CN1832887A - Container with light or sound generator - Google Patents

Abstract

A container (10), for example a drinks bottle, comprises means of producing an output such as a light signal (13) when the container is opened. Opening the container (10) causes switching of a detector circuit (20) included in the container (10), which in turn causes production of the output signal. Removing a cap (11) of the container (10) may directly close or open a switch (21, 22) within a detector circuit (20). Alternatively the switch (21, 22) may be activated by a change in pressure within the container, or by temperature. The output signal may cause illumination of the contents of the container (10) by an LED (13), or of a label (125) on the container (10), which may be constructed by an electroluminescent device (127) comprising a thin sheet of electroluminescent material.

Description

The container that has light or acoustic generator

Technical field

The present invention relates to container, relate in particular to portable beverage container.

Background technology

In order to attract the target consumer, there is keen competition between the maker of different brands product.Maker not only depends on product design self, also needs to design the container that product is housed that can attract the customer.This can realize by a lot of modes, for example realizes by color label or noticeable label or shape or style by container self.This can be applied to container and the integrated situation of product itself especially, for example, the container of Foods or drinks can be housed wherein.

EP 1 155 972 has disclosed a kind of like this perfume bottle, and it has and is used to produce the sound that can start at different time or the device of optical signal.Perfume bottle can comprise LED, and described LED can limit figure or symbol on shell of tank when activating.When opening container, activate LED by handling microswitch with the closure member of container.Alternatively, when mentioning container, the surface can activate LED.

Summary of the invention

The object of the invention provides a kind of output signal, described output signal can be open or other when handling container to customer's remarkable vision or the indication of other sense organ.

According to a first aspect of the invention, a kind of carry-case that is used for fluid content is provided, it comprises light-emitting device, event detection device, self contained power supply and connecting device, described connecting device is used to make light-emitting device to be connected with power supply with event detection device, so that when detecting one or more scheduled event, send light, wherein container to small part is made by the material of transmissive light, and wherein light-emitting device is arranged as the content that can illuminate in the container.

This layout makes can illuminate container contents automatically when detecting particular event.The effect that is obtained is the remarkable vision indication to the customer, but and the encourage consumer carry out luminous needed incident, thereby carry out illuminating of container contents.

Preferably, roughly illuminate content equably.This provides special actv. vision indication to the customer.

In this preferred embodiment, container arrangement is conventional the use, thereby luminously always after detecting incident exhausts to power supply.This makes container to be used in to provide after the visual effect processed immediately and be used under the environment that the short time uses.In addition, because need be activating its back PTO Power Take Off, so switch can be simple.

In this preferred embodiment, connecting device comprises circuit or electronic circuit, and opens or close the detection incident by circuit.This provides and has been used to make detection incident and luminous bonded assembly simple mechanism.

Connecting device preferably includes roughly transparent electric installation, and described electric installation can comprise transparent conductive oxide material.This makes can be in sightless mode roughly around external container cloth circuits.

In a preferred embodiment, activation incident comprises opens container.This can be detected by pressure change or removing of draw ring of insulation.These provide the simple mechanism that is used for detecting when opening container.As long as this specific character makes that opening container just illuminates container contents, and in fact provides shinny effect simultaneously at the container that uses.

The activation incident can comprise and is exposed to specified temp or range of temperatures.This can be used for notifying consumer products when to reach suitable consumption temperature, or whether product has been exposed to harmful temperature.

The activation incident comprises and is exposed to magnetic field.This allows by activating shinny effect near magnet.This can realize by the people who sells container, providing described effect to the customer, or by customer oneself realization, so that described effect to be provided when needed.

The activation incident can be the reception of outward sign.This outward sign can be radio communication or radio frequency form.Outward sign can come from vehicular telephone or come from personal digital assistant.This has realized the remote activation of container.

The activation incident can be to remove container from the surface.This can detect by the switch that unclamps on the container base.This only can realize illuminating content at them in by the time of actual consumption.

The activation incident can be to detect people's contact or close container.This effect is to make container shinny when being held by the customer.

Light-emitting device can comprise at least one light-emitting diode (LED).LED has low power requirements.

Light-emitting device can comprise electroluminescent device or smooth substantially luminous element.They are extremely thin and flexibility are arranged, allow hommization to show.

In described preferred embodiment, light-emitting device is arranged in the groove of external container.This can prevent to contact with container contents.

Power supply also can be arranged in groove.Alternatively, when the flat condition battery is as power supply substantially, it can be used on the general planar surface of container, for example on the side surface of bottle bottom surface or bending; This battery protrudes bottle surface a little with label form.

According to a second aspect of the invention, a kind of carry-case is provided, comprise light-emitting device, event detection device, self contained power supply and connecting device, described connecting device is used to make light-emitting device, be connected with power supply with event detection device, so that when detecting one or more scheduled event, send light, wherein when detecting one or more scheduled event, send light, wherein light-emitting device comprises electroluminescent device.

Electroluminescent device is very suitable for desired use, and can be operated to cooperate container in desired position.

In described preferred embodiment, incident is opening of container.Described container can comprise symbol or sign, and symbol or sign are illuminated.This feasible trade name and/or label that may illuminate container, this helps to do advertisement for product.

According to a third aspect of the invention we, a kind of carry-case of during normal use only opening once is provided, comprise the device that is used to produce output signal, be used for device, self contained power supply and connecting device that detection receptacle is opened, described connecting device is used to be used in the device that produces output signal and is connected with power supply with the device of opening that is used to detect container, so that send output signal when opening container.

This container is used in container through the processed usually purpose of falling, for example beverage bottle behind the one-shot usage.These use the short period often.

Preferably, container arrangement is sent output signal for making always after opening container, exhaust up to power supply.This can prevent output signal ratio needed continue longer.This layout also allows to use small power supply and ball bearing made using.

According to a forth aspect of the invention, a kind of carry-case is provided, comprise the device that is used to produce output signal, removable insulation draw ring, self contained power supply and connecting device, described connecting device is used to be used in the device that produces output signal and is connected with power supply with removable draw ring, wherein removable draw ring is arranged so that, when removing the insulation draw ring, comprise connecting device, be used to produce the device of output signal and the closing of circuit of power supply, and send output signal.

Circuit was complete when described insulation draw ring can prevent in position, thereby prevented to produce output signal and consumable power source.Remove the feasible generation that can realize the complete sum output signal of circuit of draw ring.

Described draw ring can also can not be arranged in the container-closure place or, this depends on how to realize that activation vessel produces output signal.

According to a fifth aspect of the invention, a kind of carry-case is provided, comprise the device that is used to produce output signal, the device that is used for detected temperatures, self contained power supply and connecting device, described connecting device is used to be used in the device that produces output signal and is connected with power supply with the device that is used for detected temperatures, makes to send output signal when being exposed to predetermined actual temp or range of temperatures detecting.

Whether this layout can notify consumer products for suitable consumption temperature, or whether it is exposed to and makes its unsafe temperature.

According to a sixth aspect of the invention, a kind of carry-case is provided, comprise the device that is used to produce output signal, be used to detect the device that is exposed to magnetic field, self contained power supply and connecting device, described connecting device is used to be used in the device that produces output signal and is used to detect the device that is exposed to magnetic field and is connected with power supply, makes and send output signal when detecting the magnetic field that is exposed to predetermined strength.

This layout makes that customer or other people (for example seller) can be by being placed on magnet near the generation of the sense activation signal container.

According to a seventh aspect of the invention, a kind of carry-case is provided, comprise the device that is used to produce output signal, be used to detect device, self contained power supply and the connecting device of the reception of outward sign, described connecting device is used to be used in the device that produces output signal and is connected with power supply with the device of the reception that is used to detect outward sign, makes and send output signal when the reception that detects outward sign.

This layout has realized the remote activation of output signal.

Outward sign can be radio communication or radio frequency form.Outward sign can come from vehicular telephone, personal digital assistant or come from wireless radio transmission.

According to an eighth aspect of the invention, a kind of carry-case is provided, comprise the device that is used to produce output signal, device, self contained power supply and the connecting device that is used to detect people's contact or close container, described connecting device is used to be used in the device that produces output signal and is used to detect people's contact or is connected with power supply near the device of container, makes detecting that the people contacts or sending output signal during close container.

The customer can facilitate the generation of output signal by contact or close container.

According to a ninth aspect of the invention, a kind of carry-case is provided, comprise the device, event detection device, self contained power supply and the connecting device that are used to produce output signal, described connecting device is used to be used in the device that produces output signal and is connected with power supply with event detection device, make and send output signal when detecting one or more scheduled event, described connecting device comprises roughly transparent electric installation.

In this arranged, connecting device can be disposed on the external container, and it is sightless keeping simultaneously the customer, even on transparent vessel.

In described preferred embodiment, roughly transparent electric installation comprises transparent conductive oxide material, and this material is combined electric conductivity with high relative transparent (transmissivity).

In described preferred embodiment, the activation incident comprises opening of container.This provides the customer to buy product and has opened its motivation for the generation of facilitating output signal.

Preferably, output signal is a light.This makes the indication of significant vision be provided in the common point, not only offers the customer, and near offering other people, and does not disturb other people environment.

Described container can comprise symbol or sign, and described symbol or sign are illuminated.This helps to make advertisement.In addition/alternatively, container to small part is made by the material of transmissive light, and light-emitting device is arranged as the content that can illuminate in the container.This makes container have attractive effect.

Description of drawings

To only the preferred embodiments of the present invention be described below by means of example and referring to accompanying drawing, in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is the section drawing according to the bottle of the first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the scaled down transparent view of bottle according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the top enlarged drawing of the bottle of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 illustrates the diagram that the end of modification of the bottle of Fig. 1 to 3 is arranged;

Fig. 5 illustrates the diagram of another modification of the bottle of Fig. 1 to 3;

Fig. 6 a illustrates the diagram of another modification of the bottle of Fig. 1 to 3;

Fig. 6 b is the circuit diagram that is suitable for the modification of Fig. 6 a;

Fig. 7 illustrates the diagram of another modification of the bottle of Fig. 1 to 3;

Fig. 8 illustrates the diagram of another modification of the bottle of Fig. 1 to 3, and wherein in Fig. 8 a, bottle is positioned on the surface, and in Fig. 8 b, bottle has been lifted from described surface;

Fig. 9 is the lateral plan that the bottle of shinny device is installed according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 10 illustrates the diagram of modification of the bottle of Fig. 9;

Figure 11 illustrates the diagram of modification of the bottle of Fig. 9;

Figure 12 illustrates the diagram of modification of the bottle of Fig. 9;

Figure 13 illustrates the diagram of the interchangeable lid of a third embodiment in accordance with the invention.

