WO2014106897A1 - Structure de bouton - Google Patents

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WO2014106897A1
WO2014106897A1 PCT/JP2013/050028 JP2013050028W WO2014106897A1 WO 2014106897 A1 WO2014106897 A1 WO 2014106897A1 JP 2013050028 W JP2013050028 W JP 2013050028W WO 2014106897 A1 WO2014106897 A1 WO 2014106897A1
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秀行 廣田
哲史 中田
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三菱電機株式会社
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/18—Distinguishing marks on switches, e.g. for indicating switch location in the dark; Adaptation of switches to receive distinguishing marks
    • H01H9/182—Illumination of the symbols or distinguishing marks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H13/00—Switches having rectilinearly-movable operating part or parts adapted for pushing or pulling in one direction only, e.g. push-button switch
    • H01H13/02—Details
    • H01H13/023—Light-emitting indicators
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H9/00—Details of switching devices, not covered by groups H01H1/00 - H01H7/00
    • H01H9/18—Distinguishing marks on switches, e.g. for indicating switch location in the dark; Adaptation of switches to receive distinguishing marks
    • H01H9/182—Illumination of the symbols or distinguishing marks
    • H01H2009/183—Provisions for enhancing the contrast between the illuminated symbol and the background or between juxtaposed symbols

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  • the present invention relates to a button structure for illuminating a button of an electronic device.
  • Patent Literature 1 discloses an illumination-type operation button that illuminates a character or graphic portion formed on a button surface.
  • This illumination-type operation button is provided with a light-shielding mask provided by painting or vapor-depositing on the button surface except for characters or figures, so that in the daytime the light is blocked by the mask and the interior is dark and characters or The figure part appears black, and when the light source is turned on at night, the letter or figure part is illuminated.
  • patent document 1 by mixing a light-diffusion material in the resin material which comprises a button surface part, the light from an internal light source diffuses, and it illuminates so that the brightness of the part of a character or a figure may become uniform. be able to.
  • a character or graphic part is formed on the button surface with two or more colors, and the button surface part serving as a fabric is a milky white resin material, and the character or graphic part is illuminated with white light through this fabric, 2 It looks more than a color and the partition between the light sources can be omitted.
  • colors with high or low light transmittance are used for characters or graphics, and lighting with white light, parts with high light transmittance (such as white) become too bright and light transmittance is too high.
  • the darkness of low-colored parts (green, etc.) is emphasized, and the design is deteriorated.
  • the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and obtains a button structure that can illuminate characters or figures using colors having different light transmittances with the same brightness with a simple configuration. For the purpose.
  • the button structure according to the present invention is a button structure that illuminates a character or figure portion provided on the front surface side of the button with light emitted from a light source disposed on the back surface side of the translucent button.
  • the light-reducing printing part which is formed by printing a light-reducing material on the front or back side of the button to reduce the light, and the color with high transmittance among the multiple colors with different light transmittances from the light source Low transmittance among a high-luminance colored portion formed by forming a colored film on at least a portion corresponding to the light-reducing printing portion on the surface of the button and a plurality of colors having different transmittances of light emitted from the light source Over the entire surface of the button, including the low-brightness colored part formed by forming a colored film on the surface of the button other than the part corresponding to the light-reducing printing part, and the high-brightness colored part and the low-brightness colored part Forming a light-shielding film Character or part of the figure,
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a cross section of a button in the button structure according to Embodiment 1.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another example of a cross section of a button in the button structure according to Embodiment 1.
  • FIG. It is a figure which shows the cross section of the button structure which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a view showing an electronic device to which a button structure according to the present invention is applied.
  • FIG. 1 (a) is a front view of a panel portion of the electronic device
  • FIG. 1 (b) is a view in FIG. It is an enlarged view of the part which attached
  • An electronic device 1 illustrated in FIG. 1A is an information device mounted on a moving body such as a vehicle, and includes a panel 2 to which a button 3 is attached.
  • the button 3 is made of a translucent material, and is illuminated by transmitting light emitted from a light source (described later) disposed on the back side (inside the panel 2). Further, the button 3 has a light-shielding film formed on the entire surface by painting, and the light-shielding film is further removed in the shape of the graphic part 4 and the character part 5 shown in FIG. As a result, the graphic portion 4 and the character portion 5 appear to shine when white light is transmitted from the portion from which the light shielding film is removed.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a cross section of a button in the button structure according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 (a) shows a configuration in which a conventional character or figure portion has one color. 2 (b) shows a configuration in which the character or figure portion according to the first embodiment has two colors of white and green.
  • FIG. 2A a button structure in which a character or graphic provided on the front surface side of the button is one color will be described.
  • a white colored part 7 is formed by painting a white colored material on the entire surface of the button 3 serving as the fabric 6. This white color is the character or graphic color.
  • a light shielding material is applied to the entire upper surface of the white coating portion 7 to form a light shielding portion 8 (undercoating).
  • the light shielding material should just be a coating material which can reduce 100% of the white light irradiated from the light source, for example, uses a black coating material.
  • the light-shielding portion 8 is laser-etched into a figure and character shape until reaching the white coating portion 7 to form the graphic portion 4a and the character portion 5a.
  • a transparent coating material is applied to the entire surface of the light shielding portion 8 including the graphic portion 4a and the character portion 5a to form a top coating portion 9 (top coating).
  • each film described above can be formed by a painting process (coating material is applied), the manufacturing process can be simplified.
  • a painting process coating material is applied
  • the character or figure portion formed on the surface of the button 3 have two or more colors
  • a partition structure that shields light between the light sources must be applied, which complicates the structure.
  • the character or figure part is formed on the button surface with two or more colors by illuminating with white light, the character or figure part can be illuminated with two or more colors, but the color with high white light transmittance is high. When a low color is used, the brightness difference becomes large and the design is deteriorated.
  • the light having different light transmittance can be obtained with a simple configuration by reducing the light transmitted through the colored portion having a high light transmittance by the light-reducing printing portion that can be formed by a simple printing process. Characters or figures using can be illuminated with similar brightness.
  • the button structure according to the present invention will be described below.
  • a light-reducing printing unit 11 is formed by printing a light-reducing material that reduces light emitted from the light source on the surface of the button 3 serving as the fabric 6.
  • the light-reducing printing unit 11 reduces the luminance (brightness) in the high-intensity colored part in order to reduce the luminance difference in the colored part in which the transmittance of the white light emitted from the light source is different. Any function that attenuates the generated white light is sufficient.
  • the thickness is increased stepwise by, for example, multiple printing of a light reducing material, or You may form the light reduction printing part according to the light transmittance which a colored part has, such as printing the light reducing material from which the light transmittance differs in steps.
  • a colored film having a high transmittance of white light irradiated from the light source is coated on the entire surface of the fabric 6 including the light-reducing printing portion 11 to form a high-luminance colored portion.
  • Examples of the color that becomes a high-luminance colored portion include light colors such as white, cream, and light cyan.
  • a white white coating portion 7 is formed.
  • the white coating portion 7 is applied to the entire surface of the fabric 6 including the light reduction printing portion 11, but the white coating portion 7 is at least on the surface of the fabric 6. It suffices if it is formed in a portion corresponding to.
  • the green printing part 10 is formed as a low-luminance colored part by printing a green colored film.
  • the color that becomes the low-luminance colored portion may be any color that has a lower white light transmittance than the color of the high-luminance colored portion, and examples thereof include dark colors such as green and gray.
  • a light shielding material is applied to the entire upper surface of the white coating portion 7 and the green printing portion 10 to form a light shielding portion 8 (undercoating).
  • the green graphic portion 4 is formed by laser etching the light shielding portion 8 into the shape of the graphic until reaching the green printing portion 10, and the white character portion 5 is formed until the white coating portion 7 is reached. Is formed by laser etching into a character shape.
  • a transparent coating material is applied to the entire surface of the light shielding portion 8 including the graphic portion 4 and the character portion 5 to form a top coating portion 9 (top coating).
  • the light-reducing printing unit 11 formed by printing the light-reducing material that attenuates the light emitted from the light source on the front surface or the back surface of the button, and the light source A colored film having a high transmittance among a plurality of colors having different transmittances of the light emitted from is formed on at least a portion corresponding to the light-reducing printing portion 11 (or 11a) on the surface of the button 3.
  • the light-reducing printing unit 11 on the surface of the button 3 is formed of a white coating portion 7 which is a high-luminance colored portion and a colored film having a low transmittance among a plurality of colors having different transmittances of light emitted from the light source.
  • a light-shielding film is formed on the entire surface of the button 3 including the green printed portion 10 which is a low-luminance colored portion formed in a portion other than the portion corresponding to (a) and the white painted portion 7 and the green printed portion 10 Figure part 4 and character part But it provided with a light shielding portion 8 formed by removing up to the colored section in the shape of the graphic and character. In this way, by illuminating characters or figures colored with a plurality of different colors with white light, a plurality of light sources and a partition structure between the light sources are not required, and a button structure with a simple configuration can be obtained.
  • the light-reducing material film is formed by printing and the light-reducing printing portion 11 (or 11a) is provided, so that only a simple printing mask is required and the manufacturing process is simplified. can do.
  • the colored portion having high luminance is the white coating portion 7, and the white coating portion 7 includes the surface corresponding to the light reduction printing portion 11 (or 11 a).
  • the green printing part 10 which is formed by painting a white colored material on the whole and is a low-luminance colored part is on a part other than the part corresponding to the light-reducing printing part 11 (or 11a) on the surface of the white coating part 7. , And formed by printing a green material whose transmittance of light emitted from the light source is lower than white.
  • FIG. 4 is a view showing a cross section of the button structure according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention, and is a perspective view of the cross section taken along the line BB of FIG. 1 (b).
  • Embodiment 2 in which the luminance in a low-luminance colored portion is low even if the light transmitted through the high-luminance colored portion is reduced by the light-reducing printing portion, and the design is impaired due to the luminance difference between these colored portions. Then, as shown in FIG. 4, the thickness 6 b of the button 3 a around the graphic portion 4 corresponding to the low-luminance colored portion is changed from the thickness 6 a of the button 3 a around the character portion 5 corresponding to the high-luminance colored portion. Also make it thinner. Since the transmittance of white light changes according to the thickness of the button 3a, the luminance in the graphic portion 4 can be secured by configuring as shown in FIG. Can be reduced.
  • the thickness of the button 3a is decreased stepwise so that the light transmittance of the colored portion is increased. You may form in the thickness according to.
  • the thickness 6b of the button 3a of the graphic part 4 is made thinner than the thickness 6a of the button 3a around the character part 5, the graphic part 4, the character part 5 and Can be reduced, and the design can be improved.
  • any combination of each embodiment, any component of each embodiment can be modified, or any component can be omitted in each embodiment. .
  • the button structure according to the present invention can illuminate characters or figures using colors having different light transmittances with a simple configuration with the same brightness. For example, for a high-end vehicle that requires high designability. It is suitable for the operation part of an electronic device.

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La présente invention est équipée : d'une section imprimée d'assombrissement (11) résultant de l'impression d'un matériau d'assombrissement sur la surface recto ou la surface verso d'un bouton ; d'une section enduite blanche (7) qui est formée au niveau d'une section correspondant au moins à la section imprimée d'assombrissement (11) de la surface du bouton (3) parmi une pluralité de couleurs ayant un facteur de transmission de la lumière émise à partir d'une source lumineuse différent ; d'une section imprimée verte (10) qui est formée au niveau des sections de la surface du bouton (3) autres que les sections correspondant à la section imprimée d'assombrissement (11) ; et d'une section de protection contre la lumière (8) qui résulte de la formation d'un film de protection contre la lumière au niveau de la totalité de la surface du bouton (3) y compris la section enduite blanche (7) et la section imprimée verte (10), et qui est telle qu'une section en images (4) et une section de caractères (5) sont formées par suppression d'une section colorée sous la forme d'une image ou d'un caractère.
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WO2020213049A1 (fr) 2019-04-16 2020-10-22 ＡｌｐｈａＴｈｅｔａ株式会社 Élément de manipulation auto-éclairant

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JP2000260252A (ja) * 1999-03-04 2000-09-22 Shin Etsu Polymer Co Ltd 押釦スイッチ構造体及びその製造方法
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JPH02260337A (ja) * 1989-03-31 1990-10-23 Alps Electric Co Ltd キートツプ
JP2000260252A (ja) * 1999-03-04 2000-09-22 Shin Etsu Polymer Co Ltd 押釦スイッチ構造体及びその製造方法
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