JPH1055143A - Sollar battery type display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily connect an optical fiber by mounting a light emitting main body in a marking panel part of a display device main body provided with a marking part for introducing light from a light emitting main body emitting light by receiving a generated electric power of a sollar battery to a light emitting end through an optical fiber and forming a prescribed mark. SOLUTION: A front face part of a display device main body 12 on which a sollar battery 10 is arranged in the upper part is formed with a marking panel part 83 made of resin and an accumulator 16 for storing the generated electric power of the sollar battery 10, a light emitting main body (LED) 20 emitting light by receiving the generated power and a marking part 18 for introducing the light from LED 20 to a light emitting end 32 through an optical fiber 30 and forming a prescribed mark, etc., are housed in the display device main body 12. The light emitting main body 20 is fitted in a marking panel part 83 provided with a marking part 18. Consequently, under a condition that a light emitting end 32 and a light emitting main body 20 are connected by the optical fiber 30 on the marking panel part 83, the marking panel part 83 is assembled with the side walls 81a-81d of the display device main body 12 and the wiring work of the optical fiber 30 is made easy.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric light display device such as an electric light road indicator, an electric light curve road display, an electric sign, a gate light, an entrance guide light, etc. It relates to a display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, a control board, a capacitor capable of storing generated power in a solar cell, a luminous body that emits light by receiving the generated power, and guides light from the luminous body to a light emitting end through an optical fiber. 2. Description of the Related Art A solar cell type display device provided with a sign portion for forming a predetermined sign is known. This type of solar cell type display device stores power from a solar cell in a storage battery (battery) or a storage battery (capacitor) in the daytime, and takes out the stored power in the nighttime for display. It is used when a predetermined display (for example, an arrow sign indicating that a curve exists ahead of the road) in combination with a display device is performed.

In a conventional display device, a light emitting end of a sign portion is attached to a sign panel portion, while a light emitter is attached to a side wall of a main body.

[0004]

However, the conventional configuration has a problem that it is difficult to connect a large number of optical fibers between the light emitting end of the marker and the light emitting body.

That is, in the conventional configuration, one end of an optical fiber is connected to a light emitter on a side wall of a main body, and then a sign panel portion is incorporated into the side wall. Then, the other end of the optical fiber is connected to a light emitting end of the sign panel portion. Must be connected. It is extremely difficult to connect the optical fibers after the sign panel is assembled on the side wall.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a solar cell type display device which can easily connect optical fibers.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a light emitting element which emits light by receiving electric power generated in a solar cell, and guides light from the light emitting element to a light emitting end through an optical fiber to provide a predetermined sign. In the solar cell type display device provided with a marker portion, a luminous body is attached to a marker panel portion of a display device main body provided with the marker portion.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a luminous body that emits light by receiving electric power generated in a solar cell, and a sign unit that guides light from the luminous body to a light emitting end through an optical fiber to form a predetermined sign. In the solar cell type display device provided with, a holder is attached to the sign panel portion of the display device main body where the sign portion is provided, and a mount is attached to the holder, and the mount has the luminous body and the luminous body. And a binding portion for connecting optical fibers.

According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, since the light-emitting end of the sign portion and the light-emitting body are on the same sign panel portion, first, in assembling the display device, first, the sign panel is used. On the part, the light emitting end and the light emitting body are connected by an optical fiber, and in this connected state, the sign panel part can be incorporated into the side wall of the display device main body. Work becomes easier.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the structure of a single display unit 100, in which a solar cell 10 is provided. The solar cell 10 is disposed above the display device main body 12 so as to be able to efficiently receive sunlight, and is housed in a transparent light receiving unit casing 14 to be protected from dust, wind and rain.

The display device body 12 is box-shaped, and the four side walls 81a to 81d are made of aluminum. The front part is
It is formed of a resin-made sign panel portion 83, and the rear surface portion is formed of an aluminum-made rear panel portion 85, as shown in FIGS. A hook holder 87 is provided on the rear panel portion 85.
For example, a guide post or a pillar 89 on the road is inserted.

As shown in FIG. 1, the display device main body 12 includes a control board 24, a power storage device 16 capable of storing the generated power of the solar cell 10, and a luminous body ("LED") which receives the generated power and emits light. )) And a marker 18 for guiding the light from the LED 20 to the light emitting end 32 through the optical fiber 30 to form a predetermined marker.

According to this embodiment, each component 16, 1
8, 20, 24 are one side portions 12 of the display device main body 12.
a, the control board 24, L
The ED 20, the marker 18, and the battery 16 are stored in this order.

As the battery 16, for example, an electric double layer capacitor can be used. The electric double layer capacitor has a long life because there is no chemical change, and the voltage is relatively high and stable, and is a secondary battery excellent in usability.

The above-described control board 24 is used for the display device main body 1.
The second side wall 81a is fixed to the inner surface of the second side wall 81a via bolts 24a for electrical insulation.

The above-mentioned LED 20 is provided near the control board 24, as shown in FIGS. The LED 20 is fixed to the sign panel 83 after being mounted on the mount 71. That is, an L-shaped holder 82 is fixed to the sign panel portion 83 by an adhesive, and the mounting table 71 for holding the LED 20 and the support plate 72 are addressed to the L-shaped holder 82. The mounting table 71 and the support plate 72 are connected to each other via two bolts 75 as shown in FIG. An optical fiber bundle (bundling portion) 7 for bundling one end of a larger number of optical fibers 30 is provided on the mounting base 71.
3 is attached.

The optical fiber bundle 73 is rotatably mounted between the holder 82 and the mount 71. According to this, since the direction of the optical fiber bundle 73 changes in an arbitrary direction, the connection work of the optical fiber 30 is facilitated.

The light incidence end 73a of the optical fiber bundle 73 is inserted into the mounting base 71 so as to face the light emitting surface of the LED 20. The other end of the optical fiber 30 extending from the optical fiber bundle 73 is
Are connected by an adhesive to the light-emitting end 32 representing the outline (arrow). The light emitting end 32 is a light emitting end of the optical fiber 30, and is specifically a hole formed in the sign panel portion 83.

The sign in the sign section 18 is formed in an arbitrary shape desired to be displayed (for example, a road sign or the like).
Is an "arrow" type.

The optical fiber bundle 73 is provided with the marker 1
It is located approximately at the center of the sign (arrow) at 8. Assuming that the optical fiber bundle 73 is disposed at the end of the marker of the marker 18 as in the related art, the distance between the optical fiber bundle 73 and the light-emitting end 32 of the marker 18 is far, near, etc. When the optical fibers 30 are connected, the bending of each optical fiber 30 becomes non-uniform. According to this, since the optical fiber bundle 73 is disposed substantially at the center of the sign (arrow), the optical fiber 30 connected to each light emitting end 32 has an extremely long length or an extremely short length. It is not necessary to prepare the optical fiber 3
At the time of connection of 0, the bending of each optical fiber 30 becomes substantially uniform, and a well-connected connection state is obtained.

According to this embodiment, since the light emitting end 32 of the marker 18 and the light emitter 20 are on the same marker panel 83, when assembling this display device,
First, on the sign panel section 83, the light-emitting end 32 and the light-emitting body 2
And the sign panel 83 is connected to the side wall 81a of the display device main body 12 in this connected state.
~ 81d.

According to this, after connecting one end of the optical fiber to the luminous body provided on the side wall of the main body as in the prior art,
Since there is no need for a troublesome operation of incorporating the sign panel portion into the side wall and thereafter connecting the other end of the optical fiber to the light emitting end of the sign panel portion, the work of connecting the optical fiber 30 becomes easy.

The relatively large battery 16 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG.
These storage holders 61 are collectively stored, and these storage holders 61 are attached to the inner surface side of the other side wall 81c of the display device main body 12. That is, reference numeral 200 denotes a fixing plate fixed to the inside of the side wall 81c by a rebed (not shown), reference numeral 201 denotes an L-shaped fixture, one piece 202 of which is fixed to the fixing plate with the screw 103, and the storage device 16 mounted on the other piece 204. Is placed. This storage battery 16 is fixed by a storage holder 61. This storage holder 6
1 has a claw member 65 for holding each of the capacitors 16 at one end and a screw 205 at the other end, respectively.
01 is provided on the other piece 204. Reference numeral 202 denotes a cut-and-raised portion formed on the other piece 204, with which the above-mentioned pawl member is engaged.

Next, referring to FIG.
An example of a system in which predetermined display is performed by interlocking each display unit by combining a plurality of 0s will be described.

