CN212906829U - Fingerpost - Google Patents

Abstract

The application relates to a guidepost, comprising a display panel; the rotating motor is coaxially connected with the display panel; the power amplification circuit is electrically connected with the rotating motor; the trigger circuit is electrically connected with the power amplification circuit; microcontroller, electricity connection display panel and trigger circuit respectively, microcontroller can loop through trigger circuit and power amplifier circuit drive rotating electrical machines, and rotating electrical machines drives display panel rotatory, and display panel can point to the destination and show corresponding destination information for display panel can replace a plurality of signs and point the way, has improved the validity of the information of indicating the way, increases the direction effect of indicating the way tablet.

Description

Fingerpost

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of road guidance, in particular to a road indicator.

Background

With the development of road guiding technology, the direction of a target place is indicated by adopting a guideboard at present, and the guideboard is widely applied to places such as municipal traffic intersections and roadside green belts. The traditional guidepost generally realizes the pointing of a plurality of target sites by fixing a plurality of direction boards with different shapes on a stand column, but along with the increase of the target sites, more and more direction boards are arranged on the traditional guidepost, so that a user is difficult to quickly determine the direction.

That is, in the implementation process, the inventors found that at least the following problems exist in the conventional technology: the current guidepost has the problem of poor guiding effect.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Therefore, the problem that the traditional guidepost has poor guiding effect is needed, and the guidepost capable of improving the guiding effect is provided.

A fingerboard comprising:

a display panel;

the rotating motor is coaxially connected with the display panel;

the power amplification circuit is electrically connected with the rotating motor;

the trigger circuit is electrically connected with the power amplification circuit;

and the microcontroller is electrically connected with the display panel and the trigger circuit respectively.

In one embodiment, the device further comprises a support part; the supporting part comprises a body and an accommodating cavity;

the power amplifying circuit and the trigger circuit are accommodated in the accommodating cavity; the top of the body is provided with a display panel.

In one embodiment, the microcontroller is disposed within the receiving cavity.

In one embodiment, the fingerboard further comprises an electrical box housing the controller; the electrical box is mechanically connected with the body.

In one embodiment, the system further comprises a target selection device electrically connected with the microcontroller; the target selection device is arranged on the body.

In one embodiment, the target selection device is a key.

In one embodiment, the device further comprises a base; the base is detachably mounted at the bottom end of the body.

In one embodiment, the rotary motor is a servo motor or a stepper motor.

In one embodiment, the microcontroller is a single chip, a PLC, an FPGA controller, or a raspberry.

In one embodiment, the display panel is an LED display screen or an LCD display screen.

The guidepost comprises a display panel; the rotating motor is coaxially connected with the display panel; the power amplification circuit is electrically connected with the rotating motor; the trigger circuit is electrically connected with the power amplification circuit; microcontroller, electricity connection display panel and trigger circuit respectively, microcontroller can loop through trigger circuit and power amplifier circuit drive rotating electrical machines, and rotating electrical machines drives display panel rotatory, and display panel can point to the destination and show corresponding destination information for display panel can replace a plurality of signs and point the way, has improved the validity of the information of indicating the way, increases the direction effect of indicating the way tablet.

Drawings

The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the application will be apparent from the following more particular description of preferred embodiments of the application, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the drawings, and the drawings are not intended to be drawn to scale in actual dimensions, emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating the subject matter of the present application.

FIG. 1 is a first schematic block diagram of a destination board in one embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the arrangement of the guidepost in one embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a second schematic block diagram of a fingerboard in one embodiment.

Description of reference numerals:

a trigger circuit: 400, respectively; a power amplification circuit: 300, respectively; a target selection device: 700 of the base material; a microcontroller: 500, a step of; a display panel: 100, respectively; a rotating electric machine: 200 of a carrier; a support part: 600.

Detailed Description

To facilitate an understanding of the present application, the present application will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present application are shown in the drawings. This application may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the present application is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application.

It will be understood that, as used herein, the terms "first," "second," and the like may be used herein to describe various elements, but these elements are not limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another.

In the description of the present application, it is to be understood that the terms "top end," "bottom end," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," and the like are used for indicating orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are used for convenience in describing the present application and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application.

Spatial relational terms, such as "under," "below," "under," "over," and the like may be used herein to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements or features described as "below" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary terms "under" and "under" can encompass both an orientation of above and below. In addition, the device may also include additional orientations (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or other orientations) and the spatial descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or be connected to the other element through intervening elements. Further, "connection" in the following embodiments is understood to mean "electrical connection", "communication connection", or the like, if there is a transfer of electrical signals or data between the connected objects.

