JP2007276756A

JP2007276756A - Stroboscopic image and character display unit for tire

Info

Publication number: JP2007276756A
Application number: JP2006130747A
Authority: JP
Inventors: Toshiharu Hirano; 俊治平野
Original assignee: AIKO MASATAKA
Current assignee: AIKO MASATAKA
Priority date: 2006-04-07
Filing date: 2006-04-07
Publication date: 2007-10-25

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display an image and a character so as to float up them on a tire at a certain fixed position during the rotation of the tire by momentarily flashing a light source in a synchronization with the rotation of the tire. <P>SOLUTION: In this stroboscopic image and character display unit for the tire, an arbitrary character or an image is displayed on the tire and the light source 3 for irradiating the character or the image is provided. If the light source is only momentarily flashed at timing when the character or the image is passed through the irradiation position of the light source, the character or a still image or an animation can be displayed at an arbitrary position on the tire. Accordingly, a decoration property of a side surface is outstandingly enhanced and even if light is not applied from the side surface as in a reflection plate, a mark can be visually recognized. Further, light emission by private power generation is also easy. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

本発明は、特に夜間用の、二輪車や乗用車、トラックなどの車輪（ホイール・スポーク）、タイヤへのアクセサリーに関する。The present invention relates to an accessory for wheels (wheels and spokes) and tires for motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, etc., particularly for night use.

特に夜間、安全のための視認性向上や、装飾性向上を目的として、二輪車や乗用車、トラックなどの車輪（ホイール・スポーク）へ光源や反射板を取り付ける技術が開発されている。In particular, technologies for attaching light sources and reflectors to wheels (wheels and spokes) of motorcycles, passenger cars, trucks, and the like have been developed for the purpose of improving visibility and safety for safety at night.

これらの技術によって、前方や後方だけでなく、側面からの視認性が向上し、自転車などの場合は、安全性の向上が図られると共に、特に乗用車やトラックなどの場合は、夜間の装飾性を向上させる効果が意図されている。These technologies improve visibility not only from the front and rear but also from the side.In the case of bicycles, etc., safety is improved, and at night, especially in the case of passenger cars and trucks. The effect of improving is intended.

このように、側面からの視認性、装飾性の向上のために、二輪車や乗用車、トラックなどの車輪へ反射板を取り付ける場合には、あくまでも、側面から光があたらないと、反射板を視認できないという問題がある。As described above, in order to improve the visibility and decoration from the side, when a reflector is attached to a wheel of a motorcycle, a passenger car, a truck, etc., the reflector cannot be visually recognized unless light is applied from the side. There is a problem.

また、二輪車や乗用車、トラックなどの車輪へ光源を取り付ける場合には、それが、白熱電球であれ、発光ダイオードであれ、その点光源がもつ、基本的に丸い光でしか、視認できないという問題があり、特に装飾性の面で劣っている。In addition, when a light source is attached to a wheel of a motorcycle, a passenger car, a truck, etc., whether it is an incandescent light bulb or a light emitting diode, there is a problem that the point light source has only a round light and can be visually recognized. Yes, especially in terms of decorativeness.

光源の数を増やして、何らかの模様を形成するということも考えられるが、その場合には、光源の数だけ白熱電球や発光ダイオードを準備しなければならず、非常に高価になってしまうという問題がある。It is possible to increase the number of light sources to form a pattern, but in that case, it is necessary to prepare incandescent bulbs and light-emitting diodes as many as the number of light sources, which is very expensive. There is.

このような課題を克服するため、本発明は、側面からの視認性、装飾性向上のために、タイヤと、タイヤ上にマーキングされた画像・文字等の表示と、タイヤ上の表示を照らす光源からなっている。In order to overcome such problems, the present invention provides a light source that illuminates the display of the tire, images and characters marked on the tire, and the display on the tire in order to improve visibility and decoration from the side. It is made up of.

タイヤへの表示画像・文字等を表示し、それを外部から照らせば、自由自在な模様をタイヤ上に表示することができ、またその光源も１個だけで済むので、非常に安価に装飾性を向上させることが可能になる。Displaying images and letters on the tires and illuminating them from the outside allows you to display a free pattern on the tires, and since only one light source is required, the decoration is very inexpensive. It becomes possible to improve.

また、その光源をタイヤの回転に同期させて点滅させ、光源の照射位置をタイヤ上の表示が通過するタイミングで光源を瞬間的に照射させることにより、タイヤが回転中であっても、タイヤ上に表示した文字・画像等を外部から確認することができる。Moreover, even if the tire is rotating, the light source flashes in synchronization with the rotation of the tire and the light source is instantaneously irradiated at the timing when the indication on the tire passes through the light source. The characters / images displayed on the screen can be confirmed from the outside.

さらには、タイヤ上に、言葉を変えたいくつかの文字、または形状を少しづつ変えたいくつかの画像を表示し、夜間タイヤの回転に同期して、それぞれの表示が光源が照射する位置を通過するタイミングで光源が瞬間的に照射することにより、タイヤ上に異なる文字が順次現れる、もしくは、タイヤ上に、画像を動画のように表現することが可能になり、非常に装飾性に優れた表示が可能となる。In addition, several letters with different words or several images with slightly different shapes are displayed on the tire, and each display indicates the position where the light source illuminates in synchronization with the rotation of the tire at night. By illuminating the light source instantaneously at the timing of passing, different characters appear sequentially on the tire, or it is possible to express an image on the tire like a movie, which is very decorative Display is possible.

また、外部に光源を持って照射するので、反射板のように、側面から光が当たらなくても、表示を視認することが可能である。In addition, since the illumination is performed with a light source externally, it is possible to visually recognize the display even when the light is not applied from the side surface like a reflector.

このように、タイヤ上に画像・文字等の表示を行い、タイヤを照らす光源の照射位置をその表示が通過するタイミングで、光源をタイヤの回転に同期させて瞬間的に点滅照射することにより、タイヤが回転中に、ある一定位置で、そのタイヤ上に画像・文字等の表示を浮かび上がらせるように表現することが可能となり、また、それを動画のように表現することも可能であり、装飾性が格段に向上し、また、反射板のように側面から光が当たらなくても、夜間に、そのマークを視認することが可能となる。In this way, images, characters, etc. are displayed on the tire, and at the timing when the display passes through the irradiation position of the light source that illuminates the tire, by flashing and irradiating the light source instantaneously in synchronization with the rotation of the tire, While the tire is rotating, it is possible to express the display of images, characters, etc. on the tire at a certain position, and it is also possible to express it like a movie. In addition, the mark can be visually recognized at night even when light is not applied from the side like a reflector.

本発明の実施形態の構造図例１を図１に示す。図１からわかるように、本発明は、タイヤ１とタイヤ１上に表示された文字または画像の表示２と、表示２の位置を照射する光源３からなっている。図１の実施例では乗用車のタイヤを例として挙げているが、タイヤは二輪車用でも、またトラック用であってもよい。FIG. 1 shows a structural example 1 of an embodiment of the present invention. As can be seen from FIG. 1, the present invention includes a tire 1, a display 2 of characters or images displayed on the tire 1, and a light source 3 that irradiates the position of the display 2. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, a tire for a passenger car is taken as an example, but the tire may be for a motorcycle or a truck.

表示２の位置を照射する光源３は、タイヤ１の回転に同期して点滅し、タイヤ１の回転に従い表示２がちょうど光源３が照射する位置を通過するタイミングで、光源３は瞬間的に一瞬だけ照射を行う。光源３が照射する時間は、タイヤの回転速度に対して充分に短く、一瞬タイヤが止まって見える程度短くなければならない。このような光源としては、キセノンなどのガスを封入した放電管に高圧電流を通じてガスをイオン化させ、強い閃光を得るカメラ用のストロボが適しており、それ以外でも、瞬間的な照射ができれば、発光ダイオードやレーザーダイドード等を使用してもよい。The light source 3 that illuminates the position of the display 2 blinks in synchronization with the rotation of the tire 1, and the light source 3 momentarily flashes at the timing when the display 2 passes the position irradiated by the light source 3 according to the rotation of the tire 1. Only do irradiation. The time that the light source 3 irradiates must be sufficiently short with respect to the rotational speed of the tire, and short enough to make the tire appear to stop for a moment. As such a light source, a strobe for a camera that obtains a strong flash by ionizing gas through a high-voltage current in a discharge tube filled with a gas such as xenon is suitable. A diode or a laser diode may be used.

本発明の実施形態の構造図例２を図２に示す。図２からわかるように、タイヤ１上に例えば４つの画像表示２を表示させておき、タイヤ１の回転に従い、４つの表示２の、それぞれの画像がちょうど光源３が照射する位置を通過するタイミングで、光源３が一瞬だけ発光すれば、結果としてタイヤ上には動画が表現されることになる。図２の例であれば、人が右手を上下に振っている動画が得られることになる。FIG. 2 shows a structural diagram example 2 of the embodiment of the present invention. As can be seen from FIG. 2, for example, four image displays 2 are displayed on the tire 1, and each image of the four displays 2 passes through the position irradiated by the light source 3 according to the rotation of the tire 1. Thus, if the light source 3 emits light for a moment, a moving image is expressed on the tire as a result. In the example of FIG. 2, a moving image in which a person shakes his / her right hand up and down is obtained.

また、図３のように、タイヤ１上に例えば４つの文字表示２を表示させておき、図２の例と同様に、４つの表示２の、それぞれの文字がちょうど光源３が照射する位置を通過するタイミングで、光源３が一瞬だけ発光すれば、図３の例では、結果としてタイヤ上に「安」「全」「運」「転」という文字が順次繰り返して現れることになる。Also, as shown in FIG. 3, for example, four character displays 2 are displayed on the tire 1, and, as in the example of FIG. If the light source 3 emits light only momentarily at the time of passing, in the example of FIG. 3, as a result, the characters “low”, “all”, “luck”, and “turn” repeatedly appear on the tire.

光源３用の電源として、自動車や自動二輪車の場合は、エンジンの起動に同期した自家発電源を用いれば、エンジン起動時にのみ、また自転車の場合は、車輪の回転に同期した自家発電源を用いれば、自転車運転時にのみ、光源３は光を発し、特にバッテリーを搭載する必要はなくなる。これは、光源３を回転体ではなく、固定物に設置できるので、自家発電源の使用が非常に容易になる結果でもある。As a power source for the light source 3, in the case of a car or a motorcycle, if a self-generated power source synchronized with the engine start is used, the self-generated power source synchronized with the wheel rotation is used only when the engine is started. For example, the light source 3 emits light only when driving a bicycle, and it is not necessary to mount a battery. This is also because the light source 3 can be installed not on a rotating body but on a fixed object, so that it is very easy to use a self-generated power source.

また、昼間光源３は発光する必要はないため、受光により反応するフォトダイオードやフォトトランジスタを搭載した回路により、昼間は発光しないような制御回路を設けておけば、節電にもつながることになる。自転車の場合は、昼間は自家発電源を停止しておくだけでよい。Further, since the daytime light source 3 does not need to emit light, if a control circuit that does not emit light in the daytime is provided by a circuit equipped with a photodiode or a phototransistor that reacts by receiving light, it also leads to power saving. In the case of a bicycle, it is only necessary to stop the self-generated power supply during the daytime.

また、蛍光塗料マーク２は、タイヤに直接印刷するような方法を用いてもよいが、裏面に粘着材が塗布されたワッペン上に印刷しておき、そのワッペンをタイヤにシール状に貼付するような方法を用いてもよい。Further, the fluorescent paint mark 2 may be printed directly on the tire, but it is printed on a patch having an adhesive applied on the back surface, and the patch is pasted on the tire in a seal shape. Various methods may be used.

実施形態例１の構造図Structure diagram of Embodiment 1 実施形態例２の構造図Structural diagram of Embodiment 2 実施形態例３の構造図Structure diagram of Embodiment 3

Explanation of symbols

１・・・タイヤ
２・・・（画像・文字等の）表示
３・・・光源DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Tire 2 ... Display (image, character, etc.) 3 ... Light source

Claims

It consists of a tire, a display of images and characters marked on the tire, and a light source that illuminates the display on the tire. The light source flashes in synchronization with the rotation of the tire at night, and the irradiation position of the light source is displayed on the tire. A stroboscopic image / character display for tires, where images, characters, etc. appear on the tire at a certain position while the tire is rotating by momentarily illuminating the light source at the time when the lens passes.

The tire strobe image / character display according to claim 1, wherein the display of the image / character on the tire is of one kind, and a still image or a stationary character appears at a fixed position on the tire during night driving. Visible stroboscopic image and character display for tires.

2. The strobe image / character display for a tire according to claim 1, wherein several characters with different words or some images with little changes in shape are displayed on the tire in synchronization with the rotation of the tire at night. , When the light source illuminates instantaneously at the timing when each display passes through the position irradiated by the light source, different characters appear sequentially on the tire, or the image appears on the tire like a movie Tire strobe image / character display.

The tire strobe image / character display according to claim 1, wherein the power source of the light source for irradiating the display on the tire can be obtained by in-house power generation of an automobile, a truck, a motorcycle, a bicycle or the like. Image / character display.

The tire strobe image / character display according to claim 1, wherein the power source of the light source for illuminating the display on the tire is automatically turned off during the daytime.

The tire strobe image / character display according to claim 1, wherein the display on the tire is directly printed on the tire.

2. The tire strobe image / character display according to claim 1, wherein the indication on the tire is drawn on a patch coated with an adhesive and is affixed to the tire in a seal form.・ Character display.

The tire strobe image / character display according to claim 1, wherein characters / images, etc. are displayed on a tire for an automobile such as a passenger car or a truck.

2. The tire strobe image / character display according to claim 1, wherein characters / images, etc. are displayed on a motorcycle or a bicycle tire.

The tire strobe image / character display according to claim 1, wherein a strobe, a light emitting diode, or a laser diode is used as a light source.