KR20160043260A - Mirror having a illuminator and sun visor - Google Patents

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KR20160043260A
KR20160043260A KR1020140137362A KR20140137362A KR20160043260A KR 20160043260 A KR20160043260 A KR 20160043260A KR 1020140137362 A KR1020140137362 A KR 1020140137362A KR 20140137362 A KR20140137362 A KR 20140137362A KR 20160043260 A KR20160043260 A KR 20160043260A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
    • B60J3/00—Antiglare equipment associated with windows or windscreens; Sun visors for vehicles
    • B60J3/02—Antiglare equipment associated with windows or windscreens; Sun visors for vehicles adjustable in position
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    • B60J3/0278—Sun visors structure of the body
    • B60J3/0282—Sun visors structure of the body specially adapted for a courtesy mirror
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q—ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60Q3/00—Arrangement of lighting devices for vehicle interiors; Lighting devices specially adapted for vehicle interiors
    • B60Q3/20—Arrangement of lighting devices for vehicle interiors; Lighting devices specially adapted for vehicle interiors for lighting specific fittings of passenger or driving compartments; mounted on specific fittings of passenger or driving compartments
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Abstract

The present invention relates to an illumination unit mirror including light emitting means for illuminating at least a part of a mirror. The illumination unit mirror is formed in a partial area of the transparent substrate and has a mirror exclusive area (12) And a mirror region 13 which is formed on a portion of the substrate other than the mirror only region and also serves as a function of illumination for generating illumination light in addition to the function inherent to the mirror. And a plurality of light emitting regions each formed in a crossing region where a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines cross each other.

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[0001] MIRROR HAVING A ILLUMINATOR AND SUN VISOR [0002]

The present invention relates to an illuminated mirror having an illuminating device on a part of a mirror, and to an automotive sun visor having the illuminating mirror.

A mirror is a tool that illuminates the shape of an object by using reflection of light. The mirror forms a reflection layer by coating a substance reflecting light such as silver or mercury on the rear surface of the glass. So that it is possible to reflect the appearance of the object.

There is also a mirror part of the mirror which has a lighting device in the proper part of the mirror so that it can be used even in a dark place.

On the other hand, a sun visor is a sunlight-holding device for protecting a driver or other passengers from sunlight directly coming into the sun, for example, from an automobile or the like. Normally, the sun visor is folded over the windshield and when sunlight comes in, The sun shines directly through the eyes.

Such a sun visor has a mirror on one side for the convenience of the occupant and may also use a lighting unit mirror having a lighting device for use at night.

There is a technique described in Patent Document 1 as a conventional sun visor having a lighting unit mirror. 1 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a sun visor having a conventional illumination unit mirror.

1, the conventional illuminating part sun visor includes a mirror 111 provided on one side, a lid 112 for opening and closing the mirror 111, and a lid 112 for illuminating And a plate body 110 having an illumination lamp 113 for illuminating the mirror 111.

However, in the sun visor of Patent Document 1, the mirror 111 as a tool for illuminating the shape of an object and the illumination lamp 113 for illuminating the mirror 111 have a separate structure, and the illumination lamp 113 is illuminated only around the mirror The area of the mirror portion is relatively smaller than the entire area of the sun visor, and since the conventional lighting device such as an incandescent lamp is used as the illumination light 113 There is a problem that the power consumption is large and the service life is short, and there is also a problem that the thickness of the sun visor becomes thick.

Another conventional technology of the sun visor having the illumination part mirror is the technique described in the patent document 2. Fig. 2 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a sun visor having another conventional illumination unit mirror.

2, the conventional illuminating part sun visor includes a housing 100 disposed on one side, a lighting lamp 310 disposed on one side of the housing 100, and a switch (not shown) for opening and closing the lighting lamp 310 And a slider 200 slidably mounted on the slider mounting part formed on the housing 100 and having a slider mirror 210 on one side thereof. The illumination lamp 300 includes a slider 200, An organic electroluminescent device including an organic light emitting layer made of an organic light emitting material is used between the first electrode and the second electrode.

However, in the patent document 2, only the organic electroluminescent device is used as the illumination light source of the sun visor, and the mirror lamp 210 and the illumination lamp 300 composed of the organic electroluminescent device are separate components, Since the mirrors 210 and 210 function only as a mirror for illuminating the periphery of the mirror 210, they can not function as a mirror. Therefore, as in Patent Document 1, the area of the mirror portion is relatively smaller than the entire area of the sun visor, There is a problem in that the thickness of the film becomes thick.

