JP2011100026A - Display device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device for dynamically causing a character and pattern attached to a transparent plate to become luminous, and performing light emission display varying visually. <P>SOLUTION: In this display device, a plurality of transparent plates having different patterns to be lit are stacked from the front side to the depth side while they are erected. The display device includes: a plurality of light-emitting devices that are disposed facing the lower end surface of respective transparent plates and light the patterns by emitting light to the lower end surface of the transparent plates; a control part for controlling the light emission timings of these light-emitting devices; and an input part for inputting a light emission pattern. The control part converts the light emission pattern input from the input part into the light emission timings of the light-emitting devices, controls the light-emitting devices, and performs light emission and display light emission of a specific pattern. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a display device having an illumination effect.

  Conventionally, a letter or pattern for diffusing light is attached to one side of a transparent plate such as an acrylic plate, and the letter or pattern is emitted by irradiating light with a light source provided on the end face of the transparent plate. The display device to be known was known. In these display devices, generally, characters and patterns to be emitted are formed by attaching a light-emitting paint on a transparent plate by light guide plate printing or the like.

  Patent Document 1 has a configuration in which a display plate in which a pattern is printed on a light guide plate with a light diffusing paint or a film sheet on which a pattern is printed on a light guide plate is pasted on a light guide plate so that the light guide plate can be replaced. A display device having the same is disclosed. According to Patent Document 1, it is assumed that the design of characters and patterns to be emitted can be easily changed.

JP 2006-208660 A

  However, in the display device disclosed in Patent Document 1 above, every time the character or pattern to be emitted is changed, the display plate itself is replaced, or the film sheet is peeled off from the transparent plate to create a new design. It is necessary to replace the applied film sheet. For this reason, it is not possible to perform a light-emitting display that switches to different characters or patterns continuously in a short time. In other words, the display device disclosed in Patent Document 1 cannot perform dynamic light-emitting display, and thus naturally has a problem of becoming monotonous visually and getting bored by the user in a short time. .

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and provides a display device capable of dynamically emitting light and characters on a transparent plate, and performing light-emitting display that is visually varied. .

  According to a main aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display device in which a plurality of transparent plates on which different patterns to be emitted are formed are erected and stacked in a depth direction from the front, A plurality of light emitting devices that are provided opposite to the end surface and emit light onto the lower end surface of the transparent plate, a control unit that controls the light emission timing of these light emitting devices, and a light emitting pattern input An input unit, and the control unit converts the light emission pattern input from the input unit into a light emission timing of the plurality of light emitting devices, and controls the light emitting device. An apparatus is provided.

  Further, the heights of the upper end surfaces of the plurality of transparent plates are configured to be different from each other, and the heights of the upper end surfaces of the plurality of transparent plates are gradually increased from the front toward the depth direction. It is preferable to be configured.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the upper end surfaces of the plurality of transparent plates are inclined surfaces such that the front side is low and the depth side is high, and the inclined surfaces of the plurality of transparent plates are continuous across the plurality of transparent plates. By configuring so as to be a surface, it is possible to express the light emission pattern on the upper end surface of the transparent plate.

  In addition, the control unit converts the light emission pattern input from the input unit into the light emission timings of the plurality of light emitting devices, whereby the light emission pattern can be expressed on the plurality of transparent plate upper end surfaces.

  Further, it is possible to express a larger number of light emission patterns by providing a plurality of transparent plate groups in which a plurality of the transparent plates are stacked side by side. In addition, the said transparent plate can also be provided so that attachment or detachment is possible in the state laminated | stacked in multiple numbers.

  By having the above-described configuration, the invention of the present application can dynamically emit a character or a pattern to be displayed, and display a visually rich change.

FIG. 1 is an external view of a display device. FIG. 2 is an external view of the transparent plate. FIG. 3 is a right side view of the display device. FIG. 4 is a front view of the display device. FIG. 5 is a plan view of the display device. FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram. FIG. 7 shows the light emission state of the transparent plate. FIG. 8 shows the light emission state of the transparent plate. FIG. 9 shows a display example of the display device. FIG. 10 shows a display example of the display device. FIG. 11 shows a display example of the display device.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 is an external view of a display device 1 according to the present invention. In the present embodiment, the display device 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described as a display device that is provided in the casing of the game machine and displays a slot. However, the application of the present invention is limited to this embodiment. is not.

