WO2011070337A1 - Agencements actionnés par commutateur - Google Patents

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WO2011070337A1
WO2011070337A1 PCT/GB2010/002265 GB2010002265W WO2011070337A1 WO 2011070337 A1 WO2011070337 A1 WO 2011070337A1 GB 2010002265 W GB2010002265 W GB 2010002265W WO 2011070337 A1 WO2011070337 A1 WO 2011070337A1
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Bryn Griffiths
Jon Duncan
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Benmore Ventures Limited
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Priority claimed from GBGB1009333.4A external-priority patent/GB201009333D0/en
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Priority to EP10796102A priority Critical patent/EP2510753A1/fr
Priority to US13/514,441 priority patent/US9596733B2/en
Priority to CN201080056049.9A priority patent/CN102656949B/zh
Publication of WO2011070337A1 publication Critical patent/WO2011070337A1/fr

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B45/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B47/00—Circuit arrangements for operating light sources in general, i.e. where the type of light source is not relevant
    • H05B47/10—Controlling the light source
    • H05B47/105—Controlling the light source in response to determined parameters
    • H05B47/11—Controlling the light source in response to determined parameters by determining the brightness or colour temperature of ambient light
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2203/00—Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators
    • B65D2203/12—Audible, olfactory or visual signalling means
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B20/00—Energy efficient lighting technologies, e.g. halogen lamps or gas discharge lamps
    • Y02B20/40—Control techniques providing energy savings, e.g. smart controller or presence detection

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  • the present invention relates to switch-actuated arrangements and in particular to switch- actuated illumination devices, e.g. for illuminating containers to which the devices are attached, and more especially for illuminating the contents of such containers
  • Some of the previous devices require a single stage actuation such as the removal of an insulating pull-tab from directly under a battery, or the pressing of a switch to trigger an illumination effect or other output.
  • Other devices require a two stage actuation process, the initial stage being the removal of an insulating pull-tab from directly under a battery to make an electrical contact therewith, so that a secondary sensor can then become the main actuating agent e.g. a motion or tilt sensor, a vibration sensor, a temperature sensor, an audio sensor or any other sensor type.
  • the person removing the pull-tab needs to be aware that there is a pull-tab in the first place and that its removal will enable a sensor to be able to actuate an output, e.g. the illumination of the bottle contents.
  • the pull-tab is not always obvious for the untrained eye to see because ordinarily the whole device is hidden in the base recess of the bottle/ container (or elsewhere that may be out of sight).
  • busy bar staff would be required to remove the pull-tab and/or physically apply the device to the base of a bottle. This could well be achieved by providing the devices in clearly labelled packets so that the bar staff were made aware of how to apply and actuate the units. Alternatively, it could be achieved by the drinks companies' field representatives educating bar staff during personal visits to bar premises about how to use the devices. This would run the risk of bar staff simply not receiving or understanding the necessary information, or bar staff deciding that they do not wish to participate in the promotion through reasons of apathy or workload.
  • a typical point-of-sale promotion could involve a device fitted with a tilt/ motion switch that actuates a timed contents illumination effect when the bottle is picked up. This could be used to create a sudden attention grabbing effect encouraging other customers to try the brand. That opportunity is lost if the pull-tab on the device is not already removed.
  • a vibration sensor such as a passive piezoelectric sensor.
  • This can be used for sensing the movement of products on a supermarket shelf such that the device is actuated either when the container is moved/picked up, or if a competitor product on the same shelving unit is picked up - in both instances creating a highly eye catching effect that can influence customer behaviour.
  • Similar vibration sensing devices can also be used for sensing the dispensing of a measure of liquid from an optics dispenser.
  • the power of this on-shelf promotional opportunity is lost if the pull-tab on the device is not already removed.
  • on-bottle point-of-sale devices typically use as their primary activation methods vibration or motion/tilt sensors to attract consumer attention and to influence customer behaviour in-store. These sensors are also used as promotional tools in the home.
  • the container could remain in storage for a period of time, before it is actually used, for example in the stock cupboard of a bar or club, or in the warehouse of a supermarket.
