WO2017082455A1

WO2017082455A1 - Light emitting cable with charge indication

Info

Publication number: WO2017082455A1
Application number: PCT/KR2015/013339
Authority: WO
Inventors: 이동훈
Original assignee: 주식회사 리움
Priority date: 2015-11-13
Filing date: 2015-12-08
Publication date: 2017-05-18
Also published as: KR101710324B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cable for supplying power to an electronic device. Provided is a light emitting cable with charge indication comprising: a power connection unit connected to a power supply unit; a cable unit having one end connected to one side of the power connection unit and including a wiring unit and a light emitting unit; and a load device connection unit, connected to the other side of the cable unit, including a light source unit configured to transmit light thereinside and a control unit electrically connected to the wiring unit and adapted to control characteristics of the light source unit according to an amount of current of the wiring unit. According to the present invention, the color or light emission range of the light emitting cable gradually changes according to the charge level of the load device, so that a user is able to visually confirm the charge level of the load device without operating the load device.

Description

Charge level display cable

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cable for supplying power to an electronic device. More particularly, the present invention relates to a charge amount display type light emitting cable that can visually display a charging progress state of a charging type electronic device using a side light emitting optical cable.

In general, a smartphone or tablet PC is charged by connecting the USB port of the dedicated charger or PC with a charging cable to receive power. At this time, in order to check the charge amount, the main body of the charged device should be operated so that the battery indicator on the screen is displayed.

On the other hand, in the case of general home appliances, a plurality of devices are installed to be supplied with power using a power outlet. Since the power plug and the connection line have a similar shape, it is inconvenient to use because it is not distinguished when the power plug must be removed. .

Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 10-2004-0088167 (published: 2004.10.16.) Relates to a connector for charging a personal portable terminal that can visually check the charging state of the personal portable terminal, the connector 200 of the present invention. The upper cover 210, the socket 220 which is located inside the upper cover and connected to the connection terminal of the personal portable terminal, and the lever spring for connecting and disconnecting the connection terminal and the socket of the personal portable terminal ( 230, a PCB 250 inserted into and connected to the socket, and a lower cover 260 coupled to the upper cover to protect the socket and the PCB. The upper portion of the PCB includes two stages, and the lower portion is the upper portion of the PCB. The light emitting device 270 is configured to have a connection portion 270a attached to the upper portion and a top portion protruding portion 270b protruding to the upper surface of the connection portion. Foot on cover A groove corresponding to the protrusion of the device is formed, and when the upper cover and the lower cover are coupled to each other, the protrusion of the light emitting device connected to the PCB is located in the groove of the upper cover, and the upper surface of the connection part of the light emitting device is formed on the inner surface of the upper cover. It provides a charging connector for a close personal portable terminal.

The above-mentioned technology allows a user to directly check the charging state of the personal portable terminal through the light emitting device that changes color in stages as the charging voltage of the personal portable terminal increases, but the light emitting device is connected and attached to only one side of the connector. There is a drawback to this lack.

In order to solve the conventional problems as described above, the present invention provides a charge amount display type light emitting cable that can visually check the state of charge while changing the light emission characteristics according to the degree of charge of the device using the side light emitting optical cable.

In addition, the present invention is applied to the existing power cable, the name of the load device is displayed as a light emitting portion on the cable, the charge amount display type light emitting cable to facilitate the identification of the power cable of a specific electronic products in the power strip mixed with a plurality of power cables This is provided.

Other objects of the present invention will be readily understood through the following description of the embodiments.

In order to achieve the object as described above, according to an aspect of the present invention, a cable for supplying power to the electronic device, the power supply is provided to be connected to the power supply; A cable unit having one end connected to one side of the power connection unit and including a wiring unit and a light emitting unit; And a load device connecting part having a control unit for controlling the light emitting pattern of the light emitting unit by receiving power information or a control signal from a load device by a communication unit provided at the inside, and connecting the other end of the cable unit. This is provided.

Specifically, the light emitting unit, a plurality of LED elements are arranged in a column capable of graphical representation; A film cable provided to supply power to the plurality of LED devices; And it is provided with a charge amount display type light emitting cable comprising a wiring unit for transmitting power to the load.

In addition, the light emitting unit is formed on the surface of the cable is a plurality of spaced apart at predetermined intervals, the LED light source unit is built in the inside, characterized in that the character light emitting unit for graphic processing of the name of the load device to which the cable is connected is provided A charge amount display type light emitting cable is provided.

