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Combined Double Faced LED/LCD panels
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General properties of combined double faced LED/LCD panels
Combined double faced vehicle panels have:
- a display surface equipped with LED diodes functioning as a standard side vehicle tableau on one side of the panel (see below pic. no. 1),
- a widescreen LCD display displaying the route to the passengers on the other side of the panel inside the vehicle ((see below pic. no. 2).
These double faced panels have two control units and 2 interfaces, one for controlling the LED panel (IBIS, ETHERNET) and one for controlling the LCD display (usually only Ethernet). The double faced panel as a whole is adapted for using one or two power supply lines that feed the two display systems. If our power supply concept based on EPIS 4.0x on-board computers is used the HS power supply is be used for outer LED panels (turns off after arriving at the terminus to save energy) and the CS power supply is used for LCD panels (turns off after a period of time is spent at the terminus).
The panel is controlled via an on-board computer using IBIS or Ethernet busbar or a combination of both. The display surfaces are thus independent of each other and are controlled separately via the on-board computer. All data displaying is controlled by the on-board computer.
Considering the mechanical rendering this double faced panel must comply with both sizes – i.e. the length of the side LED panel and the height of the widescreen LCD. Individual LED panels and LCD displays can be combined as the customer wishes.
Parameters of the LED panel part
Generally it is possible to use any of our side LED tableaus – from VLP 19 to VLP 30 with control busbars IBIS, RS 485 or Ethernet. The ways of displaying text on the LED panel include: static, rotating, inverse and even graphic surface. The user can choose the way text is displayed. Information is displayed in a chosen color of the panel – green, orange or yellow etc. The size of the displayed signs can be set based on the chosen font. Texts can be created for the panels using own fonts and icons (school bus, handicapped accessible transport, detour, trial run, surrogate bus transport, train connection etc.).
Outer LED panels (direction indicators – tableaus) can be reprogrammed remotely from an on-board computer (both SW and data). The panels have electronic brightness regulation according to the intensity of surrounding light. This regulation is based on LED diode voltage regulation and a time multiplex. Voltage regulation ensures low power consumption and lengthens the lifespan of the panel (the maximum LED operation mode is way below the maximum values – about 30%). The side tableau can have average (not maximum) power consumption of only 20 W (if the new low input power tableaus are used – Line D). The panel is designed as a 300 Hz general unit where the user can define various display windows. The panels are typical for maximum usage of active surface for displaying.
Pic. no.1.: Demonstration of a possible display on the outer LED tableau of the VCSP 20Dx128/37 double faced panel.
Parameters of the side LCD panel part
The parameters of the inner side LCD panelare the same as of the VCS types but they can differ in the supplied LCD (from 19″ to 38″) based on the wishes of the customer. The widescreen rendering with 1920 x 540 point resolution (1920 x 502 points) is the most common one.
We provide a special software – CityScreenInfo – for creating scripts (individual display cycles) for LCD panels while on the route. The software has a graphic user interface that ensures quick and easy managing and creating of scripts for CityScreen LCD panels.
Pic. No.2.: Demonstration of displayed content on the inner LCD display of the double faced VCSP 20Dx128/37 panel.
Double faced combined side panel – VCSP 20Dx128GI/37WE
This is a new product combining a new type of a high contrast LED outer panel VLP 20D x 128GI (typ D)(green with IBIS busbar) and an inner side widescreen vehicle LCD 37″ (high illumination 700 Cd/m2) controlled via Ethernet.
Basic parameters of the VCSP 20Dx128GI/37E double faced combined tableau:
| Features | Parameters |
| Parameters of the outer side LED panel VLP 20Dx128GI | |
| LED matrix | 20 × 128, IBIS, green LED – type D |
| Active LED surface | 200 x 1286 mm |
| LED color | Green, LED spacing 10 mm |
| LED power consumption at 24V | 40W (sun, basic text) |
| Parameters of the inner side LCD panel VCS 370A-WE | |
| LCD display size | 37″ – side ratio 16:4,5 (LWUH) |
| LCD display active surface | 930 x 200 mm |
| Native resolution | 1920 x 540 px |
| Maximum brightness (based on type) | from 700 cd/m2 (lowered to 350 Cd/m2 as a standard) |
| Contrast | 3000 : 1 |
| Response time | 5 ms |
| Number of displayable colors | 16,7 M (8 bits for one color) |
| Display illumination type | LED |
| Power consumption (max) | from 40 W (LCD and the control PC) at 400 Cd/m2 |
| Ways of HW picture decoding: |
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| CSU unit processor | Intel Atom (Tunnel Creek) E640 @1GHz |
| Control computer memory | micro SD – 8GB, DDR2 – 1GB |
| Possible busbars: |
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| Shared parameters of the double faced side LED/LCD panel | |
| Unit weight | 12 kg (color as requested – usually black) |
| Outer measurements (H x W x D) | 1330 x 315 x 90 mm |
| Unit operation temperature | from -20°C to +75°C |
| LCD display operation temperature | from -20°C to +60°C |
| LCD display storage temperature | -30°C up to +60°C |
Visualization of the mechanical rendering of the panel
Pic. no..3: Visualization of the combined LED/LCD panel - type VCSP 20Dx128/37 GEI (up from the side LCD, down from the side LED).
Mechanical measurements of the panel, with:
- Set LCD 37″
- Set VLP 19/20×128
- Matrix PG13,5 black
- Piano hinge
- Lock for opening the panel
- Hose bushing SVG 20/13,5
- Stripping between the panel surfaces
Pic. no.4.: Mechanical measurements of the VCSP 20x128/37 panel.
