JPH0224139Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the invention] (1) Technical field of the invention The invention relates to a multi-digit display for panel display of digital data of calculators and measuring instruments. This relates to a character display device that uses only selected elements of 15 elements to change color or emit light.

(2) Prior art and its problems Conventionally, a total of 7 element elements (segments), 4 vertically and 3 horizontally, were used for each character.
Data (numbers and characters) are displayed by arranging them in the shape of a letter, but due to the number of elements, it is sufficient to display numbers from 0 to 9, for example.
Other symbols and characters such as "+" symbol, alpha alphabet "K", "M", "N", "Q", "R"
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Due to display limitations such as the inability to display "V", "W", etc., it is often used in general office automation equipment that only displays numbers "0" to "9". .

In the case of the conventional 7-segment display, characters or special symbols that cannot be displayed are developed specifically for use. Without it, it would be extremely irrational and uneconomical, and it would take a long time to develop.

(3) Purpose of the invention The invention relates to a display device installed at a store where securities or commodity trading operations are carried out to display information such as stock prices, and is particularly applicable to industrial fields that have a large amount of information and require special display characters. The present invention provides an effective character display for electronic computers.

(4) Structure and operation of the invention The character display device according to the invention is composed of a total of 15 elements: 4 small horizontal elements, 2 large horizontal elements, and 9 vertical elements. It has a structure in which multiple characters, symbols, or numbers display parts are arranged side by side, and it can display not only numbers "0" to "9" but also elements designated with symbols and characters other than numbers. It is characterized by being able to display by emitting light or changing color.

The present invention will be explained in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the main parts of an embodiment of the present invention, in which A is a plan view, B is a front view, C is a rear view, and D is a right side view. In the figure, 1 is a substrate, 2 is a small horizontal element, 3 is a large horizontal element, 4 is a vertical element, 5 is a terminal, and 6 is a back plate.

The elements constituting the characters are called horizontal elements and vertical elements, which mean horizontally long rectangular elements (display poles) and vertically long rectangular elements (display poles) on the surface of the substrate 1.

In Fig. 1, two small horizontal elements 2 are placed side by side at the top and bottom of the positions where characters are to be composed, and about twice as many small horizontal elements 2 are placed in the middle at approximately equal intervals. Two large horizontal elements 3 having a long length and a slightly narrow center part are arranged together. Furthermore, by arranging nine vertical elements 4 at the left end, center, and right end of the interval between each horizontal element, it is constructed in the shape of a "Q" inserted into a "□".

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the arrangement shape is such that it becomes an italic character. A data display is constructed by arranging a plurality of sets of character display sections, each of which is a combination of a total of 15 elements as described above, horizontally. Figure 1
The part indicated by the dashed dotted line is omitted because it is long horizontally.

Each set of character displays displays various character patterns by emitting light or changing color of a designated element among the 15 elements. Second
Figures 3 and 3 show examples in which various character patterns are displayed. The elements filled in black are the parts that emit light or change color. The characters displayed are shown below each pattern diagram.
SP is space.

(5) Effects of the invention General display that simply displays numbers “0” to “9”
Unlike a 7-segment display for OA equipment, it can display a wide variety of information characters or symbols using 8 more segments (15 segments in total), so its advantage is that alphanumeric characters and special symbols other than numbers can be set and displayed. Therefore, it has a wide range of applications, such as being effective for displaying data such as stock price information, and is highly versatile.

Although it has more strokes than the conventional 7 segments,
The appearance is similar, and the display area can be freely formed in any size like the 7 segments, so it is efficient because it does not take up unnecessary area.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view, front view, rear view, and side view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams of various character patterns displayed using the present invention. 1...Substrate, 2...Small horizontal element, 3
...Large horizontal element, 4...Vertical element, 5...Terminal, 6...Back plate.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claim for Utility Model Registration] In a character display for a computer in which a required number of character display sections are arranged horizontally at required intervals, each of the character display sections includes numbers from 0 to 9 and katakana for stock price information. In order to display special characters and symbols including as a unit, a vertical element group in which first, second, and third columns each having three elements arranged vertically are arranged in three columns at regular intervals; , four small elements are arranged between the first and second columns and between the second and third columns at the upper and lower ends of the second and third columns, respectively, Furthermore, at the boundary position of each element of the first, second, and third columns, the first, second, and
It consists of a horizontal element group in which two large elements are arranged respectively across the third column, and the special characters and symbols including the numbers from 0 to 9 and katakana for stock price information are the two at the bottom. 1. A character display for an electronic computer, characterized in that the display is configured to display on the basis of small elements.