JPH11119720A - Remote controller for electronic notice board - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set the priority to data transmission in the case of transmitting plural sorts of required data to single or plural electronic notice boards through a communication network such as a LAN. SOLUTION: In the electronic notice board remote controller provided with an input part 1a for setting up and inputting required data, a memory part 1b for storing data to be transmitted, a transmitting part 1e for transmitting data to electronic notice boards 3 to 5, and a control part 11 for controlling the memory part 1b, etc., a communication time calculating part 1c for calculating communication time based on data volume to be transmitted and a judging part 1d for judging the order of data from data of shortest communication time based on data related to the communication time are connected to the control part 1f, the data of communication time calculated by the calculation part 1c are stored in the memory part 1b through the control part 1f together with the data to be transmitted, and the judging part 1d judges the order based on the stored communication time data and sets up the transmission order in accordance with judgement.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic bulletin board remote control device, and more particularly, to transmitting a plurality of types of required data to one or more electronic bulletin boards via a communication network such as a LAN. The present invention relates to setting of a transmission priority when displaying a required image on each of one or a plurality of electronic bulletin boards.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, electronic bulletin boards using PDPs (plasma display panels) and the like have been put into practical use.
The electronic bulletin board is installed at a place where a large number of people come and go, such as on a street or in a station yard, and displays a certain kind of information or advertisement mainly in a still image. Also, a plurality of types of image contents to be displayed are prepared, and these are switched at set time intervals. As a usage mode of the electronic bulletin board, there is also a mode in which the bulletin board is independently installed and image contents to be displayed, image switching time, and the like are set.
A configuration in which one or a plurality of electronic bulletin boards and an electronic bulletin board remote control device for remotely controlling these electronic bulletin boards are connected by a communication network (for example, LAN or RS-232C or the like) to remotely control display contents is also possible. In the case of the latter remote control configuration,
Data relating to a plurality of types of image contents displayed by each electronic bulletin board and the setting of the display order thereof are transmitted from the electronic bulletin board remote control device side. In this case, the order of transmission from the electronic bulletin board remote control device to each electronic bulletin board generally follows the order of transmission reservation.

[0003]

Therefore, after the above-mentioned transmission reservation is made, transmission is performed irrespective of the length of communication time or the degree of importance of the displayed image due to the amount of data to be transmitted. However, even when transmission reservations are made for a plurality of types of data, these data are sequentially transmitted, for example, in the order of shortest communication time, or sequentially in the order of importance, and further, when there are a plurality of electronic bulletin boards. If functions such as setting the transmission order between electronic bulletin boards can be achieved, it is possible to improve the promptness and the like of the electronic bulletin board and improve the functionality of the electronic bulletin board system. The present invention has been made in view of such a point of view, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic bulletin board remote control device that sets priorities for data transmission to the electronic bulletin board.

[0004]

According to the present invention, a plurality of types of required data are transmitted to a single or a plurality of electronic bulletin boards via a communication network, and a required image is displayed on each of the single or a plurality of electronic bulletin boards. An electronic bulletin board remote control device for performing control so that required data such as program data for designating an order of image display on the electronic bulletin board or program change data for designating a change of the program data is input by an input unit. A memory unit for storing input image data and setting data from the input unit; a transmission unit for transmitting data to the electronic bulletin board; and a control unit for controlling the input unit, the memory unit, and the transmission unit. Transmission order setting means for setting the order of transmission of the data, wherein data is transmitted from the transmission unit in accordance with the order set by the setting means. Unishi was there is provided an electronic bulletin board remote control device.

[0005] The transmission order setting means includes a communication time calculating unit for calculating a communication time based on the data amount of the input image data or the setting data, and a short communication time based on the data related to the communication time. A determination unit for determining the order from the object is provided under the control unit, and the data related to the communication time calculated by the communication time calculation unit is input to the memory unit via the control unit. The data is stored together with the data, and the discrimination unit performs the discrimination based on the stored data relating to the communication time, and sets the transmission order according to the discrimination.

Alternatively, as the transmission order setting means, data relating to the importance of the input image data or setting data is set from the input unit, and the data relating to the set importance is controlled by the control unit. While storing together with the input image data or the setting data in the memory unit via the unit, the control unit of the control unit includes a determination unit that determines the order from the one with the highest importance based on the stored data on the importance. As a precautionary measure, the transmission order is set according to the determination by the determination unit.

