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Definitions

• the invention relates to an information dissemination facility.
• the first criterion may be a time criterion defining a time window, for example two hours, from the present moment taken as a key-value. This displays all flights departing from or arriving at an airport terminal within two hours.
• FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a control module for the control device of FIG. 2,
• FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the installation of FIG. 1,
• FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a variant of the example of application of FIG. 7,
• FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a development of the installation according to the invention.
• the IDISP 3 broadcaster may comprise a public sound reproduction system, for example of the type comprising loudspeakers.
• the connection between the IDISP 3 and the CTRL 5 device may be wired type, for example a network cable, or wireless through a short-range radio transmission technology, WIFI type or Bluetooth for example. This link can also be more complex and implement some communication technologies currently available for example Internet.
• the terminals Ti are, for example, mobile telephones equipped with a Bluetooth, Zigbee or WIFI standard communication module, an electronic personal assistant (commonly referred to as PDA) equipped with such a module, an audiophonic headset equipped with a transmitter radio receiver or a Bluetooth type headset.
• the terminals Ti 11, 13 and 15 are capable of rendering information, in particular visual and / or audio, transmitted via the relay RLY 7.
• Visual information means any type of image, video or text .
• sound information we means a sound signal, music or a text read aloud.
• the CTRL 5 detailed in FIG. 2 comprises a CTRLM control module 17 capable of executing functions, an MEM 19 storing information in the form of organized data, a first INTFCl interface 21 for communication with the IDISP 3 broadcaster and a second interface INTFC2 23 for communication with the relay RLY 7.
• the CTRLM module 17 is capable of interacting with the interface INTFCl 21 to perform functions of interest to the broadcaster IDISP 3 and with the interface INTFC2 23 to execute functions of interest to the perimeter 9.
• the module CTRLM 17 is capable of causing the transmission of information stored as data in the memory MEM 19 to the terminals Ti 11, 13 and 15 as well as the return of such information to the broadcaster IDISP 3.
• the CTRLM module 17 is able to implement functions related to the management of data in MEM memory 19 such as reading, writing or sorting data.
• the CTRL 5 may be implemented in the form of a central computer unit comprising a wired network interface (typically Ethernet) for connecting the CTRL 5 to the IDISP 3 diffuser and an interface WIFI for connection to the RLY 7 relay, a hard disk for storing information data.
• a wired network interface typically Ethernet
• WIFI for connection to the RLY 7 relay
• the function INVF 25 is capable of discovering the terminals Ti present in the perimeter 9 with respect to the previous execution of this function INVF 25.
• the function INVF 25 interacts with the memory MEM 19 to store an identifier IdTi for each of these new Ti terminals.
• the identifier IdTi may include the number of the SIM card of the terminal Ti, or any other information capable of uniquely identifying the terminal Ti.
• DjTi are stored in the memory MEM 19 in correspondence with the identifier IdTi in a context table CxtTab 26 illustrated in Figures 4 and 5.
• the state data DjTi may furthermore comprise a second state data item D2Ti.
• the data item D2Ti may include data that makes it possible to determine whether the user of the mobile terminal Ti suffers from a possible handicap and, if need be, to determine the nature of the disability (for example visually impaired or hard of hearing).
• the DjTi state data can be directly available at the terminal Ti or be harvested and transmitted via a specific module executed in the terminal Ti. If necessary, a JAVA-type application can be integrated into Ti terminals to acquire and / or transmit status data that is not available in the terminal as standard.
• the state data DjTi may be relative to the terminal Ti itself (operator identifier, model of the terminal etc.) or to the user (age, sex, etc.) and / or to his preferences (interface language chosen for example).
• Steps 600 and 602 have been described separately for clarity but may also occur simultaneously.
• a broadcast function GIDF 27 of the CTRLM module 17 selects information data from a DatTab content table 28 of the memory MEM 19 based on a first criterion dependent on the value KVaI1.
• the information data of the DatTab table 28 is stored in an organized manner so as to be accessible from query criteria that can be implemented as sorting and / or search functions.
• the information data of the DatTab table 28 can be stored in a database.
• This first criterion can consist of the value KVaIl only or also take into account other values related or not to KVaIl.
• the INVF function 25 can set a first additional SKVaIl key-value from a sub-group of state data.
• the nature of the SKVaIl value can be very different from the nature of the KVaIl value as will be seen later.
• the first criterion can be provided in such a way that the selected information data is related to information in German language and of interest to a German-speaking individual.
