JP2004308050A - Light emitting element-attached garment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light emitting element-attached garment having high visibility from the front face, the back face and the side face of the body of a wearer, and simply structured at low costs. <P>SOLUTION: The light emitting element-attached garment such as an LED-attached luminous vest 1 has a mesh vest main body, a reflecting member 20 having light reflectivity, a parallel LED element 30-1, a horizontal LED element 30-2, a power supply/circuit device 50 and a wiring 60. The LED elements 30 are set at the front face and the back face of the LED-attached luminous vest 1. The parallel LED element 30-1 is structured so as to emit light to the front face of the LED-attached luminous vest 1 in a perpendicular direction. The horizontal LED element 30-2 is structured so as to emit light to the side-face directional outer side of the wearer. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to clothing to which a light emitting element is attached, and more particularly to clothing with a light emitting function worn by night workers or the like for safety.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Security guards and police officers who control traffic at night wear safety vests and the like that have a light-emitting function such as an LED (light-emitting diode) or EL (electro-luminescence) element in order to inform them of their presence and ensure safety. ing. As such a safety vest with a light emitting function, a safety vest disclosed in the following Patent Document is conventionally known.
[0003]
The safety vest disclosed in Patent Literature 1 below uses a light emitting diode as a light emitting element. This safety vest has high brightness and good visibility when viewed from the optical axis direction (that is, the direction perpendicular to the surface of the safety vest) when light from the light emitting diode is concentrated in the optical axis direction. This solves the problem that visibility is poor when viewed from the lateral direction orthogonal to. For this reason, the safety vest disclosed in Patent Document 1 forms a plurality of through-holes in a reflective tape attached to the surface of the safety vest, and inserts the tip of the light emitting diode into each of the through-holes from the back side. In this case, the light-diffusing member is protruded to the front side of the reflection tape, and a washer-shaped light diffusing member is fitted into the protruded portion and is adhered and fixed.
[0004]
Further, the safety vest disclosed in Patent Document 2 below uses an EL element as a light emitting body. This safety vest solves the problem that the conventional planar EL element does not consider emitting light from the side surface of the light emitting element, and the visibility of the plane light emitter when viewed from the side is not sufficient. It is. For this reason, the safety vest disclosed in Patent Document 2 discloses a linear EL light emitting element including a core electrode, a light emitting layer formed on the outer peripheral surface of the core electrode, and a transparent electrode layer formed on the outer peripheral surface of the light emitting layer. , A structure that is attached to the surface of the light reflecting member.
[0005]
Thus, in the safety vests described in Patent Literatures 1 and 2, the visibility of the human body when viewed from the side is enhanced.
[0006]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-9-209204
[Patent Document 2]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-12815
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the safety vest described in Patent Literature 1, the amount of light in the side direction is merely increased by the reflection of the light diffusion member, and it is still difficult to obtain sufficient visibility. In addition, the safety vest described in Patent Document 2 uses an EL element that is an expensive light emitting element, and a safety vest that requires the light emitting element to be installed at a plurality of locations, such as a crossing, requires a very high cost. .
[0009]
Here, even if the light emitting element has a high directivity, it is conceivable to improve the visibility of the side of the human body by installing the light emitting element on the waist side and the sleeve of the safety vest. The sleeves lack activity, and the light-emitting elements on the side of the waist are hidden by hand movements or are low in position, so that visibility cannot be improved so much.
[0010]
The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and has an object to provide clothing with a light-emitting function having a simple configuration at a low cost, with high visibility from the front and back of the human body, and from the side. I do.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the garment with a light-emitting function according to the present invention is a garment with a light-emitting function including a plurality of light-emitting diode members, and the plurality of light-emitting diode members include a front surface of the garment with the light-emitting function and A light-emitting diode member installed on at least one of the back surfaces, the light-emitting diode member being configured and installed so as to emit light perpendicularly to the surface of the garment, and a side surface of the garment wearer parallel to the surface of the garment. And a horizontal light emitting diode member configured and installed to emit light outward in the direction.
[0012]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of an LED luminous vest 1 according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a front view of an LED luminous vest 1 according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an LED according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a rear view of the illuminated vest 1;
[0013]
As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a luminous vest 1 with an LED is a vest body 10 made of a mesh-like material, a reflecting member 20 having a light reflecting function, a vertical LED member 30-1, and a horizontal LED member. 30-2, a power supply / circuit device 50, and a wiring 60.