Alternatively, as the transmission order setting means, data relating to the transmission order to each of the plurality of electronic bulletin boards from the input unit is set for each of the input image data or the setting data, and the transmission order is set. While storing data together with the input image data or the setting data in the memory unit via the control unit, a determination unit that determines a rank from a higher transmission rank based on the stored data related to the transmission rank. The transmission order is set in accordance with the discrimination by the discriminating unit in preparation for the control unit.

[0008] Alternatively, the transmission order setting means includes a communication time calculation unit for calculating a communication time based on the data amount of each of the input image data or the setting data, and a determination unit for determining a transmission order. The control unit converts the data related to the communication time calculated by the communication time calculation unit and the data related to the importance of the data set in the input unit with respect to each of the input image data or the setting data. Is stored in the memory unit together with the input image data or the setting data via the storage unit, and based on the stored data related to the communication time and the data related to the importance, the data having the higher importance and the shorter communication time The order is determined by the determination unit, and the transmission order is set according to the determination.

Alternatively, the transmission order setting means includes a communication time calculation unit for calculating a communication time based on the data amount of each of the input image data or the setting data, and a determination unit for determining a transmission order. , The data related to the communication time calculated by the communication time calculation unit, the data related to the importance of the input image data or the setting data, the data related to the importance set in the input unit, and the input image data. Or, the data relating to the transmission order to each of the plurality of electronic bulletin boards set in the input unit for each of the setting data is stored in the memory unit via the control unit together with the input image data or the setting data, and stored. Data related to communication time, importance related data, or data related to transmission order to each of a plurality of electronic bulletin boards. Set Zureka by the input section, based on the data according to the setting, the transmission order determined by said determination unit, so as to set a transmission order in accordance with the determination.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings based on embodiments. FIG. 1 is a main part block diagram showing an embodiment of an electronic bulletin board remote control device according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 4 are main part block diagrams showing another embodiment of an electronic bulletin board remote control device according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is an electronic bulletin board remote control device, 2 is a transmission line as a communication network (LAN or RS-232C or the like),
Electronic bulletin boards 3 to 5 have the same configuration. In addition,
Since the electronic bulletin boards 4 and 5 have the same configuration, the internal block diagram is omitted. 2 to 4, reference numerals 11, 21, and 31 denote electronic bulletin board remote control devices, respectively. In each figure, the electronic bulletin board equivalent to FIG. 1 is omitted.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. (1) Embodiment of FIG. 1 FIG.
The communication time is used as a criterion of the priority when transmitting a plurality of types of data to the transmission data 4 and 5, and the data is sequentially transmitted in ascending order of communication time. The plurality of types of input image data Si are temporarily stored in the memory unit 1b under the control of the control unit 1f. Also, from the input unit 1a, required data such as program data indicating the order of images projected on each electronic bulletin board 3 or program change data indicating a change of the program data is input. Hereinafter, data input from the input unit 1a is referred to as “setting data”. The setting data is also temporarily stored in the memory unit 1b under the control of the control unit 1f. In addition, the communication time calculator 1c calculates the time required for communication for the image data Si and the setting data input from the input unit 1a. For this calculation, for example, the data amount may be counted by a counter or the like, and the time required for communication may be calculated from the count data. Data having a large data amount, such as image data, has a long communication time, and program change data has a short communication time since the data amount is small.

The data relating to the calculated communication time is stored in the memory section together with the image data or the setting data from the input section 1a.
Stored in 1b. The determination unit 1d determines the order from the one with the shortest communication time based on the data on the communication time stored in the memory unit 1b. The result of this determination becomes the transmission priority, and transmission is performed in ascending order of communication time. Under the control of the control unit 1f, the data is sequentially read out from the memory unit 1b based on the result of the determination, and is transmitted from the transmission unit 1e to each of the electronic bulletin boards 3, 4, and 5 via the transmission line 2. Sent. As shown in the electronic bulletin board A3, the basic configuration of the electronic bulletin board is a receiving unit 3a that receives data transmitted from the electronic bulletin board remote control device 1, a control unit 3b that performs display control based on the received data, and a control unit 3b. And a display unit 3d for displaying a required image. The received image data, setting data, and the like are temporarily stored (processing unit 3c), and required images are switched and displayed according to the program data.

