TWM634094U - Display signage - Google Patents

Abstract

A display signate applied to an outdoor wall or an indoor wall, includes an electronic paper display device, a driver, which is electrically connected to the electronic paper display device, and a controller which is electrically connected to the driver for controlling the display state of the electronic paper display device.

Description

display kanban

The invention relates to a display device, in particular to a display board that applies an electronic paper display device to an outdoor wall, an indoor wall or floor tiles.

With the advancement of flat panel display technology and the advantages of light weight, small size and power saving of flat panel display devices, flat panel display devices have become more and more popular. Common flat panel display devices include liquid crystal display devices (LCD, liquid crystal display), plasma display devices (plasma display apparatus), organic light emitting diode display devices (OLED, organic light emitting display apparatus) and electrophoretic display devices (electrophoretic display devices) apparatus), and liquid crystal display devices are more popular.

A common liquid crystal display device is a transmissive liquid crystal display device. The transmissive liquid crystal display device emits light through the backlight module and transmits colors and patterns to the eyes of users through the liquid crystal display panel. However, the disadvantage of this display method is that when the brightness of the external light source is greater than the brightness of the backlight module, the user will see the transmissive liquid crystal display device as a white haze, and cannot distinguish the color difference. Outdoor users cause great inconvenience. In addition, since 90% of the power consumption of the transmissive liquid crystal display device comes from the backlight module, the transmissive liquid crystal display device needs to light up the backlight module no matter it is used outdoors or indoors, so it does not save power and is not environmentally friendly.

Compared with the transmissive display device, the reflective display device relies on the external ambient light source to achieve the display effect, and does not need to use a backlight module that consumes a lot of power, so the power saving advantage is obvious. Among reflective display devices, electronic paper display devices based on electrophoretic display technology have attracted attention due to their advantages of power saving, thinness and flexibility.

Among them, the electronic paper display device uses a large number of microcapsules (microcapsules), that is, electronic ink, which can display electronic content on a plastic film like an optical element. The clear solution in each microcapsule contains multiple positively charged particles. White particles and multiple negatively charged black particles, when a positive or negative electric field is applied, the corresponding particles will move to the top of the microcapsule, so that the user can see these particles, and make the display appear white or Display results in black.

However, the reflective display device also has disadvantages, and its disadvantage is that it cannot display when the external light source is weak or even there is no external light source. In order to improve the aforementioned shortcomings of the reflective display device, the prior art proposes a reflective display device equipped with a light-emitting element to provide light to the reflective display device through the light-emitting element in an environment where there is no external light source or the external light source is weak. The above-mentioned light-emitting elements are arranged around the visible area of the reflective display device. Although the use of light-emitting elements can enable the reflective display device to display images in an environment with no external light source or a weak external light source, such a design will make the light source unevenly distributed in the visible area, resulting in uneven brightness of the reflective display device. of the image.

According to the defects of the prior art, this creation provides a display board, which is applied to outdoor walls or indoor walls, which includes: an electronic paper display device; a driver, electrically connected to the electronic paper display device; and a main controller, connected to the driver The electrical connection is used to control the display state of the electronic paper display device through the driver.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the electronic paper display device is a touchable electronic paper display device or a non-touch electronic paper display device.

In a preferred embodiment of this creation, when the electronic paper display device is a touchable electronic paper display device, the display board is set on an outdoor wall or an indoor wall close to the ground for passers-by to touch. high.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the electronic paper display device is a non-touch electronic paper display device, the display board is arranged on the outdoor wall close to the top surface of the outdoor wall.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a power supply device is further included to be electrically connected to the electronic paper display device to provide power required by the electronic paper display device for displaying.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the power supply device may be a solar battery.

This creation also provides a display board, which is applied to outdoor floor tiles or indoor floor tiles, which includes: electronic paper display device: a driver, the driver is electrically connected to the electronic paper display device; and a power supply device, respectively connected to the electronic paper display device and the driver The connection is used to provide the power required by the electronic paper display device for displaying.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the electronic paper display device is a touchable electronic paper display device.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the display state of the electronic paper display device is continuous display, discontinuous display, random display or segmented display.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the power supply device may be a battery.

1a, 1b: Display Kanban

5: Wall

7: ground

10, 12: Electronic paper display device

102, 104, 106, 108: blades

122: left eye

124: right eye

126a, 126b: Mouth

20: drive

30: Main controller

80: Power supply device

99: use passers-by

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an embodiment of a display board according to the technology disclosed in this creation.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a display board installed on an outdoor wall according to the technology disclosed in this creation.

Fig. 3a and Fig. 3b are schematic diagrams showing that when a passer-by touches the display signboard, the pattern on the electronic paper display device changes its display state according to the technology disclosed in the present creation.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a display board installed on floor tiles or on the ground according to the technology disclosed in this creation.