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, the present application is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, there is provided a fingerboard comprising:

a display panel 100;

a rotating motor 200 coaxially connected to the display panel 100;

a power amplifier circuit 300 electrically connected to the rotating electric machine 200;

a trigger circuit 400 electrically connected to the power amplifier circuit 300;

and a microcontroller 500 electrically connected to the display panel 100 and the trigger circuit 400, respectively.

Specifically, the fingerboard of the present application may include a display panel 100, a rotary electric machine 200, a power amplification circuit 300, a trigger circuit 400, and a microcontroller 500. The number of the display panels 100 may be one or more, and any one of the display panels 100 may be implemented by any number, any shape, and/or any type of display devices, and is used to display destination information, such as a destination name, a distance, and/or a place of a sign. In one example, the number of the display panels 100 may be one, and guidance of multiple places is realized through one display panel 100, so that the arrangement of multiple signs can be avoided, and the guidance effect is improved.

Specifically, the display panel 100 may have an arrow shape, a rectangular shape, an arbitrary irregular pattern, or an arbitrary pattern having directivity. The display panel 100 may be formed by one or more displays, or one or more nixie tubes, or may be a Light-Emitting Diode (LED) matrix. In one example, the Display panel 100 may be an LED Display screen, or an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) Display screen.

The rotation motor 200 may be a driver that drives the display panel 100 to rotate, and the rotation angle may range from 0 ° (degrees) to 360 °, and the rotation direction may be a clockwise direction or a counterclockwise direction. The rotating motor 200 is coaxially connected to the display panel 100, so as to drive the display panel 100 to rotate 0 ° to 360 ° in a clockwise direction, or rotate 0 ° to 360 ° in a counterclockwise direction, so that the display panel 100 can indicate a direction of a destination. The application can realize distinguishing places with similar directions by adjusting the rotating angle of the rotating motor 200, and further realize the road directing function.

The rotary motor 200 may take any form of motor, and in one example, the rotary motor 200 may be a stepper motor or a servo motor.

It should be noted that, in the present application, the rotation angle may be an included angle formed between a plane where the display panel 100 is located and a reference position after the rotation is completed, the reference position may be preset and fixed, or may be changed, for example, the reference position may be a plane where the display panel 100 is located before the rotation.

The power amplifier circuit 300 may be used to amplify an input signal and output the amplified signal, and may be a circuit composed of separate electronic devices and/or chips, or may be implemented by using an integrated chip. It should be understood that the power amplifier circuit 300 of the present application can be implemented by any power amplifier circuit in any form in the prior art, and the present application is not limited thereto. In one example, the power amplification circuit 300 may be a power electronic circuit.

The trigger circuit 400 is configured to generate a drive signal of the rotating electrical machine 200 based on the input signal and output the drive signal. The trigger circuit 400 may be a circuit formed by separate electronic devices and/or chips, or may be implemented by using an integrated chip. It should be understood that the power amplifier circuit 300 of the present application can be implemented by any motor driving circuit with any composition in the prior art, and the present application is not limited thereto. In one example, the trigger circuit 400 may be implemented by an analog circuit and a digital circuit.

And a microcontroller 500 for acquiring the destination information and the rotation angle of the display panel 100. The microcontroller 500 electrically connects the display panel 100 and the trigger circuit 400, respectively, so that destination information can be transmitted to the display panel 100 and a pulse signal can be transmitted to the trigger circuit 400 according to the rotation angle.

Further, the microcontroller 500 may be used to electrically or communicatively connect an external computer device, and may receive the destination information and the rotation angle by performing data transmission with the external computer device. The microcontroller 500 may include a data transfer serial port through which an external computer device is connected. Illustratively, the data transmission serial port can be an RS-232 serial port or an Ethernet interface. Further, the microcontroller 500 may further include a first signal output interface and a second signal output interface, and is electrically connected to the trigger circuit 400 through the first signal output interface and electrically connected to the display panel 100 through the second signal output interface.

It should be noted that the microcontroller 500 may be implemented by any type of Controller, and in an example, the microcontroller 500 is a single chip, a PLC (Programmable Logic Controller), or another type of industrial Controller, such as an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) Controller or a raspberry Controller.

Specifically, in the present application, the trigger circuit 400 is electrically connected to the power amplifier circuit 300, the power amplifier circuit 300 is electrically connected to the rotating electric machine 200, and the rotating electric machine 200 is mechanically connected to the display panel 100. The trigger circuit 400 may generate a driving signal of the rotary electric machine 200 according to the pulse signal and transmit the driving signal to the power amplification circuit 300, upon receiving the pulse signal transmitted from the microcontroller 500. The power amplification circuit 300 amplifies the drive signal and transmits the amplified drive signal to the rotary electric machine 200. The rotating motor 200 drives the coaxially connected display panel 100 to rotate under the driving of the driving signal, and adjusts the position of the display panel 100, so that the display panel 100 can indicate or point to the direction of the destination. The display panel 100 receives and displays the destination information transmitted by the microcontroller 500, so that the display panel 100 displays the destination information while pointing to the destination direction, automatic direction is realized, a physical space can be partially broken through, and the number of places capable of being pointed is greatly increased. When the destination needs to be adjusted, the direction board does not need to be replaced, and the adjustment of the rotating angle and the destination information can be realized.

The guidepost comprises a display panel 100; a rotating motor 200 coaxially connected to the display panel 100; a power amplifier circuit 300 electrically connected to the rotating electric machine 200; a trigger circuit 400 electrically connected to the power amplifier circuit 300; microcontroller 500, respectively the electricity connect display panel 100 and trigger circuit 400, microcontroller 500 can loop through trigger circuit 400 and power amplifier circuit 300 drive rotating electrical machines 200, rotating electrical machines 200 drive display panel 100 is rotatory, display panel 100 can point to the destination and show corresponding destination information for display panel 100 can replace a plurality of signs to point the way, has improved the validity of the information that points the way, increases the direction effect of the tablet that points the way.

In one embodiment, a support 600 is further included; the support 600 includes a body and a receiving cavity;

the power amplification circuit 300 and the trigger circuit 400 are accommodated in the accommodating cavity; the display panel 100 is disposed on the top of the main body.

Specifically, the fingerboard further includes a support 600, and the support 600 is used to support the display panel 100, so that the height between the display panel 100 and the support surface is increased, thereby reducing the concealment of the fingerboard and improving the guiding effect of the fingerboard. Further, the supporting portion 600 may be a supporting structure with a fixed length, or a supporting structure with an adjustable length and a telescopic structure, so that the height of the display panel 100 can be conveniently adjusted, and the display panel is suitable for users with different heights.

The supporting portion 600 includes a receiving chamber and a body, and the receiving chamber may be disposed in the body. In the present application, the trigger circuit 400 and the power amplifier circuit 300 may be disposed in the accommodating cavity, so as to avoid damage caused by environmental factors or human factors, and improve reliability of the guidepost.

The support 600 may be made of any material and may have any shape, for example, a column shape, a box shape, an irregular support structure, or the like. In one example, the body may be cylindrical in shape.

The body may include a top end and a bottom end, the bottom end may be an end proximate the support surface, and the top end may be an end distal from the support surface. The display panel 100 is disposed near the top end of the main body, and it should be noted that the top end of the main body may be mechanically connected or not connected to the display panel 100. For example, the top end of the body may be mechanically connected to the display panel 100 through a movable fixing structure, and the display panel 100 rotates around the body under the action of the rotating motor 200; alternatively, the display panel 100 may be connected to the display panel 100 by the rotating electric machine 200, and the display panel 100 may be provided at the top end of the main body.

The rotary electric machine 200 may be entirely disposed outside the accommodating cavity, entirely disposed inside the accommodating cavity, or partially disposed inside the accommodating cavity, and the arrangement manner of the rotary electric machine 200 may be determined according to factors such as the shape of the supporting portion 600, the volume and position of the accommodating cavity, and/or the installation position of the display panel 100.

The guidepost further comprises a support part 600; the support 600 includes a body and a receiving cavity receiving the power amplifying circuit 300 and the trigger circuit 400; the display panel 100 is provided at the top of the body, so that the display panel 100 can be supported and mounted by the support part 600, the concealment of the guidepost is reduced, and the guiding effect is improved.

In one embodiment, microcontroller 500 is disposed within the receiving cavity.

Specifically, the power amplification circuit 300 and the trigger circuit 400 can be accommodated in the accommodating cavity, and the microcontroller 500 can be arranged in the accommodating cavity, and the microcontroller 500, the trigger circuit 400 and the power amplification circuit 300 are arranged in the accommodating cavity together, so that damage caused by environmental factors or human factors can be avoided, the length of a connecting line between the microcontroller 500 and the trigger circuit 400 and the length of a connecting line between the trigger circuit 400 and the power amplification circuit 300 are reduced, and the reliability of the guidepost is improved.

