JPH11341194A - Information displaying device and information providing system using the same device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and properly display not only information obtained by character multiplex broadcasting such as news and a weather forecast but also information such as a CM or a quiz in desired timing and only for a desired time in an information displaying device. SOLUTION: An information receiving and displaying device 1 is installed in a place such as the lobby of a hotel or an airport and the waiting room of a hospital where the public stays on for a while and this device is provided with a signal receiving part, an information displaying part and a video displaying function. The signal receiving part receives the both of character information such as a CM transmitted from a character information transmitting device 2 arranged in a character information transmission management center through a public telephone line 100 and desired character information (character news and a weather forecast or the like) superimposed on a public radio wave 200 from a television broadcasting station 3 and at the information displaying part, selectively displays either of the data. The character information is scroll-displayed on a photoelectric display panel and a viewer can visualize the information such as the character news and the weather broadcast and the information such as the CM.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention 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]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, teletext multiplex broadcasting technology has been rapidly advanced, and teletext multiplex broadcasting has actually started, and is used for various purposes. As one mode of its use, an information display device having a receiving means and a displaying means for text multiplex 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, in addition to public broadcasts such as news and weather forecasts, there is a demand to display, for example, commercials and quizzes on the information display device at desired timing for a desired time. It is difficult for such information display devices to sufficiently 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 commercials and quizzes at desired timing for a desired time. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information display device capable of displaying information as appropriate and appropriately.

On the other hand, various types of environmental image display devices have been known which are provided in the above-mentioned hotels, airport lobbies, hospital waiting rooms, etc., and which provide people who are staying there for a while to enjoy and relax. For example, by combining a video display device that displays a falling waterfall on a monitor, a monitor that displays an image recording the swimming of fish etc., a half mirror and a water tank, it is as if a fish swims in the water tank Video display device configured as if
No. 70 gazette) is known.

[0006] If the above-mentioned information display device for displaying news, weather forecast, CM, quiz and the like can be combined with the video display device that attracts the eyes of many people, it will be enjoyable for many people. Necessary information can be given together with the comfort, so that the serviceability can be greatly improved, and the function as an advertising medium can also be exerted greatly.

Accordingly, the present invention provides, in addition to the above objects,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an information display device that can simultaneously provide enjoyment and comfort to many people. Further, among such various information, for example, a large amount of travel goods information is transmitted to an information display device arranged in a lobby of an airport, and health information is transmitted to an information display device arranged in a waiting room of a hospital. If the information to be transmitted is changed for each place where the information display device is arranged, for example, by transmitting a lot of CM information on healthcare products and the like, the serviceability and the function as an advertising medium are greatly improved.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information providing system using an information display device capable of changing the content of information to be transmitted for each of a plurality of information display devices. It is.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a first information display device for receiving a first character information signal transmitted through a public telephone line; A first memory unit for storing the first information signal received by the information receiving unit, and a second memory unit for text multiplex broadcasting from a broadcasting station.
A second information receiving unit for receiving a character information signal of
A second memory unit for storing the second character information signal received by the information receiving unit, and information for displaying the character information signal stored in the two memory units as visible characters, symbols, or graphics. And a signal switching unit for selectively switching which of the character information signals stored in the two memory units is transmitted to the information display unit.

[0010] A second information display device according to the present invention includes a first information receiving section for receiving a first character information signal transmitted via a public telephone line, and a first information receiving section for receiving the first character information signal. A first memory unit for storing the obtained first information signal;
A second information receiving unit that receives a second character information signal by teletext from a broadcasting station, and a second memory unit that stores the second character information signal received by the second information receiving 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 visible character according to the character information signals stored in the two memory units. , A signal display position instructing unit for instructing which of a symbol and a graphic is to be displayed at a predetermined position of the information display unit. Further, the information display section may be constituted by an electric light display or a liquid crystal display panel, or the information display section may be constituted by a video display for displaying an image, and the character information signal from the two memory sections is transmitted to the image display section. A superimposing unit for superimposing on a video signal input to the display device is provided, or the information display unit is configured by dividing a display screen of a video display device that displays a video from one area, The video can be configured to be displayed in the remaining area of the display screen.

