CN102012565A

CN102012565A - Laser pointer

Info

Publication number: CN102012565A
Application number: CN2010102752372A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 矢野智子
Original assignee: Kokuyo Co Ltd
Current assignee: Kokuyo Co Ltd
Priority date: 2009-09-04
Filing date: 2010-09-03
Publication date: 2011-04-13
Also published as: JP2011053595A; TW201131917A

Abstract

The present invention provides a laser pointer which facilitates a participator to easily recognize laser visually. The laser pointer (A) mainly comprises the following components: a housing (1) which is formed to be tubular; a laser irradiation part (2) which is used for irradiating laser from a front end surface (1a) of one end surface of the tubular housing (1); an operation part (3) which is used for irradiating laser and endowing the required instruction to an information processor (6); and a substrate (4). Additionally, the laser pointer (A) is also provided with a light emitting frame (12) as a light emitting part besides the housing (1) and the laser irradiation part (2). The light emitting frame is set to opposite with at least two surfaces selected from side surfaces (1c,1d,1e,1f) of the housing (1), a front end surface and a back end surface (1a,1b). The diffused light is simultaneously emitted simultaneously with the laser irradiation.

Description

Laser designator

Technical field

The present invention relates to laser radiation to be gone up, can be given to the personal computer of showing usefulness etc. in addition in screen etc. the laser designator of needed instruction.

Background technology

In the past, show or the meeting-place of meeting etc. in use, utilize the laser indication to pass through projector or OHP projections such as (overhead projectors) is well-known in the laser designator of the part of the picture of screen.

In addition, also having developed not only can irradiating laser but also can carry out the wireless messages exchange with personal computer or other signal conditioning package and the remote-operated laser designator such as change of carrying out display frame.In such laser designator, on the housing of the form of a stroke or a combination of strokes, be provided with the operating portion that operating portion (pressing the button) that laser radiation uses, operating portion that page advancement commands is used and page link order are used, by operating each operating portion, can irradiating laser, give to signal conditioning package perhaps that the page advances or and page link order.

And now, in all kinds of this laser designator, be provided with the lamp (for example, with reference to patent documentation 1) of confirming usefulness with the correspondingly luminous irradiation of the timing of irradiating laser at the predetermined position of housing.By like this, as the demonstrator's who shows user, other the participator that participates in displaying, in fact except the position of laser has been throwed in visuognosis, can also be by this lamp of visuognosis luminous, confirm the irradiation (for example, with reference to patent documentation 1) of laser.

By this lamp, the user just can easily confirm at irradiating laser, and the participator also can at first confirm lamp luminous of housing, and then confirms whether to want projection place of visuognosis laser.In other words, by the existence of this lamp, the participator is as long as only confirming that the demonstrator is that projection place of going again to confirm laser gets final product under user's the luminous situation at hand.

Patent documentation 1: the spy opens the 2006-47567 communique

Yet present situation is, above-mentioned patent documentation laser designator is, part luminous when laser radiation is prolonged and forms, so the long sizeization of laser designator is inevitable, consequently becomes the obstacle of realization densification.

In addition, the laser designator of the document, the light of luminous part sends via translucent lid from the middle body of irradiating laser, thus be bound to the light that sent a little less than.Therefore, can think: the demonstrator user that the light that sends when laser radiation is only showed can arrive in visuognosis, and the participator of displaying must be always seeks the projection of laser from the bigger picture by eyes, can not fully concentrate on and show self.

Summary of the invention

The present invention is conceived to so bad and invention of finishing, and its purpose is to provide and can helps the participator that the shows laser designator of visuognosis laser easily.

The present invention takes following technical scheme in order to reach such purpose.

That is, the laser designator relevant with the present invention is the laser designator of an end face irradiating laser of the housing of the tubular that can control from the user, it is characterized in that possessing: laser irradiating part, and it can be from an end face irradiating laser of described housing; And illuminating part, its mode with at least two faces in the surface of described housing is provided with, and sends diffused light simultaneously with the irradiation of described laser.

Here, so-called " surface of housing ", be not only comprise tubular housing the side and also comprise the notion of end face, mean the form that is also contained in the side and is provided with, the form concept that is provided with in mode across end face from the side towards two faces in mode towards two faces.

