EP0570878A1 - Reproducing device for short films and/or commercials and quiz questions in amusement centers - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a device for playing short films and / or commercials and / or quizzes, in particular in leisure facilities.
- Devices for playing short films and / or quizzes are known per se. These are conventional television sets in front of which viewers sit at home, in restaurants, in hotel rooms etc. and watch advertising television or public events or educational programs with quiz questions or price puzzles, with quiz questions in the commercials or between the commercials or entertainment programs are shown.
- the television viewer generally writes the correct answer for a postcard and sends it by post to one of the television stations, which then determines the winner (s).
- an audiovisual advertising medium with a vertical support frame anchored in the floor is known, in the upper area of which a box-shaped protective housing for receiving a color television monitor and at least two video recorders is fitted. Furthermore, a display case insert fitted underneath is provided, which can be replaced by a light transport insert or a vending machine. This creates a relatively inexpensive advertising medium that also enables small and medium-sized businesses to use direct advertising effectively, in order to draw the attention of an enlarged environment to its activities.
- the invention has for its object to provide a device for playing short films and / or commercials and / or quizzes that local advertising with a great advertising effect permitted and which can be used in particular in leisure facilities, but also in other ways.
- leisure facilities are to be understood as leisure parks, fun pools, indoor pools, bowling alleys, sports venues such as, for example, soccer fields and similar competition venues, lounges in hotels, holiday hotels, waiting rooms in railway ports, rest areas and the like, the users or visitors of these facilities being used for Relaxation or as a further leisure pleasure or for entertainment watch and listen to short films and / or commercials with quiz questions, whereby to increase the interest and to increase the advertising effect quiz questions are solved, which are part of these short films and / or commercials or part of the consequences of these short films or Commercials are.
- All devices can reproduce or broadcast the same number of short films and / or commercials and / or quiz questions in the same sequence.
- the device according to the invention permits differentiated and targeted advertising, depending on regional peculiarities, which cannot be offered by advertising television in this range of variation - already due to the costs.
- Conventional projection screens for large-scale projections are used as projection screens, their dimensions being chosen with regard to the size of the leisure facility, so that the users or visitors of a leisure facility provided with a device according to the invention have the impression of participating in a live broadcast.
- the device for projecting the short films and / or the commercials and / or the quiz questions that may or may not be shown may be a projection device, in which case the short films and / or commercials and quiz questions form a sound film.
- this device can also be a device with an image memory, or it can be designed according to the principle of a CD disc player, with all information - both the optical and the acoustic information - being stored on an image disc or on a CD disc and are scanned with a laser beam, the information of which is processed or processed accordingly and then projected in a manner known per se as optical information or emitted as acoustic information via loudspeakers.
- the acoustic device for the reproduction of the setting of the short films and / or the commercials and possibly the setting of the quiz question has at least one sound converter (loudspeaker) which emits the acoustic signals.
- the device for storing at least one quiz question and the correct answer word to be faded in or between the short films and / or commercials and the correct solution word is one based on the principle of a video recorder working device which has corresponding outputs for the optical signals and the acoustic signals.
- it can also have an audio tape for the sound setting, while a short film (silent film) is provided for the fade-in or intermediate fade-in of the optical signals, which is projected onto the projection screen.
- these devices for storing the short films and / or commercials and / or the quiz question (quiz questions) which are to be shown or to be inserted can be combined to form a single device which operates on the principle of the video recorder and to which at least one loudspeaker is connected and the images are projected onto a projection screen (rear projection).
- the device according to the invention has a device with a keyboard for entering solution words for the quiz question and the address of the quiz participant, and an additional device for comparing an entered solution word with the stored correct solution word.
- the further device has a programmable memory for individual consumer goods and / or services to be offered, as well as for the addresses of their providers, and at least one display.
- the display is used to show the individual consumer goods and / or services and / or to display the addresses of the providers and is preferably divided into individual fields. This subdivision does not apply if there are several displays.
- the device according to the invention has a printer for printing out the address of the selected provider as evidence of further information to be obtained and, if necessary, additionally to print out the route from the location to the provider.
- the further device, the still further device with its additional device and the additional device form a data processing system or are parts of a data processing system, the content of the short films, the commercials and the quizzes with the answers being represented by data which is based on Floppy disks or other data carriers are stored and entered into the system.
- the device has a device for specifying the sequence of the short films and / or the commercials.
- the device also expediently has a device for specifying the sequence and / or the fade-in or fade-in of the quiz questions.
- the device can also be designed such that it has an additional device for printing out business cards and / or letterheads when entering the correct solution word, so that the visitors of the device according to the invention pay increased attention.
- the fields of the display are designed according to the principle of the sensor keys, so that the susceptibility to faults is considerably reduced compared to mechanical contacts.
- This training is of particular interest, for example in indoor swimming pools, to avoid corrosion wherever possible.
- the device is expediently arranged in a protective housing, so that it is largely protected against mechanical influences, for example during transport.
- the protective housing can additionally have an alarm device against unauthorized opening and / or removal of the device from its footprint, so that unauthorized access to the stored data, in particular to the addresses of the providers, is prevented.