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-0024270 (published on March 16, 2006) Patent Document 2: Registration Practical Utility Model No. 0438148 (2008. 1. 28. Announcement)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art described above, and it is an object of the present invention to reduce the power consumption and improve the brightness of illumination by integrating a mirror as a tool for illuminating the shape of an object, A lighting unit mirror, and a sun visor having the illumination unit mirror, which can reduce the thickness of the sun visor and provide illumination of various colors and brightness by using the illumination unit mirror for the sun visor.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an illumination unit mirror comprising: a mirror-dedicated area formed on a part of a transparent substrate, a back surface of which is provided with a reflection layer for reflecting light; And a mirror region serving as an illumination also serving as a function of illumination for generating light for illumination together with a function inherent to the mirror, wherein the mirror region for illumination and illumination has a plurality of gate lines extended in parallel in a predetermined direction, And a plurality of light emitting regions each formed in a crossing region where the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines cross each other.

Preferably, the light-emitting region includes a first electrode formed on the substrate, an organic light-emitting layer formed on the first electrode, and a light-reflecting material formed on the organic light- And a second electrode.

Preferably, the second electrode and the reflective layer are integrally formed so as to cover the entire rear surface of the mirror-dedicated area and the mirror-dedicated area.

Preferably, the second electrode and the reflective layer are simultaneously formed of the same material in the same process.

Preferably, the second electrode and the reflective layer are formed of different materials.

Preferably, the mirror dedicated area is disposed in the center of the illumination part mirror, and the illumination combined mirror area is disposed on both sides of the mirror dedicated area.

Preferably, the illumination cooperating mirror region is disposed on either one of the mirror only regions on the substrate or a central portion of the mirror only region.

The castor visor of the present invention includes a body and a lighting part mirror of the present invention arranged in the body and having the above configuration.

Preferably, the illumination unit mirror further includes a cover for opening and closing the illumination unit mirror, wherein the illumination unit mirror is illuminated according to the open / closed state of the cover to illuminate the illumination unit mirror.

Preferably, the apparatus further includes an illuminance sensor for detecting the brightness around the sun visor and applying driving power to the illuminator mirror when the brightness around the sun visor is less than a predetermined brightness.

The illumination part mirror of the present invention can reduce the power consumption and improve the brightness of the illumination by integrating the mirror part as a tool for illuminating the shape of an object and the illumination part as an illumination device for illumination of a mirror into a single substrate, It is possible to increase the area of the mirror functioning part compared to the conventional illumination part mirror because the space for installing the illumination device is not required and if the color organic light emitting device is used in the light emission area of the mirror area serving as the illumination part of the mirror part of the illumination part, Effect can also be obtained.

In addition, by using the illumination part mirror of the present invention as a mirror for a sun visor, it is possible to reduce the thickness of the sun visor and to provide illumination of various colors and brightness.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a sun visor having a conventional illumination unit mirror,
2 schematically shows a configuration of a sun visor having another conventional illumination unit mirror,
Fig. 3 is a plan view of a lighting part mirror according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Fig.
Fig. 4 is a circuit diagram of the illumination section mirror of Fig. 3,
5 is a sectional view taken along line AA in Fig. 3,
6 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a sun visor including a lighting part mirror according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a mirror portion of a lighting unit according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 4 is a circuit diagram of the mirror portion of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along line A-A of Fig.

3, the illumination unit mirror 10 according to the present embodiment includes a mirror 11 and a mirror-only region 12 disposed substantially at the center of the frame 11, And a control unit 14 for controlling the illumination-combined mirror area 13 and the illumination-use mirror area 13, respectively,

The frame 11 accommodates the mirror-dedicated area 12 and the illumination-use mirror area 13 constituting the illumination part mirror 10 of the present embodiment, and is formed in a rectangular cylindrical shape having, for example, a bottom surface , Or a suitable material such as metal or synthetic resin.

The mirror exclusive area 12 serves as a function of illuminating the appearance of an object by using reflection of light, that is, an area that functions purely as a mirror.

The mirror-dedicated mirror region 13 functions as a means for illuminating the shape of an object by using reflection of light, like the mirror-dedicated region 12, and is provided with a plurality of organic electroluminescent elements (Hereinafter also referred to as " device " in some cases), the illumination function for the entire illumination unit mirror 10 including the mirror exclusive region 12 is also an area.

The first and second illumination-use mirror regions 13a and 13b are disposed at positions adjacent to the mirror-dedicated region 12 and are preferably disposed on the left and right sides of the mirror-only region 12, respectively. And a second illumination-combined mirror area 13b.

