JP3080881U - Information display device and information providing system using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] In an information display device, not only information obtained by text multiplex broadcasting such as news and weather forecast, but also C
Information such as M is displayed simply and appropriately at a desired timing for a desired time. SOLUTION: An information receiving and displaying apparatus 1 is installed in a place where a public stays for a while, such as a lobby of a hotel or airport, a waiting room of a hospital, etc. It also has a display function. The signal receiving unit transmits the CM transmitted from the character information transmitting device 2 disposed in the character information transmission management center via the public telephone line 100.
And other character information, and public radio waves 2 from the television broadcasting station 3
Desired text information (text news, weather forecast, etc.) superimposed on 00 is received, and any of the data is selectively displayed on the information display unit. The text information is scroll-displayed on the electronic display panel, so that the viewer can visually recognize information such as text news, a weather forecast, and CM.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a device for displaying various information, for example, installed in a lobby of a hotel or airport, a waiting room of a hospital, and the like, and an information providing system using the information display device.

[0002]

[Problems to be solved by conventional techniques and devices]

 In recent years, teletext broadcasting technology has been rapidly advancing, and teletext broadcasting has actually started, and is being used for various purposes. As one mode of its use, an information display device having a receiving means and a displaying means for teletext broadcasting is installed in a place where the public stays for a while, such as a hotel, an airport lobby, a hospital waiting room, etc., for news, weather forecast, etc. By displaying such information, timely information can be provided to many people in real time, which is preferable in terms of serviceability.

[0003] However, there is a demand for displaying the CM or the like on the information display device at a desired timing for a desired time in addition to a public broadcast such as a news or a weather forecast. In some cases, it is difficult to satisfy such requirements.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides not only information obtained by text multiplex broadcasting, such as news and weather forecast, but also information such as CM at a desired timing simply and for a desired time. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information display device that can appropriately display the information.

[0005] On the other hand, various types of environmental image display devices that are conventionally installed in the lobby of hotels and airports, waiting rooms of hospitals, and the like, and that provide fun and comfort to people who remain there for a while have been known. For example, a video display device that displays a falling waterfall on a monitor, a monitor that displays an image recording the swimming of fish, a half mirror, and an aquarium combine to make it seem as if the fish are in the aquarium. 2. Description of the Related Art An image display device configured as if swimming is known (Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-49670).

[0006] If the above-mentioned information display device for displaying news, weather forecasts, commercials, and the like can be combined with the video display device that attracts many people's eyes as described above, it would be fun and comfortable for many people. Since it can also provide necessary information, its serviceability can be greatly improved, and its function as an advertising medium can also be fully demonstrated.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an information display device that can provide enjoyment and comfort to many people at the same time in addition to the above-mentioned objects.

Further, among such various kinds of information, for example, to an information display device arranged in a lobby of an airport, a large amount of travel goods information or the like is transmitted, or to an information display device arranged in a hospital waiting room. If the information to be transmitted changes depending on the location where the information display device is located, such as transmitting a lot of health information and CM information on health care products, the serviceability and function as an advertising medium will be significant. To improve.

Therefore, the present invention has an object to provide an information providing system using an information display device capable of changing the content of information to be transmitted for each installation location for a plurality of information display devices. Things.

[0010]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The first information display device according to the present invention is an information display device installed in a predetermined place such as a lobby or a waiting room where the public stays for a while, and is transmitted from a character information transmission management center that distributes predetermined character information to the public. A first information receiving unit that receives a first character information signal for advertisement transmitted unidirectionally via a telephone line, and a first information signal received by the first information receiving unit A first memory unit that accumulates the information, a second information receiving unit that receives a second character information signal by teletext broadcasting from a broadcasting station, and a second information receiving unit that receives the second information signal received by the second information receiving unit. A second memory unit for storing character information signals; an information display unit for displaying the character information signals stored in the two memory units as visible characters, symbols, or graphics; Any of the stored character information signals A signal switching unit for switching whether to transmit the information to the information display unit, wherein the information display unit is provided adjacent to a video display for displaying an image, and is displayed on the information display unit. The position is set so that the characters, symbols, or graphics are visible to the public.

[0011] The second information display device according to the present invention is an information display device installed in a predetermined place such as a lobby or a waiting room where the public stays for a while, and manages character information transmission for distributing predetermined character information. A first information receiving unit that receives a first character information signal for advertising transmitted unidirectionally from a center via a public telephone line, and a first information receiving unit that receives the first character information signal received by the first information receiving unit. A first memory unit for storing an information signal of the second type, a second information receiving unit for receiving a second character information signal by teletext from a broadcasting station, and a second information receiving unit for receiving the second information signal. A second memory unit that stores a second character information signal; an information display unit that displays the character information signal stored in the two memory units as visible characters, symbols, or graphics; Character information signal stored in memory A signal display position instructing unit for instructing which of the character information is to be displayed at a predetermined position on the information display unit, wherein the information display unit comprises an image display capable of displaying an image, A superimposing section for superimposing a character information signal from the two memory sections on a video signal input to the video display, and wherein the characters, symbols or graphics displayed on the information display section are shared with the public. The position of the information display section is set so that the information display section can be visually recognized.