  The display device 1 includes a substrate 5 formed in a rectangular shape in plan view, a left plate unit 2 (a transparent plate group in the present invention) erected on the left side on the base 5, and a right side on the substrate 5. A right plate unit 4 erected, a central plate unit 3 erected between the left plate unit 2 and the right plate unit 4 on the substrate, and the left, right and center on the substrate 5 A plurality of light sources 6 (not shown) are provided in contact with the lower end surfaces of the plate units 2, 4, and 3. Each plate unit is transparent, and actually the substrate 5 and the like can be seen through. In FIG. 1, the external appearance of each plate unit is shown in order to clarify the positional relationship and outline of each plate unit. Only (outline) is shown.

  The left plate unit 2 includes a plurality of transparent plates 20a to 20j (left first row plate to left 10th row plate) having different heights on the upper end surface. It is installed and formed so that the height gradually increases from the near side toward the depth direction. Here, it is desirable that the transparent plates (hereinafter expressed in this way when the position is not particularly limited) are in close contact with each other. For example, the transparent plates 20a to 20j are fixed by through bolts. Also good. The transparent plates 20a to 20j and the substrate 5 may be joined to each other as long as the light source 6 is in contact with the lower end surfaces of the transparent plates 20a to 20j. Even if it is, what may be provided so that attachment or detachment is possible using a magnet and other engagement means (not shown) may be sufficient.

  The right plate unit 4 (transparent plates 40a to 40j) and the central plate unit 3 (transparent plates 30a to 40j) are configured in the same manner as the left plate unit 2. The distance between the plate units can be appropriately designed as long as the light emitted from the light source 6 (to be described later) does not affect the pattern of the adjacent plate units and the light emission of the upper end surface.

  FIG. 2 is an overall view of the transparent plate 20a which is the left first row plate. For the transparent plate used in the present invention, a highly transparent member such as acrylic or glass (hereinafter referred to as “transparent member”) is used. Each transparent plate is provided with a pattern on the front side. For example, the transparent plate 20a is provided with a numeral “0” pattern as shown by the hatched lines in FIG.

  Here, the pattern is formed on the transparent plate by light guide plate printing or the like using a paint having high transparency and reflecting light (hereinafter simply referred to as “light-emitting paint”). Similar to the transparent member used for the transparent plate, the light-emitting paint used for the pattern of the transparent plate is made of a paint having high transparency, so that the outline of the pattern melts into the transparent plate without distinction from the surroundings. It becomes a state. Therefore, when light is not irradiated from the lower surface of the transparent plate, it is visually recognized as a single transparent plate.

  Similarly, numbers 1 to 9 are sequentially attached to the left second to tenth plates 20b to 20j, respectively. The right first row to tenth row plates 40a to 40j and the central first row to tenth row plates 30a to 30j are also provided with patterns from "0" to "9", respectively.

  Here, in each plate, the position where a pattern should be attached can be designed as appropriate. However, in the case of the left plate unit 2, in the case of the left plate unit 2, the position to which the pattern is to be attached is determined in the case where the pattern is a different number for use in a slot or the like as in the present embodiment. It is desirable that the tenth row plates 20a to 20j are attached to the positions where the centers of the numbers are aligned in a front view.

  FIG. 3 is a right side view of the left plate unit 2. As shown in FIG. 3, the upper end surface of each transparent plate in the present embodiment has an inclined surface such that the near side is low and the depth side is high. Since the upper end surface has an inclination angle in this way, the light irradiated from the lower end surface and incident on the transparent plate is refracted by the inclination angle of the upper end surface and is emitted toward the front side. The inclination angle of the upper end surface can be designed as appropriate. The depth on the depth side of the upper end surface of the left first row plate 20a is the same as the height on the near side of the left second row plate 20b. The height on the depth side, which is higher than the near side of the left second row plate 20b, is the same as the height on the near side of the left third row plate 20c. In this way, the left plate unit 2 is configured such that the height of each upper end surface of the left first to tenth plates 20a to 20j gradually increases from the near side toward the depth direction. . And the surface which continued over the some transparent plate is comprised by the inclined surface of the upper end of said some transparent plate.

