KR100682349B1 - An electric bulletin board display system using flash technical - Google Patents

Abstract

An electric signboard display system using flash is provided to display advertisement information on plural electric signboards with one flash file regardless of specifications of the electric signboards by automatically setting and converting the resolution of an image to be displayed according to each specification of the electric signboard. An electric signboard display system using flash is composed of an advertisement server(100) providing advertisement information; a manager server(200) making the advertisement information transmitted from the advertisement server into a flash file by a flash file making tool, inserting display mode information in the flash file, and then transmitting the result; and an electric signboard(300) converting the flash file related to the advertisement information included in the flash file transmitted from the manager server into a bitmap image, detecting the information related to the display mode included in the flash file, and displaying the converted bitmap image according to the detected information related to the display mode.

Description

An electric bulletin board display system using flash technical}

1 is an overall configuration diagram of an electronic display panel using a flash according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the signboard shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

3 illustrates an embodiment of the display mode described above.

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100: ad server 200: manager server

300: electronic board 301: communication module

302: flash file analysis unit 303: image conversion unit

304: environment setting unit 305: database management unit

306: advertising information database 307: setting information database

308: output unit 309: display unit

310: alarm generating unit 311: controller

312: program memory

The present invention relates to an electronic display system using a flash, and more particularly, a controller for receiving content information processed by a flash, and automatically converting the received information into a bitmap-type image in accordance with the specification of the electronic display and displaying it on the electronic display. It relates to a display system of a display board with a built-in.

Flash was developed in 1996 by a small US venture company called Future Wave, which was then released under the name Future Splash Animator, which was not very popular at that time. However, due to its power and the potential for its usefulness on the Web, Macromedia, which had been targeting the web multimedia market, acquired Future Wave in January 1997, and the investment was a huge success.

Flash is a tool for creating web animations based on vector drawings, which has inspired a new wave of text-driven homepage creation. Unlike general images (GIF, JPEG, BMP, PCX, etc.), vector images are a way of processing graphics as a set of lines and figures based on mathematical principles. Each object, which is a component of a vector image, has its own characteristic values such as color, shape, outline, size, and position on the screen. Each object in a vector image is independent and can be modified while maintaining its original clean look without affecting other objects in the entire graphic. For this reason, Flash using vector methods creates dynamic and colorful web designs. It is evaluated as a tool. Therefore, such a vector image has an advantage that the image is not damaged or rough even when the image is enlarged / reduced. Typical vector programs include Macromedia's freehand, Adobe's illustrations, and Corel's Coreltrow.

The bitmap method, which is largely different from the vector method, means that an image is composed of dots. Since the image is made of dots, the image is broken when used larger than the original size. For example, Adobe's Photoshop is a bitmap image processing program.

The files generated in Flash include FLA (FLAsh) files and Shock Wave Files (SWFs). A FLA file is a file format that is created when a movie is created and saved in Flash. The FLA file is a file format that can edit a Flash movie. Another file is a Shock Wave File (SWF). This SWF file is a file format that is actually uploaded on the web and is a result file format generated by being compiled (exported) from a FLA file.

Such flashes are manufactured for the following purposes.

(1) Created for fast rendering of animations, interactive action buttons, and arbitrary bitmap images, which does not support anti-aliasing when rendering existing bitmap images. This is to overcome the disadvantages and to support the anti-aliasing function on the screen.

(2) It is composed of tag format for compatibility with previous versions and has excellent extensibility.

(3) It is possible to provide a compressed format file for transmission to an arbitrary client almost indefinitely through a network such as the Internet.

(4) Download a very simple plug-in to provide the convenience of running automatically on the client's operating system (OS).

(5) As file independence, plug-ins should not require any extended font files or other additional files.

(6) Make it compatible with various kinds of hardware.

(7) Supports high speed rendering so that streaming interruption does not occur.

Flash has been designed to meet some of these seven goals, and because of its convenience and stability, it is now widely used around the world.

On the other hand, the electronic display is a display device that repeatedly displays the same content in a predetermined format and display order information desired by the advertiser or information provider. At the request of the advertiser or the information provider, the billboard operator programs the information to be displayed to determine the content of the degree, the font size and color, the time each information is displayed, and the order of the information displayed. The programmed information is displayed on the display again with the same content until the operator changes the information later.