[0012] Further, the information display section is configured by an electric light display or a liquid crystal display panel, or the information display section is configured by a video display for displaying a video, or the information display section is configured to display a video. The display screen of the video display device to be displayed can be configured from one divided area, and the video can be displayed in the remaining area of the display screen.

Further, the video signal input to the video display can be obtained by reproducing a video information storage medium, and the video signal is a signal related to environmental video. It is also possible to project an environmental image on the image display. Further, the contents of the first character information signal for the advertisement may be contents set in advance in a storage table in the character information management center according to the type of the predetermined place.

Further, an information providing system according to the present invention is an information providing system using the above-described information display device, wherein: an information signal generating unit for generating the first character information signal; A telephone number storage unit storing a plurality of telephone numbers related to the information display device to which the transmitted character information signal is to be transmitted, and at least one telephone number among the plurality of telephone numbers stored in the telephone number storage unit To the information display device associated with the telephone number selected by the telephone number selection unit via the telephone line, and to each of the information display devices associated with the connected telephone number. On the other hand, an information signal transmitting section for transmitting a character information signal generated from the information signal generating section is provided.

[0015]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 Hereinafter, an information display device according to an embodiment of the present invention and an information providing system using the same will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an information providing system according to the present embodiment.

The information providing system includes an information receiving and displaying device 1 including a signal receiving unit 1 a and an information displaying unit 1 b, and character information such as a CM for each of the information receiving and displaying devices 1 via a public telephone line 100. The information receiving and displaying device 1 transmits a public radio wave 200 superimposed with a character multiplexed signal transmitted from a television broadcasting station. It has the function of receiving.

Each of the information receiving and displaying devices 1 is installed in a place where a public stays for a while, such as a lobby of a hotel or airport, a waiting room of a hospital, or the like. As shown in FIG. It comprises a receiving unit 1a and an information display unit 1b. Specifically, the signal receiving unit 1a includes a receiving unit 41 that receives character information transmitted via the public telephone line 100 and the public radio wave 200, and performs a display switching operation of these character information and a driving operation of the information display. And a controller 42 for performing the operation. The information display section 1b reflects the video from the DVD player 33, the color TV monitor 51 for displaying video information from the DVD player 33, and the video from the color TV monitor 51, and is illuminated by the light source 54. Having a half mirror 52 for transmitting the image of the background 55, and a glass panel 53 for making the image of the background 55 and the image information from the DVD player 33 synthesized by the half mirror 52 visible to a viewer. A display unit 32 is provided, and an electronic display panel 31 for scrolling and displaying character information is provided at the top of the apparatus.

The information receiving and displaying device 1 allows a viewer to feel at ease, for example, by watching the swimming of a fish in the water projected on the video display unit 32, and at the same time, the electric display panel 31. It will be possible to obtain in real time information such as news, weather forecasts, corporate CMs, etc., based on the characters and figures displayed on the screen.

Next, an internal configuration of an information providing system including the information receiving and displaying device 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the character information transmitting device 2 disposed in the character information transmission management center includes a CPU 11, a keyboard 12 connected to the CPU 11, a display control unit 13, CM information to be transmitted, and the like. , A telephone number memory 16 storing a telephone number of each information receiving and displaying device 1 to be transmitted, and a modem 17 for transmitting CM information and the like to the public telephone line 100. And a CRT display 14 connected to the display control unit 13.

The character information transmitting device 2 configured as described above operates the keyboard 12 while the operator looks at the CRT display 14, and selects from various character information (the CM information) stored in the memory 15. It is configured so that information to be transmitted can be selected and the time to be transmitted can be set. The conditions set once are written in a table in a memory in the CPU 11 so that predetermined information can be automatically transmitted to the public telephone line 100 via the modem 17 at a predetermined time.

Further, the telephone number memory 16 has a table in which the telephone number is written for each type of place where the information receiving and displaying device 1 is installed, and information to be transmitted and a telephone number table in the telephone number memory 16 are stored. Is stored in a memory within the CPU 11, and predetermined CM information and the like can be transmitted only to the information receiving and displaying device 1 arranged at a predetermined installation location. As a result, for example, a large amount of travel goods information is transmitted to the information reception display device 1 installed in the lobby of the airport, and health information and health information are transmitted to the information reception display device 1 installed in the waiting room of the hospital. It is possible to transmit different information at each place where the information receiving and displaying device 1 is installed, or at different predetermined times, for example, by transmitting a large amount of CM information of a health care product.

