ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY SYSTEM
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Abstract
An advertisement display system includes a photograph unit for taking a photograph of a signal light of a signal such as a traffic signal or an alarm for a railway crossing, a computer for analyzing the signal condition such as lighting or blinking of the signal light from image data thus photographed by the photograph unit, and a display unit for displaying 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 computer and displays a display body having a content correlated with the signal condition of the signal on the display unit.
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34 Claims
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15. An advertisement display system comprising:
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a photograph unit that obtains image data of one or more signal lights of a signal, the signal being a traffic signal or an alarm for a railway crossing; a computer that (i) controls an advertisement display, and (ii) determines a signal condition indicating a lighting or blinking of the one or more signal lights in the image data obtained by the photograph unit based on a color of a signal light being lit, from the one or more signal lights of the signal, in the image data; and a display unit that (i) extracts a pattern of advertisement display information from among a plurality of patterns of advertisement display information stored in the computer or in the display unit, based on a correlation between a flag supplied to the extracted pattern of advertisement display information and the signal condition indicating the lighting or blinking of the one or more signal lights determined by the computer, and (ii) outputs (a) the extracted pattern of advertisement display information or (b) a switching signal for switching a display to the extracted pattern of advertisement display information, wherein the display unit is viewable from a street, and wherein the photograph unit and the display unit communicate with the computer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An advertisement display system comprising:
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a photograph unit that obtains image data of one or more signal lights of a signal, the signal being a traffic signal or an alarm for a railway crossing; a computer that (i) controls an advertisement display, and (ii) determines a signal condition indicating a lighting or blinking of the one or more signal lights in the image data obtained by the photograph unit based on (a) a position of a signal light being lit, from the one or more signal lights of the signal, in the image data, and (b) position information, stored in the computer, indicating a position of each of the one or more signal lights; and a display unit that (i) extracts a pattern of advertisement display information from among a plurality of patterns of advertisement display information stored in the computer or in the display unit, based on a correlation between a flag supplied to the extracted pattern of advertisement display information and the signal condition indicating the lighting or blinking of the one or more signal lights determined by the computer, and (ii) outputs (a) the extracted pattern of advertisement display information or (b) a switching signal for switching a display to the extracted pattern of advertisement display information, wherein the display unit is viewable from a street, and wherein the photograph unit and the display unit communicate with the computer. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An advertisement display system comprising:
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a photograph unit that obtains image data of one or more signal lights of a signal, the signal being a traffic signal or an alarm for a railway crossing; a computer that (i) controls an advertisement display, and (ii) determines a signal condition indicating a lighting or blinking of the one or more signal lights in the image data obtained by the photograph unit based on a difference in positions of one or more signal lights, from among the one or more signal lights, with respect to (a) a first image of the signal light in the image data, and (b) a second image of the signal light taken at a predetermined interval after the first image of the signal light in the image data; and a display unit that (i) extracts a pattern of advertisement display information from among a plurality of patterns of advertisement display information stored in the computer or in the display unit, based on a correlation between a flag supplied to the extracted pattern of advertisement display information and the signal condition indicating the lighting or blinking of the one or more signal lights determined by the computer, and (ii) outputs (a) the extracted pattern of advertisement display information or (b) a switching signal for switching a display to the extracted pattern of advertisement display information, wherein the display unit is viewable from a street, and wherein the photograph unit and the display unit communicate with the computer. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An advertisement display system comprising:
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a photograph unit that obtains image data of one or more signal lights of a signal, the signal being a traffic signal or an alarm for a railway crossing; a computer that (i) controls an advertisement display, and (ii) determines a signal condition indicating a lighting or blinking of the one or more signal lights in the image data obtained by the photograph unit based whether or not a signal light is being lit, from among the one or more signal lights of the signal, in the image data; and a display unit that (i) extracts a pattern of advertisement display information from among a plurality of patterns of advertisement display information stored in the computer or in the display unit, based on a correlation between a flag supplied to the extracted pattern of advertisement display information and the signal condition indicating the lighting or blinking of the one or more signal lights determined by the computer, and (ii) outputs (a) the extracted pattern of advertisement display information or (b) a switching signal for switching a display to the extracted pattern of advertisement display information, wherein the display unit is viewable from a street, and wherein the photograph unit and the display unit communicate with the computer. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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