EP3620866B1 - Aktive beleuchtungsvorrichtung, die am handgelenk einer person tragbar ist - Google Patents

Aktive beleuchtungsvorrichtung, die am handgelenk einer person tragbar ist Download PDF

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EP3620866B1
EP3620866B1 EP18192468.9A EP18192468A EP3620866B1 EP 3620866 B1 EP3620866 B1 EP 3620866B1 EP 18192468 A EP18192468 A EP 18192468A EP 3620866 B1 EP3620866 B1 EP 3620866B1
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Olivier Matthey
Michel Willemin
Bruno Scagliarini
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
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    • F21Y2113/13—Combination of light sources of different colours comprising an assembly of point-like light sources
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
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  • the invention relates to an active lighting device portable to a person's wrist, in particular for illuminating a path taken when ambient light is insufficient.
  • the portable active lighting device may be in the form of an electronic or electromechanical watch, or of a bracelet with electronic components.
  • a portable lighting device with a suitable adjustment of the intensity of the light generated by one or more light sources.
  • a lighting device can also be used for a walk or a run in the dark.
  • Such a lighting device can be arranged for example on the head of a person and switched on manually when walking or running in the dark.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to overcome the drawbacks mentioned above to produce an active lighting device portable to the wrist of a person easy to use and without complications to allow good lighting of a path taken by the person. while taking into account the movement of the person's wrist.
  • the invention relates to a portable active lighting device placed on the wrist of a person, which comprises the features of independent claim 1.
  • An advantage of the lighting device according to the invention lies in the fact that the lighting device in use makes it possible to maintain the same direction of the light generated by the first light sources in order to illuminate a path to be followed by a person wearing the lighting device.
  • the first light sources are selected by a control unit on the basis of measurements from a movement sensor so as not to follow the movement of the person's wrist when walking or running for keep an illumination always in the same forward direction.
  • second light sources can be provided, which are arranged in the lighting device to generate illumination towards the rear and of a color other than illumination towards the rear. front to signal the presence of the person using the lighting device to vehicles or other people coming from behind.
  • the lighting device may be in the form of a wristwatch, or even only a wristband with electronic components.
  • the light sources can be mounted on a portion of the case, for example on a watch bezel to each generate, once activated, a beam of light in a radial direction towards the outside of the case. , that is to say substantially in a direction parallel to a dial and perpendicular to a caseband of the case.
  • Each beam of light from one activated light source is from a different direction from another activated light source.
  • a selection of light sources to be activated is managed by a control unit based on measurements from at least one motion sensor, such as a magnetometer or an accelerometer.
  • the lighting device can advantageously be in the form of a wristwatch or a bracelet with electronic components.
  • the configuration of the lighting device is of a shape identical to that of a wristwatch with a case, a glass closing the top of the case to view information on a dial or a liquid crystal display, and a one or two strand bracelet connected to the case for placing the lighting device around a person's wrist.
  • the figure 1 shows in a simplified manner the various main components of a portable active lighting device 1 to be placed on the wrist of a person according to the invention.
  • the lighting device 1 is in the form of a wristwatch with at least one case connected by a bracelet with one or two strands, or a bracelet with electronic components.
  • the lighting device 1 can also be a wristwatch as explained in figures 2 to 4 .
  • the lighting device 1 comprises at least one movement sensor 3, 4 connected to a control unit 2, and at least first light sources 5 connected to the control unit 2.
  • the control unit 2 is connected to a DC power source not shown.
  • the power supply is preferably a DC voltage source, which comes from a rechargeable or primary battery, or which is extracted and rectified from received electromagnetic radiation.
  • the lighting device 1 can be activated manually by the action of a switch button or a tactile key on the housing or the glass closing the housing, as explained below with reference to figures 2 and 3 .
  • the first light sources 5 can be placed on the middle part of the case closed by a glass, or on a bezel fixed on the middle part of the case as explained below. after with reference to figures 2 and 3 .
  • the lighting device 1 can also include second light sources 6 connected to the control unit 2. These second light sources can also be placed on the middle part of the case, for example of the watch case closed by a glass, or on a bezel attached to the middle of the case.