If such laser designator, on one side then can keep compact structure, Yi Bian not only also can make having or not of its irradiation of being familiar with laser clearly as the demonstrator's who shows user but also for the participator.By like this, the participator knows that illuminating part does not have luminous state, therefore can judge the operation that can not carry out with the waste of projection place of eyes searching laser clearly in this timing.Its result can alleviate the burden of the user participator in addition of participation displaying with the operation of projection place of eyes searching laser.

In order to make the participator can judge more easily whether user's illuminating part on hand is luminous, preferred, illuminating part is arranged at the ora terminalis adjacent with end face with the framework side.

And, as being used for from the luminous concrete structure of the angle visuognosis illuminating part of broad, as the simple structure of easy realization, can enumerate: the form of luminous framework that illuminating part is made as the full week of the end periphery that is installed on the cylindrical body that forms tubular that housing has.

And, in order to transmit the demonstrator in advance by the participator to displaying is that the user uses the general timing of laser designator to alleviate participator's work load, and be made as the state of the laser that participator's visuognosis easily throws by prenoticing position as the laser designator self of emissive source, preferably: except accident when the irradiation of laser, when illuminating part can also be made as ON from the power supply with laser designator by pressing of laser radiation button become can irradiating laser irradiation may state the moment, carry out luminous with the schedule time.

And under above-mentioned situation, if particularly make illuminating part, when the irradiation of laser, send the light of the color identical with this laser, and luminous color is made as the color different with the color of laser becoming can irradiating state the time, the participator just can more clearly hold the operation of user's laser designator so, so can further alleviate the work of following the trail of the waste of laser with eyes, its result, the participator can more concentrate on the content self of showing.

According to the present invention, can keep compact structure on one side, the participator who shows is made having or not of its irradiation of being familiar with laser clearly on one side, the participator knows that illuminating part does not have luminous state thus, can judge the operation of waste that can not carry out seeking with eyes projection place of laser clearly in this timing thus.Promptly according to the present invention, can provide the laser designator of burden of the operation of the participator that can alleviate beyond the user who participates in displaying seeks laser with eyes projection place.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the outside drawing of the expression laser designator relevant with an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is the stereographic map of this laser designator.

Fig. 3 is other a stereographic map of this laser designator.

Fig. 4 is the being seen figure in side that observes the housing of this laser designator from a direction.

Fig. 5 is the being seen figure in side that observes the housing of this laser designator from another direction.

Fig. 6 is the being seen figure in side that observes the housing of this laser designator from another direction.

Fig. 7 is the being seen figure in side that observes the housing of this laser designator from another direction.

Fig. 8 is the being seen figure of housing that observes this laser designator from front end face.

Fig. 9 is the exploded view of the major part of this laser designator of expression.

Figure 10 is the process flow diagram of the work of this laser designator of expression.

Figure 11 is the stereographic map relevant with the variation of this embodiment.

Figure 12 is the stereographic map relevant with the variation of this embodiment.

Figure 13 is the figure of the major part of the expression laser designator relevant with other variation of this embodiment.

Symbol description

A: laser designator 1: framework 1a a: end face (front end face)

1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, 1c1:

side

1g, 1h: ora terminalis 10: cylindrical body

12,12a, 12b: illuminating part (luminous framework) 2: laser irradiating part

31: the laser radiation button

Embodiment

Below, with reference to the description of drawings embodiments of the present invention.The laser designator A of present embodiment is can irradiating laser, can give the laser designator of needed instruction in addition to signal conditioning package 6.

Generally, showing or the scene of meeting etc., be used to show the signal conditioning package 6 of the lantern slide or the page etc., reproduced image and/or sound, video recording/recording.Signal conditioning package 6 is specially television receiver, disc transcriber or the memory storage etc. of personal computer, Mobyneb, as shown in Figure 1, connects equipment such as projector, monitor, amplifier and loudspeaker, camera, microphone as required.

In addition, at signal conditioning package 6, connect the wireless receiver 5 that receives from the wireless signal of laser designator A transmission.But, when when signal conditioning package 6 itself is built-in with wireless receiver 5,, be not limited thereto laser designator A and signal conditioning package 6 wired connections.

