HU198398B - Foldable sectional system - Google Patents

Abstract

Foldable Multi-member System From Sheet Elements (A, B, C, D) are endless, flexible strapping elements by the individual sheet elements (A, B, C, D) with side edges contacting each other rotation around each of the preferred axis lines (relative relative to each other by folding) can be placed in situations described in FIG. Hungarian Patent description and operation as described in detail in the specification According to. At least one of the sheet elements (A, B, C, D) is honored in an element (eg B) an electronic controller and display / display unit (50, and at least associated with it) a sensor and / or switching element, preferably controllable (1,2,3,4) and electrical power supply (6), while at least one of the other elements (A, C, D) (A, D) at least one sensing and / or switching active or passive element (x, y) has the attribute (s) (B) sensor and / or switching element (s) (1.23.4) arranged in appropriate location (s). Alternatively, the sheet elements (A, B, C, D) at least one preferred panel element (e.g., B) is a control microcomputer contains a temporary storage, with a central control unit connected to it and the latter connected to an input / output circuit consists of a display unit and the page element is at least one There is a terminal strip with side contacts on the side formed. At least one of the other elements (A, C, D) is at least a pre-arranged information-containing memory element and such panel elements (A, C, D) at least one side edge with the junction of the distinguished element (B) with multi-touch fitting provided.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a foldable multi-member system with rigid, straight-edged panel members having two groups of parallel grooves on each panel surface arranged in parallel groups; the grooves of the two groups are angled with each other and inclined at an acute angle to the side edges; the grooves are provided with movable endless flexible strapping elements that are movable independently of the panel members and are gripped in a symmetrical arrangement so that each end member of the endless strapping member is moved into a groove on the opposite panel face of the panel member to be joined parallel strapping sections are provided, and the strapping members pass at least three times, respectively, over the flanking side edges of the sheet members. Such a multi-member folding system, primarily a toy, is known from U.S. Patent No. 192,686.

The panel elements thus formed and interconnected can rotate (fold) around each of the preferred axislines coinciding with the side edges that are in contact with one another. During folding, the sheets move relative to one another as they rotate about the temporary preferred axis line (s). Meanwhile, they also rotate about their own axis and also exchange positions between them.

In a system of arbitrary number of elements, a so-called. with respect to a feathered panel member, you may touch two or more of the other panel members with the side edges of one or all of its side edges during operation. During folding, the sheet surface of the preferred sheet element also alternates with the sheet surface of the other sheet elements.

The contact of the edges or faces of the preferred panel member or panel members with the other panel members or faces, as mentioned above, creates a very large number of combinations that represent relative or temporarily different positions of each panel member of the system, such as a game.

The present invention is based on the premise that one or more of the foregoing positions, many or all of which are disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 192,686. In addition to or in place of the graphic methods described in U.S. Patent No. 4,600,125, it can be well characterized or displayed by "active" means, such as sound, light, scent effects, or liquid-crystal display, so that the system, such as a toy or advertising device, make it even more interesting.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a folding multi-member system whereby at least one of the relative positions or relative positions of each panel member relative to one another are described in FIG. In addition to or in place of graphic characterization (in particular figurative) known from US patent application, or in the use and incorporation of advanced electronic circuitry and circuit arrangements now available in bulk as described above, in particular sound, light and other effects and / or (also) by means of variable diagrams produced by electronic means. In other words, it is an object of the present invention to provide a foldable multi-member system that effort and effort by the operator (s) to create a series of folds of certain preferred sheet element configurations when the desired configuration (s) are successfully achieved. - and other effects2 many (eg by playing a particular melody, triggering certain light sources, etc.) and / or meaningful illustrations, words, etc. by electronic means.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION This object is achieved by providing and applying an object-foldable multi-member system comprising, in a first, relatively simpler embodiment, at least one of the panel elements an electronic control and display / display unit and at least one appropriately controllable sensor and / or a switching element and an electrical power supply are provided, while at least one of the other panel members is provided with at least one sensing and / or switching active or passive member disposed in a location (s) corresponding to the sensing and / or switching member (s) . The sensing and / or switching elements may be at least in part, e.g., Reed switches, to which the other magnets are associated with permanent magnet (s) positioned in close proximity (overlapping or lateral range) in certain preferred panel element positions during folding. sensing and / or switching element (s). Other simple galvanic or inductive or capacitive switches or even light sensors can be used as sensing and / or switching elements at least in part.

Preferred embodiments of this simpler embodiment may be embodiments in which the electronic control and display / display unit (s) of the indicated tab member (s) are individually associated with the sensor and / or switch member (s). , in the simplest case, e.g. a two-position connector, and a connector therein) comprising at least one display / display element.

In another preferred embodiment, the electronic control and display / display unit (s) of the preferred sheet element (s) comprise a demultiplexer element connected to each of the sensor and / or switching elements connected to the at least one display / display element by a control unit.

As an display / display element, the electronic control and display / display unit may suitably comprise at least one electric sound generating device (e.g., a miniature speaker or piezoelectric sound generator) but may also include at least one light emitting device, preferably an LED device or configuration thereof.

In another more sophisticated embodiment with a more sophisticated and extensible program option, in the folding multi-member system of the present invention, at least one of the preferred panel elements may include a control microcomputer which interacts with an input / outpu circuitry a display unit having a connector strip having contacts on at least one of its side edges, and at least one of the other panel members having at least one pre-disposed information-containing memory element and having at least one side edge having a multi-contact connector strip. It has been found advantageous for the display unit of such designs to include a dot raster formed as a liquid crystal device. The at least one preferred panel element comprises an electrical power supply that serves as a power source for operating the system. THE

For each of the folding multi-member systems of the present invention, the power supply of the 39,398 power supplies may be a miniature galvanic element (e.g., button-shaped) but may conveniently be a solar cell array which may form an aesthetic frame or border around the liquid crystal display (LCD).

The essence of the invention is merely a convenient and advantageous example below. Embodiments of the invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawing, la. and lb. 1A, B, C and D, according to FIG. From the US patent, a schematic representation of the four-element foldable system of the present invention with respect to construction and handling (modification of fold configuration),

FIG. and lb. The system shown in FIG

Block diagram of a highlighted detail of a system according to the invention with a first exemplary electronic circuit arrangement embedded in panel B,

Figure 3 is a more detailed outline of a possible preferred embodiment of an electronic circuit arrangement according to the block diagram of Figure 2,

Figure 4 is a more detailed illustration of another preferred embodiment of an electronic circuit arrangement according to the block diagram of Figure 2,

FIG. and lb. 2A is a block diagram of a highlighted detail of a second exemplary electronic circuitry arrangement in a preferred panel element B of the folding multi-member system of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the sequential program steps of the central control unit of the exemplary folding multi-member system of FIG. 5.

Outlined in the introductory part of the subject description of this disclosure, U.S. Pat. From the US patent, schematical views of a four-member foldable system consisting of sheet elements A, B, C, D, which may be fully functional and structured, are shown in Figs. and lb. FIG. The default position of the four-member system is shown in la. is shown. As is known, the system is A, B, C, D. The panel elements can be moved from their home position as shown in Fig. 1a to multiple panel configuration positions in different configurations as a result of multiple targeted folding operations, such an option being shown in FIG. 1b. figure. You can see that la. The panels B and C swap positions relative to the base position shown in FIG. 2A, while both are rotated 90 ° counterclockwise.

Suppose that la. Fig. 6a shows a systematic view of the system on the entire visible surface of the system from the viewer's side showing a rabbit sitting in a green field. It can be seen that lb. In the altered configuration of FIG. 2B, this shows discrete, non-coherent, fragmentary diagrams. However, due to the immanent nature of the system, a series of repeated folds can be used to reproduce or restore the original, continuous image (bunny sitting on grass) with at least one sequence of steps. Suppose the same way, just by way of example, that on the back of the four-member system the lb. In the configuration shown in FIG. 6B, a meaningful, coherent design, such as a wreath of flowers in a chain, is "assembled". This latter figure or drawing is, of course, the system elements A, B, C, D of the system. is disassembled, not in a continuous state. (For the sake of completeness, it is to be noted that especially in complex systems with more than four members, intermediate states may occur as a result of folding, in which one or some of the panel elements A, B, C, D are reversed not only from the e- The above-mentioned statements are true and valid according to the conventional, known art no. 192 6 86 1. Also for multi-member foldable systems according to US patent. In these cases, the direct purpose of the manipulating, playing person is to produce a coherent, meaningful figure or drawing on one side or the other as quickly as possible, ie with less folding operations.

The object of the present invention is to maintain, by maintaining the known principle and structure, an improved multi-member folding system that rewards (and even more) effects of the gaming operator rather than, or even more, of the "graphical success experience". successful (repeated) generation of preferred, required configurations. According to the present invention, we use a toolbox of advanced electronic devices as follows:

The la. and lb. In the very simple example of FIG. 2B, one of the panel elements A, B, C, D, for example panel panel B, is taken as a distinguished panel element and an electronic circuit is incorporated therein, e.g. 2, as illustrated in the block diagram of FIG. 2, an electronic control and display / display unit 5, optionally controlled by means of four 1,23,4 evaluators connected to a pre-programmed memory circuit and associated therewith activating it in defined states. and / or switching elements, and as an energy source e.g. consists of 6 power supplies containing a mushroom pump or solar cell line. Because the panel elements A, B, C, D are of sufficient thickness and generally have a sandwich structure, the placement of said electronic circuitry and its components inside and / or at their current miniature device sizes is problematic and routine for those skilled in the art. based on the structure of commonly used quartz watches or other electronic games.

Returning to la. and lb. FIG. 4A shows that said preferred base member B comprises (by way of example only) the abovementioned controllable 1,23,4 sensing and / or switching elements x 'and y' Reed switches located in two adjacent panel corner edges along one side of panel member B placed or installed. According to another essential feature of the present invention, at least one of the other panel elements A, C, D is at least certain, in this case the active elements of the panels A and C, They contain x, y element (s), in our example one permanent magnet. Their placement is such that the sheet elements A, B, C, D la. Figs

198,398 magnets are in an activating action and are provided with the x 'and y' reed switches of the panel member B, thereby generating a characteristic input signal state for the panel B elec- tronic switching which activates it and outputs a feature stored in memory to the electronic sound generator. tone or melody. This may be the case, for example. may be the starting line for a child song that begins with "Bunny Sits in the Grass", as in the above hypothetical example, sheet elements A, B, C, D la. In the basic position shown in FIG. 1A, the graphic illustration shows a bunny sitting in a green field in a coherent manner. It will be appreciated that in other confused configurations of panel elements A, B, C, D, when the input signal state (both x 'and y' reed switches are activated), the device remains silent. It has been mentioned that lb. In the case of the panel element configuration shown in Figures 1 to 4, an intertwined, intelligent, floral wreath graphic design is assembled on the back surface of the system. The lb. As shown in FIG. 2B, in such a panel configuration, the reed switch y 'is activated by a permanent magnet incorporated into the panel A as an active or passive x element that senses the panel, whereas panel D is unable to activate panel panel x due to the significant distance. Reed switch. In this case, the input of the electronic switching of the panel element B is characterized by a signal state different from that of the other, stored in the memory of the piezoelectric sound generator, e.g. the "Chain ,, Chain, Turn Chain. . ”Shows the start line of a child song beginning with, indicating that the back of the chain-like floral wreath came together into a coherent, meaningful figure.

For the sake of completeness, it should be noted that the particular multi-member electronic systems of the present invention require the use and incorporation of somewhat more complex input signal states to prevent, with appropriate prohibitions, such intermittent, but temporary, transient states. activated states that are misleading due to random matches in states. It will be readily appreciated that other known devices as 1,2,3,4 sensors and / or switching elements in addition to and / or in place of x ', y' reed switches and, accordingly, active or passive x, y elements that trigger sensing and / or switching other elements may be used in addition to, or in combination with, permanent magnets. Some of these tools and elements are only exemplified above. (Devices that produce light effects or odor effects may also be used instead of and in addition to sound generation).

One possible embodiment of the multi-member folding system according to the invention, shown in the block diagram in FIG. According to one such embodiment, as in e.g. 3, the electronic control and display / display unit 5 of the preferred panel element B is provided with separate, optionally four control elements 7,8,9,10, respectively, assigned to the sensor and / or switching elements 1,2,3,4. electronic switches) and at least one 12 display / display element (sound generator and / or eg LED array) connected thereto. According to another exemplary circuit shown in FIG. 4, the electronic control and display / display unit 5 of the preferred panel element B comprises a demultiplexer element 13 connected to each of the sensor and / or switching elements which interacts with a control unit 14. It is connected to 15 display / display elements (eg piezoelectric sound 4), miniature speaker, LED array or LCD.

The panel elements A, B, C, D themselves, as mentioned above, are generally multi-layer sandwich panels with translucent plastic sheets (optionally locally perforated) containing the grooves of the strapping members, a sheet of paper or other foil laminated underneath, and with a rigid insulating motherboard suitable for use in integrated circuits, displays and / or displays, preferably unpowered, power supply, sensors and / or switches, sensing or switching active or passive elements, and interconnecting wires and galvanic terminals where appropriate for embedding.

As mentioned earlier, the electronic multi-member foldable system of the present invention can be designed in multifunctional, more sophisticated and even more attractive, demanding variants. The basic idea for this is that the distinguished panel element B (or more such panel elements, since the system may advantageously include more than four panel elements, but less than three, for reference, for purposes of increased attractiveness) display elements of the widest possible size, in particular (even multicolor) LCDs, which are signals, groups of characters, especially characters (letters, numbers, combinations of them) or even complete sets of information that are previously activated by the respective page element configuration. suitable for displaying figures. Thus, all, or at least several, of the preferred panel element configurations may have some meaningful, coherent "meaning" image, sound, or other optionally combined effects. Figures 5 and 6 illustrate the construction of such an exemplary system of the invention. Figure 5 illustrates, in its right-hand region, a block diagram of such an electronic circuit, which may or may not be embedded in a preferred panel B, from a temporary storage 19, a central processing unit 20 and a display unit 22 connected thereto by an input / output circuit 21. (LCD) and a connector strip CSg having electrical contacts at one or more side edges of the panel member B is provided. The rest are A, C, D ,. . . The sheet element contains 16,17,18 memory elements with pre-arranged information content, and such A, C, D. . . the lateral edge (s) of the panel members are also provided with multi-contact electrical connection strips CSm, CSc, CSf) CSm, which corresponds to the CSg connector strip of the preferred panel member B. You a

Connector strips CS 1 are commonly used in calculators and other devices, particularly LCD displays, so-called. rubber contact designs comprising alternately arranged electrically conductive and insulating slices. The other sheet elements A, C, D containing memory elements 16,17,18 may also breathe, e.g. by means of its edge contacts on one or more preferred side edges, it is capable of galvanically or otherwise coupling the respective terminals of the respective memory member to the contacts terminated on one side edge of the preferred panel member; . In this way, it is possible for the electronic switching of the panel element B not directly with the panel element B in certain panel configuration

198,398 additional A, C, D, occupying adjacent positions. . . and temporary input of stored information content of tab element (s).

To illustrate how this works, we refer to the widespread handheld electronic calculator-sized, dot-raster LCD games with a few cm ² surface and controlled by one or more buttons. In these cases, the task is to move the push-button game element (puppet, torpedo, etc.) from a first state to a second desired state under random obstacles and conditions. The LCD display of such devices has a predetermined set of signals (shapes), and the operator, the playing person, triggers variable displays, processes, in a manner superimposed on randomly generated displays, by pressing a button (actuating the switches).

In the embodiment of the electronic multi-member folding system according to the invention in the principle circuit diagrams shown in Figures 5 and 6, the plurality of folding-triggered sheet element configurations substitute switch combinations to be triggered by the galvanic electrical connection of preferably, a display or other effect is displayed on the display unit 22, preferably by means of defined side-side connections on the dot-raster LCD display, with information stored in the memory element 16,17,18, which is always in contact with the electronic circuitry. An exemplary program flow diagram of a microcomputer central control unit 20 is shown in FIG. 6, consisting of program steps P1, P2, P3, P4. The program step P1 symbolizes the detection of a change (a new page element has been added to the side edge of the page element B), the program step P2 reads and enters the contents of the new memory element 16,17,18 in contact with the cache 19, the program step P3 controls the display, the program step P4 returns to the program step P1 in the event of a change, or in its absence maintains (or deletes) the previously displayed figure or other effect.

The display unit 22 may, of course, also be a device for producing sound, light or scent in such embodiments, but it has proven advantageous to use dot raster formed from an LCD to create any kind of graphics. Their complexity depends on the size of the memory elements 16,17,18, and a display of, for example, 320x200 pixels required a memory element of 64 kbit each.

