JP6919944B1 - Video display device Fixture and remote toast counter system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image display device fixing device for a beverage glass and a remote toast counter capable of easily attaching and detaching a fixing mechanism for fixing an image display device arranged on a side surface of a glass body. The challenge is to provide a system. An image display device fixing device of the present invention is an image display device fixing device for fixing an image display device to a side surface or a vicinity of a side surface of a beverage glass which is a bottomed tubular body having an upper opening, and the image is described above. A pocket mechanism for inserting a display device and a U-shaped frame to be joined to the end of the upper opening are provided. The pocket mechanism is made of a transparent dielectric, and the U-shaped frame is the U-shaped frame. Located near the top of the pocket mechanism, the U-shaped frame is made of a transparent material, and the pocket mechanism is placed on the side surface of the beverage glass by inserting the end of the upper opening into the U-shaped frame. Is fixed. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to a video display device fixing device and a remote toast counter system using the same.

Glasses with various functions other than the function of putting beverages have been developed.
For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a production glass for beverages invented by the inventor of the present application. This effect glass for beverages is equipped with an image display device fixed to the side of the glass and a reflector arranged inside the glass body, and the effect of projecting the image of the image display device on the inside of the glass in a pseudo manner is achieved. It is a possible glass.
Patent Document 2 discloses a production glass for beverages invented by the inventor of the present application. This production glass for beverages is equipped with an image display device fixed to the side of the glass and a glass body having a plano-convex cross section, and the beverage inside the glass body is used as a lens to magnify the image of the image display device. Is.

Patent No. 6488049 Patent No. 6679076

However, in Patent Documents 1 and 2, it is impossible to easily attach / detach the fixing mechanism for fixing the image display device arranged on the side surface of the glass body.

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides an image display device fixing device for a beverage glass, which can easily attach / detach a fixing mechanism for fixing an image display device arranged on a side surface of a glass body. That is the issue.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a remote toast counter system using the image display device fixing device.

The image display device fixing device of the present invention is an image display device fixing device for fixing the image display device to the side surface or the vicinity of the side surface of a beverage glass which is a bottomed tubular body having an upper opening. It is provided with a pocket mechanism to be inserted and a U-shaped frame to be joined to the end of the upper opening. The pocket mechanism is made of a transparent dielectric material, and the U-shaped frame also has a return portion thereof. The U-shaped frame is located near the upper part of the pocket mechanism, and the return portion of the U-shaped frame is on the inner surface of the beverage glass of the image of the image display device. By reaching the position where the light is blocked, the area contributing to the friction generated between the return portion and the inner surface of the beverage glass is increased, and the end portion of the upper opening is inserted into the U-shaped frame to cause the beverage. The pocket mechanism is fixed to the side surface of the glass.
Further, the joint portion between the U-shaped frame and the end portion of the upper opening is provided with a sheet made of a flexible material.
Further, the pocket mechanism is provided with a hole.
Further, the U-shaped frame and the pocket mechanism are separate independent units, and when the end of the upper opening is inserted into the U-shaped frame, a part of the pocket mechanism is also inserted. It is characterized by.
Further, the bottom frame, which is a bottomed tubular body having an upper opening, is provided, and the bottom of the beverage glass and the bottom of the pocket mechanism are inserted into the bottom frame together.
Further, the U-shaped frame is curved.
Further, the U-shaped frame is not curved.
Further, it is characterized in that a plurality of the U-shaped frames are provided.
Another feature is that the video display device is a part of a portable communication device.
The remote toast counter system of the present invention includes the image display device fixing device, the beverage glass, the portable communication device, an external server computer, and a user operation detection unit, and the user operation detection unit. Detects that the user has moved, tilted, or collided with another object based on the output data of the acceleration sensor or camera sensor of the portable communication device, and transmits the output signal to the external server computer. The external server computer receives the output signal, counts the number of receptions, records the total number of toast operations, and allows the user to view the cumulative number of toast operations.