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1 illustrates the Disposable bottle 10 that seals and be equipped with beverage with lid 11.Fig. 2 illustrates the identical bottle of removing lid.Described bottle is made by trnaslucent materials.Described bottle base has groove 12, and wherein LED13 and coin battery 14 are arranged in described groove 12.LED 13 and battery 14 do not extend under the base of bottle 10, thereby have guaranteed that bottle can rest on its base by stationary mode.

Transistor switching circuit 20 is positioned on bottle outside face, and covers with the label (not shown).The electric conductor 15 that is used for circuit is positioned at a bottle outside face, and extends to and cover 11.In this embodiment, electric conductor 15 is made by for example indium tin oxide transparent conductive oxide materials such as (or being referred to as to mix the tin indium oxide).Another material that is fit to is to mix the aluminium zinc oxide.These materials are combined electric conductivity with high relative transparent (transmissivity).

Bottle cap 11 is formed on the connection (referring to Fig. 3) between the electric conductor 15 at bottle top in position the time, when disconnecting by removing to connect when lid is opened bottle.The end 324 of electric conductor 15 serves as being connected to control and power circuit.Control circuit is realized with surface mounted component.It is minimum that the current requirements of necessary device and power consumption illuminate for low current; Therefore control circuit is very little, and from but inconspicuous, and circuit that can be fully-integrated is realized.

The conductive cap 11 of bottle 20 is applied in when bottle last during making, and the terminal (not shown) of circuit 20 is electrically connected by covering 11.

In use, bottle had traditional substantially outward appearance before opening.That is, the customer is difficult to maybe and described bottle can not be distinguished with can not be luminous similar bottle.When the bottle of the embodiment that opens Fig. 1 to 4, open circuit by lid.This makes led circuit path closure, thereby sends blue light by LED.The non-special position of LED makes and can evenly illuminate content in the base, and is luminous thereby content seems to be independent of bottle.

In this embodiment, in case open bottle, the circuit and activate shinny effect again of just can not recombinating.Therefore, only activate once shinny.In this embodiment, effect continues 15 to 20 minutes, and this depends on the life-span (that is, exhausting up to battery electric power) of battery.

Above-mentioned layout has a plurality of advantages.

Container can be stood cold wet environment, thereby is suitable for the beverage in the refrigerator and cooled Tibetan, or even is immersed in the ice water bucket.Therefore employed device (comprising all electronics packages) is designed to stand these environment, can be encapsulated as to make also do not influence the operation of electronics package when electronics package contacts with moisture with water.

Owing to multiple reason, maker may wish visually to strengthen (enhance) container, and these reasons comprise merchandising, advertisement, point of sale, based on the activity of competition with generally sell purpose.This is useful especially for releasing new brand.May want to carry out " seasonality " sales promotion in some time in 1 year (for example Christmas).Such vision enhancing can be used for clearly defined objective customer.For example, it may attract the customer that some has the beer.

Although make container have the initial assembly cost of above-mentioned existence, on a large scale, productive costs is very low.Current maker can easily make their equipment be suitable for producing described container.

In addition, this layout has such advantage: conductor is roughly invisible, thereby does not reduce the aesthetic appearance or the Artistic Design of bottle.

Can make various modifications to the foregoing description.

Can expect especially, bottled for example have alcoholic beverage such as " alcopop ", be also referred to as RTD (easily drinking) or FMB (perfuming malt beverage) or beer, although purpose according to native system, content can be anything, solid (for example powder), liquid, paste, gel or gas-pressurized do not have institute from food to poisonous or objectionable impurities and do not contain.

The present invention also can be used for other type to the translucent or transparent container of small part, for example, jar, packing box, can (can), blister packaging, bag, jar (tin) or dispenser.

Because the diffusion effect on the light that sends is from obtaining optimum efficiency by containers trnaslucent materials manufacturing or that have translucent content such as for example frosted glasss.Yet, also transparent vessel or content can be used in particular for strengthening different purposes with vision.Described container can be made by any plastic form (for example, PET or PETE).

Described container needs not to be disposable.Optional embodiment of the present invention can be included as removable lid.Particularly, change lid and can cause opening of led circuit and luminous stopping.Like this, Vessel Design can be the safety that transmits relevant its content or the information of itself state, particularly in content when being deletrious, highly volatile or perishable.For example, have correctly as the fruit product drowning and to close (for example, for the medicine bottle that is not correctly closed in the top of child safety, or for the container that harmful or degradable substance are housed), can activate LED.

Except covering simply the physics cut off by removing as mentioned above, can also detect opening of bottle by alternate manner.This can arrive by the electric circuit inspection among the embodiment that opens Fig. 1 to 4.Yet, can expect that other are used to detect the method that bottle is opened.For example, can detect incident by close circuit.

Fig. 4 illustrates the lid 11 of the bottle of bottle 10 neck and modification.In this embodiment, a bar insulation material 51 is connected to the lid 11 of bottle 10, and separates electric terminals 21,22.Opening of bottle makes insulation strip be removed, so closing of circuit.