Further, the video signal inputted to the video display can be obtained by reproducing a video information storage medium, and the video signal is a signal relating to an environmental video, It is also possible to project an environmental image on the image display. Preferably, the information display section is provided adjacent to a video display for displaying a video.

Further, an information providing system according to the present invention is an information providing system using the above information display device,
An information signal generator for generating 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 selection unit for selecting at least one telephone number, and an information display device associated with the telephone number selected by the telephone number selection unit, sequentially connected via a telephone line, and An information signal transmitting unit for transmitting a character information signal generated by the information signal generating unit is provided for each of the information display devices.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 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 showing an information providing system according to the present embodiment. The information providing system includes an information receiving and displaying apparatus 1 including a signal receiving section 1a and an information displaying section 1b.
And a character information transmitting device 2 disposed in a character information transmitting management center for transmitting character information such as CMs and quizzes to each information receiving and displaying device 1 via the public telephone line 100.
Each information receiving and displaying device 1 is a public radio wave 20 superimposed with a character multiplex signal transmitted from a television broadcasting station.
It has a function of receiving 0.

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. Controller 4
2 is provided. The information display unit 1b is illuminated by the light source 54 while reflecting the image from the DVD player 33, the color TV monitor 51 for displaying the image information from the DVD player 33, and the image from the color TV monitor 51. Half mirror 5 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. , An electronic display panel 31 for scrolling and displaying character information is provided.

With this information receiving and displaying device 1, a viewer can
For example, it is possible to obtain peace by watching the swimming of the fish in the water projected on the image display unit 32, and at the same time, news, weather forecast, corporate CM, etc., based on the characters and figures displayed on the electronic display panel 31 Timely information can be obtained in real time.

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 provided in the character information transmitting management center includes a CPU 11
A keyboard 12 connected to the CPU 11, a display control unit 13, a memory 15 composed of a storage medium storing CM information to be transmitted and the like, and a telephone storing telephone numbers of the information receiving and displaying devices 1 to be transmitted. Number memory 1
6. It comprises 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 apparatus 2 configured as described above
The operator operates the keyboard 12 while watching the CRT display 14 to select information to be transmitted from various character information (various information such as quizzes and notices in addition to the CM information) stored in the memory 15. The transmission time is 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 the place where the information receiving and displaying device 1 is installed. The information to be transmitted and the 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. Thereby, for example, a lot 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 care are transmitted to the information reception display device 1 installed in the waiting room of the hospital. It is possible to transmit different pieces of information at each place where the information receiving and displaying device 1 is installed or at different times different from each other, for example, by transmitting a lot of CM information of a 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, an information display drive unit 27 for sending character information to the electric display panel 31, and a television broadcast connected to the CPU 21. An antenna 28 for receiving public radio waves from a station and an antenna connector 29 for connecting the antenna 28 to the tuner 26 are provided.

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

On the other hand, the signal receiving section 1a is connected to a public radio wave (a radio wave on which teletext broadcasting is superimposed) 2 from a television broadcasting station.
00 is received by the tuner 26, and desired character information data (character news, weather forecast, etc .; hereinafter, referred to as second character information data) superimposed on the public radio wave 200 is selected by the tuner 26. It is 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 section 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 data stored in each of the memories 23, 24 is read. The information is sent to the information display drive unit 27.

The information display drive section 27 causes the data sent from the CPU 21 to be scroll-displayed on the electric display panel 31, thereby allowing the viewer to visually recognize information such as text news, weather forecast, and CM. It becomes possible. First and second memories 2 described above
3 may be a memory element such as a RAM,
Hard disks and removable disks (FD, MO,
CD-RW or the like).

The information display switching unit 25 includes:
It is sufficient if the CPU 21 can transmit a signal that can determine which of the two memories 23 and 24 is to be accessed, and the output of the signal may be performed by a preset program. Alternatively, it may be performed according to the operation of the operator. Note that, in the present embodiment, the CPU 21 uses the two memories 2
Although the data read operations 3 and 24 are performed, it is of course possible to provide a separate 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 has a VFD (fluorescent display tube) or LED that emits green, red or orange light, for example, 264 dots (W) × 24 dots (H).
Is a rectangular display unit for displaying, for example, about 11 characters, numbers, symbols, illustrations, and the like at the same time, such as news, weather forecast, CM, etc. by scrolling these characters and the like. Represents various types of information.