- the alarm device can emit optical and / or acoustic signals, it can also be connected to a monitoring center.
- the device can have a device with a program that blocks or deletes the stored data when the device is opened without authorization.
- the device can expediently be locked with the footprint, so that unauthorized removal of the device from its footprint is practically impossible.
- the invention is explained below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawing, in which a block diagram of the device according to the invention is shown, which is also valid if the device according to the invention is designed for the storage and playback of data according to the principle of a data processing system.
- the drawing shows a vertical section through the device perpendicular to the front wall of the housing of the device.
- a device 1 has a projection wall 2, which is inserted in the front of a housing 3 and on its side facing away from the viewer, from the inside of the housing 3 by means of a device 4 for projecting short films and / or commercials and / or fade in or out quiz questions to be blended in between the short films and / or the commercials or commercials and / or the optical questions representing the quiz questions are projected according to the deflection principle with a mirror, not shown.
- a plurality of loudspeakers 5, which emit the acoustic information, are arranged below the projection wall 2.
- the device 4 is formed in the illustrated embodiment on the principle of a film projector. In this case, she points at least one film roll with the successive short films, the commercials and the quiz question or the quiz questions, the signals of the sound track being supplied to the loudspeakers 5 via the connecting line 8.
- the data representing the short films, the commercials, the quiz question or the quiz questions and the correct answer or the correct answers are stored in a device 6 which operates in a manner known per se according to the principle of the video recorder and their stored optical and acoustic information delivers to the device 4 via a line 7.
- the device 4 works on the principle of a projector.
- the optical signals are converted and the images represented by them are projected onto the projection wall 2 via a mirror (not shown) according to the deflection principle and the principle of the rear wall projection.
- the input of the device 4 is connected via the line 7 to an output of the device 6, which essentially has a data memory for storing the short films, the commercials, the quiz question or the quiz questions and the correct answer or the correct answers, whereby via this output contains the data representing the optical signals, while the data representing the acoustic signals are supplied to the loudspeakers 5 via an output via the line 8 of the device 4 via an amplifier (not shown).
- the data to be stored can also be stored, for example, by means of floppy disks in the device 6, which additionally has a clock that determines the course of time.
- the device 6 has a further output which is connected to the one input of an additional device 9 which operates on the principle of an AND gate and which has a second input.
- This other input of the additional device 9 is connected to the output of the still further device 10, which has a keyboard 11 for entering a solution word or words to the quiz question or quiz questions and the address of the quiz participant.
- the additional device 9 compares the entered solution word or the entered solution words with the stored correct solution word or the stored correct solution words and, if the entered solution word or the entered solution words match the stored solution word or the stored solution words, controls the additional device 12 connected downstream of it at.
- This additional device 12 has a programmable memory 13 for individual consumer goods and / or services to be offered, as well as their manufacturer or provider, and also a display 14. The usual screens can also be used as the display 14.
- the additional device 12 is followed by a printer 16 for printing out the selected provider as proof of further information to be obtained from the manufacturer or provider.
- the device 6 has a device 17 for specifying the sequence of the short films and / or the commercials and a device 18 for specifying the sequence and / or the fade-in or fade-in of the quiz question or the quiz questions.
- the additional device 12 is further followed by an additional device 19 for printing out business cards and / or letterheads when desired when entering the correct solution word or words.
- the fields of the display are designed as sensor buttons so that wear is as low as possible.
- the device is arranged in a protective housing that has an alarm device 20 against unauthorized opening and / or unauthorized removal of the device 1 from its footprint 22.
- the device 6 has an integrated device with a program that blocks or deletes the stored data when the device 1 is opened without authorization.
- the housing of the device can be locked with the footprint by providing a lock 21, which can be locked with the footprint 22, according to the principle of unlockable bollards, which are common in road traffic.
- the device according to the invention can also be used in hospitals and spa facilities.
- the invention results in a compact, space-saving device in which all components are housed centrally.
- a device is created that can also be set up in areas with high humidity, such as in indoor pools, solariums, etc.
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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Vorrichtung zur Wiedergabe von Kurzfilmen und/oder Werbespots und/oder Quizfragen, insbesondere in Freizeitanlagen.The invention relates to a device for playing short films and / or commercials and / or quizzes, in particular in leisure facilities.
Vorrichtungen zur Wiedergabe von Kurzfilmen und/oder Quizfragen sind an sich bekannt. Es handelt sich um übliche Fernsehgeräte, vor denen Zuschauer zu Hause, in Gaststätten, in Hotelzimmern usw. sitzen und das Werbefernsehen oder öffentliche Veranstaltungen oder auch belehrende Sendungen mit Quizfragen bzw. Preisrätseln verfolgen, wobei in die Werbespots oder zwischen die Werbespots bzw. Unterhaltungssendungen Quizfragen eingeblendet sind. Der Fernsehzuschauer schreibt im allgemeinen die für ihn richtige Antwort auf eine Postkarte und schickt diese auf dem Postweg an eine der Fernsehanstalten, die dann den bzw. die Gewinner ermittelt.Devices for playing short films and / or quizzes are known per se. These are conventional television sets in front of which viewers sit at home, in restaurants, in hotel rooms etc. and watch advertising television or public events or educational programs with quiz questions or price puzzles, with quiz questions in the commercials or between the commercials or entertainment programs are shown. The television viewer generally writes the correct answer for a postcard and sends it by post to one of the television stations, which then determines the winner (s).
