JPH04190596A - Illumination display device for electronic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable identification of the kin of an operation mode according to an illumination color by switching light-on/light-off states and the brightness of a plurality of light sources having different luminescent colors in compliance with switching of the operation mode. CONSTITUTION:A control device 1 always checks the on/off state of an illumination function button 20, and selects the adjustment function of the illumination in case of the on-state. And, when an adjustment button 21a is depressed, the operation of a counter 11 is started so that the initial state of the brightness is called. Next, when an adjustment button 21b is depressed, the operation of the counter 11 is started so that the initial state of the brightness is called, and the combination of respective lamps 9a to 9c lighting in response to the count is accessed from a ROM 13 to control a lamp adjusting device 3 so as to perform the light-on of a lamp unit 9. Consequently, an illumination color adjusted by an user may be used as it is, and at the same time, the kind of the operation mode under present selection and the usable function button can be read.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to an illumination display device for an electronic device having an illumination display section on an operation panel.

<Conventional technology> On the operation panel surface of electronic equipment, there are operation members such as push buttons, LCD
A display device such as the above, and an insertion slot for a recording medium such as a CD are provided, but symbols engraved on the surface of the operating member, the area around the operating member, the insertion slot, and the display device are often constructed as an illumination display device.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> In such conventional lighting display devices, is it possible to select the color, brightness, etc. of the lighting?
Alternatively, you could simply select a specific color provided by the manufacturer.

In recent years, as people's preferences have become more diverse, it has become desirable for users to be able to freely select the color, brightness, etc. of illumination in an illumination display device. Another problem is that it is difficult to determine which operating mode is currently in effect by just glancing at the display.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides an electronic device that is provided with a plurality of operation modes and that selects and operates one of them, comprising: an operation panel provided with an operation means; An illumination display section provided on the operation panel, a plurality of light sources with different emission colors provided behind the illumination display section, and a selection means for selecting the on/off state of each light source and the brightness of the lit light source. and a memory means for storing the on/off state of each of the light sources and the brightness of the lit light source, and when the operation mode is switched, the selected operation mode 1'
The present invention is characterized by comprising: a light source control means for reading from a storage means and setting a state of the light source corresponding to the state of the light source.

<Operation> Depending on the operation mode switching, the on/off state and brightness of a plurality of light sources with different emission colors are switched.

<Example> Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

This electronic device is roughly constructed as shown in FIG. The electronic devices include a CD player 81, a tuner 82. A composite audio device is illustrated in which the output audio signal of a tape player 83 is selectively switched by a switching means 84 and outputted to an audio output means (not shown) via an output terminal 85. 81-85 above
is referred to as a sound source section 8. In addition, as described later, the tuner 82
Although the CD player 81 and the tape player 83 are provided in the same casing, and the CD puller 81 is provided separately, the operating section, display section, etc. provided in the casing are commonly used.

-] The operation means 2 includes a sound source selection button 23 on the second housing.
, a control device 1 is built in to control the sound source section 8 and the lamp adjustment device 3 in response to the output of the operating means.

FIG. 1 shows the front panel structure of a housing in which each of the above components except the CD player 81 is built.

A lamp unit 9 provided on the PWB 4 and illumination plays 1 to 5 each having a lamp unit I through an insertion hole 51 through which the lamp unit 9 is inserted are provided behind the panel 7. As shown in FIG. 2, the lamp adjustment device h 9 has three primary colors, a blue lamp 9a, a green lamp 9b, and a red lamp 9c, as a single unit in this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
It is configured to emit light of various colors including white.

A display 6 consisting of an LCD etc. is fixed to the illumination plays 1 to 5, and on the panel 7 there are a tape insertion lower 1, an indicator phase opening lower 2, an illumination function button 2o, an adjustment button 21, a memory button 22 for frequency, etc. Various buttons such as a sound source selection button 23 are provided.

The basic operation of the lamp adjustment system according to the present invention will be explained below.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the control device 1, the operating device 2, and the lamp adjustment device 3. The illumination function button 20 is used to select a mode for adjusting the color and brightness of illumination, and when the control bag M1 detects that the illumination function button 20 is pressed, it enters the illumination adjustment mode. The adjustment button 21 is used to turn on/off each lamp of the lamp unit 9 and adjust the brightness of each lamp, and in this embodiment, the adjustment button 21. Each lamp of the lamp unit 9 is turned on and off according to the suppression time of a. Further, the brightness of each lamp is adjusted according to the suppression time of the adjustment button 21b.

The control device is provided with an oscillator 10, a counter 11, an arithmetic processing device 12, and a ROM 13, and the ROM 13 stores in advance combinations of lamps to be lit according to the suppression times of the adjustment buttons 21a and 21b and their brightness. ing.

The oscillator 10 and the counter 11 constitute a timer for measuring the pressing time of the adjustment button 21.

The arithmetic processing unit 12 is configured to read out the combination of lamps to be lit and the brightness from the ROM 13 according to the suppression time of the adjustment button 21, and control the lamp adjustment device W3 accordingly. The lamp adjustment devices 3a, b, c are devices 9a. b. It is configured to adjust the on/off status of c and the brightness of each.