• the function GIDF 27 transmits this data to the distributor IDISP 3 for reproduction (step 608).
• the function INVF 25 establishes from subgroups of state data DjTi a second key value KVal2 for each IdTi identifier (step 610).
• the value KVal2 for the terminal Ti may be in the same way constituted solely by the value of the data DjTi for this terminal Ti or not.
• the KVal2 value can be obtained from the same state data subgroup on the basis of which the KVaIl value has been determined, or not.
• the values KVaI1 and KVal2 may relate to state indications of different natures.
• a particular information dissemination function PIDF 29 selects information data contained in the DatTab table 28 according to a second criterion Cr2 dependent on the second key value KVal2, and for each terminal Ti 11, 13 and 15. Furthermore, the PIDF function 29 transmits the data thus selected to the terminals Ti 11, 13 and 15 respectively so that the information is restored on these terminals.
• the operation of the CTRLM 17 can be seen as an organized sequence of instructions.
• the CTRLM 17 may be implemented as a program or firmware to be executed by a central computer unit or a microprocessor.
• the installation 1 comprises several Bluetooth units.
• a Bluetooth unit can then be devoted solely to the discovery of the new terminals Ti 11, 13 and 15, i.e. it does not participate in communications.
• the installation 1 then comprises a plurality BTCN of Bluetooth units used only for communications with the terminals Ti.
• the delay DLY is for example given by the formula (1):
• the CxD time value is set by choosing Bluetooth technology and is worth about 5 seconds.
• the delay DLY can be calculated on the date t0 at which the connections to the terminals Ti are initiated.
• the CTRL member 5 connects to a terminal Ti on a date ti.
• the timing delay DLYi communicated to the terminal Ti is given by the formula (2):
• the values of the DLY and DLYi delays are fixed by choice as being delays allowing a good functioning or an acceptable operation of the installation 1 for the users.
• resolution of the formulas (2) then (1) on the basis of the choice of the DLY and DLYi delays and the foreseeable number of terminals Ti to connect N, it is obtained the number BTCN of Bluetooth units to predict.
• the delay DLY is given by the formula (3).
• CxD time is set by the choice of WIFI technology and is worth about 10 milliseconds (including a processing time).
• the delay DLY is negligible for the users of the terminals Ti except for the case of a large number N of terminals Ti.
• the installation 1 is arranged in a room of the lost of a terminal.
• the IDISP 3 diffuser is made in the form of a liquid crystal display capable of display text information about the different flights departing and arriving at the airport.
• the data relating to this information in different languages are stored in the memory MEM 19.
• the relay RLY7 is arranged so that the perimeter 9 covers an area encompassing the diffuser IDISP3.
• the terminals Ti 11, 13 and 15 equip travelers of different nationalities a priori.
• FIG. 7 illustrates, in this particular case, the operation of the installation 1.
• this function INVF 25 acquires from each of the terminals Ti 11, 13 and 15, as state data DlTi, the nationality of the mobile telephone operator originally managing the communications of each of the Ti terminals.
• step 704 the INVF function 25 establishes as a first key value KVaIl, a language identifier associated with the nationality of the most represented operators.
• the terminal T1 is managed by a German operator, T2 by a French operator and T3 by an Austrian operator.
• the function INVF 25 establishes as KVaIl value an identifier of the German language, because it is represented twice in the perimeter 9 while the French language is only once. In other words, the KVaIl value here designates the majority language within the perimeter 9.
• the function GITF 27 establishes as the first criteria CrI for selecting the information data the German language. In other words, the function GIDF 27 selects the data for displaying the information in German language.
• step 710 the function INVF 25 establishes as a second key value KVal2 for the terminal T2 13 an identifier of the French language.
• this function INV 25 establishes, as a value KVal2 for the terminals T1 and T3 15, an identifier of the German language.
• the PIDF function 29 establishes a second criterion Cr2 for selecting the information data from the value KVal2, so that the selected data represent information in French (step 712).
• this PIDF function 29 transmits to the terminal T2 13 the information data thus selected, so that the information concerning flights arriving and departing from the terminal is displayed on this terminal T2. 13 in French language.
• information in German is transmitted to terminals Tl 11 and T3 15.
• the first CrI and second Cr2 criteria may be more selective, though still based on the first KVaIl and second KVal2 key values.
• the first CrI criterion can be established in order to select information data in German and relating to departing flights to or from German-speaking countries, eg Austria or Germany.
• the IDISP 3 broadcaster will only display this information.
• the second criterion Cr2 can be set so as to select only information data in French language concerning flights of French companies, for display on the terminal T2 13.
• the first Cr1 and second Cr2 criteria can be of different natures.
• the criterion CrI causes the display on the screen in German of all flights within two hours without further distinction (first row of the table) while the second criterion causes the display in French on the terminal T2 13 flights of the company "Air France” (registered trademark) only.
• the installation 1 is advantageously dimensioned, as explained above, so as to ensure continuity of service.
• the terminals Ti concerned immediately receive an equivalent of the information in the language formerly used for display.
• formulas (1), (2) and (3) are used to dimension the installation accordingly.
• the flowchart of FIG. 9 illustrates a variant of the first example of application of the invention.
• the function INVF 25 acquires, as state data D1Ti, an indication of nationality and D2Ti an indication of handicap (step 902).
• the state data D2Ti may take values indicating "no disability", "low vision” or "hearing impaired”. It is assumed, for example, that the function INVF acquires from the terminal T3 a state data item D2T3 indicating "visually impaired", and terminals T11 and T213 state data D2T1 and D2T2 indicating "absence of disability".
• the function INVF 25 establishes a first key-value KVaIl worth German language indication as previously
• step 904 a first additional SKVAL1 key-value indicating "no handicap" as the value corresponding to the value of the most represented D2Ti state data within the perimeter 9 (step 906).
• the GIDF function 27 selects information data according to a first criterion CrI determined on the basis of both the key value KVaIl indicating German language and the additional key value SKVaIl indicating "absence of handicap ".
• the function GIDF 27 selects information data in German language of textual form.
• step 910 the GIDF function 27 transmits the selected data to the IDISP diffuser 3 so that the display of the IDISP3 broadcaster switches, as before, in German language.
• the PIDF function 29 selects information data based on a second criterion Cr2 according to the key-value KVal2 indicating "French language” and the additional key-value SKVal2 indicating "visually impaired".
• the second criterion Cr2 is set to select information data in French and in sound form, that is to say text read aloud and pre-recorded as audio data by example. It can be provided a device for automatic conversion of information data in text form into data information in audio form or a device for automatic reading.
• step 914 the selected information data is transmitted to the terminal T2 for rendering, so that this information is broadcast to the visually impaired user of the terminal T2 in audible form.
• the additional key-values cause switching between a visual broadcast and an audible broadcast of a text.
• the broadcaster IDISP 3 is in particular capable of broadcasting selected information either according to a default value or according to a majority logic. It is understood that these two selection modes can be combined. For example, after a determined period of broadcasting information selected according to the majority logic, the information can be selected for another period determined according to the default key-value.
• the installation 1 is fixed. According to a second example of application, this installation 1 can be mobile.
• the installation 1 may take the form of a speaker system installed in a motor vehicle and broadcasting pre-recorded information.
• the relay RLY 7, the organ CTRL 5 and the diffuser IDISP 3 which comprises the loudspeakers are arranged in the vehicle.
• This information can be a disaster alert, for example a gas leak.
• An disaster alert for example a gas leak.
• An emergency alert for example a gas leak.
• An emergency alert for example a gas leak.
• anyone present in the mobile perimeter 9 can receive on his mobile terminal Ti the disaster alert in an equivalent form. Thus people who do not understand the language in which the alert is broadcast as well as the hearing impaired can be warned at the same time as the others.
• the installation 1 is implemented in a museum.
• the guide carries the installation 1 which comprises in this case a speaker rendering pre-recorded comments as IDISP diffuser 3.
• the guide also carries the CTRL 5 and the RLY relay 7.
• the CTRL 5 and the RLY 7 relay can in this case be integrated in the same housing. Visitors following the guide and not speaking their language can receive comments in audible form for example on their mobile phone. Visitors who prefer it receive a text equivalent.
• the installation 1 is implemented on a road, for example on a highway.
• the diffuser IDISP 3 can then take the form of a sign, for example indicating a direction, or information, for example indicating the traffic conditions.
• a user can receive, in his vehicle, on this terminal data representing an equivalent, for example textual but also sound, of the signaling panel (for example, in the where the direction sign is written in an alphabet that the user does not read) or information (for example, in the case where the user does not speak the language in which this information is written.
• this terminal data representing an equivalent, for example textual but also sound, of the signaling panel (for example, in the where the direction sign is written in an alphabet that the user does not read) or information (for example, in the case where the user does not speak the language in which this information is written.
