JP7015584B1 - Beverage production glasses and storage media - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drinking glass capable of freely drawing a picture or a character emitting light on a glass surface according to a user's preference. SOLUTION: A drinking effect glass 1 has a glass main body 10 which is a bottomed tubular body having an upper opening, a plate-shaped light emitting body 30 which emits light in a planar shape, and the light emitting body having a light emitting surface thereof. The glass body is provided with a fixing mechanism 14 for fixing to the side surface of the glass body while facing the main body side, the glass body is provided with a transparent first transmission area 20 for transmitting light, and the glass body is transparent for transmitting light. A second transmission area 21 is provided, the first transmission area is subjected to dew condensation prevention treatment, and the second transmission area is characterized by being made of a member having a plate thickness of 1 cm or less. [Selection diagram] Fig. 1

Description

The present invention relates to a drinking glass that can draw luminescent characters and pictures using dew condensation on a drinking container.

Glasses with various functions other than the function of putting beverages have been developed.
For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique of embedding a small light emitting device inside a wine glass or a beer mug, and a technique of giving vibration to the surface of a beverage with a vibration exciter. According to these techniques, the face of the person holding the glass and the walls of the room are illuminated by the soft light and the swaying light that have passed through the glass and the beverage, so that a relaxed atmosphere can be produced.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-3346

However, the above-mentioned conventional technique cannot freely draw a picture or a character that emits light on the surface of the glass according to the user's preference.

In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a drinking glass that allows a user to freely draw a picture or a character that emits light on the surface of the glass according to the user's preference.

The drinking glass of the present invention has a glass body which is a bottomed tubular body having an upper opening, a plate-shaped light emitting body which emits light in a planar shape, and the light emitting body with the light emitting surface on the glass body side. The glass body is provided with a fixing mechanism for fixing to the side surface of the glass body in a facing state, the glass body is provided with a transparent first transmission area through which light is transmitted, and the glass body is provided with a transparent second transmission area through which light is transmitted. The first transmission area is treated to prevent dew condensation, the second transmission area is made of a member having a plate thickness of 1 cm or less, and the light of the light emitting body fixed to the side surface of the glass body is the light. It is characterized in that after the first permeation area and the beverage inside the glass body are permeated, the light permeates the second permeation area and reaches the outside of the glass body.
Further, the second transmission area is characterized by being made of a transparent resin having a plate thickness of 5 mm or less.
Further, it is characterized in that an LED is used for the light emitting surface.
Further, it is characterized in that an organic EL or an inorganic EL is used for the light emitting surface.
It is also characterized by providing a lid for closing the upper opening.
The recording medium of the present invention is a storage medium in which a computer program used in the beverage production glass is stored, and the computer program displays the same pattern or pattern repetition over the entire screen of the light emitter. It is characterized by that.

In the drinking glass of the present invention, the light of the plate-shaped illuminant fixed to the side surface of the glass body is emitted to the second transmission area in a dew state by the beverage (cold water, etc.) inside the glass body. In the hit state, the user traces the surface of the second transmission area with a finger to partially remove the dew condensation (water droplets adhering to the surface of the second transmission area), thereby emitting light from the above-mentioned illuminant. It is a drinking glass that makes the characters appear on the surface of the glass body or draws them. Therefore, the beverage production glass of the present invention allows the user to draw characters and pictures emitted in various shapes on the surface of the glass body (strictly speaking, the surface of the second transmission area).
It is possible to adjust the color of the light transmitted through the second transmission area by adjusting the color of the beverage inside the glass body. Therefore, it is possible to change the color of the characters drawn on the glass surface according to the color of the beverage in the glass.
Since dew condensation on the surface of the second transmission area (more accurately, water droplets adhering to the surface) acts as a filter that blocks or weakens the light of the illuminant, the area traced by the user with a finger (area without dew condensation) and the area without dew condensation (area without dew condensation) The contrast of light in areas with dew condensation can be highlighted on the surface of the glass body.
The drinking glass of the present invention is a method of drawing light characters on the surface of the glass body by removing dew condensation, so that the characters can be redrawn on the glass as many times as necessary unlike the method of drawing characters on the glass body using a luminous paint. .. The glass is also not soiled by the luminescent paint.
Every time a cold liquid (cold water) such as beer is put into the glass, the surface of the glass body (strictly speaking, the surface of the second permeation area) re-condenses, so that the characters can be redrawn on the glass each time.
Highly safe because it does not use luminescent paint.
If a portable communication device or a video display device is used as a light emitter, and the video display device displays the same pattern or repetition of a pattern over the entire screen, the characters emitted by this pattern or pattern are displayed on the glass surface. I can draw.
If the thickness of the plate of the second transmission area is reduced, dew condensation is likely to occur on the surface of the second transmission area, so that the user can easily draw characters and pictures on the glass surface with a light emitting body.
By setting the thickness of the second transmission area to 5 [mm] or less, even when a resin such as acrylic or polycarbonate is used as the material of the second transmission area, dew condensation is likely to occur on the surface of the second transmission area. .. Since the resin is lighter than the glass, the weight of the production glass for beverages of the present invention can be reduced.

