JPH11118957A - Electronic equipment with light transmission window material - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new display part that can use various members for decoration and can create excellent solidity in electronic equipment with a light transmission window material such as an electronic watch. SOLUTION: A cover glass 21, an inside transparent plate 22, and an inside translucent ring 23 are mounted and fixed at specific intervals one another. A translucent thin film 27 is deposited on an internal surface 21a of the cover glass 21, a hologram sheet 28 is placed on an external surface 22b of the inside transparent plate 22, and a print layer 29 is formed on an internal surface 22a of the inside transparent plate 22. Furthermore, a resin film 30 is put on an external surface 23b of the translucent ring 23, and a reflection layer 31 is partially formed on an internal surface 23a of the inside translucent ring 23.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic device having a light-transmitting window material.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, such as an electronic watch, a liquid crystal display panel, a small game machine, a portable game machine, and the like, a display portion including a dial, a pointer, a liquid crystal layer, etc. There is an electronic device provided with a light-transmitting window material to which a light-transmitting window material is attached. In such an electronic device, a three-dimensional effect is given to the display unit, the decorativeness is enhanced,
In order to provide a scale or additional display for providing a necessary display function to the display unit, various decorative elements may be formed by a method such as printing or vapor deposition.

For example, in an electronic wristwatch, a plurality of dials are laminated, an outer dial is provided with an opening, and the inner dial is visible from the opening, so that the display of the display unit is formed. Some have a three-dimensional effect. However, in such a configuration, the three-dimensional design is limited because the inner dial can be visually recognized only at the opening of the outer dial. For this reason, there is a type in which a laminated glass in which a plurality of glass plates are bonded is used as a cover glass, and various printings are performed on the outer surface and the inner surface of each glass plate.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a part of a conventional electronic wrist watch using a laminated glass, and shows a mounting structure of a cover glass fixed to a front surface of a display unit. An annular mounting frame 10a is provided inside the upper part of the watch case 10.
The cover glass is press-fitted and fixed to the mounting frame portion 10a via a ring-shaped hard packing 11 made of plastic or the like. This cover glass connects the outer substrate 12 and the inner substrate 13 with the transparent adhesive layer 14.
Are bonded together. On the inner surface 12a of the outer substrate 12, on the inner surface 13a of the inner substrate 13, and on the inner substrate 1
Decorative layers 15, 16, 17 formed by printing ink, paint, or the like are attached in advance on the outer surface 13b of the third.

[0005]

However, in the structure of the display unit of the electronic wristwatch using the above-mentioned conventional laminated glass, the outer substrate 12 and the inner substrate 1 having the decorative layer are provided.
3 are bonded by the transparent adhesive layer 14, so that the decorative layer 1
There is a problem that the three-dimensional effect cannot be sufficiently displayed because the thicknesses of the layers 5 and 16 cannot be increased.

In addition, since the uneven surfaces on which the decorative layers 15 and 16 are formed are bonded together via the transparent adhesive layer 14, air bubbles easily enter the transparent adhesive layer 14 and the product yield is deteriorated. There is also.

Furthermore, since the use of laminated glass requires a glass bonding step, the positioning of the glass and the handling of the adhesive are complicated and the production cost is high.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to use various decorative members in an electronic device such as an electronic wristwatch having a transparent window material. Another object of the present invention is to provide a novel display unit structure capable of exhibiting a high stereoscopic effect.

[0009]

Means taken by the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problem is that in an electronic device having a light-transmitting window material fixed to a mounting frame portion of a main body, the mounting frame portion is provided. One or more internal light-transmitting materials disposed inside the light-transmitting window material fixed to the outermost layer are fixed with a space between and with the light-transmitting window material. A decorating member is arranged or a decorative pattern is formed between the translucent window material and the internal translucent material inside the translucent window material.

According to this means, since the translucent window material and the inner translucent material are fixed with a space therebetween, the three-dimensional effect can be enhanced by a decorative member or a decorative pattern. In addition to this, the thickness of the decorative member, the arrangement in the thickness direction, the height difference of the unevenness of the decorative pattern, and the like can be freely set, so that the degree of freedom in design can be increased. In addition, since the light-transmitting window material and the internal light-transmitting material are separately mounted, a bonding step, a bonding step, and the like are not required, and assembly can be facilitated.

Here, it is preferable that at least a part of the decorating member is fixed on a surface of the translucent window material and the inner translucent material, and at least a part of the decorating member. Is preferably in a movable state not bound by the translucent window material and the internal translucent material. The decorating members are arranged in various states, such as being attached to the surface of one of the translucent materials within the interval, being sandwiched between opposing surfaces, or being completely accommodated. Can be.