  Here, the size of the plate per sheet is, for example, height (front side) × width × thickness 72 × 48 × 4 (mm) in the left first row plate 20a on the front row side. . On the other hand, the left tenth row plate 20j on the last row side has a height (front surface side) × width (horizontal length) × thickness of 90 × 48 × 4 (mm). In the meantime, the left to ninth rows of plates 20b to 20i are formed such that only the height (front side) is gradually increased by 1.8 (mm) in the rear row. In this embodiment, each plate has a linear shape at the upper end surface, but the plate may be formed with irregularities or curved through the left first to tenth plates 20a to 20j. Further, the upper end surfaces of the left, right and center plate units 2, 4 and 3 may be formed into one shape, and the transparent plate may be provided with a transparent luminescent paint. .

  FIG. 4 is a front view of the display device 1. As shown in FIG. 4, all the upper end surfaces of the transparent plate constituting the left plate unit 2 are provided so as to be visible from the front. The right plate unit 4 and the central plate unit 3 are the same as the left plate unit 2. That is, the display device 1 is provided so that the upper end surfaces of all the transparent plates can be seen from the front.

  Further, the light source 6 is provided on the substrate 5 so as to be in contact with the lower end surface of each transparent plate. The light source 6 is connected to a control unit 15 and a power source (not shown).

  FIG. 5 is a plan view of the display device 1, showing the positional relationship between the substrate 5, the light source 6, and each transparent plate. In FIG. 5, the plate units 2 to 4 are indicated by broken lines so that the positional relationship between the components is clear. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, each light source 6 is provided at a position corresponding to each transparent plate, and two light sources 6 are arranged on each transparent plate in this embodiment. Two light sources corresponding to one transparent plate emit light simultaneously. Further, LED drivers 16 for controlling the light emission of the light sources 6 are provided corresponding to the respective light sources 6. The LED driver 16 causes the corresponding light source 6 to emit light based on the light emission timing instruction transmitted from the control unit 15.

  Specifically, the light source 6 is a light emitting element having high directivity such as an LED (light emitting diode). In addition, a laser may be employed instead of the LED. Further, the type and light emission amount of the light source 6 can be appropriately designed according to the shape, size, etc. of the upper end surface of each transparent plate.

  Here, the emission color employed for the light source 6 can be selected as appropriate, but in the present embodiment, the light source 6 is the three primary colors of light, “red (R)”, “green (G)”, “ It has an element (hereinafter referred to as “RGB element”) that simultaneously emits blue (B) ”. Further, the light emission amount of each of the three primary colors can be adjusted. That is, in this case, the light emission amount of the RGB elements is controlled by the control unit 15 so that the pattern and upper end surface of each transparent plate emit light in full color (hereinafter referred to as “full color light emission”). .

  FIG. 6 shows a functional block diagram of the present embodiment. The control unit 15 is an input unit for inputting a light emission pattern, and the light emission pattern input from the input unit is a light emission timing of the light source 6 (specifically, “LED” in the figure). Based on the determined light emission pattern, the light emission pattern storage unit stored in advance, the light emission pattern is called from the light emission pattern storage unit as the light emission timing of the light source 6 and determined as the light emission pattern of each light source 6 A light source emission instruction section for sending an instruction of light emission timing to each LED driver 16, a combination of each color (red (G), green (G), blue (B)) for full color emission and the light emission amount of the light source 6 of each color A light emission color storage section in which a pattern (hereinafter referred to as “light emission color pattern”) is stored in advance, and before the light emission color pattern is read from the light emission color storage section And a light emitting color indication unit for the indication of emission color to the LED driver 16.

  In this way, the LED driver 16 controls the light emission timing and the light emission color of each light source 6 according to the light emission timing instruction and the light emission color instruction from the light source light emission instruction unit and the light emission color instruction unit. Each time, full color light emission is performed at a predetermined timing.

  In the present embodiment, one LED driver 16 is provided for each transparent plate. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the light source 6 corresponding to a plurality of transparent plates by one LED driver 16 is provided. It may be one that controls.

