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Electronic billboard replacement switching system

  • US 6,191,825 B1
  • Filed: 06/12/1998
  • Issued: 02/20/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electronic billboard replacement system for use in a TV broadcast system includingelectronic billboard storage for storing a plurality of replacement billboards, an electronic sequencer for controlling the time period that each one of said plurality of replacement billboards is displayed to a TV viewer, a timer for each billboard, said timer being settable for each said billboard to a desired time period during an event and including means for starting said timer and means for detecting when said desired time period for the billboard has elapsed and including means for detecting the presence of said billboard on a video image as transmitted to a viewer, and detection means connected to a field of view detector and to said timer, said detection means providing an output signal inhibiting changeover of said billboard to a next successive billboard while said billboard is visible to the viewer.

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