The image display device fixing device of the present invention is provided with a U-shaped frame in the vicinity of the upper part of the pocket mechanism for inserting and fixing the image display device, and is provided at the end of the upper opening of the beverage glass. By inserting the U-shaped frame, the pocket mechanism can be fixed to the drinking glass.
Since the image display device fixing device of the present invention can be easily attached to and detached from the beverage glass, the user can perform two states, one with and without the pocket mechanism for inserting the image display device into the beverage glass, depending on the situation. Switch quickly (the user does not get his hands wet with the beverage in the beverage glass).
Since the pocket mechanism used in the image display device fixing device of the present invention is made of a transparent material, it prevents the image of the image display device arranged on the side surface of the beverage glass from being projected onto the beverage inside the beverage glass. No.
Since the pocket mechanism used in the image display device fixing device of the present invention is made of a dielectric material that transmits radio waves, even if the image display device inserted in the pocket mechanism is a portable communication device such as a mobile phone or a smartphone, the portable communication device is used. It does not interfere with the radio waves of.
Since the U-shaped frame used in the image display device fixing device of the present invention is made of a transparent material (to increase the area of the joint), the image of the image display device is in the glass even if a large U-shaped frame is used. It does not prevent it from being projected onto the beverage (which is a great advantage for increasing the fixing strength of the pocket mechanism and the glass). Further, since the U-shaped frame is located near the upper part of the pocket mechanism, in principle, the fixing strength of the pocket mechanism and the drinking glass naturally increases depending on the weight of the pocket mechanism and the image display device.
Since the image display device fixing device of the present invention is fixed by inserting a U-shaped frame into the end of the upper opening of the beverage glass, the pocket mechanism does not fall off from the beverage glass unless the beverage glass is turned upside down. .. Therefore, the image display device does not fall off from the beverage glass even when the beverage glass is tilted by a toasting operation or the like.
By using the image display device fixing device of the present invention, it is possible to construct a remote toast counter system that aggregates and displays the number of remote toasts with beverage glasses of various shapes.

A perspective view (a) and a cross-sectional view (b) showing the image display device fixing device of the first embodiment. Sectional view (a) and sectional view (b) showing an arrangement example of an image display device inside a pocket mechanism. Sectional view (a) and sectional view (b) showing examples of U-shaped frames of different sizes. Sectional drawing showing an example including a sheet made of a flexible material Upper sectional view (a) and upper sectional view (b) showing an example of the shape of the U-shaped frame. Top sectional view showing an example including a plurality of U-shaped frames. A perspective view (a) and a perspective view (b) showing an example in which the pocket mechanism is provided with a hole. A perspective view showing the image display device fixing device of the second embodiment. A perspective view showing a video display device fixing device according to a third embodiment. Diagram showing the configuration of a remote toast counter system