The image display section 32 has a structure as shown in FIG. 2 as described above. According to the image software reproduced by the DVD player 33, for example, an illusion such as an aquarium, underwater, space, etc. The typical space is projected on the entire screen. Note that the lightning display panel 31 is L
The present invention is not limited to the arrangement of the ED elements, but may be any as long as a plurality of characters are simultaneously displayed and a scroll function is allowed. For example, an LCD (liquid crystal display panel) may be used instead.

Further, the configuration of the video display section 32 is not limited to the above-mentioned 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. Instead, a liquid crystal display or a plasma display can of course be used, and the arrangement may be such that an image projected on the display surface can be viewed directly without using a half mirror.

Further, the video reproducing means for reproducing the video information data to be transmitted to the video display unit 32 is not limited to a DVD player.
When an LD, a CD, or the like is used, a VTR, an LD player, a CD player, or the like can be used. 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 have a superimposed inside, which makes the device more compact. Furthermore, the image display screen may be divided at a predetermined ratio, and only one piece of information (for example, upper area) may be displayed with only text information, and the other area (for example, lower area) may be displayed with only video information. It is possible.

Further, 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. And
It can be a table partitioned by any other elements. Further, 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 unit 1b has both. For example, one character information is displayed on the main screen and the other character information is displayed on the sub-screen, and the display position of each character information is determined by, for example, the CPU 1 on the signal receiving unit 1a side.
By giving an instruction from 1, it is also possible to switch the character information displayed on the main screen from one to the other and the character information displayed on the sub-screen from the other to one.

[0034]

As described above, according to the information display apparatus of the present invention, together with text information transmitted by text multiplex broadcasting, such as timely news, weather forecast, etc., CM information that a company or the like wants to broadcast, In addition, quizzes and the like can be provided to the public who is present near each information display device at a desired timing and for a desired time, and both the service function for the public and the advertising function required by the company are simultaneously satisfied. Can be.

Further, 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 draw attention to the character information such as a commercial to promote advertisement. It is possible to further enhance the function. Further, in the information providing system using this information display device, the service function and the advertising function can be further exerted by changing the content of the character information transmitted for each installation location of the information display device. it can.

[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 1 a signal receiving unit 1 b information displaying unit 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 unit 26 Tuner 27 Information display drive unit 28 Antenna 31 Electric display panel 32 Video display unit 33 DVD player 41 Receiver 42 Controller 51 Color TV monitor 52 Half mirror 53 Glass panel 55 Background

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A first information receiving unit for receiving a first character information signal transmitted via a public telephone line, and storing the first information signal received by the first information receiving unit. A first memory unit, a second information receiving unit that receives a second character information signal by teletext broadcasting from a broadcasting station, and a second character information signal received by the second information receiving unit. A second memory unit for storing, an information display unit for displaying character information signals stored in the two memory units as visible characters, symbols or graphics, and character information stored in the two memory units. An information display device, comprising: a signal switching unit that switches which of signals is transmitted to the information display unit. 2. A first information receiving section for receiving a first character information signal transmitted via a public telephone line, and accumulating the first information signal received by the first information receiving section. A first memory unit, a second information receiving unit that receives a second character information signal by teletext broadcasting from a broadcasting station, and a second character information signal received by the second information receiving unit. A second memory unit for storing, an information display unit for displaying character information signals stored in the two memory units as visible characters, symbols or graphics, and character information stored in the two memory units. An information display device comprising: a signal display position instructing unit for instructing which of character information relating to a signal is to be displayed at a predetermined position on the information display unit. 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 information display device according to claim 1, wherein the information display unit is provided adjacent to a video display for displaying a video. 6. A superimposing section for superposing a character information signal from the two memory sections on a video signal input to the video display section, wherein the information display section comprises a video display for displaying a video. 2. The device according to claim 1, wherein
Or the information display device according to 2. 7. 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 a remaining area of the display screen. Item 3. The information display device according to item 1 or 2. 8. The information display device according to claim 6, wherein the video signal input to the video display device is obtained by reproducing a video information storage medium. 9. The information display device according to claim 6, wherein the image is an environmental image. 10. An information providing system using the information display device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, 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 selection unit for selecting at least one telephone number, and an information display device associated with the telephone number selected by the telephone number selection 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.