The bottle open can by the pressure change-detection to.For example, if the content of bottle is carbonated, the pressure in the bottle of then not opening for example can act on the device such as diaphragm switch.Because selected bottle zone design is flexible, so the pressure sensor of diaphragm switch or any other type can be fixed, changes, thereby the action and the circuit bonded assembly method of opening bottle that make is provided with internal pressure when breaking the access sealing corresponding to bottle.Cover at 11 o'clock removing, pressure reduces in the bottle, and the contact assembles, thereby makes closing of circuit.Utilizing pressure to change activation also opens outside storage is like or leakage in order to the expression container.

The embodiment of Fig. 4 can be revised like this, is bus (rather than insolator disc), be removed when opening bottle, and circuit disconnects but not closure.

Lid (lid) or the cap (cap) of removing container are not the only luminogen activation incidents that is detected that is used for.The activation incident can be to remove metallic paper around bottleneck.According to the circuit structure, can expect that also other activates example.

Insulation draw ring 84 can be used on bottle 10 loam cakes 11 unexpected location.This will allow customer or other people (for example seller) to activate shinny effect as required.Fig. 5 illustrates the possible position of insulation draw ring 84.Remove insulation draw ring 84 and make circuit complete, thus shinny.

The activation incident can be that content obtains specified temp or range of temperatures in temperature traverse or the bottle.By indicating to the customer: content is in ideal temperature in the bottle, thereby they " are ready to quote/use ", and this application is particularly useful as product and strengthens characteristic.In addition or alternatively, shinnyly can be used as the long indication of time that product has been exposed to the healthy and safe regulations of rules of time ratio of the outer range of temperatures of specified temp or ideal range.The shinny expression content of bottle is dangerous and be difficult for drinking or edible or use.Therefore shinny have a product warning function.

Can activate shinny effect by making bottle be exposed to magnetic field.Fig. 6 a illustrates the bottle opener 103 that has magnet 104 in the base.In this case, bottle 10 can be equipped with circuit 260, and as shown in Fig. 6 b, described integrated circuit comprises reed switch 261, the contact of described reed switch near magnetic field (for example magnetic field of magnet 104) time moment closure.Follow the grid that little electric current flows to thyratron 262, this makes it buckle, thereby LED 13 is shinny.In use, the relative position of magnet 104 and switch 261 guaranteed, when bottle 10 is opened by the bartender, and reed switch moment closure.Referring to the disclosed modification of Figure 11, similar circuit is used in bottle according to following.

Activation can be to utilize for example communicator such as vehicular telephone or personal digital assistant.Fig. 7 illustrates the signal activation that can send from vehicular telephone 111.From vehicular telephone 111 or the communication from any other communicator to bottle 10 can be numeral or simulation, thereby can use modulated carrier, electromagnetic wave (visible or invisible), sound wave (audio frequency, subsonic or hyprsonic), pulse or realize via direct contact communication.Particularly, this can be by the transmission of infrared signal influence, and wherein the transmission of infrared signal causes the shinny of bottle.

Utilizing the reception of the signal of outside (for example, from communicator) transmission to activate proof is unusual actv. to the activity based on competition.For example, bottle can comprise embedded FM receptor, and described FM receptor makes that bottle can be shinny when receiving specific radio signal, and the expression customer is the competition victor.The detection of the signal by external transmission can realize the activation incident, the signal of its external transmission is the binary encoding or the local electromagnetic signal of transmitting of radio wave transmissions carrying for example, is suitable for being arranged such that device can be discerned sort signal and understand this is the activation incident.For example, in sports tournament, when specific sport team score, all make the locality internal consumption the bottle shinny or the flash of light.

Replacement is sent from communicator, can form by other source to activate.From the example of the sound wave in another source is loudspeaker in the nightclub, and wherein for example specific acoustic wave such as bass input triggers the flash of light of being in step with of bottle and music.

(Fig. 8 depress the switch 121 of bottle on 10 bases, but switch 121 unclamps when bottle is picked up (Fig. 8 b) by the user a) on the surface 122 time, and the vision when this forms bottle and is in use strengthens in that bottle 10 is placed on.If be used in the beverage bottle of selling in the bar, then this can encourage people to drink quickly, thereby buys more products.

Can develop human body and come close to or in contact with effect, to activate shinny by people's contact or close bottle.This can be by being positioned on the bottle, and or rather, the conductor that is arranged in the position (for example, conductor can be positioned at below the label, or conductor can form the part of label or label) that is not disturbed detects.

The activation incident can be that the bottle of two or more same types is close in limited range.This utilizes Hall effect device, capacitive transducer and/or other to be used to detect the close method of physics for instance and realizes.This activation encourage consumer buys the beer of same brand in a group friend time, that is, this is a kind of method that improves the particular brand sales volume.Bottle is designed to make when several bottles remained close to, if " triumph " bottle that one of them bottle is the expression customer has won a prize, then it can send the light of particular color.

Other embodiment can utilize the optional method that is used to detect the activation incident.These can be that inductive coupling or capacitive coupling, electric capacity or inductance change for instance, the contact of any removable portion of bottle, with bottle in direct contact, the temperature of content activate, touch activations, via the reception of outward sign (it can be other signal of infrared ray or radio frequency or the known method by modulating carrier frequencies) or other electromagnetic method etc.

