DE202006003259U1 - Public information terminal, with display screens, has a touch screen for information with a keyboard and a divided screen to show advertising and other promotional material - Google Patents

Abstract

The screen, for display of information at pubic access terminals (10), has two screens (12,14) within a housing (16). One screen (12) is a touch screen with a keyboard (18) and an integrated printer for hard copy print-outs. The other screen (14) carries advertising, short films and news, divided into two separate sections (30,32), which can be addressed independently giving one dedicated to advertising and the other for other promotional material. The dimensions of each section can be varied by the user by altering their outline lines (36,38).

Description

The The present invention relates to a display screen of information to public accessible Information facilities.

screens of the type mentioned, also referred to as monitor, display or screen are, are known per se and in various sizes and embodiments available, for example as LED, LCD, TFT, plasma screen or the like.

The Use of such screens to display information at public accessible Information facilities is also widely used. For example are in some Munich subway stations large screens arranged over the general information in the form of timetable information of the transport association, News, short films or the like, as well as advertising information be played. The general information essentially serves to that, the waiting customers over Innovations regarding of the transport association to inform and maintain during the waiting period. About the On the other hand, this service aims to broadcast the advertising information financed. So turns general information and advertising information about the big screens broadcast. A disadvantage of this alternating radiation exists in that the Customers usually only look attentively at the screen when general information is reproduced. As soon as advertising fades attention until again general Information can be seen on the screen. This is not necessarily in the sense of the advertising companies.

Also So-called information terminals are known, for example at bus and tram stops, are placed on tourist information or the like and as an optical output unit also via a screen of the above Dispose of the species. about such information terminals, which are also connected to the Internet could be, general information is available from the user, such as City Information, Offices and government information, Event information, tourist information, parking information, Hotel and restaurant information or the like. The financing of this Information terminals are usually also about advertising information, the be displayed on the screen. This will be general information and advertising information, as previously described, often shown alternately. For example, advertising information is always on the screen visible if no general information is retrieved. This is disadvantageous from the point of view of the advertising company, that the corresponding users usually only at the beginning of the useful life of the information terminal Receives promotional information. Alternatively you can general information and advertising information also at the same time be displayed by the retrievable with the information terminal Information pages designed accordingly, so the general Information will be presented along with the promotional information as it is known from many websites. The disadvantage of this is that to Exchanging an ad on a page Reprogramming of the page is required for the operator The information terminal can be associated with a lot of effort. Must beside the advertisement also the formatting of the general information changed because, for example, a small advertisement is replaced by a large one, so may this for the user of the information terminal to be a disadvantage since this is not a uniform formatting of the general information accustom can, which makes the handling of the terminal difficult. Finally exists the possibility, Advertising information during of retrieving general information as so-called pop-ups. Such a presentation of Advertising information is for the user, however, rather intrusive and disturbing, which is not in the sense of advertising company.

outgoing It is an object of the prior art described above of the present invention, an improved display screen of information to public accessible Information devices and an improved information device to accomplish. This object is achieved according to the present invention by a screen according to claim 1 and an information device solved according to claim 4. The dependent ones claims refer to individual embodiments of the present Invention.

According to the invention, the screen has a screen surface which is set up in such a way that it has a surface area that is defined separately and can be adressed separately for displaying advertising information. In other words, the screen surface comprises two separately addressable subareas, namely one for displaying general information and one for displaying advertising information, the size of the subregions being fixed and substantially constant over the service life of the screen. In contrast to the prior art, this determination is not based on the formatting of the pages accessible via the screen but by the screen itself, more precisely on the areal definition of the screen surface area, which is used to display advertising information. In this way, general information in one subarea and advertising information in the other subarea of the screen interface can be transmitted to the user simultaneously and completely independently of one another. Advertising information can be changed or exchanged without affecting the general information and vice versa.

Advantageous is the size of the subarea for Display of advertising information changeable, for example an operator of an information device with such To enable screen the subareas, over the general information and promotional information is broadcast, freely define or an already defined subdivision the screen surface change too can.