In one embodiment, the fingerboard further comprises an electrical box housing the controller; the electrical box is mechanically connected with the body.

Specifically, the fingerpost may further include an electrical box that may be disposed on the body, i.e., the electrical box may be mechanically connected to the body to be mounted on the body. For example, the electrical box may be mounted on the body by a fixing structure such as a screw or a snap. The microcontroller 500 may be disposed within an electrical box and the power amplification circuit 300 and the trigger circuit 400 may be disposed within a receiving cavity. When the microcontroller 500 needs to be detected, repaired or updated, the microcontroller 500 is taken out of the electric box, and the operation is easy.

In one embodiment, a target selection device 700 electrically connected to the microcontroller 500 is also included; the target selecting apparatus 700 is provided on the body of the support 600.

Specifically, the guidepost further includes a target selection device 700, wherein the target selection device 700 may be any type, model, and device having two operating states, such as a switch, a sensor, and the like. The number of the target selection apparatuses 700 may be one or more, and further, the target selection apparatuses 700 may be determined according to the number of places that can be indicated, so that the target selection apparatuses 700 correspond to the respective places one by one.

When the number of the target selection devices 700 is plural, each target selection device 700 is electrically connected to the microcontroller 500, further, the microcontroller 500 may include a selection serial port, the number of the selection serial ports may be greater than or equal to the number of the target selection devices 700, and the target selection devices 700 may be electrically connected to the selection serial ports corresponding to the microcontroller 500 through cables.

When the destination is to be selected, the target selection device 700 may be triggered to select the destination, and when the target selection device 700 is a switch, for example, a place corresponding to the switch may be selected by adjusting the switch state of the switch. When the target selection device 700 is triggered, the microcontroller 500 may confirm the target selection device 700 in a triggered state, thereby determining destination information and a rotation angle, transmit the destination information to the display panel 100, and generate a pulse signal according to the rotation angle, and transmit the pulse signal to the trigger circuit 400.

The guidepost further comprises a target selection device 700 electrically connected with the microcontroller 500; the object selection device 700 is provided on the body of the support 600 so that a selected place, i.e., a destination, can be determined by the operation state of the object selection device 700, and when the object selection device 700 is in the trigger state, the microcontroller 500 can confirm the object selection device 700 in the trigger state, transmit corresponding destination information to the display panel 100, and transmit a corresponding pulse signal to the trigger circuit 400, thereby implementing a direction and improving a guide effect.

In one embodiment, the target selection device 700 is a key.

Specifically, the object selection device 700 may be a key, and the number of keys may be one or more, that is, one object selection device 700 may correspond to one or more keys. It should be noted that the present application can be implemented by using any type and any model of discrete keys or matrix keys, and is not limited to this. For example, the present application may employ a self-locking button, a non-locking button switch, and/or a non-self-locking button switch, etc.

In one embodiment, further comprises a base; the base is detachably mounted at the bottom end of the body.

Particularly, the finger post still can include the base, and base detachably installs in the bottom of body, and the pedestal mounting is close to the one end of holding surface at the body promptly to realize the supporting role, improve the stability of finger post, through detachably installation base, thereby can make things convenient for the change of base. The base can be made of any material, such as metal, wood, plastic and the like, and the shape of the base can be any shape, such as a cuboid, a truncated cone, a cylinder, a polygon or an irregular body.

To facilitate understanding of the aspects of the present application, a specific example will be described below. As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the fingerboard includes a target selecting device 700, a supporting post, a microcontroller 500, a trigger circuit 400, a power amplifying circuit 300, a rotating electrical machine 200, and a display panel 100.

Wherein, display panel 100's quantity can adopt an LED or LCD display to realize, realizes the guide in many places through a display panel 100, and then can avoid setting up a plurality of signs, improves the guide effect and more pleasing to the eye.

The rotation motor 200 may be a driver for driving the display panel 100 to rotate, and the rotation angle may range from 0 ° to 360 °, and the rotation direction may be a clockwise direction or a counterclockwise direction. The rotary motor 200 in this example may employ a stepping motor or a servo motor.