Laser designator A such as Fig. 1 comprise: the housing 1 that forms tubular to shown in Figure 9; Be used for from laser irradiating part 2 as the front end face 1a irradiating laser of an end face of the housing 1 of this tubular; Be used for the irradiation of this laser and give the operating portion 3 of needed instruction to signal conditioning package 6 as described above; With as being built in substrate 4 in the housing 1, that supporting various circuit etc. among Fig. 5, Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 shown in by a dotted line like that.In addition, in the present embodiment, in Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 with shadow representation by luminous framework 12 described later luminous part.

Laser irradiating part 2 as among Fig. 2, Fig. 4 to Fig. 8 by a dotted line shown in like that, have: laser diode, it is located near the front end face 1a of housing 1, by the operation of operating portion 3, via laser radiation mouth 11a to external excitation and for example green laser of irradiation; And laser control apparatus, it is set at for example substrate 4 sides, the control laser diode; For the concrete structure of this laser irradiating part 2, because be prior art, so omit its detailed explanation.In addition, this laser irradiating part 2 is made as the form of the green laser of irradiation as an example, but can certainly shine green or blue laser.

Operating portion 3 has: the laser radiation button 31 and the page that is located in side 1c advances/return push-button 32; Set button 34 with power knob 33 that is located in side 1f and ID.Laser radiation button 31 is electrically connected to substrate 4, only is used for thus under the state that is pressed from laser irradiating part 2 irradiating lasers.And in the present embodiment, the described later luminous framework 12 as illuminating part when pressing is also luminous.The page advances/return push-button 32, by press the position of protuberance at two ends, is used for thus switching to the next page or the last page at the displaying software that in turn a plurality of pages (perhaps lantern slide) is shown as picture etc. of starting on signal conditioning package 6.The connection that power knob 33 is used for the Switching power by outshot is slided disconnects, is under the state of ON at power supply for " connection ", become can based on press laser radiation button 3 carry out laser irradiation, can based on advance with the page/operation of return push-button 32 carries out the state of the operation of signal conditioning package 6.In addition, in the present embodiment, only in 5 seconds the time that begins from the moment that power knob 33 is made as ON, make luminous framework 12 described later send blue light, narrate in the back for this form.And, ID sets button 34 mainly under the situation of using laser designator A first or according to circumstances do not utilize via receiver 5 under the situation of the communication function that is built in signal conditioning package 6 and use, carry out ID sets by being pressed, and identification mutually correctly, make thus the above-mentioned page advance/return push-button 32 correctly works.In addition, this ID sets button 34 and mainly uses existing order with the concrete communication sequence of receiver 5 and signal conditioning package 6.

Substrate 4 as among Fig. 5, Fig. 7 and Fig. 8 by a dotted line shown in like that, can be electrically connected with laser irradiating part 2 and/or operating portion 3 and correctly carry out and the communicating by letter of signal conditioning package 6 via receiver 5, laser designator A is correctly worked, structure for this substrate 4, use existing structure, so the detailed explanation in the present embodiment is omitted.

Here, the laser designator A relevant with present embodiment, it is characterized in that: except above-mentioned housing 1 and laser irradiating part 2, also possesses luminous framework 12, it is configured to towards two faces of end face 1a, the 1b of

side

1c, 1d, 1e, 1f and the front and back of housing 1 at least, sends diffused light rather than laser simultaneously with the irradiation of described laser.

Below, the structure of the housing 1 of this laser designator A is described in detail.

Housing 1 form have front end face 1a, the roughly quadrangular shape of

rear end face

1b and 4

side

1c, 1d, 1e, 1f, have: forming cross-section is the cylindrical body 10 of the barrel shape of quadrilateral shape; Have laser radiation mouth 11a in the front side of this cylindrical body 10 and form the front end-plate 11 of the main body of front end face 1a simultaneously; Be embedded at the luminous framework 12 of the conduct luminophor of the present invention of the ora terminalis 1g between cylindrical body 10 and the front end-plate 11; Battery remaining amount notice lamp 13; The receiver accepting portion 14 that is used to be accommodated in when not using the receiver 5 that takes off from signal conditioning package 6; With the battery outer portion 15 that is used to take in as the battery of power supply; And make each textural element relevant outstanding from the surface with operating portion 3.