As covering, method for initial activation is a lot, and is various, and can realize the variation subsequently of activation effect by inductance, electric capacity, field effect, human body antenna effect or human body conduction.Obviously, can realize two/three grade effects in addition.

Other example of activation incident comprise stave sealer, shut down label or sheet, remove paper tinsel or label, the replacing label that cover lid and bottleneck, make that bottle tilts when content (for example, in the drink bottle) to small part, the variation of content height or by touching container or its content.Certainly, also artificial activation's switch can be used to activate shinny.

For these Activiation methods some, advantageously have initial activation incident (for example, removing lid or draw ring), described activation incident is that secondary activates incident (for example, bottle reaches suitable consumption temperature, or the user contacts bottle) simultaneously.This will prevent for example Product transport or unexpected activation between the storage life.

Can make to become when shinny effect is, thereby effect is continuing or beginning after the specified time period or after prescribed condition is taking place.

Shinny effect can be at random or is intermittently glimmered or pulse with the time gap of rule.Like this, can use it for when product is placed on supermarket or the bar desk still and to attract consumer alert's power to product.Therefore, described effect can be used for encouraging the purchase of described product.

Can use any combination and the color of single led or LED.Because the desired power of this effect is very little, so sustainable a lot of months of effect.Can use organic LED.Certainly, also can utilize second order effects, make when the initialization second order effects, to occur flicker on the shelf, for example constantly illuminate content.

Can utilize the LED of any color.Preferably, use water white transparency eyeglass LED, thereby can not determine the color of the light that sends always, till activating.This is appropriate especially when being used for sales promotion competition (for example, for conventional vessel, having only " triumph " container of limited amount can send different colours) in system.

" not being specific " LED position provides the shinny effect of good whole in container base.For unspecific shinny effect, LED can be positioned at any other parts of container.

Can use the electroluminescent device that comprises laminar electroluminescent material to replace LED.Electroluminescent material can be an organic or inorganic, and sends light when (this depends on its type) applying AC or DC electric field.

Other embodiment can use white heat, fluorescence, quartz conductor or other electricity to activate shinny device.Also can use neon light.It is shinny also can to carry out chemistry.

Use one or more light sources can realize the shinny effect of polychrome.The light wavelength of being sent can belong to the visible light part of electromagnetic spectrum, maybe can be sightless, for example ultraviolet ray or infrared ray etc.Described effect can make container contents seem to change color.

Also can use liquid crystal display (LCD) device; For example, can be embedded with an information among the LCD.LCD can be embedded in the container.It can have special-purpose driving circuit, but and the display scrolling advertising message, or the expression customer gets the winning number in a bond.Also can use flexible LCD.

It is not main that the electrically conducting transparent device is used for connecting device.This will depend on the use of bottle.Yet, promptly use dissimilar bottles to replace described bottle, no matter the material of container is transparent or opaque, all has the advantage of transparent conductor.

If activating the incident of electroluminescence device is not to remove lid (as the embodiment of Fig. 1 to 4), then electric conductor 15 does not need to extend to a bottle top.

Conductor can form the component part of label, or is connected to container.Conductor can be arranged on inner surface of container or the outside face, embeds the material of container or become the part of container or these combination.The molded design of container can be these characteristics of adaptation.Control circuit can not contact with container contents yet, and this depends on application-specific.

Transistor switching circuit can be positioned on inner surface of container or the outside face.It can be arranged in the molded indentation (indentation) of container or embed the material of container.It can be ensconced or be connected to the label back side or be connected to any material of container subsequently.

Power supply can comprise all kinds battery, comprises chargeable battery or photoemissive element.Battery with general planar structure is preferred.

In another was revised, with active ink (active ink) Print Label, described active ink was for example to the ink of UC (ultraviolet ray) light sensitivity.Use as mentioned above but to have the content of UV LED shinny, illuminate content, then as the secondary step, the UV light of the content that illuminates is picked up by the sensitive ink of the UV in the label, thereby label is luminous.

Because device and power supply are all in container base, this provides the method for the technical simple and inexpensive that illuminates sign, make and to produce easily, and regular label is used on the side to the bottle of specific wavelength of light sensitivity, make the ink that prints thereon glisten when being exposed to this optical wavelength.Do not need device is contained in the groove of sign or symbol back.

Can adopt similar method, make that the ink be used in the label is infrared sensitivity, and infrared LED or other infrared radiation source are used to illuminate liquid content.Ink naked eyes to the infrared light sensitivity be cannot see, unless infrared radiation is through naked eyes.Therefore, described ink can be used in the sales promotion, like this, one activates described effect, and the user will see the information that expression has been got the winning number in a bond.The use of infrared sensitive ink is particularly suitable for brown or the green glass container.

Power supply needn't be arranged in the groove of container base, but can be arranged on any suitable position of container.For example, photoemissive element can be arranged in the dark below the container cap.Opening container and making photoemissive element be exposed to the light time, active circuit, and supply is from the luminous needed electric current of LED.

Fig. 9 illustrates the second embodiment of the present invention.Disposable bottle 10 has bus 15, and described bus is applied to the top 123 of bottle 10 and the outside face between the territory, lateral areas 124, applying label 125 on the territory, wherein said lateral areas.

