Communication digital signage

Digital signage solutions address paper deterioration, vandalism, and high costs by enabling easy data upload, interaction, and effectiveness measurement, enhancing community engagement and reducing installation expenses.

JP2025146542APending Publication Date: 2025-10-03TOKYO CABLE NETWORK
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Patent Information

Application Number
JP2024061772
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Applications
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-03-21
Publication Date
2025-10-03

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

Outdoor bulletin boards face issues with paper deterioration, unauthorized posting, vandalism, high installation costs, and lack of interaction and effectiveness measurement, posing challenges for local governments and neighborhood associations.

Method used

Converting bulletin boards into digital signage with STBs, communication facilities, and a dedicated CMS to enable easy data upload, approval, interaction, and effectiveness measurement, while reusing existing cabinets.

Benefits of technology

Provides durable, interactive, and cost-effective information display with measurable impact, reducing installation costs and enhancing community engagement.

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Abstract

To solve problems of costs for printing, delivery and posting based on paper, troubles from confirmation to approval, and deterioration and management of the paper due to outdoor installment about a bulletin board used as current means of public relations from a governments, a local government, and local organizations, and that the bulletin board by posting falls behind in the age of two-way communication and becomes means incapable of performing communication between a sender and a receiver because of one-way form of information transmission.SOLUTION: A digital signage panel is newly established, or an existing bulletin board digitalized by installing a thin type display, an information reception terminal (STB) and a power supply device by supply from an electric wire or a solar panel is used as a digital bulletin board. A load applying to information update is reduced and even operation and management are smoothly executed by making a content management server operate transmission information. Also, reaction from a recipient side is enabled and bidirectionality is provided by displaying information in a mobile device such as a smartphone by a QR code or the like or making a touch type bidirectional housing.
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Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] This invention relates to bulletin boards installed by local governments or neighborhood associations in government facilities or around town, which are converted into digital signage by adding the necessary equipment such as STBs and communication facilities to new or existing glass bulletin board housings, and which display information that has been uploaded to a dedicated CMS by groups and organizations that have registered in advance with the system and that has been approved by the relevant local government or neighborhood association. [Background technology]

[0002] Outdoor digital signage is equipped with high-visibility, high-brightness, thin screens, STBs to receive information, and 5G and fiber optic lines for communication. Furthermore, the spread of cloud services has made it easier to build a CMS that controls content, covering everything from uploading information to authentication. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0003] The paper media currently used on bulletin boards is prone to deterioration due to wind and rain outdoors, and there is also a risk of unauthorized posting or vandalism.

[0004] From the perspective of those who want to post notices, there are issues such as printing, obtaining approval from people related to the neighborhood association and local community association, From the perspective of the neighborhood associations and local governments, there is the hassle of having to confirm approval and post notices.

[0005] The information posted on the notice boards is one-sided, making it impossible to measure its effectiveness. Also, residents have little interest in the town, so few people look at it.

[0006] Installing new outdoor signage cabinets is costly and would be too expensive for local neighborhood associations and local government organizations to bear. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] By replacing bulletin boards with digital signage, it is possible to display information in a way that is always easy to see, without using paper media that deteriorates easily.

[0008] By building a dedicated CMS, those wishing to post information only need to upload the data to one location, and neighborhood associations can approve the posting with the click of a button, eliminating the hassle for both parties.

[0009] By making the signage interactive, the reaction to the posted information can be communicated to the information provider, and the effectiveness of the display can be measured.

[0010] By utilizing the current bulletin board cabinets, installation costs can be reduced, and by scattering information about the changes around town, attention can be increased.

Claims

1. This electronic bulletin board device uses digital signage, which is usually used mainly for advertisements, as a digital bulletin board that displays local information in place of town bulletin boards, and allows passersby and others to react to the posted information by touching the information on the screen or using an external terminal such as a smartphone, and has the reaction reflected on the spot in the posted data, thereby leaving a log.

2. This system allows organizers to register information about local events and other events on a CMS server, and then have the information reviewed and approved by the town or neighborhood association representative, allowing the content to be displayed on local digital signage, etc., as described in Section 1.

3. This method involves installing a flat-screen display, a STB for playing signage, and a power source such as a power outlet or solar panel on an existing bulletin board installed by a government, local government, neighborhood association, or local community association, thereby turning the bulletin board into digital signage while leaving the bulletin board's casing intact.

4. We produce and operate our own local information channel (community channel) and signage content that links the channel's data broadcasting and information.