Es ist auch bekannt, in öffentlichen Unterhaltungssendungen des Fernsehens derartige Quizfragen zu stellen, die dann ebenfalls auf dem Postwege beantwortet werden und wobei die bzw. die Gewinner auf die gleiche Weise ermittelt werden.It is also known to ask such quiz questions in public television entertainment programs, which are then likewise answered by post, and the winners or winners are determined in the same way.
Weiterhin ist es bekannt, daß bei derartigen Sendungen die Zuschauer telefonisch ihre Adresse und das Lösungswort mitteilen, wobei es dann vor allem darauf ankommt als erster anzurufen.Furthermore, it is known that in such programs the viewers give their address and the solution word by telephone, the most important thing then being to call first.
Derartige Veranstaltungen sind mit hohen Kosten verbunden, erfordern einen erheblichen finanziellen Aufwand, so daß für viele Gewerbetreibende die Kosten für eine Werbung zu teuer sind. Insbesondere kommt aus diesem Grunde auch das Einblenden von Quizfragen, die den Werbeeffekt unterstützen, für sie nicht in Frage.Such events are associated with high costs and require considerable financial expenditure, so that the costs of advertising are too expensive for many traders. For this reason in particular, fading in quizzes that support the advertising effect is out of the question for them.
Weiterhin setzen derartige Veranstaltungen, insbesondere wenn sie den Rahmen bzw. Einblendungen in einer Unterhaltungssendung bilden, entsprechende Säle, den Auftritt von Künstlern usw. voraus, damit ein großes Interesse bei den Zuschauern bzw. Teilnehmern vorhanden ist bzw. geweckt wird, zumal diese Veranstaltungen eine überregionale Aufmerksamkeit auslösen sollen.Furthermore, such events, especially if they form the framework or insertions in an entertainment program, require corresponding halls, the appearance of artists, etc., so that there is great interest among the spectators or participants, especially since these events are one should trigger national attention.
In vielen Fällen sind insbesondere kleinere Unternehmen nur an einer regionalen Werbung interessiert, da für eine überregionale Belieferung des Marktes, insbesondere im grenzüberschreitenden Verkehr die erforderliche Betriebsstruktur und auch ein entsprechender Fuhrpark nicht zur Verfügung stehen.In many cases, smaller companies in particular are only interested in regional advertising, since the necessary operating structure and a corresponding vehicle fleet are not available for supraregional supply to the market, especially in cross-border traffic.
Aus der DE 38 38 775 ist ein audiovisueller Werbeträger mit einem im Boden verankerten senkrechten Trägerrahmen bekannt, in dessen oberem Bereich ein kastenförmiges Schutzgehäuse zur Aufnahme eines Farbfernseh-Monitors und von mindestens zwei Videorecordern eingepaßt ist. Des weiteren ist ein darunter eingepaßter Vitrineneinsatz vorgesehen, der durch einen Leuchttransporteinsatz oder einen Verkaufsautomaten ersetzt sein kann. Hierdurch ist ein relativ kostengünstiges Werbemedium geschaffen, mit dem auch Klein- und Mittelbetrieben eine effektive Direktwerbung ermöglicht wird, um damit ein vergrößertes Umfeld auf seine Aktivitäten aufmerksam zu machen.From DE 38 38 775 an audiovisual advertising medium with a vertical support frame anchored in the floor is known, in the upper area of which a box-shaped protective housing for receiving a color television monitor and at least two video recorders is fitted. Furthermore, a display case insert fitted underneath is provided, which can be replaced by a light transport insert or a vending machine. This creates a relatively inexpensive advertising medium that also enables small and medium-sized businesses to use direct advertising effectively, in order to draw the attention of an enlarged environment to its activities.
Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Vorrichtung zur Wiedergabe von Kurzfilmen und/oder Werbespots und/oder Quizfragen zu schaffen, die eine lokale Werbung mit großem Werbeeffekt gestattet und die insbesondere in Freizeitanlagen, aber auch anderweitig einsetzbar ist.The invention has for its object to provide a device for playing short films and / or commercials and / or quizzes that local advertising with a great advertising effect permitted and which can be used in particular in leisure facilities, but also in other ways.
Unter Freizeitanlagen sind im Rahmen der Erfindung Freizeitparks, Spaßbäder, Hallenbäder, Bowlingbahnen, Sportstätten wie zum Beispiel Fußballplätze und ähnliche Wettkampfstätten, Aufenthaltsräume in Hotels, in Ferienhotels, Wartesäle in Bahnhäfen, Raststätten und dergleichen zu verstehen, wobei die Benutzer bzw. Besucher dieser Einrichtungen zur Entspannung oder als weiteres Freizeitvergnügen oder zur Unterhaltung sich Kurzfilme und/oder Werbespots mit Quizfragen ansehen und anhören, wobei zur Steigerung des Interesses und zur Steigerung des Werbeeffektes Quizfragen gelöst werden, die Teil dieser Kurzfilme und/oder Werbespots bzw. Teil der Folgen dieser Kurzfilme bzw. Werbespots sind.In the context of the invention, leisure facilities are to be understood as leisure parks, fun pools, indoor pools, bowling alleys, sports venues such as, for example, soccer fields and similar competition venues, lounges in hotels, holiday hotels, waiting rooms in railway ports, rest areas and the like, the users or visitors of these facilities being used for Relaxation or as a further leisure pleasure or for entertainment watch and listen to short films and / or commercials with quiz questions, whereby to increase the interest and to increase the advertising effect quiz questions are solved, which are part of these short films and / or commercials or part of the consequences of these short films or Commercials are.