Cylindrical body 10 suitably is provided with the battery remaining amount in face side and notifies lamp 13, receiver accepting portion 14, battery outer portion 15 and be used to make operating portion 3 opening outstanding from the surface for making the roughly tubular of front openings; And not shown substrate 4 is arranged in inner support.Front end-plate 11 covers across the opening of luminous framework 12 with cylindrical body 10 at the front end face 1a of housing 1, at middle body in order to make laser by laser irradiating part 2 irradiation by disposing laser radiation mouth 11a.Battery remaining amount notice lamp 13, as shown in Figure 6 on being configured to be formed on one side near the ora terminalis 1g of side 1e with respect to cylindrical body 10, under the situation that the battery remaining amount of the dry cell that is assembled in battery outer portion 15 is lacked than predetermined value, be used for by for example this situation being notified to the user with the redness flicker.Receiver accepting portion 14 is configured under the state that does not use laser designator A, take in receiver shown in Figure 15 across the rear end face 1b of housing 1 and side 1c in order not lose.Battery outer portion 15 is configured to across the rear end face 1b of housing 1 and side 1e, takes in 2 for example dry cells of predetermined dimension such as No. 5 or No. 7 side by side, is electrically connected with the substrate 4 that will utilize as power supply.

And luminous framework 12 is extremely shown in Figure 9 as Fig. 1, is configured to 4 side 1c, 1ds, 1e, the 1f of while towards housing 1.Specifically, luminous framework 12 spreads all over the complete of ora terminalis 1g that promptly contacts a side with front end face 1a near laser irradiating part 2 one sides and is installed on cylindrical body 10 allly as shown in Figure 9, and side embeds front end-plate 11 is arranged within it.And by under the state that luminous framework 12 is installed, periphery arranged side by side from four sides like that as shown in Figure 9 and front end face 1a is outstanding, can be from all sides and front end face 1a side-looking feel identification.

This luminous framework 12 in addition, shown in the process flow diagram of Figure 10, suitably be assembled with not shown LED in inside and be electrically connected with respect to substrate 4, send for example diffused light of the color green about equally of wavelength and laser in the timing identical thus with the irradiation of the laser that is undertaken by laser irradiating part 2, and, send blue light from power supply being made as in 5 seconds the time that ON begins.

Below, based on Figure 10, the luminous order of the luminous framework 12 that begins for from this power source ON the time is described in detail.

At first, when power knob 33 becomes ON (step S1), luminous framework 12 is by sending blue light (step S2) to built-in not shown blue led energising.Then, from power knob 33 being made as ON when beginning (step S7), make luminous the stopping (step S8) of the blueness of luminous framework 12 through 5 seconds.

And, in the present embodiment, if from power knob 33 being made as before ON begins as yet not through 5 seconds, laser radiation button 31 is pressed (step S3), then from the green laser of laser irradiating part 2 irradiation, and by to the not shown green LED energising of assembling and with the luminous green (step S4) that switches to of luminous framework 12.Then when pressing of laser radiation button 31 removed (step S5), will stop from the irradiation of the laser of laser irradiating part 2, and make luminous also stop (the step S6) of the green of luminous framework 12.

By being made as top such structure, the laser designator A relevant with present embodiment utilizes the part of housing 1 and makes as the luminous framework 12 of illuminating part luminous, so can keep compact structure on one side, Yi Bian not only make as the demonstrator's who shows user but also make the participator also can discern the having or not of irradiation of laser clearly.By like this, the participator knows that luminous framework 12 does not have luminous state, can judge the work of waste that can not carry out seeking with eyes projection place of laser clearly in this timing thus.Its result can alleviate the burden of user most participators in addition of participation displaying with the work of projection place of eyes searching laser, can promote suitably that people concentrate on displaying.

And, for the participator that makes displaying can easier judgement user luminous framework 12 on hand luminous, in the present embodiment, luminous framework 12 is arranged at the ora terminalis 1g of the tip side adjacent of

side

1c, 1d, 1e, the 1f of framework 1, has further improved visuognosis with end face.

