RU24310U1 - DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING TEXT AND / OR GRAPHIC INFORMATION (OPTIONS) - Google Patents

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DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING TEXT AND / OR GRAPHIC INFORMATION (OPTIONS)

The group of utility models relates to systems for visual reproduction of information of a primarily advertising nature, namely, to typesetting advertising information boards with LED matrices (so-called LED displays) intended for installation on the streets, in casinos, shops, railway stations, airports and other crowded places.

Well-known and widely used information screens are used to demonstrate transport schedules, stock quotes, signs, etc. So in the panel of collective use Patent for industrial sample of the Russian Federation No. 44063, publ. 01/16/1998, intended for installation at the station, the information field is made up of light-emitting elements - matrix display panels (hereinafter referred to as the matrix), made on the basis of LEDs and installed in a common frame. The light emitting matrices are arranged in rows (horizontally line by line) separated by metal strips. In the upper part of the board is a field with the headings of information columns: train number, departure time, etc. The device is equipped with an autonomous power and control device, which allows reproducing on the display the corresponding digital and text information, causing light emission of sign-forming diodes when voltage is applied to them. Such displays allow you to quickly update information, are relatively simple to manufacture and operate, and allow you to convey information to a large number of passengers. However, the information capabilities of such displays are very limited.

G09G 3/20 Known scoreboards capable of reproducing the movement of text, i.e. capable of

work in the creeping line mode. The screens of such devices are also made of stacked light-emitting elements - light emitting diodes, LED matrixes grouped into cells. One example of such a display is the Triple Running Line display developed by Electronic Light (1998) and a description of which is available on the Internet at http://www.el.alfacom.net/runline.html. The panel is made up of LED matrix cells of the same color of radiation, for example, red. Its control unit allows you to reproduce the image and the offset of digital, alphabetic and special characters, generate dynamically moving text information (including advertising) on three lines at a time. The device provides automatic adjustment of the brightness of the radiation. A panel of this type is more informative. However, it does not allow reproducing complex graphic images and lighting effects needed in advertising to attract the attention of consumers.

The greatest opportunities among LED displays are polychromatic, made up of matrices, each of which contains a group of LEDs that emit different colors. The more light points (pixels) in the matrix, the higher the resolution of the resulting image. Such advertising devices allow you to get full-color images, lighting effects, work in the "running line" mode, create animated pictures. However, they have an expensive and complex management system. Thus, there is a technical contradiction: simple and inexpensive advertising and information devices do not allow creating lighting effects, which reduces the attractiveness of advertising, and the operation of the existing polychrome LED matrix displays requires the use of powerful modern computer control systems and appropriate software, which is not always justified.

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As a prototype of the utility model, the “Triple running line.

The utility model is based on the task of expanding the arsenal of funds, namely the creation of an advertising and information sharing device that can reproduce textual information and graphic images, including changing and moving images, and has an attractive ability,

approaching polychrome screens, with a significantly simplified design, a simplified control scheme and software.

The problem is solved in that in the first embodiment of the utility model in a device for displaying text and / or graphic information, including

composing screen composed of light emitting elements grouped into

cells, each of which is able to emit light of a certain color of different brightness, and equipped with a control system that allows you to display on the screen an image that moves and changes, new, according to the utility model, is that the screen contains cells that differ in color of emitted light, when this cell of the same color of radiation are arranged horizontally oriented rows, alternating with rows of cells of a different color of radiation.

In the second embodiment of the utility model, the features generally repeat the features of the first option, however, cells of the same radiation color are arranged in vertically oriented rows alternating with rows of cells of a different radiation color.

In the third embodiment of the utility model, the features also generally repeat the features of the first option, however, in this case, in the same row, cells or groups of cells of the same color of radiation alternate with cells or groups of cells of another color of radiation. A special case of the implementation of the third option is that cells of two colors of radiation are used and they are arranged in a schachal order.

g 2 /, 5 L A more detailed utility model is disclosed in the examples below with

two-color dial screen and illustrated by Figures: FIG. 1 - cells are arranged in horizontal alternating rows (first option). FIG. 2 cells are arranged in vertical alternating rows (second option), FIG. 3 cells form step-like stripes with alternating stripes according to the color of the emitted light (third option). FIG. 4- cells of the same color of radiation form obliquely oriented chains against the background formed by cells of a different color of radiation (third option), Figure 5 - cells are staggered. FIG. 6-8 - the operation of the device on the example of image displacement on the screen, the cells of which are staggered.

Common to all three variants of the utility model is that the device’s dialed screen is composed of light-emitting elements - LEDs. To generate images on large collective-use screens, the power emitted by individual LEDs is not enough. To create a predetermined (distinguishable at a distance) color spot, the LEDs of one radiation light (of the same wavelength) are grouped into cells. It is advisable to use industrially manufactured monochrome matrix display panels (matrices), the number of light points of which determines the resolution of the screen.

In the Figures illustrating conditional examples of the implementation of the utility model, indicated; 1- matrices of one, for example, red light emission, 2- matrices of another, for example, green light emission, 3- light points. The control system (not shown in the figures) is equipped with software that allows you to display information on the screen: numbers, letters, symbols, graphic images. This is done by applying voltage to the LEDs or groups of matrix LEDs. The displayed fragments are added to the screen in specified static images, including the formation of a continuous information field on the screen surface. System

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control also allows you to move images and change them. The shift of the pictographic symbols along the matrix indicator panels can be carried out by any number of digits with an adjustable speed of movement. At the same time, textual information can be displayed in the creeping line mode, and graphic images are converted into animated pictures. Varying the duration and combination of control signals, you can get many dynamic effects when displaying text and / or graphic information.

In the case of forming the screen in alternating rows (the first and second variants of the utility model and, respectively, FIG. 1 and FIG. 2), it is preferable to

image shift in the direction perpendicular to the orientation of the rows.

The presence of monochrome matrices of different color radiation on the screen allows you to get different color effects. In all variants of the utility model

dynamic image shimmers with colors, flickering glare is created. By changing the brightness of light emission, it is possible to achieve amplification or reduction of effects. You can also achieve a greater effect by introducing additional colors - monochrome matrices of other radiation colors. At the same time, the principle of constructing the screen is preserved: parallel rows alternating in color, or alternation of cells (groups of cells) in one row.

Thus, the claimed advertising and informational device (options) for collective use, the screen of which is made on the basis of monochrome matrices, has much greater attractiveness than the known displays with monochrome matrix display panels and approaches polychrome displays in terms of color effects. Moreover, the design and control system of the claimed device is incomparably simpler and cheaper than the latter.

Claims (4)

1. A device for displaying text and / or graphic information, including a dial screen made up of light-emitting elements grouped into cells, each of which is capable of emitting light of a certain color of different brightness, and equipped with a control system that allows you to display on the screen an image that moves and changes characterized in that the screen contains cells that differ in color of the emitted light, while cells of the same color of radiation are horizontally oriented p rows alternating with rows of cells of different emission colors.  2. A device for displaying text and / or graphic information, including a dial screen made up of light-emitting elements grouped into cells, each of which is capable of emitting light of a certain color of different brightness, and equipped with a control system that allows you to display on the screen an image that moves and changes characterized in that the screen contains cells that differ in color of the emitted light, while the cells of the same color of radiation are arranged vertically oriented row E alternating with rows of cells of different emission colors.  3. A device for displaying text and / or graphic information, including a dial screen composed of light-emitting elements grouped into cells, each of which is capable of emitting light of a certain color of different brightness, and equipped with a control system that allows you to display on the screen an image that moves and changes , characterized in that the screen contains cells that differ in color of the emitted light, while in the same row cells or groups of cells of the same color of radiation alternate with the cell Kami or groups of other radiation-colored cells. 4. The device according to claim 3, characterized in that cells of two radiation colors arranged in a checkerboard pattern are used.