Zur Lösung dieser Aufgabe ist die Vorrichtung erfindungsgemäß gekennzeichnet durch
- a) mindestens eine Projektionswand für die Vorführung von Kurzfilmen und/oder von Werbespots und/oder mindestens einer einzublendenden bzw. zwischenzublendenden Quizfrage,
- b) eine Projektionseinrichtung zum Projizieren der Kurzfilme und/oder der Werbespots und/oder der einzublendenden bzw. zwischenzublendenden Quizfrage bzw. Quizfragen,
- c) eine akustische Einrichtung für die Wiedergabe der Vertonung der Kurzfilme und/oder der Werbespots und/oder der Quizfrage bzw. der Quizfragen,
- d) eine Speichereinrichtung zum Speichern der Kurzfilme und/oder der Werbespots und mindestens einer optisch und/oder akustisch in die bzw. zwischen die Kurzfilme und/oder Werbespots einzublendenden bzw. zwischenzublendenden Quizfrage und des richtigen Lösungswortes,
- e) eine Einrichtung mit Tastatur für die Eingabe von Lösungsworten auf die Quizfrage mit einer zusätzlichen Einrichtung zum Vergleich des eingegebenen Lösungswortes mit dem gespeicherten richtigen Lösungswort,
- f) eine weitere Einrichtung mit einem programmierbaren Speicher für anzubietende einzelne Verbrauchsgüter und/oder Dienstleistungen und/oder Anzeigen der Anschriften ihrer Anbieter und mit einem Display, die nach Eingabe des richtigen Lösungswortes in die Einrichtung von dieser angesteuert wird,
- g) eine Unterteilung des Displays in Felder für die Darstellung der einzelnen Verbrauchsgüter und/oder Dienstleistungen und/oder Anzeigen der Anschriften der Anbieter und
- h) einen Drucker zum Ausdrucken des ausgewählten Anbieters als Beleg für weitere vom Anbieter zu erhaltende Informationen.
- a) at least one projection screen for the screening of short films and / or commercials and / or at least one quiz question to be shown or hidden,
- b) a projection device for projecting the short films and / or the commercials and / or the quiz question or quiz questions to be shown or hidden between,
- c) an acoustic device for the reproduction of the setting of the short films and / or the commercials and / or the quiz question or the quiz questions,
- d) a storage device for storing the short films and / or the commercials and at least one quiz question to be inserted optically and / or acoustically into or between the short films and / or commercials and the correct solution word,
- e) a device with a keyboard for entering solution words to the quiz question with an additional device for comparing the entered solution word with the stored correct solution word,
- f) a further device with a programmable memory for individual consumer goods and / or services to be offered and / or displays of the addresses of their suppliers and with a display which is activated by the device after the correct solution word has been entered into the device,
- g) a division of the display into fields for the presentation of the individual consumer goods and / or services and / or displays of the addresses of the providers and
- h) a printer for printing out the selected provider as proof of further information to be obtained from the provider.
Diese weiteren, vom Anbieter zu erhaltenden Informationen sind Prospekte oder Beratungen.This further information to be obtained from the provider is brochures or advice.
Durch diese Maßnahmen ist eine Vorrichtung geschaffen, die auch für kleine Unternehmen zur lokalen Werbung aufgrund der relativ geringen Werbekosten von Interesse ist, wobei zur flächendeckenden Werbung gleichzeitig eine oder mehrere der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtungen zu Einsatz gleichzeitig kommen können, so daß auch eine großflächige überregionale Werbeaktion durchführbar ist, deren räumlicher Bereich durch die Anzahl der zum Einsatz kommenden erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtungen vorgebbar ist.These measures create a device that is also of interest to small businesses for local advertising due to the relatively low advertising costs, one or more of the devices according to the invention being able to be used simultaneously for area-wide advertising, so that large-scale national advertising can also be carried out whose spatial area can be predetermined by the number of devices according to the invention used.
Sämtliche Vorrichtungen können in der gleichen Folge die gleiche Anzahl von Kurzfilmen und/oder Werbespots und/oder Quizfragen wiedergeben bzw. ausstrahlen.All devices can reproduce or broadcast the same number of short films and / or commercials and / or quiz questions in the same sequence.
Bei gleicher Anzahl von Kurzfilmen und/oder Werbespots und/oder Quizfragen kann deren Aufeinanderfolge geändert werden.If the number of short films and / or commercials and / or quiz questions is the same, their sequence can be changed.
