JPH03196093A - Guide system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily know the presence of a target position by constituting the above system of character data forming means, graphic data forming means and controllers which output the formed character data and graphic data to respective monitors. CONSTITUTION:The character data and graphic data which instruct the prescribed target position in a passage are formed by the character data forming means and graphic data forming means provided in the controllers 3a to 3d and are outputted to the respective plural monitors 1a to 1d installed in the passage. The plural monitors 1a to 1d installed in the passage, therefore, display the graphic pattern to instruct the target position in the positions where the respective monitors 1a to 1d are installed together with the sentences to instruct the prescribed target position. Thus, the display to instruct the target position by the graphic data and the character data is made by the monitors in the plural positions in the passage. The guidance having the high reliability is displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention This invention relates to a guide system for displaying on a monitor an image indicating a predetermined target position in a passage having a plurality of branches.

(false) Background of the Invention In places where passages have multiple branches and the target position changes depending on the purpose, such as counters at financial institutions, airports, and railway terminal premises, The target position should be accurately indicated. Therefore, there has been a desire for a guide system that can display text and graphic information indicating the target position on a highly reliable monitor.

(C) Means for Solving the Problems The guide system of the present invention includes a plurality of monitors installed at a plurality of arbitrary positions in a passageway, a plurality of monitors connected to the plurality of monitors, and a predetermined target in the passageway. Character data creation means for creating character data relating to text indicating a position, and graphic data creation means for creating graphic data relating to a graphic pattern indicating the target position at the installation position of each monitor. and a controller that outputs the character data and graphic data to each monitor.

(d) Effect In this invention, character data and graphic data indicating a predetermined target position in a passage are created by a character data creating means and a graphic data creating means provided in the controller, and the character data and graphic data are The signal is output to each of the multiple monitors installed in the hallway. Therefore, the plurality of monitors installed in the passageway display text indicating a predetermined target position as well as a graphic pattern indicating the target position at the installation position of each monitor.

(e) Embodiment FIG. 2 is a plan view of an airport to which a guide system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

The airport 21 generally includes a passageway 24 extending from the lobby 22, with fingers 23a-23 projecting from the passageway 24.
It is equipped with c. Gates Gl to G4, gates 05 to G8, and gates G9 to G12 are provided at the tip ends of the fingers 23a to 23C, respectively. Customer is lobby 22
From there, passengers board the airplane from each gate via the passageway 24 and any one of the fingers 23a to 23c. Game) Gl
~The airlines and destinations of the airplanes that are stopped at G12 are not the same, and customers must confirm the airline name, flight number, and destination of the airplane they are boarding before proceeding to the gate where that airplane is stopped. Must be.

Therefore, the monitors 1a to 1d constituting the guide system according to the present invention are installed at predetermined positions in the lobby 22 and the aisle 24 to provide guidance indicating the boarding gate of an airplane whose takeoff time is approaching.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the general configuration of the guide system.

The guide system 11 includes a single main controller 2,
Monitors 1a to 1 connected to this main controller 2
d. Each monitor la-ld is provided with a monitor controller 3a-3d, respectively.

Each of the monitor controllers 3a to 3d transfers the image data output from the main controller 2 to the monitor 1.
It is displayed at a predetermined position on the display screen of a-td. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the display screen of the monitors 1a to 1d.

On the monitors 1a to 1d, words indicating the airline name, flight number, departure time, destination, and gate number of the next plane to take off are displayed at the top of the display screen 4. Further, at the bottom of the display screen 4, the position of the gate whose number is currently displayed is displayed as a figure (arrow) indicating the direction from the installation position of the monitors 1a-1d.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a controller included in the guide system.

The main controller 2 can be configured by a personal computer. A display 38, a keyboard 39 and a floppy disk drive 40 are connected to the CPU 31 of the main controller 2 via interfaces 35-37. Moreover, the CPU 31 is RO
It is equipped with M32, RAM33 and GRAM34.

A program that defines the operation of the CPU 31 is written in the ROM 32 in advance, and the CPU 31 executes processing according to this program. The RAM 33 temporarily stores data input and output in the above processing operations. Also,
GRAM34 has the figure pattern (arrow) shown in Figure 3.
Shape data such as is stored.

