ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY SYSTEM

• US 20100299189A1
• Filed: 07/22/2009
• Published: 11/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Shinichi Tanaka
• Original Assignee: Shinichi Tanaka
• Inventors: Tanaka, Shinichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,326,687 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements

Abstract

An advertisement display system includes a means for taking a photograph of a signal light of a signal 5 such as a traffic signal or an alarm for a railway crossing by a photograph unit 1, an analysis means for analyzing the signal condition such as lighting or blinking of the signal light from image data thus photographed by the photograph unit 1 by a computer 2, and a means for displaying an advertisement display information which is stored in advance in the computer 2 or a display unit 3 in conjunction with the lighting or blinking condition of the signal light analyzed by the analysis means and displays a display body having a content correlated with the signal condition of the signal 5 on the display unit 3.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. An advertisement display system comprising:

a photograph unit enabled to communicate with a computer;

the computer which can analyze a signal condition and control an advertisement display; and

a display unit that is structured to be able to have telecommunication with the computer and that is provided on a street,

wherein the advertisement display system has a means for taking a photograph of a signal light of a signal such as a traffic signal or an alarm for a railway crossing by the photograph unit, an analysis means for analyzing the signal condition such as lighting or blinking of the signal light from digital image data thus photographed by the photographing unit by the computer, and a means for displaying, on the display unit, an advertisement display information which is stored in advance in the computer or the display unit in conjunction with the lighting or blinking condition of the signal light analyzed by the analysis means,

the analysis means for analyzing the lighting or blinking condition of the signal detects a color of the signal light which is being lit,

the means for displaying the advertisement display information on the display unit extracts an advertisement display information having a pattern that is to be displayed from a plurality of patterns of advertisement display information stored in advance in the computer or the display unit, to which a flag correlated to the signal condition is supplied, on the basis of change in the signal condition analyzed by the analysis means based on the flag and outputs the advertisement display information having the pattern thus extracted to the display unit, or outputs a switching signal for switching display of the advertisement display information having a plurality of patterns, which are stored in the display unit in advance, on the basis of change in the signal condition analyzed by the analysis means.

25. The advertisement display system according to claim 21,

wherein the means for analyzing the lighting or blinking condition of the signal has a means for forecast analyzing switching of the signal condition on the basis of a time format from start of lighting to end of lighting which was loaded in the computer in advance or a time format from start of lighting to end of lighting which was calculated from the lighting period of a signal light in the previous time cycle.

27. The advertisement display system according to claim 21,

wherein the photograph unit is a digital camera or a digital video camera which can take a digital image.

28. The advertisement display system according to claim 21,

wherein the advertisement display information having a plurality of patterns stored in the computer or the display unit in advance is either advertisement display content information or matrix information for controlling lighting of a lamp.

29. The advertisement display system according to claim 21,

wherein the display unit is anyone of an image display monitor, an electric display, a projector, a display unit having a sheet on which the display body is displayed and is supported to be enabled to slide to a frame shaped window, and a display unit which changes display content by rotating a polygonal column on which the display body is displayed.

22. An advertisement display system comprising:

a photograph unit enabled to communicate with a computer;

the computer which can analyze a signal condition and control an advertisement display; and

a display unit that is structured to be able to have telecommunication with the computer and that is provided on a street,

wherein the advertisement display system has a means for taking a photograph of a signal light of a signal such as a traffic signal or an alarm for a railway crossing by the photograph unit, an analysis means for analyzing the signal condition such as lighting or blinking of the signal light from digital image data thus photographed by the photographing unit by the computer, and a means for displaying, on the display unit, an advertisement display information which is stored in advance in the computer or the display unit in conjunction with the lighting or blinking condition of the signal light analyzed by the analysis means,

the analysis means for analyzing lighting or blinking condition of the signal analyzes which signal light of the signal lights in the image data is being lit on the basis of a position information format of each signal light of the signal which was loaded in the computer in advance,

the means for displaying the advertisement display information on the display unit extracts an advertisement display information having a pattern that is to be displayed from a plurality of patterns of advertisement display information stored in advance in the computer or the display unit, to which a flag correlated to the signal condition is supplied, on the basis of change in the signal condition analyzed by the analysis means based on the flag and outputs the advertisement display information having the pattern thus extracted to the display unit, or outputs a switching signal for switching display of the advertisement display information having a plurality of patterns, which are stored in the display unit in advance, on the basis of change in the signal condition analyzed by the analysis means.

30. The advertisement display system according to claim 22,

wherein the means for analyzing the lighting or blinking condition of the signal has a means for forecast analyzing switching of the signal condition on the basis of a time format from start of lighting to end of lighting which was loaded in the computer in advance or a time format from start of lighting to end of lighting which was calculated from the lighting period of a signal light in the previous time cycle.

33. The advertisement display system according to claim 22,

wherein the photograph unit is a digital camera or a digital video camera which can take a digital image.

37. The advertisement display system according to claim 22,

wherein the advertisement display information having a plurality of patterns stored in the computer or the display unit in advance is either advertisement display content information or matrix information for controlling lighting of a lamp.

41. The advertisement display system according to claim 22,

wherein the display unit is anyone of an image display monitor, an electric display, a projector, a display unit having a sheet on which the display body is displayed and is supported to be enabled to slide to a frame shaped window, and a display unit which changes display content by rotating a polygonal column on which the display body is displayed.

