JP2008213331A - Image display device using relief - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image display device using a relief providing new decoration effect to an image carved in a relief to further enhance the value of the relief. <P>SOLUTION: The image display device using a relief has the relief 11 which comprises a light transmitting material and keeps the image three-dimensionally carved and an illumination device 12 arranged in the rear surface of the relief 11 and employed for illuminating the image from the rear surface. The relief 11 is constituted by carving a platelike body and parts present in a nearer position in the content of an image GF are carved deeper than parts present in a more distant position so as to be thin. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an image display apparatus using a relief in which an image is three-dimensionally engraved.

  Conventionally, a relief in which an image is three-dimensionally engraved is used as a decorative product or a practical product in a room of a house or a room of a store or a hotel. Usually, such a relief is housed in a picture frame and hung on a wall or the like, or leans on a table or furniture.

  Various ideas have been proposed to make the relief look more three-dimensional and beautiful. In Patent Document 1, it is proposed to create a panel in which an image is engraved white on a colorless and transparent material, and to provide a colored transparent back panel behind the panel. As a result, the design of the engraved panel looks double and the depth increases, and the engraving can be colored and colored.

  Patent Document 2 proposes expressing light and shade on a three-dimensional model obtained by laser engraving a glass body.

Moreover, although it is a little different from the original relief, it has been proposed to produce a three-dimensional effect by applying the same image line on the front and back surfaces of glass (Patent Document 3).
JP2003-320797 JP2002-274100 JP 2000-185500 A

  As described above, various methods have been proposed in the past to improve the relief three-dimensional effect, enable the expression of relief shading, and achieve colorization. However, if a new decorative effect can be obtained using the relief, the value of the relief will be further improved.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides an image display apparatus that can give a new decorative effect to an image engraved on a relief and can further enhance the value of the relief. Objective.

  An image display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a relief made of a light-transmitting material and an image engraved three-dimensionally, and disposed on the back of the relief to illuminate the image from the back. And the lighting device.

  According to one embodiment, the relief is a sculpture of a plate-like body, and a portion located closer to the image content is sculpted deeper than a portion located farther away. Is formed to be thin.

  According to another embodiment, the relief is a sculpture of a plate-like body, and a portion at a farther position in the content of the image is carved deeper than a portion at a closer position. It is formed to be thin.

  Preferably, the relief is printed on the surface corresponding to the image.

  According to the present invention, a new decoration effect can be given to an image engraved on a relief, and the value of the relief can be further increased.

[First Embodiment]
1 is a perspective view of an image display device 1 according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the image display device 1, and FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of an image GF of a relief 11 of the image display device 1. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the relief 11.

  1 to 3, the image display device 1 includes a relief 11 and an illumination device 12.

  The relief 11 is made of a light-transmitting material, and the image GF is engraved three-dimensionally. In other words, the relief 11 is a transparent or milky white translucent plate-like body as the material (relief material) RZ, and synthetic resin such as acrylic, polycarbonate, or polyester, artificial marble, glass, or the like is used. The size of the relief 11 is about several tens of centimeters to several meters in the vertical and horizontal directions, and about several millimeters to several centimeters in the thickness direction. Engraving corresponding to the image GF is performed on the surface of the relief material RZ by cutting, laser cutting, or other methods. A frame portion 21 is provided around the image GF.

  The relief 11 is used without being colored in a state in which the relief material RZ is engraved. In this case, the texture of the relief material RZ appears on the surface of the relief 11 as it is. Even in this case, the surface may be coated with an appropriate coating for other purposes in order to protect the surface or to give the surface a gloss.

  Further, the relief 11 may be colored by performing color printing corresponding to the image GF on the surface thereof. In order to print the image GF, for example, an ink jet printer may be used.

  The illuminating device 12 is arrange | positioned at the back surface of the relief 11, and illuminates the image FG of the relief 11 from a back surface. As the illumination device 12, an EL (electroluminescence light), a light emitting diode, a fluorescent lamp, or the like is used. In the case where EL is used, it is easy to bond and integrate them in close contact with the relief 11.

  The relief 11 is obtained by engraving the image GF three-dimensionally. Regarding the method of forming irregularities by engraving, the first method in which a portion close to the observer is convex and the portion close to the observer are used. There is a second method of making it concave. In the first method, an unevenness is formed on an object or the like drawn on the image GF so that a portion close to the observer jumps out ahead of a portion far from the observer along the normal contents of the image GF. On the other hand, in the second method, the unevenness is reversed (reversal) from the first method, and the unevenness is formed so that the portion closer to the observer is retracted further than the far portion.

  That is, FIG. 4 shows the case of the first method [FIG. 4C] and the case of the second method [FIG. 4B] for a part of the image GF1 of the relief 11.

  In the image GF1 shown in FIG. 4A, the object images BG1, 2, 4 are edible “bread” and have a plump shape. The object image BG3 is a “cloth cloth” laid on a “coffin” that is a container for storing bread. FIGS. 4B and 4C are cross-sectional views taken along line AA in FIG.

