Information presenting system
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1. An information presenting system comprising:
- computing means;
a system controller actuated by said computing means;
a plurality of sets of terminal equipments, each of such sets of terminal equipment comprising;
a front-end processor for creating selection menus having a plurality of selection branches;
a CRT controlled by said processor for displaying any of such menus;
a plurality of input terminals operable to cause said processor to select a particular menu;
said processor being adapted to signal said computing means which menu has been selected, whereupon said computing means actuates the system controller in accordance with such selected menu;
and two monitoring picture tubes for respectively displaying a motion picture and a still picture;
still picture data reproducing means controlled by said system controller for reproducing data representing a plurality of still pictures corresponding to the menus selected by each of said sets of terminal equipment;
motion picture data reproducing means controlled by said system controller;
for reproducing data representing a plurality of motion pictures corresponding to the menus selected by each of said sets of terminal equipment;
and picture indicating means for causing the monitoring picture tubes of each of said sets of terminal equipment to respectively display a still picture corresponding to the menus selected by such sets from the data reproduced by said still picture data reproducing means, and a motion picture corresponding to such said selected menus from the data reproduced by said motion picture data reproducing means.
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Abstract
An information display system which comprises a plurality of sets of terminal equipment, each set including a CRT for indicating a menu having a plurality of selection branches, monitoring picture tubes for displaying a motion picture, and/or a still picture, and input terminals for inputting data to start the operation of selection of a menu. The motion picture or the still picture is displayed on the monitoring picture tubes according to the selected menu for presenting desired information desired by the user of the system.
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1. An information presenting system comprising:
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computing means; a system controller actuated by said computing means; a plurality of sets of terminal equipments, each of such sets of terminal equipment comprising; a front-end processor for creating selection menus having a plurality of selection branches; a CRT controlled by said processor for displaying any of such menus; a plurality of input terminals operable to cause said processor to select a particular menu; said processor being adapted to signal said computing means which menu has been selected, whereupon said computing means actuates the system controller in accordance with such selected menu; and two monitoring picture tubes for respectively displaying a motion picture and a still picture; still picture data reproducing means controlled by said system controller for reproducing data representing a plurality of still pictures corresponding to the menus selected by each of said sets of terminal equipment; motion picture data reproducing means controlled by said system controller;
for reproducing data representing a plurality of motion pictures corresponding to the menus selected by each of said sets of terminal equipment;and picture indicating means for causing the monitoring picture tubes of each of said sets of terminal equipment to respectively display a still picture corresponding to the menus selected by such sets from the data reproduced by said still picture data reproducing means, and a motion picture corresponding to such said selected menus from the data reproduced by said motion picture data reproducing means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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