Onboard Passenger Information System
Onboard passenger information system (PIS) is an integrated system for supplying passengers of public transport with information on their current journey through audiovisual information. The systems are installed on-board of public transport vehicles and provide Ambient media, ambient information to passengers both inside and outside of the vehicles. This is in contrast to a station/wayside passenger information system providing information to passengers on the platforms. Overview This system provides real-time information to passengers regarding various aspects of their journey, including schedules, station stops, route maps, safety instructions, and emergency procedures. The passenger information system has two modes of conveying information: * Automatic information – Information (audio/visual) that are triggered automatically by the passenger information system based on the current location, vehicle context, etc. * Manual information – Information (audio/visual) that are ...
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Ambient Media
Ambient media are out-of-home products and services determined by some as non-traditional or alternative media. Examples are messages on the backs of car park receipts, on hanging straps in railway carriages, posters inside sports club locker rooms and on the handles of supermarket trolleys. It also includes such techniques as projecting huge images on the sides of buildings, or slogans on the gas bags of hot air balloons. Ambient media in a larger scale define the media environment and the communication of information in ubiquitous and pervasive environments. The concept of ambient media relates to ambient media form, ambient media content, and ambient media technology. These new technologies are based on ambient intelligent technology and create new possibilities in ambient advertising. Its principles are manifestation, morphing, intelligence, and experience and have been defined by Artur Lugmayr and its business models are described in ''Multimedia Tools and Applications'' ...
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