Train-mounted video information distribution and display system and display switching method thereof

A train-mounted video information distribution and display system that displays a plurality of pieces of video information as advertisement videos on a display device in a train based on train information of a given train that is obtained from a train information device mounted in the train, the system comprising:

• a display-program determining unit that extracts one or more pieces of video information from the pieces of video information and determines a display program to be displayed on the display device;
• a video-information storing unit that holds the video information and reference information that is necessary to determine the display program;
• a display-program storage unit that receives a display program which is determined by the display-program determining unit from the video-information storing unit, and holds a received display program;
• and
• a distribution control unit that sequentially reads out display programs stored in the display-program storage unit and distributes the read display programs to the display device, wherein
• the display program includes one or more pieces of video information that are determined based on segmentation information for assigning a predetermined section within a running section of the train, and the determined one or more pieces of video information are repeatedly displayed in the predetermined section.