JP2000206915A - Advertisement board - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an advertisement board which attracts the passengers' attention in a vehicle room and offers a high advertisement effect. SOLUTION: An advertisement board body 10 comprises a case body 12 which is mountable within the vehicle room, an EL plate 16 which is enclosed in this case body 12 and emits light when electric power is supplied thereto and an advertisement film which is replaceably set on the EL plate 16 and display the contents of advertisement. Further, the advertisement board body is provided with an electric power supply control means 100 for controlling the supply of the electric power to the EL plate 16, by which the advertisement board to be mounted within the vehicle room of an automobile is constituted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a luminous advertising board, and more particularly to a luminous advertising board (taxi light) used in a taxi.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An advertisement for providing information such as merchandise to passengers is posted in the cabin of an automobile such as a taxi, on which an unspecified number of passengers get on and off. A common type of advertisement is to print the product name or company name on paper and cover it with a transparent material such as vinyl to protect the paper and mount it inside the vehicle, or Was pasted into the vehicle interior as a sticker with printed paper.

[0003]

However, such advertisements are limited in size because they are posted in the passenger compartment, and are often relatively small. There was a problem that it was difficult to call attention because of being distracted.

[0004] Also, since the interior of the vehicle is normally turned off during night driving, advertisements are more difficult to be recognized by night passengers. For this reason, it is conceivable that many of the advertisements posted in the passenger compartment are overlooked, despite being posted in front of many passengers.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to provide an advertising board in a vehicle interior that attracts the attention of passengers and has a higher advertising effect.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is configured as follows. That is, the invention according to claim 1 is an advertising board mounted in a vehicle interior of an automobile, wherein a case body having a mounting portion that can be mounted in the vehicle interior, and power is supplied in the case body. An EL plate that emits light, an advertisement film that is set so as to be replaceable on the EL plate and that is a film on which advertisement content is printed, and a power supply control unit that controls supply of power to the EL plate. It is characterized by the following.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the power supply control means includes a boarding / alighting detection means for detecting the getting on / off of an occupant of an automobile, and based on a detection result of the boarding / alighting detection means, the EL supply means.
It is characterized in that the supply of power to the plate is controlled.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the getting on / off detecting means is a door switch for detecting opening / closing of an automobile door.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a voice generating means for generating a voice.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the sound generating means includes a light detecting means for detecting light, and operates in response to the light generated by the EL plate.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation switch for turning on and off the EL plate arbitrarily by an occupant.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to Embodiment 1,
A description will be given according to the second embodiment. In addition, Embodiment 1,
The second embodiment describes an example in which the advertising board of the present invention is configured to be mounted in the interior of a taxi.

Embodiment 1 FIGS. 1 to 3 are views for explaining a billboard of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the entire structure of the billboard, and FIG. , FIG.
FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining, in particular, a main body of an advertising board in the configuration of FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 1, the advertising board according to the first embodiment has an advertising board main body 10 and a power supply control unit 1 included in the advertising board main body 10 for controlling power supply to an EL board described later.
00. The advertising board main body 10 emits light when supplied with electric power.
Numeral 0 is a configuration for controlling the supply or stop of the power.

As shown in FIG. 2, the advertisement board main body 10 includes an advertisement film 14, an EL plate 16, and a case body 12 containing the advertisement film 14 and the EL plate 16. The advertising film 14 is a film on the surface of which advertising content such as a product or a company name is printed, and is set so as to be superimposed on the EL plate 16. In the first embodiment, a film generally called a dinight film is used as such an advertising film 14.

EL (Electroluminescs)
nce) The plate 16 is a plate-shaped member that emits light when power is supplied (voltage is applied). Note that this EL plate has several colors such as blue and yellow, but in the first embodiment,
A pink EL plate that emits white light is used.
Further, in the first embodiment, the use of the pink EL plate causes so-called color floating, in which the pink color of the EL plate 16 can be seen on the surface of the advertising board main body 10 via the advertising film 14 when the emission of the EL plate is stopped. To prevent this, a relatively white paint is applied to the back surface of the advertising film 14. In addition,
In the first embodiment, the EL plate 16 and the advertisement film 14 are
All were configured as A5 size.

The case body 12 is a bag body made of a resin member such as vinyl or plastic.
It is formed in a size that can accommodate an A5 size EL plate 16 having a thickness of several millimeters. FIG. 3A shows the front surface of such a case body 12, and FIG. 3B shows the back surface with respect to the front surface shown in FIG. On the surface of the case body 12, there is a display portion 12b which is transparent for displaying the content printed on the advertisement film 14. The non-display portion 12a other than the display portion 12b is
It is opaque so that the light generated by the L plate 16 does not leak and that the electrical elements and the like provided in the advertising board main body 10 cannot be seen. Also, such a non-display portion 12a
May be processed so as to be thicker than the display portion 12b in order to maintain the strength when the EL plate 16 is included, or to provide extra fine irregularities on the surface in order to prevent scratches.

On the back surface of the case body 12, there is provided a collar 13 which covers an insertion opening (not shown) for inserting the EL plate 16 in which the advertisement film 14 is set inside the case body 12 into the inside of the case body 12. Have been. The collar 13 can prevent the EL plate 16 contained in the case body 12 from jumping out of the case body 12 due to vibration during traveling or the like. Further, on the back surface of the case body 12, two magic tapes 13 are provided as attachment means for attaching the advertising board main body 10 to the vehicle interior. The velcro 13 is attached to the back of the back of the front seat of the taxi, etc.
The plate 16 and the advertisement film 14 are fixed so as to be located.

The power supply control unit 100 for controlling the power request to the advertisement board main body 10 described above uses a door switch as a boarding / alighting detection means for detecting the boarding / alighting of an occupant of an automobile.
The power supply to the EL plate 16 is controlled based on the detection result of the door switch.

That is, the power supply control unit 100
As shown in FIG. 2, a switch unit 3 for controlling switching of power supply to the advertising board main body 10 and a door switch 2 for detecting opening and closing of a door and inputting the detection result to the switch unit 3
An operation panel 6 having an operation switch (not shown) that allows an occupant to arbitrarily turn off the advertising board main body 10, a timer 1 used to determine a power supply switching timing performed by the switch unit 3, Power supply 5 (12
V) Inverter 4 that converts DC supplied from AC into AC
And

The door switch 2 is generally provided in an automobile for detecting a half door or the like. Therefore, when the door switch 2 is used to detect the occupant getting on and off, a signal output from the door switch 2 to a console panel or the like may be branched and input to the switch unit 3.

The inverter 4 can convert a DC supplied from the power supply 5 into an AC having a frequency of 400 to 1000 Hz or a pulse. However, the inventor of the present invention, from the balance between the emission luminance of the EL plate and the life,
It is considered that this frequency is optimally about 700 Hz. Furthermore, the inventor of the present invention conducted a life test of the EL plate by continuously supplying current to the EL plate 16 using the alternating current converted to 700 Hz by the inverter 4, and obtained a result of 2000 hours.

Next, the operation of the advertising board described above will be described. First, when it is detected that the door of the automobile has been opened and then closed by the door switch 2, the switch unit 3 detects that an occupant (passenger) has boarded.
In response to this detection, the switch unit 3 operates the timer 1 to start timekeeping, and after the time measurement for a predetermined time (about several minutes) ends, starts supplying power to the EL board 16 of the advertising board main body 10.

When it is detected by the door switch 2 that the vehicle door has been closed and then opened,
The switch unit 3 detects that an occupant (passenger) has got off. In response to this detection, the switch unit 3 operates the timer 1 to start timekeeping, and stops the power supply to the EL board 16 of the advertising board main body 10 after the timekeeping for a predetermined time (about several tens of seconds) is completed.

When an OFF signal is input from the operation unit 6 to stop the power supply while the power is being supplied to the EL plate 16, the switch unit 3 turns on the E regardless of the occupant getting on and off.
The power supply to the L plate 16 is stopped.

As described above, in the first embodiment, the switch unit 3 detects the getting on and off of the occupant of the automobile, and controls the supply of the electric power to the EL plate 16 based on the detection result. Therefore, when the occupant gets off the vehicle, the power supply can be automatically stopped. Therefore, unnecessary energization of the EL plate 16 can be prevented, and the life of the EL plate 16 can be extended. Further, it is possible to prevent the advertisement board main body 10 from being forgotten to be turned off, and to further enhance the effect of extending the life of the EL board 16.