(2) Embodiment of FIG. 2 FIG.
4, 5 (FIG. 1), in which a plurality of types of data are transmitted based on the priority order based on the importance of the data or the importance of each electronic bulletin board. The electronic bulletin boards are sequentially transmitted from the most important one. Note that the input unit 11a, the memory unit 11b, and the transmission unit 11d in FIG. 3 have the same functions as those in FIG. The level of importance of the data used as the reference of the priority order or the level of importance of the electronic bulletin board is not subject to automatic discrimination, but is determined by a person. Therefore, when the image data Si is input or when the setting data (program change or the like) is input from the input unit 11a, data (rank data) indicating the rank of importance (importance) is input to the input unit 11a. Then, the data is stored in the memory unit 1b together with the image data or the setting data. Discriminator
The reference numeral 11c determines the rank from the one with the highest degree of importance or importance based on the rank data stored in the memory unit 11b. The result of this determination becomes the transmission priority, and the control unit
11e is transmitted sequentially from the one with the highest importance (importance).

(3) Embodiment of FIG. 3 FIG.
4 and 5 (FIG. 1) are used to select and set any one of the communication time, the importance of data, and the importance of each electronic bulletin board when setting a plurality of types of data to be transmitted to FIG. is there. That is, in each of the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the standard of the priority is one predetermined. On the other hand, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, one electronic bulletin board remote control device includes the above three types of standards, and a desired standard can be selected and set from these. However, the operation after this reference selection is the same as in FIG. 1 or FIG. The selection and setting of the above criteria are performed by the input unit 21. The input unit 21a, the memory unit 21b, the communication time calculation unit 21c, and the transmission unit 21e in FIG. 3 have the same functions as those in FIG. The discriminating unit 21d needs to be able to perform the three types of distinction described above. Therefore, functionally, the first discriminating unit 21d1, which corresponds to the case where the communication time is used as a reference, is based on the importance of data. The second determination unit 21d2 corresponding to the case and the third determination unit 21 corresponding to the case where the importance of each of the electronic bulletin boards is used as a reference
Has d3. When a criterion is selected and set by the input unit 21, the control unit 21f determines a transmission priority based on the selected criterion.

(4) Embodiment of FIG. 4 In each of the above-described embodiments of FIGS. 1 and 2, the priority criterion is one predetermined. Also, in the case of the embodiment of FIG. 3, there is only one after the reference is set. On the other hand, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the priority of transmission is based on both the importance of data and the communication time. The input unit 31 shown in FIG.
a, memory unit 31b, communication time calculation unit 31c, and transmission unit 31e
Are the same as those in FIG. 1 and their description is omitted. The determination unit 31d needs to determine both the importance of data and the communication time. Therefore, functionally, the first determination unit 31d1 for importance of data and the second determination unit 31d2 for communication time are functionally required. Have. The control unit 31f causes the determining unit 31d having the above two determining functions to determine the priority of transmission, and sequentially transmits data having high importance and short communication time. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, in which the level of importance and the length of communication time are divided into three stages, respectively, and the transmission order of the corresponding data D1 to D9 is shown. As shown in the figure, data D1 having high importance and short communication time is transmitted with the highest priority, and thereafter,
Data D9 is transmitted in the order of D2 to D8, and data D9 having low importance and long communication time is transmitted last.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, L
An electronic bulletin board remote control device that transmits a plurality of types of required data to a single or multiple electronic bulletin boards via a communication network such as an AN and controls the single or multiple electronic bulletin boards to display required images. Since the priority is set according to the data content and the transmission is performed based on the setting, the promptness of the electronic bulletin board can be improved. In the case of controlling a plurality of electronic bulletin boards, it is possible to set the display order among the electronic bulletin boards, and it is easy to respond to information needs that differ between regions (installation locations). As described above, the present invention improves the function of an electronic bulletin board system that is installed at a place where a large number of people come and go, such as a street or a station yard, and that displays certain information, advertisements, and the like mainly as still images. It is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a main part block diagram showing an embodiment of an electronic bulletin board remote control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a main block diagram showing another embodiment of the electronic bulletin board remote control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a main part block diagram showing another embodiment of the electronic bulletin board remote control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a main part block diagram showing another embodiment of the electronic bulletin board remote control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram related to FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 11, 21, 31 Electronic bulletin board remote control devices 1a, 11a, 21a, 31a Input units 1b, 11b, 21b, 31b Memory units 1c, 21c, 31c Communication time calculation units 1d, 11c, 21d, 31d Discrimination unit 1e, 11d, 21e, 31e Transmitting sections 1f, 11e, 21f, 31f Control sections 21d1, 31d1 First discriminating sections 21d2, 31d2 Second discriminating sections 21d3 Third discriminating sections 2 Transmission path 3 Electronic bulletin board A 4 Electronic bulletin board B 5 Electronic bulletin board N