A perspective view (a) and an upper sectional view (b) showing the effect glass for beverages of the first embodiment. Perspective view showing an example of a bottle-shaped beverage production glass Perspective view showing an example of using a video display device of a portable communication device as a light emitting body. Flow chart of a program that displays the same pattern or repetition of a pattern on a video display device

[First Embodiment of Drinking Glass]
Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the beverage production glass of the present invention will be shown with reference to the drawings.
As shown in FIG. 1, a glass main body 10 which is a bottomed tubular body having an upper opening 11, a plate-shaped light emitting body 30 which emits light in a planar shape, and a light emitting body 30 whose light emitting surface 31 is a glass main body 10. It is roughly composed of a fixing mechanism 14 that is fixed to the side surface of the glass body 10 in a state of facing sideways.
The glass body 10 includes a transparent first transmission area 20 and a second transmission area 21 for transmitting light. The material of the glass body 10 is not particularly limited, but at least the first transmission area 20 and the second transmission area 21 must be made of a transparent material that allows light to pass through. Examples of the material of the first transmission area 20 and the second transmission area 21 include transparent resin and glass. The shape of the glass body 10 is not only the shape of a normal beer mug (or the shape of a glass) having a handle 12 as shown in FIG. 1, but also a bottle having a lid 13 for closing the upper opening 11 as shown in FIG. It may be in shape.
The light emitting body 30 may be any plate-shaped light emitting body that emits light in a planar shape, and the light emitting surface 31 of the light emitting body 30 may be a surface light emitting body using an LED, an organic EL, an inorganic EL, or the like as a light source (or a light emitting element). good. As the light source of the light emitting surface 31, a fluorescent lamp or the like using a rare gas may be used.
The fixing mechanism 14 is a fixing mechanism for fixing the light emitting body 30 to the side surface of the glass body 10 with the light emitting surface 31 facing the glass body 10, and the fixing mechanism 14 is stored as shown in the example of FIG. Examples include objects using the portion 15 (or pocket mechanism), a magnet mechanism, a screw mechanism, and the like.
As shown in FIG. 1, the light of the light emitter 30 fixed to the side surface of the glass body 10 passes through the first transmission area 20 and the beverage L inside the glass body 10 and then passes through the second transmission area 21 to pass through the glass body 10. To the outside of.
The first transmission area 20 is subjected to dew condensation prevention treatment, and the light of the light emitter 30 is transmitted to the glass body 10 as it is. On the other hand, since the second permeation area 21 is made of a transparent member having a plate thickness d of 1 [cm] or less as shown in FIG. 1 (b) (the temperature of the beverage L inside the glass body 10 is set to the second permeation area). Since it is very easy to condense (because it is easy to convey to the surface of 21), due to the dew (more accurately, water droplets adhering to the surface of the second permeation area 21 due to dew) (because the first permeation area 20 and the beverage L inside the glass body 10). The light of the illuminant 30 (transmitted through) is shielded or masked. The user can use the UH finger of the user's hand to partially remove (wipe off) water droplets (masking) due to dew condensation on the surface of the second transmission area 21 to emit light in various shapes on the surface of the second transmission area 21. It is possible to make (draw) a picture or the like. For example, in the example of FIG. 1, the dew condensation removal area 22 that wipes off the dew condensation in the shape of the letter A is drawn on the surface of the second transmission area 21 by the user's hand UH, so that the dew condensation removal area emits light in the shape of the letter A. 22 is drawn in the second transmission area 21. The color of this character (dew condensation removal area 22) can be adjusted (controlled) by the color of the light emitting surface 31 of the light emitting body 30 and the color of the beverage L inside the glass body 10.
The effect glass 1 for beverages of the present invention is an effect of coloring the color of the letters (dew condensation removal area 22) on the surface of the second transmission area 21 to amber when the beverage L inside the glass body 10 is amber such as whiskey. Is possible. If the beverage L inside the glass body 10 is cooled in advance in a refrigerator or the like, dew condensation is likely to occur in the second permeation area 21 due to the temperature difference from room temperature (as an example of the beverage L, cold beer or cold beer). Soft drinks, etc. can be considered).