[First Embodiment of Video Display Fixture]
Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the image display device fixing device of the present invention will be shown with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1A, the image display device fixing device 1 of the present embodiment has a pocket mechanism 2 for inserting and fixing the image display device 80 and an end portion of the upper opening 11 of the beverage glass 10. It is roughly composed of a U-shaped frame 3 having a U-shape for insertion.
The pocket mechanism 2 is a member for supporting or fixing the image display device 80 on or near the side surface of the beverage glass 10. Since the pocket mechanism 2 is made of a transparent material, the image 81 (or image) of the image display device 80 arranged on the side surface of the beverage glass 10 as shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b) is the image 81 (or image) of the beverage glass 10. Since it does not prevent the image from being projected onto the beverage L inside the beverage L, the user U can visually recognize the image 81 through the beverage glass 10 (note that the broken line arrow in FIG. 1 is an image of the image display device 80 for explanation. It expresses the image of the optical path W of the projected light of 81). In the present embodiment, the beverage glass 10 is assumed to be an ordinary glass made of a transparent material (for example, a transparent glass cup, a beer mug, etc.). As shown in FIG. 2A, even when the image display surface 82 of the image display device 80 inside the pocket mechanism 2 faces the inside side (or the beverage L side) of the beverage glass 10, it is shown in FIG. 2B. Even when facing the outside of the beverage glass 10, the user U can visually recognize the image 81 of the image display device (that is, the image display device 80 can be reversibly fixed by making the pocket mechanism 2 transparent). Since the pocket mechanism 2 is made of a dielectric material that allows radio waves to pass through, even if the image display device 80 in the pocket mechanism 2 is a part of the portable communication device 100 such as a mobile phone or a smartphone, the radio waves of the portable communication device 100 are obstructed. There is nothing to be done. Examples of the material of the pocket mechanism 2 include transparent glass and acrylic resin (glass is one of the dielectrics that transmit radio waves well).
The U-shaped frame 3 is located near the upper part of the pocket mechanism 2, and the U-shaped frame 3 is inserted from above into the end of the upper opening 11 of the beverage glass 10 as shown in FIG. 1 (b). The pocket mechanism 2 is fixed to the side surface of the beverage glass 10. Since the U-shaped frame 3 is located near the upper part of the pocket mechanism 2, the U-shaped frame 3 always exerts a downward force due to the weight of the pocket mechanism 2 and the image display device 80. Therefore, the pocket mechanism 2 and the drinking glass are used. The fixing strength of 10 increases naturally. As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the larger the size of the U-shaped frame 3, the joint portion 6 between the U-shaped frame 3 and the end of the upper opening 11 (that is, the U-shaped frame 3). Since the area that contributes to the friction at the end of the upper opening 11 also increases, the pocket mechanism 2 can be more firmly fixed to the beverage glass 10 (that is, FIG. 3 (b) is better than FIG. 3 (a). The fixing strength of the U-shaped frame 3 is strong). In order to increase the fixing strength of the U-shaped frame 3, it is desirable that the U-shaped frame 3 has a size as large as possible. However, when a large U-shaped frame 3 is used, there arises a problem that the optical path W of the image 81 of the image display device 80 is blocked by the return portion 5 of the U-shaped frame 3 as shown in FIG. 3 (b). To solve this problem, the U-shaped frame 3 may be made of a transparent material. This makes it possible to increase the area size of the joint portion 6, that is, the fixing strength between the beverage glass 10 and the pocket mechanism 2 as much as necessary. Examples of the material of the U-shaped frame 3 include transparent glass and acrylic resin. If necessary, the U-shaped frame 3 may be made of a dielectric material as in the pocket mechanism 2.
The image display device fixing device 1 may be a U-shaped frame 3 and a pocket mechanism 2 integrated and cast by integral molding, or the U-shaped frame 3 and the pocket mechanism 2 are separated and independent. It may be manufactured as a unit and the two may be integrated by a screw mechanism, an adhesive or the like.

In the image display device fixing device 1 of the present invention, the pocket mechanism 2 can be fixed to the beverage glass 10 simply by inserting the U-shaped frame 3 into the end of the upper opening 11 of the beverage glass 10. Therefore, the user U can easily switch between the state where the beverage glass 10 has the pocket mechanism 2 and the state where the pocket mechanism 2 is not provided. Further, when removing the U-shaped frame 3 from the end of the upper opening 11 of the beverage glass 10, the user U only needs to grab the U-shaped frame 3 and pull it straight up. The user U does not get his hands wet due to the beverage L when the pocket mechanism 2 is attached / detached.
Since the image display device fixing device 1 of the present invention is transparent in both the pocket mechanism 2 and the U-shaped frame 3, even if it is attached to a transparent glass, the transparency and aesthetics of the glass are not impaired.
In the image display device fixing device 1 of the present invention, since the U-shaped frame 3 is inserted into the end of the upper opening 11 of the beverage glass 10 to fix it, the pocket mechanism 2 is the beverage glass unless the beverage glass 10 is turned upside down. It will not drop out of 10. Therefore, the pocket mechanism 2 and the image display device 80 do not fall off from the beverage glass 10 even when the beverage glass 10 is tilted by a toasting operation or the like.

When the U-shaped frame 3 is inserted into and fixed to the end of the upper opening 11 of the beverage glass 10 as shown in FIG. 4A or FIG. 4B, the U-shaped frame 3 and the upper opening 11 A sheet 4 made of a flexible material may be sandwiched and fixed to the joint portion 6 at the end portion. Since the sheet 4 has flexibility, it is possible to prevent the end portion of the upper opening 11 of the beverage glass 10 from being damaged or damaged by the U-shaped frame 3. Further, by deforming the sheet 4, it is possible to correspond to a beverage glass 10 made of glass having various thicknesses. Since the sheet 4 has flexibility, it is possible to increase the friction between the U-shaped frame 3 and the joint portion 6 at the end of the upper opening 11, and as a result, the beverage glass 10 and the image display device fixing device are used. The fixing strength of 1 (or pocket mechanism 2) is increased.
Examples of the material of the sheet 4 include rubber and silicon rubber. The sheet 4 may be made of a transparent material, so that the image 81 of the image display device 80 does not interfere with the projection onto the beverage L inside the beverage glass 10.