Schließlich ist möglich, den regionalen Besonderheiten Rechnung zu tragen und beispielsweise im Sommer an den Küstenregionen für Segelboote und Surfkurse zu werben, während im waldreichen Binnenland für Wanderungen und die entsprechende Ausrüstung, sowie für die Übernachtungen geworben wird.Finally, it is possible to take into account the regional peculiarities and, for example, advertise sailing boats and surf courses in the coastal regions in summer, while hiking and the appropriate equipment, as well as overnight stays, are advertised in the inland forest.
Insoweit gestattet die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung je nach regionalen Besonderheiten eine differenzierte und gezielte Werbung, die in dieser Variationsbreite - bereits durch die Kosten bedingt - durch das Werbefernsehen nicht geboten werden kann.To this extent, the device according to the invention permits differentiated and targeted advertising, depending on regional peculiarities, which cannot be offered by advertising television in this range of variation - already due to the costs.
Als Projektionswände kommen übliche Projektionswände für Großprojektionen zu Einsatz, wobei ihre Abmessungen im Hinblick auf die Größe der Freizeitanlage gewählt wird, damit die Benutzer bzw. Besucher einer mit einer erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung versehenen Freizeitanlage den Eindruck haben, an einer Live-Sendung teilzunehmen.Conventional projection screens for large-scale projections are used as projection screens, their dimensions being chosen with regard to the size of the leisure facility, so that the users or visitors of a leisure facility provided with a device according to the invention have the impression of participating in a live broadcast.
Die Einrichtung zum Projizieren der Kurzfilme und/oder der Werbespots und/oder der gegebenenfalls einzublendenden bzw. zwischenzublendenden Quizfragen kann eine Projektionseinrichtung sein, wobei dann die Kurzfilme und/oder Werbespots und Quizfragen einen Tonfilm bilden.The device for projecting the short films and / or the commercials and / or the quiz questions that may or may not be shown may be a projection device, in which case the short films and / or commercials and quiz questions form a sound film.
Diese Einrichtung kann auch im Prinzip eine Vorrichtung mit einem Bildspeicher sein, oder nach dem Prinzip eines CD-Disc-Abspielgerätes ausgelegt sein, wobei auf einer Bildplatte bzw. auf einer CD-Disc sämtliche Informationen - sowohl die optischen als auch die akustischen Informationen - gespeichert sind und mit einem Laserstrahl abgetastet werden, dessen Informationen entsprechend verarbeitet bzw. aufgearbeitet werden und dann in an sich bekannter Weise als optische Informationen projiziert bzw. als akustische Informationen über Lautsprecher abgestrahlt werden.In principle, this device can also be a device with an image memory, or it can be designed according to the principle of a CD disc player, with all information - both the optical and the acoustic information - being stored on an image disc or on a CD disc and are scanned with a laser beam, the information of which is processed or processed accordingly and then projected in a manner known per se as optical information or emitted as acoustic information via loudspeakers.
Die akustische Einrichtung für die Wiedergabe der Vertonung der Kurzfilme und/oder der Werbespots und gegebenenfalls die Vertonung der Quizfrage weist mindestens einen Schallwandler (Lautsprecher) auf, der die akustischen Signale abstrahlt.The acoustic device for the reproduction of the setting of the short films and / or the commercials and possibly the setting of the quiz question has at least one sound converter (loudspeaker) which emits the acoustic signals.
Die Einrichtung zum Speichern mindestens einer optisch und/oder akustisch in die bzw. zwischen die Kurzfilme und/oder Werbespots einzublendenden bzw. zwischenzublendenden Quizfrage und des richtigen Lösungswortes ist gemäß einem ersten bevorzugten Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung eine nach dem Prinzip eines Videorecorders arbeitende Einrichtung, die entsprechende Ausgänge für die optischen Signale und die akustischen Signale aufweist.According to a first preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention, the device for storing at least one quiz question and the correct answer word to be faded in or between the short films and / or commercials and the correct solution word is one based on the principle of a video recorder working device which has corresponding outputs for the optical signals and the acoustic signals.
Sie kann auch für die Vertonung im Prinzip ein Tonband aufweisen, während für das Einblenden bzw. Zwischenblenden der optischen Signale ein Kurzfilm (Stummfilm) vorgesehen ist, der auf die Projetionswand projiziert wird.In principle, it can also have an audio tape for the sound setting, while a short film (silent film) is provided for the fade-in or intermediate fade-in of the optical signals, which is projected onto the projection screen.
Erfindungsgemäß können somit in einer weiteren Ausgestaltung der Erfindung diese Einrichtungen zum Speichern der Kurzfilme und/oder Werbespots und/oder der einzublendenden bzw. zwischenzublendenden Quizfrage (Quizfragen) zu einer einzigen, nach dem Prinzip des Videorecorders arbeitende Einrichtung zusammengefaßt sein, an die mindestens ein Lautsprecher angeschlossen ist und die Bilder auf eine Projektionswand (Hinterprojektion) projiziert werden.According to the invention, in a further embodiment of the invention, these devices for storing the short films and / or commercials and / or the quiz question (quiz questions) which are to be shown or to be inserted can be combined to form a single device which operates on the principle of the video recorder and to which at least one loudspeaker is connected and the images are projected onto a projection screen (rear projection).
Weiterhin weist die Vorrichtung erfindungsgemäß eine Einrichtung mit Tastatur für die Eingabe von Lösungsworten auf die Quizfrage und der Anschrift des Quizteilnehmers auf, sowie eine zusätzliche Einrichtung zum Vergleich eines eingegebenen Lösungswortes mit dem gespeicherten richtigen Lösungswort.Furthermore, the device according to the invention has a device with a keyboard for entering solution words for the quiz question and the address of the quiz participant, and an additional device for comparing an entered solution word with the stored correct solution word.
Ihr ist eine weitere Einrichtung nachgeschaltet, die nach der Eingabe des richtigen Lösungswortes von ihr angesteuert wird. Diese zusätzliche Einrichtung arbeitet nach dem Prinzip eines UND-Gliedes.It is followed by another device, which it controls after entering the correct solution word. This additional device works on the principle of an AND gate.
Erfindungsgemäß weist die weiter Einrichtung einen programmierbaren Speicher für anzubietende einzelne Verbrauchsgüter und/oder Dienstleistungen, sowie für die Anschriften ihrer Anbieter und mindestens ein Display auf.According to the invention, the further device has a programmable memory for individual consumer goods and / or services to be offered, as well as for the addresses of their providers, and at least one display.
Das Display dient zur die Darstellung der einzelnen Verbrauchsgüter und/oder Dienstleistungen und/oder zur Anzeige der Anschriften der Anbieter und ist vorzugsweise in einzelne Felder unterteilt. Diese Unterteilung entfällt bei Vorhandensein mehrerer Displays.The display is used to show the individual consumer goods and / or services and / or to display the addresses of the providers and is preferably divided into individual fields. This subdivision does not apply if there are several displays.
Zusätzlich weist erfindungsgemäß die Vorrichtung einen Drucker zum Ausdrucken der Anschrift des angewählten Anbieters als Beleg für weiter zu erhaltende Informationen und gegebenenfalls zusätzlich zu Ausdrucken des Anfahrtsweges vom Standort zum Anbieter auf.In addition, the device according to the invention has a printer for printing out the address of the selected provider as evidence of further information to be obtained and, if necessary, additionally to print out the route from the location to the provider.
Gemäß einem bevorzugten Ausführungsprinzip bilden die weitere Einrichtung, die noch weitere Einrichtung mit ihrer Zusatzeinrichtung und die zusätzliche Einrichtung eine Datenverarbeitungsanlage bzw. sind Teile einer Datenverarbeitungsanlage, wobei der Inhalt der Kurzfilme, der Werbespots und der Quizfragen mit den Antworten durch Daten repräsentiert wird, die auf Disketten oder auf anderen Datenträgern gespeichert sind und in die Anlage eingegeben werden.According to a preferred embodiment principle, the further device, the still further device with its additional device and the additional device form a data processing system or are parts of a data processing system, the content of the short films, the commercials and the quizzes with the answers being represented by data which is based on Floppy disks or other data carriers are stored and entered into the system.
In weiterer Ausgestaltung der Erfindung weist die Vorrichtung eine Einrichtung zur Vorgabe der Aufeinanderfolge der Kurzfilme und/oder der Werbespots auf. Durch diese Maßnahmen ist es möglich, den starren Ablauf des gesamten Programms, das aus den Kurzfilmen, den Werbespots und Quizfrage bzw. den Quizfragen besteht, zu ändern.In a further embodiment of the invention, the device has a device for specifying the sequence of the short films and / or the commercials. These measures make it possible to change the rigid sequence of the entire program, which consists of the short films, the commercials and the quiz question or the quiz questions.
Zweckmäßig weist die Vorrichtung zusätzlich eine Einrichtung zur Vorgabe der Aufeinanderfolge und/oder des Einblendens bzw. Zwischenblendens der Quizfragen auf.The device also expediently has a device for specifying the sequence and / or the fade-in or fade-in of the quiz questions.
Die Vorrichtung kann auch so ausgebildet sein, daß sie eine Zusatzeinrichtung zum Ausdrucken auf Wunsch von Visitenkarten und/oder von Briefköpfen bei der Eingabe des richtigen Lösungswortes aufweist, so daß die Besucher der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung eine erhöhte Aufmerksamkeit zuwenden.The device can also be designed such that it has an additional device for printing out business cards and / or letterheads when entering the correct solution word, so that the visitors of the device according to the invention pay increased attention.
Gemäß einem vorteilhaften Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung sind die Felder des Displays nach dem Prinzip der Sensortasten ausgebildet, so daß die Störanfälligkeit im Vergleich zu mechanischen Kontakten erheblich vermindert ist. Diese Ausbildung ist insbesondere von Interesse zum Beispiel in Hallenbädern, um eine Korrosion nach Möglichkeit zu vermeiden.According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the fields of the display are designed according to the principle of the sensor keys, so that the susceptibility to faults is considerably reduced compared to mechanical contacts. This training is of particular interest, for example in indoor swimming pools, to avoid corrosion wherever possible.