Claims (6)

[Claims] An electronic bulletin board remote for transmitting a plurality of types of required data to a single or a plurality of electronic bulletin boards via a communication network and controlling to display a required image on each of the single or a plurality of electronic bulletin boards. An input unit for setting and inputting required data such as program data for designating an order of image display on the electronic bulletin board or program change data for designating a change of the program data; and A memory unit that stores setting data from the input unit, a transmission unit that transmits data to the electronic bulletin board, and a control unit that controls the input unit, the memory unit, and the transmission unit, Transmission order setting means for setting an order for transmission of the data, wherein data is transmitted from the transmission unit in accordance with the order set by the setting means. Electronic bulletin board remote control device. 2. A communication time calculating section for calculating a communication time based on a data amount of each of the input image data and the setting data, wherein the transmission order setting means has a short communication time based on the data related to the communication time. A determination unit for determining the order from the object is provided under the control unit, and the data related to the communication time calculated by the communication time calculation unit is input to the memory unit via the control unit. 2. The electronic bulletin board according to claim 1, wherein the electronic mail is stored together with data, and the determination is performed by the determination unit based on the stored data relating to the communication time, and a transmission order is set according to the determination. Remote control device. 3. The transmission order setting means sets data relating to the importance of the input image data or the setting data from the input unit, and controls the data relating to the set importance according to the control. While storing together with the input image data or the setting data in the memory unit via the unit, the control unit of the control unit includes a determination unit that determines the order from the one with the highest importance based on the stored data on the importance. 2. The electronic bulletin board remote control device according to claim 1, wherein the transmission order is set according to the determination by the determination unit. 4. The transmission order setting means sets, for each of the input image data or the setting data, data relating to a transmission order to each of a plurality of electronic bulletin boards from the input unit, and relates to the set transmission order. While storing data together with the input image data or the setting data in the memory unit via the control unit, a determination unit that determines a rank from a higher transmission rank based on the stored data related to the transmission rank. 2. The electronic bulletin board remote control device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic bulletin board remote control device is provided under the control unit, and sets the transmission order according to the determination by the determination unit. 5. The control unit, wherein the transmission order setting unit includes a communication time calculation unit that calculates a communication time based on a data amount of the input image data or the setting data, and a determination unit that determines a transmission order. The control unit converts the data related to the communication time calculated by the communication time calculation unit and the data related to the importance of the data set in the input unit with respect to each of the input image data or the setting data. Is stored in the memory unit together with the input image data or the setting data via the storage unit, and based on the stored data related to the communication time and the data related to the importance, the data having the higher importance and the shorter communication time 2. The electronic bulletin board remote control device according to claim 1, wherein the order is determined by the determination unit, and the transmission order is set according to the determination. 6. The control unit, wherein the transmission order setting unit includes a communication time calculation unit that calculates a communication time based on a data amount of the input image data or the setting data, and a determination unit that determines a transmission order. , The data related to the communication time calculated by the communication time calculation unit, the data related to the importance of the input image data or the setting data, the data related to the importance set in the input unit, and the input image data. Or, the data relating to the transmission order to each of the plurality of electronic bulletin boards set in the input unit for each of the setting data is stored together with the input image data or the setting data in the memory unit via the control unit,
Any of the stored data related to the communication time, the data related to the importance, or the data related to the transmission order to each of the plurality of electronic bulletin boards is set in the input unit, and the transmission order is set based on the data related to the setting. 2. The electronic bulletin board remote control device according to claim 1, wherein the discrimination unit determines the transmission order and sets the transmission order according to the determination.