SIGNAGE SYSTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD BY THE SAME

• US 20130328765A1
• Filed: 05/31/2013
• Published: 12/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Kawamoto, Tsuyoshi
• Application Number:
  US13/906,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20130328765A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history

Abstract

A signage system includes a plurality of display devices, an image capturing devices and a signage processing device. The signage processing device includes a personal recognition section for recognizing a person imaged in the image data, a data selection section for selecting a data group corresponding to the person recognized by the personal recognition section and a display control section for displaying a signage image based on the data group selected by the data selection section on the display device corresponding to the image data. The display control section displays the continuation of the signage image for the person displayed last time on the display device corresponding to the image capturing device which generates the image data if the personal recognition section recognizes the same person again according to the image data after displaying the signage image for the person on the display device.

Claims

1. A signage system including a plurality of display devices, an image capturing devices, respectively arranged to the plurality of display devices, which are configured to photograph each image capturing area to generate image data thereof, and a signage processing device configured to display a signage image for advertising a specific object on each display device, wherein

the signage processing device includes a personal recognition section configured to recognize a person imaged in the image data generated by each image capturing device, a data selection section configured to select a data group containing a plural signage image data corresponding to the person recognized by the personal recognition section and a display control section configured to display, if the person imaged in the image data is recognized by the personal recognition section, a signage image based on the data group selected by the data selection section according to the person recognized on the display device corresponding to the image capturing device which generates the image data, and

wherein the display control section displays, if the person is recognized by the personal recognition section again according to the image data generated by one of the image capturing devices after displaying a signage image based on the data group selected by the data selection section according to the person recognized by the personal recognition section on one of the display devices, the continuation of the signage image, based on the data group selected according to the person recognized, which is displayed on the one of the display devices last time on the display device corresponding to the image capturing device which generates the image data.

2. The signage system according to claim 1, further including:

a settlement processing device configured to settle a commodity transaction;

an image capturing device, connecting to the settlement processing device, which is configured to photograph an image area including a person who receives the settlement by the settlement processing device to generate the image data; and

a database configured to store information relating to the commodity transaction settled by the settlement processing device as an actual commodity purchase result of the person in the image data generated by the image capturing device.

3. The signage system according to claim 2, wherein

the data selection section selects the data group containing the signage image data, which is derived from the actual commodity purchase result of the person recognized by the personal recognition section stored in the database, to advertise a commodity matched with the preference of the person recognized by the personal recognition section.

4. The signage system according claims 1, further including:

a person selection section configured to select one person from a plurality of persons if the personal recognition section recognizes the plurality of persons from one image data captured, wherein

the data selection section selects the data group for the person selected by the person selection section.

5. The signage system according to claim 4, wherein

the person selection section selects a person whose purchase amount accumulated in the past commodity transactions is the highest from the plurality of persons recognized by the personal recognition section.

6. A method for displaying a signage image by a signage processing device, including a plurality of display devices configured to display a signage image for advertising a specific object and an image capturing devices, arranged to each display device, which are configured to photograph an image capturing area to generate image data, that is used in a signage system, including:

recognizing a person imaged in the image data generated by each image capturing device;

selecting a data group containing a plural signage image data corresponding to the person recognized;

displaying, on the display device corresponding to the image capturing device which generates the image data, a signage image based on the data group selected for the person if the person imaged in the image data is recognized; and

displaying, if the person is recognized again according to the image data generated by one of the image capturing devices after displaying the signage image based on the data group selected according to the person recognized on one of the display devices, the continuation of the signage image, based on the data group selected according to the person recognized, which is displayed on the one of the display devices last time on the display device corresponding to the image capturing device which generates the image data.