CN1188621A - Motion activated apparel flasher - Google Patents
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Abstract
A flash for an article of apparel includes one or more light-emitting sources that generate visible light that is visible from an exterior of the apparel. A mechanical or electrical switch may produce a switch closure in response to movement of the apparel. Circuitry connected to the switch and the light source causes the light source to emit a series of randomly wide flashes of light over a predetermined time interval in response to the switch being closed.
Description
The present invention relates generally to dress ornament, but thereby particularly relate to responsive movement when wearing and flash at random and increase the dress ornament of the band of its visibility light source.
The dress ornament that has light source is known, and I am in U.S. Patent No. 5,546, is discussed in 681.Light-emitting device has been installed on various shoes and hats (comprise sport footwear and wear footwear), or for security purpose, such as for the wearer that makes this dress ornament can see or be seen under the not enough environment of illumination, or for the special-effect of the fashion factor that produces the wearer aspect.
Luminous footwear are increased popularity in the past few years.Described in my the above-mentioned patent, existing luminous footwear can be divided into several classes as me.The first kind is a simple on-off switch, utilizes this on-off switch light source to be connected in the battery of manually operated switch control.Second class is reflected in the U.S. Patent No. 4,158,122 of authorizing Dana, and an on-off switch makes oscillator work in this patent, and when switch closure, make light source according to one clocklike pattern flash.
The 3rd class device is motion activated light source.Existing technology generally is to introduce a kind ofly by motion activated light source, and its best description can be referring to the U.S. Patent No. 4,848,009 of authorizing Rodgers.In this patent, the closure of monostable multivibrator responding to switch when switch closure and send individual pulse.Before this end-of-pulsing switch again closure can not produce any effect, thereby can eliminate the flicker of light source, light source is luminous in the short time period of motion switch closure else if, and this flicker will take place.
In my previous patent, I have disclosed a kind of new luminous footwear, the pressure switch that has wherein adopted a kind of and a pair of monostable multivibrator to be connected.In the disclosed therein device, the wearer that the design of circuit makes at shoes takeoffs from ground or circuit working and the flash of light that produces a scheduled time length when mentioning its shoes.(can produce long pulse under the stop state at the shoes built on stilts in the non-motion of takeofing).
The flash of light process that all such schemes all are confined to or one is lasting, the sort of disclosed in 122 patents of Dana, or the pulse of a scheduled time length, this as disclosed in 009 patent of Rodgers and my the previous patent.
In order to strengthen illumination effect, preferably both be not limited to the oscillator of Dana formula, also be not limited to the individual pulse of Rodgers formula.A kind of flasher circuit at random that does not disclose as yet in technical field can be strengthened the visibility and the artistic effect of stroboscopic light sources.This will be a kind of brand-new dress ornament illumination scheme.
As what discussed in my previous patent, any flashing light unit that is used for dress ornament must be that volume is little and manufacturing is economical, and must battery be exhausted assurance too early.Any flashing light unit must accomplish to make the consumer can need not its dress just can be checked the working condition of flashing light unit when selecting luminous dress ornament.Often be shoes to be taken up from the exhibition booth shake one and get off to observe the illumination effect that occurs when buying luminous shoes such as, consumer.
The footwear of flash of light at random that excite by a telecontrol equipment, if all parts can be packed in the very little encapsulation and can be installed in the dress ornament resemble shoes and hats, and when when work, battery consumption was very little, also can increase the market of this shoes or other dress ornaments.
The new equipment that the present invention proposes has overcome the problem that above-mentioned original technology exists and has accomplished both can increase wearer's visibility can increase the market of articles for use itself again, and way is to install a flasher circuit at random that is excited by the motion responding to switch.Flashing light unit comprises at least one can produce the light source that sends visible light from the dress ornament appearance.The motion responding to switch makes switch closure when dress ornament moves.The circuit that is installed between light source and the switch makes light source response take place and send a series of light pulse in the preset time interval at least switch closure.
