JP5595776B2 - Information display device for rotary conveyor - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a rotary conveyor in an airport baggage claim, and relates to a rotary conveyor in which information is displayed on the conveyor.

  At the baggage claim area in the airport arrival lobby, baggage is conveyed by a belt conveyor and loaded on a rotary conveyor called a turntable. Passengers are waiting around the turntable until their baggage comes out. During this waiting time, many advertisement signs are installed in the baggage claim area in order to present useful information such as advertisements to the passengers. In particular, it is often installed at the center and the periphery of a turntable that is watched by passengers.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-45226 describes a baggage transport facility that displays information on a transport surface using pictures and characters. Information to be displayed includes drawing pictures and characters directly on the conveyance surface, or adhering and screwing an advertising medium to the conveyance surface.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-72140 describes a video display system in which a video display device is installed in the vicinity of a belt conveyor in a baggage claim and displays a video in accordance with the arrival of an aircraft.

JP 10-45226

JP2007-72140A

  If the advertising medium is mounted directly on the rotary conveyor, it takes time to change the advertising medium. Even if the video display device is installed around the turntable, once the luggage comes out on the turntable, the passenger's line of sight is poured on the turntable, so the chance of seeing the video display device is reduced. .

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an information display device that can effectively provide information while a passenger is looking for luggage on a turntable and can easily change the information. .

  An information display device according to the present invention includes a rotary conveyor formed by a plurality of interconnected belt conveyor plates that convey a load, a display unit that displays information as an image, and a control unit that controls display of the image. And a display unit of the information display unit is provided on a surface on which the load of at least one of the plurality of belt conveyor plates is loaded, and the control unit changes the image according to time. For example, according to the arrival flight, the image can be changed to an image introducing the arrival place by the language of the departure place of the flight.

  Here, the display part of the information display means can be an electronic signboard. The information display unit may be a projection screen on which an image is projected, and the information display unit may further include a projection device that projects an image to be displayed on the projection screen.

  The information display means may further include at least one reflector, and the image projected from the projection device may be reflected by the reflector and projected onto the projection screen.

  The information display device of the present invention can appropriately change the information displayed on the rotary conveyor without requiring complicated work, and can change the information to be displayed according to the arrival flight and passengers accordingly. There is an advantage that it can be used beneficially.

It is a perspective view which shows the information display apparatus which concerns on Example 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information display apparatus of this invention. It is a figure which shows the modification of the information display apparatus of Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the display part of the information display apparatus which concerns on Example 3 of this invention.

  In a rotary conveyor generally called a turntable or a carousel, a platform for loading a load is provided by connecting a plurality of quadrilateral or crescent belt conveyor plates. The information display device of the present invention can be applied to any shape of a quadrilateral type and a crescent type rotary conveyor. In the following embodiments, an information display device applied to a quadrilateral rotary conveyor will be described as an example.

  An information display device according to the present invention includes a rotary conveyor formed by a plurality of interconnected belt conveyor plates that convey a load, a display unit that displays information as an image, and a control unit that controls display of the image. Information display means. And the display part of an information display means is provided in the surface which loads the load of a belt conveyor board. The display unit may be provided on all belt conveyor plates, or may be provided only on arbitrarily selected belt conveyor plates.

  The control unit of the information display means can change the image according to time, for example, according to the arrival flight. The image to be displayed can be displayed on the display unit as either a still image or a moving image.

  A first embodiment in which the information display device of the present invention is applied to a quadrilateral rotary conveyor and an advertisement image is displayed on the rotary conveyor using a projector will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information display apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment is formed by a plurality of interconnected belt conveyor plates 11 in which a rotary conveyor 10 conveys a load, and a display unit 12 is provided on each belt conveyor plate 11. Is formed. Here, the display unit 12 is formed to have the same size as the load conveying surface of the belt conveyor plate 11.

The surface layer on which all the belt conveyor plates 11 are loaded is painted white so as to function as a display unit. It is assumed that the advertisement projected on the display unit 12 is displayed in a size that fits within the range of the display unit 12. The display unit 12 can display local information, important notices, and the like in addition to advertisements as images.
A projector 20 that projects an image on the display unit 12 is installed on the edge 13 of the rotary conveyor 10. In FIG. 1, two projectors 20 are illustrated as being installed on the edge 13, but the number of projectors and the number of installation locations are arbitrary in consideration of the location of the rotary conveyor and the location where people gather. Can be changed.

  In this embodiment, since the display units 12 are provided on all the belt conveyor plates 11, images are always displayed at the same position on the moving rotary conveyor 10.

  Each of the projectors 20 is connected to the control unit 30 via a LAN as shown in FIG. The control unit 30 includes an image storage unit 32 that stores images, an image management unit 31 that manages display times of images and the order in which images are displayed, a drive control unit 33 that controls driving of the projector, an operator, and the like. And an input unit 34 for inputting necessary information and data. Here, a server can be used as the control unit 30.