• the installation 1 is implemented in the lobby of a hotel or any other place in which musical pieces are broadcast prerecorded using an IDISP 3 sound diffuser.
• the member 5 can provide simultaneous broadcast, through one or more relays 7, the lyrics of a piece being broadcast, in text form on a terminal Ti (for example a mobile phone).
• the broadcast is advantageously provided in the form of a stream, here textual, according to the techniques known as "streaming" ("in flow"). It will be understood that any broadcast of this type in the form of a stream requires a storing step, even a temporary one, in the memory 19.
• the broadcasting of the musical pieces can also be done by the "streaming" technique.
• the installation 1 is implemented in the reception area of a town hall in which an IDISP 3 diffuser in the form of billboard disseminates information, for example relating to the geographical location of the different administrative services.
• Terminals Ti can be provided in the form of a tactile text rendering device of the type that usually transcribes typographic characters in braille characters. It is also possible to provide other Ti terminals in the form of a Bluetooth type headset.
• the facility 1 can provide a transcription of information of the IDISP 3 broadcaster for visually impaired persons.
• the installation 1 is implemented in urban outdoor environment.
• the IDISP 3 broadcaster takes the form of a public billboard.
• the member 5 can be programmed so that each passage of a particular mobile terminal, for example the mobile terminal T1 11, the content restored on the terminal T1 is different, although still related to the diffuser IDISP 3.
• the memory 19 of the member 5 maintains a sequence of contents to be broadcast on the one hand and on the other hand a trace of the passages of the terminal Ti for example by means of the identifier IdTi. And at each pass, the next element of the content sequence is broadcast on the terminal Ti.
• a plurality of interconnected panels is provided as an IDISP diffuser.
• each panel is linked to a particular element of the content sequence to be broadcast and the passage of the terminal Ti near a particular panel causes the particular broadcast of the element of the sequence linked to said panel.
• This application example can be achieved either by multiplying the IDISP diffusers 3 connected to the same organ 5, or by communicatively connecting several installations 1, each then being provided with an IDISP diffuser 3.
• the data indicating a passage of the terminal mobile Ti near a panel can be maintained, depending on the case, on a network of panels or on the mobile terminal Ti itself.
• the content to be broadcast may consist of a series of advertising posters relating to a ready-to-wear collection, each poster representing a particular article of said collection.
• each poster representing a particular article of said collection.
• the state data collected by the INVF function can be stored and made available for statistical purposes. For a given perimeter 9, information can be obtained in particular on the number of terminals Ti present as a function of time, the most represented nationalities, the time during which the terminals Ti remain within said perimeter etc.
• This statistical information makes it possible to make adaptations of the installation 1. In particular, they make it possible to dimension the various elements constituting the installation 1. They then provide the data necessary for solving the formulas (1), (2) and (3) indicating the predictable number N of Ti terminals to be connected. In addition, they set the value of the first KVaIl key-value by default.
• the installation 1 according to the invention can be implemented wherever an information display is usually useful.
• the installation 1 can be placed on public roads to broadcast information concerning, for example, the city, such as the announcement of events, the locally scheduled time or any other information usually broadcast through the municipal display devices.
• the installation 1 according to the invention can also be arranged in public buildings. In these buildings, specific information concerning the location of the various services must be disseminated. This is the case, for example, in hospitals, company entrance halls, museums, etc. More generally, the installation 1 can be arranged in any public place where an audible display and / or broadcast of information is commonly provided.
• the installation according to the invention is arranged in a restaurant.
• a screen can be used as the main diffuser IDISP 3 to act as a card.
• An equivalent, for example in another language, of this card can be broadcast on the mobile terminal Ti of each of the clients.
• the INVF function 25 may establish a plurality of key values of different nature.
• the nature of the state data collected from the terminals Ti may be varied and is not limited to an indication of language or disability but may also include an indication of nationality, identity, theft and so on.
• the installation 1 according to the invention can also be arranged in motorway toll stations and more generally in any place where information must be broadcast.
• FIG 10 illustrates an advantageous development of the installation according to the invention.
• the installation 1 here comprises a radiofrequency label detection network 31 arranged to detect the entrance of such a label 33 inside the collection perimeter 9, the output and / or the presence thereof.
• the detection network 31 is connected to the member 5, for example via a communication interface not shown.
• the presence of a mobile terminal is detected by means of the associated radio frequency tag 31, which is physically linked to it, or not.