In addition, if the advertiser or information provider intends to change the information displayed on the billboard, the operator of the billboard may directly connect the wired equipment to the billboard or move the wireless equipment to an adjacent point of the billboard. The image is edited to meet the specifications of the billboard and the information is updated by providing the edited image to the billboard.

However, according to such a conventional electronic display system, the following problem (s) occur.

That is, all of the images to be displayed on the signboard are converted by an image converter (for example, PC, palmtop, PDA, etc.) connected to the signboard by wire or wirelessly. That is, the advertisement requested from the advertiser is produced as a flash file, which is converted into a bitmap image by the image converter and then sent to the electronic display. In this case, the display boards distributed in a plurality of regions may have different specifications according to each use purpose. To display the advertisement information, the administrator connects an image converter to the display board by wire or wirelessly, and attaches a flash file to the display board. Convert the image to a resolution that meets the specifications. This image conversion operation is inconvenient because each of the display boards distributed in a plurality of areas are inconvenient, and the time and economic loss that the administrator must move to the point where the display board is installed.

As a result, there is a demand for a technique for displaying images on a different electronic display board in one specification in one operation on one image.

Accordingly, the present invention has been devised in response to such a demand, and an object of the present invention is to automatically set and convert a resolution of an image to be displayed according to each specification of an electric signboard, thereby transmitting a plurality of flash files. The present invention provides an electronic display system using a flash that automatically displays an image of a corresponding file in the electronic display.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to remotely manage the administrator by allowing the remote administrator to transmit the flash file to a billboard installed in a plurality of unspecified areas using a wired or wireless network so that the flash file is imaged and displayed on the billboard. The present invention provides an electronic display system using a flash.

A feature of the present invention for achieving such object (s) includes: an advertisement server for providing advertisement information; A manager server configured to generate the advertisement information transmitted from the advertisement server into a flash file using a flash file production tool and to include information related to a display mode of the advertisement information produced as the flash file in the flash file; The flash file transmitted from the manager server converts the flash file related to the advertisement information into a bitmap image, detects display mode related information included in the flash file, and converts the converted bitmap according to the detected display mode related information. In an electronic display system using a flash including an electronic display for displaying an image.

Here, the sign board, Communication module for downloading a flash file from the manager server; A flash file analyzer for analyzing advertisement information and display mode related information included in the flash file downloaded from the manager server; An image converter converting the advertisement information included in the flash file into a bitmap image; It is preferable to include a display means for displaying the bitmap image converted by the image conversion unit.

The image converting unit may include information about a specification of the electronic display board, and convert the advertisement information into a bitmap image having a resolution suitable for the specification.

The display board may further include an advertisement information database configured to store the flash file transmitted from the manager server; The apparatus may further include a database manager configured to control the registration of the flash file transmitted from the manager server in the advertisement information database and to control the detection of the advertisement information registered in the advertisement information database.

The display board may further include an environment setting unit for setting an environment information including information on a specification of the display board by an administrator.

The apparatus may further include a database management unit coupled to the environment setting unit, and a configuration information database provided in combination with the database management unit, and configured to store environment information setting values set by the database setting unit in the environment setting unit. The unit may be configured to convert the advertisement information in the form of a flash file into a bitmap image at a resolution suitable for an environment information setting value registered in the setting information database.

The display board may include a controller configured to detect an abnormality by checking an operation state of the display board; An alarm generator for generating an alarm signal according to the control of the controller; When the controller detects an abnormal occurrence of the signboard, the alarm generator may generate an alarm signal to notify the manager server through the communication module.

In this case, the alarm signal may further include information indicating an abnormal state.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiment (s) of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, in adding reference numerals to the elements of each drawing, it should be noted that the same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In addition, in the following description there are shown a number of specific details such as the components of the specific circuit, which are provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. It is self-evident to those of ordinary knowledge in Esau. In describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of an electronic display panel using a flash according to the present invention.

The advertisement server 100 providing the advertisement information is connected to the manager server 200 through a wired or wireless communication network (not shown). Here, the advertisement information may be information generated by the advertisement server 100 itself, and may be information selected by the advertisement server 100 among various advertisement information provided by the manager server 200.

