Transparent Display Boarding Bridge Overlap Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Boarding bridges with transparent outer walls face challenges in attaching advertisements without hindering visibility, as existing solutions impair the transparent structure's visibility.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating overlap detecting sensors and passenger movement detecting sensors into the boarding bridge's tunnels, which control transparent displays to avoid overlapping images and only activate them when passengers are present, ensuring clear visibility and effective advertisement delivery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If advertisements are attached to the boarding bridge, then advertising effectiveness is improved, but visibility of the transparent outer wall is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
A transparent display is introduced as an intermediary between the transparent outer wall and the advertisement content. The display can show advertisements when needed while maintaining the transparency of the outer wall, thus mediating between advertising effectiveness and visibility requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The transparency parameter of the display is changed dynamically - the display can switch between transparent and opaque states, or adjust its transparency level, allowing it to provide advertisement content while maintaining overall visibility of the boarding bridge structure
2Loss of information
If transparent displays are activated continuously, then advertisement delivery is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of continuous operation, the transparent display operates periodically or intermittently based on detected passenger presence. Sensors detect when passengers are in the boarding bridge and activate the display only during these periods, creating a periodic action pattern that reduces overall power consumption while maintaining advertisement delivery effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses sensors to automatically detect passenger presence and control the display activation without manual intervention. The display serves itself by being activated only when needed, eliminating waste of energy during empty periods
3Area of stationary object
If multiple transparent displays are overlapped in tunnels, then advertisement coverage is improved, but image overlap occurs reducing effectiveness
Solution Approach 1:
Overlap detecting sensors provide feedback information about the relative positions of adjacent tunnels. This feedback is used by the control system to adjust the content displayed on each transparent display, ensuring that advertisements are coordinated and do not overlap in a way that reduces clarity or effectiveness
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent displays serve multiple functions: they provide advertisement content, maintain visual clarity through coordinated control, and contribute to the overall aesthetic of the boarding bridge. The system universally manages multiple displays to achieve both coverage and clarity
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AI summary
Disclosed is a boarding bridge having a transparent display. The boarding bridge includes a first tunnel connected to a terminal gate, a second tunnel connected to be capable of overlapping with the first tunnel, and a control unit. The first tunnel and the second tunnel each have a plurality of transparent displays, and include at least one overlap detecting sensor unit. Through the overlap detecting sensor unit which detects whether a transparent display of the first tunnel and a transparent display of the second tunnel overlap, the controller can selectively control the playback of images on the transparent displays of the first and second tunnels.