The operation will be explained with reference to FIG.

After the initial setting (step 30), the control device 1 constantly checks whether the illumination function button 20 is on or off.
1) If it is on, select the illumination adjustment function (step 32). If the adjustment button 21a is pressed (step 33), the operation of the counter]-1- is started and the initial state of the illumination is called (
Step 34). Next, confirm that the adjustment button 21b is pressed (step 35), and if it is pressed, start the operation of the counter 11 and call up the initial brightness state (step 3).
6). If the adjustment button 21b is not pressed in step 35, check whether the adjustment button 21a is pressed (step 42), and if so, count the pressing time (step 43), and turn on the light corresponding to the count. The combination of each lamp 9a, b, c is read from the ROM 1.3 and the lamp adjustment device 3 is controlled to execute lighting of the lamp unit 9 (step 44). If the adjustment button 21a is not pressed in step 44, the illumination adjustment function is ended if the illumination function button 20 is turned off (switch 45) or if a predetermined time has elapsed (step 46).

After step 36, confirm that the adjustment button 21b is pressed again (step 37), and if it is pressed, measure the time H1 by counting the counter 11 (step 38), and set the brightness corresponding to the corresponding run 1- from the ROM, 13. The brightness is read out and set by the lamp adjustment device 3 (step 39). If the adjustment button 21b is not depressed in step 37, the illumination function button 20 is switched off (step 40) or if a predetermined period of time has elapsed (step 41).
), exit the illumination adjustment function.

In the above embodiment, the adjustment button 21a is used to select the lighting lamp;
Although the configuration is such that the brightness is selected using the adjustment button 21b, the invention is not limited to this;
Various aspects are possible for the assignment of functions. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, each lamp 9a is connected to the adjustment buttons 21a, b, c.
, b, and c are respectively assigned, and the brightness of each lamp is adjusted according to the suppression time of the lamp.

In the case of this embodiment, there is an advantage that the ROM 13 for storing combinations of lit lamps and brightness is not required. Furthermore, since the lit lamp can be selected with a single touch and the brightness can be adjusted by the suppression time of the adjustment button 21, there are advantages such as easy understanding of which lamp's brightness is being adjusted.

The operation will be explained with reference to FIG. Here, the operating device 2a
The operation for the other operating devices 2bc will be described, but the same applies to the other operating devices 2bc.

In the initial setting, the resistance P of the lamp adjustment device 3a is set to zero and the lamp adjustment device 3a is turned off (step 50). The control device 1 constantly checks whether the illumination function button 20 is on or off (step 51), and if it is on, selects the illumination adjustment function (step 52). If the adjustment button 21a is pressed (step 53), the counter 11 starts operating (step 54). When the count of the counter 11 exceeds a predetermined value and the pressing time exceeds a predetermined value (step 5S), the adjustment button 21. Confirm the continuation of the press 19 of a (step 56), and turn on the lamp adjustment device 3a to light the lamp 9a. Then, the resistance value of the lamp adjustment device 3a is gradually decreased (step 57), and when the resistance value becomes the minimum (step 58), a warning is issued by an alarm or the like (step 59). and step 56
In the next cycle, the resistance value is gradually increased, the brightness is reduced, and a warning is issued when the resistance value reaches the maximum. In this way, the gradual decrease and increase in brightness are repeated as long as the adjustment button 21a is pressed.

If the suppression of the adjustment button 21a is not continued in step 56 but is pressed once, the current state of the resistance value is determined (step 60.65), and the lamp unit 9a is turned on/off.
Reverse lights out (step 61.66). Then, if the illumination function button 20 is off (step 63) or a predetermined time has elapsed (step 67), the adjustment function is stopped and the counter 11 is stopped. If the predetermined time has not elapsed, press the adjustment button 21. Check the pressing of a b c (step 68), and if there is any suppression, reset the counter (step 69), and execute another process (step 70).
.

FIG. 7 shows an embodiment of an apparatus capable of storing adjusted lighting conditions and recalling and reproducing them. Control device 1
is equipped with a RAM 14, and according to the procedures shown in Figures 4 and 6! I! The lighting state of the lamp units I to 9 that have been adjusted can be stored. Memory buttons 22 a b cd corresponding to the storage areas are provided, and by operating these memory buttons 22, the lighting state is stored in the RAM 14, and the lighting state is stored in the RAM 1/2.
It is configured such that the lighting state stored in 1 can be recalled and reproduced. In this embodiment, when storing data, press the memory button 22 and the illumination function button 20 at the same time,
The configuration is such that the memory button 22 is pressed when calling it up. In the illustrated embodiment, RA is added to the configuration shown in FIG.
Although the configuration is provided with M1.4, it is also possible to add a memory reproduction function to the configuration shown in FIG.

The operation will be explained with reference to FIG.

After the initial setting (step 80), the control table B1 constantly checks whether the illumination function button 2o is on or off (step 8), and if it is on, checks whether the adjustment button 21 is on or off (step 82).