Bus 15 is made by for example indium tin oxide transparent conductive oxide materials such as (or being referred to as to mix tin indium oxide or ITO).Another material that is fit to is to mix the aluminium zinc oxide.These materials are combined electric conductivity with high relative transparent (transmissivity).

Label 125 parts or whole substantially with electroluminescent device 127 formations that comprise laminar electroluminescent material.

Electroluminescent device 127 uses the phosphor inks that is printed on the plastic base to constitute, and with the figure over print of printing, to form label 125.Electroluminescent material can be an organic or inorganic, and sends light when (this depends on its type) applying AC or DC electric field.

Control and power circuit 20 are arranged in the recess (recess) 132 in bottle sidewall under the label 125.

In use, detect removing of bottle cap 11 by bus 15, like this, active circuit, with the whole of even label 125 or its selection part, for example, the part of carrying special symbol or sign.

In the present embodiment, in case open bottle, the circuit and activate shinny effect again of just can not recombinating.Therefore, only activate once shinny.In the present embodiment, effect continues 15 to 20 minutes, and this depends on the life-span (that is, exhausting up to battery electric power) of battery.

Above-mentioned layout has a plurality of advantages.

This layout can be applicable to traditional bottle, and needn't be included in during the manufacturing of bottle.

The illuminating of label realized the highlighting of brand name on the container and/or sign.This has constituted the instrument of important advertisement.

Use the advantage of electroluminescent material to be, its allows to be provided with as thin as a wafer with the label of flexibility and allows hommization to show.And the characteristics of this demonstration are that label is an appreciiable under the normal lighting condition, thereby label also can be read under the situation that does not have the circuit illumination.

Can make multiple modification to above-mentioned layout.

Container can be made by transparent or semitransparent glass or plastic material.Yet it is also opaque.Replace bottle, it can be that box, bag, jar or other can be opened container, and can be made by cardboard, plastic material, metal etc.

Electroluminescent device 127 can be illuminated by the incident except opening bottle 10, for example, remove insulation draw ring 84 (Figure 10), obtain specified temp that sign wherein or specific " temperature icon " can be shinny, be exposed to magnetic field (Figure 11) or receive predetermined radio frequency signal for example or from the outward signs such as communication of vehicular telephone (shown in the embodiment of Fig. 7).

It will be appreciated by the skilled addressee that any Activiation method of describing at the modification of first embodiment also can be used for second embodiment.

Label needn't be formed by electroluminescent device.Any combination and color single led or LED can be used for illuminating symbol or sign.LED can be embedded in the specific part of bottle, so that independently illuminating symbol or sign to be provided.

In the modification shown in Figure 12, bottle 10 comprises the device 71 that is the sign format of the brand of content in the expression bottle.Install 71 by plastic moulding, and be embedded with LED, power supply and control circuit, illuminate with realization.It is useful under daylight and/or during the content of the brightness (because backlight illumination is too strong) that has consumption under the condition of a large amount of backlighted to make its label can not be illuminated the customer can to see that this modification can have possibility at bottle 10.The high strength that realizes symbol when activating illuminates.Device 71 can be positioned at any specific part of bottle, for example neck, body or base.It is positioned at advantage on the base is to be appreciiables to other people in customer's reality when bottle is drunk.Three positions of device 71 shown in Figure 21 although will understand, only have a device 71 to be used usually.

Symbol can be the sign of interior perhaps its brand of expression bottle, or it can be certain type a symbol (for example, heart or brain image).It is shinny also can to select specific character, letter or speech.Also can replace symbol, use any other specific part of bottle.

Alternatively, sign/symbol can be self a component part of bottle, for example, and the embossed portion of glass bottle or be the molded plastics portion of part of the main structure of plastic bottle.Then the unit that comprises shinny, power supply and chip can be connected to bottle, make molded of the embossed portion of glass bottle or plastic bottle shinny.

Sign can appear on the etched part of bottle, and the peripheral region of described etched part is roughly opaque.Then make the sign lateral emitting, and light is by the diffusion of semi-translucent etched part.

Image, sign or other symbol can protrude from container.

Figure 13 illustrates the layout that is suitable for covering therein to switch in the removable third embodiment of the present invention 81 and lid 11." to child safety " medicine bottle cap 1 is shown.It is revised as makes the in-to-in top cooperate with diaphragm switch 81.Come the lead of switch 81 top sides since then to lead to circuit in the new apex cavity 82 that holds power supply, circuit and LED.

When lid 11 correctly is coupled to container, the packing seal 83 on the top cap of bottle in the pushing cover, thus activate diaphragm switch 81.This has changed circuit and has stoped the shinny state of warning, covers 11 by the correct direct indication that cooperates again thereby improved.

Present embodiment is useful to the container of the medicine of powder charge or any kind or to the container that harmful substances is housed for instance.

In the present embodiment, the shinny effect of glimmering has power supply and will continue advantage more of a specified duration.Yet, can use continuous shinny effect.

If the incorrect container cover of changing, then container cap or body may be shinny.

Alternatively, activate the attention that LED can attract the shopper, for example, represent in the aforementioned supermarket jar, jar or bottle open (thereby touching product).To be that the customer is distinguishable go out jar still on the frame in the supermarket or be opened to an advantage of this system; After buying them, needn't be in by the time and open product.

