KR200330774Y1 - A Controller For Displaying Schedule Data - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is a schedule data display control apparatus, comprising: a monitor unit for displaying schedule data on a screen, converting schedule data for each display device received from the main server into a data format suitable for display, and A controller for dividing a screen area of the monitor unit into a divided display area and displaying the divided display area on a divided display area corresponding to each display device, and having an address corresponding to each divided display area, and storing the schedule data; Memory boards, 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.

Description

Schedule Controller for Displaying Data {A Controller For Displaying Schedule Data}

The present invention relates to a schedule data display control device, and more particularly, after the display control device processes the schedule data, stores and manages the schedule data in a memory board corresponding to the display device, and each display device drives the display unit and the same. The present invention relates to a device for centralizing and optimizing the system and reducing the number of controllers to provide a more economic schedule data display control device.

At airports and train stations, billboards are often used to convey boarding times or other information to customers. 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 apparatus 120 collects schedule data from the main server 100, the display control apparatus 120 determines the type of display apparatus 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 control device that overcomes the unreasonable point of the conventional schedule data display system and which centralizes the system and is easy to install and manage.

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

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

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 a configuration 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 an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a monitor 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, A controller for dividing the screen area of the monitor unit into divided display areas according to the size and the number of pixels, and displaying the divided display areas on the divided display areas corresponding to the display devices, and having an address corresponding to each of the divided display areas. A plurality of memory boards for storing 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 of the divided memory boards to the corresponding display devices. A display control device 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, with reference to the accompanying drawings to describe the embodiment of the present invention in detail.

3 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration and schedule of the schedule data display system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 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 are configured. 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 becomes simple.

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 electric signboards 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. Normally, the small display board includes 256 x 64 pixels, so that 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 present 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 control device 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 control device which can reduce costs 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. Therefore, the scope of the utility model registration claims attached will include such modifications or variations that fall within the spirit of the present invention.

Claims (3)

In the schedule data display control apparatus, A monitor unit displaying schedule data on a screen; Convert the schedule data for each display device received from the main server into a data format suitable for display, and divide the screen area of the monitor into divided display areas according to the size and number of pixels of the display device to display the schedule data. A controller for displaying in a divided display area corresponding to the apparatus; 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 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.