KR20100013581A - Eye assembly of manikin - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An eyeball assembly for a doll or a mannequin is provided to offer realistic feelings to users by dynamically moving eyeballs like human body through a natural up and down, left and right movement of the eyeball, an intermittent movement of eyelids, and a secretion of tears. CONSTITUTION: An eyeball assembly for a doll or a mannequin comprises: an artificial eyeball(3); a case(2) in which a supporting frame(4) to support the artificial eyeball is attached; an extension member(31a) extended from the back side of the artificial eyeball for a certain length; an elongation member(32a) connected to the top and bottom, left and right sides of the extension member; a tension device(33) to stretch the each elongation member; a supporting spring to support eyelids on the supporting frame to blink; an actuator controlled by an electric power; and an eyelid drive unit(20) connected to the eyelid to operate backward and forward of the actuator in the end part of an iron core.

Description

Doll Eyeball Assembly {EYE ASSEMBLY OF MANIKIN}

The present invention relates to a doll (or manikin) eye, and more particularly, to drive the doll (or mannequin) eyes to move naturally up, down, left and right, and to drive the eyelids flickering, to tear The present invention relates to a mannequin eye assembly which can be controlled to make the doll's (or mannequin's) eye feel as lively and lively as the human eye.

In general, a doll (or mannequin) is a generic term for a human model used for various purposes, and refers to a doll that is dressed and displayed to promote a product such as clothing.

These dolls (or mannequins) come in a variety of forms and functional eyes, ranging from dolls (or mannequins) with fixed body parts (arms, legs, heads, and torso) to dolls (or mannequins) where body parts can be moved. Dolls (or mannequins) with flickering, limbs, or head movements are being developed, but users are not satisfied with this, and they tend to have visual realism and tactile sensation.

In order to meet this trend, dolls (or mannequins), as well as dolls (or mannequins) have been developed in which eyes, nose, mouth, body temperature and color are similar to physiological characteristics of parts of the human body.

For example, the skin texture of the doll (or mannequin) is made of soft or soft material such as rubber or silicone to realistically express the touch, and the color of the skin is painted with the actual skin tone so that the skin texture of the doll (or mannequin) is real. Expressed to feel like.

However, in the case of a doll (or mannequin), the expression of the doll (or mannequin) 's emotions is extremely uniform or simple, such as tears in the eyes or a smile on the face. Even if it moves mostly up and down uniformly because most of the movement of the eye is unnatural and there is a problem falling reality.

In addition, the above-mentioned doll (or mannequin) has the same problems as described above even in the case of dolls for children or adults to play.

The present invention has been invented to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the main object of the present invention is to simplify the structure while driving the doll's (or mannequin) eyes to move naturally up, down, left, right, doll (Or Mannequin) An object of the present invention is to provide a mannequin eye assembly capable of expressing a dynamic feeling such as an eye of a human body.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a mannequin eye assembly that can be driven to blink the eyelids in a more lively implementation of a doll (or mannequin) face, and tears are secreted.

The solution of the eye assembly of the doll (or mannequin) according to the present invention,

In the eye of a doll (or mannequin),

Artificial eyeball;

A case to which a support frame for supporting the artificial eye is attached;

An elongated member extending rearwardly to the rear of the artificial eyeball;

Respective stretching members connected in the up, down, left and right directions of the extension member;

It can be implemented by the configuration of the tension means for tensioning each stretching member.

The tensioning means is preferably a solenoid actuator having an iron core which is operated with an excitation coil that generates magnetic force by a power source.

As another embodiment of the present invention,

In the eye of a doll (or mannequin),

An eyeball having a permanent magnet having a predetermined length therein;

A case to which the support frame for supporting the eyeball is attached;

An extension member extending rearwardly to the rear of the eyeball and having a flexibility fixed to the case and having a property of being restored to its original position;

The eyeball may be disposed on the rear, upper, lower, left, and right sides of the eyeball, and may be implemented by an excitation coil that generates magnetic force by a power source and an iron core that moves by magnetic force.

According to the present invention, the doll (or mannequin) eye is driven to move the upper and lower left and right movements naturally and intermittently, and tears are secreted from the eyes so that the eyes of the doll (or mannequin) are as dynamic as the human eye. It can move, giving the user a realistic feel.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention described above with reference to the accompanying drawings in detail.

1 to 3, FIG. 1 is a front view of an ocular assembly according to the present invention, FIG. 2A is a side cross-sectional view of an eye assembly according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2B is a portion A of FIG. 2A. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing an enlarged view, and FIG. 3 is a perspective sectional view of the eye assembly of FIG.

1 to 3, reference numeral 100 denotes an eye assembly 100.