[0014]
The vest main body 10 has a form in which a part of the chest and a part from the flank to the waist are greatly opened. Although not shown, the front part and both waist parts of the waist part are configured to be detachable with a hook-and-loop fastener such as “Magic Tape (registered trademark)”, so that even persons with different physiques can be physically attached. It is configured to fit and fit.
[0015]
The reflection member 20 has a belt shape, and is fixed to the surface of the vest main body 1 by sewing. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the reflection member 20 is provided from a waist portion 21 provided on a waist portion of the vest body 10, from a waist portion on a front side of the vest body 10 to a rear side of the waist portion via both shoulders. Left and right front and rear portions 22, 23 and a back portion 24 provided to connect the left and right portions of the front and rear surface portions 22, 23 from the left shoulder to the right shoulder at the back of the vest body 10. I have. A plurality of small holes for installing the vertical LED member 30-1 and the horizontal LED member 30-2 are provided in the waist portion 21 and the front and rear surface portions 22, 23 of the reflection member 20. Only the vertical LED members 30-1 are installed on the waist portion 21, and the vertical LED members 30-1 and the horizontal LED members 30-2 are installed substantially alternately on the front and rear portions 22, 23. I have.
[0016]
The LED member 30 is fixed at a predetermined position as shown in the drawing so as to protrude to the front side through a small hole from the back side of the reflection member 20. In FIGS. 1 to 3, the vertical LED member 30-1 is drawn in a circular shape, and the horizontal LED member 30-2 is drawn in an elliptical shape.
[0017]
The power supply / circuit device 50 is fixed to the back of the front waist of the vest main body 10 as shown by a dashed line in FIG. The wiring 60 for supplying power from the power supply / circuit device 50 to the LED member 30 is not shown on the back surface of the reflection member 20 along the arrangement of the LED members 30 as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. It is fixed with an adhesive tape or the like.
[0018]
Next, FIG. 4 is an enlarged view showing an installation state of the vertical LED member 30-1. FIG. 4A is a cross-sectional view of the left chest portion of the luminous vest 1 with LED shown in FIG. 4 (b) is a drawing showing a state viewed from the lower side in FIG. 4 (a) in the direction C. FIG. That is, although it is a view as seen from the back surface side of the reflection member 20, the state where the vest main body 10 is removed is shown.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 1A, the vertical LED member 30-1 has a transparent resin portion 31 having a built-in LED chip having a light emitting function fixed on a substrate 33 via a terminal 32 for supplying power. It is a configuration that is performed. In addition, since the terminal 32 is placed vertically, the terminal 32 is fixed vertically to the surface of the substrate 33, and the transparent resin portion 31 is also interposed via the terminal 32 so that the optical axis of the light emitting direction is perpendicular to the substrate 33. It is fixed vertically to the surface of the substrate 33. The reflection member 20 is fixed to the surface of the vest body 10 by sewing. Further, a transparent case 25 is provided in a hole portion where the vertical LED member 30-1 is installed so as to cover the vertical LED member 30-1.
[0020]
Further, a resin having a predetermined thickness is provided between the reflection member 20 and the substrate 33 in order to prevent the transparent resin portion 31 of the vertical LED member 30-1 from protruding more than the surface of the reflection member 20. The washer 35 is inserted. The hole at the center of the resin washer 35 is formed smaller than the shape of the substrate 33 and larger than the cross-sectional shape of the transparent resin portion 31 perpendicular to the optical axis direction. Therefore, the substrate 33 cannot pass through the hole at the center of the resin washer 35, but the transparent resin portion 31 passes through this hole and is inserted into the hole of the reflection member 20. Although not shown, the substrate 33 and the resin washer 35 are fixed together to the reflection member 20 by an adhesive tape or the like.
[0021]
As described above, since the transparent resin portion 31 of the vertical LED member 30-1 is configured to be installed perpendicularly to the reflecting member 20, it is prevented from protruding greatly from the surface of the LED luminous vest 1. Therefore, a member having a shorter length in the optical axis direction than a transparent resin portion 31 of a horizontal LED member 30-2 described later is used.
[0022]
Further, as shown in FIG. 4B, a wiring 60 for supplying power to the vertical LED member 30-1 is connected to the substrate 33, and the wiring 60 extends in the direction in which the reflecting member 20 extends. It is installed along. The wiring 60 is connected to the power supply / circuit device 50 via all the LED members 30.
[0023]
In addition, the vertical LED member 30-1 at other locations also has the same configuration as the configuration shown in FIG. Therefore, according to the vertical LED member 30-1, the optical axis direction of the transparent resin portion 31 is a direction perpendicular to the surface of the night vest 1 with LED, and most of the light emitted by the LED member 30 Are emitted in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the luminous vest 1 with LED.
[0024]
FIG. 5 is an enlarged view showing an installation state of the horizontal LED member 30-2, and FIG. 5A is a BB cross-sectional view of a portion located on the left chest surface of the LED luminous vest 1 of FIG. 5 (b) is a view showing a state viewed from the lower side in FIG. 5 (a) in the direction D. FIG. That is, although it is a view as seen from the back surface side of the reflection member 20, it is shown with the vest body 10 removed.
[0025]
As shown in FIG. 3A, the horizontal LED member 30-2 mainly includes a transparent resin portion 31, terminals 32, and a substrate 33, similarly to the vertical LED member 30-1. However, the terminal 32 fixed vertically to the substrate 33 is bent 90 ° in the middle because it is placed horizontally, and the transparent resin portion 31 is connected to the terminal 32 so as to be parallel to the substrate 33 before being bent. I have. Because of this configuration, the terminal 32 of the horizontal LED member 30-2 uses a terminal that is slightly longer than the terminal of the vertical LED member 30-1. The direction in which the terminal 32 is bent is the right direction in the drawing (the right direction in FIG. 1), and the light emitting direction of the horizontal LED member 30-2 is also the right direction in the drawing, that is, outward in the side direction of the human body. .
[0026]
As described above, the reflection member 20 is sewn and fixed to the surface of the vest main body 10, and the hole where the horizontal LED member 30-1 is installed is provided with a horizontal member to protect the transparent resin portion 31. The transparent case 25 is provided so as to cover the placing LED member 30-2. However, in the horizontal LED member 30-2, the transparent resin portion 31, which is installed horizontally, emits light emitted in parallel to the surface of the LED luminous vest 1 so that the light is not removed by the reflection member 20 or the like. Since most of the portion 21 is configured to protrude more toward the front side than the surface of the reflection member 20, the shape of the transparent case 25 also swells larger than that of the vertical LED member 30-1 according to this configuration. Is formed.
[0027]
As shown in FIG. 5B, the hole of the reflecting member 20 is formed in a substantially elliptical shape, and its major axis direction (the left-right direction in FIG. The transparent resin portion 31 is formed longer than the length of the transparent resin portion 31 in the same direction so that the transparent resin portion 31 installed in parallel can be stored. On the other hand, the short axis direction is formed shorter than the size of the substrate 33, so that the substrate 33 cannot pass through the hole of the reflection member 20. Although not shown, the substrate 33 is adhered and fixed to the reflection member 20 from the back surface side of the reflection member 20 with an adhesive tape or the like. Further, similarly to the case of the vertical LED member 30-1, a wiring 60 for supplying power to the horizontal LED member 30-2 is connected to the substrate 33. It is installed along the extending direction.
[0028]
In addition, regarding the structure of the horizontal LED member 30-2 installed in another part, the horizontal LED member 30 installed in the reflection member 23 of the left half (right side in FIG. 1) of the human body shown in FIG. -2 has the same configuration as in FIG. On the other hand, the horizontal LED member 30-2 installed on the reflective member 22 on the right half (left side in FIG. 1) of the human body shown in FIG. (That is, bent leftward in FIG. 5), but the other configuration is the same as the configuration shown in FIG. Therefore, all the horizontal LED members 30-2 are configured and installed so as to emit light outward in the lateral direction of the human body.
[0029]
Next, a usage mode of the night light vest 1 with the LED configured as described above will be described.
A security guard or a police officer who performs traffic control at night wears the luminous vest 1 with LED and turns on a switch provided in the power supply / circuit device 50, so that the LED light emitting element 30 starts blinking. . The blinking interval can be changed as appropriate depending on the circuit design. In the present embodiment, however, the circuit is designed so that the blinking is repeated every 1 second. At this time, as described above, since the vertical LED member 30-1 is configured such that its optical axis is perpendicular to the surface of the night light vest 1 with LED, the vertical LED member 30-1 emits light from the vertical LED member 30-1. The emitted light is mainly emitted in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the night light vest 1 with LED. On the other hand, the horizontal LED member 30-2 is configured such that its optical axis is parallel to the surface of the night light vest 1 with an LED and the irradiation surface is directed outward in the lateral direction of the human body on which the vest is worn. The light emitted from the horizontal LED member 30-2 is mainly emitted outward in the side direction of the night light vest 1 with LED.
[0030]
The luminous vest with LED according to the present embodiment described above in detail is an LED member installed on the front and back of the luminous vest, and emits light toward the front and back of the wearer. And an LED member that emits light outward in the lateral direction of the wearer, so that high visibility can be obtained from the front, back, and both sides of the human body. In addition, an inexpensive LED member is used as the light emitting element, so that it is possible to provide a low-cost, highly visible night light vest.
[0031]
The present invention is not limited to the configuration of the present embodiment, and various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.
[0032]
For example, the locations where the vertical LED members and the horizontal LED members are installed can be changed as appropriate, and the horizontal LED members may be installed on the reflection member around the waist. However, in order to enhance the visibility from both sides of the human body, it is desirable to install lateral LED members so as to emit light in the direction of both sides of the human body. Furthermore, the vertical LED member and the horizontal LED member do not necessarily need to be installed on both the front and rear surfaces of the night light vest with LED, and may be installed on at least one of the front surface and the rear surface. For example, a case in which visibility from the back is not required may be considered. In this case, it is only necessary that the LED member is installed in front of the luminous vest.
[0033]
Further, the shape of the main body vest and the installation position of the reflection member can be appropriately changed. Of course, the present invention is applicable not only to vests but also to clothes such as jumpers.
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide low-cost clothing with a light-emitting function that has high visibility from the front, back, and side surfaces of the human body.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a luminous vest with an LED according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of a luminous vest with an LED according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a rear view of the luminous vest with LED according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view showing an installation state of a vertical LED member according to the embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged view showing an installation state of the horizontal LED member according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
Reference Signs List 1 luminous vest with LED 10 vest body 30-1 vertical LED member 30-2 horizontal LED member 31 transparent resin portion 32 terminal 33 substrate 50 power supply / circuit device 60 wiring

Claims (9)

A garment with a light emitting function comprising a plurality of light emitting diode members,
The plurality of light emitting diode members are light emitting diode members installed on at least one of a front surface and a back surface of the clothing with the light emitting function, and are configured and installed to emit light perpendicularly to the clothing surface. A light emitting function comprising both a stationary light emitting diode member and a laterally disposed light emitting diode member configured and installed to emit light parallel to the surface of the garment and outward in the lateral direction of the wearer. Clothes. The horizontal light emitting diode member is configured and installed to emit light toward the left side of the wearer in the left side direction, and the first horizontal light emitting diode member is arranged and installed in the right side of the wearer. The garment with a light-emitting function according to claim 1, further comprising a second horizontal light-emitting diode member configured and installed to emit light. The plurality of light emitting diode members are composed of a substrate, a transparent resin portion having a built-in LED chip having a light emitting function, and a terminal connecting the substrate and the transparent resin portion,
The substrate is placed parallel to the clothing surface,
3. The garment with a light emitting function according to claim 1, wherein the terminal is bent so that an optical axis of the transparent resin portion is substantially parallel to the surface of the substrate. The garment with a light emitting function according to claim 3, wherein the terminal of the horizontal light emitting diode member is longer than the terminal of the vertical light emitting diode member so that the terminal can be bent. The horizontal light emitting diode member is provided so that the transparent resin portion protrudes from the clothing surface so that light emitted from the transparent resin portion in parallel to the clothing surface is not shielded. The garment with a light emitting function according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The garment with a light-emitting function according to claim 5, further comprising a transparent case for protecting a transparent resin portion protruding from the surface of the garment. Further comprising a light reflecting member,
The light-emitting diode member according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of light-emitting diode members are installed by being inserted into holes provided in the light reflecting member from the back side of the light reflecting member. Clothes with light emitting function. In order to prevent the vertical light-emitting diode member from protruding significantly toward the surface of the reflection member, the length of the transparent resin portion in the optical axis direction is larger than the length of the transparent resin portion of the horizontal light-emitting diode member in the optical axis direction. The garment with a light-emitting function according to claim 7, wherein the garment is short. A garment with a light emitting function comprising a plurality of light emitting diode members and a light reflecting member,
The plurality of light emitting diode members are installed on a light reflecting member fixed to the front and back of the garment with a light emitting function,
The plurality of light-emitting diode members are vertically arranged light-emitting diode members configured and installed to emit light perpendicular to the clothing surface, and emit light toward the outside in the lateral direction of the wearer in parallel with the clothing surface. A garment with a light-emitting function, characterized in that it comprises both a horizontally arranged light-emitting diode member configured and arranged to emit light.

Images