When the advertisement information is received from the advertisement server 100, the manager server 200 generates a flash file for expressing the advertisement information by operating a flash production tool, and then transmits it to the electronic display board 300 through the wired or wireless communication network. do. At this time, since the manager server 200 and the display board 300 are connected in a state capable of communicating through a wired or wireless communication network, respectively, the administrator can update the advertisement information without having to visit the point where the display board 300 is installed. do.

The electronic sign 300 receives the flash file transmitted from the manager server 200, converts the flash file into a bitmap image having a resolution corresponding to its specification, and displays the flash file on the display unit.

On the other hand, with reference to Figure 2 will be described in more detail the internal configuration of the electronic sign 300.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the electronic display panel shown in FIG. 1, which is a communication module 301 for receiving a flash file while communicating with the manager server 200 and a representation mode of a flash file received through the communication module 301. A flash file analyzer 302 for analyzing the data, an image converter 303 for converting the received flash file into a bitmap image, and an environment setting for setting the environment related to the specifications and various display states of the electronic display board 300. The DB 304 and the bitmap image converted by the image conversion unit 303 or the flash file type received from the communication module 301 and the environment setting information previously set by the administrator are made into a DB, and the database is registered. Database management unit 305 for managing the detection of various types of information registered in the above, and the advertisement information in the form of a bitmap image converted by the image conversion unit 303 or a flash file received by the communication module 301. According to the mode analyzed by the advertisement information database 306 to make a DB, the setting information database 307 to make and store the environment setting information preset by the administrator, and the flash file analyzer 302. And an output unit 308 for displaying the image converted by the image conversion unit 303 on the display unit 309.

In addition, the electric sign is, when an abnormality occurs in the operation state of the electric sign 300, an alarm generating unit 310 for generating an alarm signal to inform the manager server 200 of the remote site, and the electric sign 300 The controller 311 for controlling the overall operation state of the control unit, and the program memory 312 for storing the temporary data generated during the operation of the program while the operating program of the controller 311 is stored It includes.

Referring to the operation of the present invention having such a configuration as follows.

The advertiser stores the self-produced advertisement information in the advertisement server 100. In addition, the manager server 200 makes and registers the advertisement information for the sample, and allows the advertiser to directly modify and edit the advertisement information for the sample to produce desired advertisement information. The advertisement information of the advertiser is transmitted to the manager server 200 through the advertisement server 100, and accordingly, the advertiser requests the manager server 200 to produce a flash file of the advertisement information to be displayed on the billboard 300.

The manager server 200 produces the requested advertisement information as a flash file using a flash production tool. The produced flash file is collectively transmitted to a plurality of remote display boards 300 connected by wire or wirelessly through a communication module (not shown) in the manager server 200. In this case, it is preferable that the flash file transmitted to the remote electronic sign 300 includes information about the actual advertisement information displayed on the electronic sign 300 and the mode of the display state. It is preferable to include information on various display states, such as a movement time, a display time, a display form, a display order, and the number of repetitive displays. 3 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of the display mode described above.

On the other hand, the administrator initially performs the basic configuration for driving the electronic sign 300 through the environment setting unit 304 and registers it. The basic environment setting must include information on the resolution corresponding to the specification of the electronic sign 300, and can also set the automatic on / off time of the electronic sign 300 as needed. The basic environment setting value set by the administrator is registered in the setting information database 307 by the database manager 305, and is used as basic data every time the advertisement information is displayed later.

The flash file transmitted from the manager server 301 is received by the communication module 301 and delivered to the controller 311, and the controller 311 registers the received flash file in the advertisement information database 306. The control unit 305 is controlled. Accordingly, the advertisement information is registered in a DB in the advertisement information database 306.

Thereafter, the controller 311 controls to analyze various information (advertisement information and display mode, etc.) included in the corresponding flash file through the flash file analyzer 302. In addition, the flash file corresponding to the pure advertisement information among the flash files analyzed by the flash file analyzer 302 is converted into a bitmap image by the image converter 303 and transmitted to the controller 311. At this time, the controller 311 detects the setting information registered in the setting information database 307 and transmits the preset resolution information to the image converting unit 303, and the image converting unit 303 transmits the flash file to the controller 311. ) Is converted into a bitmap image in accordance with the resolution information provided by.

