ES2589031T3 - Flexible screen coated furniture part - Google Patents

Abstract

Furniture, in particular kitchen or office furniture, preferably wardrobe, which optionally has insertable and removable elements and / or doors to be opened or closed by means of electromotive drives or by means of such drives, at least one surface (11) being covered with piece of furniture or at least a partial sector of the furniture surface (11) of at least one multi-layer flat functional covering (10), which as functional layers has at least one information display layer (14) and one layer (13) sensitive to the touch, the functional coating (10) being used to make entrances, characterized in that the functional coating (10) also has a decorative layer (25) or a decoration display layer (15) that is arranged between the information display layer (14) as well as the touch sensitive layer (13) and the furniture surface (11).

Description

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DESCRIPTION

Flexible screen coated furniture part

The invention relates to a piece of furniture, in particular a kitchen or office furniture, preferably a cabinet that optionally presents insertable and extrafoles and / or doors to be opened or closed by electromotive drives or by means of the help of such drives.

Regarding the current state of the art, document DE 20 2004 020 492 U1, document DE 102 36 211 A1, document DE 102 36 211 A1, document DE 10 2006 060 781 A1, document WO 2007/128341 A2 are named , US 2004/00 33 375, as well as WO 2010/072332 A1 published later.

In furniture, particularly in furniture that is placed in work environments, for example kitchens, offices, workshops and the like, the cabinets are frequently provided with information for the user. This occurs, for example, by labels, which can be perceived as annoying. In the change of information, the labels must be removed hard and the new labels with the modified information applied.

The cabinets are provided, as a rule, with swing doors, sliding doors, covers or with insertable and removable elements that are usually drawers. It is known that such insertion elements, covers or doors can be equipped with electromotive drives that are controlled by the user through control elements. Furthermore, it is known that the interior spaces of such insertion elements and furniture can also be provided with light sources.

The objective of the invention is to improve, basically, furniture of the described generic class.

This objective is achieved by the object of claims 1 and 3. The invention also creates the method of claim 13.

Accordingly, at least one or several furniture surfaces or at least a partial sector of the furniture surface has at least one functional configuration configured flat with one or more layers, which have at least one information display layer and, as a functional layer , a touch sensitive layer. This functional coating can be applied by known coating procedures, for example spraying or plating. Therefore, a body can also be provided above the edges, particularly in the visual field, of a functional coating, the functional coating being useful for making entries.

The furniture is highlighted by the fact that the functional coating also has a decorative layer or a decoration display layer that is arranged between the information display layer as well as the touch-sensitive layer and the furniture surface.

In an alternative configuration, the furniture stands out for the fact that the touch-sensitive layer and the information display layer are combined as a touch-sensitive layer and information display layer and because the functional coating also has a visualization layer. of decoration arranged between the touch sensitive layer and information display and the furniture surface.

The functional coating may be composed of different individual layers. The functional coatings proposed here have at least one substrate that can have an adhesive layer for fixing the functional coating on the furniture surface. A substrate can also be previously applied in the form of a varnish to the furniture surface.

In addition, a protective layer that protects the intermediate layers of damage due to environmental influences is preferably provided on the side of the furniture surface.

Therefore, the structure has two information visualization layers, and a decoration visualization layer can represent the selected decoration. The information display layer may be responsible for the representation of information, for example a television image or the representation in the sense of a computer screen. Instead of the decorative display layer, a permanent decorative layer can be applied, in addition to the substrate or on the substrate; if necessary, the representation of the information layer is superimposed.

Then, through the touch sensitive layer, the user can control the functions of the furniture or other equipment. It is also possible to control the display layers by means of the touch sensitive layer.

Light functions can also be integrated in the display layers.

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In addition, the touch sensitive layer and a display layer can be combined in a layer with both functionalities.

The multiple display layers can also be used for different OLEDs - which in this case can be designed for the generation of a color - to give the furniture different colors.