  • the first light sources 5 are provided to generate, once activated, each a beam of light with a different orientation from each other light source. Thus, this allows the control unit 2 to automatically select on the basis of measurements from the motion sensor 3, 4 certain first light sources 5 so as to keep an illumination L1 of the path followed by the person wearing the device 1 d lighting always in the same direction. The selection of the first light sources 5 depends on the movement of the wrist of the person wearing the lighting device 1 to illuminate the path to be followed in the same forward direction despite the movement of the wrist.
  • the second light sources 6 are also provided to generate, once activated, each a beam of light with a different orientation from each other light source.
  • the control unit 2 also automatically selects based on measurements from the motion sensor 3, 4 certain second light sources 6 to generate an L2 illumination opposite to the L1 illumination while keeping the L2 illumination in the same opposite direction. to L1 illumination.
  • the illumination L1 of the first light sources 5 of a different color from the illumination L2 of the seconds. light sources 6.
  • the illumination L1 for illuminating towards the front of the person wearing said illumination device 1 may be white light
  • the illumination L2 for providing light towards the rear in order to signal the presence of the person on a walking or running path can be a red light.
  • the second light sources 6 can also be controlled by the control unit 2 so as to provide a second flashing illumination L2 of red color. This makes it possible to generate more visibility to signal the presence of the person using the lighting device to vehicles or other people coming from behind, and further reduces the power consumption.
  • first two-color light sources 5 there are no second light sources 6, but the first light sources must be selected by the control unit.
  • the second L2 illumination can also be flashing.
  • Each first or second light source can be a light-emitting diode LED, or even a combination of two light-emitting diodes LED mounted for example head-to-tail for on the one hand to provide a light beam of a first color during a direct polarization or d 'a second color different from the first color on reverse bias.
  • the lighting device 1 can include two motion sensors, such as a magnetometer 3 and an accelerometer 4 to supply measurement signals to the control unit 2.
  • the magnetometer 3 and the accelerometer 4 can be of the triaxial type.
  • Said control unit 2 can also include at least one memory 21 for storing measurements made by the movement sensor (s) 3, 4 and at least one calculation algorithm for the management and calculations of the measurements made by the sensors.
  • the control unit 2 can also include its own time base 22 such as a low frequency oscillator, which can be a clockwork quartz oscillator or MEMS, so as to clock the measurement and control operations of the first and second seconds. light sources 5, 6.
  • this control unit 2 can be a microcontroller.
  • control unit 2 once activated can take into account the initial position by at least one movement sensor 3, 4 of the wrist of the person wearing the lighting device 1. This makes it possible to initially calibrate the direction of the first illumination L1 and also that of the second illumination L2 before a walking start or for a run.
  • a direction of illumination L1 for example once calibrated, makes it possible to always have this direction of illumination L1 kept fixed whatever the movement of the wrist, which is sought to properly illuminate the path to follow in the dark.
  • control 2 In principle, there is no adjustment of the light intensity of the different activated light sources, but it is rather sought to have the maximum intensity at each illumination generated by the light sources activated by the control unit. control 2.
  • the figures 2 and 3 show an embodiment of a portable active lighting device 1 in the operating position.
  • the lighting device 1 is here a wristwatch.
  • This wristwatch 1 comprises a case with a middle part 12 closed by a back 14 with a sealing gasket 13, the case being closed by a watch glass 18 fixed by a seal 17 to a bezel 10, which itself is fixed to the middle part 12 with another sealing gasket 11. Through the watch glass 18, one can see a dial 16 and hands 20 for indicating the time in particular.
  • a bracelet 30 is connected to the middle part 12 of the case with a clip for placing the lighting device 1 on the wrist of a person using it.
  • a push-button 40 in figure 2 which is mounted through the middle part 12 to be connected to the control unit 2, is also provided for manually adjusting the time indication or for initializing and activating the lighting device 1.