  Here, the control unit 15 is actually connected to an external storage device such as RAM, ROM and HDD via a system bus to a CPU (not shown), and the input / output interface (I / F) is connected to this input / output interface. Each LED driver 16 is connected to the output interface (I / F). The software program installed in the external storage device is called and executed on the RAM by the CPU, thereby achieving the functions of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the above configuration will be described in detail.

  FIG. 7 shows a state in which the light source 6 corresponding to the transparent plate 20a is caused to emit light in the left plate unit 2 (the shaded portion represents light emission. Note that the colors are appropriately designed) Therefore, the description is omitted for convenience of description). As shown in FIG. 7, when the light source 6 is irradiated from the lower end surface of the transparent plate 20a, the irradiated light is incident from the lower end surface of the left first row plate 20a and passes through the inside of the transparent plate 20a. Proceeding upward, it eventually reaches the pattern on the front side (in this case, “0”). At this time, the incident light is irregularly reflected along the pattern applied with the light emitting paint as described above, and the pattern can be visually recognized.

  The incident light reaches the upper end surface of the transparent plate 20a. As described above, the upper end surface of the transparent plate 20a is formed with an inclination angle. Therefore, the light that has reached the upper end surface is refracted by this inclination angle, and the light emitted from the entire upper end surface is visible from the front. At this time, the pattern and the upper end surface attached to the other transparent plate are not irradiated with light because the predetermined interval is provided between the adjacent plate units as described above, and the pattern does not emit light.

  As described above, the transparent plate 20a emits the pattern “0” attached to the front surface and emits the entire upper end surface. Similarly, as shown in FIG. 8, when the light source 6 corresponding to the transparent plate 20j emits light, the pattern “9” attached to the transparent plate 20j emits light, and the entire upper end surface of the transparent plate 20j. Emits light.

  That is, when the light source 6 corresponding to the transparent plates 20a to 20j emits light continuously in the order of the transparent plates 20a to 20j, the patterns "0" to "9" applied to the transparent plates correspondingly. It emits light in sequence and plays a dynamic change of numbers. In addition, the decoration effect is enhanced in combination with the color applied by recognizing that light emitted from the upper end surface of each plate flows in order from the front surface to the back surface in accordance with the dynamic change of the numbers.

  FIG. 9 is a front view of the display device 1 and shows a state in which the left, right and center plate units 2, 4 and 3 are displayed in conjunction with each other. For example, when displaying the slot using the left, right and center plate units 2, 4 and 3, the control unit 15 sends the light source 6 corresponding to the transparent plates 20 a to 20 j to the transparent plate 20 a. The light is repeatedly turned on in the order of ~ 20j. Then, the left plate unit 2 repeatedly emits light continuously with numbers “0” “1” “2” “3”... “9”, and each upper end surface of the transparent plates 20a to 20j is rear row from the front row side. It emits light repeatedly as it flows toward the side.

  The control unit 15 performs the same processing as the left plate unit 2 on the right and center plate units 4 and 3. At this time, in the display device 1, slots in which three-digit numbers repeatedly emit light in order from “0” to “9” are displayed, and the upper end surface of each plate is displayed above each digit. Light is emitted repeatedly as a horizontally long light emitting bar from the bottom to the top at the same timing as the numbers are switched.

  Here, FIG. 10 shows an example in which a pattern is displayed on the upper end surface of each transparent plate by combining the light emission of the upper end surface of each transparent plate in the display device 1. At this time, the control unit 15 includes the light sources 6 corresponding to the transparent plates 20a, 20b, 20e-20j, the transparent plates 40a-40f, 40i, 40j and the transparent plates 30a, 30b, 30e, 30i, 30j. Each emits light. Then, as shown in FIG. 10, the numeral “5” is displayed on the entire upper end surface of the display device 1.

  The effect on the entire upper end surface may be, for example, a display of three digits that appear in the slot one digit at a time. For example, in FIG. 9, when the eyes exited after the slot is stopped are “5”, “7”, and “2”, the display device 1 displays the eyes exited in the slot for a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) After that, the entire upper end surface is displayed in the order of “5”, “7”, and “2”.