23. An advertisement display system comprising:

a photograph unit enabled to communicate with a computer;

the computer which can analyze a signal condition and control an advertisement display; and

a display unit that is structured to be able to have telecommunication with the computer and that is provided on a street,

wherein the advertisement display system has a means for taking a photograph of a signal light of a signal such as a traffic signal or an alarm for a railway crossing by the photograph unit, an analysis means for analyzing the signal condition such as lighting or blinking of the signal light from digital image data thus photographed by the photographing unit by the computer, and a means for displaying, on the display unit, an advertisement display information which is stored in advance in the computer or the display unit in conjunction with the lighting or blinking condition of the signal light analyzed by the analysis means,

the analysis means for analyzing the lighting or blinking condition of the signal laminates the image data of the signal light in a first condition and the image data of the signal light in a second condition which were taken with a predetermined interval to judge which signal is lit from the difference in positions of the signal light being lit between the image data,

the means for displaying the advertisement display information on the display unit extracts an advertisement display information having a pattern that is to be displayed from a plurality of patterns of advertisement display information stored in advance in the computer or the display unit, to which a flag correlated to the signal condition is supplied, on the basis of change in the signal condition analyzed by the analysis means based on the flag and outputs the advertisement display information having the pattern thus extracted to the display unit, or outputs a switching signal for switching display of the advertisement display information having a plurality of patterns, which are stored in the display unit in advance, on the basis of change in the signal condition analyzed by the analysis means.

31. The advertisement display system according to claim 23,

wherein the means for analyzing the lighting or blinking condition of the signal has a means for forecast analyzing switching of the signal condition on the basis of a time format from start of lighting to end of lighting which was loaded in the computer in advance or a time format from start of lighting to end of lighting which was calculated from the lighting period of a signal light in the previous time cycle.

34. The advertisement display system according to claim 23,

wherein the photograph unit is a digital camera or a digital video camera which can take a digital image.

38. The advertisement display system according to claim 23,

wherein the advertisement display information having a plurality of patterns stored in the computer or the display unit in advance is either advertisement display content information or matrix information for controlling lighting of a lamp.

42. The advertisement display system according to claim 23,

wherein the display unit is anyone of an image display monitor, an electric display, a projector, a display unit having a sheet on which the display body is displayed and is supported to be enabled to slide to a frame shaped window, and a display unit which changes display content by rotating a polygonal column on which the display body is displayed.

24. An advertisement display system comprising:

a photograph unit enabled to communicate with a computer;

the computer which can analyze a signal condition and control an advertisement display; and

a display unit that is structured to be able to have telecommunication with the computer and that is provided on a street,

wherein the advertisement display system has a means for taking a photograph of a signal light of a signal such as a traffic signal or an alarm for a railway crossing by the photograph unit, an analysis means for analyzing the signal condition such as lighting or blinking of the signal light from digital image data thus photographed by the photographing unit by the computer, and a means for displaying, on the display unit, an advertisement display information which is stored in advance in the computer or the display unit in conjunction with the lighting or blinking condition of the signal light analyzed by the analysis means,

the analysis means for analyzing the lighting or blinking condition of the signal analyzes whether there is a lit signal light or there is not a lit signal light (null) in the image data,

the means for displaying the advertisement display information on the display unit extracts an advertisement display information having a pattern that is to be displayed from a plurality of patterns of advertisement display information stored in advance in the computer or the display unit, to which a flag correlated to the signal condition is supplied, on the basis of change in the signal condition analyzed by the analysis means based on the flag and outputs the advertisement display information having the pattern thus extracted to the display unit, or outputs a switching signal for switching display of the advertisement display information having a plurality of patterns, which are stored in the display unit in advance, on the basis of change in the signal condition analyzed by the analysis means.

32. The advertisement display system according to claim 24,

wherein the means for analyzing the lighting or blinking condition of the signal has a means for forecast analyzing switching of the signal condition on the basis of a time format from start of lighting to end of lighting which was loaded in the computer in advance or a time format from start of lighting to end of lighting which was calculated from the lighting period of a signal light in the previous time cycle.

35. The advertisement display system according to claim 24,

wherein the photograph unit is a digital camera or a digital video camera which can take a digital image.

39. The advertisement display system according to claim 24,

wherein the advertisement display information having a plurality of patterns stored in the computer or the display unit in advance is either advertisement display content information or matrix information for controlling lighting of a lamp.

43. The advertisement display system according to claim 24,

wherein the display unit is anyone of an image display monitor, an electric display, a projector, a display unit having a sheet on which the display body is displayed and is supported to be enabled to slide to a frame shaped window, and a display unit which changes display content by rotating a polygonal column on which the display body is displayed.

26. An advertisement display system comprising:

a photograph unit, an image display unit for displaying an image taken by the photograph unit, an optical sensor for detecting display condition of the image display unit, a relay unit connected to the optical sensor, and a display unit connected to the relay unit to have telecommunication therebetween and that is provided on a street,

wherein the advertisement display system has a means for taking a photograph of a signal light of a signal such as a traffic signal or an alarm for a railway crossing by the photograph unit, a means for displaying the taken image of the signal light on the image display unit, a means for detecting the signal condition of the signal light by the optical sensor attached to a screen of the image display unit from the image displayed on the image display unit, and a means for displaying an advertisement display information which is stored in advance in the display unit by the relay unit in conjunction with the signal condition of the signal light detected by the optical sensor, and displays the display body having a content correlated with the signal condition of the signal on the display unit.

36. The advertisement display system according to claim 26,

wherein the photograph unit is a digital camera or a digital video camera which can take a digital image.

40. The advertisement display system according to claim 26,

wherein the advertisement display information having a plurality of patterns stored in the computer or the display unit in advance is either advertisement display content information or matrix information for controlling lighting of a lamp.

44. The advertisement display system according to claim 26,

wherein the display unit is anyone of an image display monitor, an electric display, a projector, a display unit having a sheet on which the display body is displayed and is supported to be enabled to slide to a frame shaped window, and a display unit which changes display content by rotating a polygonal column on which the display body is displayed.