The functional coating is structured, according to the invention, as a multi-layered functional sheet that exerts at least one display function; She herself can be used to represent information and / or as a design element. If necessary, the information can also be modified. For this purpose, the functional sheet (or controllable layers, for example the display layer or a touch-sensitive layer) is preferably connected to a control unit (for example a microprocessor) or provided with a control unit. I send. It is possible that the functional lamina is controlled in a wire or wireless way.

The variant in which the functional sheet / s are wirelessly controllable is particularly advantageous, so that they can be loaded with new information (operating instructions or decorations) in the margin of a data transmission. In addition, they are preferably provided with an energy source (battery, capacitor) or be connected to one.

The layer of display sheets can be used in an outstanding manner for the representation of a decoration, of information or the like, so that, contrary to the labels, the optics of a piece of furniture are preferably not impaired but can be optimized.

The concept of "sheet" or "sheet layer" should be, inter alia, understood in such a way that, preferably, there is a certain flexibility of the sheet layer as a whole, so that it is possible to apply the sheet layer also in the sector of slightly curved surfaces.

According to the invention, the layer of display sheets of the functional sheet itself is configured of several layers and has at least one layer of information display sheets and at least one layer of design display sheet.

Thus, it is appropriate that at least the information display layer has a data interface. It may, but not necessarily, be provided in the design display layer. The data interface allows at least the entry of data in the visualization so as to change the respective visualization.

In a use of a layer of design display sheets [in particular as organic light emitting diode, abbreviated OLED (in English organic light emitting diode)], if necessary, a whole furniture surface or a whole furniture surface may be correspondingly covered and Design display layer is then used to give the furniture one or more colors or a graphic or the like. The design element can also be configured as a light element, to achieve a light effect.

The layer of information display sheets may preferably be designed as a display element, to show the user visible information, for example pictograms, user instructions or the like.

According to the invention, the functional laminate is provided with a touch sensitive functional layer, being complemented by a laminated touch sensitive layer, as per se is known and, for example, used for touch sensitive visualizations in mobile phones or computers. In this case, this layer can be used to make inputs, such as, for example, changing a color or design, to request handling information or to operate electrical devices, for example drives or the like, for example drives to open doors or drawers. For this, a corresponding wired or wireless connection is made to said devices. This layer must also be powered and must have a data interface.

An OLED is a flat, relatively thin and luminous building element of semiconductor organic materials that can also be manufactured in the form of sheets.

Accordingly, they are appropriate for the realization of the invention. Thanks to the characteristics of the OLED material, a curvature or similar conformation is possible.

Electronic paper, in English e-paper, is a visualization that, when observed, gives the impression of a printed paper. It can be manufactured as a flexible laminate layer. As a general rule, texts and images are displayed without tension to receive information after their first exit.

Electronic paper allows you to perceive decorations formed by ink, color or similar, such as

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It is also possible with paper. In addition, the light is reflected as in normal paper. It is particularly advantageous when texts and decorations can be visualized, preferably permanently, without the need for electrical energy. However, such a visualization can also be changed later. Electronic paper can be based on the OLED technique, but other techniques are also possible. Therefore, in particular in stationary furniture such as built-in ovens, the visualizations can be changed without complications according to the user's requirements.

It is particularly advantageous for the observer to perceive the same decoration from any viewing angle, thanks to the small distance of the OLED element that gives the image to the exterior surface.

Due to the static display, this decoration is free from flickering. Thanks to the flexibility it can be adapted to the shape of the respective surface. Furthermore, it is advantageous that an OLED can be manufactured in extremely different sizes, for example from a relatively small display, for example a current weather, to a relatively large display panel or billboard.

Finally, the use of OLED saves energy, since for the generation and maintenance of a visualization a significant energy is not required, but a current flow is only necessary for the modification of the content of an image or a decoration.

Thanks to the fact that the elements that generate the image are reflective, the image or decoration can be well perceived with ambient light, even with the incidence of sunlight.