  Further, in this case, the display device 1 may display not only “5”, “7”, and “2” independently, but also the numbers before and after being linked in time. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, when “5” is displayed on the entire upper end surface of the display device 1 and then “7” is displayed, the control unit 15 sets “5” to the left plate unit. While fading out to the second side, the next number “7” may be faded in from the right plate unit 4 side.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said one Embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible in the range which does not change the summary of invention.

  For example, in each of the plate units 2 to 4, it has been described in the above-described embodiment that the transparent plates are brought into close contact with each other. It is sufficient that the light does not enter the other front surface or back surface, and the light can be installed with a certain distance (for example, within 1 mm before and after each). In other words, the transparent plate can be easily attached and detached by providing such an interval.

  In addition, since the pattern applied to each transparent plate only needs to diffusely reflect the light incident from the lower end surface of the transparent plate by the pattern, the luminescent paint is printed on the transparent plate, and the pattern portion is laser processed or sandblasted. It can also be formed by scratching or scraping thinly.

  Furthermore, in the said embodiment, although the pattern attached | subjected in order to display the slot provided in a game housing | casing was made into the number, it is not limited to this. For example, if the display device 1 is an ornament for viewing, a story-like picture may be attached like a so-called flip book.

  In the above embodiment, the left, right, and center plate units 2, 4, and 3 display three-digit numbers. However, a larger number of digits may be displayed. For example, a calendar may be displayed with a 7-digit number or character, such as XX year XX month XX day (XX) day of the week.

  In addition, the transparent plate corresponding to the “year”, “month” and “day” is attached with the above-described story-like picture so that the story is developed every day or every month. good. In this case, by providing each transparent plate or each unit detachably from the substrate, the user can easily change to a different picture or story at any time and enjoy without getting tired. Further, in this case, a birthday or the like may be stored in the control unit 15 in advance, and a special effect appropriately linked with the upper end surface may be given on the birthday (for example, on the upper end surface only on the birthday) Iridescent colors are emitted in gradation).

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although 10 types of numbers from "0" to "9" were employ | adopted for the front surface of each plate, what is called 7 segments may be employ | adopted. That is, the front surface of each plate is provided with a luminescent paint for each segment. Then, by simultaneously emitting light sources corresponding to a plurality of segments, the segments attached to the front surface of each plate are combined to display numbers 0 to 9, respectively. In this case, each unit can be composed of 7 rows of plates (10 rows in the above embodiment).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Display apparatus 2 ... Left plate unit 3 ... Right plate unit 4 ... Center plate unit 5 ... Substrate 6 ... Light source 15 ... Control part unit 16 ... LED driver 20a-j ... Left 1st-10th row plate 30a-j ... Right 1-10th row plate 40a-j ... center 1-10th row plate

Claims (8)

In a state where a transparent plate on which a different pattern to be emitted is formed is erected, a display device in which a plurality of sheets are stacked in the depth direction from the front,
A plurality of light emitting devices that are provided to face the lower end surface of each transparent plate, and emit light to the lower end surface of the transparent plate to emit the pattern;
A control unit for controlling the light emission timing of these light emitting devices;
And an input unit for inputting a light emission pattern,
The controller is
The display device, wherein the light emitting pattern input from the input unit is converted into light emission timings of the plurality of light emitting devices to control the light emitting devices. The display device according to claim 1,
The display device, wherein heights of upper end surfaces of the plurality of transparent plates are different from each other. The display device according to claim 2, wherein
The display device, wherein the height of the upper end surfaces of the plurality of transparent plates is configured to gradually increase from the near side toward the depth direction. The display device according to claim 2, wherein
The display device according to claim 1, wherein upper ends of the plurality of transparent plates are inclined so that the front side is low and the depth side is high. The display device according to claim 4, wherein
The display device according to claim 1, wherein the inclined surfaces of the plurality of transparent plates constitute a continuous surface across the plurality of transparent plates. The display device according to claim 2, wherein
The controller is
The light emission pattern input from the input unit is converted into the light emission timings of the plurality of light emitting devices, and the light emitting device is controlled so that the light emission patterns can be expressed on the upper end surfaces of the plurality of transparent plates. A display device. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising:
A display device comprising a plurality of transparent plate groups in which a plurality of the transparent plates are stacked side by side. The display device according to claim 1,
The transparent plate is
A display device, wherein a plurality of layers are detachably provided.

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