Preferably, in this " safety " was used, LED sent the incident of light and was longer than 20 minutes.This for instance can be by comprising that being used for after the specific period open circuited timing circuit realizes.Alternatively, use can be glistened at random or be energy-conservation with the flash energy of regular time gap flash of light, and it is more of a specified duration therefore to allow shinny effect to continue.Cross long-time while container still in the supermarket and under the battery situation about having used up activating LED, being in, container is not luminous when opening container also has problem in the expression.

Another embodiment describes in conjunction with Fig. 7.Bottle 10 comprises the circuit that comprises infrared component and power supply (not shown).They can be integrated into form easily and be connected in the inner wrapping of bottle.

When opening bottle, send infrared radiation.If the customer has the vehicular telephone 111 that can transmit and receive infrared signal and transmit data, then may communicate by letter to utilize infrared facility with phone 111 by physical positioning bottle 10.The customer opens his phone, is set infrared mode, and makes it point to described bottle, if described bottle is " triumph " bottle, then will send message 92 to phone, allows the customer know that he gets the winning number in a bond.

A kind of implementation of this principle is on bottle one side the preprogrammed logic circuit to be arranged, and described decision circuit sends the calling signal of waiting for from the response of vehicular telephone when activating.After receiving response, the preprogrammed logic circuit sends message 92 to phone, makes message be registered, and is retained on the phone.Then the exchange of phone return signal is replied 93 and is given bottle 10, and described bottle 10 then stops to send origination message 92.Whether simultaneously, determine to be included in message in the circuit of the device that is connected to container or coding or data sends or uploads.Then, this can be pronounced the message on the phone display, for example be provided for obtaining the instruction of awards.Because described bottle has stopped sending, so message or coding or data can not be sent to any other phone, thereby guarantees only to have the validity of awards from a bottle.

Message or coding or data then can be sent to sales promotion device 94, for example in order to the affirmation and the remittance of awards.

Replace vehicular telephone, described bottle also can be communicated by letter with for example personal digital assistant or computing machine etc. other " communicator ".Circuit arrangement on the activation vessel can belong to the method summarized above or arbitrary.

The method of communication facilities being added to container also can be used for other purpose, for example, and content information, composition, the place of production, rank, quality, nutritional information etc.

Communication between container and the communicator can be numeral or simulation, thereby can use modulated carrier, electromagnetic wave (visible or invisible), sound wave (audio frequency, subsonic or hyprsonic), pulse or realize via direct contact communication.

In may the revising of the foregoing description, output signal for example can comprise sound (for example, play signature tune, tingtang, siren horn or any audio form) etc. stimulus to the sense organ, and replace shinny effect, but sense activation signal, or except activating shinny effect, go back sense activation signal.Alternatively, but the output signal involving vibrations.Also can expect for example discharging the stimulus to the sense organ of other types such as smell.

Shinny activation can occur in before customer's purchase, for example, attracts consumer alert's power to product before the customer determines to buy described product.

The incident as secondary activation event description can constitute elementary activation incident, and vice versa.

The characteristic of a plurality of embodiment and modification is interchangeable, and/or appropriate combination.

By means of case description specific embodiments of the invention, but it will be appreciated by the skilled addressee that and can change or embodiment that the clearing house proposes every, and do not depart from scope of the present invention.

Claims (48)

1. carry-case (10) that is used for fluid content, comprise light-emitting device (13,127), event detection device, self contained power supply (14) and connecting device (15,20), described connecting device is used to make light-emitting device (13,127) be connected with power supply (14) with event detection device, so that when detecting one or more scheduled event, send light, wherein container (10) to small part is made by the material of transmissive light, wherein light-emitting device (13,127) is arranged as the content that can illuminate in the container.

2. container according to claim 1 wherein roughly illuminates content equably.

3. container according to claim 1 and 2, wherein container (10) is set to conventional the use, makes luminously always after detecting incident to exhaust to power supply (14).

4. according to claim 1,2 or 3 described containers, wherein activation incident comprises opening of container.

5. container according to claim 4 wherein detects opening of container by removing insulation draw ring (51).

6. container according to claim 4, wherein the change by pressure detects opening of container.

7. according to claim 1,2 or 3 described containers, wherein activation incident comprises and is exposed to specified temp or range of temperatures.

8. according to claim 1,2 or 3 described containers, wherein activation incident comprises and is exposed to magnetic field.

9. according to claim 1,2 or 3 described containers, wherein activation incident is the reception of outward sign.

10. container according to claim 9, wherein outward sign is the form of radio communication.

11. container according to claim 10, wherein outward sign is a radio frequency.

12. container according to claim 10, wherein outward sign sends from vehicular telephone (111).

13. container according to claim 10, wherein outward sign sends from personal digital assistant.

14. according to claim 1,2 or 3 described containers, wherein activation incident is to remove container (10) from surface (122).

15. container according to claim 14 wherein detects from surface (122) and removes container (10) by unclamping switch (121) on container (10) base.

16. according to claim 1,2 or 3 described containers, wherein activation incident is to detect people's contact or close container (10).

17. according to the arbitrary described container in the above claim, wherein light-emitting device (13,127) comprises at least one light-emitting diode (13).

18. according to the described container of claim 1 to 16, wherein light-emitting device (13,127) comprises electroluminescent device (127).

19. according to the arbitrary described container in the above claim, wherein light-emitting device (13,127) is smooth substantially luminous element (127).