The eyeball assembly 100 includes an artificial eye 3, an eyeball support 10 for supporting the artificial eye 3 to rotate, and an eyelid drive 20 for controlling the eyelid 3a to move up and down. ), And the eyeball drive device 30 for moving the eyeball 3 up, down, left, and right, and the tear supply device 40 for releasing tears in the eyes or providing lubrication of the eye when the eyeball 3 is driven. Equipped with a module. Reference numeral 1 denotes an artificial skin applied around the eyeball 3.

The eyeball 3 is located at the front of the case 2, and the eye shape and eyelids and the artificial skin 1 tissue (gel) are provided at the periphery of the eyeball, and the case inside the artificial skin 1 An eye support frame 4 connected with 2 is attached.

The artificial eye 3 is rotatably assembled to the eyeball support device 10.

The eyeball support device (10) is composed of a support frame (4) having a mounting hole (4a) to which the eyeball is coupled, and artificial skin (1) laminated on the support frame (4), and the support frame (4) An eyelid drive 20 is attached to the eye, and an eyeball drive 30 is provided behind the eyeball 3.

The mounting hole 4a of the support frame has a radius of curvature corresponding to the curved surface of the eyeball 3 so that the eyeball 3 can rotate freely. The front surface of the mounting hole 4a is covered with artificial skin 1, and the surface of the artificial skin is painted as shown in FIG.

The eyelid drive device 20 is one side is connected to the eyelid (3a) tissue, the other end is a support spring (3b) attached to the support frame (4), coupled to the support frame (4) to the power source It consists of the actuator 5 (solenoid) which is advanced back and forth by this.

The actuator 5 is composed of an excitation coil 5a for generating magnetic force, a movable iron core 5b installed in the excitation coil 5a, and operated by magnetic force, as shown in FIG. It is comprised by the spring 5c which provides the elastic force which returns the iron core 5b to the original position.

The end of the movable core (5b) is connected to the eyelid (3a) can be controlled to blink the eyelid (3a) up and down in accordance with the forward and backward operation of the movable iron core. The eyelid 3a moves up and down about the support spring 3b by the forward and backward operation of the movable iron core 5b.

As a first embodiment according to the eyeball drive device 30 described above, as shown in Figure 2a, the extension member 31a extending rearward to the rear of the eyeball 3, and the top, bottom, left and right of the extension member 31a The stretching member 32a connected in the direction, and the tension means 33 for tensioning each of the stretching members 32a up, down, left and right.

According to the first embodiment of the eyeball driving device 30, when the stretching member 32a is stretched and stretched like a rubber band as shown in FIG. 2A, the extension member 31a moves in the tension direction to move the eyeball 3 to the eye. Can rotate

As an example of the use of the tensioning means 33 of the present invention, when the power is applied as described above, the stretching member can be gradually stretched by adopting an actuator (solenoid) in which magnetic force is generated and the iron core is moved forward and backward. When the actuator supplies power to a specific actuator connected to each of the stretching members 32a connected up, down, left, and right, the extension member 31a moves in the tension direction while the extension member 31a is connected to the actuator. do.

Of course, when the power supply of the actuator is cut off, the movable iron core of the actuator is returned to its original position by the stretching force of the stretching member 32a. Although one of the actuators is not described in detail in the present invention, a sensing means (not shown) such as a pressure sensor or a proximity sensor is attached to various parts of the body of the doll (or mannequin), so that if a specific sensor reacts, the sensing signal of the corresponding sensor Is transmitted to the central control unit (not shown in the figure), and the central processing unit controls the eyeball 3 to be rotated by operating the designated actuator. Reference numeral 6 is a printed circuit board to which an actuator (solenoid) is attached.

As a second embodiment according to the eyeball drive device 30 described above, as shown in Figure 4, the wire having an extending action in the vertical and horizontal directions to the extending member 31b extending rearward of the eyeball 3 ( 32b), and each wire 32b may be connected to a driving shaft of each driving motor M1.

The vertical and horizontal wires 32b are connected to the pulley M2 as shown in FIG. 4 to control the eyeball 3 to move up, down, left, and right by forward and reverse rotation of the driving motor M1. have. Of course, the two drive motors M1 are controlled by a central controller (not shown in the figure) as described above.

The wire may be a general wire 32b without elasticity, but preferably a material such as a rubber band having elasticity.

The reason for this is because the wire of one side is gradually wound to the drive shaft when the driving motor M1 is driven so that the movement of the eyeball 3 can be expressed naturally.

As another embodiment of the eyeball drive device 30 described above, as shown in FIG.

An eyeball 3 having a permanent magnet having a predetermined length therein;

A case (2) to which a support frame (4) for supporting the eyeball (3) is attached;

An extension member 31c extending rearwardly to the rear of the eyeball 3 to be bent in the transverse direction fixed to the case 2 and having a property to return to its original position;

The excitation coil 5a for generating magnetic force and the iron core 5b for generating magnetic force may be implemented by power sources disposed on the rear, top, bottom, left and right sides of the eyeball 3.