Next, each information receiving and displaying device 1 will be described in detail. First, the signal receiving unit 1a includes a CPU 21, a modem 22, a first memory 23, a second memory 24, a display information switching unit 25, a tuner 26, and character information connected to the CPU 21. An information display drive unit 27 for transmitting the information to the antenna 31, an antenna 28 for receiving public radio waves from a television broadcasting station, and an antenna connector 29 for connecting the antenna 28 to the tuner 26 are provided.

That is, the signal receiving unit 1 a receives, by the modem 22, character information such as a CM transmitted from the character information transmitting device 2 disposed in the character information transmission management center via the public telephone line 100, The data is sent to the CPU 21 as data. Thereafter, the CPU 21 stores the character information data such as the CM (hereinafter, referred to as first character information data) in the first memory 23.

On the other hand, the signal receiving section 1 a has an antenna 28 for receiving a public radio wave (a radio wave on which teletext multiplex broadcasting is superimposed) 200 from a television broadcasting station, and is superimposed on the public radio wave 200. Desired text information data (text news, weather forecast, etc .; hereinafter, referred to as second text information data) is selected by the tuner 26 and sent to the CPU 21. Thereafter, the CPU 21 stores the second character information data in the second memory 24.

Next, based on the display information switching signal from the display information switching unit 25, the CPU 21 determines which of the first character information data and the second character information data is to be displayed, and When displaying data, the first memory 23 is accessed. When displaying the second character information data, the second memory 24 is accessed, and the character information stored in each of the memories 23, 24 is accessed. The data is sent to the information display drive unit 27.

The information display drive unit 27 causes the data sent from the CPU 21 to be scroll-displayed on the electric light display panel 31, thereby providing the viewer with information such as text news, weather forecast and the like, and information such as CM. It becomes possible to make them visually recognized.

The above-described first and second memories 23 may be memory elements such as RAM, or may be hard disks or removable disks (FD, MO, CD-RW, etc.). . The information display switching unit 25 may be any unit as long as the CPU 21 can transmit a signal that can determine which of the two memories 23 and 24 is to be accessed. It may be performed by a set program, or may be performed in response to an operation of an operator.

In the present embodiment, the CPU 21 performs the data read operation of the two memories 23 and 24, but it is of course possible to separately provide a memory access means such as a DMA. .

Next, the information display section 1b will be described. The information display section 1b includes an electronic display panel 31 for displaying the character information data described above, a DVD player 33, and a video display section 32 for displaying video information from the DVD player 33.

The light-emitting display panel 31 is configured so that, for example, VFDs (fluorescent display tubes) or LEDs that emit green, red, or orange light are arranged in 264 dots (W) × 24 dots (H). For example, it is a rectangular display unit that simultaneously displays about 11 characters, numbers, symbols, illustrations, and the like, and scrolls these characters and the like to represent various information such as news, weather forecasts, and commercials. is there.

The video display section 32 is specifically configured as shown in FIG. 2 as described above, and for example, according to the video software reproduced by the DVD player 33, such as an aquarium, underwater, space, etc. Is projected on the entire screen.

The light-emitting display panel 31 is not limited to the one in which LED elements are arranged, but may be any as long as it can simultaneously display a plurality of characters and allow a scrolling function. Display panel) can also be used.

Further, the configuration of the video display section 32 is not limited to the above-described configuration. The point is that any configuration is possible as long as a desired video can be displayed adjacent to the display of character information data. Of course, a liquid crystal display or a plasma display may be used in place of the display, and the arrangement may be such that an image projected on the display surface can be directly viewed without using a half mirror.

Further, the video reproducing means for reproducing the video information data transmitted to the video display unit 32 is not limited to a DVD player, and when the video information storage medium is a video tape, LD, CD, etc. , An LD player, a CD player, or the like.

Note that the information display device of the present invention and the information providing system using the same are not limited to those of the above-described embodiment, and other various aspects can be changed.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the character information and the like are displayed on the electronic display panel 31 and the video information is displayed on the video display unit 32. However, as shown in FIG. It is also possible to superimpose it inside, which can make the device more compact. Furthermore, the image display screen is divided at a predetermined ratio so that only one area (for example, the upper area) displays only character information, and the other area (for example, the lower area) displays only video information. It is also possible.

Furthermore, in the character information transmitting device 2 of the information providing system described above, the sorting table of the telephone number memory 16 is not limited to the sorting table according to the place where the information receiving and displaying device 1 is installed. Of course, it is possible to make a table divided by any other elements.

