JPH1138913A - Polyhedron object - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polyhedron object with high grade feeling, high in the degree of freedom in combination of colors and patterns, by making the colors, etc., luminous by light. SOLUTION: This polyhedron object has at least one switching means 4 on a plurality of planes of a polyhedron, a light emitting means 2 and/or a display means on predetermined planes of the polyhedron, and a power source means inside the polyhedron, and emitting operation of the light emitting means 2 and display contents of the display are controlled by an input of the switch.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a polyhedral object capable of variously changing light emission, its color, display contents, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a polyhedral object to which the present invention belongs, a variety of colors and patterns are printed on a plane portion of the polyhedron, and the polyhedron is used alone or in combination with a combination of colors or patterns. Created their own objects.

However, in the above-described conventional object, since the above-described colors and patterns are printed, it is impossible to change the color or pattern of a once-printed plane. In a combination of each plane, each polyhedron, or the like, a desired color or pattern may not be provided on a desired surface, and there is a limit in flexibility in creating an object.

In these conventional objects,
Since it was printed, there was nothing that emitted light or the like, and there was no one that could change the light, color, pattern, or the like.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention provides a polyhedral object which has a high degree of freedom in the combination of colors and patterns and emits light of a color or the like by light, thereby giving a higher-class feeling. The purpose is to:

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a polyhedral object according to the present invention comprises a plurality of planes of a polyhedron, at least one switch means, a light emitting means and / or a predetermined plane of the polyhedron. It is characterized by having a display means and a power supply means inside the polyhedron, wherein a light emitting operation of the light emitting means and / or a display content of the display means are controlled based on an input of the switch. According to this feature, the presence / absence of light emission and the display content displayed on the display means can be easily changed on the same plane of the polyhedron, so that the degree of freedom of combinations of patterns and light emission can be increased.

[0007] In the polyhedral object of the present invention, it is preferable that the light emitting means emits a plurality of colors, and the luminescent color is controlled based on an input of the switch. This makes it possible to easily change the color of emitted light on the same plane of the polyhedron, so that the degree of freedom of color combination can be increased.

In the polyhedral object of the present invention, it is preferable that at least one magnet portion is provided on a predetermined plane of the polyhedron, and the switch means is a magnet proximity switch that is opened and closed when a magnet approaches. This makes it possible to operate the switch means by burying the switch means in the plane of the polyhedron, without impairing the appearance of the object, and when using a plurality of polyhedrons to create the polyhedral object of the present invention. In the above, the positions of the polyhedrons can be fixed by attracting the magnets.

The polyhedral object of the present invention is preferably formed by combining a plurality of the polyhedrons. In this way, a more complex polyhedron can be easily created, and a variety of objects can be obtained.

In the polyhedron object of the present invention, it is preferable that a power supply means inside the polyhedron is a secondary battery, and a power supply method for charging the secondary battery uses a non-contact power supply method without a contact. In this way, you can supply power,
It is possible to eliminate the lid portion for inserting the battery and the like, and it is not necessary to provide an electrode or the like outside, so that the appearance of the object is not impaired. can do.

[0011] In the polyhedral object of the present invention, the method of controlling the light emitting operation of the light emitting means and / or the display content of the display means based on the input of the switch includes assigning individual IDs to the plurality of switches. It is preferable that the control content be determined electronically by a combination of the IDs of the input switches. In this way, even when a large number of switches are provided, the control can be reliably performed, the control content can be easily changed by changing the program, etc., and the plurality of polyhedrons can be easily changed. For example, when an object is created by using the object, the luminescent color and display content of the polyhedron plane change depending on the relative arrangement, and the like, so that the object can be provided with playability.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing Embodiment 1 of a polyhedral object of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a cross section of Embodiment 2, and FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a circuit showing a charging mechanism in FIG.

The polyhedral object 1 according to the first embodiment has a regular hexahedron shape as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and each plane displays red, green and orange as light emitting means. The LED 2, the magnet 3, and the magnet proximity switch 4 that is activated by the proximity of the magnet are arranged such that the LED 2 is exposed at the center of the plane as shown in FIG.
Further, two magnets 3 and two magnet proximity switches 4 are provided at opposite diagonal portions of a quadrangle which is a plane so as not to be exposed inside the main body.

The inside of the polyhedral object 1 of the first embodiment is
The interior of the outer case 24 of a regular hexahedron formed of synthetic resin is hollow, as shown in FIG.
The substrate 9 is disposed in the cavity, and the LED 2 is connected to the internal substrate 9 at substantially the center of each plane of the external case 24 so that the tip of the LED 2 is exposed. I have.

As shown in FIG. 2, the magnet 3 and the magnet proximity switch 4 are embedded in the external case 24 from the cavity. As described above, two magnets are provided diagonally on each plane, and each vertex of the hexahedron is provided with a magnet 3 as shown in FIG.
Alternatively, the magnet proximity switches 4 are arranged.

Each of the magnet proximity switches 4
Is an MPU (microprocessor) through the board 9
The input from each magnet proximity switch 4 is detected by the MPU 8.

