KR100440183B1 - A System, Controller For Displaying Schedule Data And Method Thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A system for displaying schedule data without a PC, and a device and a method for controlling the same are provided to centralize/optimize a display system by making a display control device control each display device without the PC. CONSTITUTION: A monitor(23) displays the schedule data to a screen. A controller(21) converts the display data of each display device(30) received from a main server(10) into a data format fit to the display device, divides a screen region of the monitor into divided display regions by matching with a size and a pixel number of the display device, and displays the divided display regions to the corresponding divided display region. Multiple memory boards(27) have addresses matched with each divided display region and store the schedule data. A line driver(29) transmits the schedule data stored in the memory board to the corresponding display device.

Description

Schedule Data Display System, Controller and Method {A System, Controller For Displaying Schedule Data And Method Thereof}

The present invention relates to a schedule data display system and a display control method, and more particularly, after the display control device processes the schedule data, the schedule data is stored and managed in a memory board corresponding to the display device. And by having only the drive unit for driving it, it is possible to centralize and optimize the system and to reduce the number of controllers relates to a more economic schedule data display system and display control method.

In the airport or station, a lot of billboards are used to convey the boarding time or other information to the customers. In addition, the billboards are often used to guide the game contents in stadiums, playgrounds, and indoor stadiums. For example, an airport is provided with a display board at each gate, a baggage collection belt, and a display control device for controlling the display board. Such a system will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. In the description of FIGS. 1 and 2, for simplicity of explanation, the description will be made with a system for displaying a flight schedule of an airport.

1 is a configuration diagram of a conventional schedule data display system. As shown in FIG. 1, the conventional schedule data display system includes a main server 100, a display control device 110, and a display device 120.

The main server 100 manages the flight schedule of the airliner and sets basic setting values of the display control device 110. In addition, the main server 100 monitors a communication state between the display control device 110 and the display device 120.

The display controller 110 receives a passenger flight schedule from the main server 100 and transmits the flight schedule to the remote display apparatus 120 through a multiport or modem. The transmitted data is processed in conjunction with a database of the main server 100 to process the respective flight schedule information into data suitable for the display device 120 and then transmitted to the display device 120.

The display device 120 displays schedule data transmitted from the display control device 110, and includes a modem unit 121, a controller 123, an A / D converter and an LCD port 125, a storage unit 127, The driving board 129 and the electric sign 130 are composed.

The modem unit 121 converts analog data received from the display control unit 110 into digital data, and the controller 123 receives data from the modem unit 121 and fits the size of the display device 120 on the screen. Display in a certain area in the format. The A / D converter and the LCD port 125 have a function of receiving the RGB signal of the controller 123 and converting it to digital or directly receiving and processing the digital RGB signal of the LCD port. The storage unit 127 receives the digitized RGB signal and the SYNC, finds the displayed position by using the SYNC, and stores the corresponding position data by using the SYNC data, and the driving board 129 stores the data on the display board 130. It is assumed that the data is suitable for the format.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of displaying schedule data on an electronic display board by a conventional schedule data display system.

Referring to FIG. 2, when the display control device 120 collects schedule data from the main server 100, the display control device 120 determines the type of display device to which the collected schedule data is to be transmitted (S200).

If it is determined that the type of display device is a large display board, the display controller 120 transmits the schedule data collected to the large display board (S210), and when the type of display device is a small display board, the display device to transmit the collected data. The address information of 130 is read, and the collected schedule data is transmitted to the small display board of the read address (S220, S230).

When the schedule data is received from the display control apparatus, that is, the display apparatus 120 sets the location of the display panel (S240), the display apparatus 120 documents the received schedule data (S250). The documented schedule data is stored in the storage area of the storage unit 127 (S260) and then output through the electronic sign board 130 (S270).