Die Vorrichtung ist zweckmäßig in einem Schutzgehäuse angeordnet, so daß sie gegen mechanische Einflüsse zum Beispiel während des Transportes weitgehend geschützt ist.The device is expediently arranged in a protective housing, so that it is largely protected against mechanical influences, for example during transport.
Das Schutzgehäuse kann zusätzlich eine Alarmeinrichtung gegen unbefugtes Öffnen und/oder Entfernen der Vorrichtung von ihrer Stellfläche aufweisen, damit ein unbefugter Zugriff auf die gespeicherten Daten, insbesondere auf die Adressen der Anbieter unterbunden ist. Die Alarmeinrichtung kann optische und/oder akustische Signale aussenden, sie kann auch mit einer Überwachungszentrale verbunden sei.The protective housing can additionally have an alarm device against unauthorized opening and / or removal of the device from its footprint, so that unauthorized access to the stored data, in particular to the addresses of the providers, is prevented. The alarm device can emit optical and / or acoustic signals, it can also be connected to a monitoring center.
Zusätzlich kann erfindungemäß die Vorrichtung eine Einrichtung mit einem Programm aufweisen, das die gespeicherten Daten beim unbefugten Öffnen die Vorrichtung sperrt bzw. löscht.In addition, according to the invention, the device can have a device with a program that blocks or deletes the stored data when the device is opened without authorization.
Zweckmäßig ist die Vorrichtung mit der Stellfläche verriegelbar, so daß ein unbefugtes Entfernen der Vorrichtung von ihrer Stellfläche praktisch unmöglich ist.The device can expediently be locked with the footprint, so that unauthorized removal of the device from its footprint is practically impossible.
Die Erfindung wird nachfolgend anhand eines in der Zeichnung dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels erläutert, in dem ein Blockschaltbild der erfindungsgemäßen Vorrichtung gezeigt ist, das auch dann gültig ist, wenn für das Speichern und die Wiedergabe der Daten die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung nach dem Prinzip einer Datenverarbeitungsanlage ausgebildet ist. Die Zeichnung zeigt einen Vertikalschnitt durch die Vorrichtung senkrecht zur Vorderwand des Gehäuses der Vorrichtung.The invention is explained below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawing, in which a block diagram of the device according to the invention is shown, which is also valid if the device according to the invention is designed for the storage and playback of data according to the principle of a data processing system. The drawing shows a vertical section through the device perpendicular to the front wall of the housing of the device.
Eine Vorrichtung 1 weist eine Projektionswand 2 auf, die in der Vorderseite eines Gehäuses 3 eingesetzt ist und auf deren vom Zuschauer abgewandten Seite, vom Inneren des Gehäuses 3 aus mittels einer Einrichtung 4 zur Projizieren von Kurzfilmen und/oder Werbespots und/oder einzublendenden bzw. zwischenzublendenden Quizfragen die die Kurzfilme und/oder die Werbefilme bzw. Werbespots und/oder die Quizfragen repräsentierenden optischen Informationen nach dem Umlenkprinzip mit einem nicht dargestellten Spiegel projiziert werden.A
Unterhalb der Projektionswand 2 sind mehrere Lautsprecher 5 angeordnet, die die akustischen Informationen abstrahlen.A plurality of loudspeakers 5, which emit the acoustic information, are arranged below the
Die Einrichtung 4 ist im dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel nach dem Prinzip eines Filmprojektors ausgebildet. Sie weist in diesem Falle mindestens eine Filmrolle mit den aufeinanderfolgenden Kurzfilmen, den Werbespots und der Quizfrage bzw. den Quizfragen auf, wobei die Signale der Tonspur den Lautsprechern 5 über die Verbindungsleitung 8 zugeführt werden.The
Die die Kurzfilme, die Werbespots, die Quizfrage bzw. die Quizfragen und die richtige Antwort bzw. die richtigen Antworten repräsentierenden Daten werden in einer Einrichtung 6 gespeichert, die in an sich bekannter Weise nach dem Prinzip des Videorecorders arbeitet und ihre gespeicherten optischen und akustischen Informationen an die Einrichtung 4 über eine Leitung 7 abgibt.The data representing the short films, the commercials, the quiz question or the quiz questions and the correct answer or the correct answers are stored in a
Die Einrichtung 4 arbeitet nach dem Prinzip eines Beamers. Die optischen Signale werden umgesetzt und die durch sie repräsentierten Bilder über einen nicht dargestellten Spiegel nach dem Umlenkprinzip und nach dem Prinzip der Hinterwandprojektion auf die Projektionswand 2 projiziert.The