  • a device fitted with a sound/ music sensor could falsely trigger whilst in-storage in a bar that is playing music, just as a vibration sensing device could falsely trigger in a supermarket's warehouse each time the rack it is stored on is disturbed by other supermarket products being added or removed to the racking.
  • warehouse storage is often cold and this could affect temperature sensing devices.
  • Another desirable feature would be to have a light-emitting device which could emit lights in a multiplicity of different colours, so as to provide an interesting display.
  • space is usually at a premium. In bottles, for example, it is often required to squeeze an illuminating device and its associated circuitry into a relatively small bottom recess.
  • Bonding LEDs can be a partially manual process.
  • a machine is used, which has coordinates programmed into it, in order to add bonding wires.
  • Resin is then applied manually to cover the mounted LED, typically in a dome shape.
  • a problem with this application of resin is that it can spread over a relatively large surrounding area, and thus may encroach into spaces provided for other components or onto pad areas which are later required for the hand soldering of other components. This may impose design constraints so that one is prevented from using the best components for a specific design, because the components cannot fit into the available space. Lack of space also means that compromises in the positioning of the LEDs may have to be made, even at the design stage.
  • Spreading of the resin may also overlap the area for cell insertion, so that a cell may be undesirably lifted away from an underlying printed circuit board by even small amounts of hardened resin. This can produce malfunctioning of the device due to intermittent battery connections.
  • aspects of the invention seek to overcome or at least reduce one or more of the above problems.
  • an article packed in packaging material comprising at least one light or sound source, and an electrical circuit for actuating the source, the circuit including at least one battery and at least first and further switch mea ns, both of which m ust be closed for the source to be actuated, the arrangement being such that, with the article in its condition with packaging, the first switch means is open, and, with the packaging removed, the first switch means is closed.
  • An advantage of the above article is that the risk of premature and/or any undesired actuation of the light or sound source is minimised. This is of particular advantage in battery- powered devices.
  • the first switch means comprises a first switch arrangement and a second switch arrangement, the first switch arrangement being configured to make an electrical connection between a battery terminal and an adjacent circuit conductor.
  • the first switch means or the first switch arrangement may comprise a pull-tab.
  • the first switch means or the second switch arrangement may comprise a light sensing device. It is easy to arrange for such a device to be exposed as part of a normal unpacking procedure.
  • the second switch arrangement and/or the further switch means may be constituted by a tilt switch arrangement. This provides a convenient way for the light or sound source to be actuated by a user.
  • One or more surface mount LED devices may be used as a light source. By permitting an increased component packing density, they allow a brighter display lighting effect to be provided.
  • a drive circuit for the source comprises at least first and further switch means, both of which have to be closed for the source to be activated, the method comprising closing the first switch means before packing of the article, or during packing of the article, or when unpacking the article, and closing the further switch means at a stage subsequent to closing the first switch means.
  • the second switch is preferably arranged to be opened automatically when unpacking the article.
  • an article comprising a light or sound source and an electrical circuit for actuating the source, wherein the circuit comprises three switches, all of which m ust be closed for the source to be actuated, wherein the switches a re of three different types.
  • one switch may be a pull-tab switch.
  • Another switch may be a switch which is closed in the presence of light.
  • a further switch may be a user-operated switch, a tilt switch, a switch closed in response to an environmental factor, or a time switch.
  • a light source is provided it is preferably an LED device and in particular an SMD LED.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view of a switch-actuated device in accordance with an
  • Figure 2 is a basic circuit diagram of the device of Figure 1;
  • Figure 3 is a circuit diagram of a switch circuit for use in embodiments of the present invention-
  • Figure 4 is a side view of a tilt switch for use in embodiments of the present invention.
  • Figure 5 is a perspective view of another tilt switch for use in embodiments of the present invention.
  • Figures 1 and 2 show a switch-actuated device 10, comprising a printed circuit board 12 with four LED devices 14.
  • the LED devices 14 are rectangular SMD (Surface Mount Device) LEDs.
  • the device 10 may be part of a label or other article for attaching to a container as described in the above-mentioned patent applications.
  • Drive circuitry including a switch member 24 and one or more battery cells 22 for the LED's 14 is mounted on the board 12 inside an opaque housing 16.
  • a light sensor 18 is also provided on board 12, and is connected to the circuitry within housing 16 to constitute a further switching member therefor.
  • housing 16 is of transparent material, in which case the light sensor 18 and/or the LED's 14 can be mounted inside housing 16 which helps to keep them clean.
  • bonded LED's may be provided.
  • Light sources other than LED's can be employed. Housing 16 can be omitted.
  • FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of a circuit 20 incorporating the device of Figure 1.
  • an insulating pull-tab 26 is located between battery 22 and one of its contacts, so that discharge of the battery is not possible until the tab has been removed. This constitutes a first switch arrangement.
  • Light sensor 18 is set so that only when it is exposed to light does it operate to serve to close the circuit. This constitutes a second switch arrangement.
  • the user-operated switch member 24 constitutes a third switch arrangement and it will be noted that only when all three switch arrangements are closed will the LED's be illuminated.
  • the packing step involves placing a plurality of bottles in a box such that, when the box is sealed, the bottles are in complete darkness. Thus light sensors 18 do not receive any light. When the bottles are unpacked, light falls on the light sensors, thus closing the second switch
  • An advantage of the above described device is that unwanted discharge of battery 22 is prevented before its period of intended use.
  • the S D LEDs 14 used are compact and, being rectangular, pack well among themselves and other surface components thus permitting high component densities.
  • the above-mentioned disadvantages of the subsequent covering with resin are also avoided.
  • SMD LEDs can be applied by hand, it is expedient if they are applied solely by machine, so that the process can be automated. When applied by machine, the solder used is minimised and neat and contained within a well defined area. This enables the process to be quick and to be cost effective for high volume production.
  • SMD LEDs also provide greater consistency from one LED to the next in terms of colour and light output.
  • bonded white LEDs are produced by hand-doping blue LEDs with a phosphor. Doping by hand is subject to wide tolerances and often leads to inconsistencies in colour and light output.
  • a further advantage of using SMD LEDs is that the angle of light dispersion can be carefully controlled to maximise the contents illumination opportunities. Thus they provide improved options for consistency and range of choice.
  • the device can be manually actuated at the bottling/ packing facility by the removal of the pull-tab.
  • the light sensor detects very low levels of light and automatically switches off the device.
  • the device remains in an off state.
  • the light sensor allows the device to be automatically switched on again when the bottle/ container is removed from the packaging box into a brighter environment i.e. when the bottle/ container is ready to be used and/or placed on a supermarket shelf.
  • switch 24 takes over as the main actuation member of the device.
  • switch 24 may be replaced by a switch responsive to an external factor such as movement, vibration, music or other sound, temperature, moisture on the expiry of a period of time.
  • the switch can be triggered by the use of different sensors, with or without an interface circuit to such a trigger input.
  • sensors may include motion sensors such as inertial switches, vibration sensors such as passive piezoelectric sensors, temperature sensors such as PTCs, IMTCs or IR sensors, magnetic sensors such as Hall-effect devices, RF sensors such as radio frequency receivers, electromagnetic sensors such as LDRs or photo-diodes, light sensors, sound sensors such as electret condenser microphones, moisture sensors, proximity sensors, pressure sensors, manual switching, direct circuit interfacing, etc.
  • the sensor may be part of a sound-actuated device as disclosed in co-pending patent application (GB
  • the illumination effect can be made time variable so the effect lasts for and/or starts after a specified period of time. It is possible to implement more than one type of sensor simultaneously.
  • drinks bottles are transported in boxes that contain multiple bottles. It may therefore not be desirable for all of the bottles to have their light sensors turn the devices back on again when the box is unsealed, because there may be a period of time before all of the bottles in the box are needed. If all the light sensors fitted to devices in the same box were turned on at the same time, it is conceivable unwanted triggering could occur e.g. in a bar music could start triggering audio sensors on bottles that were still in the storage box waiting to be used. Similarly, vibration sensing devices could be falsely triggering whilst still in an open box. Therefore it may be advantageous to modify the storage boxes in which the bottles or containers are transported such that when the sealed box is opened, all of the bottles or containers are not simultaneously subjected to increased light levels.
  • Such a modification could take various forms.
  • a box containing a spirits bottle is subdivided by cardboard inserts to create individual compartments for the bottles so that they are protected from each other during transit.
  • a layer of black or other dark coloured tissue paper can be placed over the top of the box opening, such that when the box is unsealed the paper layer continues to keep the bottles in darkness.
  • a hole can easily be punched by hand through the tissue paper. Light only passes into the individual compartment from which the bottle was being removed, thereby keeping light from the other compartments and keeping those light sensors in an off state.
  • a cardboard sleeve can be placed over the neck of the bottles in their individual compartments such that the light is blocked from reaching the base of the bottle where the light sensor is housed.
  • Light sensing requires constant monitoring of light levels. This may be achieved by using a light sensor 18 coupled into a very low power comparator with a preset threshold, as shown in Figure 3. Current consumptions as low as one micro-amp or less are obtainable, thus ensuring the longevity of small cells for long periods of time.
  • Ul is a low power comparator.
  • Rl, 2 &3 are fixed value resistors and Ql is an n-channel mosfet.
  • the LDR is a light dependent resistor.
  • a current is provided through Rl & 2, the LDR & R3 and the comparator from the battery or cells 22.
  • Rl & 2 form a potential divider and provide at their common junction a voltage which is in proportion to the supplied voltage.
  • the LDR and R3 provide a proportioned voltage. These two voltages will track each other with changing supply voltages. They are compared and the output of the comparator is either high or low depending on the state of the LDR only.
  • R2 & R3 may be chosen to be of the same value thereby allowing Rl to be selected to match the LDR response. They are also chosen depending on how much current is required or allowed through these two resistive paths.
  • the comparator shown is taken as having a push-pull output stage.
  • the comparator output is low, then the gate-source voltage for the n-channel mosfet is equal to or very close to zero. In this state the mosfet is off and only allows a negligible leakage current to flow from drain to source. Therefore the main circuit 20 is not supplied with sufficient current to operate.
  • the comparator output is high, the gate- source voltage exceeds the selected gate threshold and therefore allows sufficient current to flow to the main circuit. In this fashion the main circuit may be actuated or switched off with respect to a level of light incident on the LDR. Inverted versions of this arrangement are possible.
  • a modified pull-tab can remain in the device so the device is in an off state.
  • the modification of the pull-tab takes the form of an increase in its length such that it is able to have its free end attached to the box in which it is being transported.
  • the act of pulling the bottle up and out of the box creates a force which automatically completely removes the pull-tab. It will be seen that this modification has only two switches, since it effectively combines the first and second switching arrangements into a single switch arrangement.
  • the various switch arrangements may take different forms.
  • the pull-tab switch used at or before the packing stage could be replaced by any type of manually-operated switch, e.g. a toggle switch or a push-button switch.
  • the step which constitutes closing the first switch arrangement could be the insertion of battery 22 to complete the connection between its contacts.
  • an opaque strip of material can be applied over light sensor 18 to prevent it actuating its associated switch. The strip is removed before the packing step is completed. In this modification, the pull-tab switch is not required.
  • FIG 4 shows a tilt switch 30 which can be used as switch 24.
  • Tilt switch 30 is a double- ended switch coupling a generally cylindrical, conductive casing 36 having contacts 38, 40 respectively connected to terminal wires A and B. The end contacts are respectively mounted within insulating ends 44, 46.
  • the casing end has a terminal wire at C.
  • the casing contains two conductive balls 42 which, when the switch is tilted towards one end, electrically connect the respective contact 38, 40 to the casing.
  • the switch is used with its end terminal wires A and B electrically connected together.
  • terminal contact C can constitute terminal 32 and wires A and B together constitute terminal 34.
  • the light source is illuminated when the switch is tilted towards either end.
  • terminal wires A and B are not interconnected and only one of them acts as terminal 34.
  • the light source is only illuminated when the switch is tilted towards one of its ends.
  • terminal wires A and B may be connected to different parts of a modified circuit 20 (not shown) so that closing the switch at one end produces a first illumination effect and closing the switch at the opposite end produces a second illumination effect.
  • the tilt switch 30 (or any of the devices used as switch 24) is connected to circuit 20 via a trigger circuit so that it is only the initial engagement of a ball 42 with an end contact which has an effect, and the subsequent maintaining of the engagement has no further effect.
  • a preferred trigger circuit is shown and described in Figure 1 of co-pending application 0921749.8 entitled “Improvements in Illumination Devices”.
  • Tilt switch 30 may comprise only a single conductive ball 42 and a single-ended tilt switch can be used instead of tilt switch 30.
  • FIG. 5 shows an alternative tilt switch 50 which can be used as switch 24 instead of tilt switch 30.
  • the switch comprises a generally cylindrical conductive casing 56 with end contacts 58, 60 respectively connected to terminal wires A and B. The end contacts are respectively mounted within insulating ends 68, 70.
  • the casing has a terminal contact C. Terminals A, B and C are connected into the circuit of Figure 2 in the same way as the terminals of switch 30.
  • Casing 56 contains two conductive balls 62.
  • casing 56 has on its inner surface an insulating layer or strip 64 which extends from end to end and around half of the circumference of the casing (the bottom half as shown in Figure 5). Thus whatever the positions of the balls 62 along the length of switch 50, they are unable to complete any circuit while they are rolling on insulating strip 64.
  • end contacts 58, 60 are radially offset away from insulating strip 64 and that balls 62 are of a size such that they do not touch contacts 58, 60 while rolling on the insulating strip.
  • Tilt switch 50 is particularly useful when the article to which the light source is attached can be disposed upside down when the light effect is not required. This ensures that, with the insulating strip 64 at the bottom, the battery is not drained even when the switch is tilted from side to side or subjected to vibrations. When the light effect is required, switch 50 is inverted so that strip 64 is at the top, and the switch behaves like a normal tilt switch.
  • a tilt switch 30 or 50 can be used as the second switch, i.e. instead of light sensor 18.
  • the first tilt switch replacing the light sensor 18 is a single-ended tilt switch arranged substantially vertically so as always to be switched off when the article is being transported or stored upside-down.
  • the second tilt switch replacing switch 24 is arranged substantially horizontally and functions as described previously.
  • tilt switch 50 it is possible to use a single tilt switch 50 to act as both the second and third switches 18 and 24.
  • light sensor 18 is omitted, and it is arranged that both during transport and during storage before use, the tilt switch 50 is disposed with the insulating strip 64 at the bottom. This can be arranged by the configuration of the packaging of the relevant article.
  • An advantage of this modification is that only two switch components are required, viz the first switch 26 and the tilt switch 50.
  • the above-described illumination devices may be attached to a wide range of articles, such as cigarette packets, ash trays, cornflake packets, and containers for toothpaste, cosmetics, foodstuffs etc.
  • articles such as cigarette packets, ash trays, cornflake packets, and containers for toothpaste, cosmetics, foodstuffs etc.
  • the features of the various arrangements and modifications described may be combined or substituted for each other as desired.

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L'invention concerne un article contenant une source (14) lumineuse ou sonore et comprenant deux commutateurs (18, 24, 26) ou plus qui doivent être fermés pour que la source (14) soit actionnée. Selon l'invention, les commutateurs sont disposés de manière à être fermés successivement à différentes étapes des procédures d'emballage, de déballage et d'utilisation. Un premier commutateur (26) peut être un agencement de languette à tirer, fermé lors de l'emballage ou du déballage de l'article. Un deuxième commutateur (18) peut être un commutateur photosensible. Un troisième commutateur (24) peut être un commutateur actionné par l'utilisateur ou un commutateur à bascule, etc.
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US13/514,441 US9596733B2 (en) 2009-06-03 2010-12-13 Switch-actuated arrangements
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