In this system example, a plurality of display units 1
.. 100N are connected in one direction, for example, from left to right in the drawing.
.. Are formed so as to display the flow of light indicated by the arrow on the sign section 18 by interlocking the lighting of 100N sequentially, and for example, the state of the traveling direction of the road, that is, the presence of a curve, or the vehicle on the road under construction It is configured to call attention to the driver or the like.

Each control board unit 24 of each display unit 100A... 100N has connection terminals 50, 5 for interlock control.
2, 54 and 56, and the interlocking command signal CS is sequentially relayed from the preceding display unit 100A to the subsequent display via these connection terminals 52 to 56 and the signal wiring 55 (hot side) and 57 (GND side). The data is transmitted to the control board unit 24 of the unit 100N.

The connection terminals 54 and 56 are connected to the solar cell 10 including the battery 16, and the terminal 56 is connected to the LED 20. Terminals 52 and 54 are voltage dividing resistors 42 and 44
Is connected to the base of the transistor 40 for driving the LED. The emitter of the transistor 40 is a resistor 60
, And the collector is connected to the electric wiring portion 57.

Each of the control board units 24 is operated by the respective solar cells 10 during the daytime (light receiving time of sunlight).
The power stored in the storage battery 16 is supplied to the LED 20 at night (non-light receiving time of sunlight) to emit light.

Next, the interlocking operation will be described.

First, when an interlocking instruction signal is given to the terminal 50 of the leftmost display unit 100A, the control board unit 2
4 turns on the transistor 40 and supplies the power charged in the storage battery 16 to the LED 20 to emit light. LE
The light of D20 is sent to the light emitting end 32 of the marker 18 via the optical fiber 30, and the display is performed so as to shape the marker 18.

Thus, the first display unit 1
When the lighting operation of 00A is completed, the terminals 50 and 54 of the control board unit 24 of the second display unit 100B (not shown) are connected to the terminals 52 and 54 of the control board unit 24 of the display unit 100A. , And transfers the interlocking command signal CS for the interlocking operation. The control board unit 24 of the second display unit 100B supplies the electric power charged in the storage battery 16 to the LED 20 by the interlocking command signal CS to cause the light emitting end 32 of the marker 18 to emit light via the optical fiber 30.

Next, when the control board unit 24 of the second display unit 100B finishes emitting light from the light emitting end 32 of the marker 18, the terminal 52 of the control board unit 24 of the second display unit 100B, The terminals 50, 5 of the control board unit 24 of the third display unit 100C from 54
4 to transfer the interlocking command signal CS.

In the same manner, the same control as described above is sequentially performed on the subsequent display units 100N by the interlocking command signal CS, and the light-emitting end 32 of the indicator 18 of each display unit emits light, thereby displaying, for example, an arrow-shaped flow. can do.

It is possible in this embodiment to repeat the above-mentioned series of operations as a unit at predetermined time intervals.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the light emitting end of the sign section and the light emitting body are on the same sign panel section, in assembling this display device, first, on the sign panel section, the light emitting end and the light emitting body are connected by an optical fiber, In this connected state, the sign panel section can be incorporated into the side wall of the display device main body. Therefore,
The connection work of the optical fiber becomes easier than the conventional one.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a mounting state of a luminous body.

FIG. 6 is a front view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an attached state of a battery.

FIG. 8 is an electrical connection circuit diagram of the display unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 solar cell 12 display device main body 16 battery 18 sign unit 20 LED (light emitting body) 24 control board 30 optical fiber 32 light emitting end 71 mounting base 73 optical fiber bundle (binding unit) 83 sign panel unit 100 display unit

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Koji Wakabayashi 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture Inside Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masashi Takazawa 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi City, Osaka Prefecture No. 5 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A solar cell type comprising: a luminous body that emits light by receiving electric power generated in a solar cell; and a sign portion that guides light from the luminous body to a light emitting end through an optical fiber to form a predetermined sign. In the display device, the luminous body is attached to a sign panel portion of a display device main body provided with the sign portion. 2. A solar cell type comprising: a luminous body that emits light by receiving electric power generated in a solar cell; and a sign portion that guides light from the luminous body to a light emitting end through an optical fiber to form a predetermined sign. In the display device, a holder is attached to the sign panel portion of the display device main body in which the sign portion is provided, and a mounting base is attached to the holder, and the mounting base includes a light emitting body and a binding part of an optical fiber connected to the light emitting body. A solar cell type display device comprising: