Kiosk Ticker for Dynamic Transit Visibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional kiosks installed at outdoor locations often conceal information about nearby landmarks when in use, as the primary display is occupied by user-requested content, leading to reduced visibility of real-time transit information.
Innovation Solution
A publicly accessible kiosk with a programmable ticker that dynamically displays real-time transit information and a static placard, allowing the ticker and placard to be interchangeably installed, ensuring that transit information remains visible while user-interaction occurs, and toggling between operational states to display additional information such as emergency notifications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the primary display is used to show user-requested content during interaction, then user interaction functionality is improved, but visibility of real-time transit information is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is segmented into two independent parts: a primary display for user interaction and a ticker for real-time transit information. This segmentation allows both functions to operate simultaneously without interfering with each other, as the ticker displays information independently from the primary display content.
Solution Approach 2:
The ticker is positioned in a separate visual dimension from the primary display, creating a layered display architecture. The ticker runs along the top or bottom edge of the kiosk, providing information in a different spatial plane than the main interactive display, thereby ensuring both are visible simultaneously.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the primary display shows user-requested content, then user-specific information needs are met, but public information about landmarks remains concealed
Solution Approach 1:
The information delivery system is divided into two channels: the primary display delivers personalized user-requested content, while the ticker simultaneously broadcasts public landmark information. This segmentation ensures that user-specific customization does not prevent public information from being accessible to all passersby.
Solution Approach 2:
The ticker serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays real-time transit information, provides landmark details, and maintains public information accessibility. This multi-functionality allows the system to cater to both individual user needs and general public information requirements without compromise.
3Stability of the object's composition
If static placards are used to display landmark information, then information permanence is improved, but adaptability to real-time updates is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from static placards to a dynamic ticker that can continuously update information in real-time. The ticker's programmable nature allows it to adapt its content based on current transit conditions, events, or user preferences, while maintaining a permanent physical presence at the kiosk location.
Solution Approach 2:
The information display parameter changes from fixed static text on placards to dynamically adjustable content on the ticker. The ticker can modify its displayed information in real-time based on data from transit systems, event databases, or user inputs, while the physical display structure remains stable and permanent.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided are a publicly-accessible kiosk and method for concurrently displaying content requested by a user and real-time transit information. The kiosk includes a base constructed for installation in a public setting at a geographic region, and an interface that is supportable by the base to receive user input corresponding to content requested to be presented by the kiosk. A control system including a computer processor executes computer-accessible instructions to access information stored by a non-transitory computer memory and, in response, generates an output based on the user input received. A display device is operatively connected to the control system to graphically display the content requested, presenting the content at the public setting based on the output of the control system. A programmable ticker dynamically displays real-time transit information for the geographic region where the kiosk is to be installed, and a second category of information.