EP1811535A1 - Dispositif de commutation et/ou de réglage avec indicateur optique - Google Patents

Dispositif de commutation et/ou de réglage avec indicateur optique Download PDF

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EP1811535A1
EP1811535A1 EP06001092A EP06001092A EP1811535A1 EP 1811535 A1 EP1811535 A1 EP 1811535A1 EP 06001092 A EP06001092 A EP 06001092A EP 06001092 A EP06001092 A EP 06001092A EP 1811535 A1 EP1811535 A1 EP 1811535A1
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Christopher Adams
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Priority to CA002636341A priority patent/CA2636341A1/fr
Priority to KR1020087018658A priority patent/KR20090003159A/ko
Priority to JP2008550647A priority patent/JP2009524182A/ja
Priority to CNA2006800514032A priority patent/CN101361150A/zh
Priority to PCT/EP2006/012398 priority patent/WO2007082585A1/fr
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H25/00—Switches with compound movement of handle or other operating part
    • H01H25/06—Operating part movable both angularly and rectilinearly, the rectilinear movement being along the axis of angular movement
    • H01H25/065—Operating part movable both angularly and rectilinearly, the rectilinear movement being along the axis of angular movement using separate operating parts, e.g. a push button surrounded by a rotating knob
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H19/00—Switches operated by an operating part which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis thereof and which is acted upon directly by a solid body external to the switch, e.g. by a hand
    • H01H19/02—Details
    • H01H19/025—Light-emitting indicators
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H25/00—Switches with compound movement of handle or other operating part
    • H01H25/06—Operating part movable both angularly and rectilinearly, the rectilinear movement being along the axis of angular movement
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2219/00—Legends
    • H01H2219/054—Optical elements
    • H01H2219/056—Diffuser; Uneven surface
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2219/00—Legends
    • H01H2219/054—Optical elements
    • H01H2219/066—Lens
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H2231/00—Applications
    • H01H2231/018—Musical instrument

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  • the invention relates to an electrical switching and / or control element with a rotary switch as a handle.
  • Such switching and / or adjusting elements are known.
  • switching elements with a rotary switch with predetermined detent positions for driving a variety of switching positions or even potentiometer with or without haptic tactile detent positions.
  • This switching and / or adjusting elements are widely used, for example, as a controller for volumes, controls for transformers or the like. It is typical that these electrical switching and / or adjusting elements are used exclusively "in one direction", namely for adjusting or adjusting of switching positions or for controlling currents or voltages. Another use, in which in particular a reverse flow of information in the switching and / or control element happens, there is not so. Here is to be remedied with the present invention.
  • an electrical switching and / or control element of the type mentioned includes an optical display device for displaying at least two different symbols, which is arranged in the rotary switch.
  • the electrical switching and / or control element makes it possible in this respect to transmit information by optical means, for example, related to a switching position of the switching element or with a triggered by this switching position event.
  • the display contains at least two different symbols, so that it is possible to optically distinguish between two different events. The more different symbols are included, the more differentiated the display can be. In addition, a differentiation can be made with different coloring of the displayed symbols.
  • the symbols may be, for example, letters, numbers, pictograms or other types of representations that are suitable for conveying certain information to be visually displayed.
  • the arrangement of the optical display device on the rotary switch is in principle arbitrary. However, it has been found to be particularly efficient to arrange the display device on an end face of the rotary switch.
  • the optical display device contains active light sources and a mask applied to these light sources with openings formed to the symbols.
  • the light sources are light emitting diodes (LED's). These LEDs can be based both on semiconductor technology as well also be modern organic LED's.
  • a plurality of differently colored LEDs can be arranged under the mask with the passage openings formed to the symbols in the region of each passage opening, so that one and the same symbol can be displayed in different colors so as to enable a further differentiation of the information transmission ,
  • the display functions in this case so that the light emerging from the active light source passes through the mask and thus generates a light spot in the form of the symbol, which can be perceived by an operator of the electrical switching and / or adjusting element.
  • diaphragms may be arranged between the light source and the mask (claim 3).
  • the arrangement first sees a light source, above it in alignment with the light source, a diaphragm and then above the mask with the symbol representing opening again in alignment with the light source and the aperture.
  • a diffuser may preferably be disposed on the side of the mask facing away from the light source (claim 4).
  • a diffuser is usually made of an opaque material, can be formed in the simplest case, for example by an opaque parchment paper.
  • the display device provided with the active light sources is covered overall by a transparent cover, which preferably has the shape of a converging lens (claim 5).
  • This transparent cover initially provides protection of the underlying elements. If the cover is designed in the form of a converging lens, an enlargement effect is additionally achieved which, with a compact construction of the display device, enables a well-recognizable representation of the symbols.
  • the optical display device is movably mounted in the rotary switch and connected to a push button or switch, which can be actuated by a displacement of the display device (claim 6).
  • a push button or switch which can be actuated by a displacement of the display device (claim 6).
  • an electrical supply and control signals for the display unit are guided via a shaft of the rotary switch.
  • the supply and the control signals can be performed in the hollow wave in its interior in lines (claim 8).
  • the electrical supply as well as the signals can be guided via flexible lines laid inside the shaft up to connections of the switching and / or adjusting element.
  • the flexible cables can absorb a certain amount of distortion without damage.
  • the rotary switch can rotate indefinitely by a multiple of 360 °, offer other types of implementation, such as a guide on sliding contacts.
  • the electrical switching and / or adjusting element is designed as a potentiometer, preferably as a push-pull potentiometer.
  • a potentiometer preferably as a push-pull potentiometer.
  • a further aspect of the invention consists in the use of an electrical switching and / or adjusting element as described above for operating and / or programming an electronic control.
  • the position of the rotary switch and a switching position of the optional button or switch is evaluated by the controller to query menu items of a control or control.
  • the electrical switching and / or adjusting element according to the invention forms a particularly elegant and small operating unit, which provides feedback via the display device, which provides information about the selection of particular menu items that has just been made.
  • an electrical switching and / or adjusting element according to the invention in the form of a so-called push-pull potentiometer 1 is shown.
  • This contains, in addition to a switching unit 2 with electrical connections 3 and a rotary switch 4. This is fixed to a connected to switching devices in the switching unit 2 shaft 5 is connected.
  • the shaft 5 is hollow for reasons to be described later.
  • the rotary switch 4 includes a collar with switching position symbols 6 mounted thereon.
  • the rotary switch 4 is hollow with a receiving space 7.
  • a display device is housed, which is designated overall by 8.
  • the display device 8 includes a support ring 9, an LED support 10 with LED's 11 disposed thereon, an aperture plate 12 with apertures 13, a mask 14 with symbol openings 15 arranged thereon, a diffuser disk 16 and a covering 17 covering the aforementioned parts in the form of a transparent plastic collector lens.
  • the entire display device 8 is received in the receiving space 7 in the knob 4, the cover 17 closes the front side with the knob 4 is substantially flush.
  • the entire display device 8 is in the receiving space 7 in the axial direction (relative to the shaft 5) movable and connected to a button. In this way can by a Pressure on the cover 17 of the button actuated and a corresponding electrical signal can be generated. Through the interior of the hollow shaft 5 lines are led to the electrical supply or control of the light emitting diodes 11 in order to illuminate in this way individual of the symbol openings 14.
  • the LED carrier 10, the diaphragm plate 12 and the mask 14 are aligned with each other so that in each case an LED 11, an aperture 12 and a symbol opening 15 are arranged in alignment one above the other. In this way, it is ensured that when lighting one of the LEDs, the light of this LED screened by an associated aperture 13 from any stray light other LED's through the associated symbol opening 15 pass through and can light up a symbol accordingly.
  • the LEDs 11 can be either individual LEDs or LED packages, each with differently colored LEDs, in order to additionally illuminate the individual symbols in the various colors, for example yellow, red, green and blue.
  • the support ring 9 serves only to support the other components of the display unit, the diffuser disk 16 serves to equalize the light emerging from the symbol opening.
  • the cover 17 serves once the protection of the device, on the other hand, the enlargement of the display of the symbols.
  • the push-pull potentiometer 1 is characterized in that by pulling on the rotary knob 4, the shaft 5 can be raised or lowered, whereby different switching levels of the switching unit 2 are driven. In a depressed basic position of the push-pull potentiometer 1, a first switching level is operated with first terminals, with a second switching level in a raised position second connections.
  • This type of configuration which is known per se, increases the diversity of the functionality of this potentiometer.
  • the arranged on the peripheral edge of the rotary switch 4 switching position symbols 6 are a simplification for the operation, but are not mandatory.
  • a preferred application of the switching and / or adjusting element according to the invention lies in the operation of a controller, in particular a controller of a device for automatic tuning of guitars, such as those from the EP 1 596 359 A1 is known.
  • the push-pull potentiometer 1 according to the invention may be installed, for example, in a conventional electric guitar, instead of a usual there volume or tone control.
  • the push-pull potentiometer 1 is installed instead of the usual volume control. In the basic position so with depressed shaft 5, the potentiometer 1 acts as a conventional volume control.
  • a control for the automatic tuning of guitar pages is activated, in this position, a confirmation is issued on the display unit 8, for example, all LEDs can blink once or in succession in a continuous sequence.
  • a menu in a first level of the rotary switch 4 of the potentiometer 1 are rotated to the right or left to control individual menu items.
  • the rotary switch 4 it is preferable for the rotary switch 4 to have detent positions which alone serve for a haptic perception of the reaching of menu positions. It is then tapped an output of the potentiometer 1 and evaluated in terms of flow or voltage to assign a particular menu item to this signal.
  • a feedback is given via the display unit 8 by symbols assigned to certain menu items are displayed by illuminating the corresponding symbol openings 15 by means of the associated LED 11.
  • this menu item is selected by pressing the button, ie by depressing the display device 8.
  • This menu item can now be another submenu, which in turn can control various menu items.
  • These sub-menu items can be driven in the same way by turning the rotary switch 4, as described above.
  • icons are shown that correspond to the individual menu items, which need not be the same symbols as they are output in the first menu level. Conveniently, these are even other symbols to simplify the operation of the controller for an operator.
  • each menu level a menu item is provided, by calling it the system jumps to a higher-level menu.
  • the description of the embodiment is not limiting, in particular, the electrical switching and / or adjusting element according to the invention can also be used for purposes other than the above.
  • the electrical switching and / or actuator not only controls can be programmed and operated for the automatic tuning of guitars, but any other type of controls or minicomputers.
  • the advantage of the electrical switching and / or adjusting element according to the invention is that it is not only suitable for outputting a signal, that is to say for querying information, but can itself represent information that provides the user with feedback.

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EP06001092A 2006-01-19 2006-01-19 Dispositif de commutation et/ou de réglage avec indicateur optique Withdrawn EP1811535A1 (fr)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP06001092A EP1811535A1 (fr) 2006-01-19 2006-01-19 Dispositif de commutation et/ou de réglage avec indicateur optique
US12/159,800 US20090000930A1 (en) 2006-01-19 2006-12-21 Electrical Switching and/or Actuating Element With a Visual Display
CA002636341A CA2636341A1 (fr) 2006-01-19 2006-12-21 Element electrique de commutation et/ou de reglage avec affichage optique
KR1020087018658A KR20090003159A (ko) 2006-01-19 2006-12-21 비주얼 디스플레이를 구비한 전기 스위칭 및/또는액츄에이팅 소자
JP2008550647A JP2009524182A (ja) 2006-01-19 2006-12-21 光学表示器付電気スイッチおよび／または操作部
CNA2006800514032A CN101361150A (zh) 2006-01-19 2006-12-21 具有光学显示的电开关元件和/或调节元件
PCT/EP2006/012398 WO2007082585A1 (fr) 2006-01-19 2006-12-21 Élément électrique de commutation et/ou de réglage avec affichage optique

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US20090000930A1 (en) 2009-01-01
CA2636341A1 (fr) 2007-07-26

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