IP Library Granted Patent US 8,731,372
Granted Patent B2
US 8,731,372 · App. 13/718,068 · Granted May 20, 2014

Information playback apparatus and electronic pop advertising apparatus

Inventors: Yoshio Ochiai (Saitama, JP); Yasufumi Shinagawa (Saitama, JP); Koni Saito (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,731,372
App. No.
13/718,068
Granted
May 20, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic point of purchase (POP) advertising apparatus presents a predetermined POP advertisement. A sensor unit includes a sensor for detecting a person. A storing unit stores a plurality of different POP advertisements. Each of the plurality of different POP advertisements has at least one of (i) moving images or (ii) music. A selection unit selects a particular POP advertisement from the plurality of stored POP advertisements. An output unit outputs the particular POP advertisement in response to a detection signal output from the sensor unit such that the output unit start a presentation of the particular POP advertisement when the sensor detects the person.

Claims (21)

1. An electronic point of purchase (POP) advertising apparatus for presenting a predetermined POP advertisement, the electronic point of purchase (POP) advertising apparatus comprising:

a sensor unit including a sensor for detecting a person;

a storing unit for storing a plurality of different POP advertisements, in which each of the plurality of different POP advertisements has at least one of (i) moving images or (ii) music,

a selection unit for selecting a particular POP advertisement from the plurality of stored POP advertisements, and

an output unit for outputting the particular POP advertisement in response to a detection signal output from the sensor unit such that the output unit starts a presentation of the particular POP advertisement when the sensor detects the person,

wherein a plate-shaped semiconductor memory is employed as the storing unit, and reading of the at least one of moving images or music from the plate-shaped semiconductor memory is carried out in accordance with a 3-line serial scheme.

2. An electronic POP advertising apparatus for presenting a predetermined POP advertisement, the electronic point of purchase (POP) advertising apparatus comprising:

a sensor unit including a sensor for detecting a person;

a storing unit for storing a plurality of different POP advertisements, in which each of the plurality of different POP advertisements has at least one of (i) moving images or (ii) music,

a selection unit for selecting a particular POP advertisement from the plurality of stored POP advertisements, and

an output unit for outputting the particular POP advertisement in response to a detection signal output from the sensor unit such that the output unit starts a presentation of the particular POP advertisement when the sensor detects the person,

wherein the sensor unit detects another person and outputs another detection signal while the output unit outputs the particular POP advertisement, and the output unit continues the presentation until an end thereof is reached so that the particular POP advertisement is outputted in its entirety regardless of the sensor unit detecting the another person.

3. The electronic POP advertising apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is one of a reflective-type infrared sensor, a pyroelectric-type infrared sensor, a mechanical switch, a photosensor, or a combination of two or more of the sensors.

4. An electronic POP advertising apparatus for presenting a predetermined POP advertisement, the electronic point of purchase (POP) advertising apparatus comprising:

a sensor unit including a sensor for detecting a person;

a storing unit for storing a plurality of different POP advertisements, in which each of the plurality of different POP advertisements has at least one of (i) moving images or (ii) music,

a selection unit for selecting a particular POP advertisement from the plurality of stored POP advertisements, and

an output unit for outputting the particular POP advertisement in response to a detection signal output from the sensor unit such that the output unit starts a presentation of the particular POP advertisement when the sensor detects the person,

wherein the detection signal output from the sensor unit is a lower frequency signal when no person is detected and is a higher frequency signal when a person is detected.

5. The electronic POP advertising apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the sensor is one of a reflective-type infrared sensor, a pyroelectric-type infrared sensor, a mechanical switch, a photosensor, or a combination of two or more of the sensors.

6. The electronic POP advertising apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the sensor is one of a reflective-type infrared sensor, a pyroelectric-type infrared sensor, a mechanical switch, a photosensor, or a combination of two or more of the sensors.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2013
From: OCHIAI, YOSHIO; SHINAGAWA, YASUFUMI; SAITO, KONI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029770/0423 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2000-078460 · Mar 21, 2000 · national
JP 2000-308322 · Oct 6, 2000 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 12368502 · Feb 10, 2009
Continuation 11102988 · Apr 11, 2005
Division 09810014 · Mar 16, 2001
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