WO2000052385A1 - A color changeable fiber-optic illuminated display - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
- A41D27/00—Details of garments or of their making
- A41D27/08—Trimmings; Ornaments
- A41D27/085—Luminous ornaments
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F21/00—Mobile visual advertising
- G09F21/02—Mobile visual advertising by a carrier person or animal
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- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09F—DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS
- G09F9/00—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements
- G09F9/30—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements
- G09F9/305—Indicating arrangements for variable information in which the information is built-up on a support by selection or combination of individual elements in which the desired character or characters are formed by combining individual elements being the ends of optical fibres
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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]
- H05B45/20—Controlling the colour of the light
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- This invention relates to an illuminated display formed from optical fibers and, more particularly, to an illuminated display which changes color while utilizing the same illumination source and the same optical fibers
- the present invention provides an illuminated image composed of a plurality of optical fibers
- the optical fibers have distal end portions secured to a carrier, and the carrier, in turn, has a surface on which the fiber-optic image is composed and visible
- the optical fibers have proximal ends operatively connected to a light source, that is, light from such light source is transmitted from the proximal ends of the optical fibers to the distal end portions so that they are visible on the carrier surface
- the fiber-optic image is illuminated by generating digital signals in a desired sequence and transmitting them to the light source
- the light source in turn, has structures therein and structures associated therewith so that the light source emits a selected pattern of different colors over time corresponding to and in response to the digital signals
- the distal end portions of the optical fibers create points of changing color on the visible surface of the carrier, each of the points corresponding to only a single one of the optical fibers through which the light has been transmitted
- the result is a fiber-optic illuminated display with an
- the display is carried on flexible planer material, such as the fabric of a clothing item
- Power is provided for illuminating the display from a suitable, portable power source, and a programmable microprocessor generates the digital signals to be transmitted to the light source
- the light source preferably comprises at least one LED, and the LED emits light at three, respective wavelengths The brightness of each of the three light emissions is varied by changing the rate at which the digital signals are generated and transmitted to the LED
- the microprocessor used in conjunction with the fiber-optic display varies the pulse rate to each of three substrates defined in the LED, corresponding in one preferred embodiment to red, green, and blue wavelengths, respectively.
- the varying of the pulse rate to the red, green, and blue substrates varies their respective brightnesses, and varies the resultant color emitted by the LED
- the predetermined pattern of varying pulse rates can be programmed to produce any number of desired shifts over time in the resultant color
- the microprocessor addresses a plurality of the above-described LEDs either by using appropriate sequence registers or by other sequential polling techniques As such, subsets of the LEDs which form the fiber-optic display can be changed through different color sequences at different times in accordance with sequencing between respective LEDs and variation of digital pulses to each of the LEDs
- Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an optical fiber bundle and associated circuit elements which control color intensity (brightness) and color variation of the individual optical fibers in accordance with the present invention
- Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing variations in the duty cycle associated with the illumination sources of the present invention
- Figs. 3A and 3B are graphical representation displays of one preferred method of varying composite content of the three component colors of an illumination source according to the present invention
- Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing one possible circuit configuration of the present invention in the context of multiple illumination sources
- Figs. 5A - 5D show a fiber-optic illuminated display on a flexible material, incorporating the principles of the present invention, and also showing different sequences of illumination DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
- a fiber-optic illuminated display 21 is preferably formed on a carrier 23, which may be a flexible material, such as fabric, or a semi-rigid panel placed on an article of clothing or a point-of-purchase display, respectively
- the system for controlling and generating fiber-optic display 21 is shown in Figs 1 - 4
- the control system and associated light sources permit individual optical fibers of the display to emit changing patterns and intensities of colors over time As such, an eye-catching display is created with a reduced number of optical fibers and associated interconnections
- LED 25 is operatively connected to a bundle 27 of optical fibers 29 by a suitable connector 31 , as detailed in U S Patent 4,875, 144 [Wainwnght], the teachings of which are incorporated by reference
- operatively connected it is meant that color emitted from the LED 25 is transmitted through the optical fibers 29 of bundle 27 LED 25 is color changeable and comprises three substrates doped with gallium-based compounds, making such substrates capable of emitting red-, green-, and blue-colored light wavelengths, respectively
- LED 25 is controlled by a suitable control circuit shown schematically at 33 which has respective sub-controllers for the red, green and blue substrates, respectively In the preferred circuit the sub-controllers turn on and off individually corresponding substrates of the LED to emit any or all of the three basic colors
- a brightness limiting resistor 35a-c is placed to achieve a color intensity limit of
- Control circuit 33 transmits digital pulses to each of the substrates of LED 25 at pre-determined and desired respective rates These digital pulse rates are associated with corresponding currents to the substrates which determine the brightnesses of the colored light emitted from each of the substrates By controlling the digital pulse rate to each substrate of the LED, the brightness of each primary color is changed Suitable control means discussed hereinafter mix various digital pulse rates in a pre-determined pattern to create a corresponding variety of color hues and a corresponding pattern of color variations in the resultant color emitted by LED 25
- control circuit 33 includes a programmable microcontroller with suitable programming placed in onboard memory to vary the digital pulse rate from approximately 30 to 200 pulses per second
- This range of pulse rates referred to as a duty cycle, is used to adjust the brightnesses of the various substrates as discussed previously As shown schematically in Fig 2, if, within this range, digital pulses are emitted 100% of the time, i e , at 200 pulses per second, the corresponding substrate is considered to be emitting light at 100% output
- the digital pulses occur at approximately 50%, or approximately 30%, of the duty cycle, brightness is 1/2 and 1/3 (approximately) of full brightness, respectively
- Control circuit 33 further includes suitable instructions to vary the brightnesses of the three substrates in accordance with a pre-determined pattern or sequence
- a sample pattern is shown in Figs 3A and 3B in which the lower limit of the duty cycle is shown as 0 and the upper limit is shown as 1 , time t being shown along the x axis, and the digital pulse rates for each of the three subcontrollers 35 are shown by a series of intersecting paths as described below
- the resultant color varies in a corresponding digital color wheel 40 which is depicted in Figs 3A and 3B plotted linearly over time
- control circuit 33 increases the brightness of not more than two of the substrates, and preferably the substrate corresponding to the red wavelength, as shown
- This first selected substrate is increased to reach its upper limit at a time t, after t 0
- a time t 2 after t. not more than two of the brightnesses are increased, preferably the brightness of the green substrate
- the brightness of this second selected substrate achieves its upper limit at a time t 3 after t 2
- the resultant color shifts from red to orange to yellow as shown on the digital color wheel 40
- the changing color cycle continues in a similar manner to produce further colors of digital color wheel 40 as shown in Figs 3A and 3B
- At least one of the brightnesses at full at time t 3 is decreased thereafter to return to its lower limit at a time t 4
- red is decreased resulting in a color shift from yellow to green
- the blue substrate brightness is increased while maintaining green at full brightness
- cyan is produced at time t 5 as shown on digital color wheel 40
- the cycling of brightnesses successively decreases green until blue is achieved between times t 5 and t 6
- the cycling of brightnesses continues as shown in Fig 3B, with red being increased at time to produce a mixture of red and blue (violet) at t 6 1 7
- green is increased at t 8 to obtain white at time t 9
- all color brightnesses are decreased beginning at a time subsequent to time t 9 to indicate a return to no color (LED off state) at time t 10 as at time
- Control circuit 33 for the individual LED 25 shown in Fig 1 can be associated with a larger program control system which generates fiber optic display 21 shown in Figs 5A - 5D
- a control system which generates fiber optic display 21 shown in Figs 5A - 5D
- Program Sequence Control system 41 comprises an addressable Lamp Brightness Register 45, an addressable Lamp Sequence Register 47, a Master Clock 49, a Timing Generator 51 , and a suitable microprocessor or Program Controller 43
- Program Controller 43 selectively addresses the Lamp Brightness and Sequence Registers 46, 47 in accordance with synchronizing clock pulses from Master Clock 49 providing predetermined information concerning the order or sequence, the selection and the brightness of any number of substrates of associated illumination devices, LEDs 25
- Program Controller 43 and Timing Generator 51 cooperate to provide a series or pattern of pulse rates (duty cycle) selected brightnesses to the selected LED
- Suitable digital-to-analog converters and associated Lamp Drivers 55 capture and decode the digital pulses sequentially transmitted to them and emit pulsed voltages along appropriate pre-determined signal lines to selectively turn on the desired red, green and blue substrates of the LEDs 25, thereby emitting the corresponding selected colors from the LEDs 25 and illuminating the desired ones of the optical fibers 29 with the selected colors
- LEDs 25 which have been found to be suitable are the Nichia NSTM 515 S - 5mm LED and Nichia NSCM 310 surface mount LED Upon experimentation, suitable digital pulses for these LEDs have been found to have approximate values of 1 8 volts and 50mA for the substrate corresponding to red light wavelengths, 3 5 volts and 30mA for the substrate corresponding to green light wavelengths, and 3 6 volts and 30mA for the substrate corresponding to blue light wavelengths
- the multiple LEDs 25 of control system 41 are each connected to respective bundles 27 of optical fibers 29 by connectors 31 , as shown in Fig 1
- the distal ends of the resulting plurality of optical fibers are then secured at desired locations on a suitable carrier 23, such as the fabric of an article of clothing, to form the desired fiber-optic illuminated display, an example of which is shown in Figs 5A - 5D
- a suitable carrier 23 such as the fabric of an article of clothing
- the color mutation of the optical fibers 29 can be combined with suitable programming means for dictating the activation sequence of a given set of optical fibers 29, thereby simulating animation
- Such simulated animation is shown in Figs 5A - 5D where the illuminated fibers of optical fibers 29 are shown with bold or larger diameters, and inactive fibers of optical fibers 29 are shown with correspondingly smaller diameters
- a "fireworks" display 21 is created in which simulated animation is used to create the path of travel of the ordnance and its subsequent explosion
- the series of figures, Figs 5A - 5D sequentially depict the shooting upward of fireworks shells, the explosion of the shells in the air, the changing of colors of the exploded shells while still in the air, and the shooting upward of additional fireworks shells, their explosion and change of color, and the lighting of other fireworks displays on the ground, and the change of color of these displays
- the digital color wheel 40 comprised of one or more color changeable LEDs, and associated system controller 41 of the present invention are used to change the
- Still another advantage to the invention is that the resulting displays are more lightweight and hence more portable, which is especially important for displays associated with clothing items
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