However, in such a conventional schedule data display system, the display control apparatus 110 analyzes only the type and address information of the display apparatus 120 to which the schedule data extracted from the main server 100 is to be transmitted and analyzes the schedule data accordingly. It only performs the distribution function. Accordingly, each display device 120 includes an A / D converter and an LCD port for processing a schedule data received from the display control device 110 and a system capable of displaying the schedule data on the display board 130. Since it must be provided, such as a lot of installation costs and maintenance is difficult.

Accordingly, there is an increasing demand for a schedule data display system and a display control method for overcoming such an unreasonable point of the conventional schedule data display system and for centralizing the system and facilitating installation and management.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and a first object of the present invention is to provide a centralized and optimized display system by controlling each display device in a display control device without having a PC in each display device. It is to provide a schedule data display system and a display control method.

It is a second object of the present invention to provide a schedule data display system and a display control method, in which each display device is not equipped with a PC, thereby reducing the cost and making it easy to maintain and manage the system.

1 is a configuration diagram of a conventional schedule data display system;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of displaying schedule data on an electronic display board by a conventional schedule data display system;

3 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration and schedule of a schedule data display system according to the present invention;

4 is a monitor unit screen showing that the schedule data for each of a plurality of display apparatuses is split and displayed;

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of managing schedule data in a main server;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a method of controlling schedule data display in a display control apparatus.

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10: main server, 20: display control device,

21 controller, 23 monitor unit,

25: A / D converter and LCD driver, 27: memory board,

29: line driving unit, 30: display device,

31 is a line drive part, 33 is a display part.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a display unit for displaying the schedule data on the screen, converting the schedule data for each display device received from the main server into a data format suitable for display, the display device A controller for dividing the screen area of the monitor into divided display areas according to the size and the number of pixels of the display unit, and displaying the divided display areas on the divided display areas corresponding to the respective display devices, and having an address corresponding to each of the divided display areas. A plurality of memory boards storing schedule data, the number of memory boards being equal to the number of display devices, and a line driver for transmitting schedule data stored in each divided memory board to a corresponding display device. A display control device may be provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a main server for storing and managing schedule data, a plurality of display devices for displaying schedule data, a format suitable for displaying the schedule data received from the main server A display control device for converting the display data into a divided display area partitioned to correspond to the plurality of display devices in a monitor screen area, and storing the schedule data in a plurality of memory boards having addresses corresponding to the divided display areas. And a plurality of display devices for receiving and displaying the schedule data from the display control device.

According to a third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, dividing the screen area of the monitor unit into a divided display area corresponding to the size and number of pixels of the plurality of combined display devices, the display device from the main server Extracting respective schedule data, displaying the extracted schedule data on each divided display area of the monitor, and displaying each schedule data displayed on each divided display area with an address corresponding to each divided display area. Storing each of the plurality of memory boards having a capacity corresponding to the size and number of pixels of the corresponding display device; and transmitting the schedule data to the display device corresponding to each of the memory boards. A schedule data display control method may be provided.

Other objects, specific advantages and novel features of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description and the preferred embodiments associated with the accompanying drawings.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration and schedule of the schedule data display system according to the present invention. 3, the schedule data display system according to the present invention is the same as the conventional schedule data display system in that the main server 10, the display control device 20 and the display device 30 is composed of, The function of the main server is also the same as before.

The display control device 20 converts the schedule data for each display device 30 received from the main server 10 into a format suitable for the display device 30, and displays them all on one screen, and stores the position data of each schedule data. Then, the data is transmitted to each display device 30.

The display control device 20 again includes a controller 21, a monitor unit 23, an A / D converter and an LCD port 25, a memory board 27, and a line driver 29.

The controller 21 converts the schedule data for each display device received from the main server 10 into a data format suitable for display, and adjusts the screen area of the monitor unit 23 according to the size and number of pixels of the display device 30. After dividing into divided display areas, schedule data for each display device is displayed in a corresponding divided display area.