20. according to the arbitrary described container in the above claim, wherein light-emitting device (13,127) and/or power supply (14) are positioned in the groove (12,132) of external container.

21. according to the described container of claim 1 to 19, wherein power supply (14) is to have flat condition battery substantially, and is applied to the surface of the general planar of container.

22. according to the arbitrary described container in the above claim, wherein connecting device (15,20) comprises circuit or electronic circuit (20), and opens or close the incident of detecting by circuit (20).

23. according to the arbitrary described container in the above claim, wherein connecting device (15,20) comprises roughly transparent electric installation (15).

24. container according to claim 23, wherein roughly transparent electric installation (15) comprises transparent conductive oxide material.

A 25. carry-case (10), comprise light-emitting device (13,127), event detection device, self contained power supply (14) and connecting device (15,20), described connecting device is used to make light-emitting device (13,127) be connected with power supply (14) with event detection device, so that send light when detecting one or more scheduled event, wherein light-emitting device comprises electroluminescent device (127).

26. container according to claim 25, wherein said incident are opening of container (10).

27. according to claim 25 or 26 described containers, wherein said container (10) comprises symbol or sign, and symbol or sign are illuminated.

28. carry-case (10) of during normal use only opening once, comprise and be used to produce output signal (13,127) device, be used for device, self contained power supply (14) and connecting device (15 that detection receptacle (10) is opened, 20), described connecting device is used to be used in generation output signal (13,127) device is connected with power supply (14) with the device of opening that is used to detect container (10), so that send output signal when opening container (10).

29. container according to claim 28, wherein container (10) is arranged so that after opening container (10) and sends output signal always, exhausts up to power supply (14).

30., wherein detect opening of container (10) by removing insulation draw ring (51) according to claim 27 or 28 described containers.

31. according to claim 27 or 28 described containers, wherein the change by pressure detects opening of container (10).

A 32. carry-case (10), comprise and be used to produce output signal (13,127) device, removable insulation draw ring (51,84), self contained power supply (14) and connecting device (15,20), described connecting device is used to be used in the device and the removable draw ring (51,84) that produce output signal (13,127) and is connected with power supply (14), wherein removable draw ring (51,84) be arranged so that, when removing insulation draw ring (51,84), comprise connecting device (15,20), be used to produce the device of output signal (13,127), and the closing of circuit of power supply (14), and send output signal.

33. container according to claim 32, wherein draw ring (51) is arranged in the closure member place or the closure member of container.

34. container according to claim 32, wherein the position of the draw ring on the container (84) and the closure member of container separate.

A 35. carry-case (10), comprise and be used to produce output signal (13,127) device, the device that is used for detected temperatures, self contained power supply (14) and connecting device (15,20), described connecting device is used to be used in generation output signal (13,127) device is connected with power supply (14) with the device that is used for detected temperatures, makes to send output signal when being exposed to predetermined actual temp or range of temperatures detecting.

A 36. carry-case (10), comprise and be used to produce output signal (13,127) device, be used to detect the device that is exposed to magnetic field, self contained power supply (14) and connecting device (15,20), described connecting device is used to be used in generation output signal (13,127) device be used to detect the device that is exposed to magnetic field and be connected with power supply (14), make and when detecting the magnetic field that is exposed to predetermined strength, send output signal.

A 37. carry-case (10), comprise and be used to produce output signal (13,127) device, be used to detect device, self contained power supply (14) and the connecting device (15 of the reception of outward sign, 20), described connecting device is used to be used in generation output signal (13,127) device is connected with power supply (14) with the device of the reception that is used to detect outward sign, makes and send output signal when the reception that detects outward sign.

38. according to the described container of claim 37, wherein outward sign is the form of radio communication.

39. according to claim 37 or 38 described containers, wherein outward sign is a radio frequency.

40. according to claim 37 or 38 described containers, wherein outward sign comes from vehicular telephone (111).

41. according to claim 37 or 38 described containers, wherein outward sign is derived from personal digital assistant.

A 42. carry-case (10), comprise and be used to produce output signal (13,127) device, be used to detect people's contact or near device, self contained power supply (14) and the connecting device (15 of container (10), 20), described connecting device is used to be used in generation output signal (13,127) device be used to detect people's contact or be connected with power supply (14) near the device of container (10), make and when detecting people's contact or close container (10), send output signal.

A 43. carry-case (10), comprise and be used to produce output signal (13,127) device, event detection device, self contained power supply (14) and connecting device (15,20), described connecting device is used to be used in the device that produces output signal (13,127) and is connected with power supply (14) with event detection device, makes and send output signal when detecting one or more scheduled event, described connecting device (15,20) comprises roughly transparent electric installation (15).

44. according to the described container of claim 43, wherein roughly transparent electric installation (15) comprises transparent conductive oxide material.

45. according to claim 43 or 44 described containers, wherein activation incident comprises opening of container.

46. according to arbitrary described container in the claim 28 to 45, wherein said output signal is a light.

47. according to arbitrary described container in the claim 28 to 46, wherein said container (10) comprises symbol or sign, and symbol or sign are illuminated.

48. according to arbitrary described container in the claim 28 to 46, wherein said container (10) to small part is made by the material of transmissive light, and light-emitting device (13,127) is arranged as the content that can illuminate in the container (10).

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