In a preferred embodiment, it is provided that the union of layers of the functional sheet has the display layer and a layer or position of the sheet that form the touch-sensitive element or the control window. Properly and advantageously, this arrangement is complemented by a protective sheet on the side of the piece of furniture and a layer of adhesive on the side facing the piece of furniture.

By means of the adhesive layer, this union of layers can be attached particularly easily to a surface of the furniture. To protect the adhesive layer before applying this union of layers to the furniture, it is protected, for example, by a removable cover.

The embodiment described above is preferably very thin and flexible and, therefore, can be fixed to the furniture in an appropriate position without the provision of grooves, milling or the like in the furniture component. In addition it can also be applied to arched configured surfaces.

The display layer itself can also be configured in several layers and have, for example, an e-paper layer for displaying information and an OLED layer to achieve a light effect.

In another configuration it is provided that in a piece of furniture with a plurality of insertable and removable drawers, at least the front panel of a drawer is provided with at least one functional sheet. Said functional sheet is preferably arranged on one of the visible edges of the front panel. With drawers inserted, said functional sheet is then invisible or covered, however, when opening the drawer it is possible to take advantage of the effects that have already been described. In said embodiment, the functional sheet serves only for user information. Since in the drawers it is possible to store, for example, different objects, it is advantageous that the front panels of all the drawers are provided with at least one of the functional sheets. The embodiment described above is suitable, particularly, for a living room furniture.

In particular, a series of kitchen furniture consists of undercounter furniture and one or more wall hanging cabinets arranged above at a distance. In a piece of furniture of this class, it is provided that at least one functional sheet is installed on the vertical front edges of the low furniture countertop, particularly however multiple functional sheets. Appropriately, each undercounter cabinet is assigned at least one functional lamina.

Alternatively, however, it is possible that at each visible side of the front panel of a furniture drawer at least one functional sheet is arranged. In the case of kitchen furniture, another functional lamina is visibly arranged on the front cover or on the door of each wall hanging cabinet.

Therefore, the control elements and information displays can be generated throughout the functional coating sector. Therefore, the control elements can be economically manufactured, appropriate for the respective user. Also the decoration can be varied to taste, in one minute it can be rustic oak and in the next minute pink. In a memory the specific information can be stored to the user and when detected or by user selection transferred to the functional cover. Therefore, the furniture provided with a functional coating can be adapted to the needs of the respective user.

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The invention also creates a procedure for the visualization of information and / or for the modification of designs (or of decoration and / or color) in a piece of furniture, in which the information is visualized and / or modified through the functional covering. The furniture design. In this way, the color of the furniture can be modified as desired: For example, on a furniture front the color of said front can be easily modified.

By means of the attached figures, the invention is explained in an even more detailed manner.

They show:

Figure 1, a functional sheet constructed of a union of layers that is fixed to a furniture component, in sectional view;

Figure 2, another functional sheet constructed of a union of layers that is fixed to a furniture component, in sectional view;

Figure 3, another functional sheet constructed of a union of layers that is fixed to a furniture component, in sectional view;

Figure 4, a piece of furniture with one or more insertable and removable drawers, a drawer being partially removed;

Figure 5, a detail V of Figure 4, in enlarged representation;

Figure 6, a wall hanging furniture in a perspective representation;

Figure 7, a piece of furniture equipped with multiple insertable and removable drawers, in a second embodiment; Figure 8, a detail VIII of Figure 7, in enlarged representation; Figure 9, a wall hanging furniture in another embodiment;

Figure 10, a piece of furniture equipped with multiple insertable and removable drawers, in another embodiment; Figure 11, a detail X of Figure 10, in enlarged representation; Figure 12, a wall hanging furniture in a third embodiment;

Figure 13, a piece of furniture equipped with multiple insertable and removable drawers, in a third embodiment; Figure 14, a detail XIV of Figure 13, in enlarged representation;

Figure 15, a piece of furniture equipped with multiple insertable and removable drawers, in a fourth embodiment; Figure 16, a detail XVI of Figure 15, in enlarged representation and

Figure 17, a piece of furniture equipped with multiple insertable and removable drawers, in a fifth embodiment and

Figure 18, a detail XVIII of Figure 17, in enlarged representation;

Figures 19-21, perspective views of a piece of furniture in different states.