As shown in FIG. 5B, in the case of the beverage glass 10 having a curved end (viewed from the upper direction) of the upper opening 11, the U-shaped frame 3 may also be curved. .. In the case of the beverage glass 10 having a shape in which the end (viewed from the upper direction) of the upper opening 11 is not curved as shown in FIG. 5 (a), the U-shaped frame is not curved (that is, a normal straight line). 3 may be used. By matching the shapes of the ends of the U-shaped frame 3 and the upper opening 11 (that is, aligning the radii of curvature of both), the strength of the joint between the U-shaped frame 3 and the end of the upper opening 11 is increased. As shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of U-shaped frames 3 may be used. By using a plurality of U-shaped frames 3, the fixing strength is increased as compared with the case where there is only one U-shaped frame 3.
As shown in FIG. 7A or FIG. 7B, the pocket mechanism 2 may be provided with a hole 7. By doing so, the button or the touch panel of the image display device 80 inside the pocket mechanism 2 can be pressed and operated. Further, the hole 7 may be provided on the side of the beverage glass 10 (by doing so, when the beverage glass 10 condenses, the user can quickly wipe it off).

[Second Embodiment of Video Display Fixture]
Hereinafter, the second embodiment of the image display device fixing device of the present invention will be shown with reference to the drawings, but the parts having the same configuration as the image display device fixing device 1 of the first embodiment will be the same. Reference numerals will be given and the description thereof will be omitted.
In the image display device fixing device 1 of the present embodiment, the U-shaped frame 3 and the pocket mechanism 2 are separated as shown in FIG. 8, and when the end portion of the upper opening 11 is inserted into the U-shaped frame 3. A part of the pocket mechanism 2 is also inserted together (that is, a part of the pocket mechanism 2 is also fixed together with the end portion of the upper opening 11). As a result, the beverage glass 10 and the pocket mechanism 2 are integrated. Since this method is an independent unit in which the U-shaped frame 3 and the pocket mechanism 2 are separated, there is an advantage that the user can replace the pocket mechanism 2 having various shapes.
However, there is one caveat. In the image display device fixing device 1 of the present embodiment, the U-shaped frame 3 and the pocket mechanism 2 are separated. Therefore, when the heavy image display device 80 is inserted into the pocket mechanism 2. It should be noted that there is a risk that the U-shaped frame 3 and the pocket mechanism 2 will be separated by gravity and the pocket mechanism 2 will fall off. Therefore, when it is expected that the heavy image display device 80 is used, it is better to use the image display device fixing device of the first embodiment.

[Third Embodiment of the image display device fixing device]
Hereinafter, the third embodiment of the image display device fixing device of the present invention will be shown with reference to the drawings, but the parts having the same configuration as the image display device fixing device 1 of the first embodiment will be the same. Reference numerals will be given and the description thereof will be omitted.
The image display device fixing device 1 of the present embodiment includes a bottom frame 8 which is a bottomed tubular body having an upper opening as shown in FIG. 9, and the bottom frame 8 includes the bottom of the beverage glass 10 and the pocket mechanism 2. It is characterized by inserting the bottom of the body together. By inserting the bottom of the beverage glass 10 and the bottom of the pocket mechanism 2 together into the bottom frame 8, the beverage glass 10 and the pocket mechanism 2 are fixed via the bottom frame 8, so that the beverage glass 10 and the pocket mechanism 2 are fixed. The fixing strength of 2 (that is, the image display device fixing device 1) can be strengthened. The bottom frame 8 is particularly useful for strengthening the bond (or fixing strength) between the beverage glass 10 and the pocket mechanism 2 near the bottom. A locking or stopper mechanism (magnet mechanism or the like) may be provided on the bottom of the bottom frame 8 or the pocket mechanism 2 to prevent the bottom frame 8 from falling off.