In FIG. 3, the mirror-dedicated area 12 and the illumination-combined mirror area 13 are shown as being separated from each other and separated from each other. However, this is for convenience of explanation, The mirror dedicated area 12 and the illumination combined mirror area 13 are one continuous area. In the inside of the mirror exclusive area 12, the mirror-dedicated area 12 and the illumination- The light-combining mirror region 13 includes a mirror surface and a reflection layer coated on the back surface of the mirror surface, and further includes a light-emitting region, which is a portion for generating illumination light, and will be described in detail later.

Next, a detailed configuration of the illumination unit mirror 10 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 4 and 5. Fig.

4, the illumination-combined mirror region 13 includes a plurality of gate lines g1, g2, ..., gn arranged on the back surface of a substrate 21 to be described later and extending in parallel in the horizontal direction, A plurality of data lines d1, d2, ..., dm and a plurality of gate lines g1, g2, ..., gn arranged in parallel with the lines g1, g2, ..., , d2, ..., dm intersect each other, and this portion becomes the light emitting region.

Each of the plurality of gate lines g1 to gm is connected to the gate driver 14b of the control unit 14 and the plurality of data lines d1 to dm are connected to the control unit 14, And the data driver 14c of FIG.

5, a plurality of organic EL elements 20 includes a substrate 21, a first electrode 22 formed on the substrate 21, an organic light emitting layer 22 formed on the first electrode 22, (23) and a second electrode (24) formed on the organic light emitting layer (23).

The substrate 21 is a mirror surface portion of the illumination unit mirror 10 of the present invention, and is made of a plastic substrate having transparency equivalent to glass or glass.

The first electrode 22 is, for example, an anode electrode, and is made of a transparent conductive material such as ITO (Indium Tin Oxide).

The organic light emitting layer 23 is a layer emitting light of R, G, and B colors, and may further include an electron transporting layer, an electron injecting layer, a hole injecting layer, and a hole transporting layer, if necessary.

The second electrode 24 is formed using a material having a reflective property such as aluminum (Al) or silver (Ag) as a cathode electrode, for example, because the illumination unit mirror 10 The function of the illumination unit mirror 10 as a mirror for functioning as a mirror is realized by the function of the second electrode 24 I am in charge.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the second electrodes 24 of the plurality of organic EL elements 20 formed in the illumination-use mirror region 13 are not formed only in the illumination-use mirror region 13 but in the mirror- The second electrodes 24 of each of the plurality of organic EL elements 20 are preferably connected to each other by a common electrode method.

Specifically, the second electrodes 24 of the plurality of organic EL elements 20 in the illumination-use mirror region 13 are formed so as to cover the entire rear surface of the mirror-dedicated region 13 and the mirror- The boundary between each organic EL element 20 and the organic EL element 20 is not generated, so that no unevenness occurs.

At this time, in the plurality of organic EL elements 20 of the illumination-combined mirror region 13, the second electrode 24 is formed through the first electrode 22 and the organic light-emitting layer 23, The second electrode 24 functioning as a reflection layer of the mirror is directly formed on the rear surface of the substrate 21 which is the mirror surface. Thus, the second electrode 24 of the mirror-dedicated region 12 and the mirror- 5, a plurality of organic EL elements 20 (only one organic EL element 20 is shown for the sake of convenience in FIG. 5), as indicated by the solid line in FIG. 5, ) And the mirror-dedicated area (12).

In order to eliminate such a step, the thickness of the second electrode 24 in the mirror exclusive area 12 may be made thicker than the thickness of 24 in the mirror area 13 serving as the illumination as shown by the dotted line in Fig. 5, Since the material for forming the electrode 24 is relatively expensive and there is no particular problem in functioning as a mirror even if there is a step, there is no particular problem in the mirror-dedicated region 12 and the second electrode 24 of the mirror- The thickness is preferably the same.

The second electrode 24 is formed only in the illumination-use mirror region 13 and the second electrode 24 in the mirror-use mirror region 13 is formed on the rear surface of the mirror- 24 may be formed using a relatively inexpensive material.

In this case, however, a boundary surface may be formed between the second electrode 24 of the illumination-use mirror region 13 and the reflection layer on the back surface of the mirror-only region 12, and the interface between the second electrode 24 24 and the reflection layer on the back surface of the mirror exclusive area 12 are not the same material, there may be a difference in reflectance between the two materials, so that the illumination unit mirror 10 may be contaminated and this problem may occur in the manufacturing process Care must be taken.

Although not shown in FIG. 5, a getter layer made of a material having a function of moisture absorption and sealing is further formed on the second electrode 24, and the upper portion of the getter layer is sealed using a protective substrate.

The control unit 14 controls to turn on or off the illumination mirror region 13 electrically and controls the brightness and color of the light generated by the illumination mirror region 13 if necessary and controls the gate driver 14b A data driver 14c, and a controller 14a.