• the tags 33 may be here of the type called "RFID". More generally, the so-called “radiofrequency tag” in this description is a portable object of small size, passive or quasi-passive, which ensures the permanent storage of a collection of bits, and which can be interrogated by radio communication. short range. This collection of bits will be called hereinafter “memory”. Other types of labels can be used, for example labels of the type called “NFC” (English, Near Field Computing).
• the detection network 31 comprises at least one manager 35 and at least one antenna 37 connected thereto. The antenna 37 is capable of reading data contained in the memory of a radiofrequency tag 33 within range.
• the manager 35 is connected to the member 5, for example via the aforementioned communication interface.
• the manager 35 may comprise for example an RI-CTL-MB2A controller of the S2000 series manufactured by the Texas Instrument company and RF-MOD-TX8A multiplexers manufactured by the same company.
• the memory of the tag 33 stores a set of state data DjTi, for example a data item DlTi identifying the language that the user of the terminal Ti usually uses, or any other state data item. exposed above.
• the memory of the tag 33 stores ComAdrDat communication address data relating to the mobile terminal Ti.
• This ComAdrDat data comprises in particular a contact address of the mobile terminal Ti via the relay RLY 7. It may be, for example, a hardware interface of communication interface: the hardware address of a Bluetooth interface, in case the RLY 7 relay is running according to this technology. If necessary, the IdTi identifier of a mobile terminal can be deduced from this AdrComDat data.
• the ComAdrDat data and the DiTj state data are stored in the same label by reserving bit ranges for these different data.
• the ComAdrDat and DjTi data then form the same codeword.
• the tag 33 is placed on an object carried by the user of a mobile terminal Ti, for example by the terminal user T1.
• the portable user object can take the form of a card, for example a card. the shape of a credit card.
• the mobile terminal Ti can play the role of portable object in that the label 33 can be secured to the terminal Ti.
• the label may be self-adhesive so that it may be affixed to any support at the discretion of the user, for example on the terminal Ti.
• the INF function 25 described above interacts with the link interface to the manager 35 to obtain all of the DjTi state data contained in the tag.
• the addition of the tag detection network 31 has the advantage of accelerating the discovery or inventory phase of the mobile terminals Ti present in the perimeter 9, since a terminal is immediately detected as soon as the tag is worn. by his user is read by an antenna 37.
• the perimeter 9 is accessible only by compulsory and identified crossing points.
• an input / output detector connected to the manager is advantageously arranged at each of these points of passage.
• Such a detector comprises for example two antenna lines 37A and 37B disposed at said point of passage, parallel to each other and transversely to the direction of passage. It is thus possible to detect the direction of passage of a label 33: when the line 37A detects a label 33 before the line 37B, the direction of movement is from the antenna 37A to the antenna 37B, and vice versa.
• antennas called “soft”, which allow to follow the contour of a support for example flexible antennas on plastic film type CIPAM CIP_ANT-LF.
• This particular embodiment also makes it possible to avoid the distribution of antennas 21 over the entire service area 5.
• the perimeter 9 has been represented in solid lines, it is understood that this perimeter n is not necessarily physically closed.
• the member 5 is further connected to an access interface 39 to a global communication network 41 of wired or wireless type, for example GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, IP or similar.
• a global communication network 41 of wired or wireless type, for example GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, IP or similar.
• This access interface 39 allows on the one hand the body 5 to access remote computing means for example suitable for performing additional computer processing or material resources absent from the perimeter 9.
• the access interface 39 makes it possible to establish a communication with mobile terminals Ti 11 having global communication means 43 conjugated, that is to say for example of cellular network type, GSM, GPRS , EDGE, UMTS or similar.
• This allows in particular to establish a communication with a mobile terminal Ti 11 standard mobile phone type for the delivery of sorted data.
• the ComAdrDat data advantageously comprise a mobile terminal call number through the cellular network. For example, it may then be provided a broadcast in the form of SMS (text message) or MMS (multimedia type message)
• the label 33 is advantageously of the so-called passive label type, that is to say that the label 33 has no energy autonomy or processing capacity. However, it is able to respond to an interrogation request by transmitting a message containing the data stored in its memory. The energy required for this activity is drawn from the signal induction current of the interrogation device, here antennas 37. This configuration eliminates energy constraints and induced weight.
• active labels that is to say provided with a clean source of energy, could be used provided that they operate in passive mode, that is to say that they are content to answer a query signal.

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