Further, it is preferable that a liquid is sealed in the space. According to this means, by enclosing the liquid, various impressions can be given by scattering or refraction of light by the liquid, coloring or flowing of the liquid. Further, the movement of the decorative member floating in the liquid can be appropriately controlled. Further, depending on the type of liquid, it is also possible to prevent the decorative member from changing over time.

It is preferable that the pressure in the space is reduced or the space is filled with an inert gas. According to this means, by performing decompression or filling with an inert gas, it is possible to prevent the decorating member from changing over time.

Further, it is preferable that at least one of the internal light-transmitting materials is partially present so as to overlap only a part of a plane where the light-transmitting window material is arranged. According to this means, since the internal light-transmitting material is present so as to partially overlap in the arrangement plane of the light-transmitting window material, a more complicated three-dimensional effect can be exhibited.

[0015]

Next, an embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an enlarged view of the structure outside the display unit of the electronic wristwatch of the present embodiment. At the top of the watch case 20 of the wristwatch, three steps are formed in a stepwise manner from the outside to the inside, each of which forms a mounting frame 20a, 20b, 20c. A plate-shaped cover glass 21 is press-fitted into the mounting frame 20a via a ring-shaped hard packing 24. Mounting frame 20b
, An internal transparent plate 22 made of a plate-like acrylic resin or the like is press-fitted via a ring-shaped hard packing 25.
An internal translucent ring 23 made of a translucent resin in the form of a ring plate is press-fitted into the mounting frame portion 20 c via a hard packing 26.

The above-mentioned cover glass 21, internal transparent plate 22
The inner translucent ring 23 is fixedly attached to each other at a predetermined interval. These intervals are arbitrary, and a plurality of intervals may have mutually different values. The cover glass 21, the internal transparent plate 22, and the internal semi-transparent ring 23 are press-fitted into the mounting frame portion via hard packing, but are respectively attached to the mounting frame portion by bonding with an adhesive or holding and fixing with a mounting tool. May be attached.

On the inner surface 21a of the cover glass 21, a translucent thin film 27 formed by thinly depositing a metal or an alloy is applied. The internal transparent plate 22
A hologram sheet 28 made of a synthetic resin as a base material is adhered on the outer surface 22b of the hologram. Further, a printing layer 29 formed by screen printing or the like is formed on the inner surface 22a of the inner transparent plate 22. On the outer surface 23b of the inner translucent ring 23, a resin film 30 on which a pattern is printed is stuck. On the inner surface 23a of the inner translucent ring 23, a reflective layer 31 formed by vapor deposition of aluminum, chromium, gold, silver, copper, other metals or alloys, etc. is partially formed.

The above-mentioned thin film 27, hologram sheet 28,
The print layer 29, the resin film 30, the reflection layer 31, and the like may be formed on any of the plurality of surfaces formed inside the cover glass 21, and each of them may be a time display or other display scale, It can be formed as a part or the whole of a symbol, a number, a character, or any other design or pattern. Further, as other decorative members, metal pieces formed by pressing or plating, decorative members made of shells, stones, cloth, paper, etc., metals or molding resins formed by plating or electroforming, or Alternatively, a device that expresses a pattern or character formed by laser light irradiation, etching, or the like can be used.

Instead of using a decorative member, the surface of the translucent member is composed of a pattern, characters, symbols, etc. formed on the surface by sandblasting, scrubbing, polishing, laser marking, etching, or the like. A decorative pattern may be formed to exhibit a design effect depending on the surface state. In the case of a decorative pattern, another substance is not attached to the light-transmitting material, but light transmission characteristics and the like can be easily changed depending on the surface state, particularly, the unevenness of the surface. In the present invention, the height difference of the surface unevenness in the decorative pattern can be made large, and the surface state or the surface unevenness expressing the decorative pattern hinders the bonding because there is no need to bond the translucent materials. Can never come.

The above-mentioned cover glass 21 and internal transparent plate 22
A liquid 32 such as a transparent oil is sealed between the two. Inside the liquid 32, metal flakes, resin particles, sand,
Decorative bodies 33 made of other various materials and having various shapes are accommodated in a free state. The decorative body 33 is
Buoyancy or sedimentation force due to own weight or volume and liquid 3
When the wristwatch moves in accordance with the fluidity, viscosity, etc. of the second device, various operations are performed. The liquid 32 causes various movements of the decorative body 33, and the thin film 27, the hologram sheet 28,
It also has a function of preventing the decorating member such as the decorating body 33 from being oxidized, corroded, and changed over time. The liquid 32 can also give an accent or a three-dimensional appearance to the appearance by light scattering, refraction, reflection, wavelength selection (when the liquid is colored), etc. by itself.