[Implementation of remote toast counter system]
Hereinafter, embodiments of the remote toast counter system of the present invention will be described. The parts having the same configuration as the image display device fixing device of each of the above embodiments are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted.
Most models of portable communication devices such as mobile phones and smartphones have built-in acceleration sensors and camera sensors. The accelerometer can acquire the amount of movement, the amount of inclination, and the presence or absence of collision with another object based on the acceleration of the object in which the sensor is built. The camera sensor can also acquire the amount of movement of an object, the amount of inclination, and the presence or absence of collision with another object by image analysis. Therefore, in the remote toast counter system of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, the image display device fixing device 1 of the present invention, the beverage glass 10, the portable communication device 100, the external server computer 200, and the user operation detection unit 102 And.
Based on the signal from the sensor 101 (accelerometer, camera sensor, etc.) of the portable communication device 100, the user operation detection unit 102 performs a user operation (collision with another beverage glass 300, tilt operation, etc.) on the beverage glass 10. Detects and sends it to a remote server computer 200 or the like. As shown in FIG. 10, the remote location toast counter system can be obtained by counting the number of receptions by the remote location server computer 200 and recording it as the cumulative number of toast operations so that it can be viewed or published. ..
The user operation detection unit 102 may be mounted inside a dedicated IC chip attached to the video display device fixing device 1, or may be mounted on an external server computer or a portable communication device 100.

Since the present invention is an image display device fixing device that can be easily attached to and detached from the beverage glass, the user can change the situation into two states, one with and without the pocket mechanism for inserting the image display device into the beverage glass. It can be switched quickly accordingly. In addition, the U-shaped frame used for joining with the beverage glass is transparent and can be enlarged, which makes it possible to increase the fixing strength between the beverage glass and the pocket mechanism, and further, the pocket mechanism and the image display device itself. Since the fixing strength is naturally increased by the weight of the glass, the pocket mechanism and the drinking glass do not unintentionally separate, and the glass can be tilted or toasted smoothly. From the above, the present invention has industrial applicability.

L Beverage (liquid)
U User W Optical path (optical path of projected light of image)
1 Video display device fixing device 2 Pocket mechanism 3 U-shaped frame 4 Sheet 5 Return part 6 Joint 7 Hole 8 Bottom frame 10 Beverage glass 11 Top opening 80 Video display device 81 Video 82 Video display surface 100 Portable communication device 101 Sensors (accelerometer, camera sensor)
102 User operation detector 200 Server computer 300 Other beverage glasses

Claims (10)

An image display device fixing device for fixing an image display device on or near the side surface of a beverage glass which is a bottomed tubular body having an upper opening.
A pocket mechanism for inserting the video display device and
A U-shaped frame to be joined to the end of the upper opening is provided.
The pocket mechanism is made of a transparent dielectric.
The U-shaped frame is made of a transparent material including its return part.
The U-shaped frame is located near the upper part of the pocket mechanism.
The return portion of the U-shaped frame reaches a position on the inner surface of the beverage glass that blocks the light of the image of the image display device, thereby contributing to the friction generated between the return portion and the inner surface of the beverage glass. Increase the area,
An image display device fixing device characterized in that the pocket mechanism is fixed to the side surface of the beverage glass by inserting the end portion of the upper opening into the U-shaped frame.
The image display device fixing device according to claim 1, wherein a sheet made of a flexible material is provided at a joint portion between the U-shaped frame and the end portion of the upper opening.
The image display device fixing device according to any one of claims 1 to 2, wherein the pocket mechanism is provided with a hole.
The U-shaped frame and the pocket mechanism are separate independent units.
The image display device fixing according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein when the end portion of the upper opening is inserted into the U-shaped frame, a part of the pocket mechanism is also inserted. Instrument.
With a bottom frame, which is a bottomed tubular body with a top opening,
The image display device fixing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the bottom of the beverage glass and the bottom of the pocket mechanism are inserted into the bottom frame together.
The image display device fixing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the U-shaped frame is curved.
The image display device fixing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the U-shaped frame is not curved.
The image display device fixing device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a plurality of U-shaped frames.
The video display device fixing device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the video display device is a part of a portable communication device.
The video display device fixing device according to claim 9,
With the beverage glass
With the portable communication device
With an external server computer
Equipped with a user operation detector
The user operation detection unit detects that the user has moved, tilted, or collided with another object based on the output data of the acceleration sensor or the camera sensor of the portable communication device, and outputs the output signal to the outside. Send to the server computer and
The external server computer receives the output signal, counts the number of times the output signal is received, records the total number of toast operations, and allows the user to view the total number of toast operations.

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