speed of determining according to the second above-mentioned spacing.
10。Scroll display method described in claim 9, wherein said light-emitting device array section are to be substantially parallel relation with substantially invariable spacing to be provided with.
11。Scroll display method described in claim 9, wherein said light-emitting device array section are not to be substantially parallel relation with regard to different spacings simultaneously with present position in above-mentioned bar shaped viewing area to be provided with.
12. the scroll display method described in claim 9, wherein said scrolling speed is configured to the second above-mentioned spacing proportional.
13. the scroll display method described in claim 9, wherein said pictorial data are to set up for the display plane that virtual comprising is present in the vertical point in the spacing of above-mentioned light-emitting device array section.
14。Scroll display method described in claim 13 wherein, is given the location for one that reads in each segment data from above-mentioned pictorial data, its figure place is corresponding to light-emitting component number included in each light-emitting device array section.
15. the inside from buildings sees through the window opening portion and shows a large scrolling device shown, this device comprises:
A plurality of light-emitting device array sections with many light-emitting components that are provided with small spacing, above-mentioned array segment along the inner edge of at least one window opening portion of buildings with big spacing setting greater than above-mentioned fine pitch, thereby constitute a bar shaped viewing area;
The above-mentioned light-emitting device array section that each is provided with by this way, just the luminous energy that sends of its light-emitting component is clear that from the presumptive area of the window opening part outside of this buildings,
Many above-mentioned light-emitting components, these light-emitting components are driven according to bitmap image data, the image that makes above-mentioned bitmap image data representative along above-mentioned bar shaped viewing area from one end scrolling to the other end,
Thereby a driving control circuit in proper order that provides control signal to determine the light-emitting component in each array segment to each light-emitting device array section, wherein
Above-mentioned control circuit is storing the pictorial data as an image of being made up of column direction m point, line direction w point, wherein n the above-mentioned array segment with m display unit constituted above-mentioned bar shaped viewing area, described display unit has m on column direction, have n on line direction; W is an integer of several times greater than n, and
At any one time, by to being considered as by (the above-mentioned bar shaped viewing area of the virtual viewing area that the individual point of m * w) is formed provides of spacing is arranged selecting in the scrolling direction from above-mentioned pictorial data, and (data bitmap of individual point of m * n) encourages above-mentioned (the individual light-emitting component of m * n).
16。Scrolling display device described in claim 15, wherein said light-emitting device array section comprises that also at least one is used for fixing near the fixed part the opening portion of window.
17。Scrolling display device described in claim 16, wherein said fixed part further comprises a plurality of suckers.
18。Scrolling display device described in claim 15, wherein each described light-emitting device array section also comprises a pair of partition member that is arranged on its two side ends, is used to prevent that the light that above-mentioned light-emitting component sends from producing scattering.
19。Scrolling display device described in claim 15, the wherein said light-emitting device array section daisy chain type telecommunication cable by being used for transmitting pictorial data and control signal links to each other with above-mentioned control module.
20。Scrolling display device described in claim 15, wherein each described light-emitting device array section is by being used for transmitting the radio transmission apparatus of pictorial data and control signal and above-mentioned control module communicates.
21。Scrolling display device described in claim 15, wherein each described light-emitting device array section is by the feed cable supply capability separately by linking to each other with each array segment.
22。A kind of inside from buildings sees through the window opening portion and shows a large scrolling device shown, and this device comprises:
A plurality of light-emitting device array sections, each in these array segments are by many light-emitting components that are provided with small spacing arrangement;
Above-mentioned light-emitting device array section has constituted a bar shaped physical region of being made up of the spaced-apart light-emitting device array section of n group;
The n that constitutes above-mentioned bar shaped physical region organizes a spaced spacing of the adjacent array section of light-emitting device array section, and this spacing is far longer than the spacing between the above-mentioned light-emitting component;
The edge is provided with in the window opening part of above-mentioned this upper edge buildings of light-emitting device array segment base;
Be included in the above-mentioned bar shaped physical region (the individual above-mentioned luminescence display unit of m * n), these luminescence display units are rolled up displayed image to the data bitmap of the other end from an end of above-mentioned bar shaped physics viewing area by one and are driven;
Above-mentioned bitmap image data are prepared with respect to a virtual viewing area, and this virtual viewing area has m point, line direction that the w point is arranged at column direction; Here, w is the multiple of n;
At any one time, have (the individual light-emitting component of m * n) be called nominally in the bar shaped physical region of virtual viewing area (m * n) data of individual point are driven.
23。Scrolling display device described in claim 22, wherein said light-emitting device array section comprises that also at least one is used for fixing near the fixed part the opening portion of window.
24。Scrolling display device described in claim 23, wherein said fixed part further comprises a plurality of suckers.
25。Scrolling display device described in claim 22, wherein each described light-emitting device array section also comprises a pair of partition member that is arranged on its two side ends, is used to prevent that the light that above-mentioned light-emitting component sends from producing scattering.
26。Scrolling display device described in claim 22, the wherein said light-emitting device array section daisy chain type telecommunication cable by being used for transmitting pictorial data and control signal links to each other with above-mentioned control module.
27。Scrolling display device described in claim 22, wherein each described light-emitting device array section is by being used for transmitting the radio transmission apparatus of pictorial data and control signal and above-mentioned control module communicates.
28。Scrolling display device described in claim 22, wherein each described light-emitting device array section is by the feed cable supply capability separately by linking to each other with each array segment.
29。A kind of inside from buildings sees through the window opening portion and shows a large scrolling device shown, and this device comprises:
A plurality of display units, each display unit also comprises at least one group of inside surface fixed equipment on every side that is used for this unit is fixed on window-glass, the above-mentioned display unit of n group is by to be provided with in a mode that is arranged much larger than the spacing branch of the spacing between the LED between the adjacent display unit, and above-mentioned display unit is provided with mutually substantially parallel along the internal edge of the window-glass of buildings;
Be arranged on m LED in each above-mentioned display unit alignedly with small spacing;
Organize the bar shaped viewing area that the mutual above-mentioned display unit that is provided with is formed at regular intervalsly by n;
A control circuit that communicates by telecommunication cable and above-mentioned display unit, this circuit are used for providing to each display unit the control signal of the driving order of a LED who is used for determining these display units;
A unit feed unit that links to each other with above-mentioned display unit by feed cable is used for providing drive current to each above-mentioned display unit; Wherein
Be included in the above-mentioned bar shaped physical region (the individual above-mentioned LED of m * n) rolls up displayed image to the data bitmap of the other end from an end of above-mentioned bar shaped physics viewing area by one and is driven;
The above-mentioned bitmap image data that are stored in the above-mentioned control circuit are prepared with respect to a virtual viewing area, and this virtual viewing area has m point, line direction that the w point is arranged at column direction; Here, w is the multiple of n;
At any one time, have (the individual LED of m * n) be called nominally in the bar shaped physical region of virtual viewing area (m * n) data of individual point are driven.
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