According to one another embodiment According to the present invention, the screen is designed as a touch screen. so he not only acts as an output device but also as an input device. If such a screen, for example, for an information device used, so can dispense with separate input devices accordingly become.

Finally, refers The present invention relates to an information device with a screen according to the invention of the type described above.

following becomes an embodiment the present invention with reference to the accompanying Drawing described in more detail.

The drawing shows a schematic front view of an embodiment of an information terminal 10 according to the present invention, which may be provided, for example, to passenger shelters for public transport, tourist information or other public places. The information terminal 10 includes two screens 12 and 14 in a common housing 16 are arranged, which is the screen 12 around a conventional touch-screen screen and screen 14 is an embodiment of a screen according to the invention.

The screen 12 is connected via suitable means to a computer, not shown, with Internet access and has a keyboard shown on a lower portion of the screen surface 18 , which in conjunction with the touch screen function of the screen 12 serves as an input device. About the screen 12 In this case, a variety of general information can be retrieved, such as city information, office and government information, event information, tourist information, parking information, emergency services information from doctors and pharmacies, hotel information, restaurant information, timetable information, or the like. Further, over the screen 12 Permits in the form of tickets, parking tickets, tickets for certain events, coupon coupons or the like can be purchased digitally or in paper form. The creation of such authorization in paper form takes place via an integrated printer (not shown), whereupon it is opened by a corresponding output opening 19 be issued. For issuing digital authorizations to corresponding electronic terminals of the users, such as mobile phones, PDAs or the like, includes the information terminal 10 however, via suitable interfaces, such as via an infrared interface, a Bluetooth interface, a USB port or the like. Also digital permissions can be stored on appropriate memory cards, such as transponder cards, including the information terminal 10 can have a non-illustrated memory card reading and writing unit. The payment of such authorizations can be done either by cash, including the information terminal on a coin 20 and a bill collection 22 has, by money and / or credit card, including a money and / or credit card reader 24 is provided, or online via the Internet. Finally, the user of the information terminal 10 over the screen 12 allows access to the Internet, so that he can send e-mails or the like. In the present case, the information terminal additionally has a web cam 26 which can be used to create digital photos as needed and then send them via the Internet. A telephone 28 also enables a telephone communication.

About the screen 14 For example, general information is sent out, such as news, short films or the like, which essentially serve people in the immediate vicinity of the information terminal 10 to entertain. In addition to this general information will be on the screen 14 at the same time broadcast promotional information, which is the operator of the information terminal 10 usually paid by the advertising companies. To be able to broadcast this general information and advertising information independently of each other, the screen surface of the screen is 14 in this case in two subareas 30 and 32 which are separately addressable and defined in terms of their area or size. In the subarea 30 Of the screen 14 Only advertising information will be sent out, while in the subsection 32 only general information will be broadcast. Due to the separate addressability of the Teilberei che 30 and 32 The advertising information can be output completely independent of the general information and vice versa, so that in the present case the negative interactions described above do not occur. In addition, the screen according to the invention allows 14 the simultaneous sending of advertising information and general information.

The definition of the size of the subareas 30 and 32 is by the operator of the information terminal 10 changeable, as in the drawing by the line 34 and the dashed lines 36 and 38 is indicated so that it can freely decide which area of the screen 14 for general information and which should be provided for advertising information.

It should be understood that the previously described embodiment of the screen according to the invention 14 and the information terminal according to the invention 10 merely by way of example and not to limit the scope of the present invention, which is defined by the appended claims.

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information terminal

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screen

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screen

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casing

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keyboard

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discharge opening

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coin

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Banknote feeder

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Money- and / or credit card reader

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Web Cam

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phone

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subregion

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subregion

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line

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dashed line

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dashed line

Claims (4)

Screen for displaying information to public accessible Information devices, with a screen surface, the at least one area defined and separate addressable subarea for presentation of advertising information. Screen according to claim 1, wherein the size of the partial area variable is. A display according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the screen is designed as a touch screen. Information device with a screen after one of the preceding claims.