The power amplifier circuit 300 may be used to amplify an input signal and output the amplified signal, and may be a circuit composed of separate electronic devices and/or chips, or may be implemented by using an integrated chip. The power amplification circuit 300 may be implemented using power electronic circuitry.

The trigger circuit 400 is configured to generate a drive signal of the rotating electrical machine 200 based on the input signal and output the drive signal. The trigger circuit 400 may be a circuit formed by separate electronic devices and/or chips, or may be implemented by using an integrated chip. The trigger circuit 400 may be implemented by an analog circuit and a digital circuit.

The target selection apparatus 700 includes a plurality of keys, each of which corresponds to each of the sites one-to-one and is printed with an identifier for indicating a destination sign or a destination letter.

The microcontroller 500 can be modularly assembled by an internal CPU (Central Processing Unit), an instruction and data memory, an input/output Unit, a power module, a digital analog Unit, and the like. The microcontroller 500 is used to electrically or communicatively connect an external computer device, and can receive the destination information and the rotation angle by performing data transmission with the external computer device.

The microcontroller 500 may include a data transmission serial port, a selection serial port, a first signal output interface and a second signal output interface, the microcontroller 500 is connected to an external computer device through the data transmission serial port, the trigger circuit 400 is electrically connected through the first signal output interface, the display panel 100 is electrically connected through the second signal output interface, and the keys are electrically connected through the selection serial port.

The support column includes the cylinder and holds the chamber, holds the chamber setting in the cylinder. The power amplifying circuit 300 and the triggering circuit 400 are disposed in the receiving cavity, and the display panel 100 is disposed at the top end of the column. The keys may be mounted on the post. The column may be a supporting structure of a fixed length, or may be a supporting structure of an adjustable length and retractable, so that the height of the display panel 100 is conveniently adjusted, thereby being suitable for users of different heights.

Specifically, the destination direction to be pointed is set by selecting a key. The microcontroller 500 is electrically connected to the contact circuit 400 and each key, the trigger circuit 400 is electrically connected to the power amplifier circuit 300, the power amplifier circuit 300 is electrically connected to the rotating electrical machine 200, and the rotating electrical machine 200 is mechanically connected to the display panel 100 coaxially. The microcontroller 500 outputs an angle control signal (i.e., a pulse signal) to the trigger circuit 400 according to the trigger state of the key. The microcontroller 500 outputs the destination information corresponding to the trigger key to the display panel 100 according to the trigger state of the key. The trigger circuit 400 may generate a driving signal of the rotary electric machine 200 according to the pulse signal and transmit the driving signal to the power amplification circuit 300, upon receiving the pulse signal transmitted from the microcontroller 500.

The power amplification circuit 300 amplifies the drive signal and transmits the amplified drive signal to the rotary electric machine 200. The rotating motor 200 drives the coaxially connected display panel 100 to rotate under the driving of the driving signal, and adjusts the position of the display panel 100, so that the display panel 100 can indicate or point to the direction of the destination. The display panel 100 receives and displays the destination information transmitted from the microcontroller 500, thereby enabling the display panel 100 to display the destination information while pointing in the direction of the destination. The destination and the pointing angle can be set by the microcontroller 500 according to the specific use place through programming.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present application, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the utility model. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the concept of the present application, which falls within the scope of protection of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A guideboard, comprising:

a display panel;

a rotating motor coaxially connected to the display panel;

a power amplification circuit electrically connected to the rotating electric machine;

the trigger circuit is electrically connected with the power amplification circuit;

and the microcontroller is electrically connected with the display panel and the trigger circuit respectively.

2. The guideboard of claim 1, further comprising a support portion; the supporting part comprises a body and an accommodating cavity;

the power amplification circuit and the trigger circuit are accommodated in the accommodating cavity; the top end of the body is provided with the display panel.

3. The guideboard of claim 2, wherein said microcontroller is disposed within said housing cavity.

4. The guideboard of claim 2, further comprising an electrical box housing the controller; the electrical box is mechanically connected with the body.

5. The guideboard of claim 2, further comprising a target selection device electrically connected to the microcontroller; the target selection device is arranged on the body.

6. The guideboard of claim 5, wherein the target selection device is a key.

7. The guideboard according to any one of claims 2 to 6, further comprising a base; the base is detachably mounted at the bottom end of the body.

8. The guideboard according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the rotary motor is a servo motor or a stepper motor.

9. The guideboard according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the microcontroller is a single-chip, PLC, FPGA controller or raspberry.

10. The guideboard according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the display panel is an LED display screen or an LCD display screen.

Images