Here, the cable unit is provided with a charge amount display type light-emitting cable, characterized in that the cross section is formed in a circular or rectangular.

On the other hand, the communication unit is provided with a charge display type light emitting cable, characterized in that for using the wired communication standard or Bluetooth standard for receiving the charge capacity information or the control signal to the control unit from the load device.

In addition, according to the present invention, there is provided a charge amount display type light emitting cable installed in software in the load device, including an application provided to control the light emitting pattern of the light emitting unit by accessing the control unit through the communication unit.

According to the present invention, the color or light emission range of the light emitting cable is gradually changed according to the degree of charge of the load device, so that the user can visually check the charge amount of the load device without checking and operating the load machine.

In addition, by providing a flat cable, it is possible to obtain a visual beauty by widening the light emitting surface and increasing the visibility of the character light emitting portion, it is possible to increase the functionality of the character light emitting portion. As the light emitting cable is applied to general household appliances as well as to rechargeable devices, it is easy to identify a power outlet of a specific device among a plurality of electronic devices coupled to a power strip.

In addition, the light emitting cycle and pattern of the light emitting cable can be controlled by a wired or wireless connection, thereby increasing user convenience.

1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention charge amount display type light emitting cable.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention charge amount display type light emitting cable.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention charge amount display type light emitting cable.

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention charge amount display type light emitting cable.

Figure 5 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the application of the present inventors charge amount display type light emitting cable.

Figure 6 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention charge amount display type light emitting cable.

As the inventive concept allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, but should be understood as including all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention, and may be modified in various other forms. It is to be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the following examples.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the same or corresponding components will be given the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals, and redundant description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention charge amount display type light emitting cable, Figure 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention charge amount display type light emitting cable.

1 and 2, the present invention may include a power connection unit 110, a cable unit 120, and a load device connection unit 130.

The power connector 110 is a connector for connecting an electronic device and a power supply device. For example, the power connector 110 may be a USB terminal. In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the power connector 2110 may be a general 220V single-phase two-hole plug connected to the electronic device 10. Accordingly, the power supply may be a DC power supply having a USB terminal or a 220V single phase two-hole outlet.

One end of the cable unit 120 is connected to the power connection unit 110, the other end is made of a conductive cable that is connected to the load device connection unit 130 so that current flows from the power connection unit 110 to the load device connection unit 130. . The cable part 120 is formed of a cylindrical cable in the form of a general electric wire, and is provided to have

light emitting parts

122 and 222 on which LED elements are mounted. The

light emitting units

122 and 222 may be made of

LED elements

121a and 221a and a film cable 121b so that the light emitting patterns may be adjusted according to a control signal transmitted from the load device connecting unit 130. For example, the

light emitting units

121 and 222 may be provided to display symbols such as alphabets or numbers by the plurality of

LED elements

121a and 221a arranged in a plurality of rows. The control unit 131 embedded in the load device connection unit 130 controls the plurality of

LED elements

121a and 221a through the film cable 121b to display the state of charge in letters or numbers or to change colors. can do.

Meanwhile, the cable part may be provided in a shape in which the cross section forms a rectangle. 3 to 4, the flat part of the cable part 320 may have a light emitting part 321 formed on one side or both sides thereof. The light emitting unit 321 may be formed of a diffusion plate having an LED light source unit 321a at one side thereof, and a letter display unit may be formed on the surface of the cable unit 120 by a light source diffused from the diffusion plate.

Alternatively, the light emitting unit 321 may include a flexible LED light source unit on one side or both sides or an OLED light source unit.

Character display portion may be formed of a variety of characters according to the load device 10 is charged or supplied with power, as shown in Figure 6 can easily check the plug of a particular load device in a multi-plug outlet used by plugging in a number of mistakes This can prevent unintentional shutdown by unplugging other loads.

The load device connecting unit 130 includes a control unit 131 for controlling the light source of the light emitting unit 121, a communication unit 132 provided to communicate with the load machine, and a wiring unit 122 extending from the cable unit 120. Can be.

The communication unit 132 receives use information from the load device 10, that is, information such as a battery charge amount, a call, a message, a mail reception, and the like, and transmits the received information to the control unit 131. The communication unit 132 may be directly wired to the load by the connection gender 133, or may be wirelessly connected by the Bluetooth standard.