Figures 5a and 5b are schematic diagrams showing that the patterns on the electronic paper display device change display states when a passer-by steps on or touches the display board on the ground according to the technology disclosed in this creation.

Please refer to Figure 1 first. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of a display board disclosed in this creation. In FIG. 1, the display board 1a is mainly composed of an electronic paper display device 10, a driver 20, and a main controller 30, wherein the electronic paper display device 10 is electrically connected to the driver 20, and the driver 20 and the main controller 30 can be wired Or a wireless communication connection. In the embodiment of the present invention, the main controller 30 sends a signal corresponding to the pattern or text to be displayed, and the driver 20 drives the electronic paper display device 10 to display the pattern or text.

Then please refer to Figure 2. Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing that the display board is installed on the wall. In FIG. 2, the electronic paper display device 10 and the driver 20 in the display board 1a can be respectively installed on the wall 5, and the main controller 30 can be connected with the driver 20 by means of communication to control the driver in a remote manner. 20 and the electronic paper display device 10. It should be noted here that the body of wall 5 referred to in this creation is, for example, Taipei 101 Building, Kaohsiung 85 Building, the walls of department stores or T-bars, the electronic paper display device 10 and driver 20 can be erected on the walls 5 of these buildings or the walls of T-bars like billboards body 5, and the main controller 30 can be installed in the computer room or T-bar structure of the building to control the electronic paper display device 10 and the driver 20.

For example, if a four-leaf clover-like pattern is to be displayed on the electronic paper display device 10, the pattern to be displayed on the four leaves of the four-leaf clover-like blade is preset in the main controller 30, and the blade 102 is white. , the blade 104 is a grid, the blade 106 is dotted and the blade 108 is a straight bar, and each blade 102, 104, 106, 108 is electrically connected to a driver 20 respectively, and these drivers 20 are connected to the main controller at the same time 30 communication connections. When the patterns of the four blades of the four-leaf clover are to be displayed simultaneously, then the main controller 30 sends the pattern signal and the signal displayed simultaneously to the circuit board where the four blades 102, 104, 106, 108 of the four-leaf clover are located. The four drivers 20 drive the electronic paper display device 10 at the same time, and the blades 102 (white), blades 104 (checkered pattern), blades 106 (dotted) and blades 108 (straight) The pattern is displayed at the same time, and the people outside the wall can see the pattern as shown in Figure 2 at this time. In another embodiment, the user can set the display state of the electronic paper display device 10 in the main controller 30 as continuous display, non-continuous display, random display or segmented display of four-leaf clover-like patterns.

Since most of the display boards 1a installed on the exterior walls of high-rise buildings are advertising signals or artistic decorations on the exterior walls of buildings, it does not require too high a display resolution to achieve the display effect, which can replace the current high-cost A liquid crystal display device (LCD; liquid crystal display) is used as a display board on the exterior wall. Moreover, the display board 1a of the present invention further includes a power supply device 80, which is used to provide the driver 20 with the power required to drive the electronic paper display device 10 for display. It can be known from the prior art that the electronic paper display device 10 needs power only at the moment of changing the pattern, so the power required in the process of changing the pattern is extremely small, and the required power is not much, so the power supply device 80 can be solar energy. Battery or general battery, preferred embodiment is solar cell, and its advantage is, because display sign board 1a is positioned at the topmost place of the body of wall 5 of building outer wall, is subjected to longer sunshine time and larger sunshine area, its solar energy The battery can store the light energy of the received sunlight and convert it into electrical energy to supply the electricity required by the electronic paper display device 10 for display. Compared with using LCD as a display panel, it needs to consume a higher amount of electricity. It is a product with economic value.

Please continue to refer to FIG. 3a and FIG. 3b. 3a and 3b are schematic diagrams showing that when a passer-by touches the display signboard, the pattern on the electronic paper display device changes its display state. In this embodiment, the display board 1a is set on the wall 5 of the outer wall of the building and close to the ground 7, at a height accessible to passers-by 99 . The connection methods of the electronic paper display device 12 , the driver 20 , the main controller 30 and the power supply device 80 are the same as above, and no further description is given here.

It should be noted that the electronic paper display device 10 installed near the top of the wall 5 on the outer wall of the building is a non-touch electronic paper display device, in order to prevent birds moving in the air from accidentally touching the electronic paper display device during flight. The electronic paper display device 12 prevents the electronic paper display device 12 from displaying the pattern set by the main controller 30 . The electronic paper display device 12 arranged on the outer wall of the building close to the ground and accessible to passers-by 99 is a touch-type electronic paper display device. The electronic paper display device 12 can generate interaction.