The space between the cover glass 21 and the internal transparent plate 22 may be evacuated to a reduced pressure, or an inert gas may be filled in the space. In this case, the resistance to the operation of the decorating body 33 is extremely small, but it is possible to prevent the decorating member from changing over time.

In this embodiment, as described above, the inner transparent plate 22 and the inner translucent ring 2 are provided inside the cover glass 21.
3 are attached and fixed at an interval from each other, so that a three-dimensional effect can be enhanced as compared with the related art. In particular, since various decorative layers fixed on the surface can be formed to have a free thickness, and it is also possible to accommodate a free decorative body within an interval, an effective decoration is provided. be able to.

In this embodiment, since a plurality of translucent materials are individually fixed at intervals, a complicated operation such as bonding is not required, and the assembling operation can be easily performed. In particular, it is possible to easily avoid mixing of bubbles and a decrease in light transmittance in the conventional laminated glass.

Further, in the present embodiment, a liquid or a gas can be sealed between the translucent materials, and a freely movable decorative body can be accommodated. Can be improved.

The cover glass 2 described in the above embodiment
1. The internal transparent plate 22 and the internal translucent ring 23 may be not only colorless and transparent but also translucent or colored as long as they have translucency. Also, the internal transparent plate 2 disposed inside the cover glass 21
The 2 and the inner translucent ring 23 need not be plate-shaped or ring-shaped, and can take any shape.

A member having an opening, such as the internal translucent ring 23, or a member which is only partially disposed in the display unit is formed by using an opaque material, or is transparent or translucent. The above-described decorative member and other opaque layers may be formed on the surface of the material described above and arranged as an opaque body as a whole. Such a member may be disposed on the back side of a transparent or translucent translucent material, or may be disposed between the translucent materials.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to an electronic wristwatch has been described. However, various electronic devices such as a mobile phone, a pager, a calculator, various game machines,
The present invention can be similarly applied to a liquid crystal display device and the like.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the light-transmitting window material and the internal light-transmitting material are fixed with a space therebetween, the light-transmitting window material and the internal light-transmitting material are fixed by a decorative member or a decorative pattern. In addition to being able to enhance the three-dimensional effect, the thickness of the decorative member, the arrangement in the thickness direction, the height difference of the unevenness of the decorative pattern, etc. can be set freely, so the degree of freedom in design is also increased Can be. In addition, since the light-transmitting window material and the internal light-transmitting material are separately mounted, a bonding step, a bonding step, and the like are not required, and assembly can be facilitated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic enlarged cross-sectional view showing, on an enlarged scale, an upper part of a display unit of an electronic wristwatch which is an embodiment of an electronic device provided with a light-transmitting window material according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic enlarged sectional view showing the structure of a display unit using a laminated glass of a conventional electronic wristwatch.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 20 watch case 20a, 20b, 20c mounting frame 21 cover glass 22 internal transparent plate 23 internal translucent ring 24, 25, 26 hard packing 27 thin film 28 hologram sheet 29 print layer 30 resin film 31 reflective layer 32 liquid 33 decorative body

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An electronic device having a light-transmitting window material fixed to a mounting frame portion of a main body, wherein the mounting frame portion is disposed inside the light-transmitting window material fixed to an outermost layer. And one or more internal light-transmissive materials are fixed between and with the light-transmissive window material with an interval therebetween, and the light-transmissive window material inside the light-transmissive window material and An electronic device comprising a light-transmitting window material, wherein a decorative member is arranged between the internal light-transmitting materials or a decorative pattern is formed. 2. The light-transmitting window material according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the decorative member is fixed on surfaces of the light-transmitting window material and the internal light-transmitting material. Electronic equipment with. 3. The decorative member according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the decorative member is in a movable state without being bound by the translucent window material and the internal translucent material. Electronic equipment with translucent window material. 4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a liquid is sealed in the space. 5. The light-transmitting window material according to claim 1, wherein the inside of the space is depressurized or the space is filled with an inert gas. Equipped electronic equipment. 6. The internal light-transmitting material according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the internal light-transmitting material partially exists so as to overlap only a part of a plane where the light-transmitting window material is arranged. Electronic equipment with a transparent window material.