The control unit 131 controls the light emission state of the light emitting unit 121 and the LED element 121a according to the information about the state of the load device transmitted from the communication unit 132, so that the charge state or message of the load device to the light emitting unit 121 is controlled. In addition, the status of receiving mails and receiving calls can be displayed in one of text, symbols, or colors.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 3, the LED device 321a embedded in the cable part 120 may include a character light emitting part 321 provided with a diffusion plate in each device. The character light emitting unit 321 may be provided to display the name of the load device. The character light emitter 321 is connected to the control unit 331 by the wiring unit 322, and the control unit 331 turns on / off the LED element 321a according to the driving information of the load device transmitted from the communication unit 332. For example, a plurality of LED elements 321a may be provided with LEDs of the same color, and the controller 331 is turned on according to the degree of change of the battery capacity of the load device as charging proceeds. By accumulating and increasing the number of the LED device 321a, the user can check the charge amount of the load device by visually recognizing the number of the character light emitting unit 321 that is lit on the cable.

In this case, the character light emitting unit 321 may include a plurality of diffusion plates connected to the respective LED elements 321a to be spaced apart from other LED elements so that light generated from other LED elements may not be diffused.

The load device may be provided with an application 20 for controlling the light emitting pattern of the LED device by controlling the

controllers

131 and 331.

Referring to FIG. 5, the application 20 may include a power switch 21 capable of selecting whether the cable 100 emits light, an alarm switch 22 and a cable 100 capable of selecting an operation state display of the load device 10. ) May include a text input unit 23 to display text, symbols, or colors.

The power switch 21 may control the state in which the cable emits light at bedtime by allowing power to be applied to or blocked from the

controllers

131 and 331 of the cable 100 to the LED device on the application 20. .

The alarm switch 22 may select whether to send an alarm for the cable 100 when the load device 10 transmits / receives a call or receives a message or mail. The alarm switch 22 may further include a plurality of switches according to respective events such as a telephone call, a message, and an e-mail.

The character input unit 23 may display the text on the cable 100 by inputting the text, or the color plate may be displayed to allow the user to change the color of the text or the emission color and emission period of the cable 100 itself.

The command input from the application 20 may be transmitted by wires or wirelessly to the

communication units

132 and 332 of the cable 100 to be executed by the

controllers

131 and 331.

The operation of the charge amount display type light emitting cable according to the present invention will be described.

As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined by the claims below and equivalents thereof.

According to an aspect of the invention, the cable for supplying power to the electronic device, the power supply is provided to be connected to the power supply; A cable unit having one end connected to one side of the power connection unit and including a wiring unit and a light emitting unit; And a load device connecting part having a control unit for controlling the light emitting pattern of the light emitting unit by receiving power information or a control signal from a load device by a communication unit provided at the inside, and connecting the other end of the cable unit. This is provided.

The present invention is applicable to the electronics power cable industry.

100: charge level display type light emitting cable

10: load device 20: application

21: power switch 22: alarm switch

23: character input unit 110: power connection

120 cable portion 121 light emitting portion

121a: LED element 121b: film cable

122: wiring section 130: load device connection

131: control unit 132: communication unit

300: charge level display type light emitting cable

310: power connection unit 320: cable unit

321: character light emitting unit 321a: LED light source

Claims

In the cable for supplying power to the electronics,

A power connection unit provided to be connected to the power supply unit;

A cable portion having a cross section formed in a circular or rectangular shape, one end of which is connected to one side of the power connection portion, and including a wiring portion and a light emitting portion; And

And a load device connection part having a control unit for controlling the light emitting pattern of the light emitting part by receiving power information or a control signal from a load device by a communication unit provided at the inside of the other end of the cable part.
The method according to claim 1,

The light emitting unit,

A plurality of LED elements arranged in a plurality of columns and capable of graphic representation;

A film cable provided to supply power to the plurality of LED devices; And

Charge amount display type light emitting cable comprising a wiring unit for transmitting power to the load.
The method according to claim 1,

The light emitting unit,

A charge quantity display type light emitting cable, characterized in that a plurality is formed on the surface of the cable spaced apart at predetermined intervals, the LED light source unit is built in the inside, and the character light emitting unit for graphic processing of the name of the load device to which the cable is connected is provided. .
The method according to claim 1,

The light emitting unit is a charge display type light emitting cable, characterized in that formed of a flexible LED.
The method according to claim 1,

The communication unit,

Charge-type light emitting cable, characterized in that using the wired communication or Bluetooth for receiving the charge capacity information or the control signal to the control unit from the load device.
The method according to claim 5,

Charged display type light emitting cable, characterized in that the software is installed in the load device, the application is provided to control the light emitting pattern of the light emitting unit by accessing the control unit through the communication unit.