According to an aspect of the present invention, the present invention can utilize various light sources, as light emitting diode, incandescent lamp and electroluminescent cell.
Similarly, can use various motion responding to switch.This switch can comprise mercoid switch, piezoelectric transducer switch and vibroswitch, wherein the type of vibroswitch is positioned at an end of vibrating spring for its first contact, and the change of motion that second contact can the responding to switch enteroception be arrived or inertia and contacting with first contact.
According to another characteristics of the present invention, circuit wherein comprises one and is connected with light source and can generates the impulse generator of width-pulse at random.But be connected in the closure of the monostable multivibrator responding to switch on the switch and make preset time of signal generator work at interval.
Signal generator comprises the oscillator of a definite clock signal, a shift register and the feedback logic between shift register output and input.Feedback logic loads shift register the content of shift register is become at random.When switch closure, shift register can make the position of drifting of the random pulses by register.Output with late register combines the randomly pulsed phase signal that produces driving light source with clock signal.
Foregoing circuit is simple and reliable, and is easy to make owing to part count is few.Because except not needing when the switch closure, so power signal is very little from powered battery.
By following introduction to preferred embodiment, the professional in present technique field can have one more fully to understand to the present invention, and can realize some advantages that it is other.Below referential accompanying drawing is simply introduced.
Fig. 1 is a side perspective view of having used the shoes of new-type luminescent system of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the side perspective view that has shown the shoes among Fig. 1 of the luminous situation of luminescent system of the present invention;
Preferred embodiment when Fig. 3 illustrates luminescent system of the present invention and is installed on the shoes;
Fig. 4 is the sectional side view of the shoes 4-4 along the line among Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 is along looking the horizontal component cutaway view on the line 5-5 among Fig. 4;
Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram of the preferred embodiment of the emission control circuit shown in Fig. 3;
Fig. 7 is the illuminating circuit sequential chart of the present invention shown in Fig. 6.
Below more specifically with reference to the accompanying drawings emphasis the preferred embodiments of the present invention and correlated process are applied to shoes, particularly this luminescent system is applied to sport footwear, discuss.But, be to be understood that application of the present invention is not limited to shoes, but all can be packaged in the dress ornament among cap, jacket, the gloves etc. at an easy rate.Because this module is very little, it can be applied to widely on the dress ornament.Shoes shown on Fig. 1-5 are that choosing is used to discuss purpose, and its reason is exactly because the miniature electric component application is challenging under the shoes situation.Be used for wanting on other dress ornaments much simple.Shown in Fig. 1-5 only is a kind of application of the present invention.
With reference to figure 1-5.Sport footwear 1 generally includes upper of a shoe 5 and sole part 10.The interior end 6, belong to the upper of a shoe 5 above the sole part 10 usually.The structure 20 of a transparent similar window is set on the heel next door of sole part 10.This transparent configuration 20 can form an integral body with sole part 10 mould-formings, also can utilize adhesive to bond on the sole part.When shoes move, just penetrate visible light 21 by transparent configuration.
The sole part 10 of shoes 1 comprises a midsole portion 22 and an outer bottom 23, and outer bottom is fixed along the substrate of shoes 1.As disclosed in my the previous United States Patent (USP), outer bottom is normally made by the high-abrasive material of solid such as rubber and some polyurethane material, and midsole is processed into by injection molded or heat ductile forming by foamed elastomeric material such as polyurethane or ethylene vinyl acetate usually.
Lighting means 30 is placed among the midsole 10 of shoes 1, preferably below wearer's sufficient root.Lighting means 30 comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes 72 and 74 (each can be a plurality of diodes), is connected respectively to the different piece of circuit.In an illustrated embodiment, a plurality of light emitting diodes are the periphery settings along a box body 32, can certainly adopt other set-up modes.Box body 32 can be processed into by injection molded by plastic material or other suitable elastic solid materials, and emission control circuit is arranged on wherein.Preferably box body 32 is placed in the midsole 22 or nestles up midsole 22, so that make light emitting diode 72 and 74 and transparent window 20 adjacency, thereby the light that light emitting diode 72 and 74 is sent can be seen in the outside of shoes 1.
As previously mentioned, light emitting diode 72 and 74 luminous be by emission control circuit shown in Figure 6 33 control.Wherein reflection is preferred embodiment.Fig. 6 uses the some concrete elements of common "+3v " representative to be connected in 3 volts power supply, and this power supply can adopt dry cell usually, extremely grows and " button " lithium battery of very light in weight as the life-span.Obviously, the present invention also can adopt other forms of battery and voltage.Motion switch 40 is connected to the input of monostable multivibrator 44.The formation of this monostable multivibrator 44 triggers its " bearing " transient voltage that is produced can be by switch closure the time on switch 40.The result generates anti-phase input to OR-gate, and this is the part of the multivibrator of ground connection, and monostable multivibrator 44 produces a pulse of being determined by external resistance 48 and electric capacity 46 on output Q1.The formation of this multivibrator also can be designed to work when positive transient voltage (such as switch opens), also can be designed to requirement and carry out a series of switch closure trigger in the time interval of setting.Output Q2 is used to make buffer- type phase inverter 66 and 70 to produce output.
As what in the patent in I, introduced, control by forming the RC time constant network by resistance and electric capacity by the pulse width that monostable multivibrator 44 is sent in past.Typical configuration is the electric capacity of 47 μ fd and the resistance of 2M Ω.
The output of one-shot is used to control a signal generator and produces width-pulse at random.By can understand the working condition of signal generator with reference to the sequential chart among the figure 7 and the circuit diagram among Fig. 6.Sequential chart among Fig. 7 has been determined the sequential of a series of signal point A, B, C, S1, M1, L1 and L2.Signal A, B and C are respectively the output of trigger 58, trigger 56 and exclusive-OR gate 68.S1 representation switch closure.M1 is the output of one-shot.L1 and L2 are the signals by light emitting diode 72 and 74.
With reference to figure 6, signal generator comprises trigger 58, shift register 52-54 and 56, NOR gate 60,62 and 64, phase inverter 66 and exclusive-OR gate 68 as can be known.The purposes of trigger 58 is that the frequency of oscillator is carried out frequency division.Come shift register is carried out suitable control by the output of exclusive-OR gate 68 with it.
The clock signal of 52,54 and 56 pairs of oscillators of three shift registers, 50 outputs is shifted.An input of NOR gate 60 is connected in the reset output terminal of trigger 56, and another input is connected in the SET output of trigger 54.An input of NOR gate 64 is connected in the SET output of trigger 56, and another input is connected in the reset output terminal of trigger 54. NOR gate 60 and 62 output are connected in an input of NOR gate 62, and this door also drives a phase inverter 66, forms one " or "/nondisjunction makes up.The output of NOR gate 62 and phase inverter 66 is connected to the set and the reset output terminal of trigger 52.
The output of signal generator provides at the output of trigger 56, also represents with signaling point B in addition.Output at signaling point B is width-pulse at random represented among Fig. 7.Provide the input of the number of the flip-flop circuit that changes shift register and wherein the gate circuit that feedback circuit was connected to obtain other random pulses version.Shift register the output of a B then with the output step-by-step addition (exclusive-OR function) of trigger 58 so that produce width-pulse stream signal at random at a C.Phase inverter 70 is used for making between light emitting diode 72 and 74 anti-phase the so that photophore of above-mentioned stream of pulses in that the opposite time flashes mutually.The width circuit has been understood by the professional person and has been generally used for the time synchronized application facet at random.Can referring to, such as, the U.S. Patent No. 3,890,265 of Hara.But do not see the application aspect dress ornament as yet.
As mentioned above, one works as switch closure, will excite one-shot output and remove reset signal from the output and the frequency divider 58 of oscillator 50.So shift register continues any random pulse sequence of being packed into by feedback circuit is shifted.One finished when duration of one-shot, and shift register just stops displacement and freezes up to switch closure next time.