The extension member 31c of another embodiment of the present invention preferably adopts a material such as a rubber rod or a spring having flexibility that can be bent in the lateral direction and having a restoring force that can be restored to its original position. This is because such a material can not only provide a supporting force for supporting the eyeball 3, but also satisfy the condition of rotating the eyeball in a certain angle range and returning it to its original position.

In the third embodiment, the polarity of the magnetic force generated by supplying power to the excitation coil 5a is generated such that the polarity opposite to that of the permanent magnet embedded in the eyeball 3 is generated, and the permanent magnet is attracted toward the generated magnetic force. Can move the eyeball 3 in principle. At this time, the extension member 31c attached to the eyeball 3 is composed of rubber or a spring, and is deformed in the lateral direction by the magnetic force. When the magnetic force is dissipated in the excitation coil 5a, the eyeball 3 returns to its original position by the restoring force. It returns to its original position.

The above-described tear supply device 40 will be described.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the tear supply device 40 includes a cylinder 41 in which water is stored in the upper part of the case 2, and a spring 42 for pressing the piston 41a of the cylinder 41. A container 40a; It is composed of a tear guide tube 44 connected to the cylinder 41 to guide the water stored in the cylinder 41 to the surface of the eyeball 3.

The tear induction pipe 44 is attached to each of the valves (V) for adjusting the amount of water discharged from the cylinder 41 can be adjusted appropriately. In the drawings, reference numerals H and V denote hoses and valves for replenishing water into the cylinder 41.

In addition, the end portion of the tear induction tube 44 absorbs moisture and the cotton 45, sponge or so that the moisture is gradually accumulated on the eye or surface of the eye 3 as the eye 3 moves. Fabric may be attached).

In addition, the present invention described above mainly with respect to the doll (or mannequin), but all of the above-described technical configuration and its working effects can be expected to the same effect even if applied to the doll for children or adults for the purpose of amusement. .

       1 is a side view of a doll (or mannequin) eye assembly in accordance with the present invention;

2A is a side cross-sectional view illustrating a first embodiment of a doll (or mannequin) eye assembly according to the present invention;

Figure 2b is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing an enlarged portion A of Figure 2a,

3 is a rear perspective view of the eye assembly according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a side cross-sectional view illustrating a second embodiment of a doll (or mannequin) eye assembly according to the present invention;

5 is a side cross-sectional view illustrating a third embodiment of a doll (or mannequin) eye assembly in accordance with the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

1: artificial skin 2: case

3: eye 3a: eyelid

3b: support spring 4: eye support frame

4a: Eye mounting hole 5: Actuator

5a: Female coil 5b: Movable iron core

5c: spring 6: printed circuit board

10: eye support device 20: eyelid drive device

40: tear supply device 30: eyeball driving device

31a, 31b, 31c: extension member 32b: wire

32a: stretching member 33: tensioning means

40: tear supply device 40a: container

41: cylinder 41a: piston

42: spring 44: tear guide tube

100: eye assembly H: hose

M1: Drive Motor M2: Pulley

V: Valve

Claims (5)

In doll's eye, Artificial eye 3; A case (2) to which a support frame (4) for supporting the artificial eye (3) is attached; An extension member 31a extending rearward to the rear side of the artificial eye 3; Respective stretching members connected to the extension members 31a in the up, down, left and right directions; Doll eye assembly, characterized in that consisting of a tension means for tensioning each stretching member (33). The doll's eyeball according to claim 1, wherein said tension means (33) comprises an actuator (5) having a coil in which a magnetic field is generated by a power source and a movable core moved by a magnetic force generated in said excitation coil. Assembly. A support spring (3b) for supporting the eyelid (3a) on the support frame (4) so that the doll eye assembly (3a) blinks on the doll eye assembly, and an actuator (5) controlled by a power source. Attached to the doll eye doll assembly, characterized in that it further comprises an eyelid drive device (20) is connected to the eyelid (3a) at the end of the iron core is operated in the front and rear direction. According to claim 1, wherein the tension means (33) is connected to the wire in the up, down, left and right, and the extension member, characterized in that consisting of vertical and horizontal drive motor (M1) coupled to the end of the vertical wire and horizontal wire (32b), respectively. Doll eye assembly. In doll's eye, An eyeball 3 having a permanent magnet having a predetermined length therein; A case (2) to which a support frame (4) having a mounting hole (4a) for supporting the eyeball (3) is attached; An extension member 31c extending rearwardly to the rear of the eyeball and having a flexibility fixed to the case 2 and having a property of being restored to its original position; The doll's eyeball assembly, comprising: a female coil (5a) disposed on the rear, upper, lower, left, and right sides of the eyeball and generating magnetic force by a power source, and an iron core (5b) moving by magnetic force.

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