The converted bitmap image is displayed on the display unit 309 through the output unit 308, where the output unit 308 displays the corresponding bitmap image according to the display mode information analyzed by the flash file analyzer 302. (309). Here, the display unit may be configured as a conventional LED display device.

On the other hand, the controller 311 constantly checks the driving state of the electric sign 300, and if an abnormality occurs in the operation of the electric sign 300, the alarm control unit 310 is controlled to generate an alarm signal according to the fault condition. . Accordingly, the alarm generator 310 generates an alarm signal including the failure status information and transmits the alarm signal to the controller 311, and the controller 311 transmits the corresponding alarm signal to the manager server 200 through the communication module 301. send. Therefore, the remote manager can easily check the abnormal state of the signboard 300 even if the remote board does not move to the point where the signboard 300 is installed.

In addition, when the administrator wants to modify and edit the advertisement information displayed on the electronic sign 300, the advertisement information is produced as a flash file, it is possible to selectively modify only the object to be modified, without having to modify all the objects of the flash file. It is convenient.

As described above, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiment (s) have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiment (s), but should be defined by the claims below and equivalents thereof.

As a result, according to the electronic display panel using the flash according to the present invention the following advantage (s) occurs.

In other words, by simply transmitting the advertising information in the form of flash file produced at the request of the advertiser to the electronic display board, the resolution of the image to be displayed according to each specification of the electronic display board is automatically set, converted and displayed on the electronic display board. Regardless, it is convenient to display advertisement information on a plurality of billboards as one flash file.

In addition, as a remote administrator transmits a flash file to a billboard installed in a plurality of unspecified areas using a wired or wireless network, the flash file may be imaged and displayed on the billboard, thereby enabling remote management of the administrator.

In addition, since the display state of the advertisement information displayed on the electronic display board can be remotely controlled according to the display mode information included in the flash file, it is efficient.

In addition, by checking the abnormal state of the display board and automatically notifying the manager server when an abnormality occurs, it is possible to easily check the abnormal state of the display board even if the remote administrator does not approach the installation position of the display board. As a result, the efficiency of management of the display board is increased.

Claims (8)

An advertisement server for providing advertisement information; A manager server configured to generate the advertisement information transmitted from the advertisement server into a flash file using a flash file production tool and to include information related to a display mode of the advertisement information produced as the flash file in the flash file; And The flash file associated with the advertisement information is converted into a bitmap image from the flash file transmitted from the manager server, and the display mode related information detected by detecting the display mode related information included in the flash file is detected. Sign display system using a flash including a display board for displaying an image. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic plate, A communication module for downloading a flash file from the manager server; A flash file analyzer for analyzing advertisement information and display mode related information included in the flash file downloaded from the manager server; An image converter converting the advertisement information included in the flash file into a bitmap image; And And a display unit for displaying the bitmap image converted by the image conversion unit. The method of claim 2, wherein the image conversion unit, And a display for converting the advertisement information into a bitmap image having a resolution suitable for the specification, and displaying the advertisement information. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the electronic display board is An advertisement information database storing the flash file transmitted from the manager server; And And a database manager configured to control registration of a flash file transmitted from the manager server in an advertisement information database, and control of detecting advertisement information registered in the advertisement information database. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the electronic display board is Display board using the flash further comprises an environment setting unit for setting the environment information including the information on the specifications of the display board. The method of claim 5, A database manager coupled to the environment setting unit; And It is coupled to the database management unit, and further comprises a configuration information database for storing the environment information setting value set in the environment setting unit by the database management unit, And the image conversion unit converts the advertisement information in the form of a flash file into a bitmap image at a resolution suitable for an environment information setting value registered in the setting information database. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the electronic display board is A controller which detects an abnormality by checking an operation state of the display board; And An alarm generator for generating an alarm signal according to the control of the controller; When the controller detects an abnormal occurrence of the signboard, the alarm generator generates an alarm signal to notify the manager server through the communication module, characterized in that the flashboard display system using a flash. The method of claim 7, wherein the alarm signal, An electronic display system using a flash further comprising information indicating an abnormal state.

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