The second transmission area 21 is supplemented with respect to the plate thickness d.
Generally, (transparent) resins such as acrylic resin and polycarbonate have a thermal conductivity of about 1/3 or less as compared with glass. The thermal conductivity of glass is about 0.55 to 0.75 [W / m · K], the thermal conductivity of acrylic resin is about 0.21 [W / m · K], and that of polycarbonate resin is about 0.19. [W / m · K]. Therefore, when resin is used instead of glass as the material of the second transmission area 21, the plate thickness d of the second transmission area 21 should be thinner than 1 [cm]. If a resin having a plate thickness d of 1 [cm] is used for the member of the second permeation area 21, the temperature of the beverage L is on the surface of the second permeation area 21 no matter how much the beverage L inside the glass body 10 is cooled. Is difficult to transmit, so that dew condensation is unlikely to occur on the surface of the second transmission area 21 (like glass), and the beverage production glass 1 of the present invention does not function normally. Therefore, when a (transparent) resin is used as the member (or material) of the second transmission area 21, the plate thickness d of the second transmission area 21 should be 5 [mm] or less (at this time, considering the practical strength). The plate thickness d of the resin should be in the range of 2 [mm] to 5 [mm]). Since the specific gravity of the resin is much lighter than that of the glass, the weight of the glass body 10 can be reduced by using the resin.

As shown in FIG. 3, the image display device 80 may be used as the light emitting body 30. At this time, the image display device 80 may display an image in which the entire screen is filled with a single color as in the light emitter 30 of FIGS. 1 (a) and 2 but instead, as shown in FIG. The same pattern or the repetition of the pattern may be displayed over the entire screen (in the example of FIG. 3, the image 81 of the image display device 80 is displayed by repeating the rectangular grid pattern on the full screen). By using the same pattern or pattern repetition instead of a single color, characters can be drawn on the second transmission area 21 with the pattern or pattern repetition as shown in FIG. The video display device 80 may use a video display device built in the portable communication device. Data such as patterns, patterns, or colors of the image 81 to be displayed on the video display device 80 may be output using the built-in computer 83 (or built-in IC) of the video display device 80 (or portable communication device).

FIG. 4 shows a flowchart of a computer program for displaying the same pattern or repetition of a pattern over the entire screen of the light emitter 30 (or the image display device 80).
In STEP 1, the data of the screen size of the pattern or pattern light emitter 30 (or the image display device 80) is loaded from the memory of the computer. In STEP 2, the same pattern or pattern is repeated over the entire image to generate an image 81. Then, in STEP 3, the image 81 is output to the video display device 80 and the process ends. As a specific algorithm example of STEP 2, the size of the image 81 is calculated using the screen size acquired in STEP 1, and a pattern of a predetermined pattern is repeatedly drawn using a loop statement according to the screen size. The method of doing this can be considered.
The computer program shown in the flowchart shown in FIG. 4 may be stored in a known storage medium such as a flash memory, a DRAM, a magnetic storage medium, or an optical storage medium. Further, it may be installed (saved) in the form of application software in a memory in a video display device or a portable communication device. Further, it may be stored in the memory of the built-in computer 83 (or built-in IC) of the video display device 80 (or the portable communication device).

The present invention is a drinking glass that allows a user to freely draw a picture or character that emits light on the surface of the glass according to the user's preference. From the above, the present invention has industrial applicability.

L Beverage (liquid)
UH User's hand d Thickness 1 Beverage effect glass 10 Glass body 11 Top opening 12 Handle 13 Lid 14 Fixing mechanism 15 Storage part 20 First transmission area 21 Second transmission area 22 Dew condensation removal area 30 Light emitter 31 Light emitting surface 80 Image Display 81 Image 83 Built-in computer

Claims (7)

The glass body, which is a bottomed tubular body with an upper opening,
A plate-shaped illuminant that emits light in a planar manner, and
The light emitting body is provided with a fixing mechanism for fixing the light emitting body to the side surface of the glass body with the light emitting surface facing the glass body side.
The glass body has a transparent first transmission area that allows light to pass through.
The glass body has a transparent second transmission area that allows light to pass through.
The first permeation area is treated to prevent dew condensation.
The second transmission area is made of a member having a plate thickness of 1 cm or less.
The light of the illuminant fixed to the side surface of the glass body is characterized by passing through the first transmission area and the beverage inside the glass body and then passing through the second transmission area to reach the outside of the glass body. Directed glass for beverages. The production glass for beverages according to claim 1, wherein the second transmission area is made of a transparent resin having a plate thickness of 5 mm or less. The drinking glass according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an LED is used for the light emitting surface. The drinking glass according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an organic EL or an inorganic EL is used for the light emitting surface. The beverage production glass according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a lid for closing the upper opening. The light emitter is a video display device of a portable communication device, and is
The beverage production glass according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the image display device can display the same pattern or repetition of a pattern over the entire screen. A storage medium for storing a computer program used in the beverage production glass according to claim 6.
A storage medium, wherein the computer program displays the same pattern or repetition of a pattern over the entire screen of the light emitter.

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