In addition, the angle luminous framework 12 of visuognosis luminous clearly for the broad around the user in the present embodiment, spreads all over complete this luminous framework 12 that is provided with of ora terminalis 1g allly.In detail, as the form of the luminous framework 12 that luminous framework 12 is made as the end periphery that is installed on the cylindrical body that forms tubular 10 that housing 1 had, can realize with simple structure.

In addition, in order to be made as by transmit the demonstrator in advance to the participator who shows is that the user uses the general timing of laser designator A to alleviate participator's work load and makes the state of the laser that participator's visuognosis easily throws by prenoticing position as the laser designator A self of emissive source, in the present embodiment, luminous framework 12, different during with the irradiation of laser, from become by pressing of laser radiation button 31 can irradiating laser irradiation may state the moment, being time of 5 seconds to carry out luminous as an example.

Especially, in the present embodiment, by making luminous framework 12, when the irradiation of laser, send the light of the green identical with this laser, and luminous color is made as the blueness different with the color of laser becoming can irradiating state the time, the participator can more clearly hold the operation of user to laser designator A, so can further alleviate the work of following the trail of the waste of laser with eyes, the result is that the participator can more concentrate on the content of showing, helps to transmit fully to the participator content of displaying.

Above, embodiments of the present invention are illustrated, but the concrete structure of each several part not only is defined in above-mentioned embodiment, in the scope that does not break away from aim of the present invention, can carry out various distortion.

＜variation 〉

Below, modified embodiment of the present embodiment being described in detail, but in this each variation, giving identical symbol for the textural element identical with above-mentioned embodiment, the explanation that it is detailed is omitted.

Be not limited to the form of above-mentioned embodiment as the luminous framework 12 of the luminous framework 12 relevant, for example also can be made as Figure 11 to form shown in Figure 13 with the present invention.Specifically, also can be as shown in figure 11, not only as with above-mentioned same luminous framework 12, only being arranged at the ora terminalis 1g of front end face 1a side, and luminous framework 12a also is set at the ora terminalis 1h of rear end face 1b side.In addition, also can be as shown in figure 12, luminous framework 12b is made as the ora terminalis that not only extends to front end face 1a side but also extends to the shape of the lateral margin 1i that is located between the side.If so luminous framework, consistent during then with luminous framework 12 luminous, also can easily discern the direction of irradiating laser.

In addition, certainly as shown in figure 13, the present invention not only is defined in the housing 1 on the quadrangular, and the 1c1 ground, side that also can spread all over columned housing 1 uses luminous framework.

Except above-mentioned variation, for example, luminous framework also can form along the different shapes such as arrow shaped of the direction of illumination of laser in addition, perhaps is positioned the zone of the part that can go out from any two side's visuognosiss of ora terminalis.In addition, the shape of operating portion, the form of collective of giving the function of laser designator such as mouse function not only are defined in above-mentioned embodiment, can use the various forms that comprise existing form.

In addition, also not only be defined in above-mentioned embodiment, in the scope that does not break away from aim of the present invention, can carry out various distortion for the concrete structure of each several part.

Claims

1. laser designator, an end face irradiating laser of the housing of the tubular that can control from the user is characterized in that possessing:

Laser irradiating part, it can be from an end face irradiating laser of described housing; With

Illuminating part, its mode with at least two faces in the surface of described housing is provided with, and sends diffused light simultaneously with the irradiation of described laser.

2. laser designator as claimed in claim 1, wherein: described illuminating part is arranged at the ora terminalis of described housing side.

3. laser designator as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein: described illuminating part is the luminous framework in full week that is installed on the end periphery of the cylindrical body that forms tubular that described housing has.

4. as claim 1,2 or 3 described laser designator, wherein: described illuminating part, except when the irradiation of described laser, can also from by press the laser radiation button become can irradiating laser irradiation may state the moment begin to carry out luminous with the schedule time.

5. laser designator as claimed in claim 4, wherein: described illuminating part sends the light with this laser same color when the irradiation of described laser, and will become described irradiation may state the time luminous color be made as the color different with the color of described laser.