JP2000253916A - Spectacle tray - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a spectacle tray in which illumination is lighted immediately as a hand touches it so that the position of spectacles can be recognized when the spectacles are searched in the dark. SOLUTION: On a surface 1a of a spectacle tray 1, a spectacle rest surface 3 and an illumination window 4 are provided, and a touch sensor of which sensitive part is the spectacle rest surface 3, and an LED lamp are provided inside the spectacle tray 1. Based on detection by the touch sensor, the LED damp is lighted, and light is radiated through the illumination window 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a spectacle tray for placing spectacles.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A person wearing glasses usually removes the glasses at bedtime and puts them on the bedside. However, if the glasses are left as they are, they may be accidentally stepped on or lost. For precautions, an eyeglass tray that is slightly bulkier than the eyeglasses is prepared, and the eyeglasses are often placed on the tray.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned spectacle tray has a function of merely supporting the spectacles, and is easily noticeable because of its bulkiness. When searching, there is a problem that the eyeglass tray itself must also be searched by hand. Then, there is also a problem that the position of the spectacles is further unknown when the spectacles fall on the spectacle tray when the hand of the hand touches the spectacle tray.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and when searching for glasses in the dark, an excellent lighting system can be used to immediately turn on the lighting and confirm the position of the glasses when touched by hand. Its purpose is to provide eyeglass trays.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a tray for placing spectacles, comprising:
On the tray surface, a spectacle mounting surface and a light irradiating unit are provided, and inside the tray, a touch sensor having the spectacle mounting surface as a sensing unit, and the light irradiating unit based on sensing by the touch sensor. A first subject is a spectacle tray provided with lighting means for turning on or off.

[0006] Among the above-mentioned spectacle trays,
The second gist is that the light irradiating part is a band-shaped light window formed on at least one of both sides of the glasses mounting surface, and the light window is provided with a pattern that emerges by light. Is the third gist.

[0007]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. The spectacle tray 1 has a substantially plate-like shape in a rectangular shape in plan view.
The whole is made of a plastic hollow molded product, and the front surface 1a and the back surface 1b are partially curved from a design point of view. Further, a shallow concave portion 2 is formed on the front surface 1 a of the spectacle tray 1, and the bottom surface thereof is the spectacle mounting surface 3. In addition, a felt fabric serving as a cushion is attached to the entire surface of the spectacle mounting surface 3.

A strip-shaped notch is formed in the front surface 1a along one side of the concave portion 2, and a transparent plastic plate is fitted in the notch to form a light window 4. A plurality of light emitting diode (LED) lamps are arranged in a line inside the light window 4 along the longitudinal direction, and light is emitted from the light window 4 to the outside by the light emission of the LED lamp. , Surface 1a of eyeglass tray 1
Is illuminated brightly.

On the other hand, in the spectacle tray 1, a touch sensor having the spectacle mounting surface 3 as a sensing unit is built in.
The LED lamp is set to be turned on when a finger touches the spectacle placing surface 3. That is, the touch sensor has a circuit in which a minute current always flows, and when a finger touches a conductive touch panel (= glass mounting surface 3) with a finger,
Because the human body is conductive, the resistance in the circuit decreases,
The switch is set to operate in response to this. By the operation of the switch, a current of 100 V flows, and the LED lamp is turned on. If you touch the touch panel twice, you will see the LED
The lamp is turned off.

As a power source for the touch sensor and the LED lamp, a battery built in the eyeglass tray 1 is used. A power switch (not shown) is provided on the back surface 1b of the spectacle tray 1. In the daytime or when the spectacle tray 1 is not used at all, the power switch is turned off. , The LED lamp can be turned off at all.

According to the spectacle tray 1, as shown in FIG. 2, if the spectacles 10 are placed thereon, when the spectacles 10 are searched for in the dark, the spectacle mounting surface of the spectacle tray 1 is used. Just by touching the fingertip 3, the lighting of the light window 4 is immediately turned on, so that the position of the glasses 10 can be confirmed. And since the spectacles 10 can be taken in a proper posture without touching the lenses, the spectacles 10 are not stained. After the spectacles 10 are put on, the light is turned off by lightly touching the spectacle mounting surface 3 of the illuminated spectacle tray 1 twice. When the eyeglass tray 1 is not used at all for a long time, the power switch provided on the back surface 1b of the eyeglass tray 1 is turned off. As a result, unnecessary power consumption can be eliminated, and power costs can be reduced.

In the above example, an LED lamp is used as a light source for emitting light from the light window 4.
The light-emitting source is not limited to this, and an appropriate one can be used in an appropriate mode. For example, a normal tungsten lamp, a discharge tube, a laser diode, or the like can be used.

Further, the light window 4 itself may be constituted by a planar light emitting element, and the light window 4 itself may directly emit light.

Further, in the above example, only one light window 4 is provided. However, the number and the installation place of the light windows 4 are such that if the surface 1a of the spectacle tray 1 can be illuminated. There is no particular limitation. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, two band-shaped light windows 4 ′ may be provided facing each other on both sides of the eyeglass mounting surface 3. By doing so, the illumination of the spectacle placing surface 3 becomes brighter, and the spectacles are easily seen.

As shown in FIG. 3, the light window 4 '(including the light window 4 in FIG. 1) can be provided with a light-emerging pattern 5 as shown in FIG. The pattern 5 may be provided with a ground pattern by forming a concavo-convex pattern on a plastic plate constituting the light window 4 '(4), or by drawing a colored pattern on the plastic plate with acrylic paint or the like. You may. Also,
A seal in which a pattern is formed on a transparent film may be attached to a plastic plate.

In the above example, a battery is built in the eyeglass tray 1 as a power source, but a rechargeable battery may be built in instead. Of course, there is no problem if the cord is extended from the spectacle tray 1 and power is taken from the outlet in the room.

Further, in the above-described example, the lighting of the light window 4 is turned off by two consecutive touches (two touches). However, the lighting and the turning off are alternately performed for each touch. Can also be set to

The spectacle tray of the present invention is made of any material such as metal, wooden, and upholstered, in addition to the plastic hollow molded product as in the above example. There is no problem even if it is. Also,
The shape is not limited to a substantially rectangular plate-like shape in plan view, and may be any shape as long as the surface is provided with a spectacle mounting surface and a light irradiation unit.

[0020]

As described above, according to the spectacle tray of the present invention, if the spectacles are placed on the spectacle tray, when the spectacles are searched for in the dark, the fingertip is placed on the spectacle mounting surface of the spectacle tray By simply touching, the light irradiator is immediately turned on to illuminate the tray surface brightly, so that the position of the glasses can be confirmed. Then, since the spectacles can be taken in a proper posture without touching the lenses, the spectacles are not stained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a use mode of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Eyeglass tray 1a Surface 3 Eyeglass mounting surface 4 Window

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A tray for placing spectacles, comprising:
On the tray surface, a spectacle mounting surface and a light irradiating unit are provided, and inside the tray, a touch sensor having the spectacle mounting surface as a sensing unit, and the light irradiating unit based on sensing by the touch sensor. An eyeglass tray provided with lighting means for turning on or off. 2. The eyeglass tray according to claim 1, wherein the light irradiating section is a light window formed in a band shape on at least one of both sides of the eyeglass mounting surface. 3. The spectacle tray according to claim 2, wherein the light window is provided with a pattern that emerges by light.