Further, since the billboard of the first embodiment is configured to be mounted on a car,
By preventing unnecessary energization, consumption of electric power charged in the battery of the vehicle can be suppressed. Such an operation has a great effect, especially at present, when electric components mounted on an automobile tend to increase.

In the first embodiment, the door switch 2
Of the occupant is detected by turning on and off the vehicle. Since the door switch 2 is a configuration generally provided in an automobile, the first embodiment detects an occupant getting on and off without adding a new configuration and minimizing a change in the existing configuration. can do.

In the first embodiment, the door switch 2
Is controlled to supply electric power to the EL plate 16 or to stop supplying the electric power to the EL plate 16 after a lapse of a predetermined time from the getting on / off of the occupant detected by the above. Therefore, at the time of boarding, the EL plate 16 starts to emit light in front of the passenger and the advertisement film 14
The picture etc. emerges, which can effectively attract the passengers' attention. Such a configuration works more effectively because the EL plate 16 starts to emit light in a dark vehicle interior, especially at night.

Further, in the first embodiment, the power supply to the EL plate 16 can be automatically stopped when a predetermined time has elapsed since the passenger got on the vehicle. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the advertisement from being overly pressed while fulfilling the purpose of the advertisement. In addition, it is possible to prevent the passenger from feeling too annoying due to the interior of the vehicle being too bright.

On the other hand, at the time of getting off, by continuing to display until the passenger gets off the passenger, the passenger's feelings can be enhanced and a higher advertisement effect can be obtained. Further, even when the passenger gets off the vehicle, such a configuration allows the passenger to see the advertising board main body 10 in a state in which the room light for paying the fee is turned on, so that the advertising effect at night can be further enhanced.

Further, in the first embodiment, the operation panel 6 is provided with an operation switch capable of arbitrarily turning on and off the EL plate 16 by the operation of the occupant. For this reason, if the passenger is interested in the advertisement and wants to see it again, this can be made possible, and if the advertisement feels troublesome, it can be turned off immediately. Therefore, it is possible to advertise a product or the like according to the passenger's request, and it is possible to further enhance the advertising effect or prevent the passenger's feelings from being harmed.

Next, the above-described processing of the first embodiment will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 4, first, the switch unit 3 determines whether or not the door switch 2 is turned on (door opened) and then turned on (door closed) (S1). If not, the process waits until an input is detected (S1: No). On the other hand, if the input of OFF and ON has been made (S1: Yes), the timer 1 is turned on to start time measurement for a predetermined time (S2), and it is determined whether or not the time measurement has been completed (S3). . Then, when it is determined that the time measurement has ended (S3: Yes), the switch of the advertising board is turned on and EL
The plate 16 emits light (S4).

Next, it is determined whether or not a switch-off signal for instructing to turn off the advertising board has been input from the operation switch (S5). If switch-off has been input (S5:
Yes), immediately switch off the billboard. Thereafter, the routine returns in preparation for the next input of turning off and on of the door switch 2.

If switch-off is not input (S5: No), the switch unit 3 determines whether the door switch 2 has been turned off (door opened) from the on (door closed) state (S6). If the result of this determination is that no ON or OFF input has been made (S6: No), it is again determined whether a switch-off by an occupant operation has been input (S5).

On the other hand, when the ON / OFF of the door switch 2 is input (S6: Yes), the timer 1 is turned on to start a predetermined time (S7). It is determined whether or not it is (S8). As a result, when it is determined that the time measurement has ended (S8: Yes), the switch of the advertising board is turned off to stop the light emission of the EL board 16 (S9). Thereafter, the process returns in preparation for the next input of turning off and on of the door switch 2.

Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the second embodiment, the sound generating means is provided on the billboard of the first embodiment. And
In the second embodiment, an optical sensor is further provided, and the sound generating means is operated by light generated by light emission of the EL plate 16.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram for explaining an advertising board according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 5, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and a part of the description will be omitted. As shown in FIG. 5, the advertising board according to the second embodiment includes an advertising board main body 10, a speaker 30 attached to the advertising board main body 10, and power to the EL board 16 and the speaker 30 of the advertising board main body 10. And a power supply control unit 101 for controlling the supply. Also in the second embodiment, similarly to the first embodiment, the power supply control unit 101 is configured to control supply or stop of supply of power to the advertising board main body 10 and further to the speaker 30.

The power supply control unit 101 includes the switch unit 3, the door switch 2, and the timer 1 described in the first embodiment.
And an operation panel 6 having an operation switch (not shown) and an inverter 4 for converting a direct current of a power source 5 (12 V) on the automobile side into an alternating current. The power supply control unit 101 further includes a switch unit 20 for controlling power supply to the speaker 30 and an optical sensor 21.

Next, the operation of the advertising board described above will be described. First, the switch unit 3 is operated by the door switch 2.
Detects that the occupant (passenger) has boarded. By this detection, the switch unit 3 starts supplying power to the EL plate 16 of the advertising board main body 10 after the timer 1 finishes measuring a predetermined time.

The EL plate 16 to which power has been supplied emits light to generate light. The optical sensor 21 is located at a position where the light generated by the EL plate 16 can be detected, and outputs a detection signal indicating that the light has been detected to the switch unit 20 almost simultaneously with the start of light emission of the EL plate 16. With this detection signal, the switch unit 20 supplies power to the speaker 30 to turn on the speaker 30.

The loudspeaker 30 operates when power is supplied, and outputs a pre-programmed sound. As the sound, it is conceivable to use PR of a product advertised on the advertising board body 10 or commercial music of a product used in a television commercial or the like.

The switch unit 3 is connected to the door switch 2
When it is detected that the occupant (passenger) gets off, the power supply to the EL board 16 of the advertising board main body 10 is stopped after the timer 1 finishes measuring a predetermined time. By stopping the power supply, the EL plate 16 is turned off and the light sensor 21 is turned off.
Will no longer detect light. Therefore, the input of the detection signal from the optical sensor 21 to the switch unit 20 stops. The switch unit 20 stops the power supply to the speaker 30 by stopping the input of the detection signal, and turns off the speaker 30.

Therefore, the speaker 30 is connected to the EL plate 16
It turns on and off in conjunction with the light emission and extinguishing of the advertisement board and automatically operates so as to advertise simultaneously with the advertisement board main body 10.
In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, a signal of an operation switch provided on the operation panel 6 is also input to the switch unit 20, and the speaker 30 is arbitrarily turned off by an occupant operation. Is also configured to be possible. For this reason, the sound generated by the speaker 30 can be arbitrarily stopped by the occupant.

In the second embodiment described above, the billboard body 1
Along with 0, the passenger can be alerted by voice and a higher advertising effect can be obtained.

The present invention is not limited to the first and second embodiments described above. For example,
The case body 12 of FIG. 3 is replaced with the case body 1 as shown in FIG.
8, a case body 19 as shown in FIG. The case body 18 shown in FIG. 6A has a non-display portion 18a on which the name of a company as an advertiser is printed, and the case body 18 has an advertisement film 14 for advertising a product of the company. The set EL plate 16 is included.

The case body 19 shown in FIG.
Is designed so that the non-display portion 19a looks like a frame of a computer display when the advertisement film 14 has, for example, contents for advertising a computer. As described above, according to the present invention, it is also possible to print the case body and design the case body so as to further enhance the advertising effect.

In the first and second embodiments,
In both cases, the door switch 2 detects the occupant getting on and off. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. For example, the occupant getting on and off in conjunction with switching between “vacant”, “rent”, and “pick-up” displayed in front of the driver's seat of a taxi. May be detected.

In the first and second embodiments,
The case body 12 is configured to be attached to the vehicle interior with the magic tape 11. However, in place of the magic tape 11, for example, a string, a snap button, or the like may be used as long as it can be mounted in the vehicle interior.

Further, the power supply control units 100 and 101 of the first and second embodiments are further provided with an optical sensor, and when the optical sensor does not detect a predetermined amount of light, that is, the surroundings become dark. It is also possible to control to supply power to the EL plate 16 when it becomes.

Further, in the first and second embodiments, examples in which the advertising board of the present invention is applied to a taxi have been described. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration, and may be attached to, for example, a bus or a rental car in addition to a taxi.

[0052]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, as an advertising board attached to the interior of an automobile, an advertising film on which an advertising content is printed on an EL board is set, and the EL board on which the advertising film is set is mounted on the vehicle. A power supply control means for controlling the supply of power to the EL plate is provided, which is configured to be included in a case body that can be attached indoors. For this reason, the power supply to the advertising board is automatically controlled to prevent forgetting to switch off and turn on the advertising board, as well as to avoid unnecessary energization of the EL board.

[0053] For this reason, in the billboard according to the first aspect, which is premised on being mounted on a car, consumption of electric power charged in a battery of the car can be suppressed.
It is easy to use with other electrical components. Further, the life of the EL plate can be extended.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the power supply control means detects the getting on / off of the vehicle occupant by the getting on / off detecting means,
The power supply to the EL plate is controlled based on the detection result. For this reason, it is possible to accurately detect the timing of getting on and off the passenger, that is, when power is required and when power is not required. Therefore, effects such as longer life of the EL plate and suppression of battery power consumption can be further enhanced.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a door switch for detecting opening and closing of an automobile door is used as the boarding / alighting detection means. Since the door switch is a configuration generally provided in an automobile, the door switch can be configured without adding a new configuration and minimizing a change in the existing configuration.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since a voice generating means is further provided and a voice advertisement can be provided, the effect of attracting passengers' attention is enhanced, and the advertisement effect can be further enhanced.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the voice generating means is provided with an E
It operates by the light of the L plate. For this reason,
The sound can be played automatically simultaneously with the emission of the EL plate,
The light emission of the EL plate and the sound can be matched without discomfort.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation switch for turning on and off the EL plate arbitrarily by the operation of the occupant. Therefore, the advertisement can be repeated or stopped as desired by the passenger. For this reason, when a passenger desires, a product can be repeatedly appealed and an advertising effect can be raised, and when a passenger does not want, advertising feeling can be prevented from being harmed and the advertising effect can be prevented from being lowered. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and is a block diagram for explaining an entire configuration of an advertising board.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining, in particular, a main body of an advertising board in the configuration of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a view for particularly explaining a case body in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram for explaining an advertising board according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an application example of the case body according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Timer 2 Door switch 3, 20 Switch part 4 Inverter 5 Power supply 6 Operation panel 10 Advertising board main body 12, 18, 19 Case body 12a, 18a, 19a Non-display part 12b Display part 14 Advertising film 16 EL board 100, 101 Power supply Control unit

Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Ken Taguchi 4-2-7 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 5th floor of Phoenix Higashi Ginza Building Inside Tana Product Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiroyoshi Okubo 2-1-2 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Shiratori Building 6F F-term in SPAC Co., Ltd. (Reference) 5C096 AA11 BA04 BB41 CA02 CA14 CB01 CC07 DC01 DC10 DC12 DC19 DC29 FA11

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An advertising board mounted in a vehicle interior of an automobile, comprising: a case body having a mounting portion mountable in the vehicle interior; and an EL plate included in the case body and emitting light when supplied with electric power. And an advertisement film which is set so as to be replaceable on the EL plate and which is a film on which an advertisement content is printed, and a power supply control means for controlling supply of power to the EL plate. Advertising board. 2. The power supply control means includes a boarding / alighting detection means for detecting the getting on / off of an occupant of an automobile, and controlling the supply of power to the EL plate based on a detection result of the boarding / alighting detection means. The billboard according to claim 1, characterized in that: 3. The billboard according to claim 2, wherein said boarding / alighting detecting means is a door switch for detecting opening / closing of a door of an automobile. 4. The advertising board according to claim 1, further comprising a voice generating means for generating a voice. 5. The advertising board according to claim 4, wherein said sound generating means includes a light detecting means for detecting light, and operates in response to light generated by said EL plate. 6. The advertising board according to claim 1, further comprising an operation switch capable of arbitrarily turning on and off the EL board by an occupant's operation.