In Figure 1 a functional covering 10 for a surface of a piece of furniture, configured as a multi-layer joint, is shown in section.

The layered structure in Figure 1 of a functional coating 10a is provided as follows: protection layer 12 touch sensitive layer 13 information display layer 14 decoration display layer 15 substrate 16 with adhesive function.

Said layers are attached to the furniture surface 11 by means of an adhesive function of the substrate.

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Figure 2 shows a different layer structure of a functional coating 10b that is equipped as follows:

protection layer 12

touch sensitive layer 13

information display layer 14

decorative layer 25

substrate 16 with adhesive function.

A decorative layer 25 is used for the permanent representation of the background of a preselected decoration. The display of the information display layer temporarily covers the decoration of the decorative layer 25.

Figure 3 shows another different layer structure of a functional coating 10c:

• protection layer 12

• touch sensitive layer and information display 26

• decoration display layer 15

• substrate 16 with adhesive function.

In this variant, the touch sensitive layer and the informational layer are joined to form a layer as a touch sensitive layer and information display 26.

The functional coating 10 is applied to a furniture surface 11 of a piece of furniture shown in Figures 4 to 18. The functional coating 10 shown in the figures is supplementary to the variants described above 10a, 10b and 10c. Other layer sequences and layer structures are also possible to achieve a functional coating 10.

Contrary to the presentation according to Figures 1 to 3, said functional coating 10 could also be affected to a curved furniture surface 11.

According to FIG. 1, the functional coating 10 preferably, firstly, has a protective layer 12 of a transparent and tear-resistant material on the side separated from the furniture surface 11.

In the direction of the furniture surface 11, a touch-sensitive element that forms a control element is connected, that is to say a touch-sensitive layer 13 touch-sensitive.

Then continue here to the furniture at least one display layer.

The display layer itself can be configured of one layer or, on the other hand, also of several layers. Here it shows an information display layer 14 and, serving as a design display, a decoration display layer 15 which, for example, can be configured as a light layer.

The information display layer 14 (for example, an electronic paper) used as an information display is preferably connected to a control device (not shown), for example by means of a plug 21 (for example, a USB) or wirelessly. It can also present, itself, a microprocessor.

In contrast, the decoration display layer 15 which is used as a design display (for example, an OLED) is connected (preferably only) to a voltage source, as indicated purely symbolically by the two poles "+" and “-“ (reference: poles 22) If only a previously stored information is displayed, a voltage supply is sufficient, if necessary also by means of a battery or a capacitor that can also be integrated into the display.

By means of the substrate 16 made as an adhesive layer, the functional coating 10 is made, for example, as a functional sheet on the furniture surface 11.

For reasons of clarity, the different layers 12 to 16 are shown enlarged. The size of this functional coating can be varied, according to the case of application, until the complete illumination of a piece of furniture.

Figures 4 and 5 show a piece of furniture with multiple drawers 17 insertable and removable. On the horizontal top edge of a drawer 17 two functional coverings 10 are placed, as shown,

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particularly, in Figure 5. Contrary to the representation, all the front panels 18 of the drawers 17 may be provided with at least one functional covering.

Figure 6 shows that a hanging wall cabinet 20 is arranged on top of the furniture that presents the drawers 17 in the form of an undercounter cabinet.

