EP0397917B1 - Dispositif d'affichage pour images alphanumériques - Google Patents

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EP0397917B1
EP0397917B1 EP89119238A EP89119238A EP0397917B1 EP 0397917 B1 EP0397917 B1 EP 0397917B1 EP 89119238 A EP89119238 A EP 89119238A EP 89119238 A EP89119238 A EP 89119238A EP 0397917 B1 EP0397917 B1 EP 0397917B1
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Erich Dr.-Ing. Killinger
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F9/00—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements
    • G09F9/30—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements
    • G09F9/305—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements being the ends of optical fibres
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    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
    • G09F13/00—Illuminated signs; Luminous advertising
    • G09F13/04—Signs, boards or panels, illuminated from behind the insignia
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  • the invention relates to a display device for alpha-numerical displays with a display panel in which a switched-on light source illuminates a bundle of optical fibers, in which a switching element which can be controlled via a control line is inserted into each light path leading via an optical fiber to a display element of a coordinate point, with which the associated light path can be optionally enabled or blocked, in which each coordinate point of the display panel comprises n light paths, in which the optical fibers are combined into bundles and illuminated by separate light sources, and in which the control lines of the switching elements can be controlled by means of a control unit in order to have an n display colored alphanumeric display, in the latter case the light sources or the optical fibers are arranged downstream of filters.
  • a display device of this type is identified as known by EP 0 109 328 A1.
  • an optical fiber or a small group of, for example, three or four combined to form a light exit point leads to each coordinate point of the display
  • Optical fibers that can be illuminated on the input side by several light sources. In this way, only one display element is obtained at each coordinate point.
  • a disk having at least one hole is provided for each coordinate point and can be rotated to enable or shield the single light exit point.
  • the holes in the disc can be provided with different color filters. Since the coordinate point for emitting the light, which may be formed by a plurality of optical fibers and has only one display element, can only be released or shielded in this way, the possible variations of the display are restricted.
  • DE-OS 28 31 174 shows a further display device in which all display elements are combined to form a permanently illuminated optical fiber bundle.
  • the switching elements switched on in each light path can be controlled individually, so that any alpha-numeric display can be triggered by their control, the resolution of the display panel in the display elements alone limiting the display options.
  • only one display in one color is possible at any one time, and the display can include several partial images. This only depends on the activated switching elements and the display elements released thereby.
  • each coordinate point has n display elements that the Display elements are arranged in n nested matrices, that the bundles of optical fibers are each assigned to a matrix, and that the control lines are controlled individually for the matrix, so that n alpha-numerical displays can also be displayed at the same time.
  • the number of matrices determines the number of colors in a display.
  • n displays can also be displayed independently of one another on the display board, if only specific subareas of the display board are assigned for this purpose by activating the switching elements.
  • an embodiment is advantageous, which is characterized in that a partial control circuit is assigned to each matrix of the switching elements, by means of which each switching element of the matrix can be individually controlled, and that the partial control circuits can be controlled by the control unit in accordance with the desired displays or partial displays are.
  • control commands for the control unit are contained in a programmable memory, then the most varied of displays can be predetermined and, if necessary, called up and displayed.
  • an embodiment is advantageous, which is characterized in that the memory via Long-distance lines can be controlled, and that control commands for new and / or additional displays can be transmitted in the memory. Then the only procedure to be followed is that the displays can be triggered via display-specific display commands that can be fed to the control unit.
  • the optional release or blocking of an optical path can be carried out by arranging the switching elements in the optical fibers or at at least one end thereof and changing the wavelength of the waves radiated into the optical fibers.
  • the structural design of the display panel is carried out in such a way that the display panel has a display plate with a number of light exit cones corresponding to the number of matrices and the number of display elements and a support plate with a corresponding number of bores for receiving the ends of the optical fibers and one each Control tube with a switching element, each of which connects a bore of the support plate with the associated light exit cone of the display plate.
  • the switching elements can also be designed as a rotatably mounted flap which can be actuated electrically by means of a coil. Training as a filter for the light waves is also possible. The transmission characteristics of the filter can be changed magnetically, electrically or thermally. Switching elements designed as liquid crystals are particularly suitable for this purpose.