The deration of signal from shift register is controlled by oscillator 50.As mentioned above, this can be two back-to-back one-shots, so frequency can be regulated by non-essential resistance/electric capacity combination.The time span that random sequence takes place is set by the resistance combination of one-shot 44.
From the above mentioned as can be known, foregoing circuit can provide the sequence of width-pulse at random that is easy to programme to make light emitting diode 72 and 74 luminous.Certainly, the professional person should be readily appreciated that under the situation that does not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention multiple other changes and/or the increase to These characteristics of the present invention.Particularly circuit can adopt integrated form or adopt special IC.All these type of changes are contained in the present invention.
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1. flasher that dress ornament spare is used is characterized in that its formation comprises:
Can produce from above-mentioned dress ornament outside and see luminous photogenerated device;
Can produce response and make the switching device of switch closure the motion of above-mentioned dress ornament; And
With above-mentioned switching device and the circuit arrangement that above-mentioned photogenerated device is connected, be used to the flash of light that makes above-mentioned photogenerated device send a series of width at random with predetermined time interval at least once above-mentioned switch closure generation response.
2. the flasher described in claim 1 is characterized in that above-mentioned photogenerated device comprises one or more light emitting diodes.
3. the flasher described in claim 1 is characterized in that above-mentioned photogenerated device comprises one or more electroluminescent cells.
4. the flasher described in claim 1 is characterized in that the formation of above-mentioned switching device comprises:
Be positioned at the container of encapsulation, the contact device of formation pair of contact; And
Also be positioned at encapsulation container, be used for that response is taken place for the motion of above-mentioned dress ornament above-mentioned contact connected and the liquid mercury of short circuit.
5. the flasher described in claim 1 is characterized in that the formation of above-mentioned switching device comprises:
Form first contact making device of fixed contact; And
From second contact making device of the above-mentioned first contact making device elastic biasing, be used to respond the motion of above-mentioned dress ornament and temporarily contact with above-mentioned first contact making device.
6. the flasher described in claim 1 is characterized in that the formation of above-mentioned switching device comprises:
Piezoelectric sensor arrangement is used to respond the motion of above-mentioned dress ornament and produces and the electro ultrafiltration of the closed equivalence of mechanical switch.
7. the flasher described in claim 1 is characterized in that the formation of foregoing circuit device comprises:
Signal generation apparatus with above-mentioned photogenerated device is connected is used to produce width-pulse at random;
With the monostable multivibrator that described switching device links to each other, be used for making preset time of described signal generation apparatus work at interval in response at least once described switch closure.
8. the flasher described in claim 1 is characterized in that the formation of above-mentioned signal generator unit comprises:
Be used for determining the oscillator arrangement of clock signal;
With the shift register arrangement that above-mentioned oscillator arrangement is connected, be used to make the pulse displacement; And
Be connected in the output of above-mentioned shift register arrangement and the feedback logic between the input, the input of the above-mentioned shift register arrangement that is used to pack into, the content of above-mentioned shift register is at random simultaneously.
9. the flasher described in claim 1 is characterized in that the formation of above-mentioned photogenerated device comprises:
One first light source that is connected with the foregoing circuit device; And
To be connected in a secondary light source of foregoing circuit device with above-mentioned first light source anti-phasely, wherein above-mentioned first light source and secondary light source generate light in the opposite time.
10. flasher that dress ornament spare is used is characterized in that its formation comprises:
Be positioned on the above-mentioned dress ornament, be used to produce the switching device of switch closure;
Be connected with above-mentioned switching device, be used at least once above-mentioned switch closure response was taken place and generate the photogenerated device of width flash of light at random in the time interval of determining.
11. a generation is sent the method for flash of light at random from dress ornament spare, it is characterized in that its formation comprises:
Motion to above-mentioned dress ornament detects;
Detected above-mentioned motion generation response is generated the pulse of a series of width at random; And
It is at least once luminous to utilize above-mentioned pulse to produce.
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