Der Eingang der Einrichtung 4 ist über die Leitung 7 mit einem Ausgang der Einrichtung 6 verbunden, die im wesentlichen einen Datenspeicher zum Speichern der Kurzfilme, der Werbefilme, der Quizfrage bzw. der Quizfragen und der richtigen Antwort bzw. der richtigen Antworten aufweist, wobei über diesen Ausgang die die optischen Signale repräsentierenden Daten anstehen, während über einen Ausgang über die Leitung 8 der Einrichtung 4 die die akustischen Signale repräsentierenden Daten über einen nicht eingezeichneten Verstärker mit Regler den Lautsprechern 5 zugeführt werden.The input of the
Die zu speichernden Daten können auch beispielsweise mittels Disketten in der Einrichtung 6 gespeichert werden, die zusätzlich eine Uhr aufweist, die den zeitlichen Ablauf bestimmt.The data to be stored can also be stored, for example, by means of floppy disks in the
Die Einrichtung 6 weist einen weiteren Ausgang auf, der mit dem einen Eingang einer nach dem Prinzip eines UND-Gliedes arbeitenden Zusatzeinrichtung 9 verbunden ist, die einen zweiten Eingang aufweist.The
Dieser andere Eingang der Zusatzeinrichtung 9 ist mit dem Ausgang der noch weiteren Einrichtung 10 verbunden, die eine Tastatur 11 für die Eingabe eines Lösungswortes bzw. von Lösungsworten auf die Quizfrage bzw. die Quizfragen und der Adresse des Quizteilnehmers aufweist.This other input of the
Die Zusatzeinrichtung 9 vergleicht das eingegebene Lösungswort bzw. die eingegebenen Lösungsworte mit dem gespeicherten richtigen Lösungswort bzw. den gespeicherten richtigen Lösungsworten und steuert bei Übereinstimmung des eingegebenen Lösungswortes bzw. der eingegebenen Lösungsworte mit dem gespeicherten Lösungswort bzw. den gespeicherten Lösungsworten die ihr nachgeschaltete zusätzliche Einrichtung 12 an.The
Diese zusätzliche Einrichtung 12 weist einen programmierbaren Speicher 13 für anzubietende einzelne Verbrauchsgüter und/oder Dienstleistungen sowie deren Hersteller bzw. Anbieter und weiterhin ein Display 14 auf. Als Display 14 können auch die üblichen Bildschirme zum Einsatz kommen.This
Das Display ist in Felder 15a,15b,... für die Darstellung der einzelnen Verbrauchsgüter und/oder Dienstleistungen und/oder für die Anzeige der Adressen der Anbieter unterteilt.The display is divided into
Der zusätzlichen Einrichtung 12 ist ein Drucker 16 zum Ausdrucken des ausgewählten Anbieters als Beleg für weitere vom Hersteller bzw. Anbieter zu erhaltende Informationen nachgeschaltet.The
Die Einrichtung 6 weist eine Einrichtung 17 zur Vorgabe der Aufeinanderfolge der Kurzfilme und/oder der Werbespots sowie eine Einrichtung 18 zur Vorgabe der Aufeinanderfolge und/oder des Einblendens bzw. Zwischenblendens der Quizfrage bzw. der Quizfragen auf.The
Der zusätzlichen Einrichtung 12 ist weiterhin eine Zusatzeinrichtung 19 zum Ausdrucken auf Wunsch von Visitenkarten und/oder von auf Wunsch gestalteten Briefbögen bei der Eingabe des richtigen Lösungswortes bzw. der richtigen Lösungsworte nachgeschaltet.The
Des weiteren sind die Felder des Displays als Sensortasten ausgebildet, so daß der Verschleiß möglichst gering ist.Furthermore, the fields of the display are designed as sensor buttons so that wear is as low as possible.
Weiterhin ist die Vorrichtung in einem Schutzgehäuse angeordnet, daß eine Alarmeinrichtung 20 gegen unbefugtes Öffnen und/oder unbefugtes Entfernen der Vorrichtung 1 von seiner Stellfläche 22 aufweist.Furthermore, the device is arranged in a protective housing that has an
Zur Datensicherung weist die Einrichtung 6 eine integrierte Einrichtung mit einem Programm auf, das die gespeicherten Daten beim unbefugten Öffnen der Vorrichtung 1 sperrt oder löscht.For data backup, the
Zum weiteren Schutz gegen Diebstahl ist das Gehäuse der Vorrichtung mit der Stellfläche verriegelbar, indem nach dem Prinzip der entriegelbaren Sperrpfosten, die im Straßenverkehr üblich sind, eine Sperre 21 vorgesehen ist, die mit der Stellfläche 22 verriegelbar ist.For further protection against theft, the housing of the device can be locked with the footprint by providing a lock 21, which can be locked with the
Weiterhin kann die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung auch in Krankenhäusern und Kureinrichtungen eingesetzt werden.Furthermore, the device according to the invention can also be used in hospitals and spa facilities.
Bei der Eingabe der richtigen Antwort kann zusätzlich eine Gewinnnummer ausgedruckt werden.If the correct answer is entered, a winning number can also be printed out.
Aufgrund des Umlenksystems in Verbindung mit der Hinterwandprojektion ergibt sich erfindungsgemäß eine kompakte, raumsparende Vorrichtung, in der sämtliche Komponenten zentral untergebracht sind.Due to the deflection system in connection with the rear wall projection, the invention results in a compact, space-saving device in which all components are housed centrally.
Weiterhin ist eine Vorrichtung geschaffen, die auch in Bereichen mit hoher Luftfeuchtigkeit, wie zum Beispiel in Hallenbädern, Solarien usw. aufgestellt werden kann.Furthermore, a device is created that can also be set up in areas with high humidity, such as in indoor pools, solariums, etc.
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