In the power supply means of the first embodiment, a secondary battery 7 is provided on a substrate 9, and a charge control IC 6 for charging the secondary battery 7 is mounted on the substrate 9. And an external charger 1 as shown in FIG.
0, and the charging control IC 6
A ring-shaped main body coil 5 for supplying electric power to a predetermined surface is provided.

FIG. 3 shows a schematic diagram of a mechanism circuit for charging the secondary battery 7 in the first embodiment. First, the configuration of the charger 10 includes the voltage applied to the charger coil 14 and the voltage applied to the charger coil 14. A charger coil control circuit 13 for controlling current, switching, and the like, a power supply 11 and a capacitor 12 for supplying power to the charger coil control circuit 13, and a magnet 15 disposed in the charger coil 14. In the first embodiment, the charging unit 1 incorporating the charger coil control circuit 13 and the charger coil 14 is described.
6, the main body side includes a main body side coil 5, a low-capacitance capacitor 17 and a high-capacity capacitor 18 connected in parallel with the coil for reducing power supply fluctuations of high-frequency and low-frequency components. A rectifier diode 19 for preventing reverse current due to electromotive force is provided. The power transmitted by the main body coil 5 is supplied to the charge control IC 6 to charge the secondary battery 7.

In these charging mechanisms, a method of transmitting electric power from the charger 10 to the main body 1 in a non-contact manner is the same as the relationship between the primary coil and the secondary coil in the transformer, and flows electricity to the charger coil 14. Then, a dielectric electromotive force is generated in the main body coil 5 and electricity flows.

After the secondary battery 7 inside the main body is charged in this way, when the polyhedral object 1 of the first embodiment is arranged as shown in FIG. 3 is not in a close state, the LED 2 of any polyhedral object 1 does not emit light,
When the upper polyhedron object 1a is moved as shown in FIG. 1B, the magnet 3 comes close to the magnet proximity switch 4 of the polyhedron objects 1a and 1b, the magnet proximity switch 4 is closed, and the signal Is the MP
Output to U8, and MPU8 outputs LED2 based on the input.
Is caused to emit green light, so that the polyhedral object 1a,
The LED 2b emits light as shown in FIG.

In the first embodiment, the relationship between the number of planes and the luminescent color at which the ON signal of the magnet proximity switch 4 is output is given as shown in Table 1 below. By changing the position and turning on the magnet proximity switch 4 on each surface, a ROM (not shown) previously incorporated in the MPU 8 so as to emit light in the order of non-lighting → green → orange → red Is programmed to

[0023]

[Table 1] In the first embodiment, when any one of the two magnet proximity switches 4 arranged on each surface is turned on as described above, it is recognized that an ON signal is output from that surface. However, the display may be controlled by individually recognizing each of the magnet proximity switches 4. Further, the relationship between the input of the magnet proximity switch 4 and the emission color of the LED 2 used in the first embodiment is described above. It may be different from that shown in Table 1.

In the first embodiment, the LED
2 emits three colors, and the number is one. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the three primary colors of light, R, G, and B, are emitted to generate a plurality of light. Colors may be emitted, or a plurality of LEDs may be arranged on a plane to display the same color or different colors.

Further, in the first embodiment, all the LEDs 2 arranged on the surface emit light of the same color. However, this is changed on each surface according to the input of the magnet proximity switch 4 on each surface. It is optional to use different colors.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 4 is an external perspective view showing Embodiment 2 of a polyhedral object according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a schematic sectional view of Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

The second embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the first embodiment, the LEDs 2 are arranged on each surface. In the second embodiment, a predetermined surface of a regular hexahedron is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG.

In the internal configuration of the second embodiment, the magnet 3, the magnet proximity switch 4, etc.
0 is not provided on the surface on which the LCD panel 20 is provided, and a backlight 21 composed of an LED and a light guide plate is provided on the back surface of the LCD panel 20. An LCD driver-IC 23 for driving the LCD panel 20 is internally provided. It is mounted on a substrate 9 ′, and is the same as the first embodiment except that this substrate and the LCD panel 20 are connected by a flexible print substrate 22.

In the second embodiment, the ROM inside the MPU 8 has an ID,
((1) to (5)) are provided on the surface other than the surface on which the LCD panel is provided, and in response to an input from the magnet proximity switch 4 on each plane, the MPU 8 causes the display content data corresponding to the ID to be displayed. The program is read out from the ROM, output to the LCD driver-IC 23, and displayed on the LCD panel 20.

The operation of the polyhedral object according to the second embodiment will be described below. FIG. 4A shows that the two polyhedral objects 1a and 1b according to the second embodiment are one of the surfaces of the ID and the ID.
The magnet 3 and the magnet proximity switch 4 arranged on the respective surfaces that are in contact with each other (4) are in close proximity to each other.
Is in the ON state.

As described above, when the polyhedral object according to the second embodiment is arranged, the MPU 8 operates based on the input from the magnet proximity switch 4 which is turned on as described above.
It is determined that the input is the surface of ID (2) in the polyhedral object 1a and the surface of ID (4) in the polyhedral object 1b.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4A, the MPU 8 displays a rectangular striped pattern as display data corresponding to the ID (2) in the polyhedral object 1a and the ID (4) in the polyhedral object 1b. ) Is read out from the ROM, and is read out from the ROM via the LCD driver IC 23.
To be displayed.

Next, the arrangement of FIG. 4A is shifted by rotating the polyhedral object 1'b of the second embodiment.
In the case of (b), the magnet 3 and the magnet proximity switch 4 arranged on the surface of the ID (2) and the surface of the ID (4) where the two polyhedral objects 1'a and 1'b are in contact are in close proximity. Therefore, no input is made from the surface of ID (2) and each surface of ID (4), and neither of the MPUs 8 of the polyhedral objects 1'a and 1'b receives an input from any surface. The concentric stripe pattern, which is the display data of ID0 without input, is read out from the ROM, and is displayed on the LCD panel 20 via the LCD driver IC 23, as shown in FIG.

In the second embodiment, as described above, L
Although the CD panel 20 is provided only on one predetermined surface, it may be provided on a plurality of surfaces similarly to the LED of the first embodiment.

In the second embodiment, the LCD
A backlight 21 as a light emitting means is provided on the back of the panel 20.
However, this luminescent color may be changed in the same manner as the display content as in the first embodiment.

In the second embodiment, when there are simultaneous inputs from a plurality of planes, each I
The original display contents corresponding to the combination of D
And may be read out as appropriate.
When the number of polyhedrons is hexahedral as in the second embodiment, the sum of a plurality of IDs is divided by 6 to obtain a new ID.
Alternatively, display data corresponding to the new ID may be displayed.

In the second embodiment, the programs and display data in both MPUs 8 of the polyhedral objects 1'a and 1'b are the same. What you do is optional.

[0038]

The present invention has the following effects.

(A) According to the first aspect of the present invention, the presence or absence of light emission and the display contents displayed on the display means can be easily changed on the same plane of the polyhedron.
The degree of freedom of the combination of patterns and light emission can be increased.

(B) According to the second aspect of the invention, the color of light emission can be easily changed on the same plane of the polyhedron, so that the degree of freedom of color combination can be increased.

(C) According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to operate the switch means by embedding it in the plane of the polyhedron, without impairing the appearance of the object, and using a plurality of polyhedrons. In the case where the polyhedron object of the present invention is created, the position of the polyhedrons can be fixed by attracting the magnets.

(D) According to the fourth aspect of the invention, a more complicated polyhedron can be easily created, and a variety of objects can be obtained.

(E) According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to eliminate a lid portion for supplying power and a battery, and it is not necessary to provide an electrode or the like externally. And the plane of the polyhedron can be efficiently used as a light emitting means or a display means.

(F) According to the first aspect of the present invention, even when a large number of switches are provided, the control can be reliably performed, and the control contents can be easily changed by a combination such as a program change. In the case where an object is created using a plurality of polyhedrons, the emission color or display content of the polyhedron plane changes depending on the relative arrangement, and the like. Playability can be provided.

[0045]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing Embodiment 1 of a polyhedral object of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing a cross section of Example 1 of the polyhedral object of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a charging mechanism of Embodiment 1 of the polyhedral object of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an external perspective view showing a polyhedral object according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a cross section of a polyhedral object according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Polyhedron object 1a, 1b, 1c Polyhedron object 1'a, 1'b Polyhedron object 2 LED 3 Magnet 4 Magnet proximity switch 5 Body coil 6 Charge control IC 7 Secondary battery 8 MPU (microprocessor-
9, 9 'board 10 charger 11 power supply 12 capacitor 13 charger coil control circuit 14 charger coil 15 magnet 16 charging unit 17 capacitor (low capacity) 18 capacitor (high capacity) 19 diode 20 LCD panel 21 back Light 22 Flexible Printed Circuit Board (F
PC) 23 LCD driver 24 External case

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A polyhedron comprising at least one switch means on a plurality of planes, a light emitting means and / or a display means on a predetermined plane of the polyhedron, and a power supply means inside the polyhedron. A polyhedral object, wherein a light emitting operation of the light emitting means and / or a display content of the display means are controlled based on the input. 2. The polyhedral object according to claim 1, wherein said light emitting means emits a plurality of colors, and the emitted colors are controlled based on an input of said switch. 3. The polyhedron according to claim 1, wherein at least one magnet portion is provided on a predetermined plane of the polyhedron, and the switch means is a magnet proximity switch that is opened and closed by approaching a magnet. object. 4. The polyhedral object according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of said polyhedrons are combined. 5. The power supply means inside the polyhedron is a secondary battery, and a power supply method for charging the secondary battery uses a contactless power supply method without a contact. Polyhedral object. 6. A method for controlling a light emitting operation of the light emitting means and / or a display content of the display means based on an input of the switch, wherein a plurality of individual IDs are assigned to the plurality of switches.
The polyhedral object according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a control content is electronically determined by a combination of each ID of the input switch.