The gate driver 14b, the data driver 14c and the controller 14a constituting the control unit 14 may be formed as separate chips or may be integrated into one single chip. The frame 11 of the illumination unit mirror 10 Or may be disposed at any other suitable position, and is not shown in FIG. 4 but is connected to a power source via a switch or the like. Since the configuration of the control unit 14 is known, a detailed description thereof will be omitted here.

Next, an example of using the illumination unit mirror 10 of the present embodiment in a vehicle sun visor will be described. 6 is a view schematically showing a configuration of a sun visor including a lighting part mirror according to the present invention.

The sun visor 30 shown in Fig. 6 is an example in which the illumination part mirror of the present invention is applied to the sun visor of the patent document 1. The mirror 111 and the illumination light 113 of the patent document 1 are replaced with the illumination part mirror 10 of the present invention An example is shown.

Specifically, the sun visor 30 has a substantially rectangular main body 31 and a cover 32 for opening and closing the illumination part mirror 10 and the illumination part mirror 10 disposed in a part of the main body 31, The lid 32 is opened or closed so that the illuminating mirror 10 can be seen by a hinge or the like not shown.

When the lid 32 is opened, a driving power source is applied to the illuminating mirror 10 by a switch (not shown) to emit light in the illuminating area of the mirror area 13 serving as the illuminating mirror of the illuminating mirror 10, The power supply for driving applied to the illumination part mirror 10 is cut off.

6, the sun visor 30 of the present invention may further include a light intensity sensor for sensing the degree of brightness around the sun visor 30. In this case, the light intensity sensor detects the light intensity of the cover 32 The illuminance sensor senses the brightness of the surroundings of the sun visor 30 and when the brightness around the sun visor 30 is lower than a predetermined brightness, The driving power source may be applied to the mirror region 13 and the driving power source may not be applied if the brightness is higher than a predetermined brightness.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

In the above embodiment, the illumination-combined mirror area 13 is disposed on both the right and left sides of the mirror only area 12, but the illumination combined mirror area 13 is disposed only on either the left or right side of the mirror only area 12 Or may be disposed at the center of the mirror only region 12. [ Also, the illumination-use mirror area 13 may be arranged in three or more areas such as the left and right sides and the center of the mirror-dedicated area 12. [

In the above-described embodiment, the illumination unit mirror 10 includes the frame 11, but the frame 11 is not an essential component of the present invention, and may be omitted.

In the above embodiment, the illuminating unit mirror of the present invention is applied to the sun visor of Patent Document 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the illuminating unit mirror of the present invention may be applied to any sun visor other than the patent document 1 It is natural to be able to.

10 Lights Mirrors
11 frames
12 Mirror only area
13 Mirror area for both lights
14 Control section
20 organic EL device
21 substrate
22 First electrode
23 organic light emitting layer
24 second electrode

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A mirror-only region formed on a back surface of the transparent substrate and having a reflection layer for reflecting light,
And a mirror-combined mirror region which is formed on a portion of the substrate other than the mirror-dedicated region and which also serves as a function of the mirror-specific function of generating illumination light,
A plurality of gate lines extending parallel to each other in a predetermined direction; a data line extending in parallel to the plurality of gate lines in a direction perpendicular to the plurality of gate lines; And a plurality of luminescent regions each formed in the crossing region. The method according to claim 1,
The light-
A first electrode formed on the substrate,
An organic light emitting layer formed on the first electrode,
And a second electrode formed on the organic light emitting layer and formed of a light reflecting material that reflects light. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the second electrode and the reflective layer are integrally formed so as to cover the entirety of the back surface of the mirror-dedicated area and the illumination-combined mirror area. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the second electrode and the reflective layer are simultaneously formed of the same material in the same process. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the second electrode and the reflective layer are formed of different materials. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the mirror dedicated area is disposed at the center of the illumination part mirror, and the illumination combined mirror area is disposed on both sides of the mirror dedicated area. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the illumination cooperating mirror region is disposed at any one of the one of the mirror only regions on the substrate or the center portion of the mirror only region. The body,
A sun visor comprising a lighting portion mirror disposed within said body and having the configuration of any one of claims 1 to 9. The method of claim 8,
Further comprising a lid for opening and closing the illumination part mirror,
And the illumination unit mirror is illuminated according to the open / closed state of the cover to illuminate the illumination unit mirror. The method of claim 8,
Further comprising an illuminance sensor for detecting a brightness around the sun visor and applying driving power to the illuminator mirror when the brightness around the sun visor is less than a predetermined brightness.
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