Figure 7 shows a piece of furniture in the form of a cupboard under a kitchen counter. Also this furniture is equipped with six drawers 17 which, each, is provided with a front panel 18. In this embodiment, the furniture has a countertop 19 that covers the drawers 17. On the visible front edge of the countertop 19 they are placed above of each drawer 17 in each case two control elements 23 that react to the user's touch. The representation of the control elements is produced by means of the information display layer, the capture of the user's orders is produced by the touch-sensitive layer. In this embodiment, the wrapping edge is provided in this embodiment with a so-called glue profile for flanges in the form of a functional coating 10. Contrary to the embodiment shown, it is possible to place other functional coatings 10 in the visible furniture sectors.

Figure 8 shows the arrangement in an enlarged embodiment.

The embodiment according to figures 9 to 11 differs from the embodiments according to figures 6 to 8 in that externally in the cover of the wall hanging cabinet 20 two control elements 23 are also placed in a functional covering 10. In the embodiment, each front panel 18 is provided externally with two control elements 23 in a functional cover 10, as shown in figure 10 and in enlarged representation figure 11.

The embodiment according to figures 12 to 14 corresponds essentially to the embodiment according to figures 9 to 11, notwithstanding the difference of achieving a decoration, a drawing or the like by means of the functional coating 10.

Preferably, at least one display layer is formed by an OLED, used or designed as a light layer.

The number of the control elements 23 arranged in a piece of furniture is depending on the type of piece of furniture and according to the requirements regarding the possible functions.

Figures 15 to 18 show, unlike Figures 14 and 15, that with the functional coating any information visualizations can be produced 24. Particularly, Figures 17 and 18 also show that, upon request, in the information display 24 control elements 23 can also be represented and used.

Therefore, control elements 23 and information displays 24 can be generated throughout the functional coating sector 10. Therefore, the control elements can be appropriately manufactured economically for the respective user. Also the decoration can be varied to taste, in one minute it can be rustic oak and in the next minute pink. In a memory the specific information can be stored to the user and when detected or by user selection transferred to the functional cover. Therefore, the furniture provided with a functional coating can be adapted to the needs of the respective user.

The functional coating can also have a purely decorative sheet (for example a printed paper, which serves as a background for the other transparent sheets).

Figures 19-20 present in each case a perspective view of furniture 27 in different states. Said furniture 27 is a type of kitchen furniture that as a functional covering is designed with a visualizing layer that has at least one informational layer or a visualizing layer being, in addition, the functional coating usable for making entries. Here, this preferably functional coating on the entire surface is used to form a type of functional window 28 on the surface having display elements, for example a temperature indicator 29 and input windows 30. The functional window may be configured, for example, as a control surface for a kitchen equipment, for example an oven. The kitchen equipment can be integrated into the furniture, but it can also be placed elsewhere and connected to the furniture through a wired or wireless data interface.

Optionally a camera 31 may be provided.

According to a first variant, the functional window 28 on the furniture is formed in a fixed place. Said functional window 28 may be configured in the manner of an input window of a touch screen. It can be used to execute (as a control element) settings on the kitchen equipment using screen input elements

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touch, such as an entry window with sliding bars or similar. For example, temperature, time and similar specifications are entered in an oven.

In this case, the functional cover is connected through a data interface with a kitchen device control device.

The inputs in the functional window 28 are transmitted to the control device that modifies the setting of the kitchen equipment, for example by controlling a heater of a heating plate or the like.

The functional window is also usable to display information, for example information on the current state of the kitchen equipment. Thus, the camera in the device (not the camera 31) can take an image of the interior of the oven and display said image on an indicator window 32.

It is also possible to configure the functional window to display information. Thus, it could indicate the current temperature of an oven.

The functional window 28 could by means of a data interface be coupled with other equipment, for example a computer (personal computer) and / or the Internet, to display information from the Internet or any other memory (cooking recipes, instructions for operation, etc.)

The functional window 28 can, in a correspondingly large functional surface covering, not only be displayed in one place, but in different places or even in a freely selectable place of the functional coating. It can be variable in its size, preferably applying the window technique of computer technology.