In the above embodiment, any one of the character information signals is transmitted to the information display unit 1b. However, the information display device of the present invention is not limited to this, and the information display device is not limited to this. Both character information signals are transmitted to the unit 1b. For example, one character information is displayed on the main screen and the other character information is displayed on the sub-screen. The display position of each character information is indicated by a signal. It is also possible to switch the character information to be displayed on the main screen from one side to the other and to switch the character information to be displayed on the sub-screen from the other side to one side by giving an instruction from, for example, the CPU 11 of the receiving unit 1a. is there.

[0040]

[Effect of the invention]

 As described above, according to the information display device of the present invention, CM information or the like that a company or the like wants to broadcast, as well as character information such as timely news and weather forecast transmitted by text multiplex broadcasting, can be transmitted to a desired location. The information can be provided to the public close to each information display device for a desired time at the desired timing, and both the service function for the public and the advertisement function required by the company can be satisfied at the same time.

In addition, by combining the display of the character information with the display of an image such as an environmental image, it is possible to simultaneously provide the public with comfort and enjoyment, and to call attention to the character information such as a CM. It is possible to further enhance the advertising function. Further, in the information providing system using the information display device, the content of the character information to be transmitted can be changed for each installation location of the information display device so that the service function and the advertising function can be further exhibited. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing an information providing system using an information receiving and displaying device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are schematic diagrams showing a specific configuration of the information receiving and displaying apparatus shown in FIG. 1, wherein FIG. 2A is a front view and FIG. 2B is a side view when a side panel is removed;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram conceptually showing the internal configuration of the information providing system shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing another embodiment different from the information reception display device shown in FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 information receiving and displaying device 1a signal receiving portion 1b information displaying portion 2 character information transmitting device 3 television broadcasting station 11, 21 CPU 16 telephone number memory 17, 22 modem 23 first memory 24 second memory 25 display information switching portion 26 Tuner 27 Information display drive unit 28 Antenna 31 Electric display panel 32 Video display unit 33 DVD player 41 Receiver unit 42 Controller 51 Color TV monitor 52 Half mirror 53 Glass panel 55 Background

Claims (8)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. An information display device installed in a predetermined place such as a lobby or a waiting room where a public stays for a while, and is unidirectionally transmitted from a character information transmission management center that distributes predetermined character information via a public telephone line. , A first information receiving unit for receiving a first character information signal for advertising transmitted to a first information receiving unit, and a first memory unit for storing the first information signal received by the first information receiving unit A second information receiving unit that receives a second character information signal by teletext from a broadcasting station, and a second information receiving unit that stores the second character information signal received by the second information receiving unit. A memory unit; an information display unit that displays the character information signals stored in the two memory units as visible characters, symbols, or graphics; and a character information signal stored in the two memory units. Send to the information display section And a signal switching unit that performs switching of the information display unit, the information display unit is provided adjacent to a video display that displays a video, and the characters, symbols or graphics displayed on the information display unit to the public An information display device, wherein the position is set so as to be visible. 2. An information display device installed in a predetermined place such as a lobby or a waiting room where a public stays for a while. A first information receiving unit that receives the first character information signal for advertising transmitted to
A first memory unit for storing the first information signal received by the first information receiving unit, a second information receiving unit for receiving a second text information signal by text multiplex broadcasting from a broadcasting station, A second memory unit for storing a second character information signal received by the second information receiving unit; and a character, symbol, or figure that allows the character information signal stored in the two memory units to be visually recognized. And a signal display position instructing unit for instructing which of the character information relating to the character information signals stored in the two memory units to be displayed at a predetermined position of the information display unit. The information display unit includes a video display that can also display a video, and includes a superimpose unit that superimposes a character information signal from the two memory units on a video signal input to the video display. Together with the above information An information display device, wherein the information display unit is positioned so that the characters, symbols, or graphics displayed on an information display unit are visible to the public. 3. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the information display section comprises an electric light display. 4. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the information display section comprises a liquid crystal display panel. 5. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein the information display unit includes a divided area of a display screen of an image display device that displays an image, and the image is displayed in the remaining area of the display screen. Item 2. The information display device according to Item 2. 6. The information display device according to claim 4, wherein the image is an environmental image. 7. The contents of the first character information signal for the advertisement are contents set in advance in a storage table in the character information management center according to the type of the predetermined place. The information display device according to claim 1. 8. An information providing system using the information display device according to claim 1, wherein: an information signal generating unit that generates the first character information signal;
A telephone number storage unit storing a plurality of telephone numbers related to an information display device to which a character information signal generated from the information signal generation unit is to be transmitted, and a plurality of telephone numbers stored in the telephone number storage unit A telephone number selecting unit for selecting at least one telephone number among the telephone numbers, and an information display device related to the telephone number selected by the telephone number selecting unit, sequentially connected via a telephone line, and An information providing system, comprising: an information signal transmitting unit that transmits a character information signal generated by the information signal generating unit to each of the information display devices.