WO1997025703A1 - Visual information systems - Google Patents
Visual information systemsInfo
- Publication number
- WO1997025703A1 WO1997025703A1 PCT/GB1997/000096 GB9700096W WO9725703A1 WO 1997025703 A1 WO1997025703 A1 WO 1997025703A1 GB 9700096 W GB9700096 W GB 9700096W WO 9725703 A1 WO9725703 A1 WO 9725703A1
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- WO
- WIPO (PCT)
- Prior art keywords
- array
- controller
- predetermined
- memory
- program stored
- Prior art date
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F19/00—Advertising or display means not otherwise provided for
- G09F19/22—Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F19/00—Advertising or display means not otherwise provided for
- G09F19/22—Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated
- G09F2019/221—Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated on tunnel walls for underground trains
Definitions
- the present invention relates to visual information systems.
- arrays of moving images are known in which an array consisting of a plurality of rows and columns of light sources are individually energisable to produce, for example, a moving message. Such arrays have several times more columns of light source than rows. Also, the size of the array is the same size as the image and consequently the wiring of individual light sources to the controlling circuitry and the complexity of the control circuitry are likely to be very costly. It is an object of the invention to provide an improved visual information system.
- a visual information system comprising an array consisting of a plurality of individually and selectively energisable light sources arranged in rows and columns, a memory for storing a program representative of a predetermined image, a controller actuatable to control the selection and sequence of energisation of the light sources within a predetermined time span in accordance with the predetermined program stored on the memory so that a viewer observing the array and being carried past the array at a predetermined speed will observe immediately following said predetermined time span the said predetermined image as an apparently stationary image occupying an area substantially larger than the area of said array .
- a visual information display system comprising a fibre optic array in which one end of a bundle of optical fibres is arranged so that the ends of the individual fibres at one end of the bundle form a vertically elongate array of rows and columns and the ends of the individual fibres at the opposite end of the bundle are connected to an elctro-optical interface unit, and means for supplying electrical signals to the interface unit to cause the array to display a succession of images in sufficiently quick succession that a viewer being carried past the array perceives a single horizontally elongate display consisting of said successive images located side by side.
- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the system
- Figure 2 is a block diagram of the system
- FIG. 3 is a more detailed block diagram of the system
- the visual information system to be described is arranged to be located in tunnels through which public transportation vehicles such as tube trains normally run.
- the system consists of a series of light source arrays 2 arranged at spaced intervals along the track 4 on the side wall of the tunnel, generally level with the windows of the train so that the arrays can be viewed by the passengers in the train.
- a sensor 6 located upstream of each array 2 is responsive to the approach of the train to the array to actuate the array.
- Another sensor 8 located downstream of each array is responsive to when the train has passed to deactivate the array 2.
- the sensors 6 and 8 may take the form of infrared transmitter and receiver pairs.
- Each array 2 consists of four columns and sixty four rows of individually and selectively energisable light sources for example light emitting diodes. Selected light sources in the array are switched
- a controller 10 ON and OFF by a controller 10 in accordance with a predetermined program stored in a memory 12.
- the controller is triggered by the sensor 6 and the program is cyclically repeated until a signal is received from the sensor 8.
- the switching rate of the light sources and the duration of their energisation is such that a passenger sitting in the train and keeping his eyes directed at the array will observe an image several times wider than the width of the array.
- the array 2 consists of a series of light emitting diodes 20. In this arrangement only sixteen are shown, arranged in a single column. Each LED has a power output of 32 mcd's and has a high switching speed with a switching time faster than 10 nanoseconds.
- the CPU cyclically repeats the program stored in the EPROM 12 at a repetition rate in the range of from 10- 50 Hz but is preferably 15 Hz. By updating the memory periodically the passengers will be able to observe different images.
- the ratio of rows to columns in the array is 16:1 or greater.
- the optical array 20 consists of an array formed by the exposed ends of a bundle 22 of optical fibres.
- the opposite ends of the elctro-optical fibres of the bundle 22 are connected to an electro-optical interface unit 24.
- Data representative of a desired image to be displayed is transmitted from a central computer 32 by radio optical or direct wire link to a data interface unit 30 which passes the signals to a processor 28 which in turn causes the signals to be stored in a storage unit 26.
- the processor 28 is responsive to a local trigger such as the sensors 6 and 8 described in connection with Figures 1 and 2 or a remote trigger, to cause the elctro-optical interface to read out the stored data from the memory 26 and to cause the corresponding image to be progressively reproduced on the display 20 in a manner such as that described in conjunction with Figures 1 to 3.
- a local trigger such as the sensors 6 and 8 described in connection with Figures 1 and 2 or a remote trigger
- a train 36 within a tunnel 34 carries an on-board transmitter 38 which is connected to an on-board or a remote central computer 32.
- Data from the computer 32 is transmitted by the transmitter 38 to a receiver 40 adjacent a display 20 mounted on the wall of the tunnel.
- the receiver is connected to the data interface 30 (see Figure 4) of the display from whereon the system operates in the same manner as described in connection with Figure 4.
- the memory 26 can be omitted and the signals read in real time from the processor 28.
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- Accounting & Taxation (AREA)
- Marketing (AREA)
- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
- Control Of Indicators Other Than Cathode Ray Tubes (AREA)
- Stereoscopic And Panoramic Photography (AREA)
- Circuits Of Receivers In General (AREA)
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems (AREA)
- Devices For Indicating Variable Information By Combining Individual Elements (AREA)
- Illuminated Signs And Luminous Advertising (AREA)
- Programmable Controllers (AREA)
- Burglar Alarm Systems (AREA)
- Traffic Control Systems (AREA)
- Position Fixing By Use Of Radio Waves (AREA)
- Train Traffic Observation, Control, And Security (AREA)
- Lighting Device Outwards From Vehicle And Optical Signal (AREA)
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Priority Applications (6)
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US09/101,612 US6169368B1 (en) | 1996-01-11 | 1997-01-10 | Visual information systems |
AT97900344T ATE206553T1 (en) | 1996-01-11 | 1997-01-10 | VISUAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS |
AU13928/97A AU1392897A (en) | 1996-01-11 | 1997-01-10 | Visual information systems |
EP97900344A EP0875057B1 (en) | 1996-01-11 | 1997-01-10 | Visual information systems |
DE69707101T DE69707101T2 (en) | 1996-01-11 | 1997-01-10 | VISUAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS |
CA002242807A CA2242807C (en) | 1996-01-11 | 1997-01-10 | Visual information systems |
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GB9600519A GB2309112B (en) | 1996-01-11 | 1996-01-11 | Visual information system arrangements |
GB9600519.4 | 1996-01-11 |
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US (1) | US6169368B1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP0875057B1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE206553T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU1392897A (en) |
DE (1) | DE69707101T2 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2166968T3 (en) |
GB (1) | GB2309112B (en) |
PT (1) | PT875057E (en) |
WO (1) | WO1997025703A1 (en) |
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WO2011029935A2 (en) | 2009-09-14 | 2011-03-17 | Spectrum Motion Media Ltd | Display apparatus and a method for the same |
WO2016181134A1 (en) | 2015-05-11 | 2016-11-17 | Speed Of Light Holdings Limited | Display systems |
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AU1392897A (en) | 1997-08-01 |
US6169368B1 (en) | 2001-01-02 |
GB2309112B (en) | 1999-12-08 |
DE69707101T2 (en) | 2002-06-06 |
DE69707101D1 (en) | 2001-11-08 |
EP0875057A1 (en) | 1998-11-04 |
ATE206553T1 (en) | 2001-10-15 |
GB9600519D0 (en) | 1996-03-13 |
ES2166968T3 (en) | 2002-05-01 |
EP0875057B1 (en) | 2001-10-04 |
PT875057E (en) | 2002-03-28 |
GB2309112A (en) | 1997-07-16 |
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