It is also possible, advantageously, to determine the height of a user by means of the camera 31 and then, according to the height, to show the window (s) 28 on the surface of the furniture (or a furniture arrangement composed of several furniture) in other places (compare figures 19, 20, 21).

Reference List

10 functional coating

11 furniture surface

12 layer of protection

13 touch sensitive layer

14 information display layer

15 decoration display layer

16 substrate

17 drawer

18 front panel

19 countertop

20 hanging closet

21 plug

22 pole

23 control element

24 information display

25 decorative layer

26 touch sensitive layer and information display

27 furniture

28 functional window

29 temperature indicator

30 ticket window

31 camera

32 display

Claims (14)

5 10 fifteen twenty 25 30 35 40 Four. Five fifty 55 60 1. Furniture, in particular kitchen or office furniture, preferably closet, which optionally has insertable and extrafoles and / or doors to be opened or closed by electromotive drives or by means of the help of such drives, with at least one surface being covered (11 ) of furniture or at least a partial sector of the furniture surface (11) of at least one multi-layer flat functional coating (10), which as functional layers has at least one information display layer (14) and one layer ( 13) touch sensitive, the functional coating (10) being used to make entries, characterized in that the functional coating (10) also has a decorative layer (25) or a decoration display layer (15) that is arranged between the information display layer (14) as well as the touch sensitive layer (13) and the furniture surface (11). 2. Furniture, in particular kitchen or office furniture, preferably closet, which optionally has insertable and removable elements and / or doors to be opened or closed by electromotive drives or by means of the help of such drives, with at least one surface being covered (11 ) of furniture or at least a partial sector of the furniture surface (11) of at least one multi-layer flat functional coating (10), which as functional layers has at least one information display layer (14) and one sensitive layer touch (13), the functional covering (10) being used to make inputs, characterized in that the touch sensitive layer (13) and the information display layer (14) are assembled as a touch sensitive layer and information display layer (26 ) and because the functional coating (10) also has a decoration display layer (15) arranged between the touch-sensitive layer and information display (26) and the furniture surface (11). 3. Furniture according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the at least one information display layer (14) and / or the decoration display layer (15) has a flat configured light emitting diode layer and / or an electronic paper layer. 4. Furniture according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the functional covering (10) also has, on the side separated from the furniture surface (11) of the furniture, a protective layer (12) of a transparent material and preferably tear resistant. 5. Furniture according to one of the preceding indications, characterized in that the functional covering (10) has a substrate (16) on the side of the furniture oriented to the surface of the furniture (11). 6. Furniture according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the information display layer (14) and / or the decoration display layer (15) has a data interface and / or they themselves are configured of multiple layers and present a layer of electronic paper and a layer of OLED. 7. Furniture according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the functional covering (10) is arranged on a visible edge or on a visible surface of a front panel (18) of at least one drawer (17) insertable and removable . 8. Furniture according to claim 7, characterized in that the functional cover (10) is placed on visible surfaces of all the front panels (18) of the insertable and removable drawers (17). 9. Furniture according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the front cover (10) is placed on a visible surface of a front cover of a hanging cabinet (20). 10. Furniture according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the front cover (10) is placed on at least one visible edge of a worktop (19) of the furniture. 11. Furniture according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the front cover (10) is configured as a functional sheet. 12. Furniture according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that insertable and removable inserts and / or doors to be opened or closed are designed as insertable and removable inserts and / or doors to be opened or closed by electromotive drives. or with the help of these drives. 13. Procedure for displaying and entering information and for changing the designs on a piece of furniture according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the information is displayed and entered through the functional covering (10) and the design of the piece of furniture is changed by the decoration display layer (15). 14. Method according to claim 13, characterized in that the functional coating (10) can also be used to make entries, and the functional coating (10) is used to display at least one window in a fixed place or in variable places Functional (28) that preferably displays display elements and / or input windows (30). 5