TW202300877A - Instrument component with waterproof transmission interface including a waterproof housing, a waterproof connector and a decoder - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention provides an instrument component with a waterproof transmission interface, including a waterproof housing, a waterproof connector and a decoder. The waterproof connector is disposed on the waterproof housing and is exposed outside so as to be in communication connection with an external apparatus that supplies an external system image. The decoder is disposed in the waterproof housing and is electrically connected to the waterproof connector, and the decoder receives an image signal transmitted by the external apparatus, and the decoder decodes the image signal to obtain image data for correspondingly displaying the external system image. The waterproof housing and a transmission interface of the waterproof connector disposed on the waterproof housing both have a waterproof effect, such that a comprehensive waterproof effect is achieved.

Description

Meter components with waterproof transmission interface

The invention provides a digital instrument, especially an instrument component with a waterproof transmission interface.

Conventional digital instruments, such as those used in vehicles such as locomotives or automobiles, do not have waterproof function when their connection ports are plugged into standard video connectors of transmission lines (such as CVBS, HDMI, USB and other connectors that meet standard transmission interfaces). Therefore, when the digital meter is applied to a vehicle, such as when the locomotive is rained or the car is washed, the faucet is flooded. At this time, even if the connection port of the digital meter is connected with the standard image connector, the connection port and the standard image The joints are not tightly sealed and have no waterproof effect, and water will inevitably seep in and cause a short circuit when the power is turned on, resulting in the failure of normal image transmission between the digital instrument and the external device, or even damage to the digital instrument. This is the problem that the present invention intends to solve the main problem.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the inventor exhausted his brains and minds to research and develop an instrument component with a waterproof transmission interface, in order to achieve the purpose of providing comprehensive waterproofing for the instrument itself and its transmission interface.

The invention provides an instrument component with a waterproof transmission interface, which includes a waterproof casing, a waterproof connector, and a decoder. The waterproof connector is arranged on the waterproof casing and exposed outside, and communicates with an external device that can provide an external system image. The decoder is set in the waterproof casing and is electrically connected to the waterproof connector. The decoder receives an image signal corresponding to the external system image from the external device, and decodes the image signal to obtain a Image data for the external system image to be displayed.

In a preferred embodiment, the waterproof connector includes a male connection port and a female connection port, and the male connection port and the female connection port are in a tight fit and can be waterproof when plugged and connected.

In a preferred embodiment, the waterproof connector and the external device are connected by a transmission line, one of the male connection port and the female connection port is provided in the waterproof case, and the other is provided in the one end of the transmission line.

In a preferred embodiment, the female connecting port has a female terminal part, and has a ring groove around the female terminal part; the male connecting port has a male terminal part, and has a ring groove around the male terminal part. There is a ring wall, when the male connection port and the female connection port are plugged and connected, the ring wall is connected to the ring groove, and the end edge of the ring wall is pressed against the bottom of the ring groove to form the tight fit shape.

In a preferred embodiment, one of the male connection port and the female connection port has a clasp, and the other has a pair of stoppers corresponding to the clasp, and the male connection port and the female connection port When inserting and connecting, the buckle is used to fasten the stopper to stop the positioning.

In a preferred embodiment, the male connection port is arranged on the waterproof casing, and the female connection port is arranged on one end of the transmission line.

In a preferred embodiment, the waterproof casing includes a bottom case and a cover body, the bottom case has a container and an opening, and the cover body covers the opening to seal the container container and is waterproof.

In a preferred embodiment, the bottom case has an installation hole, and the male connection port or the female connection port provided on the waterproof case is provided on the bottom case and positioned in the installation hole.

In a preferred embodiment, the decoder decodes the video signal according to a codec standard (Video Coding Standards) to obtain the video data.

In a preferred embodiment, it further includes a display module, the display module is arranged in the waterproof casing, and the display module is electrically connected to the decoder, and the display module receives the image data for corresponding display The foreign system image.

Thereby, the instrument component with waterproof transmission interface provided by the present invention has waterproof effect through the waterproof casing itself, and the waterproof connector provided by the waterproof casing is also a transmission interface with waterproof level, so the digital instrument itself and Its transmission interface can be waterproof to achieve full waterproof and avoid the effect of short circuit caused by water entering the instrument or transmission interface.

In order to fully understand the purpose, features and effects of the present invention, the present invention will be described in detail through the following specific embodiments and accompanying drawings, as follows:

Please refer to Figures 1 to 7, the present invention provides a meter assembly 100 with a waterproof transmission interface, which is used as a digital meter for a vehicle (not shown in the figure), such as a vehicle with two or more wheels, such as Two-wheeled vehicles of fuel locomotives or electric locomotives, or four-wheeled vehicles of ATVs are mainly installed on the faucet; for example, four-wheeled vehicles (including more than four wheels) of cars and trucks are mainly installed in front of the driver's seat , but the vehicle mentioned above is only a preferred embodiment, and the present invention is not limited thereto. All vehicles that have the need to install instruments all belong to the scope of the application and protection of the present invention.

The instrument assembly 100 with a waterproof transmission interface provided by the present invention is mainly the necessary components that can achieve the purpose of the present invention in the digital instrument, and the necessary components mainly include a waterproof casing 10, a waterproof connector 20 and a decoder device 30. In addition, the instrument assembly 100 may further include other components forming a digital instrument, and in a preferred embodiment, the instrument assembly 100 further includes a display module 40, wherein:

The waterproof housing 10, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, comprises a bottom case 11 and a cover 12 in a preferred embodiment, wherein the bottom case 11 has a container 111, and the bottom case 11 is provided with an opening 112 makes the container 11 open to accommodate objects therein, and the cover 12 covers the opening 112 to seal the container 111 so that the waterproof case 10 can have the function of waterproof penetration. Preferably, the bottom shell 11 of this embodiment has a mounting hole 113 and a joint hole 114, the mounting hole 113 is used for the assembly of the waterproof connector 20, and the joint hole 114 is used for the horse meter cable joint (not shown in the figure) ) set up.

The waterproof connector 20 is arranged on the waterproof housing 10 and is exposed outside the waterproof housing 10. The waterproof connector 20 is used for communicating with an external device A, and the external device A is one that can provide an external system image P ( As shown in Figure 3). The external device A can be a portable device such as a smart phone, a tablet computer or a notebook computer, but the present invention is not limited thereto, any device that can be independent of the digital instrument and can communicate through the waterproof connector 20 Those connected to provide an external system image P all belong to the category of the external device A described in the present invention.

The decoder 30 is located in the waterproof housing 10 and is electrically connected to the waterproof connector 20. As shown in FIG. 3, the decoder 30 receives an image signal S from an external device A, and the image signal S is Corresponding to the external system image P provided by the external device A, the decoder 30 decodes the image signal S to obtain an image data D for the external system image P to be displayed. In a preferred embodiment, the decoder 30 decodes the image signal S according to a codec standard (Video Coding Standards) to obtain the image data D. The codec standard is such as High-Efficiency Video Coding (High-Efficiency Video Coding , HEVC) or universal video coding (Versatile Video Coding, VVC), but the present invention is not limited thereto, anyone who can decode the image signal S to obtain the image data D and apply it to the decoder 30 belongs to the scope of the present invention .

The display module 40 is installed in the waterproof casing 10 (as shown in FIG. 2 ), and the display module 40 is electrically connected to the decoder 30. The display module 40 receives the image data D to display the external system image P correspondingly. (As shown in Figure 3). In a preferred embodiment, the display module 40 is a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD), but the present invention is not limited thereto.

As shown in Figure 4, in a preferred embodiment, the waterproof connector 20 includes a male connection port 21 and a female connection port 22, wherein the male connection port 21 is located at the bottom of the waterproof housing 10 in this embodiment The housing 11 is positioned in the installation hole 113 (as shown in Figures 2 and 7), and the female connection port 22 is located at one end of a transmission line B in this embodiment, and the other end of the transmission line B is connected to the external device A. When the connection port 21 and the female connection port 22 are plugged and connected, the waterproof connector 20 and the external device A are connected in a wired manner through the transmission line B, and the plug connection between the male connection port 21 and the female connection port 22 is airtight. Fits well and is waterproof.

Based on the above, the male connection port 21 and the female connection port 22 are respectively provided at one end of the waterproof casing 10 and the transmission line B in the above embodiment, which is only one embodiment of the present invention. One end of the transmission line B can be replaced with a male connection port 21 , and the one at the waterproof casing 10 can be replaced with a female connection port 22 , so the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments. In addition, the waterproof connector 20 of the above-mentioned embodiment, which includes the male connection port 21 and the female connection port 22, and is connected to the external device A in a wired manner through the transmission line B, is only one embodiment of the present invention. When implementing the mode, for example, the waterproof connector 20 is one of the male connection port 21 and the female connection port 22, and the other belongs to the external device A, and the direct plug connection also belongs to the scope of protection of the present invention. , so the waterproof connector 20 of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment including the male connection port 21 and the female connection port 22 .

As further shown in Figure 5, the female connecting port 22 of this embodiment has a female terminal portion 221, and has a ring groove 222 around the female terminal portion 221, and the bottom of the female connecting port 22 has a hook 223; As shown in Figure 6, the male connection port 21 of this embodiment has a male terminal part 211, and has a ring wall 212 around the circumference of the male terminal part 211, and has a stopper 213 at the bottom of the male connection port 21, the stopper The block 213 is provided for the hook 223 corresponding to the female connection port 22 .

As shown in Figure 7, when the male connection port 21 and the female connection port 22 are plugged and connected, the ring wall 212 of the above embodiment is connected in the ring groove 222, and the hook 223 is used to engage the stopper 213 to stop the positioning. At this time, the end edge 214 of the ring wall 212 abuts against the groove bottom 224 of the ring groove 222 to form the tight fit, thereby ensuring that the male connection port 21 and the female connection port 22 are maintained in the plug-in connection in the tight fit shape. state without breaking away from each other. The above-mentioned male connection port 21 and female connection port 22 are blocked and positioned by the buckle hook 223 engaging the stopper 213, which is only one embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Those that are plugged and connected with the female connection port 22 to form the above-mentioned tight fit (for example, screwed in position) all belong to the scope of protection of the present invention.

It is not difficult to find the characteristics of the present invention from the above description, that is, the instrument assembly 100 with a waterproof transmission interface of the present invention can be waterproof and infiltrated by the waterproof casing 10 itself and has a waterproof effect, and the waterproof casing 10 is provided with a waterproof The connector 20 is also a transmission interface with a waterproof level, so that the waterproof connector 20 can communicate with the external device A to receive the external system image P and display it on the display module 40 as in the above-mentioned embodiment, so the meter assembly 100 Both the digital instrument and its transmission interface can be waterproof, so as to achieve full waterproof and avoid the effect of short circuit caused by water entering the instrument or transmission interface.

The present invention has been disclosed above with preferred embodiments, but those skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments are only used to describe the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that all changes and substitutions equivalent to the embodiment should be included in the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the scope of the patent application.

100:Meter components 10: Waterproof housing 11: Bottom shell 111: storage tank 112: opening 113: Mounting hole 114: connector hole 12: Cover body 20: Waterproof connector 21: Public port 211: Male terminal part 212: ring wall 213: block 214: edge 22: Female connection port 221:Female terminal part 222: ring groove 223: hook 224: Groove bottom 30: Decoder 40:Display module A: External device B: transmission line D: video data P: External system image S: video signal

Fig. 1 is a rear perspective view of an instrument assembly of an embodiment of the present invention connected to a transmission line with a waterproof connector. Fig. 2 is a front perspective view of the disassembled waterproof housing of the instrument assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the instrument component of the embodiment of the present invention being connected to an external device through a transmission line to display an external system image. Fig. 4 is another rear perspective view of the waterproof connector of the instrument assembly according to the embodiment of the present invention disassembled from the waterproof case. Fig. 5 is a front view configuration diagram of plug-in connection between the male connection port and the female connection port according to the embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 6 is a configuration diagram of the rear view of the plug-in connection between the male connection port and the female connection port according to the embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view seen on line 7-7 in Fig. 1 .

100:Meter components

10: Waterproof housing

11: Bottom shell

113: Mounting hole

114: connector hole

12: Cover body

20: Waterproof connector

21: Public port

22: Female connection port

B: transmission line

Claims (10)

An instrument assembly with a waterproof transmission interface, which is applied to a vehicle, comprising: a waterproof case; a waterproof connector, which is arranged on the waterproof case and exposed to the outside, and communicates with an external device that can provide an external system image; and a decoder, which is set in the waterproof casing and is electrically connected to the waterproof connector, the decoder receives an image signal corresponding to the external system image from the external device, and decodes the image signal to Obtain an image data for displaying the external system image. The instrument assembly with a waterproof transmission interface as described in claim 1, wherein the waterproof connector includes a male connection port and a female connection port, and the male connection port and the female connection port are in a tight fit when plugged and connected. Can be waterproof. The instrument component with a waterproof transmission interface as described in claim 2, wherein the waterproof connector and the external device are connected by a transmission line, and one of the male connection port and the female connection port is provided in the waterproof case body, and the other is located at one end of the transmission line. The instrument assembly with a waterproof transmission interface as described in claim 3, wherein, the female connection port has a female terminal part, and has a ring groove around the female terminal part; the male connection port has a male terminal part, And there is a ring wall around the circumference of the male terminal part. When the male connection port and the female connection port are plugged and connected, the ring wall is connected to the ring groove, and the end edge of the ring wall is against the ring groove. The bottom of the groove is in the above-mentioned close-fitting shape. The instrument assembly with a waterproof transmission interface as described in claim 4, wherein one of the male connection port and the female connection port has a hook, and the other has a pair of stoppers corresponding to the hook, When the male connection port and the female connection port are plugged and connected, the buckle is used to engage the stopper to prevent positioning. The instrument assembly with a waterproof transmission interface as described in Claim 5, wherein the male connection port is provided on the waterproof housing, and the female connection port is provided at one end of the transmission line. The instrument assembly with a waterproof transmission interface as described in claim 3, wherein the waterproof housing includes a bottom case and a cover, the bottom case has a container and an opening, and the cover is set on the opening To seal the tank and make it waterproof. The instrument assembly with a waterproof transmission interface as described in claim 7, wherein the bottom case has a mounting hole, and the male connection port or the female connection port of the waterproof case is arranged on the bottom case for positioning in the mounting hole. The instrument component with a waterproof transmission interface as described in claim 1, wherein the decoder decodes the image signal according to a codec standard to obtain the image data. The instrument assembly with a waterproof transmission interface as described in claim 1, further comprising a display module, the display module is arranged in the waterproof casing, and the display module is electrically connected to the decoder, the display module The image data is received to correspondingly display the external system image.

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