JP2000322008A - Rotary advertising device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rotary advertising device capable of having an optical impact, of being moved to enhance the impact, and of satisfactorily conveying desired information. SOLUTION: A light transmissive character film 7 with advertising contents displayed by light transmissive characters 13 is formed in a cylindrical shape, while at least one light source such as a fluorescent lamp 10 is disposed inside the light transmissive character film 7. A rotary drum 6 being coaxially rotated by a motor 11, etc., is also disposed outside the light transmissive character film 7. And, a large number of LEDs 8 are longitudinally aligned in a line in the surface of the rotary drum 6, while disposed on the periphery thereof in a line or by being equally divided into a plurality of lines. In the reverse surface of the rotary drum 6 corresponding to the LEDs 8, a driving portion 14 and a light receiver 15 for controlling the lighting of the LEDs 8 are also disposed in the LEDs 8 in a line or equally divided into a plurality of lines. Also, an external disturbing light shield cylinder 9 for sensitizing the directivity of the light receiver 15 is inserted and integrally mounted on the light receiver 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic advertising device installed outdoors, and more particularly to a rotary advertising device characterized in that an advertising display surface is rotated and displayed in a cylindrical shape.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are a neon sign type advertising device and an ANDON type advertising device incorporating a fluorescent lamp or the like as an advertising device which is installed outdoors and emits light by itself to enhance the advertising effect. In addition, light emitting diodes (hereinafter referred to as
There are LED-type and LCD-type advertising devices that can form characters and pictures using a liquid crystal display (hereinafter referred to as an LED) or a liquid crystal display (LCD) to produce various display forms such as scroll display.

[0003]

However, in conventional neon sign type advertising devices, large-sized advertisements in buildings and amusement facilities are mainly used due to limitations in neon tube processing accuracy. There was a problem that it was not suitable. In addition, an ANDON-type advertising device that incorporates a fluorescent light or the like in a plastic advertising device and emits light from the inside can simply read the advertising display surface even when the outdoors are dark such as cloudy weather or at night. However, there is a problem that the impact property is poor.
In addition, LED and LCD advertising devices that display characters and pictures using LEDs and LCDs and can produce a variety of display forms such as scrolling and blinking are designed to improve brightness and display forms such as blinking. Although it has an optical impact, there is a problem in that the variety of display forms and the variety of display contents weaken the interest of the viewer, and the information to be conveyed is not sufficiently transmitted.

[0004] In addition, most of the above-mentioned various types of advertising devices are flat advertising, and three-dimensional advertising devices with movement include neon-type and Andon-type three-dimensional advertisements in amusement facilities and the like, and red and red advertisements in a barber shop. It is only seen in blue and white rotating advertisements.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and provides an optical impact characteristic, and further has a movement to enhance the impact characteristic to sufficiently transmit desired information. It is an object of the present invention to provide a rotary advertisement device capable of performing the above.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the rotary advertisement apparatus according to the present invention, the transparent character film 7 displaying the advertising content with the transparent characters 13 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and At least one light source such as a fluorescent lamp 10 is provided inside the film 7. Further, a rotary drum 6 that can be coaxially rotated by a motor 11 or the like is provided outside the translucent character film 7. A large number of LEDs 8 are arranged in a row on the surface of the rotating drum 6 in the vertical direction, and are arranged in a single row or evenly on the outer periphery of the rotating drum 6 in a plurality of rows. Also, on the back surface of the rotary drum 6 corresponding to the LED 8, a driving unit 14 for controlling lighting of the LED 8 and a plurality of rows of light receiving units 15 in which a plurality of rows are equally divided.
Installed in ED8. Further, a disturbance light shielding cylinder 9 for sharpening the directivity of the light receiver 15 is inserted integrally with the light receiver 15.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments and examples of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front partial cross-sectional view of Embodiment 1 of the rotating advertisement device of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a plan sectional view of Embodiment 1 in the rotary advertisement device of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a light receiving unit of the rotary advertisement device of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a plan sectional view of Embodiment 2 of the rotary advertisement device of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is an example of a drive unit circuit of Embodiment 2 of the rotary advertisement device of the present invention.

[0008] As shown in these figures, the advertisement display method in the rotary advertisement device 1 of the present invention is performed by LEDs 8 arranged on the surface of the rotary drum 6. As a basic structure, first, a translucent character film 7 displaying advertisement contents with translucent characters 13 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and at least one light source such as a fluorescent lamp 10 is arranged inside the translucent character film 7. Set up. The translucent character 13 is a character that emits light when the light source in the translucent character film 7 is turned on and the light source passes through the translucent character 13 portion. Therefore, the translucent character film 7 is preferably a film that transmits a transparent or milky white light source.

Next, a rotary drum 6 rotatable coaxially by a motor 11 or the like is provided outside the translucent character film 7. In FIG. 1, an upper cover 2 and a lower cover 3 are provided at both ends of the rotary drum 6, the translucent character film 7, the fluorescent lamp 10, and the like to protect and support the light sources.
Is shown, and an example of a structure in which it is fixed by a support 4 is shown. The motor 11 is provided inside the upper cover 2, and a gear mechanism is provided on the inner surface of the upper portion of the rotary drum 6, so that the motor 11 can be rotated by the gear 12. This structure is an example for explanation, and any structure may be used as long as the rotating drum 6 can rotate coaxially with the translucent character film 7. Further, a mounting bracket 5 can be provided on the upper surface of the upper cover 2 to mount the rotary advertising device 1 on another fixing bracket or the like. However, the mounting bracket 5 is also an example, and any structure is possible. I do not care.

Next, on the surface of the rotary drum 6, a large number of LEDs 8 are arranged in one row in the vertical direction, and a plurality of rows are arranged on the outer periphery of the rotary drum 6 in one row or evenly divided. The LE
D8 converts the static translucent characters 13 in the rotating drum 6 into a dynamic three-dimensional display, and is preferably a type having high luminance and wide directivity. Also, LEDs 8 arranged in one row
The number and the number of rows are not particularly limited, and may be any numbers in accordance with the size, height, and rotation speed of the rotary advertisement device 1 to be manufactured.

On the back surface of the rotary drum 6 corresponding to the LED 8, a drive unit 14 and a light receiver 15 for controlling the lighting of the LED 8 are arranged. The light receiver 15 detects the light of the translucent character 13 while rotating the outer periphery of the translucent character film 7, and operates the driving unit 14 to turn on the LED 8 only when facing the translucent character 13 part. is there. Therefore, by rotating the rotating drum 6 at an appropriate speed, the translucent characters 13 on the translucent character film 7 are turned on by the LEDs 8, and the after-image phenomenon of the high-luminance light emission of the LEDs 8 causes the advertisement to be displayed as a dynamic stereoscopic display. You can see the display.

If the directivity of the photodetector 15 is wide, the display is blurred in response to light other than the light-transmitting character 13 which faces the photodetector 15, so that the directivity of the photoreceiver 15 is sharply adjusted as shown in FIG. The disturbance light shielding cylinder 9 for performing the operation is inserted integrally with the light receiver 15 and the inner surface of the disturbance light shielding cylinder 9 is made black or the like, so that disturbance light can be suppressed. As a result, the translucent characters 13 on the translucent character film 7 can be clearly displayed without blurring the display. If the drawing position of the translucent character 13 is drawn with high accuracy so as to surely face the light receiver 15,
It can be displayed more clearly.

The emission color of the LED 8 is not particularly limited, and may be any color. Also, 1
It is possible to emit light of multiple colors by combining a plurality of LEDs with a plurality of LED chips in one LED 8 and a driving unit corresponding to the driving of the plurality of LEDs, a light receiver, and a translucent character film. .

Next, as a first embodiment of the operation method, as shown in FIG. 2, four rows of LEDs 8 are arranged on the outer periphery of the rotary drum 6, and the driving unit 14 and the light receiving
In a device in which a disturbance light shielding cylinder 9 having a built-in 5 is disposed on the back surface of the rotary drum 6, the display area of the translucent character film 7 is divided into four areas A, B, C, and D. In this method, each LE
Since the operation of D8 is independent, the light of the translucent character 13 on the translucent character film 7 can be faithfully emitted and displayed by each LED 8. FIG. 4 is a view showing a rotating display state of the rotating advertisement apparatus according to the present invention. When the rotating drum 6 is rotated by turning on the light 10, the light receiver 15 in the disturbance light shielding cylinder 9 facing the translucent character 13 detects the light, and the corresponding driving unit 14
Illuminating 8, "in business" with dynamic 3D display
Will be displayed. The rotating direction of the rotating drum 6 is leftward in FIG. 6, but may be leftward or rightward. In the display areas A, B, C, and D, the translucent characters 13 may be drawn in individual areas or may be drawn across a plurality of areas. If the translucent character film 7 itself is gently rotated, the display contents of the display areas c and d in the above example can be viewed from the same viewing direction.

Next, as a second embodiment of the operation method, four rows of LEDs 8a, 8a are arranged on the outer circumference of the rotary drum 6 as shown in FIG.
b, 8c, and 8d, and a disturbance light shielding cylinder 9 in which a driving unit 14 and a photodetector 15 are built in only one row of LEDs 8a.
Is arranged on the back surface of the rotary drum 6, the display area of the translucent character film 7 is divided into four areas (a, b, c, d). Further, fluorescent lamps 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d that can be individually controlled to be turned on in each area are provided, and each fluorescent lamp 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d is partitioned by a partition plate 16.
Partition. FIG. 5 is an example of a drive unit circuit according to a second embodiment in the rotary advertisement apparatus of the present invention.
The operations of a, 8b, 8c and 8d are linked with the driving source LED 8a. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, one light receiver 15 having an LED 8a detects light and drives a transistor 17 constituting a driving unit 14, so that LEDs 8a, 8b, 8c,
The same stage LED is turned on by 8d and resistor 18.
Here, different advertisement contents are displayed in the display areas A, B, C, and D of the translucent character film 7 with the translucent characters 13, for example, "full" in the display area A and "vacant seat" in the display area B. In this case, when only the fluorescent lamp 10a corresponding to the display area A is turned on, while the LED 8a is rotating on the surface of the display area A, the translucent character 13 indicating "full" in the display area A is detected, The LEDs in the two areas can be turned on with the same contents. Similarly, when only the fluorescent lamp 10b is turned on, while the LED 8a is rotating on the surface of the display area B, the translucent character 13 of "vacant room" in the display area B is detected, and the LEDs of the four areas are made the same. It can be turned on according to the content. In this way, a plurality of advertisement contents can be selectively displayed by one rotary advertisement device 1.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a stopped state of the rotary advertisement device of the present invention. The use condition of the rotary advertising device 1 of the present invention is a use in a case where the outdoors are dark such as cloudy weather or at night or in a place where it is not affected by direct sunlight. Therefore, it is necessary to stop the rotation operation in a place where direct sunlight is received in the daytime. In such a case, the LE on the surface of the rotating drum 6
If an advertisement display is drawn on the surface of the rotary drum 6 with the drawing characters 19 avoiding D8, the advertisement device can be used even in the daytime.

[0017]

As described above, by using the rotating advertisement apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to provide an optical impact by a high-brightness LED and to perform a dynamic three-dimensional display by rotation. Improve further impact,
The information desired to be conveyed can be sufficiently transmitted by attracting the viewer's attention. In addition, if an advertisement display is drawn with drawing characters on the surface of the rotating drum, an effect that the advertisement device can be used anytime day or night can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front partial cross-sectional view of Embodiment 1 in a rotary advertisement device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of Embodiment 1 of the rotating advertisement device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of a light receiving unit of the rotary advertisement device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan sectional view of Embodiment 2 in the rotary advertisement device of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an example of a drive unit circuit according to a second embodiment in the rotary advertisement apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a rotating display state of the rotating advertisement device of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a stopped state of the rotating advertisement device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 rotating advertisement device 2 upper cover 3 lower cover 4 support 5 mounting bracket 6 rotating drum 7 translucent character film 8 LED 9 disturbance light shielding tube 10 fluorescent lamp 11 motor 12 gear 13 translucent character 14 drive unit 15 light receiver 16 partition plate 17 Transistor 18 Resistance 19 Drawing character

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A translucent character film (7) on which an advertisement content is displayed by a translucent character (13) is formed in a cylindrical shape, and a light source such as a fluorescent lamp (10) is provided inside the translucent character film (7). And a rotary drum (6) rotatable coaxially with a motor (11) or the like is provided outside the translucent character film (7). A large number of LEDs (8) are arranged in a row on the surface in the vertical direction, and are arranged in a row or evenly on the outer periphery of the rotating drum (6) in a plurality of rows to correspond to the LEDs (8). A drive unit (14) for controlling lighting of the LED (8) and a light receiver (15) are arranged on one or more rows of the LEDs (8) on the back surface of the rotating drum (6). A rotating advertising device. 2. The light receiving device according to claim 1, wherein a disturbance light shielding tube for sharpening the directivity of the light receiving device is inserted integrally with the light receiving device. Rotating advertising equipment.