The monitor unit 23 is a portion for displaying schedule data on the screen. In the present invention, the monitor unit 23 is divided into divided display areas in which schedule data of a plurality of display devices 30 is displayed. That is, in the case of eight display devices 30, the schedule data to be displayed on the eight display devices 30, that is, the eight display boards, is displayed on the screen of the monitor 23.

The A / D converter and the LCD port 25 have a function of receiving and converting a VGA RGB signal received from the controller 21 into digital or using a digital RGB signal of the LCD port directly.

The memory board 27 has an address corresponding to each divided display area of the monitor unit 23 and stores position information of schedule data displayed in each divided display area, and includes as many divided memory boards as the number of display devices. Doing. Each divided memory board is provided with a dip switch. The dip switch is composed of eight switches, four of which are set to represent the X-axis and the other four are the Y-axis coordinates so that the divided memory corresponds to the position of each divided display area on the screen of the monitor unit 23. The board address can be set.

The line driver 29 transmits schedule data stored in each divided memory board to the corresponding display device, and uses a driver chip capable of transmitting data up to a distance of 1 km.

The plurality of display devices 30 display the schedule data received from the display control device 20. Each display device 30 receives the schedule data received from the display control device 20 from the line driver 31 and the line driver 31 which processes the schedule data into a format suitable for the display unit 33 and transmits the same to the display unit 33. It is comprised by the display part 33 which displays schedule data. That is, since the display device 30 according to the present invention does not have a separate PC, its configuration is simplified.

4 is a diagram illustrating that a plurality of display device-specific schedule data is displayed on a screen of the monitor unit 23.

As shown in FIG. 4, a flight schedule to be displayed on each display device 30, that is, each gate display board of an airport, is displayed on one screen on the screen of the monitor unit 23 of the display control device 20. In FIG. 4, for convenience, eight display plates are connected to one display control device 20, and each of the display plates is considered to have the same size. However, the present invention can be equally applied even when there are light emitting plates having different sizes.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of managing schedule data in the main server 10.

Referring to FIG. 5, the main server 10 reads the weekly schedule stored in the schedule database and extracts the schedule of the day (S500, 510).

Next, the main server 10 displays the extracted schedule grid form on the screen (S520). The schedule of the day is recorded on the schedule grid form. After the administrator of the main server inserts a new schedule, deletes, or modifies the schedule of the day in the schedule grid form displayed on the screen (S530), the schedule data is stored in the database by clicking the save menu on the screen (S540).

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing a method of controlling schedule data display in the display control apparatus 20.

Referring to FIG. 6, first, the display control apparatus 20 receives type information of the display apparatus 30 from the main server 10 (S600). The type information of the display device refers to information indicating the size of the display device or the number of pixels. In the present embodiment, the type information of the display device includes information on a small display plate of a gate, a display plate located on a belt, or a large display.

If the type of display device is a large display board, the display control device 20 performs a corresponding job process (S610). That is, after sequentially storing schedule data to be transmitted to the display device 30 corresponding to the type of display device in each of the memory boards, the schedule data is sequentially extracted from each memory board and transmitted to the large display board.

If the type of the display device is small, the control unit 21 of the display control unit 20 changes the screen area of the monitor unit 23 into a divided display area corresponding to the size and number of pixels of each display device 30. To divide (S620). If eight display plates of the same size are connected to the display control device 20, the controller 21 divides the screen of the monitor 23 into eight screens.

The controller 21 extracts schedule data for each display device from the main server 10 (S630). That is, the controller 21 receives schedule data, such as model number, destination information, departure time and arrival time information, to be displayed on each display board from the main server 10.

The extracted schedule data is displayed in each divided display area of the monitor 21 (S640). That is, as shown in FIG. 4, schedule data to be displayed on the n small LEDs in the 800 × 600 screen area is displayed in the divided display areas. In general, since the small display board has 256 x 64 pixels, the schedule data of 18 small display boards can be simultaneously displayed in the screen area of the monitor unit 23.