In certain preferred embodiments, the panel elements A, B, C, D ... may be provided with pre-made graphics that may be simply electronic reproduced or supplemented by displaying on the display unit 22 by folding the system.

In all embodiments and embodiments, the present invention may be provided with a structural electronic multi-member foldable system such that the power supply unit 6 is formed by a series of solar cells known per se as the frame of the display unit 12 or display unit 22.

The scope of protection is, of course, not limited to the exemplary embodiments and forms described above. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that within the scope of the appended claims, the electronic multi-member foldable system of the present invention can be designed and implemented in many other ways using other analog functions and devices.

Claims (12)

PATENT CLAIMS 1. Foldable multi-member system with rigid, straight-edged flat panels having two groups of parallel grooves on each side, parallel to each other in the groups, angled by the two bayonets and bent at an acute angle to the side edges, independently of the flat panels spacer elements are arranged and the panel members are symmetrically arranged so that each endless strap member is moved into a groove at the opposite edge of the panel member to be joined so that each panel member is provided with parallel strapping sections and passing through at least three times each of the contacting side edges of the panel members, wherein at least one of the panel members (A, B, C, D) has an electronic controller in a preferred panel member (e.g., B) and a display / display unit (5) and associated at least one sensible and / or switching element (1,2,2,4) and an electrical power supply (6) associated therewith, the other panel elements (A, C, D) at least one of (A, D) at least one active or passive element (x, y) that trigger sensing and / or switching is provided with the sensor and / or switching element (s) (!, H, 3) of the preferred panel element (s) (B). , 4) arranged in the appropriate place (s) for its location. Foldable multi-branch system according to claim 1, characterized in that its sensor and / or switching elements (1,2,3,4) are at least partially Reed switches (x'y ') to which sensing and / or switching elements x, y) permanent magnet (s) are assigned. Foldable multi-member system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the sensor and / or switching elements (1,2,3,4) are at least partially galvanic or inductive or capacitive switches or light sensors. 4. Foldable multi-member system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the electronic control and display / display unit (s) (5) of the preferred panel element (s) is a separate control element assigned to the sensor and / or switch element (s). (s) (7,8,9,10) and at least one display / display element (12) connected thereto. 5. Foldable multi-member system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the electronic control and display / display unit (s) (5) of the preferred panel element (s) are connected to each of the sensor and / or switching elements (1,2,3,4). a demultiplexer element (13) connected to at least one display / display element (15) by interposing a control unit (14). Foldable multi-member system according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the display / display element (12,15) comprises at least one electric sound generating device. Foldable multi-member system according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the display / display element (12,15) comprises at least one light emitting device, preferably an LED device. 8. Foldable multi-member system with rigid, straight-edged panel elements with azoS on both panel surfaces 198 398 wells have two groups of grooves that are parallel to each other, are angled with each other and are inclined at an acute angle to the side edges, with infinite flexible hinges that can be moved independently of the panel elements, and the panel members are symmetrical so that each endless strapping member is moved into a groove at the opposite face of the panel member to be joined at one side edge such that there are only strap sections extending parallel to each panel face of the panel member and the strapping members are disposed on at least three , characterized in that at least one of the panel elements (A, B, C, D) includes a control microcomputer, which comprises a central microprocessor (19) connected to the central controller (19). a panel (20) and a display unit (22) coupled thereto by an input / output circuit (21), a connector strip having contacts on at least one side edge of the preferred panel element (B) and at least one of the other panel elements (ACD) comprising a memory element (16,17,18) containing information, and at least one side edge of such sheet element (s) (A, C, D) is provided with a multi-pin connector strip fitting to the connector strip of the preferred panel component (B). Foldable multi-member system according to claim 8, characterized in that the display unit (22) comprises a dot raster formed as a liquid crystal device. Foldable multi-member system according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the at least one preferred panel element (B) further comprises an electric power supply (6). Foldable multi-member system according to claim 10, characterized in that the display unit (22) is disposed in the middle region of the preferred panel element (s) (B), while the electric power supply (6) forms the frame of the panel (22). (s) (B). Foldable multi-member system according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the power supply (6) comprises a series of solar cells.