  • the display can be displayed on the display panel 12 by selection or combinations of individual display elements.
  • the display panel 12 has two nested matrices of display elements 23.
  • the display elements 23 assigned to the first matrix are illuminated by a first optical fiber bundle 25, specifically via the filter 24 from the light source 20, which is designed as a halogen lamp.
  • the optical fibers of this optical fiber bundle 25 are guided, for example, to all display elements 23 of the odd-numbered lines of the display panel 12.
  • the optical fibers 14, 16 and 18 of the optical fiber bundle 26 are then guided to all the display elements 23 of the even-numbered rows of the display panel 12.
  • the light source 22 is responsible for illuminating the second optical fiber bundle 26.
  • the control unit 27 controls the switching elements accommodated in the display panel 12 via lines 28 which lead to the switching elements, as will be shown.
  • the display panel 12 can display two-color displays.
  • the end of the optical fiber bundle 25 shown in FIG. 2 is received by the mount 30 and can be covered by a filter clamping bush 33.
  • This filter clamping bush 33 receives a color filter 31 and a heat protection filter 32. In this way, the color filter 31 is held directly in front of the light entry surface of the optical fiber bundle 25.
  • Fig. 1 can also be seen in connection with Figs. 3 and 4 that the display panel 12 has an end display plate 41 and a rear holding plate 40, the ends of the optical fibers 14 in the bores 52 and 54 with one between each Display plate 41 and the holding plate 40 arranged control tube 42 can be connected.
  • the control tube 42 receives the switching element 43 or 43 '.
  • the means 43 is designed as a filter for electromagnetic waves, the transmission characteristic is thermal, magnetic or electrical is changeable. It is particularly expedient to design the switching element 43 as a liquid crystal.
  • the electromagnetic wave passing through the optical fiber 14 has the wavelength ⁇ 1, while the wave emitted from the exit cone 44 has a wavelength ⁇ 2.
  • the switching element 43 ' consists of a pivotable about an axis of rotation 61 flap 60.
  • the switching element 43' is controllable by a magnetic field which is generated by the coil 50, which can be controlled by the control unit 27.
  • Fig. 5 shows a circuit diagram for a display panel 12 with four nested matrices M1 to M4. Each coordinate point 21 of the display panel 12 has four display elements and thus also four switching elements 43.1 to 43.4.
  • the small switching elements of the matrices M1 to M4 can be controlled individually via partial control circuits 27.1 to 27.4, so that each partial control circuit must have small control lines to the assigned switching elements. In this way, each matrix M1 to M4 can be controlled individually. Coordinate control of the switching elements is not possible, since depending on the display, several switching elements of different rows and columns are also controlled Need to become.
  • the control unit 27 can call up various control commands from the programmable memory 29 if it is controlled for a specific display and forwards them to the switching elements of the matrices M1 to M4 via the partial control circuits 27.1 to 27.4.
  • each coordinate point 21 of the display panel 12 can be controlled via each matrix M1 to M4, a display device is created which enables displays of up to four colors to be displayed. Of course, there is also the option of using fewer colors for the display. This depends solely on the control commands stored in memory 29 for a particular display. Any matrices can be used for a display.
  • the control unit 27, in conjunction with the programmable memory 29, gives the greatest possible variation.
  • the display is only limited by the resolution, which is given by the display elements 23 accommodated in a coordinate point 21 and the number of coordinate points kl on the display panel 12.

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  1. Dispositif d'affichage pour images alphanumériques avec un panneau d'affichage (12), dans lequel une source lumineuse allumée éclaire un faisceau (25, 26) de fibres optiques (14, 16, 18), dans lequel dans chaque trajet lumineux passant par une fibre optique vers un élément d'affichage (23) d'un point de coordonnées (21) est intercalé un élément de commutation (43, 43'; 43.1 à 43.4) pouvant être commandé par l'intermédiaire d'un conducteur de commande ( 1 à k.l), élément de commutation au moyen duquel le trajet lumineux associé peut à volonté être ouvert ou bloqué, dispositif dans lequel chaque point de coordonnées (21) du panneau d'affichage (12) comporte n trajets lumineux, dispositif dans lequel les fibres optiques (14, 16, 18) sont réunies en faisceaux (15, 26) et sont éclairées par des sources lumineuses séparées, et dispositif dans lequel les conducteurs de commande (1 à k.l) des éléments de commutation (43, 43'; 43.1 à 43.4) peuvent être commandés par une unité de commande (27) pour représenter une image alphanumérique à n couleurs, des filtres (24, 31) étant, dans ce dernier cas, disposés derrière les sources lumineuses (20, 22) ou les fibres optiques (14)
    caractérisé par le fait
    que chaque point de coordonnées (21) présente n éléments d'affichage (23) et par le fait que les éléments d'affichage (23) sont disposés dans n matrices (M1 à M4) emboîtées les unes dans les autres,
    que les faisceaux (25, 26) de fibres optiques (14, 16, 18) sont chacun associés à une matrice (M1 à M4), et
    que la sélection des conducteurs de commande a lieu individuellement par matrice, de telle sorte qu'il est possible de représenter simultanément n images alphanumériques.
  2. Dispositif d'affichage suivant la revendication 1,
    caractérisé par le fait
    qu'à chaque matrice (M1 à M4) des éléments de commutation (43, 43; 43.1 à 43.4) est associé un circuit de commande partielle (27.1 à 27.4), par l'intermédiaire duquel chaque élément de commutation de la matrice (M1 à M4) peut être sélectionné individuellement, et
    par le fait que les circuits de commande partielle (27.1 à 27.4) peuvent être sélectionnés par l'unité de commande (27) conformément aux affichages ou affichages partiels désirés.
  3. Dispositif d'affichage suivant la revendication 2,
    caractérisé par le fait
    que les instructions pour l'unité de commande (27) sont contenues dans une mémoire programmable (29).
  4. Dispositif d'affichage suivant la revendication 3,
    caractérisé par le fait
    que la mémoire (29) peut être contactée par l'intermédiaire de lignes grande distance, et
    par le fait que des instructions pour des affichages nouveaux et/ou additionnels peuvent être transférées vers la mémoire (29).
  5. Dispositif d'affichage suivant l'une quelconque des revendications de 1 à 4,
    caractérisé par le fait
    que les affichages peuvent être déclenchés par l'intermédiaire d'instructions d'affichage individuelles, qui peuvent être transférées à l'unité de commande (27).
  6. Dispositif d'affichaqe suivant l'une quelconque des revendications de 1 à 5,
    caractérisé par le fait
    que les éléments de commutation (43, 43'; 43.1 à 43.4) sont disposés dans les fibres optiques (14, 16, 18) ou à au moins une extrémité (52, 54) de ces dernières et modifient la longueur d'onde (λ) des ondes injectées dans les fibres optiques (14, 16, 18).
  7. Dispositif d'affichage suivant l'une quelconque des revendications de 1 à 6,
    caractérisé par le fait
    que le panneau d'affichage (12) présente une plaque d'affichage (41) avec un nombre de cônes de sortie de lumière (44) correspondant au nombre (n) de matrices (M1 à M4) et au nombre (k.l) des éléments d'affichage (23), ainsi qu'une plaque de support (40) avec un nombre correspondant de forures (52, 54) pour la réception des extrémités des fibres optiques (14, 16, 18) et chaque fois d'un tube de guidage (42) avec un élément de commutation (43, 453'), tube qui relie une forure de la plaque de support (40) avec le cône de sortie de lumière associé (44) de la plaque d'affichage (41).
  8. Dispositif d'affichage suivant l'une quelconque des revendications de 1 à 7,
    caractérisé par le fait
    que les éléments de commutation (43') ont la forme de clapets (60) montés à rotation et pouvant être actionnés électriquement au moyen d'une bobine (50).
  9. Dispositif d'affichage suivant l'une quelconque des revendications de 1 à 7,
    caractérisé par le fait
    que les éléments de commutation (43) ont la forme de filtres pour les ondes lumineuses, filtres dont les caractéristiques de passage peuvent être modifiées par voie magnétique, électrique ou thermique.
  10. Dispositif d'affichage suivant la revendication 9,
    caractérisé par le fait
    que les éléments de commutation (43) ont la forme de cristaux liquides.
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