Each schedule data displayed in each division display area is stored in each division memory board of a memory board having an address corresponding to each division display area (S650). As described above, each divided memory board constituting the memory board is provided with an individual dip switch, and an address matching the position of each divided display area of the monitor unit 21 is set using the dip switch. Therefore, the schedule data displayed in each division display area is stored in the division memory board having an address set by the dip switch.

Finally, each schedule data is transmitted to the electronic display board corresponding to each divided memory board and displayed on the electronic display screen (S660).

Although the exemplary embodiment has been illustrated and described with reference to the display of the schedule data, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention can be widely applied to a system for remotely transmitting and displaying various image data, font data, and character data.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a schedule data display system and a display control method capable of centralizing and optimizing a display system by controlling each display device in the display control device without having a PC in the display device.

In addition, since each display device does not have a PC, it is possible to provide a schedule data display system and a display control method which reduce cost and facilitate maintenance and management of the system.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, it is possible to make various modifications or variations without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the appended claims will cover such modifications and variations as fall within the spirit of the invention.

Claims (10)

An apparatus for controlling the display of schedule data displayed on a plurality of display apparatuses, A monitor unit displaying the schedule data on a screen; The schedule data for each of the plurality of display devices received from the main server is converted into a data format suitable for display, and the screen area of the monitor unit is divided into divided display areas according to the size and the number of pixels of each display device. A controller which displays a on a divided display area corresponding to each display device; A plurality of memory boards having an address corresponding to each of the divided display regions, wherein the number of the memory boards is equal to the number of the display devices; And And a line driver for transmitting the schedule data stored in each of the divided memory boards to the corresponding display device. The method of claim 1, And the schedule data includes at least one of destination information, departure time information, and arrival time information. The method of claim 1, And each of the memory boards includes a dip switch for setting an address corresponding to each of the divided display regions. In the schedule data display system, A main server for storing and managing schedule data; A plurality of display devices for displaying schedule data; Converts the schedule data received from the main server into a format suitable for display, and displays the split data in a divided display area partitioned to correspond to the plurality of display devices in a monitor screen area; and displays the schedule data in an address corresponding to the split display area. A display control device, each of which is stored in a plurality of memory boards having a; And A plurality of display devices for displaying the schedule data received from the display control device, The display unit controller A monitor unit displaying the schedule data on a screen; The schedule data for each of the plurality of display devices received from the main server is converted into a data format suitable for display, and the screen area of the monitor unit is divided into divided display areas according to the size and the number of pixels of each display device. A controller which displays a on a divided display area corresponding to each display device; A plurality of memory boards having an address corresponding to each of the divided display regions, wherein the number of the memory boards is equal to the number of the display devices; And And a line driver for transmitting the schedule data stored in each of the divided memory boards to the corresponding display device. delete The method of claim 4, wherein The display device A line driver converting the schedule data received from the display control device into a format suitable for the display; And And a display unit for displaying the converted schedule data. In the method of controlling the display of schedule data displayed on a plurality of display devices, Dividing the screen area of the monitor unit into divided display areas corresponding to the size and the number of pixels of the plurality of combined display devices; Receiving schedule data for each display device from a main server; Displaying the received schedule data on each divided display area of the monitor; Storing each schedule data displayed in each of the divided display regions in a divided memory board having an address corresponding to each of the divided display regions; And Transmitting the respective schedule data to a display device corresponding to each of the memory boards. The method of claim 6, Receiving preset type information of the display device from the main server; Sequentially storing schedule data to be transmitted to a display device corresponding to the type when the display device type is a large display device; And And sequentially extracting the schedule data from each of the memory boards and transmitting the extracted schedule data to a display device corresponding to the type. The method of claim 7, wherein And the schedule data comprises at least one of destination information, departure time information, and arrival time information. The method of claim 7, wherein The address corresponding to the divided display area is set by a dip switch provided in the memory board.