JPH1055144A - Sollar battery type display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently house a control substrate and an accumulator in a device by fixing a control substrate in a state capable of an electrical insulation in an inside wall of a display device main body 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 control substrate 24, an accumulator 16 such as an electrically double layered capacitor capable of accumulating the generated electric power of a sollar battery 10, a light emitting main body (LED) 20 emitting light by receiving the generated power and a marking part 18 introducing the light from the LED 20 to a light emitting end 32 through an optical fiber 30 and forming a prescribed mark are housed in a display device main body. The control substrate 24 is fixed on one inside wall 81a of a display device main body 12 through a bolt 24a. Consequently, the control substrate 24 is not located in the middle part of the display device main body 12 and not disturb a wiring work of the optical fiber 30. Thus, the housing efficiency of parts in the display device main body 12 is improved.

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 which emits light by receiving the generated power, and a light from the luminous body is guided 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 conventional 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 plurality of display devices are combined to perform a predetermined display (for example, an arrow sign indicating that there is a curve ahead in the traveling direction of the road).

In a conventional display device, various components including a large number of optical fibers, a control board, a large-sized electric storage device and the like are housed in a main body.

[0004]

However, conventionally,
There has been no proposal for efficiently storing and laying out various components including a control board and a large-sized capacitor in a display device main body.

An object of the present invention is to provide a solar cell type display device in which a control board and a capacitor can be efficiently stored in a display device body.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control substrate, a storage device capable of storing generated power of a solar cell, and an optical fiber for transmitting light from a luminous body that receives the generated power and emits light. And a sign portion that guides the light emitting end through the light emitting end to form a predetermined sign, wherein the control substrate is fixed to an inner surface of a side wall of the display device body in an electrically insulable state. It is assumed that.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a power storage device capable of storing generated power of a solar cell, and guiding a light from a luminous body which emits light by receiving the generated power to a light emitting end through an optical fiber to form a predetermined sign. In the solar cell type display device provided with a sign portion to be formed, a storage holder is provided on an inner surface of a side wall of the display device main body, and the storage device is stored in the storage holder.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a control substrate, a storage device capable of storing generated power of a solar cell, and light from a luminous body which receives and generates the light and guides the light to an emission end through an optical fiber. And a sign portion forming a predetermined sign, wherein the control board is fixed to an inner surface of one side wall of the display device main body in an electrically insulable state, and an inner surface of the other side wall is provided. Is provided with a storage holder, and the storage battery is stored in the storage holder.

According to these inventions, the control board is fixed to the inner surface of one side wall of the display device main body in an electrically insulable state, so that this control board is not located at the center of the display device main body. Therefore, the control board does not hinder the connection work of the optical fiber or the like. In addition, since a storage holder for storing the capacitor is provided on the inner surface of the other side wall of the display device main body, the capacitor is completely stored in the storage holder. Don't get lost. In any case, the storage efficiency of the components in the display device main body is improved.

[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
The sign panel portion 83 made of aluminum is formed on the back panel portion 8 made of resin as shown in FIGS.
5. A hook holder 87 is provided on the rear panel portion 85, and a guide post or a pillar 89 on a road is inserted into the hook holder 87, for example.

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. become. According to this, since the optical fiber bundle 73 is disposed substantially at the center of the sign (arrow),
Since it is not necessary to prepare an extremely long or extremely short optical fiber 30 connected to each light emitting end 32, a well-connected state can be obtained.

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, 200 is a fixing plate fixed by rivets (not shown) inside the side wall 81c, 201 is an L-shaped fixture, one of which 202 is fixed to the fixing plate with the screw 103 and the other end 204 on which the battery 16 is mounted. 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, and the above-mentioned pawl member is engaged.

As described above, the battery 16 is fixed by the storage holder 61, and the battery 16 is fixed to the aluminum side wall 81.
By fixing to the c side, a plurality of large and heavy storage batteries 16 can be reliably supported by the display device main body 12.

According to this embodiment, the display device main body 1
The control board 24 is fixed to the inner surface of one of the side walls 81a in a state capable of being electrically insulated.
Is not located at the center of the display device body 12.
Therefore, the control board 24 does not hinder the connection work of the optical fiber 30 or the like. The display device body 12
A storage holder 61 for storing the electric storage device 16 is provided on the inner surface of the other side wall 81c, so that the electric storage device 16 is completely stored in the storage holder 61. Accordingly, this also has the effect that the electric storage device 16 does not stop the work of connecting the optical fiber 30. In any case, the storage efficiency of the components in the display device main body 12 can be improved.

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]

According to the present invention, the control board is fixed to the inner surface of one of the side walls of the display device body in an electrically insulable state, so that the control board is located at the center of the display device body. Since the control board does not obstruct the connection work of the optical fiber or the like, and a storage holder for storing the storage capacitor is provided on the inner surface of the other side wall of the display device main body. Since it is completely stored in the storage holder, there is no need to stop the connection work of the optical fiber or the like.

In any of the inventions, the storage efficiency of the components in the display device main body can be improved as compared with 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 (3)

[Claims] 1. A control board, a storage device capable of storing generated power of a solar cell, and a sign that guides light from a luminous body that receives and emits the generated power to a light emitting end through an optical fiber to form a predetermined sign. A solar cell type display device comprising: a control board fixed to an inner surface of a side wall of the display device main body in an electrically insulable state. 2. A power storage device capable of storing power generated by a solar cell, and a sign portion that guides light from a luminous body that emits light by receiving the generated power to a light emitting end through an optical fiber to form a predetermined sign. In the solar cell type display device, a storage holder is provided on an inner surface of a side wall of the display device main body, and the storage device is stored in the storage holder. 3. A control board, a storage device capable of storing generated power of a solar cell, and a sign for forming a predetermined sign by guiding light from a luminous body that emits light by receiving the generated power to a light emitting end through an optical fiber. In the solar cell type display device comprising a portion, the control substrate is fixed in an electrically insulable state on one side wall inner surface of the display device main body, and a storage holder is provided on the other side wall inner surface, A solar cell type display device, wherein the storage device is stored in the storage holder.