  • the wristwatch 1 also comprises inside the case a watch movement or an electronic watch module 19, and the control unit 2 connected to one or two movement sensors 3, 4, which are a magnetometer 3 and an accelerometer 4 for example.
  • the control unit 2 is electrically connected to each light source 5, 6 as specified below by means of a flexible printed circuit board 15.
  • at least the first light sources 5 are placed in line. partly in cavities of the bezel 10 and opening partly towards the outside of the bezel 10, in particular in the form of a lens.
  • the first light sources 5 are arranged on or partly in the watch bezel 10, which in this case is of annular or circular shape.
  • Several first light sources 5 are provided, arranged on a portion of a circle at the periphery of the bezel 10, preferably being regularly spaced from one another.
  • the first light sources 5 can be placed on a portion of a circle which can range up to 180 ° between noon and 6 o'clock.
  • Each first light source 5 is electrically connected to the control unit 2 arranged in the watch case so as to be able to be activated as a function of measurements from the movement sensor 3, 4, which is also arranged in the watch case. .
  • Each first light source 5 can generate once activated a beam of light F shown in figure 3 running radially towards the outside of the case, that is to say substantially in a direction parallel to the dial 16 and perpendicular to the middle part 12 of the case. So every first light source 5 generates a light beam F of different orientation from another activated light source.
  • the light beam F can be in the form of a cone.
  • first illumination L1 for the generation of a first illumination L1, there are for example four first light sources 5 activated by the control unit 2 and shown in gray on the figure 2 , and defining a first illuminated sector.
  • the other first light sources 5 are inactive.
  • the control unit 2 for example four other first selected and successive light sources, to maintain the same direction of illumination L1 at an angle ⁇ with respect to the ground 50 of the path taken by the person wearing the lighting device 1.
  • the first illumination L1 is the combination of four light beams F from four activated first light sources 5.
  • the direction of illumination L1 was memorized according to an initial position of the wrist following the manual action of the push-button 40 of the figure 2 when using the lighting device 1.
  • the second light sources 6 are also disposed on or in part in the watch bezel 10 of annular or circular shape.
  • Several second light sources 6 are provided, arranged on a portion of a circle of the periphery of the bezel, preferably being regularly spaced from one another.
  • the second light sources 6 can be placed on a portion of a circle which can range up to 180 ° between 6 a.m. and midnight.
  • Each second light source 6 is electrically connected to the control unit 2 arranged in the watch case so as to be able to be activated according to measurements from the movement sensor 3, 4, which is also arranged in the watch case.
  • Each second light source 6 can generate, once activated, a beam of light directed radially towards the outside of the watch case, that is to say substantially in a direction parallel to the dial. watch and perpendicular to the middle of the case. Thus each second light source 6 generates a beam of light with a different orientation from another activated second light source.
  • the number of second light sources 6 may be equal to the number of first light sources 5 in order to generate a second illumination L2 opposite to the first illumination L1.
  • the second illumination L2 there are for example four second light sources 6 activated by the control unit 2 and shown in gray on the figure 2 and defining a second illuminated sector opposite the first illuminated sector.
  • the other second light sources 6 are inactive.
  • another selection and activation of successive second light sources 6 is carried out by the control unit 2, for example four other selected and successive second light sources, to maintain the same direction of illumination L2 at an angle ⁇ with respect to the ground 50 of the path taken by the person wearing the lighting device 1.
  • the second illumination L2 is the combination of four light beams from four activated second light sources 6.
  • the direction of illumination L2 has been memorized according to an initial position of the wrist following the manual action of the push-button 40 at the time of use of the lighting device 1.
  • the first illumination L1 may be white in color, while the second illumination L2 may be red for example.
  • each first light source 5 comprises two light-emitting diodes mounted head to tail.
  • the control unit 2 can activate on a first illuminated sector first light sources 5 generating a colored light beam. white, and on a second illuminated sector other first light sources 5 generating a light beam of red color.
  • the first light sources 5 can be arranged around the entire periphery of the bezel 10 while being partly in cavities of the bezel 10. It can also be imagined if it is also used second light sources to place them on. all around the bezel 10 above or below the first light sources 5 and coaxially. An electrical connection from every second light source to the control unit 2 can be made through the flexible printed circuit board 15, which is arranged to pass below the dial 16.
  • the figure 4 schematically shows a portable active lighting device 1 in the form of a wristwatch worn on the wrist of a person to illuminate the path taken by the person.
  • the wristwatch is worn on the wrist of the left arm B, but it may be possible to make the same wristwatch to be worn on the wrist of the right arm.
  • the first illuminations L1 and L2 initially calibrated at the start of the use of the lighting device 1, always remain in the same direction d illumination towards the front for the first illumination L1 and towards the rear for the second illumination L2. This therefore makes it possible to properly illuminate the path taken by the person wearing the lighting device 1 when walking or running on a path or a route taken.
  • first light sources 5, or even the second light sources 6 can be placed on an outer wall of the watchband 12 in figure 3 or in exterior cavities of the middle part 12, rather than on or in the bezel 10.
  • the arrangement of the light sources may be identical to that described above with reference to figures 2 and 3 .
  • the shape of the case may be different from a generally cylindrical shape, that is to say circular in top view. It can be elliptical in top view or rectangular or the like.
  • the light sources must be well oriented, for example on an edge of the middle part or on an outer wall of the middle part so as to allow a selection of light sources to be activated whatever the movement of the wrist to always have uniform illumination forward without variation.
  • the lighting device can also be a bracelet with electronic components, where the first light sources, or even the second light sources, can be mounted on the side edge of the bracelet.
  • the light sources must also be properly oriented for the generation of at least the first forward illumination without variation.

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  1. Aktive Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1), die am Handgelenk einer Person tragbar ist, um einen von der die Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) tragenden Person genommenen Weg zu beleuchten, wobei die Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) in Form einer Armbanduhr mit mindestens einem durch ein Glas (18) verschlossenen Gehäuse und einem mit einem Gehäusemittelteil (12) des Gehäuses verbundenen Armband (30), oder eines Armbandes mit elektronischen Bauteilen ausgebildet ist,
    wobei die Vorrichtung umfasst:
    - erste Lichtquellen (5), die von einer Steuereinheit (2) der Vorrichtung gesteuert werden, wobei die ersten Lichtquellen (5) an einem ersten Abschnitt eines Gehäuses oder eines Armbandes angeordnet sind,
    - mindestens einen Bewegungssensor (3, 4), der mit der Steuereinheit (2) verbunden ist, um die Bewegung des Handgelenks der die Vorrichtung tragenden Person zu bestimmen,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass jede von der Steuereinheit (2) aktivierte erste Lichtquelle so angeordnet ist, dass sie einen Lichtstrahl mit einer Ausrichtung erzeugen kann, die von jener einer anderen von der Steuereinheit (2) aktivierten ersten Lichtquelle verschieden ist, und
    dass die Steuereinheit (2) dazu vorgesehen ist, bestimmte erste zu aktivierende Lichtquellen (5) in Abhängigkeit von der bestimmten Bewegung des Handgelenks der Person auszuwählen, um den zu folgenden Weg in einer gleichen definierten Vorwärtsrichtung zu beleuchten.
  2. Aktive Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vorrichtung umfasst:
    - zweite Lichtquellen (6), die von der Steuereinheit (2) gesteuert werden, wobei die zweiten Lichtquellen (6) auf einem zweiten Abschnitt des Gehäuses oder des Armbandes angeordnet sind, und jede von der Steuereinheit (2) aktivierte zweite Lichtquelle einen Lichtstrahl mit einer anderen Richtung als jene von der Steuereinheit (2) aktivierten anderen zweiten Lichtquelle erzeugen kann, und
    dass die zweiten Lichtquellen (6), die von der Steuereinheit (2) in Abhängigkeit von durch den Bewegungssensor (3, 4) ausgeführten Messungen aktiviert werden, eine zweite Beleuchtung (L2) in entgegengesetzter Richtung zur ersten Beleuchtung (L1) erzeugen, die durch die von der Steuereinheit (2) aktivierten ersten Lichtquellen (5) erzeugt wird.
  3. Aktive Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten und zweiten Lichtquellen (5, 6) Leuchtdioden sind.
  4. Aktive Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten Lichtquellen (5) jeweils zwei zueinander entgegengesetzt montierte Leuchtdioden enthalten, wobei eine erste Leuchtdiode einen Lichtstrahl einer ersten Farbe erzeugt, sobald sie aktiviert ist, während die zweite Leuchtdiode einen Lichtstrahl einer von der ersten Farbe verschiedenen zweiten Farbe erzeugt, sobald sie aktiviert ist.
  5. Aktive Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Bewegungssensor ein Magnetometer (3) oder ein Beschleunigungsmesser (4) ist.
  6. Aktive Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie zwei Bewegungssensoren umfasst, die ein Magnetometer (3) und ein Beschleunigungsmesser (4) sind.
  7. Aktive Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuereinheit (2) einen Speicher (21) zum Speichern von Messungen, die von einem oder von beiden Bewegungssensoren (3, 4) ausgeführt werden, und mindestens einen Rechenalgorithmus zum Steuern und Berechnen der von den Sensoren ausgeführten Messungen, sowie eine Zeitbasis mit einem niederfrequenten Oszillator zum Takten der Mess- und Auswahloperationen der zu aktivierenden Lichtquellen umfasst.
  8. Aktive Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Steuereinheit (2), sobald sie manuell aktiviert wird, die Anfangsposition der an einem Handgelenk einer Person montierten Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) bestimmt, um die Richtung einer ersten nach vorn gerichteten Beleuchtung (L1), die durch die von der Steuereinheit (2) aktivierten und ausgewählten ersten Lichtquellen erzeugt wird, anfänglich zu kalibrieren und zu speichern.
  9. Aktive Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) die Form einer Armbanduhr mit einem Gehäuse mit allgemein zylindrischer Form hat, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten Lichtquellen (5) auf oder zum Teil in einer kreisförmigen Lünette (10) montiert sind, die auf einem Gehäusemittelteil (12) des Gehäuses befestigt ist.
  10. Aktive Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mehrere erste Lichtquellen (5) mindestens auf einem Kreisabschnitt, der am Umfang der Lünette (10) kleiner oder gleich 180° ist, angeordnet sind und vorzugsweise regelmäßig voneinander beabstandet sind.
  11. Aktive Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass mehrere zweite Lichtquellen (6) mindestens auf einem anderen Kreisabschnitt, der am Umfang der Lünette (10) kleiner oder gleich 180° ist, und gegenüber den ersten Lichtquellen angeordnet sind, und dass die zweiten Lichtquellen (6) regelmäßig voneinander beabstandet sind.
  12. Aktive Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten Lichtquellen (5) auf dem gesamten Umfang der kreisförmigen Lünette (10) angeordnet sind und vorzugsweise regelmäßig voneinander beabstandet sind.
  13. Aktive Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ersten Lichtquellen (5) jeweils zwei entgegengesetzt montierte Leuchtdioden umfassen, wobei eine erste Leuchtdiode einen Lichtstrahl einer ersten Farbe erzeugt, sobald sie aktiviert ist, während die zweite Leuchtdiode einen Lichtstrahl einer von der ersten Farbe verschiedenen zweiten Farbe erzeugt, sobald sie aktiviert ist, und dass bestimmte erste Lichtquellen (5), die durch die Steuereinheit (2) aktiviert und ausgewählt werden, eine erste Beleuchtung (L1) nach vorn in weißer Farbe erzeugen, während bestimmte andere erste Lichtquellen (5), die von der Steuereinheit (2) aktiviert und ausgewählt werden, eine zweite Beleuchtung (L2) nach hinten in roter Farbe erzeugen.
  14. Aktive Beleuchtungsvorrichtung (1) nach Anspruch 2 oder 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die zweite Beleuchtung (L2), die durch die ersten und zweiten aktivierten Lichtquellen (5, 6) erzeugt wird, blinkend ausgeführt ist.
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