  In FIG. 4C according to the first method, the object images BG1, 2, 4 that are “pan” are engraved so that the central portion is convex like “pan”, and the “cloth” is used. A certain object image BG3 is also engraved so that the central portion is convex like a softly spread “cloth width”. The portion of the background image KG1, which is the background of the object images BG1 to BG4, is the farthest portion in the image GF1, so that the relief 11 is engraved to the maximum depth and has the minimum height.

  On the other hand, in FIG. 4B according to the second method, the object images BG1, 2, 4 which are “pans” are each engraved so that the center part is concave, and “cloth width” The object image BG3 is also engraved so that the central portion is concave. The background image KG1, which is the farthest part in the image GF1, is engraved to the minimum depth in the relief 11 and has the maximum height.

  In the image display device 1 shown in the first embodiment, the image GF of the relief 11 is engraved by the second method. That is, as shown in FIG. 4B, the surface of the relief 11 is formed so that a portion closer to the content of the image GF is deeply engraved, and as a result, the thickness of the portion closer to the position is reduced. Has been.

  Therefore, as in the image display device 1 of the present embodiment, when the relief 11 is illuminated from the back by the illumination device 12 and the image GF is viewed from the transmitted light from the front side, the portion close to the observer is the relief material RZ. As the thickness of the relief material RZ is thick, the transmitted light amount appears to be dark because the thickness of the relief material RZ is thick.

  As a result, according to the distance of the content of the image GF of the relief 11, light and dark or shadows occur such that the near part is bright and the far part is dark, and the unevenness of the relief 11 gives a new decoration effect. Accordingly, the relief 11 itself appears three-dimensional, and the three-dimensional effect is enhanced by the shadow of the illumination light from the illumination device 12, and an aesthetic effect is also obtained.

In addition, regarding the unevenness of the object images BG1 to BG4 as shown in FIG. 4B, a portion that is desired to be brightened and emphasized in the image GF may be deeply carved separately from the perspective.
[Second Embodiment]
Next, an image display apparatus 1B according to the second embodiment will be described. Since the image display device 1B of the second embodiment is the same as the image display device 1 of the first embodiment except for the engraving method, illustration and description of the same parts are omitted.

  The image display device 1B according to the second embodiment is the same as the image display device 1 according to the first embodiment, except that the method for forming irregularities is the first method.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 4C, the surface of the relief 11B is formed so that a portion at a farther position in the content of the image GF is deeply engraved, and as a result, the thickness at the far position is reduced. Has been.

  Therefore, when the relief 11B is illuminated from the back with the illuminating device 12 and the image GF is viewed with the transmitted light from the front side, the portion close to the observer looks dark with little transmitted light because the relief material RZ is thick. The portion far from the observer looks bright with a large amount of transmitted light because the relief material RZ is thin.

  As a result, the appearance of light and dark differs from the case of the first embodiment, but light or dark or shade is generated according to the perspective of the content of the image GF of the relief 11, and a new decoration effect is given by the unevenness of the relief 11. Therefore, the relief 11 can be seen three-dimensionally, and a further aesthetic effect can be obtained by the shadow of the illumination light from the illumination device 12.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a new image is expressed by the intensity of transmitted light by the illumination device 12 with respect to the relief 11 even when coloring by printing is not performed, and can be viewed with a new sense. Can do. In addition, when coloring is performed by printing, the printed image and the shadow by transmitted light are further overlapped, and a new image is expressed.

  In the embodiment described above, various images such as a natural landscape, an urban landscape, a building, a person, a flower, a bird, an animal, an abstract, a figure, and a character can be applied as the image GF. In addition, the structure, shape, dimensions, number, material, image content, unevenness, etc. of the relief 11, 11B, the illumination device 12, and the image display device 1, 1B as a whole or each part are in accordance with the spirit of the present invention. It can be changed as appropriate.

1 is a perspective view of an image display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a side view of an image display apparatus. It is a front view which expands and shows the image of the relief of an image display apparatus. It is a partial expanded sectional view of a relief.

Explanation of symbols

1,1B Image display device 11, 11B Relief 12 Illumination device GF Image BG Object image KG Background image RZ Relief material

Claims (4)

A relief made of a light-transmitting material and three-dimensionally engraved on the image;
An illumination device disposed on the back of the relief for illuminating the image from the back;
An image display apparatus using a relief characterized by comprising: The relief is formed by engraving a plate-like body, and a portion located closer to the content of the image is engraved deeper than a portion located farther and thinner. Being
An image display device using the relief according to claim 1. The relief is formed by engraving a plate-like body, and a portion at a farther position in the content of the image is engraved deeper than a portion at a closer position so that the thickness is reduced. Being
An image display device using the relief according to claim 1. The relief is printed on the surface corresponding to the image.
The image display device according to claim 1.

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