If the adjustment button 21 is pressed, the adjustment mode is set (step 83), the adjustment mode shown in FIG. 4 is executed (step 84), and when the illumination function button 20 is turned off (step 85), the operation (Step 86). If adjustment button 2] is not pressed in step 82, make sure to press 11i of the memory button 22 alone (step 87), and if memory button 22 is pressed, press 11i.
To set the bleed mode (Step 88), the lighting data corresponding to the pressed memory button 22 is stored in the RAM 14.
Read from and switch the lighting state (step 89)
. If the memory button 22 is not pressed individually, check if the memory button 22 and illumination function button 2o are pressed at the same time (step 90); if they are pressed at the same time, set the write mode (step 91); The current lighting state is written in the storage area of RA M14 corresponding to No. 22 (step 92). Step 89.9
After 2, the process jumps to step 85.

According to the configuration described above, illumination of various colors including white can be performed by combining on/off of the blue-red edge lamps 9abC. Additionally, since the brightness of each lamp can be adjusted, it is possible to create even more complex hues. Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, since the illumination condition can be stored, it is possible to easily reproduce the illumination condition adjusted by -degrees.

Therefore, the present invention provides a device that uses the adjustable illumination display device as described above to change the emitted light color each time the operating mode is changed, so that it can be seen at a glance which operating mode is selected. do.

The operation will be explained with reference to FIG.

After the initial settings (step 1.01), the control device 1 constantly checks whether the sound source selection button 23 is pressed or not (step 102), and if it is pressed, switches the operation mode to the operation mode of the next sound source. (Step 10
3). At the same time, data regarding a predetermined luminescent color corresponding to the selected operation mode is read out in step 10.
4) Control the lamp adjustment device 3 to adjust the emitted light color to a predetermined color (step 105) Through the above operations, the illumination display color can be switched to a color corresponding to the operation mode each time the operation mode is switched. , it is possible to identify which operating mode is selected just by looking at the illumination color.

However, if the user has adjusted the emitted light color to his or her preference, it is not preferable to completely change the illumination color as described above.

Therefore, the embodiment shown in FIG. 11 will be explained.

After initial settings (step 1.11), press the sound source selection button 23
In step 1, the control device 1 constantly checks whether or not the button is pressed.
12) When pressed, switch the operating mode to the operating mode of the sound source of the kin (step 113). At the same time, step 14-1]4) of reading predetermined luminescent color data corresponding to the selected operation mode and step 115 reading data regarding function buttons that can be used in the selected operation mode.
), the illumination color is changed based on the luminescent color data read only for the usable function buttons (step 11).
6).

According to this operation mode, the illumination color adjusted by the user is utilized, and at the same time, it is also possible to read the type of the currently selected operation mode and the function buttons that can be used in the operation mode. This is particularly suitable when only a portion of the function button is used in the same operation mode.

Of course, the same effect can be obtained when changing the emitting color of the illumination function button 21 or other specific locations instead of the emitting color of the available function buttons.

It is of course possible for the user to determine the emitted light color corresponding to each operation mode and register it in the RA and M14 using the embodiments shown in FIGS. 7 and 8.

Furthermore, although the above embodiments have been described using an example of an audio device having a plurality of sound sources, the field of application of the present invention is not limited to this.

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, the lighting display device of the present invention includes a plurality of light sources emitting light of different colors, and a selection means for selecting the on/off state of each light source and the brightness of the light source while it is on. Because of this, it is possible to obtain illumination of various colors and brightness, and each time the operation mode is switched, the illumination color is automatically set to correspond to the selected operation mode, so it is possible to identify the type of operation mode by the illumination color. I can do it.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1' is a perspective view showing the appearance of one embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2
The figure is an enlarged view of the lamp unit, FIG. 3 is a block diagram thereof, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing its operation, FIG. 5 is a block diagram of another embodiment, and FIG. 6 is its flowchart I.
・FIG. 7 is a block diagram of yet another embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart 1 thereof. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of an electronic device according to the present invention, and FIGS. 10 and 11 are flowcharts thereof. 1: Control device, 2: Operating device, 3: Lamp adjustment device, 4
: PWB, 5: Illumination plate, 6: Display, 7:
Panel, 8: Sound source section, 9: Lamp unit, 10: Oscillator, 11: Counter, 12: Arithmetic processing unit, 13:
ROM, 14: RAM, 20: Illumination function button, 21
: Adjustment button, 22: Memory button, 23: Sound source selection button. Patent applicant Tararion Co., Ltd. Figure 4 Illumi s w 31 N ON? Figure 10 Figure 11

Claims (1)

[Claims] An electronic device that has a plurality of operation modes and selects one of them to operate, comprising: an operation panel provided with an operation means; an illumination display section provided on the operation panel; a plurality of light sources with different emission colors provided behind the lighting display section; a selection means for selecting the on/off state of each light source and the brightness of the lit light source; and a selection means for selecting the on/off state of each light source and the brightness of the lit light source. It is characterized by comprising: a storage means for storing the brightness of the light source; and a light source control means for reading from the storage means and setting the state of the light source corresponding to the selected operation mode when the operation mode is switched. Lighting display device for electronic equipment.