On the other hand, the RAM 33 stores a table related to the contents of the words displayed on the monitors 1a-1d as shown in FIG. This table can also be created via the display 38 and keyboard 39, and stored on a floppy disk via the floppy disk drive 40. Therefore, for scheduled flights, a diskette storing the table shown in FIG. 5 is inserted into the floppy disk drive 40 at the beginning of the work day, and the table stored in this diskette is read out and stored in the RAM.
33. Further, changes in timetables, etc. can be handled by correcting the table using the display 3B and keyboard 39. Further, the CPU 31 is connected to each of the monitor controllers 3a to 3d via an interface 41 such as R5232C.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the main controller included in the guide system.

The CPU 31 waits for the departure time of the flight currently displayed on the monitors la to 1d to elapse, and checks whether an emergency signal has been input during this time (nl-n3). When the departure time of the currently displayed flight passes without an emergency signal being input, character data for the next departing flight is retrieved from the table (shown in Figure 5) stored in the RAM 33 with reference to the current time. Select (R4). Furthermore, graphic data to be displayed on each of the monitors la to 1b is selected from the GRAM according to the gate number of the selected character data (R5). Therefore, in R5, graphic data is selected for each of the monitors la to 1d.

Transmission data to be output to the monitor controllers 3a to 3d is created according to the character data and graphic data selected in R4 and R5 (R6). This transmission data is a combination of start data and end data as shown in FIG. In between, character data and graphic data relating to departure time, airline name, flight number, destination, and gate number are included. In FIG. 7, the graphic data is stored in each monitor controller 3a to 3d.
Since the transmission data output to each is different,
Four types of transmission data will be created in R6 as well.

Thereafter, it outputs the transmission data to the monitor controllers 3a to 3d (R7), and waits for the departure time of the flight related to the output transmission data to elapse (n?-nl). If an emergency such as a fire or accident occurs during this standby period, the RA
Read data for evacuation guidance from M33 and GRAM34 (R8), and send this data to the monitor controller 3a.
~ Output to 3d. The evacuation guidance data output here is composed of character data and graphic data, and can instruct the monitor la-1d to the emergency exit closest to its installation location.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the words and graphics indicating the boarding gate of the next plane to take off are monitored.
It can be displayed in a to 1d. The figures displayed at this time are arrows indicating the direction of the boarding gate, which is the target position, at each installation location of monitors 1a to 1d, and the customer can easily reach the target boarding gate by following the displays on monitors 1a to 1d. I can get there. monitor 1aN
Each of ld is a gate G1-G4, a gate G5-G
8 and games 1-09 to 1-12 are respectively indicated, the figure shown in FIG. 8 is displayed.

In this way, each of the monitors 13 to 1d displays a graphic corresponding to its installation location, so the location of the target position can be known very easily.

Further, when the current time exceeds the departure time of the flight currently displayed, data related to the next flight is selected. Since the main controller has a schedule function in this way, the displayed content can be updated automatically.

Although this embodiment has been described using an airport as an example of a place where the guide system is applied, the guide system of the present invention can be similarly implemented in public facilities such as hospitals, government offices, and schools. For example, when implementing the guide system of the present invention in a hospital, buttons corresponding to each department (surgery, internal medicine, etc.) are installed near the entrance of the hospital, and when any button is operated, A display indicating the location of the department can be displayed on each of a plurality of monitors installed at arbitrary locations along the aisle using letters and graphics.

In addition, when there is no content to display, such as when there are no departing flights at the airport, it is possible to display television or video images on a monitor and display a caption on the screen to announce advertisements, etc. good.

Furthermore, map data composed of path data and monitor arrangement position data is stored in the RAM connected to the main controller, and when a target position is set, the direction to the target position is determined from each monitor and each monitor is It may also be displayed in With this configuration, accurate guide display can be performed at any location without a passage.

([1 Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, it is possible to display the target position using graphic patterns and characters on the monitor at a plurality of positions in the passage, and there is an advantage that highly reliable guidance can be displayed. be

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a guide system that is an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of an airport to which the guide system is applied, and Fig. 3 is a display screen of a monitor included in the guide system. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the controller included in the guide system, FIG. 5 is a table showing the storage contents of the RAM connected to the controller included in the guide system, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the processing procedure of the controller. Figure 7 is a flowchart showing the format of data output from the controller to each monitor, Figure 8 is a flowchart showing the format of data output from the controller to each monitor.
The figure shows graphics displayed on a monitor included in the guide system. la~1d-monitor, 2-main controller, 24-passage.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Multiple monitors installed at multiple arbitrary positions in the aisle, and character data that is connected to the multiple monitors and creates character data related to wording that indicates a predetermined target position in the aisle. a controller for outputting the created character data and graphic data to each monitor; A guide system characterized by comprising: