2.1 Youframe Digital Menu Board
Digital Signage is used to display information at various places. In early days, they were applied at public institutions and traffic equipment as a way to display ads or public announcements. Following the widespread of franchise business model, digital signage at retail shops also increased significantly. SoundGraph defines digital signage for retail shops as ‘Retail Media’.
The growth of retail media is especially strong in the Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) industry. At most QSR stores, a customer 1) orders from the menu board, 2) makes payment, and 3) claims their order.
Most menu boards used at QSR stores functions as a display for the menu, pricing, and promotion for new launches. However, typically a franchise has a large number of stores spread out across the country, which causes difficulties keeping all menus and pricing information consistent. With analogue menu boards, or conventional digital menu boards that display the entire menu as one video file, changing display content can be quite complicated. Furthermore, you couldn’t manage different menu for each store from one central control system.
SoundGraph’s YouFrame menu board offers a wide range of functionalities as below, which makes it the digital signage of choice for many retail store owners. Currently we are servicing more than 10,000 displays at over 2,000 retail stores around the world.
- Free templates and template design services that includes text, image, and video
- Individual content update for each text, image, and video component
- Remote, real-time / scheduled update via Google & Baidu(China) Cloud from anywhere in the world
- Coupled content display across multiple monitors (Switch between full screen promotion / independent menu display)
- Easy content update via smartphone
- Easy menu text edit via Google Spreadsheet
- Easy menu image update via Google Drive / Photo
- Menu video update via YouTube
- Content display compatible with electronic devices within the store (ie. POS, electronic scale, number ticket dispenser, etc)
- Content display compatible with IoT devices within the store (ie. Door sensor, Motion sensor, Button sensor, etc)
- Multiple languagedisplay via tablet or button
YouFrame digital menu board consists of following hardware and software components.
- YouFrame Player: Android OS based set top box that connects to various screens via HDMI cable and display content.
- Display: Connected to YouFrame Player via HDMI cable and displays content on screen.
- AIO Display: All-in-one display with an embedded YouFrame Player board that is easy to install and connects to network wirelessly. You can choose between 49inches widescreen, 26.5inches square screen, and 16.4inches stretched screen.
- Network router / hub: YouFrame Player or AIO display connects to Google / Baidu Cloud via router or hub, to update content and operate via YouFrame Manager.
- Power Switch: All digital menu board appliances connect to a single independent power switch according to our standard installment guide. You can switch on and off the digital menu board with one click, as if turning on a light.
- Template / Slide: Digital menu board consists of text, image, and video. These components are displayed on a set position for a set period of time. A template is a set structure that indicates where and how each component is positioned. SoundGraph offers our customers with standard templates that can be applied in various situations and purposes. We can also design a new template according to your design. A slide is the final content, to which your text, image, and video components are applied to the template.
- YouFrame Editor: Install the editor on your smartphone or tablet to edit a template and create new slides, or configure slide playlist and display schedule.
- YouFrame Viewer: Software installed on YouFrame Player or AIO Display to display content edited via YouFrame Editor. Your content group and manager ID that are required for content update via YouFrame Cloud will be saved in the viewer.
- YouFrame Updater: Software installed with YouFrame Viewer, for remote control purposes. To maintain functionalities and stability of the solution, YouFrame Viewer is remotely updated on a regular basis.
- YouFrame Cloud: Currently SoundGraph is using Google Cloud (Baidu Cloud for China and the greater China region) to update and manage YouFrame devices.
- YouFrame Manager: A web-based manager page, through which you can monitor the display status of YouFrame Player and AIO Display that is connected to the network, as well as the version of hardware, software, and content. Also, you can remote control functions such as software rerun, content update, and hardware reboot.
- In-Store Electronic/IoT Devices: YouFrame digital menu board can be connected to various electronic and IoT devices within your store. For example, pair it with POS to automatically organize the menu and price. Rearrange your menu according to their popularity, or inventory. You can also pair it with the number ticket dispenser and call out to your customer when it’s their turn. Take advantage of our IoT gateway and various sensors to analyze your customer’s behaviors within the store and display relative content. For example, connect with a door sensor to send a welcome message to your customer, or use a motion sensor to display advertising on menu board when there’s no customer waiting in line. Use a button sensor to allow a foreign customer to choose their own language to display on the menu.
Using templates other than the digital menu board, YouFrame solutions can serve a wide range of purposes. Connect to weather forecast, scheduler, work board, or social media to use as a dashboard at work, or connect to LED screen and use it as an ad signage.
Take a look at our intro video below to find out more about the special features and benefits of YouFrame digital menu board.
YouFrame Menu Board Intro Video
If you have any further question about YouFrame digital menu board solution, please submit your enquiries on Q&A page.