  Data such as the arrival time of the airplane, the departure place and waypoint of the airplane, and the usage time of the rotary conveyor are input to the image management unit 31. Here, the image management unit 31 includes a display language selection unit (not shown) so that a language used for image display can be selected in accordance with the departure place and waypoint of the airplane. The image storage unit 32 stores an image to be displayed on the display unit of the belt conveyor plate, and stores many types of images so that the image can be changed according to the arrival flight.

When the airplane arrives, the control section 30 determines the image to be displayed and the display time based on the information on the departure place and waypoint of the airplane, and projects the image stored in the image storage section 32. The drive control unit 33 is commanded to cause the apparatus 20 to project.

  In the present embodiment, an image is displayed within the range of one belt conveyor plate 11, but one advertisement image may be displayed using a plurality of continuous belt conveyor plates 11. Each projector may project a different image and display it on the display unit, and can be designed and changed as desired by the advertiser and the information provider.

  Therefore, according to the information display device of the present embodiment, information such as advertisements can be displayed in an image according to passengers in a place where the eyes of the person on the rotary conveyor where the luggage is placed are concentrated. The information that you want to provide while searching will be noticed by people, and the advertising effect will be improved.

  In the first embodiment, the belt conveyor plate 11 is painted white and used as a projection screen. However, the material and color of the belt conveyor plate used as an image screen may be any material suitable for displaying an image. A colored acrylic plate can be used.

A modification of this embodiment is shown in FIG. FIG. 3 shows an information display device 2 that displays an advertisement image on a rotary conveyor by reflecting an image from a projector by a reflecting plate. The reflector 14 is installed at the edge 13 of the rotary conveyor 10. The image irradiated on the reflecting plate 14 from the projector 20 is reflected by the anti-y plate 14 and displayed on the display unit 20.
The information display apparatus 2 provided with the reflector 14 projects the image from the projector 20 when it is difficult to directly project an image, or projects an image from one projector 20 onto a plurality of display units by the reflector. Suitable for reducing the number of installed units.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The same components are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted. FIG. 4 shows an information display device that displays an image by installing an electronic signboard on a rotary conveyor.

  FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the display unit 22 of the information display device. A liquid crystal display 15 is installed on a base 17 at the bottom of one belt conveyor plate, and a transparent acrylic plate 16 is installed as a protective material on the top of the liquid crystal display 15 to form a display unit 22. . Here, the wiring between the liquid crystal display and the control unit can be either wired or wireless, and can be changed in various ways by design.

  Here, the liquid crystal display 15 is used as a display unit, but various electronic signs can be used as the display unit, for example, a plasma display (PDP), a digital mirror device (DMD), a cathode ray tube (CRT), or the like. Can do.

In order to install the electronic signboard on the belt conveyor plate, it is necessary to increase the strength. For this purpose, the acrylic plate 16 is provided as a protective material, but other materials may be used as the protective material as long as they do not interfere with the display of the electronic signboard, and the electronic signboard itself may have strength.
Each liquid crystal display 15 is connected to a control unit that controls an image via a LAN, as in the first embodiment. The operation of the information display device of the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment.

  In the above-mentioned embodiment, the example in which the information display device of the present invention is applied to a quadrilateral type rotary conveyor has been shown, but the present invention can also be applied to a crescent moon type rotary conveyor.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 2 Information display apparatus 10 Rotary conveyor 11 Belt conveyor board 12 Display part 13 Edge part 14 Reflecting board 20 Projector 30 Control part 31 Image management part 32 Image memory | storage part 33 Drive control part 34 Input part

Claims (4)

In the information report display device for the rotary conveyor installed in the baggage claim area of the airport and loaded with luggage ,
A rotary conveyor formed from a plurality of interconnected belt conveyor plates for carrying the load;
An information display unit having a display unit that displays information as an image and a control unit that controls display of the image;
The display unit of the information display means is provided on a surface on which the luggage of at least one of the plurality of belt conveyor plates is loaded,
The controller is
Image management for managing the display time of images to be displayed on the display unit and the order in which the images are displayed, as well as data including the arrival time of the aircraft, the departure and transit points of the aircraft, and the usage time of the rotary conveyor Part
The image management unit includes a display language selection unit that selects a language used for displaying the image, determines an image to be displayed on the display unit and a display time based on the data, and displays the display language. Select the language used to display the image by the selection unit,
The information display device, wherein the control unit causes the image management unit to change the image with time.   2. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the display section of the information display means is an electronic signboard. The information display unit is a projection screen that is formed to have the same size as the load conveying surface of the belt conveyor plate and onto which an image is projected.
The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the information display unit further includes a projection device that projects an image to be displayed on the projection screen.   4. The information display device according to claim 3, wherein the information display unit further includes at least one reflector, and the image projected from the projector is reflected by the reflector and projected onto the projection screen.

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