As shown in the face pattern in Figure 3b, the face pattern includes the left eye 122, the right eye 124 and the mouth 126a. When a passer-by 99 touches the mouth 126a, the pattern of the electronic paper display device 12 will be displayed by the current state transitions to another display state. For example, when a passer-by 99 touches the mouth 126a in Figure 3a, the mouth 126a of the electronic paper display device 12 changes from the current display state of white to the mist as shown in Figure 3b, and the passer-by 99 touches the mouth again. Touch the mouth 126b of the face pattern once, and it will change from mist to The white mouth 126a (as shown in FIG. 3a ) is used to achieve the effect of interaction with passers-by 99. In addition to being used as an installation art design of the building, it also adds a humanized interaction effect.

In addition, both the non-touch electronic paper display device 10 and the touch electronic paper display device 12 mentioned above can also be installed indoors, such as subway underground shopping malls, walls on both sides of aisles in subway stations, high-speed rail, railway or It is the wall beside the MRT track, the interior wall of the department store, and the wall of the reception hall of the company building.

Please refer to Figure 4 next. Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the display board disclosed in this creation. In Fig. 4, the display board 1b is composed of an electronic paper display device 12, a driver 20 and a power supply device 80, wherein the driver 20 is connected with the power supply device 80 respectively. The power supply device 80 is electrically connected to the electronic paper display device 10, and the power supply device 80 is used to provide the driver 20 to drive the electronic paper display device 10 to display the time and the electric power for the electronic paper display device 10 to change the display state, wherein the power supply device 80 can be a general Battery. In this embodiment, the electronic paper display device 12 , the driver 20 and the power supply device 80 can be embedded as a module on the ground 7 outdoors or indoors. In this embodiment, the electronic paper display device 10 is a touch-type electronic paper display device. Therefore, when the electronic paper display device 10 is installed on the ground 7 outdoors, for example, the floor tiles used as sidewalks can be touched by passers-by 99 with their feet or hands to change the display state of the electronic paper display device 10 .

Please refer to FIG. 5a and FIG. 5b. FIG. 5a and FIG. 5b are schematic diagrams showing that the patterns on the electronic paper display device change display state when a passer-by steps on or touches the display board on the ground according to the technology disclosed in the present invention. In FIG. 5a, when a passer-by 99 steps on or touches the display board 1b on the ground, the electronic paper display device 12 will produce a small capacitance change, and the small capacitance change will be transmitted to the driver 20. , the driver 20 will drive the electronic paper display device 12 to change the current display state. For example, when a passer-by steps on the right foot in the “footprint” pattern in the lower left corner of FIG. Afterwards, the driver 20 will drive the electronic paper display device 12 to change from the current gray footprint pattern to the black footprint pattern shown in Figure 5b; similarly, when the passer-by 99 touches the right foot pattern again, the display state of the right foot will change from The black footprints become gray footprints, which can also achieve the effect of interacting with passers-by 99.

Similarly, the above-mentioned display board 1b composed of a touch-type electronic paper display device can be installed indoors, such as an exhibition hall, an MRT station, or an MRT underground mall, and can be increased and used by stepping on or touching with hands. The effect of passerby 99 interaction.

1a: Display Kanban

10: Electronic paper display device

20: drive

30: Main controller

Claims (10)

A display board, applied to an outdoor wall or an indoor wall, the display board includes: an electronic paper display device; a driver, the driver is electrically connected to the electronic paper display device; and a main controller, and The driver communication connection is used to control a display state of the electronic paper display device through the driver. The display signboard according to claim 1, wherein the electronic paper display device is a touchable electronic paper display device or a non-touch electronic paper display device. The display board as described in claim 2, wherein when the electronic paper display device is the touchable electronic paper display device, the display board is set on the outdoor wall near a ground or the indoor wall to A height accessible to passers-by. The display signboard according to claim 2, wherein when the electronic paper display device is the non-touch electronic paper display device, the display signboard is arranged on the outdoor wall close to a top surface of an outdoor wall. The display board as described in Claim 1 further includes a power supply device electrically connected to the driver for providing the driver with the power required to drive the electronic paper display device to display. The display board as claimed in claim 5, wherein the power supply device may be a solar battery. A display board, applied to an outdoor floor tile or an indoor floor tile, the display board includes: an electronic paper display device: A driver, the driver is electrically connected with the electronic paper display device; and a power supply device is respectively connected with the electronic paper display device and the driver, and is used to provide the electric power required by the electronic paper display device for displaying. The display board as claimed in claim 7, wherein the electronic paper display device is a touchable electronic paper display device. The display signboard as described in Claim 7, wherein the display state of the electronic paper display device is continuous display, non-continuous display, random display or segmented display. The display board as claimed in item 7, wherein the power supply device may be a battery.

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